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Ultimately that benefits the entire world economy and benefits american consumers, and also american workers from the standpoint that the higher the level of our standard of living and more economic prosperity and liberty we have is going to create jobs in the various industries. so -- mark: and the economic prosperity we have in this country the last half century is unparalleled in human history, isn't it? >> that's right, never been any other country that has this record of economic growth and prosperity that's benefitted more people and raised the standard of living, especially for lower in...

We don't care about your politics but when it comes to messing with us we will stick together. we will see what they do about it. >> it seems like the chris longs of the world. he speak out forcefully, aaron rodgers in the past has. in some way the players union almost needs them to be the spokespeople, no? >> they do. this is a labor issue. when you look at the story -- even in my book when you look at the heritage in general over the last 50 or 60 years there are very few white players who said look i stand with my teammates, the big challenge is going the take place right now. >> for sure. ...

The city was refusing to settle. and it got ugly. police used mace. what started as a labor issue became a civil rights cause. king was asked to help. he came to memphis, joining a poorly organized march that turned tragically violent. some demonstrators looted and broke windows. a black teenager was killed by police. it was king's worst nightmare. undermining his reputation for non-violence, jeopardizing his plans for the washington march just weeks later. >> we must not allow the events of the day to cause us to let up. that would be a tragic error. >> reporter: king decided to stage another...

Money there to be found and to save. >> i think the best place to look is well teaneck welfare reform. we will save money for the taxpayers and help families who are now depending on the government get to a better position in life and a better station in life. by the way, many of our employers need employees, it is a labor issue as well. let's reform those entitlements because that is good for everybody, we have legislation that would require a work component for people before they can get that benefit. when you do that, you get less people signing up for the benefit, they just go get another ...

This is a labor issue. we have employees intimidated, pushed around. we have the owner of the dallas cowboys saying if you do this, i'm going to do that. we have to cast this as a labor issue and bullying. sports, music, food, the arts those are things that bring us together and now here's football tearing us apart. how did we get here? >> it started with a player taking a knee. and what is ironic what's going on with jerry jones and the league trying to find a position that it finds workable. a punch of rich, white owners are trying to get african-american athletes to genuine flekt in front o...