one. i'm beth troutman. the web has lots of great videos, but we found the very best and the stories behind them, "right this minute." it's all good, kid. it's an anti drug message. >> that i can guarantee is like none you've ever seen before. >> finally, the story behind the viral video hit known as half-head man. it's the moment a mom and daughter are rescued from their snowbound car. >> i got you. we're going to help you out, okay? >> but this warm and fuzzy story has a sordid twist. we'll tell you about it. meet the guy who wants to be the first jamaican diver in the

olympics. and see the insane moves he hopes will get him there. >> a somersault, flip out of the somersault, rocket it into a twist, check it out. and some frat boys decide -- >> to serenade some girls. >> awww. ♪ i can be your hero baby >> i hope these guys got lucky afterwards, because it was a lot of work. i want to show you guys a bit of don't do drugs, psa, that i can guarantee is like none you've ever seen before. this is carlos "happy" rodriguez. and as you can see, half of his head is missing. he's in his 20s. his mug shot became a viral hit about a year ago when he was picked up for soliciting a prostitute. but years ago, "heavy" here lost half of his head and a large

portion of his brain and skull -- >> i was driving, and i went out the front window and landed on my head. >> after he was driving under the influence. this video has been passed all over the web sort of as a way to show people out there, this is an example of what can happen to you if you do drugs. >> it's no good. drinking and driving or drugness and driving, no good, kids. no good. >> you see him now smoking what looks like to be drugs. he's continuing the habit, but he's also saying, hey, look, kids, don't do this. because you could end up with half a head. >> how do you survive this? how does he still have motor skills and the ability to speak? >> there are other examples of, you know, similar cases as carlos'. here a guy,co laborer who fell 25 feet from a roof, and ended up looking like this and lived on. there's also a boy in china who

was known as the half-brain boy. another example you may remember, abc news war correspondent, bob woodruff suffered a huge injury to his skull from a roadside bomb. he looked like he was in pretty bad shape when it happened, but they were able to construct his head and skull to look, you know, normal. sure didn't end up looking like carlos here. >> that's a heck of a psa. to russia, and some snowy roads. you see this guy driving down the road, a couple people in the middle of the street. he swerves around him, gently, and starts to lose control. before you know it -- [ explosion ] he's in a ditch and upside down. >> whoa. >> and like, what were those people doing on the side of the road like that? were they fighting? >> i don't know if they were hitch hiking, if they were walking, if they were fighting, but that's enough to make them lose control. >> it looks like he might have slammed on the brakes there. if you do that on an icy road,

you're toast. >> people go too darn fast when there is snow on the road. i don't think he can be that mad at people on the road, because you clearly see them way up ahead. slow down a little bit and work around. [ honking ] >> and at that particular time, they weren't any cars coming in the opposite direction, so he had the whole other lane to shift over and avoid these people. >> but you can tell he was mad. you hear him honk the horn, you hear him say something angrily in russian. [ yelling in russian ] ♪ there's a whole lot of drama in this dash cam video i'm about to show you of the rescue of a girl, jessica smith, who was the subject of an amber alert. jessica was allegedly kidnapped by her mother, kimberly smith, six days before from texas. >> i got you. we're going to help you out,

okay? >> it looks like mom was definitely trying to hide. they're in the middle of nowhere. >> no wonder they got stuck. >> they were found in northern new mexico in the snow and authorities believed they hadn't had water since day two of them running. >> when was the last time you ate anything? >> about a week. >> according to court documents, this was all precipitated when the little girl said that her mom had tried to get her to lie about a molestation charge against her father. the little girl told the school counselor, this whole thing about my dad molesting me is a lie. her mom found out, was upset. family members say kimberly smith displayed a knife and said she was going to kill them both. so after that, they ran. they were gone six days when they were finally found in the snow without any food. they were basically on survival mode. >> jessica, are you okay? how has your mom been treating you? >> treating me fine. >> okay.

when is the last time you ate anything? >> oh, about a week. >> but the good news is jessica is safe and now in her grandparents' custody. recently i brought you guys this story of the guy in louisville, kentucky being tased in his grandmother's home, and there was a camera. on the taser gun. and nick, you were surprised by that. >> the video we're seeing is actually from a camera that's mounted on the taser gun itself? apparently your response to the taser camera is a very common one. we found this from our good friends at action news 9 in tampa, florida. what this is, is a camera that's mounted below the actual taser gun. as the taser is pulled from the officer's holster, the camera starts recording, and it records everything until the taser gun is put back. but take a look at some of the

footage they've got. >> get on your back! [ screaming ] >> i like that, because that gives us a much clearer perspective on what actually goes down. because on occasion we'll get the trooper's dash cam video, but sometimes if someone is in the way we don't actually see what happens when someone is tased. >> this kind of equipment can be incredibly valuable in fending off allegations of use of excessive force, because you see the entire process happen, and oftentimes in graphic detail. a lot of police stations don't actually utilize this equipment, because it can be incredibly expensive. these are like $400 a piece. a lot of stations can't afford this kind of equipment. >> definitely one camera you don't want to be on. a funny prank takes a turn when one dude just isn't having it. >> i will call the columbus

police department right now. >> see the prank, and then decide, did it go too far? and meet russ sturgis then and now. >> that's a waterfall. >> let the adrenaline rush begin. well, not now, but later.

