hi, everybody, i'm beth troutman. it's friday and time for the top ten countdown, "right this minute." a philly cop is accused of choking a man with a gun who turns out to be -- >> a 27-year-old corrections officer. >> the story behind what appears

to be a big oops. [ speaking in foreign language ] watch as two women try to get out of the way of a tornado before it sucks up their car. we've seen democrat mows of self-driving cars. >> this is the very first time a citizen takes it out for a test drive. >> it's what we found out about the citizen that makes this video shocking. and some frat boys find a message in a beer bottle. >> the funny part, how do we get it open? >> the mysterious letter revealed on today's rtm countdown. we begin our countdown today with our number ten video and steven has it for us. >> controversy is swirling in philadelphia over a certain surveillance video. it's from a place called freddie and tony's restaurant. we're getting this video from

fox 29 philly. in it, you see a philadelphia police sergeant choking a customer. >> wow. >> but it just so happens, that customer is a 27-year-old corrections officer in philadelphia named joshua aroyo. joshua and his dad were out to dinner, his dad is also a former corrections officer. and apparently the police got a call that there was a man with a gun inside the restaurant. police come to the scene, they discover that that man with the gun is, in fact, joshua aroyo. joshua is confronted by the police, shows police his weapon, shows him his license to carry the weapon and shows the police his badge. at that point, the sergeant asks aroyo to come to the front of the store to continue the conversation. whenaroyo goes back to the booth with his dad, that's when the scuffle begins and you see the police sergeant choking aroyo. >> it's a strange story. because we can't hear the conversation, we don't know what kinds of words were exchanged

before aroyo tried to go back to the booth and before the scuffle started. >> now, aroyo following this was arrested. he was taken to the hospital first after complaining of some injuries. but he was charged with recklessly endangering another person, and disorderly conduct. but no gun charges. because he had a license to carry and he was very open about the gun that he had on him. >> i don't understand what he did wrong there. >> that's the controversy. people are wondering. we contacted the philadelphia police department. they have no comment, because this is still all under investigation. but two witnesses that were at this particular restaurant told fox 29 that in theiron, aroyo did nothing wrong. at number nine on the rtm countdown, one heck of a moment caught on camera. >> i've got some phenomenal weather video that you just don't normally see in this part of the world.

these two women are driving down the highway, and they see a funnel cloud drop from the sky. and monterey, mexico is northeastern mexico, very close to laredo, texas, very uncommon to see tornadoes in that part of the world. but watch how intense this thing gets. >> are they driving toward the tornado? >> they're driving right at the tornado, yeah. but look. at this point, they realize, hmmm, maybe we shouldn't get any closer. they pull off to the side of the road to wait this out. >> oh, my goodness. >> well, you can tell that people don't know what to do in this area if they don't see tornadoes often, because they should be turning around! getting in a ditch! >> you can clearly see the tornado cross right in front of them. [ speaking in foreign language ] >>th grl is video start driving. >> they actually said in the video, in spanish, you know, it looks like the tornado already went past the road, so let's keep driving to see if we can just get away. [ speaking in spanish ]

>> one vehicle did get tossed over, because of this tornado. there's a white semitractor-trailer in the median. >> this is terrifying. because tornadoes can change their path in an instant. i mean, this thing could come back towards them any second. >> one of the best tornado videos i've ever seen. and i guess what makes this one good, it doesn't appear that it landed in an area where there was a lot of homes or people living. hopefully it didn't do any serious damage. next up at number eight, more nature caught in action. but this time, it's a whole lot more fun. kind of an awesome nature video for you. >> look it! oh, wow. >> a guy named robert rutly shot this as he was on a ferry going from southern california to the channel islands national park, which is right off the coast of southern california. and these little guys, there's a little dolphin, just happen to start playing with the ferry and

giving a little show for the people on it. >> more and more we're seeing these videos of dolphins just like willingly hanging out with people. coming by boats, just swimming along. >> but listen to the crowd. the people that are seeing this as they're taking this ferry to the channel islands. >> look at that little baby. >> oh! >> you can hear the squeals of children and the parent calling their kids over to come look at this. this is an entire pod of dolphins. we're not talking about one, we're talking about several. >> do you think these dolphins try to get their picture taken, try to get some face time in front of the cameras? >> a ferry of people, they're sure to have cameras. >> i need a new facebook picture. >> and the dolphins start swimming back in the other direction towards the sunset and then disappear into the ocean. >> there they go. >> there they go. there are cars that park themselves, and there are cars that put on the brakes for you. and now number seven. >> for many of us, i think this will be a dream come true.

