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hi, everybody. i'm beth troutman. we have videos first, "right this minute." just when a cop had him cornered, the suspect jumped out and fired 12 shots. >> oh! >> oh, no. wow. >> the story behind the officer's heroic measures to save one of their own. it's a bmw car-be-que after -- >> flames shot out of a manhole. >> how the flames and the fear spread waiting for help to
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arrive. if you were on a plane and you saw this, what would you think? >> i would be thinking, i hope the oxygen masks will drop soon. >> we'll clear the air. and a guy walked right into a trap. >> hilarity ensued. >> oh, geez. i can't wait. >> see the new twist on the old chair prank. we're going to kick off our show today with dash cam footage that could be difficult for some of you to watch. this all happened in lawrence, indiana. officer matthew fox of the fortville police department was trying to do a routine traffic stop. at first we think that the volvo is going to pull over. you hear officer fox. >> turn the vehicle off. >> he takes off. officer fox continues after this
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volvo, but watch what happens. >> oh, no! wow. >> the driver of this car got out with a .45 semiautomatic and fired 12 shing shots. bullets did hit officer fox. luckily, he had on his bullet proof vest, which blocked a shot straight to the chest. you see the suspect get back into the car, speed away. officer fox is able to call out for help as backup arrives. >> help! i'm dying! >> no, you're not. you're not going to die. >> they ended up finding the suspect, who went into an apartment complex. several officers set up a stakeout. he opened fire on those officers. when he went to reload, officers firedn him, kli his car, they found several different firearms and marijuana.
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>> i'll tell you what, this video makes you flinch. >> he gives the officers absolutely no time to react. >> it seems like this guy had nothing to lose. >> officer fox was taken to the hospital where he did undergo two surgeries. he's currently in good condition. there's a car fire going on. >> bonfires are always fun, except when they're by accident and they're in the middle of a busy street. that's what happened in williamsburg, brooklyn. apparently a power transformer underground exploded and flames shot out of a manhole. who had the worst luck was the guy who owned the bmw that was sitting on top of the manhole. this is outside of the lucky dog bar. firefighters were quick to the scene, but there are some really, really tense and crazy
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moments in this video. the fire starts to get a little bit out of control. >> what are you waiting for? >> [ bleep ]! >> you see one explosion there. maybe looks like the back tires of this thing. then watch here. now you've got like a stream of fire heading towards these other cars. >> oh, no! >> oh, my god! it's going down the block! >> firefighters are actually able to fight that portion of the blaze. they shoot the hose at it and push it back, as you can see here. but that actually happened again. >> oh, my god! >> we found a picture of what the car looked like afterwards. >> oh, no! >> yeah, not much left of that bmw. >> the big slogan in new york is
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if you see something, say something. maybe it should be if you smell something, say something. >> doesn't a lot of stuff smell funny in new york? tragedy struck in south bend, indiana. check out this video. this is steve. he was racing this little bunny car through a mud bog. now, he had retired from racing in '95, but he missed it and decided to get back into it. now instead of racing on sand, he was doing his first attempt through mud. it ended fatally for him. so in this video, it doesn't look like anything happened. check this out from another angle. police say his tires were off the ground, and he tried to turn the car to avoid the concrete barriers at the end of the track, but he flipped over and landed on the barriers and a chain link fence.
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as you can see, emergency crews are there to help him, but he died on the way to the hospital. you can see the wreckage of that car. >> it was a serious, serious accident just by looking at the car. a concrete barrier sounded a little extreme. maybe hay bails or something else that are there to protect these drivers. >> steve's 15-year-old son was watching the race when this occurred. he said he was a great father, but he said he died doing something he loved. if you guys were on a plane, you're either about to take off or just landed, and you saw this, what would you think? >> i would be thinking, i hope the oxygen masks are going to drop soon because i'm not certain i want to inhale whatever that is. >> the poster of this video titled it "plane is on fire." >> plane is on fire, nobody is panicking. >> they're not exactly concerned about what is going on in the plane. it does look like smoke. it looks like the cabin is
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filling up with smoke. >> wait a second. i've seen this before. a lot of hot climates when you get on the plane. this is like a reaction from the air conditioner. it looks like smoke, but really it's just cool mist almost. >> yeah, you're right. it has to do with the air coming out of the vents and the temperature change. so then it does look like there's fog coming from the vents. >> i've seen the condensation coming out of the vents on a plane before. i've never seen is like this. >> i saw this on my last flight. at first you are a little taken aback by what's going on. >> i'm sure that's going to happen on a plane, and i won't be frightened. we've got an update on the kidnapped baby bear that made headlines. last time we checked in -- >> they were trying to reunite nastia with her mother. >> but find out why things aren't going quite as planned.
