joe johns is out front. >> reporter: the college professor who took down the house majority leader is choosing his words very carefully. here he is leaving his home in the richmond, virginia area today, dancing around the topic of immigration in this q&a on the run with cnn. >> i don't want to do too much on policy right now. i'm just -- the first thing we need to do, we have a disaster on the border right now, humanitarian disaster with kids. and so we need to close down the border and i'll just leave it at that for right now. >> reporter: it looks like his biggest problem right now is handling all the attention. republican leaders, including house speaker john boehner's office were calling, but a washington source said they couldn't get through because his voice mail was full. the state gop is pledging to give him and his three-person staff some badly needed help, including additional people and resources for the coming election. meanwhile, on the nearby campus of randolph macon college where brat and his democratic opponent in the fall, jack tram