welcome back to the show. but don't forget to check in at rightthisminute.com. great videos all day long. >> this is yona knight wisdom. and he wants to be the first jamaican diver in the olympics. he is doing some serious training. >> just one look at this guy, he is like really long, really lean. i mean, i'm pretty sure he's going to make a pretty awesome diver. >> seems like he would be a complete and total shoe-in. how could he not make the team? >> we know so we have him via skype "right this minute" from

england to tell us about it. tell us about this dream you have of being the first jamaican olympic diver. >> i've been training, and i've always wanted to be at the olympics. there have always been diver, and i thought why not try out for jamaica? >> how many hours a day are you practicing and training? >> i do two hours a day. sometimes i do four. but that's dependent on how much school i have that day. and during the holidays, i train twice a day, up to five hours. >> tell us about the sponsorships that you need and how much money are we talking about? >> i'm looking for around $10,000, maybe. any kind of sponsorship would help. >> tell us about the most complicated dive you did in this video. >> it goes going into a somersault, rocketing into a twist. >> has this video gotten you sponsorship so far? >> not yet. it was only released last week. my coach is trying to bring it through and look for sponsors. >> what kind of accomplishment would this be for you if you

were to qualify for the olympics? >> that would be a dream come true. i've always dreamed of going to the olympics. here is a cat video that has about 3 million views. i want you guys to help me figure out why you think that is. ♪ i feel like i'm watching "national geographic in someone's backyard. >> we said before, everything is cooler in slow motion. >> this is a kitten, and they captured him playing around in slow motion using a phantom hd camera and shooting about 400 to 800 frames per second. so you can see the intricacies of the little kitty moving around. >> look at his paws all spread out. isn't that cute? >> i am not a fan of cat videos on the internet. there are far too many. there are -- i don't think any of them are good. i like this one a lot. >> you do? >> yeah. it's slow-motion. it's cool. he looks like a wild animal, not like a domestic house cat. >> it's fun in slow motion,

giddiness, playfulness. my favorite part is the jumping toward the camera and in slo-mo watch the little claws come right out of his paw. >> this even has something for you specifically, beth. watch real closely. there is cat milk snot. >> oh. are you okay with that? >> i'm okay with that. >> okay, good, yeah. i feel like this video should have like a narrator with like a real deep voice. like the kitten stalks the feather toy. in johnnie's backyard. >> and he misses it. >> yeah. something like that. ♪ it's fun to be the pranker to prank people, but is it fun to be the pranky? >> nope. >> a couple guys were working on their it'sy bitsy spider routine from the comedy group sketch empire on ohio state university's campus. you see they're lowering the spider down, scaring people, ha-ha-ha, everyone is smiling and laughing.

except one guy who got pranked wasn't too happy. [ bleep ]. >> hey. sorry, man. not funny. >> mad. then he notices the camera. >> hey, come here. come here. dude, that's not right. come here. >> you come here. >> no. take it off. delete it. >> nope. >> i will call the columbus police department right now. >> guy is visibly upset and then he leaves all of his stuff here and confronts the guy behind the camera. >> you invaded my private space. dude, is this some kind of project for a class? who is your professor? you don't know who your professor is? >> this goes on for a while before the guy eventually says -- >> you're obviously young punks. >> my question to you guys is, did this guy react in the wrong way or is this guy justified for being mad? >> he made the situation worse by getting all up in their face instead of just saying hey, you know, what you don't have my permission to use that. >> i think it embarrassed him

that it scared him so badly. and of course now with social media and youtube, he probably thought this is going to end up everywhere and i don't want it there. >> if that's the case, i don't blame him at all. but there's two sides here, and i agree with you, nick. if you ask nicely, i'm sure these guys would have said cool, okay, we won't use it in your film. >> it's not funny. obviously, young punks. real or fake? and the present this week, a funny, a freak-out and a big, fat fake. >> oh. >> all coming up on "right this

rush sturgis is born to boat. he's a kayaker, born in northern california and raised at otter bar lodge which is a destination kayaking school. shows him as a kid and how he grew up as a kayaker, all the way up to modern-day, where this guy is just doing some epic things. >> he was 10 years old -- doing stuff i would be afraid to do as a grown-up. >> yep. here he is, 15, 16, 17. ♪ look at some of this stuff that rush is able to do now, because he grew up around kayaking. ♪ >> oh, heck no. that's a waterfall.

