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hello, everybody. i'm beth troutman, we searched the web for the best videos and the stories behind them. let's get started "right this minute." hey. hey. >> you want a piece of me? a full-on brawl erupts in a court case over harassment. >> threw a weiner across the
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courtroom. >> too bad the judge was not amused. >> i would guess these ladies were in contempt of court. >> an 18-wheeler rolls over. you have never seen an accident like this. >> it smashes on a car that was traveling right next to this thing. >> it's an office window surprised. >> look what somebody reveals behind the venetian blinds. >> a parking desk? >> no. >> a surfer tries to catch a wave but keeps getting trumped by a tiny version of himself. and find out how you learn to do this. >> oh, boy! nick will get things started for us with some courtroom video. >> you go to court to get things settled, but not like this. jessica was accused of harassment. now, niata brown is up on the
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stand, but she didn't make a good case because the judge says, you know what, there's not enough evidence to continue an order of protection for you. so the plaintiff, niata brown, gets off the stand, walks back towards her table, removes her scarf, hands it to a friend -- >> hey. hey. hey. hey. hey. whoa. whoa. >> oh. >> and goes after the defendant. >> i think the other girl needed the restraining order. >> you see the bailiff run in quickly to try to get control of the situation, but this goes on for a while. >> come on. >> you're going to go to jail. >> i would guess these ladies were in contempt of court. >> where's the gavel? can you imagine if this happened in judge judy's courtroom? >> i don't even think the judge is still in the room. where is he? >> get the [ bleep ].
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>> she threw the weiner acroa w the courtroom. >> no, she didn't. >> your honor, weave got a problem. >> maybe she got charged with hair-rassment. >> here we go. >> i don't know about you guys, but i worried about this exact same thing in this video happening to me on the highway. this is in dallas, texas. look at the top left corner of your screen. on this highway people are going around a curb. you see an 18 wheeler completely topple over. if you look close, it smashes on a car traveling next to this thing. >> and another car goes up over the median into oncoming traffic. >> when they're going fast and there's a lot of wind, you can't actually see them struggle as they're driving. that's scary. >> you can see this accident
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shut down several lanes of traffic in multiple directions. >> as we're looking at this video, there's a car underneath the tractor portion of this tractor trailer truck. >> the trailer portion smashes down on the car. >> what happened to the driver of that car? >> the driver of this car was left with injuries that were considered not life-threatening. so this person was actually oka okay. >> everything sounds better with an accent. even a run-in with the police. this took place outside of rossport ireland, and the gentleman driving this car is john monahan. he has a dash cam, because he's had a couple of run-ins with the police in the past. these police are operating a road block on behalf of shell. shell is basically building an inland refinery called the corab gas project. this particular road is the way in and out for people trying to get to the corab gas project.
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listen to this run in. >> calm down. the window doesn't open. it doesn't open. it's broken. >> suspicion about that window. i don't think it works. >> broken? >> will you please listen to me. >> open the window. >> will you please listen to me? the motor is broken. what did you do that for? >> they just smashed in his car window, he says excuse me, but the motor is broken. >> they did make a good point, why didn't he just open his door and get out of the car. >> listen, it gets worse. >> what's the story here? >> i'm going to pepper spray you next. >> i told you -- >> please don't pepper spray me. i don't want you. >> i'm going to pepper spray you next. >> even that sounds polite. >> i don't want that. >> they threaten that they are going to arrest him, then he produce his driving license, they check his identity and leave. >> in lieu of a citation, he has a broken window.
