Hope this helps anyone who has a similar problem –
Turns out, this code was what was affecting the angular events:
<!--ko if: someContext.ready() === true-->
<div class="ls-rapidReports">
<div ng-app="myApp">
<div id="rapidreportCtrl" ng-controller="rrController">
<button type="button" ng-click="myClick()">hehe</button>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<!--/ko-->
So wrapping Angular components inside Knockout is BAD.
solved Angular events, ng-click, do not work with other libraries Dojo, Knockout, KendoUI, ESRI JSAPI