troutman, it's friday and that means it's time for the rtm top ten "countdown," the ten best videos and stories of the day. let's get to it. see the suv under water? there's a woman in there. >> it's a miracle that i'm alive. >> how cell phones saved her and other drivers from the texas-sized floods. some robbers shoot themselves in the foot on one bank job -- >> because a guy literally shoots himself in the foot. >> see how his limping really slowed down the getaway. >> that's just dumb. but is it as dumb as this video that made the "countdown"? see the guy who tries to get struck by lightning and succeeds.

>> and, a 12-year-old at a concert security guy clash in a dance-off. see how the winner cleaned up. >> now, ashton, you do know that you can get girls if you will dance, right? >> yeah, i basically got all of the girls at the concert. >> it's all coming up next on the rdm "countdown." >> we kick off today's "rtm countdown" with, our number ten video, one that gayle found for us. >> modern technology, cell phones made all the difference for two texas drivers that were swept away by floodwaters. the car you see there is 71-year-old dorothy's chevy tahoe. she was in dallas, it's been deluged by heavy rain. it's got lots of flooding. she was swept away under the lbj freeway. >> it's a miracle that i'm alive. >> she called 911 and firefighters were able to rescue her.

here's the thing, the lbj freeway is under construction and they say that's part of the reason for the severe weather flooding. four people were rescued in the waters because a fossil creek overran and flooded the road near fort worth. the car you see here, the man stuck in that car called 911 three times to get rescued. the first time he called -- they couldn't even understand what he was saying. >> i can barely hear you, where you at? >> the first call, his voice was garbled. 20 minutes later came the third call and he talked to them. >> the water is up to my chest. >> they're trying to get to you as quick as they can. >> okay. >> okay. i'm going to drown here if a little bit. >> he sounds remarkably calm to be saying that he's in water up to his chest. >> they did finally save him by

boat. and water rescuers say that's the most dangerous rescue for firefighters to perform. >> at number nine. video evidence of just how quickly things can go really, really wrong. you guys will have to help me figure out if in this case, the police are the victims. >> this is in philadelphia near temple university. you see two cops trying to arrest 19-year-old rodney gambrel. and a second man, who seems to try to be getting in the way and trying to stop the cops from making the arrest. there's tugging, there's pulling. in this case, rodney is completely trapped between two cops. the cop lying on the ground becomes afraid for his safety and the safety of his partner. and ends up pulling his gun out of the holster and pointing it at the other guy. >> i don't blame him. >> the cops never fired the gun and they were finally able to

make the arrest. >> i'm surprised he didn't pull the gun out earlier. they were totally outnumbered. >> it sounds like these guys started the situation. >> according to the posters, this confrontation started after the bicycle cop got rodney as he was riding his bike past him. what's amazing is that the guy would be confrontational with a cop. temple police ended up arresting rodney and he's been charged with aggravated assault and other crimes. the second guy did get away, but investigators are hoping to identify him. >> it seems like there's at least one video from russia every week on our "countdown" and this one is at number eight. >> nick, i'm so sorry to steal one of your lines, but -- to russia! >> bring it. >> we've seen bungee jumping off of bridges, we've seen it off of balloons, we've seen it off of cranes. now, in russia, we're going to see people bungee jumping into a

nuclear cooling tower! >> no way! >> that's the craziest thing i've ever seen. >> the person who posted the video called this bunkee jumping. but if you watch this, they're clearly not bouncing back. >> no, so -- >> are they just ropes? >> i think that would be just a rope and i would think that when you hit the bottom of the rope, when the slack tightened up? i think that would hurt! >> look at the rope that they're connected to. it's really, really thin. that doesn't look like a bunkee at all. >> at all. >> it looks like a garden hose. >> do they jump down and the rope does tighten up. you see their body just flings back and forth. it seems like this wldbe ououn' anywhere close to this thing, breathing above this thing. god knows what's left in there and let alone jump inside it. >> doy have a harness on?

>> that's how tough we russians are! we do love to celebrate stupid criminals on our rtm top 10 "countdown." here's our number one stupid criminal and our number seven video. >> it's a bank robbery in pirhana, brazil. but the guys, the robbers shoot themselves in the foot on this robbery. because a guy literally shoots himself in the foot. during the robbery. they've got some hostages, they're moving them around. but then their lookout guy is in the front door keeping things under control. there's always one guy in the group of bank robbers that are the klutz. >> the weakest link? >> yeah. he's taking a little break, holding the gun in his left hand. and he is taking a rest. and he ends up shooting himself in what looks like his right foot. literally the guy shoots himself in the foot. the funniest thing about the video is after the thieves make off with $30,000 reals, which

comes out to $17,000, he's got a noticeable limp. >> my god! >> they caught this guy, surprise, surprise. >> that was because he eventually went to the hospital to seek treatment for a gunshot wound to his left foot. >> no word if he wore the hat and sunglasses disguise to the hospital. but -- they're still searching for the other bank robbers in this heist. his partners in crime are like -- i knew we shouldn't have of a call on this job. >> shot myself in the foot. >> walk it off. >> we can't take you anywhere. >> we've seen some dumb criminals. now that is a dumb criminal -- that's just dumb. >> do you think that bank robbers put together training videos that they show prospective bank robbers and say this is what you shouldn't do when you're guarding the front door? >> you know what, i think they were missing the disk. the weather on tv.