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>> ias wonderin if would srme, though. is the motor broken? >> the motor is broken. >> to taiwan where a dash cam is recording at a stop light, and you see to the left of your screen a traffic cop doing his thing. you're about to see cop versus truck. >> cop versus truck. >> i'm going to put my money on the truck. >> he looks down. >> oh, boy. >> oh. >> what? >> amazingly, he gets up and does what? >> hops it off. >> do they teach you guys this in elementary school? do they pull you aside and say this is what do you if you get hurt? >> the man is a natural. >> back when we were fighting and hunting and carrying food in from the wild to feed our weak and frail women -- >> personally when you were doing this? >> yes. >> yes. >> things were different in the
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'90s. >> didn't he get a text message or something? >> he looks down, stops paying attention and walks into the way of traffic. >> oh. >> look at how nice this driver is he picked up the cop's hat and walked over to him. sorry i hit you. >> proper running over a cop etiquette. ♪ remember that awesome video of the world's largest rope swing? we thought you might. this kid likes it so much he cries when it ends. we're talking to dear old dad to find out -- >> what made your little boy cry? and this cutie is getting a lesson from the boxers. see the discovery that will have you saying --
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welcome back to the show. don't forget to check in at "right this minute." great videos all day long. you guys remember this awesome video we brought you about a week ago. the world's largest rope swing brought to you by our friend devon graham. ♪ i watched it over and over again. it's already over 6 million views. it's a huge internet hit. it's also a hit with little jeff. listen. >> what happens if you pause it? >> what's the matter? what's the matter? [ baby crieies ] >> little jeffrey hamilton loved the largest rope swing so much he cries when they turn it off. >> i think he wants to be out there on the swing, and this is the closest he'll get for now.
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>> to find out more about the enthusiasm, we have dad mark on the phone. honestly, what made your boy want to cry? >> he was tired that night any way, 6 million views a week, about a million of those were from my house. when ever it stops or fades out, my son starts crying. it wasn't staged. any time that video ends he starts crying. >> what do you think it is about the video that your son likes so much? >> he really gets a kick out of the music. i loves can't stop won't stop that provided the soundtrack. ♪ apart from that, seeing how much fun the people are having, the screaming. he's been on a normal swing before, but not one that big. >> i guess he could be addicted to worse things than the binky? >> this works better as a pacifier than his actual pacifier.
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you're about to see the circle of life on a ledge. this is in woodland hills, california. watch what somebody reveals behind the venetian blinds. >> a parking desk. >> no, that's a paragrin falcon. can you tell what he's doing? >> eating something. is that a rat or a bird? >> it looks like an egg of some sort. >> oh, it's not an egg but it came from one. look at the venetian blind as it is slowly rolled up. >> oh. >> he's eating another bird. >> he's chewing on a little dove or something. >> i learned that paragrin falcons can go up to 200 miles per hour and can grab another bird from midair. they prey on flocking birds. that's probably what happened to that little guy. >> i think if i ever came back as another animal, i would w wn. >> isn't this a little cannibalistic? a bird eating another bird?
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it would be like watching a bear eat a bear. do bears eat bears? >> i'm amazed at how this falcon can grab another bird mid flight and eat it? that's the circle of life right there. >> what comes and eats the falcon? this is how you crush the ego of a good surfer. ♪ >> is that a monkey? >> is that a penguin? >> is not a penguin. that's a remote controlled surfer. a toy that's out there. a surfer out there trying to catch a few waves, but he keeps getting trumped by a little tiny version of himself. >> oh. >> that's funny. >> the surfer kind of shoes him away, you know, get away from me you little troll surfer. ♪
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>> oh. >> he grabbed him. >> and he threw him. >> but he got right back up. >> yeah. that's awesome. whoever designed that thing should get like a certificate for engineering, because it's pretty awesome. >> well, they're pretty common, actually. i looked them up, for about 200 bucks you can buy yourself one of these surfers, go out and taunt surfers. i would like to do that. ♪ real or fake time. three videos, what do you think? >> i don't know how you fake that. >> see today's nominees on "right this minute." big things falling down. >> you'll never believe what happens here.
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watch. >> yeah.
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it's time to check in with our custodian of the internet, always cleaning out the bowels of the web. >> oh, man. >> yeah. >> what's up, matt? >> this is how we're starting out now?
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i'm boycotting the next episode. >> we just have to get to the videos since you are currently detained by that sticker. the first video, real or fake. longest gunship burst ever. >> not even sure what we're watching here. >> what are we looking at? >> a helicopter firing some roun rounds, and being paid for by our tax dollars. >> oh. >> is it green because it's night vision? >> yeah. >> so real, everybody? we think it's real? >> definitely. >> i'm going to say real. it looks like it might have been fake with the green one, but then they got the angle, i'm going to say real. >> next one, luckiest sleeping driver ever. >> whoa. >> oh, my gosh. >> whoa. >> i don't know how you fake that.
