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hi, everyone. i'm beth troutman. time for great videos and the stories behind them, "right this minute". tornadoes snake through the midwest, but not everyone was running for cover. these storm chasers got within a quarter mile. the incredible video captured by one guy who stared straight into the eye of the storm. >> it's a rush to be that close. a medical first. a baby boy that -- >> was born with six legs. >> how an entire nation is rooting for him. we've got a guy who quits his job, even though he doesn't work there.
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>> i'm not new. i've worked with you. this is how i, like, feel, you know what i mean? >> sorry about that. >> you'll meet the man behind the prank. >> i'm, like, hey, it was just a joke. and this monster truck does something that's never happened before. t the feat that had fans on their feet. we're going to begin our show today with some incredible weather video from the storms that ripped through the midwest over the weekend. the national weather service says over 130 trchbd tornadoes reported across the midwest with, kansas, oklahoma, iowa, n northbou nebraska, severe weather. look at the size of this hail. it was captured by storm chasers. >> looks like a soccer field full of softballs. >> watch this tornado. you can see the funnel of this come down and almost swirl near the ground. it almost looks snake-like.
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>> that is scary, man. >> this is i-70 east of salina, kansas. there was a supercell in this area that created more than one tornado funnel. at this point right here, we're about to see thetornado cross overysh! >> how scary for all those people in their cars. >> like a vacuum cleaner just sucking everything up in it. >> these storm chasers got within a quarter of a mile of some of these funnel clouds. to find out more about these storms and storm chasing, we have a storm chaser, tony lawback. tell me about the experience for you, as a storm chase ir, as you head into some of these severe storms. >> we saw a total of five tornadoes during the course of the day, and each one of them seemed very different from the next. we had a real skinny, snake-like tornado and then we had a huge, wide-cone barrel-type tornado. wasn't quite a wedge, but it was a huge, violent looking tornado, very reminiscent of the tuscaloosa tornado. >> what does it feel like to be that close, to feel the hail,
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feel the wind shaking your car. >> it's a rush to be that close. the sound of it -- you know, people compare it to trains and airplanes. i compare it to a real loud waterfall. very odd. >> from this round of storms this past weekend, what was your scariest experience? >> the scariest experience i would have to say was actually after dark and a supercell had formed southwest of salina, it was actually making a beeline straight for town. we went about ten miles south and set up. i don't like to chase after dark so we just made sure we were out of the way of it. and we were watching and wait willi ing and hoping to god it lifted before town. fortunately, it did. >> what breed of person goes after what has to be one of the most destructive forces in mother nature? >> you probably really need to ask my mom that question. she probably has some descriptive terms for us. i think it's just a person who's passion alt about the weather and chasing it is like the ultimate road trip. you get up in the morning and
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don't know where you're going to be at the end of the day. also, police are asking questions about why one of their officers shot a man's dog. this video you're watching is from "your news now." this is dash cam from an officer's car where he's proceeding to a domestic disturbance call. >> it's not noted in the call. >> what you hear the 911 operator say is, we don't know what letter it is, as in the letter on which unit it is, but there is a man standing outside. there was a man standing outside michael paxton. he says he was retrieving something out of his car. now here you saw officer thomas griffin getting out of his vehicle and what you can't see on video but you can hear is the officer telling michael paxton to show his hands. >> show me rur hayour hands! >> my dog! what are you doing? >> get back! >> what are you dog? what did you shoot my dog for? >> why are didn't you get the dog? >> i didn't know you were here.
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i was just taking him in the yard. >> you heard the guy say, what did you shoot my dog for? >> mr. paxton said the officer told him to show him his hands and a few second later his dog cisco came out of the backyard. the officer maintains the dog was going to jump. mr. paxton says that didn't happen. he just shot the dog. >> this man michael paxton has nothing to do withed call. >> right. >> according to mr. paix ton he had been playing in the backyard with the dog before he went out to his car to get something. >> heartbreaking. this guy was just minding his own business. >> sadly, cisco die nd this incident. there's been a facebook page created called justice for cisco. >> has the austin police department reached out to mr. paxton in any way? ff a spokesman for the police department said they didn't want to second-guess their officer and he had the right to defend himself if he felt threatened.
