hello, everybody. i'm beth troutman with your best fourth of july videos. we're talking about fireworks, sales and holiday fun to blow your mind. "right this minute." it's a buzz kill by the fuzz as a cleveland cop destroys $100,000 of fireworks. >> how the raid on one guy's stash left a whole neighborhood

with no fireworks show. >> i don't know what we'll do yet. >> this 4th, we celebrate the kid who gave hz dis dad an epic home coming. >> i saw him walk for the first time. it's a feeling you can't describe. >> it's time to fire up the grill for your holiday cookout. >> don't do this. >> there goes the barbecue. >> see what went wrong and i would you may want to spiral your weiner bere you row it barbie. >> that makes it last longer because it's longer. >> better strap in, because the fourth of july extravaganza star starts "right this minute." one cleveland neighborhood is not going to have their traditional fireworks display because of what police did with these fireworks.

police got a tip to a west cleveland neighborhood where they found $100,000 of fireworks. what you see here is them exploding half of them. >> they couldn't wait until the fourth of july. >> police say some of them were for a neighborhood di hhood dis some of them will be sold. >> we have been going down there to see the shows. i don't know what we'll do just yet. >> neighbors are disappointed because they say the man who had these fireworks usually puts on a fireworks display, so now it won't happen this is only a third of the fireworks that they blew up. >> destroyed it on purpose? >> why not donate it to the city and add it to their display. >> they say it's not safe to have them in a neighborhood. >> i never felt in any danger or harm. >> i think if you live in the neighborhood, you were looking forward to this guy's fireworks show, now it won't happen.

>> >> they had to have known this guy was doing this for years in this neighborhood. >> but one neighbor probably got worried. an anonymous tip led the police to the garage where they found all the illegal loot. you guys remember this video? when marine staff sergeant jeremy koneke came home to greet his 6-year-old son who has cerebral palsy, walking towards him for the very first time. >> this is such a beautiful video. it brought me to tears immediately. i thought it brought everyone in america to tears. >> yeah. well we wanted to reach out to the family and learn more about it. so "right this minute" we have jeremy, michael and melissa via skype. jeremy, tell me what you were feeling when you were walking into the gym and then you realized it was your son walking towards you? >> when i first walked into the gym, i didn't know what was

going on. they had him hid behind the screen. as soon as he came around the screen and i saw him walking for the first time, it's a feeling you can't describe. only thing i could tell you, one of the most proud moments of my life, to see him. knowing the pain he had to push to to get to that point. knowing the determination it took for him to make that happen. i was a very, very proud father. >> melissa, did you know he was going to therapy for this? or was this like a complete surprise? >> i had to remind myself not to post the videos on facebook because i wanted to update family members. it was harder whenever he would call and talk to him, i wanted to say, hey, guess what your son is doing. i did what i needed to and kept it in secret. >> what have you guys done since you have been back with michael that you weren't able to do before? >> one moment that stands out, shortly after us coming home, we went out and took family pictures. got a photographer to come out. we went out to this pond on

base, where michael at one point during this photo shoot decided he wanted to take a walk. he grabbed my hand. we ended up walking along this pond bank, along the edge of the trees and stuff there. just took a walk father and son for the first time. things like that that i couldn't have done with him before is great. i never thought this story would go so far. i never thought i would have such an impact on america the way it has. fourth of july, great day, perfect day to cook out, right? >> yeah. >> just don't do this. >> there goes the barbecue. >> these guys tried to jam as many pork ribs as they could on to the gas grill. the grease started to drip down and caused this huge fire. these guys, of course, are trying to save the food. get the food out of the flames. >> because you spend a lot of money on pork ribs. >> it takes two seconds, close

the lid. >> then you'll have a nice char on your rib. the sauce will caramelize. >> don't throw water on the flames like this guy. i think they successfully made a smoky barbecue sauce there. >> did the bucket of sauce melt? >> yep. >> part of the bucket melted. the flames were a couple feet high. >> a tough rib. >> those aren't going to be too tasty. the guy filming laughing the whole time. >> not the best day for these guys. not the best cookout. >> at least they were smart enough to move the grill away from the house. it looks like they knew. time to light the wick on fourth of july, rtm style. some of the best videos out there. let's kick it off.

