boarding school in philadelphia for gifted students of disadvantaged backgrounds. you must have pretty good grades. yeah, pretty good. reporter: but there s something else in his background that truly sets him apart. so, you were homeless? yes. reporter: for two years? yes. reporter: during middle school, richard got involved in mighty writers, an after school writers workshop for inner city kids. some people cry about it. tre was able to write about it here with mighty writers. it helped me gain a sense of confidence. reporter: he says kids used to bully him for trying hard at school. some people actually called me harvard back then, which is ironic, a little bit, because here i am. reporter: this fall, he s actually headed to harvard on a full scholarship. your mom must be so proud. my mom is crazy proud. she expected it, to be honest. reporter: from homeless to harvard. you nervous? i am kind of nervous. reporter: everybody is. everybody is. i would h
i was wandering the crowd pretty much all day. it was one of the most moving experiences i have had in politics. it took young people to shake up a blocked and stale debate. it took young people to move us off in weird second amendment abo abstractions. i thought you say it in the themes of this in different speeches. emma gonzalez reminding us of the seriousness, why people were there, the long silence was so powerful. naomi, an 11-year-old saying that this is a multi-racial movement. reminding us the inner city kids killed. gun control is no longer a suburban issue the way it was cast. cameron, matt today, laying out concrete demands. this is not about we want something vague. no. they were very specific demands
they happen to be they re an exceptional bunch. it just landed in their lap. but they re also very self-aware of that. and the way they reached out to other communities that don t have the resources they have and they ve made this beyond, you know, assault weapons in their community, what s happening in chicago, what happened in l.a., what s happening in d.c. they are exceptional in terms of resources, talent, education but also in the ability to see beyond their own tragedy. that s what s amazing. they see beyond their own tragedy. and that s what they made public today, but i ve been watching them. i was in their office last week and the outreach director all day would talk to me about what it was like going to inner city kids, going to chicago. every time i talked to them they ve been to a different high school, african-american. they have been working behind the scenes, partnering with these groups and say we don t want this to be about black kids in chicago are being killed.
i d probably stand up with our flag as well, honor our soldiera and military. it goes back to what are the actual solutions? we keep having this debate and we are not identifying what the solutions are. sean: i am willing to help out and donate to the right charity, inner-city kids. i already have in my life. i know you have, you are a great man for that. i love your approach to that.of i m asking you, we have the ear of the president. look at the african-american players like myself to have these conversations. sean: if we can t unite on the men that fought, bled, and died fighting under that flag and not respect that, we can t get to square one. agreed. i agree, jack. we need to find solutions. our problem, we are having a problem, the organization that has indoctrinated our players
i d probably stand up with our flag as well, honor our soldiera and military. it goes back to what are the actual solutions? we keep having this debate and we are not identifying what the solutions are. sean: i am willing to help out and donate to the right charity, inner-city kids. i already have in my life. i know you have, you are a great man for that. i love your approach to that.of i m asking you, we have the ear of the president. look at the african-american players like myself to have these conversations. sean: if we can t unite on the men that fought, bled, and died fighting under that flag and not respect that, we can t get to square one. agreed. i agree, jack. we need to find solutions. our problem, we are having a problem, the organization that has indoctrinated our players