roger bennett was born and raised in england's historic port city of liverpool. an englishman's love letter to his chosen home." it is a deeply personal look on how american culture influenced his life. we recently took a trip with bennett to liberty island where he shared the depth of his obsession with our fine country. >> i was born, read and raised on american self power. i grew up in the merk of 1980s england inhaling everything american i could lay my hands on. movies, television, books, cloefts and occasional pair of knockoff ray bans and made the united states my like in the darkness. america existed almost as an alternate planet to me. >> beuhler. >> a place filled with possibility and promise. >> you guys really are cowboys. >> at different times in my youth i've tried to boost my fragile self-confidence or at least minimize my deep sense of seth loathing by persuading myself, i am don johnson, i am walter peyton, i am john cougar mellencamp, i am the beastie boys, i am tracy chapman. ♪ ♪ >> i know some of this will sound trite, a love of a nation based