grew up in bensonhurst would you grow up i grew up all of them so i was in east new york was and flatbush was in bed stuy i was in clinton hill so peace everywhere. now you saw a lot of crime you saw a lot of crack you know around you how did you not get sucked into what was very easy this my mom who's who still to this day my super hero my super woman my mom in the black mother is maybe the strongest individual in america when argue against that. my mom instilled a sense of self-worth in me and a very young age and so always felt. i always had a sense of worth and know not to anyone else but you know going through those those peer pressure years and invite you know you're influenced by your environment i just always have my own a certain prize and i never wanted to do anything illegal or do things the wrong way just to get ahead. because we're all connected no one wanted to put out good into the world you grew up as the title implies fatherless how do you learn the ins and outs of being of which you had no father to say i'll do this and that you know and do what he did or do not what he

keep it to policy.re tell me how more immigrants bringing in your neighborhood,ur i think it's east flatbushn new york, helps the people who already live there? the people already there and citizens how are they helped by it? >> i'm proud to be the son of immigrants or my constituentso are past immigrants. that is the wrong question. the question to be asking is why do we use overwhelming force, resources and draconian measures to rip up families for an issue that at best is akin to graffiti or a parking ticket? that is the question we are asking. >> tucker: i'm not sure that it is. i think it's -- you are asking a fair question. but let's get to the deeper question, which is why is our current immigration system good for people who already live here? if we decide for example that mass immigration and mass illegal immigration hurts americans then it's worth to be tough on the borders. m so explain to me people of east flat bush dealing with the overcrowded schools and dealing with the public transportation falling apartandg rents that are making them move, how do they benefit fromak the more

we would ride up and down flatbush avenue and stop at goodies luncheonette and buy me $3 worth of comicliest memories are being in the front seat of my dad's car before seat belts. he was like a human seat belt. >> any traditions that were set primarily by your father that you still do today? >> man the grill. my mom always cooked but my dad did the grill. >> he wanted us to eat together. that was a point of pride for him. that's something i've tried to instill in my family. >> his thing was fixing the cars. he would call me over and i was six or seven. i would hand him tools. i was still 17 or 18 handing him tools. i never got promoted. >> were you afraid of your father. >> i was. >> hell yeah. >> are your children afraid of you? >> i do not mind being the discipline naren. >> i think my son is afraid of me, but my daughter, she couldn't care less. how about you? >> they're not afraid of me. a little bit, but not the way i was. >> but you're tv's al roker. is there another side we don't know about? >> she was maybe 10 or 11 and she had just been acting up and i yelled at her. and she b