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>> what are you doing? what did you shoot my dog for? >> this is one of the saddest videos i've seen all day. it's a heartbreaker. a car fire out of california highway, the guys were out test-driving this car, and, as you can see, it is nothing more than a carbecue now. what makes this so desperately sad is that this pile of rubble used to look like this. >> oh! >> a lamborghini? >> a lamborghini. was out on a test-drive. this car worth about $400,000. and the guys who were following behind the lamborghini on the test drive says they saw the driver's rear tires start to catch fire and it took off and burned the whole car. >> that is so sad. >> you're test-driving a car like this, and it wrecks and
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bursts into flames, do you have to buy it? >> it belongs to the dealer still and it's their insurance. so their insurance will cover it. >> it's a dealer car. >> did they crash into someone in. >> no. lamborghini is investigating the fire to find out what happened. because if this is a problem where the car, thin lamborghini wants to get to the bottom of it. right now they're not sure what made the car catch fire. >> good thing he took it for a test-drive and didn't buy it just on sight. >> hello! >> that makes me so sad. but the guys were okay. guys were okay. doctors in pakistan are trying to figure out how to treat a baby born like this. you can see in this video from youtube this baby in pakistan was born with six legs. >> ah! >> on the videos you get a better look at the number of
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electric legs. the doctor from a national institute of child health in karachi, pakistan, says this baby's convict joined twin was born prematurely and incompletely developed which resulted in this child having the extra legs. sometimes it's referred to as a parasitic twin. this particular case is believed to be a one in 1 million sort of thing and this baby is believed to be the first ever born in pakistan with six legs. >> can they remove the legs? >> here's the thing. the father is an x-ray technician at a hospital. he says he makes only about $66 a month. so when this happened, he said, i have no way to pay for treatment for a baby like this. so he reached out to the government and different charities. well, the governor of the province in pakistan stepped forward and now the government is providing full support for this baby. he is receiving treatment in karachi. they believe there is some sort of surgery on the horizon.
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the boy is in stable care. the parents are hoping that th son can one day li full and healthy life. vice president joe biden wants to -- >> get a couple of the girls, give us some backdoor relief. >> so he didn't really say that, but the words put in his mouth aren't exactly pc or pg. and imagine waking up with a penguin in your room. >> this sounds like a real-life version of the "hangover". >> the story of the penguin that went missing from seaworld.
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of. >> this may actually be one with of the weirdest stories we've done. >> that's saying a lot. >> see that little guy, that little penguin? his name is dirk. dirk, over the weekend, was
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kidnapped. according to reports three welsh nationals between the ages of 18 and 21 broke into seaworld in queensland, australia, and swam with the dolphins and then took dirk. >> just for fun? >> well, apparently -- again, according to reports -- there was some alcohol involved, and the next day when these guys woke up, they found a penguin in their apartment, freaked out. this is like a real-live version of "the hangover." >> it's a penguin. >> that's right. they're, like, we've got to do something with this penguin. so they released him into the river. but they released him after they took photos and posted them on facebook. >> oh, of course. >> folks at seaworld enlisted the help of everyone, saying, hey, we've got to get this
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penguin back into his habitat. he was born in captivity seven years in captivity and suddenly he's left in eye river. but the good citizens of australia, they found little dirk, uninjured, but terrified. >> well, he is back in his original habitat at seaworld, along with his mate peaches. police arrested and then released the three men, and they are due to appear in court on choorgs of trespassing, stealing and unlawfully keeping a protected animal. vice president joe biden got some lip service because the guys from bad lip reading are back. >> oh! >> i missed these guys. >> nobody ever gets carmel hands. carmel hands are for terror. they're crazy lunch digits. you better not eat any. you bet i will! now, get a couple of the girls,
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give us some backdoor relief. it's not -- it's not good, but it's tight. >> oh! >> what? >> shall i say that this joe biden edition is a little racier than usual? >> so if i'm popping candies from loose women, that can make someone tired, like jumping in cindy's fun barrel. >> has he been hanging out with the secret service? >> i'll be the first to shave a bush irresponsibly. that prickly pear doesn't feel natural. remember, it never hurts to adapt a beard vagina. >> they're taking their bad lip reading to new heights. >> lower lows. >> yeah, but you're going to have a really great time. >> okay. >> she'll call you back! >> this one needs a warning, a rating. >> i don't even think some grown-ups need to see this. >> i can't un-see it.
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it you want to see the entire video, head to right this minute.com. tomorrow on "right this morning r minute " -- >> most of us were told when we were kids, don't play with fire. >> but the guy who made this video is ignoring this advice. that's tomorrow on "right this minute". >> old books? smelly. ever wonder where -- >> this musty, dusty butt smell comes from? >> this guy is going to tell you. and he's more than a cat. he's a working alarm clock. >> see his little hand there coming up under the door? >> see what this cat does to wake up the house, next.
