tv Right This Minute KICU February 19, 2013 1:00pm-1:30pm PST
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hi, everybody. i'm beth troutman. it's time for great videos and the stories behind them, "right this minute." late night fight, as some trash talks turns into a full-on brawl. >> it's like a western saloon in there. >> what happened when cops were called to this diner again. polish police try to chase down a suspect. >> here he is. >> the escaped pig who's way faster than he looks. ♪ three brothers are tearing it up on youtube. >> these guys are huge and all under the age of 15. >> now the boys in the band talk about their accidental beginnings. >> johnny is like, hey, you guys need a banjo. >> plus, tuesday's buzzword for your shot at an ipad mini, and
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one sexy sport. >> bikini snowboarding. >> why it's not just for ladies anymore. >> it's not going to look like this, guaranteed. a late night breakfast turned into an all-out brawl at lucu's 24 hour restaurant near ann arbor, michigan. before you know it it's like a western saloon in there. everybody goes flying. tables get smashed off the wall. there is a full-on beat down going on. watch right here. things are about to escalate. that guy has a handgun pointed at the back of the guy with the red baseball cap on. >> oh, boy. >> what? >> at this point the guy with the red hat is trying to get this girl out of the way with him. he's dragging her by her hoodie. he takes off and bolts to the back of the restaurant. but the guy with the gun isn't done. watch what he does next. shoves it in that girl's face who's knocked down on the ground and it's only the guy in the red plaid that seems to get this guy
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to back down. but now watch close. see the guy up to the left there. he's got a gun too. >> i have to give it to the guy in the plaid shirt because he stood between a gun and a would-be victim in the heat of battle he could have been shot. kudos to that guy for trying to stop it. >> apparently in the course of the last four years police have been called to this restaurant about 225 times, according to annarbor.com. >> have any arrests been made? >> the man in the black jacket is ron jacobss, faces three charges of assault with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and being held on $100,000 cash bond. we talked to somebody at the restaurant, they say they will comply with requests to close down in the early morning hours between 12:00 and 5:00. the other man in the video with the hand gun has not been caught yet. a fugitive that was on the run for quite a while, gave
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police quite the run around in poland, has become a celebrity. lots of people talking about him on the internet. here he is. ♪ >> a pig who escaped from a nearby farm and it took police more than two hours to capture the guy. first they start with a little piece of bread. the pig is smarter than that. as you can see the pig holding up traffic. at first it's like one or two police officers and they're like we'll probably get this pig, right. eventually you see more and more and start trying new tactics and different ideas on how to capture this thing. >> in the words of "charlotte's web" that's some pig. >> my favorite part when one guy pulls out the basketball defense move they teach you at the ymca when you sign up. shuffle the feet. that doesn't work. >> his zone defense isn't working. >> not at all. >> this pig deserves a long, happy, free life. if this pig can outsmart everybody he deserves to live a happy, long life. doesn't need to be bacon. >> looks like they almost get
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him with the net, but almost net another cop. in the process. >> was it a greased pig? >> eventually they do get the pig wrapped up in the net. the pig is save. not hurt. the pig has been returned to the farm. but he's become somewhat of an international star. tv crews are showing up at the farm to kind of see this miracle pig that escaped cops for two hours. but an animal shelter has come forward offering to take the pig and give the pig a happy life where he can live on and not stay at the farm. one of the scariest parts of tax season is owing uncle sam some cash. but at this tax prep business in michigan, this was the scariest part. >> oh. >> a man d a woman, knock recep. before she knows it there's a
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handgun to her head. falls to the ground. the man keeps walking in. in that room that he's pointing his gun at, is a security guard. he saw their two handguns and raised them an ar-15 and look what happens next. a full-on shoot-out between that man and the security guard happens. he shot through the wall and through the doorway, police believe neither of the suspects was injured. they ended up shooting the guard but he is expected to be okay. >> the guy with the gun comes in, but he immediately seems to know who he's going for when he fires in the back room. like he's targeting one specific guy. >> except that's where he was met by the security guard. >> it's so strange. what are you stealing from a tax prep place? paperwork? >> it doesn't make any sense but their intention was to hold up this place. the security guard is really worried about these people being out there, so he himself is offering a $1,000 reward for any
