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Called douglas high school which was the only high school black folks could go to until the '50s. i asked some friends that their fathers and mothers had gone to that school. how many kids were in your school when you went there, 400, 500? there were thousands of other black children in the '30s and '40s. there were jobs to go to. we are not dealing with schools the way we need to. we are still playing a game like some time ago. unions play a huge role in this. watching what has happened in chicago could stimulate a teacher's union or other teachers. what happened was a robust group of teacher...

Out there in the state of washington in regard to boeing aircraft. boeing wanted to have a plant in south carolina, a right-to-work state, and they were not cutting any jobs in washington stated, and all of a sudden nlrb told boeing, you can't do that, you can't open a laboratory in souta plant in south carolina, a right-to-work state. the company is more profitable, they can build more planes, and, finally, nlrb and the unions dropped the complaint when boeing had to grow to extend the credit out in washington, to the year 2016, and, also, had to agree that it would be union activity, united,...

Eligible for federal protection. this reverses an order in december that overturned a bush approach that opened some land to commercial development. congress is now considering a change in a law that allows federal employees to engage in union activity while on the taxpayer dime. correspondent molly henneberg looks at both sides of the issue. >> reporter: republicanhead called it charity to union. >> this came at a cost of $129 million to american taxpayers. the committee democrat says the union rights are under attack by the g.o.p. >> this is absurd. >> they're both talking about part of law ...

Undeveloped land in the west eligible for federal protection. this reverses an order in december that overturned a bush approach that opened some land to commercial development. congress is now considering a change in a law that allows federal employees to engage in union activity while on the taxpayer dime. correspondent molly henneberg looks at both sides of the issue. >> reporter: republicanhead called it charity to union. >> this came at a cost of $129 million to american taxpayers. the committee democrat says the union rights are under attack by the g.o.p. >> this is absurd. >> they're bo...

Based upon knowing all of the facts. >> reporter: in another show of hands the candidates were asked to raise their hand if they would support the resumption of rather boarding under certain circumstances. tim pawlenty, gary johnson and herman cain raised their hands, however ron paul and gary johnson did not. jon: what about the economy? that is supposedly issue number one on voters' minds. what did they have to say about that. >> reporter: it certainly is. they brought up an issue specific to south carolina, sort of a dispute going on over unions which are very weak in this right to work sta...