reggie bailey -- i have friends here in the house. stand up, reggie. i love you, a dorr you, philanthropist. these are people who lived up our young people. how could they do what they do when we can't do what we are supposed to do? how do you cut a poll grant? forgive me and allow me an indulgence. 75,000 americans got engineering degrees. 300,000 indians. six hundred thousand chinese people. they are doing what they are supposed to do. reggie bailey, were you mit? what are we supposed to do? what are we supposed to do? i am going to be quiet. >> let me follow up because it is the collective wisdom that it is president obama has offered what the new york times has called an overly generous package of cuts in social programs. what do we say about that? of course the republicans walked away once again. >> holy water. holy water. you know what? let's take our time and talk about the energy we have. i can fix these people. they are not fixable but here is what i want black people to understand. you know it from your ancestors story. no matter who we are o

after several months of clear conduct, bailey was accepted into the residential treatment unit or rtu for ongoing counselling. the prison' lead psychologist, dr. reggieators are capable of, changing their ways. >> he wanted to try to figure out a different way to do his time in prison. and so he talked with me while he was up on the segregation unit. and he said, i really want a chance at the rtu unit. i want to start making some changes in my life. we're pretty particular about who we take in. the bottom line on this unit was that there can be no violence. >> i think this unit is what i've been waiting for, man, and i'm ready for. because now that my system is beginning to settle, this will be the best time to capitalize off this moment. >> remember you're trying to change your path, right? you've been going down a certain road for many years. and you're trying to walk a different road. do your time a little differently than you have in the last, what, eight, nine years? >> yeah. >> you're going to be one of our stars. >> that's right. >> i know that. i know that. okay? >> i can come up here and i can get myself together so i won't have to relapse b