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info that leads to the capture of these two people. >> of his own personal money? >> of his own money. >> wow. tuesday's ipad mini giveaway is not too far away. >> you have to remember you need tuesday's buzzword and have to be 18 or older to enter. >> tuesday's buzzword in just a bit. hang with us. >> good luck, everybody. firefighters can never take any house fire for granted. you never know what's going to happen. they have to expect the unexpected. and in this case, the new hope, alabama, the unexpected happened. >> oh. >> that was an explosion. that explosion happened to be an oxygen tank. firefighters say one of the residents had an oxygen tank in the house. there was a fire in the kitchen. it spread and then the oxygen tank went off. >> wow. >> it looks like at this -- wait. they are fighting. i was going to say at this point didn't look like there were firefighters nearby but there
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they are. >> they were nearby but they were knocked on their bottoms by the explosion that happened in the house. the house was completely destroyed by fire. before the explosion happened you had fire coming out of the windows. you knew it was fully involved. once that explosion happened, you knew there was nothing they could do. >> thankfully nobody was that close right in the middle of that window. could have really hurt somebody. >> none of the firefighters were hurt. four people were treated on the scene but this fire left six people displaced. think about it. firefighters, they come in and fight a house fire. they really do have to be careful because you don't know what's going to happen. >> what happens when a chopper above the ocean needs some gas? >> they do what's called a hot refuel. >> we'll show you how it's done. plus, he's the first clean shaven king of the netherlands. >> a big enough deal that this video is calling for people to shave their beards. >> find out why and see how we listen to the calli
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some would argue that you judge a man by his beard. well that is really the case in the netherlands where apparently they're upset because prince william alexander who will be crowned king of the netherlands on april 20th, 2013, he doesn't have a beard. >> his hair was like gold, but his chin was still bare. he was mocked by his kin for his lack of facial hair. >> this is a big deal in the netherlands because he's the first to not have a beard. >> a big enough deal that this video is calling for people to shave their beards. take that shaven beard hair, put in a bag and send it to the soon-to-be king so he can maybe use some of the hair for his face. >> he's kind of a baby face. couldn't he grow one? >> it wouldn't be right for us
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not to send the guy some hair ourselves. whose beard can we shave? >> this is one of our awesome editors doug. he has an awesome beard, s sporting the abraham lincoln look. doug has offered up his beard to send to the soon-to-be king of the netherlands. nick and i will take care of that for him. >> how much do you want taken off? >> how much does he need. >> as much as you'll give him. >> the king of netherlands, anything. ♪ >> doug's beard, going to the netherlands. >> that's for you. i'll see you in amsterdam. >> everyone knows, that a king needs a beard to rule with bare cheeks, no that is >> filling up your gas tank, kind of mundane. i have two videos that are refueling in a very impressed way. we're out in the caribbean on a
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u.s. coast guard ship when a jayhawk helicopter needs to get some gas. instead of landing, turning the engines off and taking all that time, they do what's called a hot refuel. they drop the line down from the side of the helicopter. the guys down on deck tie the fuel line to the wench. they pull it back up to the helicopter and one of the crewman on board the jayhawk reaches out and starts fueling this helicopter in midair. >> you get a little too close, those blades cut right into the ship. this becomes a weird crash and shipwreck. >> go too far away while connected like that, the hose could burst and gas shoots everywhere. >> your mind goes to all the different horrible things that could go wrong but it doesn't and it works. >> the reason they do these kinds of hot refuels because it takes time to shut the helicopter down and fire it back up. if you're out doing over water rescue missions you need all the time you can. >> if they need a candy bar and
