make a film about fela when you can see — fela's fela.n't want to imitate that. that was a situation where i thought, mm, that's not the right thing to do. and the tupac situation was something similar. it was a documentary. i was doing a documentary. i was thinking about doing a documentary on him, but ijust thought, no, it's one of those things... it wasn't about the money, it was just about me, you know, doing the research and i thought, no, this is... these musicians, for me, were about staying elsewhere, but not for me to make a film out of. no. after 2014, and becoming, you know, the first black director to win an oscar, did you feel an ambivalence about being popular about sort of being in fashion and people wanting you to do stuff? how did you handle all that? i don't... i don't recon... i don't register it. don't...don't get... i don't, i don't... listen, i don't really... i don't really know that i am popular, or if i am popular or... yeah, you're a ground—breaking director. i mean, you are. i don't really take myself too seriou

. >> todd: we will break down with a criminal attorney next. i ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> todd: fela laken riley murderthis morning as the state plans to rest its case by the afternoon. the defense expects to testify for a half a day. to that one includes a suspect's brothers. the former roommate of alleged killer were staying at roosevelt hotel new york city before taking taxpayer-funded flight to georgia, criminal defense attorney joins us. big picture, two days of testimony so far. two days of damning evidence. what say you? >> it is a slam-dunk for the state. i think the reason we are not talking about a plea bargain and that did not take place is because the state's evidence is so strong and office has to take into account political tensions in all of the press around this in terms of making some type of deal with him here to whatever deal they might have provided hu know what i might as well go to trial in this case because they are giving me the worst they could possibly give me. if i am fat prosecutor, that is what i'm doing because i had that dna evidence and him throwing out the jacket. in so