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>> in the current situation to get them to reunite, it will be much, much too dangerous. and it's a minor league baseball meltdown. but this time it's a team manager that's getting heated. >> and a huge argument ensues. >> yep, but it doesn't end there. find out what he does next. >> i think he needs to calm great idea. so we'll switch to u-verse tv and internet... that's just what we need... i got accepted into juilliard. [ dad ] that's great! can we talk about wireless plans? now we can video-chat. and faster internet... [ female announcer ] with at&t u-verse, you can build a personalized bundle to fit your needs. even when they change. switch today. bundles including u-verse tv, internet and home phone start at 89 a month for 24 months. now get the same price for two years. plus get a total home dvr free for life. choose from a variety of u-verse tv packages that let you record four shows at once... and play them back in any room. and when you add our wireless receiver exclusively from at&t, you can move your tv where you want in your home.
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what are you doing here? you're in ikea. my dream bedroom is in ikea? yes. what's that bedroom over there? that's your husband's dream bedroom. whatever your style, take home your dream bedroom together. ikea. the life improvement store. remember, "right this minute" is all new, all summer long. you all remember nastia. she was the bear cub who was brutally taken away from her mother at a zoo in the ukraine at only 4 months old. luckily an amazing organization rescued nastia. the last time we checked in with them, they were trying to reunite nastia with her mother. we have another update, and to tell us exactly how nastia's
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doing, we have nicolas from "four paws" all the way from ukraine via skype. have nastia and mom been reunited? >> not yet. there's absolutely no doubt nastia knows her mother is in the cage right next to her. sadly, that's not the case for the mother. we've flown in experts. we've showed videos to analyze the behavior. everyone agrees that in the kur current situation to get them to reunite will be much, much too dangerous. we've right at this very moment started to construct a new facility in ukraine. >> tell us about the facility you're building for them. >> it's an area which is a natural forest. we'll have climbing facilities and many places to hide. the main point for us is we construct a segmented area for both bears, so we can test reuniting the two. both will have a very suitable
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life for themselves. >> when do you hope to have them in this new sanctuary? >> we plans are we can move them within september. >> last time we talked about nastia, we found out her mom may have been pregnant. >> sadly, but true, we do not yet know whether the mother is pregnant or not. >> are you all just heartbroken over the fact that right now you just can't put mother and cub back together? >> we all hoped for the hollywood happy ending. on the other hand, we faced the truth. the truth is that rescue missions are not easy. let's say you're going to london for the olympics and you're getting a hotel room. would you say $75 american would be a good price? >> that's a pretty good price. >> this is what it'll get you. a paddington bear, due va,
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pillows, a night light. that is a taxi. it's owned by david weeks. he came up with this idea to have accommodations in a taxi to save people money. because of the olympics, they have these special lanes that are olympic lanes. taxis can't use those. so a lot of taxi drivers say they are not going to get as much business because of the gridlock. david is like, well, why don't i just use my taxi as a hotel instead of a taxi? >> where do they go to the bathroom? >> in his house. this is what he had to say. >> they're charging enormous amounts of money just to spend a night. i thought, my taxi is empty at night. put the two together. >> he's already had a couple people stay the night. >> always a bit worried, but it's fine. >> they went and asked people, would you like to stay here? of course, the only people said it was cool were the americans. >> are you serious? >> yeah, i would. >> no. >> no. >> very cool.
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i'm sure london has taken enough precautions to make sure the tourists and visitors are safe. i would like it. >> i'm looking at pete because there's a bed in the back of a car. people are going to want to see what it is. oh, it so happens somebody is asleep in there. >> i think his idea is brilliant. no arms, but some serious guitar playing talent. >> it's been my dream to just play music. >> see how he does it, next, "right this minute." and coming up, these drivers duke it out to take the lead. >> no, i want to go in first. no, i want to go in. >> the suv passes, but it's not over yet. >> no! >> oh! >> things are about to get messy, "right this minute." and speaking of cars, something's not quite right with this one. >> what the heck? >> turns out there's more than just an engine under this hood. >> oh!
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it's time once again for the best of "rtm" where we tell you about bonus videos. >> it might be tough to laugh at this one, but keep in mind it was this guy's idea. he decides to try to go down a slide backwards in his wheelchair. didn't turn out exactly how he planned, but it was his idea. i think he has a good laugh at himself. >> if that one doesn't make you laugh, i've got one that will.
