another project that illustrates some of our work using light is in chattanooga, tennessee. these are very tall lighting towers that basically extend the city's main street out to be river in chattanooga. the tennessee river. and allows for gatherings on this large pure -- pier around these lighting elements. the point of this is that the use of light in creating spaces or gathering people is something quite consistent with our work, and in this case, it you have been to the international terminal, these are the large trusses that support that mean move -- main roof and within the stresses are these fabric structures and glass that capture light and project light and color down to the floor, so this idea of using light as a way of defining a new space is very much part of this proposal, and in order to do so, we are proposing to modify and change the materials that are used on the ground plane, so when you approach this particular passage way, the actual paving materials would be related to blood said lee different than those materials in the adjacent areas of the terminal b

was speaking at an event in chattanooga when he was asked about the large number of muslims coming into the u.s. and that just sent him off on his rant about muslims and a large mosque is being built near nashville and how it's dividing the community you know what somebody should really tell ron ramsey that islam is in fact a religion in fact it's the second largest religion in the world so when politicians go around spreading false information just to win votes it only leads to more muslim bashing and that's why the tennessee lieutenant governor ron ramsey is tonight's two all time winner. now since september eleventh two thousand and one i think it's pretty clear that some things have changed america that fear has become a constant for many and that that fear gets channeled into prejudice into a growing culture of islamophobia are to correspond unless they see a chicken or has the story. has the religion of islam turned into a source of fear in the us well the american media has been doing a heck of a job if you will in phobias to me that you are not. working with our enemies some hav

. >> reporter: workers train for production at volkswagon's new factory in chattanooga, tennessee. >>y the grace of god to get this job. >> reporter: while applicants line up to fill some 500 new jobs at bmw's plant in south carolina. >> ticket number -- >> reporter: sign of the relative health of foreign automakers building cars and largely southern, nonunion plants. the success of america's other auto industry has prompted labor unions representing workers at chrysler, ford, and general motors to agree to dramatic changes over recent years, to save jobs of the big three. >> union and nonunion pay rates now, and benefits for that matter, tend to be almost identical. >> reporter: economic development consultant says nonunion shops continue to provide employers with the advantage of management prerogative, the ability to quickly reassign workers to different tasks to adapt to market trends. >> the united auto workers, though, has provided greater management flexibility in their plans than was once the case. they tended to have at one time very complex job classifications systems. >> re

the pullman porters would hide them in the cars, and when they would get to birmingham or chattanoogaern stop was, they would drop the papers off, and some negro minister would pick them up and take 'em home or put 'em in his church or something until sunday. then he would get the newsboys and girls from his congregation to sell the paper, and we did that for years. >> narrator: it was important for the courier and other black papers to sell as many copies as possible. >> black publications had to rely on circulation or sales of their issues in order to make their money, because the big advertising money came from major manufacturers, major department stores, the big supermarkets. none of them would advertise with a black publication. >> as a result, you had to take the cheap or the frivolous advertising, which the company like ziff in new york sold to the black press as hair ads and sex ads and palmistry, fortune teller's ads and all that in order to make ends meet. >> another thing is that when it came to advertising products or stores, white stores didn't necessarily want black wom

first, a question from a viewer in the chattanooga market. >> i am a brick mason. i really have a question for the candidates. i would like to know why we cannot either cut or reduce the sales tax on food for low-income people. >> let me assure you that for several years, i have fought in income tax here in the state of tennessee. we are a sales tax base state. there are certain taxes we can't cut here in tennessee. this is a great place to live but a terrible place to die. we need to make sure that we ratchet down the income tax. we should ratchet that down to get a solid sales base and increase revenue by lowering these taxes. >> mr. -- mr. wamp? >> we should look at this only when the economy improves. right now, we need to reform the way state government does business and hold the line on spending. we cannot reduce things like this right now, but it will be one of the things that the legislator -- the legislature should consider with me. . building things to help grow and expand our economy, we have a problem in tennessee. we are $1.5 billion upside down. this

and we have selma vonnoh out of chattanoo chattanooga, tennessee.plant to help defeat the nazis. and we have verda vanalstine of cobleskill, new york. 103 years old today. wish her a happy birthday. also goes to play the stock market and has fun doing it and loves ballroom dancing. you can't beat that. take a look at george. good old george gordon of lauderhill, florida, 100 years old today. played baseball when he was just a kid. happing greenberg was on the same team. and he says kosher hot dogs has kept him living 100 years. can't beat that. and ferne austin of laingsburg, michigan. lives on her own and says she has a sweet tooth for m&ms. and who doesn't? and finally virgie jarrett from alexander, louisiana. a proud member of the alpha delta kappa sorority. keeps busy going to lunch. i've been doing that almost 100 years. that said, that's all. back to new york. >> hey, willard, thank you so much. while those people enjoy their birthday, someone else enjoying a birthday today. >> who might that be? >> it is our executive producer jim belle havin