joining us here today is joseph kelly and his family. now, joseph is a heroic dad in my book, and he was worried that the public schools were not helping his son, who is here in the front row. he flunked the first grade and by the fifth grade, he was three years behind in most subjects. the schedule actually put him into a special education class and joseph would try and sit in on the classes in order to help his son. but was met with hostility by school administrators and even had to obtain a court order so he could have a tutor. violence was so prevalent in his schools, there were eight d.c. police officers patroling it on a daily basis. they heard of a scholarship program and dedicated himself making sure his son and three sisters to have access to a school that had a safe environment in which to learn, to give an opportunity that they could see college as an option, an opportunity that mr. kelly did not have. within two years at a high school, he caught up to his classmates and now a student in college. and his sisters, who are here w

joining us here today is joseph kelly and his family. now, joseph is a heroic dad in my book. he was worried the public schools were not helping his son, who is here in the front row. by the fifth agreed he was three years behind on most subjects. the school actually put him in a special education class, and joseph would try and sit in on the classes in order to help his son. but was met with hostility by school administerrors and even had to obtain a court order so ray could have a tutor. violence was so previous leapt in ray's school that there were eight d.c. police officers patrolling it on a daily basis. mr. kelly heard of the d.c. opportunity scholarship program, and dedicated himself to making sure that ray and his three sisters could have access to a school that would provide them with a safe environment in which to learn. to give them an opportunity, in fact, so they could see college as an option. an opportunity that mr. kelly did not have. within two years at a private school, ray caught up to his classmates, and is now a student in college. and his sisters, who are

joining us here today is joseph kelly and his family. now, joseph is a heroic dad in my book, and he was worried that the public schools were not helping his son, who is here in the front row. he flunked the first grade and by the fifth grade, he was three years behind in most subjects. the schedule actually put him into a special education class and joseph would try and sit in on the classes in order to help his son. but was met with hostility by school administrators and even had to obtain a court order so he could have a tutor. violence was so prevalent in his schools, there were eight d.c. police officers patroling it on a daily basis. they heard of a scholarship program and dedicated himself making sure his son and three sisters to have access to a school that had a safe environment in which to learn, to give an opportunity that they could see college as an option, an opportunity that mr. kelly did not have. within two years at a leist school, he caught up to his classmates and now a student in college. and his sisters, who are here

joining us here today is joseph kelly and his family. now, joseph is a heroic bad, in my opinion, and he was worried that the public schools were not helping his son, who is here in the front row, raise sean in the first great. by the fifth grade he was three years behind in most subjects. the school actually put them into special education class. and joseph would try and sit in on classes in order to help his son, but was met with hostility by school administrators and even had to obtain a court order so his son could have a tutor. violence was so prevalent in his school that there were eight police officers patrolling it on a daily basis. mr. kelley heard of a d.c. opportunity scholarship program, and dedicated himself to making sure that rayshawn and his three sisters could have access to a school that would provide them with a safe environment in which to learn, to give them an opportunity in fact that they could see college as an option, and opportunity that mr. kelley did not have. within 10 years -- within two years at a private sc

joining us here today is joseph kelly and his family. now, joseph is a road that in his family.by the fifth grade, his son was three subjects behind. this will put them in a special education class. joseph would sit in on the classes in order to help his son. it was met with hostility by school administrators and even had to obtain a court order so that he could have a tutor. violence was so prevalent that there were eight officers patrolling on a daily basis. he dedicated himself to making sure that his son and his three sisters could have access to a school with a safe environment in which to learn. within two years at a private school, he caught up with his classmates and he is now a student in college. his sisters, who are here with us today as well, they are attending a preparatory school in there on a similar path. i visited the school yesterday, and it is amazing. it is making a real difference in the lives of kids. without this help could possibly be lost. right now they have great teachers and small class sizes and a mission that says that every child has to succeed. no

i don't think that joseph kelly, the dad here in the district of columbia, cares one ioata about rebranding the republican or the democratic party. i think what we care about and what he cares about are his kids. that's what washington needs to remember. these are real problems. these people are having a tough time. and we ought to be about providing relief to those who don't have a job and to those who do making their life work again. >> what you're talking about, as you admitted after your speech, is not really something that's going to be captured in new legislation. there are core beliefs of the republican party that the polls show were rejected by a national electorate that you want to try to recapture some of if you're going to get to become a national party. >> i'm not quite sure about legislation. we were going to have follow-up legislation to pretty much everything i spoke of this year. and that's the point. the point is, we've got to be talking about helping folks. you know, i've got a constituent that's 12 years old. her name is katie. she was diagnosed with cancer at age 1. can

joining us here today is joseph kelly, and his family. now joseph is a heroic dad in my book. he was worried that the public schools are not helping his sob who is here in the front row. he flunked the first grade. by the fifth grade he was three years behind on most subjects. the school put him to the special education class. and joseph would try and sit in on the classes in order to help his son but met with hostility by school administrators and had to obtain a court

>> all i know is i met joseph kelly yesterday whose kids go to the d.c. preparatory school.he cares or thinks about rebranding or repositioning or anything. what he cares about is the fact that his life and the life for his daughters has gotten a lot better since the d.c. preparatory school admitted them in. that's the in that we've got to be about. we've got to be about helping folks make their lives work again. >> let's discuss what we just heard with our chief national correspondent, john king. john, does eric cantor seem to have a pretty good prescription to help the gop. >> good luck to him. as a guy who loves the vibrant political debate, it would be nice if the republicans improved their image. as eric cantor looks to move the republicans, the big challenge is can you do this when you're a leader of the party in the branch? he has to get into partisan fights with the president. he has to deal with the tough task, speaker boehner and he has to deal with managing their own coalition. as you look traditionally through time, the best thing he can do is help the republican