>> oh! >> the magic of tv. >> it almost looks like she looks down at her big, flabby gut. >> tv weather and magic makes the "rtm countdown." apparently a rat got on the train in wall street. there's a rat on the subway. really? >> a rat? see the craziness it causes on

welcome back to the rtm top ten "countdown," we're at number six, now a weather report. >> this video has taught me we can't trust our editors. >> uh-oh. i think we knew that already. my head has been on so many things since this show started. i've turned into a robot, a cowboy, a ballerina. >> has this ever happened to you? this is a newscast in l.a., and the anchor has just tossed over to the weather girl. >> whoa! [ laughter ] >> oh, my god, that's hilarious. >> this is on the air she saw

this, you think? >> notice her face. she starts talking about the weather and then she looks over to the monitor and realizes, what? and then she looks back and looks down again and she's pushing her clicker. she says, i think we're having some difficulties. she says, but i think it's the lighting. >> she even, it almost like she looks down at her big, flabby gut that's not hers, but she does look down at it. they just keyed her dress, we know this because of tv. how it works is you can just key somebody's color. can you key this scarf and make that, it could be like the green screen color. >> she was wearing a dress they were able to key out. >> can you imagine being a viewer at home and seeing this happen? you're like what is going on? >> she's like, she really let herself go. >> you have to hand it to the guy in the speedo. microwaves ruin everything.

you put good food in there, and it never quite tastes the same as if you put it in the oven. if you put things in the microwave that don't belong in there, you know what happens. here's a short video that shows things in the microwave, in slow motion. which is always fun to see. like the tinfoil. >> that's awful, that's sparks. >> but what does it really look like? or an egg, what happens if you throw an egg in the microwave. a tomato springs a leak. >> whoa. >> when it can't take any more. >> look at the bar of soap. yew. >> and a juice bag, that's kind of cool, huh? >> oh. on. >> the light bulb lit up. >> did you see that? >> that was my favorite one so far. a light bulb, even after it explodes, it's still kind of lighting up and sparking. >> it's still working and the glass shatters everywhere. >> the whole cool video of what things do when they're put in a microwave? it's a commercial, put on by

mo's southwest grill saying we don't use microwaves because they ruin everything. >> that's smart! >> huh? pretty brilliant, i think. >> i put my sponge in the microwave before i wash dishes and it's supposed to clean all the germs off of it. you put the sponge in there for like a minute it looks like it's coming to life. it grows a little bit an you take it out and it's just real hot and clean, wash your dishes. >> and it's like a human head. >> you've seen that. >> oh yes. [ laughter ] >> you're gone for two days and now you're refreshed! there's nothing better than a little dance-off, right? >> ooh, yeah! >> this video is in tucson, arizona at an evichi concert. the guy you see with the black

hoodie on is 12-year-old ashton cross. he's doing a little dance-off with the concert security guards. >> where did the security guard go? >> i think this is what you call getting served. >> i think the security guard got served here. >> we have ashton from tucson, arizona to tell us about this little dance off. had you planned it? >> wru trying to get back stage? what was going on? >> i was actually trying to get back stage so i could meet evichi himself. >> how did this work? did you end up back stage? >> sadly not. but i actual i made friends with the security guard. >> you know the girl in the green fanny pack, is that right? >> no. those rumors are false. >> there's rumors on the internet. >> so who was shooting the video? >> someone, i do not know. >> good thing they were shooting it, what did you think of the

security guard skills? >> i actually thought he was pretty good challenge. that was actually my first dance battle. >> he's 1-0. >> you're undefeated. >> ashton, you do know that you can get girls if you will dance, right? >> yeah, in fact, i basically got all of those girls at that concert. >> oh, snap! okay, we have a lot of girls watching our show today, can you stand up and show us some moves? >> okay. ♪ >> ashton, whoa! >> you're born with that, there's no other way to say it. get cocked, locked and ready to rock. >> we've got the goods for "countdown" gold when machine guns and explosions unite.

