that's all i think about. >> reporter: brooks doesn't want his son to be another statistic. >> i don't want the streets to have my son. i will fight to not let the streets have him. >> reporter: how much do you appreciate that he stands here with you? >> a lot. most kids don't have fathers that would do this. most kids don't even know their fathers. >> reporter: if you had to do it all over again, what would you do? >> i would have stayed in the house. >> reporter: for carlos jr., who returns to court in a month on misdemeanor charges, an encounter with the criminal justice system that both he and his father hope never to repeat. rehema ellis, nbc news, baltimore. we turn overseas now as the death toll in nepal climbs towards 6,000. there's still more new video from the moment that devastating earthquake struck. shot by a tourist in a square outside kathmandu, people frozen in place crouching to the ground as ancient buildings began to crumble around them. meantime, the increasingly grim search for victims took a welcome and emotional turn today