this guy found a bootleg cherry bomb in his grandfather's stash. watch what you do. you got to light it up. the guy says the boom is much louder than it appears in the video. set off car alarms all around the back. >> a cherry bomb. >> fail. >> over to another video, guy has a cell phone camera, checking things out. >> oh, my god! >> oh! >> that's where you duck for cover. >> i don't think they're supposed to go off the ground, are they? >> it sounds like he's in baghdad, shock and awe when everything starts going wrong. >> and he starts filming. he films his feet. >> i think he was running for his life. >> here's another one. this one is awesome. >> oh! >> oh, wow. >> my gosh, that was like a bomb went off in your neighborhood. >> i don't think the mortar quite got the elevation it needed. pretty much leveled the neighborhood. >> like a fire work you send up over a giant field, not over

suburbia. >> fail. >> here is the grand finale, the crescendo of our rtm fireworks kickoff. where else would this happen -- >> russia! >> a fire at a fireworks factory. >> oh. >> the building fail. >> i don't think i've seen this before. >> talk about a finale. you could the patriotic music. ♪ a firecracker prank that -- i -- well, it's a prank i can't even wrap my brain around. see it for yourself. and a lake, this dude, and a

wake board. all we need is to attach -- >> some sparklers to i had handleb handlebars. >> sparklers or not, this guy has some mad

i tell you, those crazy kids of canada know how to celebrate harry potter style. though, it's a little -- it's a lot different. these crazy kids decided, hey, let's shoot roman candles at each other, kind of like they do in harry potter when they cast spo spells. >> kind of like their magic wand. >> that's not a good idea. >> no, it's not. >> i was doing this before harry potter. we used to shoot roman candles at each other.

>> did you get hurt? >> after it bounces off of you. >> i think this would be a guy thing, you say we've all done it. you have done it i've not done it. >> at some point in every dude's life you have shot a roman candle at your friend or they have been shot at you. it's all part of growing up. if you're watching this video, you're probably not out on the water enjoying fourth of july like a lot of people did. like noah is on his wakeboard. tearing it up. upside down, big overhead flips, back flips, front flips, twists, turns. the guy has such command of the board. it's awesome. >> i would know because i tried to wakeboard, and i never made it out of the water. i got up, just fell. >> attach some sparklers to the

handlebars. that would have been very fourth of july. >> that would have been cool. >> you know who has mad skills, he's on 14 years old, "sports illustrated" recognized noah as their sports kid of the year. it's prank versus prank time. that means our favorite prank couple jesse and gina are back. the last time we saw them, gina made jesse think she was cheating on him with this guy. >> i'm going to [ bleep ]. >> so he's getting back at her. >> oh. >> a few days ago when she was at work, i made this epic prank candle. i made it look like a real candle. >> like a science project. >> here we go. >> ah! >> oh, my god. >> i think he nailed the prank but almost missed the big reveal. >> do you like your candle surprise in oh, my god, you're cleaning all this up.

>> i would hate to live in this house. i mean, you wouldn't ever be able to just let your guard down and relax. >> i love how excited he was when he knew he nailed the prank. >> where did you get that? >> made that. i was waiting forever for you to light that. oh, my god, i almost didn't get it on camera. i'm shaking. yes. >> they've done over 100 of these, yet they still haven't broken up. >> i think it's making their relationship stronger. >> what? like -- >> ah! >> i made that. >> yes! >> whew! these fireworks are more than just gunpowder and color chemicals. these fireworks are eddy. >> they're eddy? >> when you find out what that means, you will see there's way, way more to this fireworks show

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people always want a good seat for the fireworks. imagine if the fireworks were in the seat of your pants. the guy that you're seeing in this freeze frame, that's uncle keith. these guys are all hanging out in st. thomas, ontario, canada. old uncle keith here, according

to the posters of the video, has suffered some kind of bum mishap. i don't know what that means. but it caused him to wear adult diapers. they think they can fix uncle keith's bum problem with an m80 firecracker. >> oh. >> do they teach that in medical school? one of these guys is a doctor, right? >> showing him an m80. >> look at it. >> it's a huge, frigging firecracker me firecracker. >> you can see the firecracker. before they drop it down uncle keith's pants. >> don't be scared! >> you even saw a little flame shoot out of his pants. >> oh, my god. that's awesome. >> it starts getting really bad here, though. >> starts getting really bad? he put a firecracker down his diaper! >> ah!