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soda, do they throw that to them too? >> what do you do if you're flying a small ultralight plane and need gas? if you're in russia, land, pull into a gas station, fill up your hand glider thingy, and take off. >> this guy just drove into the gas station, filled up next to the cars and flew away. >> i have video proof. the guy fills up, fires up the engine. clearly a unique sight. you see a few people standing around watching this thing. pulling out of the gas station to this busy roadway. when he sees a clear spot, mashes the throttle. watch how quickly this guy takes off. >> oh. just like that. >> just like that. >> if you're in negative degree fahrenheit in siberia, you probably don't want to be doing this. we found this video on siberian times. >> what the heck? >> bikini skiing. >> bikini snowboarding. this day was probably not one of the more extreme days but this is a resort called, yetigesh,
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promoting bikini snowboarding on their slopes, as it gets warmer later in the season -- >> it will still be super cold. >> but they are known for their amazing snow. >> all the dudes are naked too. not just the girls. >> the dudes are taking the layers off too. >> equal opportunity swimsuit snowboarding/skiing. >> pretty soon you will be able to snowboard and ski through the yeti park because they're adding that as an attraction to their resort. because yetis have been spotted in siberia so now, you'll be able to go ski in your bikini or snowboard in your bikini and then go spot the yeti. >> what's funny about this, they put out this promotional video of really cute people doing this. and you get all excited and going to show up. i'm going to ski with bikini babes and it's going to be 68-year-old dudes. belly hanging out. >> yes. >> speedos.
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>> gray chest hairs. >> yeah. it's not going to look like this, guarantee it. >> enough pressure to wear your bikini in the summertime. don't make me ski in mine. >> good point. i'm with you on that one. what's up? chuck from the bronx again. >> he's back to take on the chubby bunny challenge. >> that's not all. he's going to do something else. >> never end well. >> see what happens when the chubby bunny gets pepper sprayed. and don't miss your shot at an ipad mini. we've got tuesday's buzzword for your chance to win, in just a [ crickets chirping ]
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welcome back to the show, everybody. don't forget to check out rightthisminute.com. you can see today's videos and more all day long. >> there's a new show about to premier on the discovery channel that's stirring up quite a bit of controversy. >> deep in the heart of the northern california mountains, marijuana growing season is under way. >> there's nothing more american than a man taking his piece of ground and producing a product that people want. >> this is the emerald -- >> this show is called weed ountry and it's all about the business of growingworks. >> ground zero for a multibillion dollar marijuana industry. originally comprised of three counties covering 10,000 square miles, it's now growing out of control and rebels are staking their claim. >> use our feet to walk on this
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property any time you feel like it. >> things get heated. one of the guys featured in "weed country" is mike and he joins us via skype right this minute from california to tell us a little bit about the show, about his business, and about what we can expect. welcome to the show, mike. >> thank you. >> doesn't the danger of this occupation bother you? it looks like you've got police looking for you and then you've got other people kind of encroaching on you've got, your goods? >> it's tempered by faith, by a belief. i think that marijuana prohibition in our country is one of the biggest, if not the biggest civil rights issue of our day. and i think the marijuana laws are heinous. that's one of the reasons why i do what i do. we're service providers. under california law we have the right to collect and produce marijuana for medical use for qualified patients. we do the labor for people who are too sick and can't do it for themselves.
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there are other aspects in the show you'll see. some of the lines can get kind of blurry sometimes because you have the cartels. anything can happen. but you just have to take your chances. that's all. >> mike, are you doing anything illegal and if so, are you concerned about being on tv? >> yes. and no. but it's tempered by my conviction what i'm doing is the right thing. if someone is not willing to exhibit a little civil disobedience and give people a reason why and give them an education about how and why these laws need to change. i love how this video starts with a warning saying don't attempt it. it's stupid. who would write something like this? our old friend chuck from the bronx. >> chuck from the bronx here. >> what's up there? chuck from the bronx again. >> i think you guys might be related. >> continue. chuck from the bronx is about to attempt another food stunt. >> today we're going to be doing the chubby bunny challenge.