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>> whew. >> definitely real. >> yeah. >> real all the way. >> holy cow, that was real scar scary. >> last video, telepathy exists. ♪ [ laughter ] >> this is definitely real. oh, yeah. how can this possibly not be real? especially the guy at the end. >> i don't know. could they have tied a fishing line around the cat's head and yanked it down? >> cats never do what you want them do. i know it's got to be fake. >> i think it's real. i think probably this cat plops over li that every now and again and this guy decided to do this and caught it on video. ihinkt' is real, k he has the power in his hand to turn the cat. >> what? >> i do it to steven. >> see? frnlg>> you should do it to hery
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time she opens up the show. i think that's real. real telepathy, jedi mind trick, it worked. if you don't say aww when you see this video i will call you hard hearted. >> i've been called worse. >> that's 14-month-old elsie, and she is getting a lesson on how to drink from the water hose from the boxers. >> that's discovery, discovery in the moment. >> isn't anybody going to say -- >> aw. >> i think that's great. she's watering the lawn. watering the dogs and like, hey, i want to try it, too. this guy's got a talent that, well, we can only describe as -- >> oh, boy. >> the only question is --
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>> where does it go? >> we talk to th
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>> he goes from one board, does a front flip over a chain link fence and lands on another board. >> i got a pair of videos for you that feature heavy stuff falling over. the first one is presumably from kazakhstan, and this will make for a tough day on the job. >> look like some sort of a factory. >> don't know if this is demolition or lunch time. bob, you might want to back away from that tower on the left because she's coming down.
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these guys run away. it falls really, really slow. >> good thing, too, because it looks like those guys were not prepared for it. >> maybe it was a demolition and they anticipated it to go a different direction and it came back the other way? >> i think you might be right on that one. let's get your thoughts on this one. >> this video is apparently in russia. you see a bunch of cranes holding this big blue pipe. it looks like they're trying to put that pole in this ditch. >> you'll never believe what happens here. how these cranes are working together. i don't know whose idea this was. they are starting to move this big pipe into the ditch. something goes horribly wrong. these things come down like a bunch of dominos. they got the pipe in the hole but i don't think this is the way they planned. >> every single one of those cranes flipped over with the pipe. >> you think they went back to their boss and said we got the job done. you wanted us to put the pipe in the ditch, right? >> cost about $200,000 in damage
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to equipment, but the pipe is in the ditch. >> i found this interesting story. this guy is dan myer, president of sword swallowers international. he already has this sword halfway down his throat, but this gets better. >> oh boy! >> what the heck -- >> this was actually shot at the huffington post offices. watch this. that's arianna huffington. >> yes. >> she pushed it in. >> she pushed it deeper in. >> oh, my ooesiaa is a lovely lady, but i wouldn't let her do that for me. >> this past weekend was world sword swallowers day, the reason they celebrate it in february is because it's national swallowing disorders month. we have dan myer with us. how in the world do you become a sword swallower? >> careful, careful practice.
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it takes most people from three years to ten years to learn to swallow a single sword and another five years to master it. some people never learn. >> how long did it take you? >> it took me four years, about 13,000 unsuccessful attempts before i got my first sword down in 2001. >> where does it go? >> okay. what you have to do is slide it behind the back of the throat, behind the adam's open, flip open the epiglotas, past the diaphra diaphragm, past the liver and kidneys. piece of cake. >> can you do this for us right now? >> sure. i'd be glad to. ♪ >> tell me why you started doing this?
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>> as a little kid i suffered from social anxiety disorder, low self-esteem. the other kids would beat me up, tease me, torture me, so i vowed i wanted to do real magic, things other kids couldn't do. it's about inspiring people that you, too can do the impossible. if a scared kid from indiana can do it, so can you. >> the full version of this video and dan meyers swallowing his sword is at huffpostweirdnews. that will do it for us. we have one more video, a time lapse from joshua tree national park. enjoy it. we'll see you next time, everybody. ♪ ♪
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a teacher who helped shape lives remembers. a homeowner was shot. we'll tell you how the victim was doing. we go live to ohio for the latest on a school shooting. the four teens were hurt and one killed. >> fo first, major robert marchanti's body was due to arrive at the airforce base. he was killed last week by an afghan soldier during a secure area in kabul. he is being remembered today as a kind and compassionate teach. abc2's roosevelt leftwich joins us with the latest. >> reporter: the goal of the officer is to show true leadership but robert

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