tv Right This Minute ABC February 23, 2012 4:00pm-4:30pm EST
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that was over five days old. >> are you serious? >> we'll tell you about the investigation that kind of makes you wonder do they have other crimes that are being committed in this area? >> you're going down in louisiana. >> this is no music video. this guy is just rapping as it happens. you'll meet the real mccaughey. an entire neighborhood is caught in a random act. >> what are the chances that the car is driving by and captures this entire story? >> how smoke and shirtless guys add up to a strange slice of life. u.s. military pilots say it all the time. >> i feel the need, the immediate for speed. >> but see how a bunch of dudes are going all "top gun" on their own dime. and one dog, three balls. sometimes these things just write themselves, folks. we're going to kick things off with some surveillance footage and the story behind it. ♪
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a police department said some food is missing from the refrigerator, so they did some investigation. they put some marked energy drinks in the refrigerator along with a marked subway sandwich, and this is what they caught. according to the police report, officer kevin yang was spotted taking multiple energy drinks and a subway sandwich, and in the video, they said, they could even see the bulge in his pants from where he put the sandwich. >> are you serious? >> i'm not kidding. >> their own cop robbing the refrigerator in the break room. >> the sandwich was placed in the refrigerator on 11-15 but the record said it was reported missing on 11-23. that sandwich was over five days old when it was taken from the refrigerator. when they confronted officer yang about this, according to the police report, he didn't eat the sandwich because it was too soggy. >> well, i mean, he probably goes in that refrigerator every day and said, oh, this sandwich
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has been sitting here. obviously, someone front of about it. he is doing a good thing. someone has to clean out the refrigerator. >> do they have other crimes being committed in this area because i'm really concerned that they're spending their time on figuring out who is taking their sand wimp. >> it must have been serious enough because this officer was suspended for 30 days and faces a misdemeanor charge. >> oh, my goodness. now energy drinks. tomorrow it's doughnuts, and once he gets the doughnuts, it's gone. all hell will break loose. >> exactly. >> 25 to life. >> imagine being asleep about 3:00 in the morning and you get a text from your neighbor waking you up saying look out your window. >> there's a car wedged between a tree and the house. our house. >> oh, my gosh. >> that is a ford escape suv. apparently that suv was going so fast that it crashed against the porch of this house. >> you don't hear a car crash into your home, but you hear your text message go off? it must be really wedged in
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there too because it's not going anywhere. it's not falling over. >> it didn't fall over even when they were trying to get the driver out. 23-year-old john christopher norris because he was hanging outside of the driver window, but there was a 28-year-old woman that was ejected from the impact, and she ended up on the lawn. >> ridiculous. there was a woman screaming. >> there was a third man that fled the scene. >> the one guy fled the scene. he was all bloody. >> the owner of the house and the person who took this video is andrew adres. >> pretty crazy. good way to wake up in the morning. >> the two people in the vehicle were taken to a nearby hospital and were in fair condition. >> i have to ask, drugs, alcohol, anything like that involved? >> alcohol is suspected to have some sort of influence in this accident, but the driver refused a breathalyzer test. now, there was about a 10,000 pound bolder that the truck hit.
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>> 150 feet of rock came down. boom. boom. hit his truck. took out his rim. ended up right there. >> this is from quitin' time bar from michigan. we got this sfoer from wxyz. you notice everybody take cover, and notice the top of your screen. this guy is coming in in a hooded sweat shirt, and his face is covered with a face mask. he is actually firing shots into the ceiling of the bar there were three guys total in this entire robbery. this happened on friday about 10:30 p.m. they came in. they shot up the ceiling. everyone hilt the police officer. one of the fwiz pulled the hair of the woman you see behind the bar in the shorts. it is reported that they stole money from the office in the back of the bar. >> is that what they were after? they were after money?