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>> he is going to stuff his face with giant marshmallows while trying to say chubby bunny. that's not all. he's going to do something else. >> mace pepper spray. i'm going to spray myself with this right in the middle of the challenge. >> have you not seen other individuals of people spragpray themselves with pepper spray. these never end well. >> let's see how he does. >> chubby bunny over there. chubby bunny over there. chubby bunny over there. [ inaudible ]. . >> stupid. >> he says, that was stupid. surprise. >> [ bleep ]. i had to step away and wash oal that out. feels like my face is like hell right now. . it's time for the tuesday edition of the great rtm ipad mini giveaway.
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>> don't forget you need tuesday's buzzword and have to be 18 or older to enter. >> when we give you the buzzword that's when you head over to our facebook page. using a tablet or mobile device go to that first post on our facebook page and tap on the mobile link. >> all right. here we go,s the tuesday buzzword is giraffe. head over to facebook.com/rightthisminute and click on the win an ipad mini button. >> enter tuesday's buzzword, giraffe,-u-e-s-d-a-y-'-s buzzword, giraffe, that's giraffe for your chance to win an ipad mini. good luck, everybody. >> they're the musical brothers blowing up the web. >> they're huge and under 16. >> all three to tell us about life in the spotlight. >> all kind of new
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[ crewperson ] anything else? [ male announcer ] mcdonald's crispy, juicy chicken mcnuggets are now part of the extra value menu. so you get the tastes you love at a price you'll love even more. guess who's going to the game? [ internal ] thank you. [ male announcer ] the simple joy of having more to love. sometimes the best kind of prank video is when the person you're to prank doesn't get pranked. their friend joe is the one who gets pranked. >> i need a flow chart for this. >> yes. >> i'm so confused i think we're getting pranke d? >> this is not a prank. although i do like pranks. the guy in the green sets down the mountain. conspicuously walks back here. goes to kick out his legs from kenny's lawn chair. that works. kenny doesn't move. stays sitting. joe here in the green shirt goes flying. prank's on joe. >> he pranks himself.
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>> i love that the dude who was the original prankee didn't flinch. like what? >> how is that chair still standing? >> he's sitting on the front of the chair so the weight is on the front two legs. >> that's called karma, that's what that is. >> yep. ♪ you're listening to the incredible sounds of the sleepy man banjo boys. that is 10-year-old johnny mizzone, and then his brothers, 13-year-old robbie on the fiddle and 14-year-old tommy on the guitar. their expressions are so cool, calm and collected. >> they've been posting videos on their youtube page for a while. these went viral. we have to meet them, right this minute via skype we have robbie, tommy and johnny. >> thanks for having us. we're excited to be here.
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>> were you expecting the kind of success you've seen in the last couple years when you started posting those quote/unquote practice sessions on-line? >> not at all. we were posting these for our grandparents, friends, relatives and one of our videos went viral. it was all kind of new to us. >> did you pick this up then? how did you get going? >> we heard an earl skrugs video on youtube and we just fell in love with the music. >> have you gotten to perform with any of your idols yet? >> we got to play with jd crow, an influential banjo player. one person we were excited to play with is steve martin. just awesome. ♪ >> so johnny, tell me how you learned to pick the banjo at the age that you are? you're 10 years old, playing this since what? >> 6. >> 6. >> i had a pretty good teacher. he helped me to get the basics first and then the other part i picked up from that and part of it too he's always listening to
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banjo music so when he wants to learn a song he knows exactly what he's going to playing before he starts to learn it. >> are you writing your own music. >> we released our second album and we wrote seven songs on it. >> how did you decide i have dibs on banjo, you're going to plu the fiddle, i'll play the guitar? >> i was starting to play guitar, electric guitar actually. rob was playing classical viol n violin, he switched to fiddle. johnny was like you need a banjo player. that's it for us here at "rtm." we'll see you tomorrow.
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