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. all the weird smells in the world, old books. yeah. >> it's like dusty and -- >> musty and, like, butts. >> well, richard from aid books kind of tells us where this musty, dusty butt smell comes from. >> a physical book is made up of organic matter that reacts with heat, light, moisture and most importantly of all the chemicals used in its production. >> he says that chemists from university college in london have sort of pinpointed the smell. >> a combination of grassy notes with a tang of acids and a hint of vanilla with an underlying
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mustiness. >> vanilla? not musty, dusty and butt. >> sounds like my old librarian in high school. >> it says books can ab kosh smells. >> the most common is the tobacco smoke. >> the kid who kept the book under his pillow, it will have that stinky kid smell, too. >> it sounds like something maybe you have tried. >> i won't confirm or deny that report. >> this guy also explains why older books actually are able to last longer than newer books. >> paper with too much acidity is common in books printed in the 19th and 20th century, hence their rapid detier yaigs and smell. books produced by the earliest printings have survived because of the purity of their paper. >> it's in the paper. >> someone's got to say, they don't make them like they used to. >> they don't make them like they used to. >> yeah! frank, you're awesome. we know that on "right this minute." and this latest one is of a guy
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quitting his job. >> i've just been under a lot of stress lately. >> peter butterman is quitting jobs he doesn't actually have. >> i hate to be the bearer of bad news, but i don't think i'm going to be able to work here anymore. >> i don't want there to be any hard feelings. >> of course not. >> i can't believe people even actually entertained his delirium. >> i'm not new. this is how i, like, feel. >> sorry about that. >> does peter look familiar to you guys? he's been on this show before. we featured a video where he was pranking people where he asked for directions and rolleded up the window? >> oh, yeah. >> we wanted to find more so via skype from michigan, we have peter butterman. >> what was your favorite quit? >> my favorite line in the video is when the lady at stanley video -- >> if you think you work here, you're -- >> usually the first store or whatever i go in is a little
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nerve-wracking. after a do a couple, this is fun. >> everybody like ignores me all the time and dhoent know who i am and it get old. >> well, i'm proud of you and each one of these pranks. >> it depends on how they react. some of them, hey, it was just a joke. that first guy that you see in the video, i went back in there and told him, hey, man, thanks for being a good sport. it was just a joke. >> are you saying you work at this store in. >> if they're rude about it, i'm like, whatever. i'm, like, i'm the assistant manager for three years. you do not work here. >> how do they react when you finally tell them it was a prank? >> usually they just laugh and like, oh, my gosh, like i thought you were with serious. i thought i was going crazy. >> the crazy thing is, the other store, i called amy, she's, like, he did that six months ago. >> people actually believed you and just said, yeah, okay, well, we'll accept your resignation? >> there were a few who said, okay, just tell me your name and i'll tell the boss. >> i can work for maybe two weeks longer but i'm not going
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to be able to work here after that. >> we don't have -- >> you still want me coming on tuesday? >> yeah. let me know if they're still doing it, i'll correct it. >> this is one of the best pranks i've v seen i think. >> you guys are like ganging up on me. see this monster truck? see what it can do. >> never happened before. >> see some monster truck history, next. mçó4+y?i
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what do you do if you want to mix longboarding with the e iditar iditarod? >> it's like they're using the longboard as your sled. >> right. you've got the alaskan husky and you've got the alaskan malamu. there's snow on the side but not enough snow when you can have your sled out. i'll just leash up the dogs an get going. >> is it weird i feel sorry for the dogs? they're in harnesses but i kind of feel badly for them. they're running on the concrete, pulling this guy on a skateboard. >> i really think they had a good time because dogs love to run. >> it's like an extreme walker. >> this allows the dog to run away without running away. because you know dogs like to be free. >> right. >> he's just letting the dogs run. of course they are not paying attention to the road signs, but that's okay. nobody's leaving. >> just waiting for the guy on the long dd board to hit a rock or something and fall off and the dogs just keep on going. >> see you later!
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sunday, sunday, sunday! the monster jam finals, mohawk warrior does the first-ever double back flip. >> the mohawk warrior in his freestyle competition this monster truck goes flying toward an obstacle which pitches his front wheels up, mashes the gas, does a complete back flip, hits the gas again, flips the truck over. two back flips in a row, never happened before. >> it's pretty cool. you know it's really tough when the other guy ends up in a garbage dump when he tried it. >> but the kids love this kind of stuffment i love monster truck shows. all right. >> used to? >> i still love it. listen to the kids go crazy.
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>> i love it. >> nice. field trip coming. >> "right this minute." if you are bored by your old alarm clock and it's not cutting it for you, you may want to consider investing in a little pesky cat. this is boo, and boo doesn't like being left alone in the morning so he takes it upon himself to wake up his owners. see his little hand there coming up under the door? >> uh-huh. oh, no, he's going to hit the door thing that makes the -- >> ha! >> oh! >> oh, man! >> every day around 5:00 a.m., this is what little boo does. >> that is terrible. >> it's the worst thing ever. >> i want to know, did the cat figure out that doing this gets the owners' attention, or is the
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cat just having fun playing with this thing? >> according to the owners, he does this every morning around the same time. >> ah. >> can't you just take the thing off the door? you don't need a doorstopper. >> well, you do because then the door handle will punch a whole in the drywall. >> i prefer the hole in the drywall than this at 5:00 a.m. every day. >> that's it for this edition of "right this minute." thanks for joining us. stick around because another half hour of our show is on the stick around because another half hour of our show is on the way. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com
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