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those guys are crossing the gibraltar straight on an aqua tricycle. this is the kind of thing you do with your girlfriend. if you want to see these videos, head to our website, rightthisminu rightthisminute.com. another minor league baseball. it's in charleston, south carolina. we have the ashville tourists versus the charleston river dogs. this video is from wcsc. they have a river dogs player caught in a pickle. pickle! >> i didn't know you were supposed to yell that. >> oh, yeah. it's what they did in "the sandlot." this makes the tourist manager not so happy. this is the first inning. a huge argument ensues between
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the manager and the umpires. there's where he gets thrown out. getting in the face of the ump, but he's not finished. here's what he does next. takes third base and goes over and gives the base to a fan. >> okay. when you mean stealing third, he's not stealing third. >> he's literally stealing third. >> then he comes back and starts taunting the ump. >> yeah, at this point when you're kicked out, you better get your money's worth. >> are they cheering for him? >> this isn't his first notorious blowup. back in 2006, he had another incident where he freaked out again. >> is it weird that when he gets mad he takes it out on the bases? he's burying home, stealing third and giving it away. >> nice to see he's so passionate about baseball. >> i think it's ageing him. six years later, you've got
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considerably more gray. i think he needs to calm down. i'm going to show you guys the new way of fixing your suv motor, the way they do it in canada. so this mechanic is using this pole to maneuver through the motor, doing something. something's wrong, they can't drive the car. >> the engine-be-good stick? >> sure. >> looks like the way i'd try to fix something because i don't know anything about it. >> just bang on it. >> what the heck? >> oh! >> problem solved. it was a little marmutt, which is like a little squirrel. that is an spca worker who came to rescue it from the car. it had travelled in another car for like four or five hours after a family came back from a fishing trip. this is the next day after a hockey game when it went from
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one car to the next car where it couldn't get away. >> you know, my car is making this noise. it's like -- i can't explain it exactly. >> and there are acorns underneath the car for some unexplicable reason. she's going to stay at a wildlife refuge because she has to heal. she had singed whiskers. the skin on one of her feet had come off. i think it was some damage from the engine. but they do expect her to be okay, make a full recovery. and since they know where she came from, they're hoping a volunteer will drive her back. what you've got here is a chair. now, that's prank potential. >> no! he really took it apart. >> yeah, that's great. >> always fun to watchhehair
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i think if you're buying from this guy and he says paper or plastic, you definitely need to say plastic. this is on the streets of china. it's the home of tsing tsao beer. good beer. this guy has got himself a couple kegs. if you buy from him, he just pulls up a plastic bag full of beer for you. >> what do you do, just drink
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away walking down the street? >> how do you disperse this beer? >> a beer of bag. >> a bag of beer. >> a beer of bag? >> a beer in a bag. >> this sounds like something that should be going on, like, in a college basement. not, you know -- >> on the streets of china? >> yeah. >> almost as bad as that wine in a bag. >> franzia? that's classy wine. >> that's a bag and its box. you don't even get a box with this. >> this is a weird system. i can't get behind this. it's russian dash cam time, revenge edition. we've got some cars driving along here. coming up to an area of this road where it looks like it merges. keep an eye on this toyota in front of us and this silver sursuv on the left. they're sort of jockeying for position. finally, the suv on the left
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gets fed up. okay, so problem solved, right? watch what that suv does. >> what? no. >> pulls over, lets the silver car go past. notice that the silver car has a window open. >> no! >> oh! >> drives through that gross, murky, dirty, ugly water and just completely drenches that silver car. if the window's open, i imagine the people inside got wet too. >> i'm trying to hate this, but i'm loving this. this is awesome. >> i mean, it's the ultimate revenge. did the suv go too far, though? >> no. >> well, you know, they were both in the wrong the way they were both behaving trying to get that spot. >> i want to hate it too. i want to be mad at the guy, but it's too funny to hate. >> and it's so creative too. this is a well thought out vendetta. >> that ruined that person's day and the interior of that car. >> it's going to stink too.
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that's the worst. eventually these two cars sped away. this is russia, so who knows what happened. revenge on the road. some of the best pranks are the classic pranks. this is the old standard chair prank. guy took his buddy's office chair apart and then gently glued it back together, set up the camera, and hilarity ensued. >> oh, geez. i can't wait. >> no! he really took it apart. >> yeah, that's great. >> one of the best pranks you can do. >> this one hurts though. you know what? it's one of those office chairs that are big, comfy, curby. >> the end of a long day. can't wait to get a load off. get on there and start facebooking. that guy just took a total
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