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"right this minute." a beatdown at a famous racetrack club. the victim claims the thugs who took him down outside were actually security guys. and he wants to know what set them off. >> once you kick somebody out the club, they're out the club. >> take a look at this and tell me what you think you're looking at. >> static on the lines of the tv. >> wil solved the mystery for you. >> see the videos to determine
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who has got the biggest [ bleep ] in surfing. ♪ you know we're talking waves, right? and some guys pull the ultimate easter prank, filling an apartment with grass, chicks and bunnies. >> they're coming in right now. >> meet the prankers and the prankees who now have a reason for revenge. >> this was like the best day of our lives. we begin our show today with a fight that was all caught on camera. this happened at the daytona international speedway. the man you see in the white tank top on the ground is 32-year-old roy adams. and roy claims that security guards outside of the 500 club at daytona international speedway beat him up. this video is all part of a lawsuit now that roy adams has filed against daytona international speedway and we obtained this video from la-dray gilbert. adams claims this fight was
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unprovoked. he says that he and a security guard bumped into each other while they were inside the 500 club and the security guard walked away. adams claims that three more security guards came back with the original security guard. one of the guards knocked a drink out of his hand and a fight ensued. and then the fight ended up outside. you can see in the video kicking happening, once adams is down on the ground. you can see that there are four security guards involved in the fight. according to adams' attorney, adams did suffer a torn acl, and he did get a tooth knocked out. this entire event happened in october of 2010. >> what is the club claiming in all this? >> they did say that this was not an actual speedway event. that a company named front line promotions actually rented out the space and that epa security provided security. so this lawsuit also focuses on frontline promotions and epa security. adams claims they were negligent in providing a safe place for this event.
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>> once you kick somebody out the club, they're out the club. you can just close the door and say they can't come back in. of all the things you would expect a middle school student to be suspended for, hugging i bet is not one of them. this is eighth grader ryan blackman, and he was suspended for ten days from his middle school in north carolina for allegedly hugging a teacher. >> for ten days? >> he claims this teacher broke up some roughhousing between he and a friend, and afterward, he said thank you to her and went to give her a hug. >> and she just smashed me up by the arm and dragged me to the other teacher and started screaming in my face and saying i needed to be written up, that something serious needed to be done. >> hold on a second. he was roughhousing? that sounds like maybe that had a little bit to do with the suspension, as well. >> the suspension was for him giving her a hug that, i quote, was a hug with a tight grip.
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>> sounds like he was trying to be a wise guy or something. >> according to reports, the school policy says that you can't hug anyone else. >> it's kind of nauseating to know that we have let society get to the point that a hug is -- you'll get suspended for hugging and saying thanks. >> it's a recent phenomenon where schools are banning hugging, they don't want teachers hugging students, students hugging each other. i think it's ridiculous. >> maybe the rule is in place to protect the staff. she felt threatened. >> i don't understand how she could feel threatened. >> the family did file a police report against the school and the teacher, because they claim that when the teacher grabbed ryan to take him to the principal's office, she left a mark on his arm. these two women walk into an orlando convenience store trying to buy a couple bottles of wine. the clerk refuses that purchase, because after 2:00 a.m., the ordinance says you cannot buy alcohol after 2:00 a.m.
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so the woman in blue, garcia, allegedly walks out of the store with the two bottles of wine. >> without paying. >> without paying. >> ooh. >> that's stealing. >> garcia is an orlando police officer. >> what? >> yes. when this event happened, she was currently on suspension, and desk duty, because of a fight she had outside of a bar two months earlier. >> is she still a police officer? >> no. she tried to resign. the chief said i don't accept your resignation. you're fired. i have zero tolerance for stealing. garcia claims she went back the next day, told the clerk, look, i'm so sorry, i was intoxicated. let me pay for the bottles of wine. it's not like me. the clerk disagrees with that statement. the convenience store, hess, an east coast convenience store and gas station refused to press any charges against the officer. so right now she just lost her
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job over what amounted to about $16 worth of wine. >> wow. i'm about to show you the nominees for the billabong xxl global big wave awards that will be handed out on may 4th in anaheim, california. all these videos you're seeing were gathered from around the globe. mexico, california, tahiti, fiji, australia, ireland and portugal. and you can see who the nominees are in this video that billabong xxl has put on their website, billabongxxl.com. some of these athletes will get awards in several areas, including the biggest wave award. as you can see, these guys are really incredible surfers. >> is there an award for coming out with your life and spine and head attached? it's crazy. >> there's also an award given for the monster paddle award. so multiple awards will be handed out. there are some huge checks handed out, as well. >> i hope they make some money
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from this stuff, because putting your life on the line on these giants waves just for fun is one thing. but you make a little scratch out of that. >> the award and money is a bonus. the rest is their life. they love it. . >> yeah, but they've got to make a living. doing something they love is awesome. how much money do they get? >>ook l at tshe fro la ar oo grand from me. >> that's for one day of surfing? >> that's for the ride of the year last year. $50,000 check. ♪ these guys turn this apartment into a yard with chicks and bunnies and then they wait. >> they're coming in right now. >> oh, my gosh. >> see what happens when the girls next door come home. and what's not to like about launching barrels? >> all real. >> fake. >> i think fake. >> real or fake time. see it and tell us what you think.
