it did anger the clan, because they were known to be antiunion, anti-communist, anti-black. think that the communist party applied for the parade permit, but the police were concerned. there, so theory police decided that maybe the primary thing to do was to have an informant that could report to them on what was going on with the to put plan -- with the reaction to and the this. -- thereormant informant kept them up-to-date on what the conflicts can was -- ku klux klan was going to do on monday. report on issued a what the officers on the scene should do that day. they did encourage a low profile. they were concerned that the police could cause a problem. either with the clan or the cwp, or even with black residents. said they were actually supposed to be stationed about two blocks away at a high school and then to appear if anything happened. but they also said that they be present at 11:30 a.m., that was 30 minutes before the parade was going to take place. as it turned out, all of those people were killed by 11:30 a.m. i think that residents of the city were shocked when

how can we turn them down, our members don't have work in this antiunion economy, we need jobs.ou tax environmentalist and union without supporting because they need jobs. they have tremendous amount in common and need to unite, but it's very difficult when you're telling workers, hey, you're going to have so sacrifice the job because they can't sacrifice that job because they need to feed their families. >> so begin with, and you talk tonight about triangle fire, the same as people who saw that happen, perkins, later secretary. this is a great story but also a story of reform from this house. people like me or the audience it becomes hard to hear because it has to come with the workers within. why is it important that people outside of the workplace see what happens and get involve in these struggles? >> sure. the thing to know about workers is they are always struggling for a better life. you have in 1909 the uprising which i mentioned. but what has to happen, workers don't have enough power in this country to succeed on their own. they need some kind of middle-class allies, p

. >> reporter: christie will take his antiunion spiel to thursday's big debate, it will include the top 10 republicans, christie is there but barely. the latest polling shows donald trump widening his lead with 26% now, followed by jeb bush, scott walker and you have to go all the way down to seventh place to find governor christie with 4% of the vote. teachers see a connection now between thursday's debate and christie's latest inflammatory remark. >> he does like to stir controversy and to get his name, you know, out there as much as possible because i think that probably going more west people don't know so much about governor chris christie, but also i think that i wouldn't want him representing our country in peace talks. >> reporter: but christie is not backing down. he says with the teachers union, he never will. >> they are the single most destructive force in public education in america. >> reporter: nationally the aft, the american federation of teachers which has already endorsed hillary clinton responded to christie by saying problems. randy weingarten who used to be the uft

jack: in the process you have been known as someone that takes on the union --are you antiunion, anti-worker? gov. walker: i am pro-worker pro-taxpayer pay we gave workers the freedom to choose whether they want to be in a labor union or not. many chose to keep the money they use to pay for union dues to pay for their kids college education. we are pro-taxpayer. all the power treated in the hands of the elite union bosses. we redistributed that to the taxpayers. in our schools we no longer have seniority or tenure. we can hire and fire based on merit. we can put the best and brightest in our classrooms. four years later, graduation rates are up, third-grade scores are up -- if it can work in a blue state like wisconsin -- if it was not too late for wisconsin, it is not too late for america. jack: biggest challenge you think you were successful on? gov. walker: taking on the budget in a way that focused on reform and not just austerity. if i would have just been about cuts, i probably would have been recalled but i focused on reform and growth and that made the difference. >> governor george

jack: in the process you have been known as someone that takes on the union --are you antiunion, anti-worker? gov. walker: i am pro-worker pro-taxpayer pay we gave workers the freedom to choose whether they want to be in a labor union or not. many chose to keep the money they use to pay for union dues to pay for their kids college education. we are pro-taxpayer. all the power treated in the hands of the elite union bosses. we redistributed that to the taxpayers. in our schools we no longer have seniority or tenure. we can hire and fire based on merit. we can put the best and brightest in our classrooms. four years later, graduation rates are up, third-grade scores are up -- if it can work in a blue state like wisconsin -- if it was not too late for wisconsin, it is not too late for america. jack: biggest challenge you think you were successful on? gov. walker: taking on the budget in a way that focused on reform and not just austerity. if i would have just been about cuts, i probably would have been recalled but i focused on reform and growth and that made the difference. >> governor george