a self-driving car. >> this is in morgan hill, california. and the man you see walking here is steve mayhan and he's about to get in the driver's side of this car. but he's not going to be doing the driving, because the car is going to drive itself. >> that's cool. >> look, ma, no hands. no hands anywhere. >> how does this work? >> this is a software technical contraption created by google. they announced it back in 2010. but this is the very first time a citizen takes it out for a test drive to celebrate the fact that google has already tested it for 200,000 miles. >> i love it. >> this is a huge milestone. >> we have seen cars that drive themselves in these big competitions and there are so many different contraptions all over the roof. this is a prius with what looks to be some sort of laser radar. >> yeah, it uses a combination of lasers and radars to feel out oncoming traffic, where it has

to turn. >> this is some of the best driving i've ever done. >> but one thing you don't know is that steve is 95% blind. >> oh! >> and he's figuring out what it feels like now to be behind the wheel of a car. >> we're in this to change my life, give me the independence and the flexibility to go the places i most want to go and need to go. >> google is still developing this. they want to make sure that when they finally do get it out that it's perfect. ♪ one very gut-wrenching freeway moment. >> oh, my god. >> see what happens next on the countdown. and coming up on the countdown, this thing. >> it's actually a great idea, because you can like drink a ton of beers and also work off calories at the same time.

>> a great idea that combines, well, what steven said.

welcome back to the show. but don't forget to check in at rightthisminute.com. great videos, all day long. we're back to the rtm countdown. at number six, working for your buzz. the next time we're in scottsdale, arizona, we're doing this. we're taking the tour de tavern. what you are looking at is a giant man-powered bike. >> is it a bar? >> well, it could be a bar, or you could take it to a gallery. y can rent for up 1 people, and it costs you up to $160 an hour. they recommend like three hours so you're not rushed. and you just get on there. you start pedaling, and you go on your merry way. >> ooh. so everybody is sitting on the side of this thing is part of the power of this. >> that's so cool much. >> under the circumstance

actually a great idea, you can work off calories at the same time. >> i don't know if you would want to do that, because you might fall off. >> i was about to say, i think you would need seat belts if you were doing all that. >> that can be arranged. >> we have one of the creators, brandon hold on "right this minute" to tell us all about the tour de tavern. so brendan, the first question was, not can you do this, but can you drink booze on this thing? >> not yet. we're working on it, just partnered up with a bunch of local bars in scottsdale and it seems to be working pretty well. >> so basically, people are renting this as a group to go barhopping? >> that's what the majority of people are doing with it. and what we have done is have great drink specials at all the places we stop so people get off for a while, have a few drinks, and then we move on and pedal to the next bar. >> this isn't just an ordinary bike you attach 16 seats to. >> they're originally from amsterdam, and we thought how

cool to do something like that in scottsdale. we ended up designing our own in tucson in our spare time. >> once you have made it past, i don't know, three or four bar stops, does the pedaling get slower? >> it starts out kind of slow if no one has had any drinks yet and you notice after your second bar or so, we seem to be flying down the street, because everyone is feeling good. we have made it to our top five, and atfive, time travel fraternity style. >> 11 years ago, tim of fhi cappa decided to put a message in a bottle before he covered up a hole. fast forward to february 2012, and the brothers found the bottle in the wall because they were patching the same hole. must be a spot where a lot of people get tackled. >> so what did the message say? [ bleep ]. >> the funny part, how do we get it open?

♪ message in a bottle >> take a hammer, smash it open, and, of course, what do you say? >> oh! >> opa. >> we're the gentleman, and this has been our house the last three years. right now george bush has just taken office as president. >> this is a letter preseptember 11th. george bush just took office. this is a completely different world. >> oh, yeah. >> he's writing from. >> our computer is locking up. >> times of napster. >> like a time capsule. >> mcdonald's and cheese burgers -- >> oh! >> mcdonald's cheeseburg engineers. >> can you believe it? they should have put how much gas cost back then. >> limp biscuit, metallica, god smack. i guess i could mention britney spears, but she sucks. if you would like to contact me, tim curry via the author of this

letter, reach me at 1034 pinehurts, you can probably look me up on the internet too, so call me future people if you still use phones. >> oh. >> i love how he gives a physical address not like an e-mail. >> cool. >> isn't that kind of neat? hopefully these guys write a new letter when they patch this hole up. at number four on our countdown, it's time for a great close call. >> got a video of the ultimate close call. it's on 281 in san antonio, texas. a couple bikers out for a ride. keep an eye on this silver-looking car on the right of your screen. it somehow gets out of control. >> oh, my god. >> and just narrowly, narrowly misses that biker that is in the far left lane. you think, this is going to be bad. and the biker is just able to make the most minor of adjustments. and dodge that car. i mean, if you pause the video and look, it looks like inches