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♪ danny way is a skateboard legend, and for ten years, he has had a dream. a dream to build the biggest mama jamma mega ramp. these are images from a documentary called "waiting for lightning, the danny way documentary." and in it, we go through this journey of building this mega ramp on a property that danny bought in hawaii. in this documentary, we see him go through some of the injuries that he has had to sustain. >> this is unbelievable. >> we also get a little insight on the way he grew up. >> so my kids grew up never knowing what they were going to come home to. >> but the most important thing in this documentary is him just following this dream of skateboardi skateboarding. >> i love skateboarding more than anything, but it's the challenge of the unknown is what
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drives me to keep coming back. >> what's he plan to do with this giant ramp? >> he's fearless. people know this guy as one of the most fearless skateboarders out there. he's jumped off helicopters, jumped over the great wall of china. this guy is known for reaching amazing heights. if you want to see the entire trailer, head over to our website, rightthisminute.com. this video has gotten nearly 200,000 views in less than a month. i don't get it. so i'm hoping you can help me out with this one. >> all right. >> this is in poland and you've got blue hoodie sweatshirt guy there, and look like they're having an outdoor barbecue grill party. >> working up the nerve to do something stupid. >> blue sweatshirt has a goal in mind. >> oh! >> why don't you see why this is popular?
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after he dives head-first through the gate, he's so proud of himself. >> it's just pure, is what this is. pure internet gold. >> watch the way his body falls. it reminds me of the moment in "spaceballs" where lord helmet stops the nano speed and he just flies through the ship. >> why would he do this? is he that dumb? >> let's play break this down. see the kind of half grin on his face? the game is probably hanging on by one last bolt. it poses an opportunity to have a moment of greatness. someone stole nate nelson mandela air freshener. >> i didn't know they made nelson mandela air freshers in. >> they do. >> what does it smell like? >> i don't know. freedom. one of the girls in the complex they live in stole nate's nelson mandela's air freshener. so they decided to pull a happy easter prank.
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♪ >> they made they are den a yard. let's say these girls are going to get a surprise like live chicks, bunny rabbits. >> it is a prank but most girls would love to come home to this. >> i would love to have baby chicks running around my house. >> i knew t. >> they're coming in. >> oh, my gosh. >> and then they get a big surprise. oh! >> and to tell us all about this prank, we have bronwin and nate and all of the other crew on "right this minute." >> how much money did you spend on this prank? >> total, we spent about 140 bucks on it. >> how long did you keep the grass and the chickens and the
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rabbits in your apartment? >> we probably had it for about four hours. and i think at least half of our apartment complex was in our living room at any given point. >> what happened to the bnies >> wfoun them some good homes. >> has there been payback yet? >> we're so grateful they did it. it was like the best day of our lives. >> why is it that you pulled such a nice prank, because it's a prank, but it's kind of sweet. >> they are secretly in love with us. >> i can understand why. >> aww. >> please do another prank like that so we can feature on "right this minute." >> give us a spare key, we'll be over any time. it's time for ebaum's world. not sure if it's a real sale that put this guy into the bushes. but we do know -- >> the first problem here, he's british. >> real or fake on this one, next.
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and no one wants a boring old car. >> you've got to customize it, set yourself apart. >> yep. and we're showing you one way to do it. >> this is really -- what makes the sleep number store different?
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during the final days of our white sale, receive $400 in free bedding. only at the sleep number store, where queen mattresses start at just $699. it's time to check in with our favorite monday man, matt, for some real or fake some. what's up? >> what up, dude? >> we're going to jump right in today, because the first video you found for us is found lmao.