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was there another motive? >> reportedly they were after money, and these guys are connected to a string of robberies in this same area. these guys have not been caught yet, so police are releasing this surveillance video so that they hopefully can find anyone who knows any information. >> that one guy has a pretty big assault rifle. another guy seemed to have a pistol of some sort. these guys are heavily armed. >> you can't even see their faces, so they're hoping somebody recognizes maybe the way they walk. >> anything. what they're wearing. >> the type of gun. the gun, the sweat shirts. they're wanting any sees of manufacturings. >> there sure was a lot going on in st. catherine, ontario, canada. one summer day. thanks to a huge chance and our friends from google maps we get to see what exactly was going down. if you go to google maps and you type in water street and st. catherine, ontario, canada. let's see what happens to be
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going on this particular day in the summer of 2009. take a little jaunt down this street here. >> weird. >> yes. >> a little closer. >> a smoking barbecue? >> that is a ford explorer on fire, and the man you see here in the jorts and shirtless running out of his home is anthony dechico. his daughter said, dad, your car is on fire. he said no way. he said i heard a big explosion, ran outside, and this is what he saw. at the exact same time, the google street car equipped with nine cameras just happened to be strolling down the road and captured this all. what are the chances that the google street view car is driving by and captures this entire story? that's not all that was going on this day because, of course, when there's a big fire in the neighborhood, all the neighbors have to come out and see what's going on. this man also came to the door shirtless to see what all the
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raccus was about. just keep going down water street. there's another shirtless man. apparently no one wears shirts on water street. this neighborhood just keeps getting more and more interesting. >> whoa. this isn't all? >> that's not all. look at this guy. also shirtless and must have been the crack of dawn because this guy's name might be dawn. this is the crack of don. you can see on's earth did you this? >> we have a crack team. a little slice of life in ontario, canada. >> oh. >> it's jumping up. >> of course. see what happens. and one dude sets a different kind of view to a house going up in flames. >> i was near the fireplace of
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say it with me now because i know you all know it. i feel the need, the need for speed. ♪ >> do you know this? >> i hate "top gun." >> oh. >> this is the black diamond jet team. they're a civilian owned aerobatic jet team. a couple them are retired air force guys. a couple of them are enthusiasts. they're flying a jet trainer for military training operations. they're flying two mig 17s. there's seven shifts in all. look at the view you get from this. this is some go pro camera footage on the pilot's helmet.
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it's fantastic. >> how do you own one of these things if you are not in the military? >> you are very wealthy. the team is sponsored by united bank card. one of the pilots on the team started united bank card, so that's how you can afford to sponsor a flight team. >> it's amazing to me how close to each other they're flying. is that the classic "top gun" shot where the guy is upside down so they're almost like head-to-head there? >> you got it. >> really? i didn't know you could do that. i thought they determined that was fake. >> well, you can't do it, but i don't think you can do it to the degree that they show in the movie where maverick and the other guy is, like, you know, canopy to canopy because the tail of the plane kind of gets in the way there, but they are upside down, and they are looking at each other. >> don't believe everything you see in the movies. >> that's right. >> yeah. when life serve uz lemons, make lemonade. if you are in the ukraine, it's throwing you a whole lot of snow.
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well, these guys decided to make light of the situation. this is someone in a building shooting the opposite building and, yeah, you just saw a couple of guys just jump off the roof of a five story building. >> that's really risky. >> i'm sorry. i don't trust snow to be the thing that catches me when i dive off of a five story building. >> you don't really know how deep it really is or how icy it is. >> what if it's ice? >> it probably -- how do they know there is not like a car under there or mailbox or a -- >> they trusted that. >> i have no idea where that went. >> so there you go. two guys jumping off the roof. >> what else are you going to do, right, when you are buried under all the snow? i've had enough of this snow. foiled again. >> i have some footage from the
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coast guard. this is off the coast of maine more specifically. kennebunkport, maine. looking at this boat. it's a fishing boat called plan b, and if you notice it's listing a little bit to the right. now, about 7:30 in the morning this ship sent out a distress signal. it was taking on water. they had evidently had a ruptured pipe, so the two crew members sent out a distress signal, but oddly, before the coast guard got there, another ship, the cameras lee, turned the distressed call and they came and got the two fishermen off of this ship before the coast guard ever came close, so as this video picks up, the ship has nobody aboard, and watch what happens. this is a completely different view of a ship taking water at sea. >> the water is bubbling up, and it's coming in over the back. >> oh. >> now, watch this thing. watch how quickly this all happens. this video is being shot by the coast guard as they come to the
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ship. look at that time go. >> gall. that's it. it's done. it's gone. >> see you. see you later. it's now a reef. ♪ did it sink because there was no way to save it or because the coast uard got there too t > to save it. it was taking on too much water. the coast guard considered saving it, but because of the state that it was in, they knew they couldn't. >> there she goes. >> next time on "right this minute." >> it's severely heavy, and you put your head down, and you think about one fire and nice warm dinner. >> that's next time on "right this minute." >> if you think you're a ping pong pro, think again. this kid mastered tricks. >> always i eh blue cup. >> see the master in action next. and just another traffic