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to rock. because i'm taking to you a gun range in kentucky for their biannual machine gun extravaganza. >> it's an international event and there are videos all over the internet. that show this biannual event. october and april. there's a three-year waiting list to participate in the machine gun shoot. >> that many people owns machine ns >> oh yeah. >> and the machine guns range from world war ii-era stuff all the way to modern-day machine guns. this is the night shoot where they can participate and see what it looks like. >> this looks like a war scene. >> that sounds like a vibration is a mini gun. it's a mini gatling gun. it's like 9,000 rounds a minute. >> what's exploding here? >> they're able to shoot at

explosives that explodes on contact. >> does anyone ever get shot? >> people who own these guns are licensed and registered gun owners. >> they know what they're doing. >> i would love to go to this. >> there's a lot of people out there who own guns for hobbies. this is another pasttime. a hobby. >> you know video games are so realistic now. >> that's not the real thing. number two, today's runner-up on the "rtm countdown," new york, a subway and a rat. while you think of a joke, here's the video. >> you've heard of snakes on a plane, but when you lived in new york, steven, were there rats on the subway? >> yeah, every day. >> apparently a rat got on the train in wall street. >> we're talking about a physical rat. not just one of the rats that works on wall street? >> oh! >> there's a rat on the subway. it's the r line. and if you notice, these grown

adult men and women -- start jumping up on the seats because they're afraid of that little rat. >> i don't blame these guys, like by picking up their feet -- >> they're screaming like little girls. >> those rats are huge. they're like little people. >> you're afraid of a little rat? >> i mean, they're not little. >> because it doesn't look like it goes after people. it's like scared and they need somewhere to go. >> it doesn't have anywhere to go. it's stuck on the subway. >> if you're sitting there with your feet down and it crawl the up your pantleg or something? >> i've never heard of a case of a rat actually biting someone. >> oh, they will, they have some sharp teeth. >> these things live in the subway by the tracks, they're filthy and dirty the the subway tracks are like the dirtiest things in the world, i'll be standing on a chair. >> according to the person who shot the video, he told my fox new york, got on at wall street, got off in brooklyn. >> he's a hipster rat.

lightning strikes twice, but this bolt strikes number one. we'll finally show you the electrifying video after the break. ♪ [ ukulele strumming ]

♪ [ folksy whistling ] [ man ] quitting is a fight you can't let yourself lose. it can take many tries. but keep trying, you will beat smoking. honey, you okay? yeah, i'm fine. ♪ [ ukulele ] what does this look like to you? >> it looks like fried apple pie. >> it looks like a warm, tasty, edible pastry. >> what's in it?

>> it's breathing. ooh. >> is it fake or electronic? >> maybe they overheated it and it's bubbling on the inside. >> maybe they took a toy on the inside to trick everybody who is watching the video. >> it looks like it might have been a holiday pie and they are trying to freak out grandma. >> i'm thinking it's something somebody bought at one of those prank stores. >> they made it look like it's breathing. >> it looks fab, like a piece of rubber. >> it's breathing consistent. >> maybe the pie was just running from the oven and hopped onto the plate and was out of breath. >> that's what it is, it's a hot cross bun. >> it was hot and it crossed the yard. it was out of breath. >> it's the dow boy. he finally got him. all right, everybody, the moment is finally here. we're at our number one video pick of the day.

and steven found it for us. >> we say a lot of things are shocking on the show. shocking video, shocking news story. this -- is shocking. a guy named darren khan made a documentary about the phenomenon about lightning and he shot it in the lightning capital of the world, which i didn't know, is florida. >> i've been obsessed with lightngmyade of, where does it come from. >> throughout the documentary he talks to doctors, he talks to lightning experts, he tries to learn everything he can about lightning. and he also decides, what better way to learn about lightning than to get struck by it on purpose. >> what? >> the reason i'm doing this is i want to go and get struck by lightning. >> why would you want to do that? >> darren sets out to create after talking to all these experts and doctors, he sets out to create a suit that will protect him from the lightning. he creates this sort of makeshift costume made up of shoulder pads, chains on his

legs. complete with antlers that he has dipped in liquid metal. he then goes with the professional storm chaser during a huge lightning storm it take him out into the middle of a field. during a giant lightning storm. >> no way, this is a prank. >> dude, dude! >> you see some photos of his injuries. >> a lot of people are having the same conversation online that we're having right now. is this real? is this a hoax? there's so much about this. first of all, getting struck by lightning is a one in a moyer chance or more. walking out the door one night and saying i'm going to get struck by lightning seems improbable. >> but think about a lightning rod at the top of a skyscraper, those things get struck over and over again because they're meant to direct lightning and this guy was going to attract that bolt of lightning. >> the production of the film was funded by jagermeister. >> well, that sounds to me like a big promotion now. >> the jagermeister logo has the big antlers on the bottle.

he's putting antlers on. this is promotional b.s. for sure. especially if it's funded by jagermeister. good job, jagermeister. >> people are talking about it. >> yeah. all right, everybody, that's going to do it for today's rtm top ten "countdown." we hope you enjoyed yourselves. we'll leave you with one last video it's called a beautiful day at the dog park. ♪ day at the dog park. ♪ ♪ -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com