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>> oh! >> that's like the doctor evil laugh. evil-sounding laugh. >> parking vehicles. >> yeah, yeah. is that technically a hit and run? because she hit him and walked away. >> matt, what do you call that? >> an accident, i guess. >> clever. >> it has to be real. >> yeah, i think you guys got this one right. definitely real. >> all right. next video. barrel explosion party. what? [ gunshots ] >> what? >> i don't believe it. >> i believe what they've done is taken old barrels with tops cut off, put them upside down and filled them with propane or something, and have a hole on top, and touch the open plain, plane and shoot barrels into the air. i think that one there, it looks like --
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>> because they have failures there. but shot some stuff on the came camera lens look at that. >> all fake. >> i think it's real awesome. i was going to say fake until the duds. then to me it seems real. i would love to see it in person. i wouldn't want to be the guy with the stick lighting it. but i might be behind the camera or something. >> if you look closely too in the background, it looks like there is a graveyard. i think that's for the people who fail at this. last video. father being a skateboard mentor, fails. >> watch this. >> okay. >> the problem here, he's british. he's british trying to skateboard. >> thousands of brits have turned off the tv. oh. >> i think dad is putting on a show here for his son. >> it's fake, too. >> i think it's real. >> what guy would voluntarily do that? >> yeah, got in his hand.
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>> having way too much fun for that to be real. definitely a fake video. >> pointing a laser pointer at his head. >> i'm starting to sweat. >> there is something we need to know. whoa. >> light saber. >> no respect in this place. >> you are about to get your head blown off. be careful. >> we're going to go ahead and cut this off. >> okay, i quit. i quit. you got a cool car, you don't want to just roll around in your cool car, you've got to customize it, set yourself apart. one way to do that, put on some custom wheels. >> whoa. >> like these. >> those things are huge. >> back in the day, 22s were like the cool thing. 22-inch wheels. forget it. these are 32-inch wheels on two chevy camaros, north carolina is claiming this has never been done before. >> this is silly. >> seems like you would have to cut some space out of your car in order for this to spin in the wheel well. >> yeah, the camaro doesn't
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designed to accept a wheel this big so there is definitely some customizing done. the red car has sinner rims, so maes l car isn't really rolling when it is. but they almost look like cartoonish match box cars. >> they look like oversize hot wheel cars. >> i guess this is kind of like the monster truck wheels but for camaros. >> these seem like you can go really, really slow on the street and do not hit a bump. ♪ time for an out of this world adventure. >> this is really outer space. >> crazy, amazing pictures from where? >> this is really outer space. >> yeah. and i'm going to take you there. next.
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the rest of this evening very warm. 80. gusty winds out of the south. we'll talk about how things will change into the day tomorrow, look to the rest of the week. we need some rain. will we get it. these things could take over. >> i think i got something you all are going to love. steven, you're going to love it, because as you say, everything looks better in slow motion. this film is called true freedom. and it's a slo-mo film about parkour and free runners. you can see every last rippling muscle in these guys' bodies and it's a super cool look at the human body and what they can do, slow motion. >> thank you, nick. >> a little eye candy for you today. obviously, these dudes are doing some pretty impressive stuff. and when you see it in slow motion, it makes you think -- i
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think i could probably do that too, maybe. >> a real man would have worn no shirt, even though he's jumping over barbed wire. wants . >> there's a couple shirtless fellas. this was shot at 300 frames per second. >> so awesome. springs in his shoes. >> when is this going to be an olympic sport, really? >> this is super cool. they've got this shot with the leaves falling, and other guys in freeze frame. but this guy kind of doing his moves in and around. i thought that was really neat. and it's all just so effortless looking, too. take a look at this and tell me what you think you're looking at. >> static on the lines of a tv. >> right. >> makes you think of watching a tv with the old rabbit ears. >> it's outer space. you're looking at the rings of sat turn. >> oh! >> a film maker named sander vandenburg downloaded images
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from nasa's "cassini" and "voyager" mission by creating a film using only those images from outer space. this is really outer space. these aren't digitally enhanced or digitally created. these are actually nasa images. >> this is really great. >> i like to see the curvature of saturn instead of just the rings. now there's perspective. >> and you see the moons orbiting armed these planets. it's -- is this jupiter here? >> that's jupiter there. you can see the eye that is kind of the trademark image from jupiter. >> i think these images are surprising, because they do harken back to a bygone era for us, which is black and white tv. it's kind of neat that this has a throwback feel to it. >> it almost makes it feel unreal.
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>> i'm glad he found them, and then created this video so we could all then just sit back and eny. that's going to do it for this edition of "right this minute." we're so glad you joined us. if you want to see our videos again, head over to rightthisminute.com. again, head over to rightthisminute.com. we'll see you tomorrow. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com
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more than a dozen tornadoes ripped through the midwest. >> the officer was flown to shock trauma. >> help wanted them to -- he wanted them to pull off to a safer spot. and we are hounding the police every day on this video of a beating. you know, since last week, we've been telling you about the lane closures on the jfx and how it would go down to two lanes. it went down to one lane. we have our photographer setting up shop. that is real wide camera action on the jfx, people leaving downtown baltimore. on the other side they're coming in. it's going to be slow going. it's 5:00 in baltimore. we'll keep a close

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