he's going down the water fall. >> down are the kid days and the play rapids. here he is plummeting off a huge water fall. >> that looks like he's surfing in a kayak. >> they call it surfing and they get out into these rolling rapids and they can pretty much stay stationary and literally surf the rapids. >> tell me the truth. does he have gills? honestly. is he like a fish? ♪ >> i love, he just throws the paddle and goes down. >> he's like the shaun white of kayaking. >> it's time to spend some time with our favorite video-sifting elf. matt. >> i'm no elf. [ laughter ] >> you sift through all of the great videos for us. you're an elf. like presents. >> i'm not happy with this. can we get into the videos or something? >> let's get into the videos. world's worst bench pressing routine. real or fake, everybody? ♪

>> i can't get over those skinny legs. >> it's like the one arm goes down, the other one stays up. >> look at his legs. they're like crooked. >> i think that's all real. >> yeah. >> that is all real. >> because we have all seen people like that at the gym. >> it's all real bad. >> i think it's real too, but it kind of pissed me off this guy could bench press more than me. >> okay. the next one, we've got gymnast attempts a new move. >> yeah, it's a sweet move. check it out. ♪ >> oh. >> oh, my goodness. >> oh, boy. >> oh, no! oh, he's -- >> are you kidding me? i feel like i'm looking at a broken nose. >> watch his arm. >> i don't want to. >> oh! >> yikes. >> that is horrible.

>> yeah. >> oh, man. >> oh, that's real. that's real. >> that would be hard to fake. >> one of my co-workers coined that move as the egyptian. >> another athletic move here, girl caught on supermarket tv doing soccer tricks with a melon. >> whoa. >> oh, wow. >> she's got it working. or be a soccer player. >> oh -- i think this is fake too. it looks all too set up and planned for me. >> don't you feel like she turned toward the camera a little bit to do her little trick? >> i think -- >> but the way the melon is moving. >> it's not even real -- >> look at how it bounces. no cantaloupe is going to bounce like that. that's full of liquid and seeds and heavy. >> it almost looks like it lifts off like a balloon. >> fake. >> good videos today. way to go. matt, thanks for joining us. >> see you next week. okay.

i'm supposed to remind you to go to rightthisminute.com. so there. what do you think? guys with guitars, girls on the balcony. >> doing the old throw a pebble at the window trick. ♪ ♪ i can be your hero baby >> looks like romance lives for at least one more video on "right this minute." and then there is this. see what's up with the sugar glider, next.

what do you do with that sliver of soap in your shower once it's gotten to be so thin you really can't use it because it's slipping everywhere? it's falling. >> let it go down the drain. >> i smoosh it until it goes all the way in. >> wait, what? eric novine came up with a very creative way to save the world from the soap sliver. he created a kick-starter project called stack. >> this is a bar of stack soap. put a special groove right here in the bar of sack soap. it fits the shape of that sliver. so when you get done with this bar, you just stick it into the next bar. and they become one. as you wear them down, they get smaller and smaller until they turn into the next sliver. at that point, you just put it into the next bar. >> you bring out the new bar of soap and put the sliver in the kbroof groove of the new soap and keep going. >> i mitwill miss the days wher

can smoosh the soap down the drain. so a glider trying to get her bacon. >> hmmm, bacon. bacon. please, please, please. yay, bacon. my bacon. my bacon. romance is still alive, you guys. especially at the university of british columbia in vancouver, canada. these guys are from the alpha delta phi fraternity, and they're about to sir serenade some girls. >> aww. >> doing the old throwing the pebble at the window trick. >> but they're serenading an entire group of girls. >> what's your name? >> joanne and beverly. >> this one is for you, joanne.

♪ >> it counts, you guys. and they serenade the girls to enrique iglesias "hero." ♪ would you dance if i asked you to dance would you run and never look back ♪ ♪ ♪ and i can be your hero baby >> i hope these guys got lucky afterwards, because that's a lot of work. >> are you gushing like me, because -- >> i'm not gushing at all. like i wish -- i really do wish, actually, that it was a different song. >> i'm a bigger fan of the john cusack -- the boombox. >> they posted this video on their youtube channel and they wrote "to all of the lovely ladies of ubc. you're all worth it". >> surely not all of them were celebrating with a special valentine, so give them a chance to feel loved.

>> will you be my valentine? >> yes! >> woo! that's going to do it for us here at "right this minute." we're going to leave you with one last look at rush sturgis' extreme kayaking. enjoy it. we'll see you tomorrow. ♪ ♪ -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