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the sport is bouncing a ping pong ball off of things into a blue cup. the apparent master of this new-fangled sport is colin. he is 8 years old. he is bouncing ping pong balls off of basically everything. there he is? the shower stall bouncing it over his head. here he is bouncing it off the wall into the blue cup. off the frig into the blue cup. here in the bathroom i like this one. it goes from the counter to the wall to the window sill into the blue cup. always a blue cup. i like this one here when he walks about. it's almost like a no look pass. he walks by and whatever. sdmri love his celebration dance after. >> yeah. >> i'm impressed by this. we talked to tom's dad, neil, and he said tom loves mastering things. he as already figured out how to make crazy cool domino displays. he is done with that. he has already mastered "guitar hero." he is done with that too. now his new obsession is the ping pong ball tricks. >> in ten years he will be a master of the beer pong table at
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his fratfraternity. >> many of the comments are on this video said this guy is going to be like a beer pong player's dream partner when he hits college. >> what you are seeing is a house fire in baton rouge, louisiana. luckily, this was an abandoned house, and as it would be with any good fire, you need an emcee. >> it's burning. we're at 19 south and 12. baton rouge, louisiana. 31st and -- >> he is dropping a beat. >> check it here right now. this is the real mccaughey. >> the guy you are seeing is kenneth l. james, aka, mr. real mccoy. he decides to put some tunes to this and let people know what's going on. >> this reminds me of jimmy fallon when he slow jams the news "the late show." >> your downtown is about to get on fire. >> these firemen had no idea
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they were going to star in their first music video that day. this is one way to make a hot track. >> the best part about this video is after the fire is put out, the real mccoy goes on to thank everyone as if he is accepting n some kind of award. >> thank you -- for getting on stage with me. helped to knock out this situation. >> i wanted to find out more about mr. real mccoy. "right this minute" from baton rouge, louisiana. we have mr. real mccoy himself. we're going to slow jam this interview. >> it's going to get real romantic. >> tell me what was going on. >> i was at a barbecue, and i noticed the smoke. i had to run down there and check it out and see what was going on. >> can you freestyle for us? ♪ it depends on the rating of your station everything is not pg-13 ♪ ♪ i'm from the quarter. you know we go florida. every city that i touch down, the locals work harder, haters, why even bother, you are abunned yabt like water. bet my boys just stomp you ♪ >> can i get you one more, you know what i'm saying, song. more proper, like --
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>> absolutely. absolutely. >> okay. i'm known to be impressive because my style has been expressive. pretty ladies, i undrs them. hutle, contenders, weeding out pretenders. go hard. said it hard from the start. >> is it possible you will write a rap star about this fire that you witnessed? >> most definitely. >> you've got a rap song about "right this minute." >> if the dollar was the right amount at the signing. >> a reminder, can you find all the stories on "right this minute" today on rightthisminute.com. >> plus, lots more. >> lots and lots more great videos. >> all day long 24-7. "right this minute.com." >> watch this dog trick. >> watch t[ clanking ]k. think we should have bought pre-assembled furniture? [ telephone ringing ]
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they want to know more about how they were raised, what they were fed. we spend a lot of time on the feed because a chicken is what it eats. [ jim ] this seal verifies we feed my fresh all-natural chickens an all-vegetarian diet including corn, soybeans, and marigolds. we actually ask the usda to come check us. we have never fed steroids or hormones and never will. no blood meal, no meat and bone meal. yuck. no animal by-products. it means when you put my chicken on the table, you know where it came from.
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it means when you put my chicken on the table, >> i didn't think this was possible, but how nice. >> emotions are going to wash over you guys when you see this video. watch this. we see this video on live lead. dash cam. people stuck in traffic. you see the right blinker on this car ahead trying to get over. people are letting people in. oh, there's somebody in the road. what's going on here? what the heck is this guy doing in the road? come on. get out of the way. wait. >> oh, is there an animal? >> it's a man who has fallen in the middle of the road. he is on crutches, and he is an amputee. >> i was going to say, does he have legs? >> he has one leg. the guy in the dash cam that
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we're seeing gets out of his car, goes to help this guy back to his crutches. finally, traffic in the other direction seems to slow a bit, but can you believe people were letting this guy be helpless in the middle of the street? >> where are you trying to get that's so important that you don't stop and help another person that's obviously in trouble? >> completely helpless. >> i feel so bad for that guy. >> it shows the power of one because one person stopped and got out to help and then everybody else is, like, oh, that's what we're supposed to do. a reminder. >> all five seconds to help this guy. come on. stop the car. >> watch this dog trick. it will amaze you. >> the tennis ball. go get them. >> this is zoe. she's a yellow lab. >> oh. >> she's got three balls. what? >> and she's, like, you know what, i'm going to try to pick up all three of them at the same time.
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voila, she does it. that's all. >> she looks like she's got this giant grin on her face. >> the fact that a dog can put three tennis balls in its mouth. >> she dropped one, and then goes back and picks it up. that's pretty amazing. how did they train her to do that? >> i think she just knew. i think she was at the dog park and she's, like, you know what, i don't want any of you all to have any of these tennis balls. i'm taking them all. >> that's it for us here at "right this minute." we'll leave you with one last look at tom who does ping pong ball tricks. another half hour is on the way. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com xxxx wçññ?woçñíoñwwéwwóww?
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