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Luckily my parents were perfect. they never encouraged me to do the entertainment industry but they didnt discourage me. because they are sane. no sane parent would say you should be an entertainer. brian: lot of people join the military and you said im doing standsup. >> i was having stage fright. when 9/11 hit and people are dealing with real fears. i said what am i afraid of? i have got to get on stage. brian: you are on a news channel. david had a rough upbringing. he regrets buying a ferry.

Testifying about his rough upbringing. he said the arrest of his father after an abusive incident motivated him to become a police officer in the first place. does this humanize him for the jury? >> sure. i think it does. i think that is why theyre taking this calculated risk. all three of these defendants have said theyre going to testify. because look theyre having to combat a video. which is so compelling and so egregious. the only chance they have to be able to tell the jury their side of th...

>> lets turn to the civil rights trial in the kill of george floyd. former minneapolis officer testifying about his rough upbringing. he said the arrest of his father after an abusive incident motivated him to become a police officer in the first place. does this humanize him for the jury? >> sure. i think it does. i think that is why theyre taking this calculated risk. all three of these defendants have said theyre going to testify. because look theyre having to combat a video. which is so comp...

>> you are a broadway star now. >> i have been called worst, i agree. >> 20 years ago, if i had said to you, of all the things you might do with your life, would you believe you would be headlining a show on broadway? >> no, but im glad i am. i enjoy it. i love it. im a serious guy. when im performing, i like to perform. i like to evoke feelings from people. >> this guy here is my father. curly kirk patrick. wait a minute, if hes my father then who the [ bleep ] is this? this gets tricky, right?...

>> 20 years ago, if i had said to you, of all the things you might do with your life, would you believe you would be headlining a show on broadway? >> no, but im glad i am. i enjoy it. i love it. im a serious guy. when im performing, i like to perform. i like to evoke feelings from people. >> this guy here is my father. curly kirk patrick. wait a minute, if hes my father then who the [ bleep ] is this? this gets tricky, right? >> you grew up in the bad section of brooklyn. you had a rough upbrin...

Time where it was just father and son. he doesnt know what that is. i dont know what that is. >> but now that hes older father and son will finally have a visit alone for the first time. >> i really want to know how my incarceration has affected him, you know, what effect has that had to grow up without a father? >> whats up, kid? >> love you. >> love you, too. >> definitely growing, man. glad to see you here today. my life has affected you. i know that whats happened to you is a product of what...

Hearing starting again, hell plead innocent at that point. hell ask for bail, which he will not get because of an extreme risk of flight. >> and a reus you can of harm. jenna: supposedly hes had a kind of rough upbringing, can that play in maybe get sympathy from a judge and jury. >> of course. >> i mean come on, please this guy has had such a long string. he left he was in a juvenile facility and escaped from that. >> i understand but his defense attorney stands in right here i would argue, hes...