apart. i wouldn't even say a foot apart. inches. and if you ride bikes, you almost have no time to react. how do you survive something like this? >> like you said, that's just pure luck in that case. because there's -- the guy has got nowhere to go. he's got the concrete barrier to his left. it's just luck there. >> oh, man. >> and it was -- there was another biker behind him that managed to avoid the car. >> yeah. you see that second biker traveling in the left lane right behind the first one that kind of just wasn't as close, but he still had to get out of the way. not a single person was hurt in this incident. none of the bikers. and the people in the car were okay too. so that's a good thing. ♪ fact number one. pythons are not native species to florida. so what's going on here? we'll explain. and fact number two. >> australia, new zealand. they're neighbors and also at times bitter rivals.

>> it's the battle of the belly flop. but the real fact of the matter is, one of these is the runner-up. find out which one, next.

welcome back to the rtm top ten countdown. number three is one of those videos you've just got to see. in the last few years, we've learned that pythons are not native species to florida, and they keep finding them everywhere. and they found one not too long

ago. check this one out. this python is 15 feet, 3 inches long. >> why is that guy putting it in his trunk? >> that guy used to work for the state forest in florida. he resigned, and his last day was the day that this python video was shot. >> did he resign because of this python? >> no. >> he's like i don't want to do this anymore, there is a 15-foot python in the trunk. >> according to the department of forestry, they don't approve of the way he terminated the life of this python. he bashed it over the head with a rake, but they say it is allowable to kill them, because they are an invasive species and they need to be caught. this was caught in an area that was sectioned off to be in a housing development. >> there was a time when they were paying specific hunters to go down and look for these things to hunt and kill them. because they're a real big danger to the natural wildlife down there in florida.

>> right. if you've ever doubted that there is a championship for almost everything, then our number-two video is for you. >> australia, new zealand. they're neighbors, and also at times bitter rivals. this is how they have been settling their differences lately. oh! >> magnificent! >> oh! >> belly flops? >> these guys are doing belly flops. it's the world's first-ever belly flop championships. who we're seeing here is the australian belly flop aquatic team, also known as ab fat, the aussie due gongs versus the new zealand plungers. this may be one sport where the more moves you have, the better. >> this is a painful, painful thing to do. >> apparently, there is no real way you can score a belly flop, so this went to votes. confirmed reports say the voting

ended with new zealand in a landslide victory. they had 2,157 votes. australia only had 195. maybe because they've got jeremy wells here. >> okay, wait a minute. jeremy wells had the surface area, but jeremy wells did not have the form. he did a culled-up version. >> he went almost head-first. >> a never-before-seen back flip belly flop. regardless, if you're a kiwi, you want to celebrate. >> that had to hurt. the time has come for number one. what will it be? the best is next.

it's time for our number-one video on our top ten countdown. >> get ready to giggle. >> life is really about the little things. and it doesn't matter what language you speak. you'll know why this guy is so happy. >> this is alexander. this is day 86 of a south pole expedition. he's walking up on his final supply cache that he left for himself months earlier. >> oh. >> he's tired. he's hungry. and as a motivator, he did not leave himself a note as to what he left in that cache. >> yeah, yeah!

[ screaming ] whew-hoo! >> i feel his joy. i have had those moments, not as extremely. whew-hoo! >> there's more in the cache. >> oh, oh! oh! >> this is the happiest man i think i have ever seen. and i just want to hug him. >> to tell us about his experience is alexander joining from us norway. >> i've been skiing for almost three months, and you have your ration of food every day and it's pretty much the same food and it was really undescribable. >> did you really forget that you had put those goodies in that bag? >> i know it's probably quite hard to believe that. but i had, like, six caches along the way. and my expectations were very, very low.

>> all right. so which of these things did you gobble up first? >> you can see that i'm actually throwing the cheese doodle bag up in the air, i did the same with the other things, as well. but they just like imploded when they went into the ground so i had had like more goodies all over the ice for a little while. so i was crawling around on all four and eating and screaming like a maniac. >> you know what, even if i have not been hiking for 90 days in the antarctic, this is how i react to cheese doodles. >> oh! [ screaming ] that's it for our countdown, everybody. we're so glad you joined us. we hope you have a fantastic weekend. we'll see you monday. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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