keep watching. >> oh, the stink. you can smell it. whose idea was this? >> okay. so. we got the old firecracker in the diaper trick all said and done. >> oh, my gosh. >> can you imagine if he had tooted at the same time that thing went off? >> this is the stupidest, awesomest thing ever. fireworks point of view. ♪ ♪

if there's one thing we cannot get enough of today, it's fireworks like these. ♪ they set the entire fireworks show to tchaikovsky's overture. >> but these fireworks make me want to say america. >> but these fire works are in liverpool, and these fireworks, they are eddy. >> eddy? >> in these fireworks are the cremated ashes of eddy. a man who was cremated who then decided he wanted to have a spectacular memorial service and he wanted to have himself, because he was from liverpool, he wanted to be in these fireworks and then spread,

basically, in liverpool. he selected the song, because he likes the song. it was in liverpool because he likes liverpool. >> there's a company called heaven forbid fireworks that creates these special memorials for people who want them. to tell us more about this we have furgeson jamison via skype right now all the way from the uk. tell me about this idea to send cremated ashes up into the sky in fireworks. >> i was listening to a radio program, and some woman said when i die, i wish i could go up in a fire work. i thought that's a neat idea. i always felt we have the wrong approach to death. you have to be said, but let's celebrate the life of people and the wonderful things that happened to them. >> tell us about how the families react when they see this? >> i describe it they're crying tears of joy. it's terribly emotional.

so people do cry. but they got huge smiles from ear to ear all over. and, you know, it's just such a happier way to say good-bye. >> i w born on december 31siban. i mightas well go with a bang. not one but two fourth of july cooking tips. first -- >> spiral cutting y inting your. >> what? >> we'll explain. >> and -- >> how about a firecracker for your mouth. >> i'll explain

water sports out on the lake with friends and family is f fantast fantastic. >> it's especially fun if grandma gets involved. >> oh, my gosh. >> somebody said let's get a jet ski, make some ramp with plastic, put grandma on a buggy board and pull her. >> did they make grandma go first because she was the oldest? she was in the air like 30 feet. >> the hit she takes on to the ramp. she's coming down the slide. you see her smack on to the ramp before she even launches. watch. there. >> whoa. >> that looked like a -- that went a smooth transition. >> yeah. i wonder, man, did they test drive this thing before they let the grandma go? did they say, grandma, you're the oldest. if this kills you, you had a

good run any way. >> grandma was willing to do this. it's fun when grandma wants to participate. ♪ i have the best, the coolest, the most useful cookout tip for your fourth of july cookout. spiral cutting your weiners. >> what? >> now, don't get scared and sad, nick, i'm talking about hot dogs. we have blake smith, senior video producer from chow.com showing us how to spiral cut a weiner. spears the dog directly to the middle, put a knife to the dog and cut. >> you might be thinking why does one need a spiral cut whiner? >> you get more crispy meat goodness. small chunk yy condiments don't

slide around. >> that makes it last longer because it's longer. >> best cookout tip ever. >> it's a tasty tip, but i have the best fourth of july tip, how about a firecracker for your mouth. >> how about that? >> it's a firecracker pop rocks. >> i love pop rocks. >> how does it work? >> you make three different cakes, add red food coloring to one, blue to the other, the middle will be white. you get some cookie cutters, cut some circles. then you slice the circles into pieces and stick a tube down into it to make a hollow space inside the cake. then you fill the hole up with pop rocks, when put the licorice wick in it. then the cake explodes in your mouth. >> 50 hours later when you eat

it -- >> which one will be the bigger hit at the party. >> whose 4th of july cook outtip cookout tip is better? >> mine or steven. >> we want to leave you with homemade fireworks. enjoy it. happy fourth of july. enjoy your time with friends and family. ♪ ♪