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"right this minute" -- >> looking pretty good, like he's ready. >> a young boy in an african village finally gets what he wants. >> all right, buddy. let's go kayaking. >> how persistence pays off even when the paddling doesn't. >> the coast is clear for a rider but see the danger lurking in the shadows. >> ah! >> it's a labor of love to give

an old farmhouse -- >> a little of its original flare. >> how a couple turned it into a wow after. >> and the prank that's simple and it's hilarious. >> are you sitting here? >> yes. >> oh, you are? >> yeah. >> see who wants to know if that's really your seat. >> i was wondering where my seat was. >> pick one. >> this video made me smile so much. i hope it has the same reaction from you. >> we're on a trip to africa. >> here we are, as promised in the last video. >> a beautiful smile and the bright eyes has just been enamored with his kayak. every time he's turning his back, someone is getting inside the kayak, trying his gear, this is awesome. so then he says, all right, let's go kayaking. >> you want to go kayaking? >> yes. >> it's a very swanky kayak as well.

>> it's like a stunt boat. >> you should feel pretty lucky. you're the only other person i've let use this kayak. >> someone's buddy is keeping an eye on him and gives him an essential safety brief glg ing. >> if you go upside down, pull this. >> whatever he's saying, he's going, yeah, yeah, yeah. give me the paddle. >> yeah. >> he gets in, he's having a good time. the inevitable happens. >> oh! >> the safety briefing was just mostly yep, yep, yep. it's okay. he was right there. everybody cracking up. pretty soon he's getting out of it and he's like, be careful. this is where we learn a lot about bren and his kayak and how much they love each other. >> you just crashed princess. that's what i call my kayak, by the way, princess. >> did you ever give any of your man stuff a princess name?

>> i had a motorcycle named janine. >> he gave him the authentic experience. >> what a fun experience this is. that could be the inspiration he needs to follow a dream that he's got to become a kayaker some day. >> nice. good work, steven. residents in this neighborhood in colombia called police nearby doing an operation. they said, listen, we need help. there's a dog in trouble. you can see here are the two officers. they immediately jumped into service to help this dog out. >> oh. >> yeah. >> not just razor wire. you observed correctly, oli. there's also glass up there. they say the dog was getting lacerations to its belly. now, the owners are nearby. that police officer standing on his partner's back, he's not wearing gloves.

there you can see the police officer has something in his hand, a police baton, that he's using to knock the glass out of the way. >> how did the dog get up there? >> the dog was making a jump over the wall. we don't know if that's the home where the residents live. we just know that they are concerned that their dog is stuck. >> whoa. >> the dog is immediately given back to its owners and only suffered scratches. >> what about the police officers? >> they didn't give an update on the officers but this dog needs a vet's attention. this is dr. lee. he's working at vet ranch and that dog is pistol pete. >> he looks like a sweet puppy, probably has some mange or those are scars. we're not sure. we'll have to do some skin scrapes on that. >> but that's not the number one problem that the doctor is worried about. it's how his legs work. >> he's limping. >> yeah. >> it's cute. and happy. >> they are worried about the back legs because one of the back legs isn't working. he kind of hops instead of runs

with both of them. the big question is, do we amputate? >> and we have decided to leave that fracture, repair it just like it is because i think we do more damage trying to break the bone again and reset it than we would because, as you have seen, he gets around pretty darn good. >> they don't think they'll have a problem finding it a forever home so basically they fixed him. >> well, it might be time for kevin quirk to buy a lotto ticket. people are calling him pretty lucky. here he is on a road in north wales. >> wow! >> he saw it coming. it was all he could do to scream. >> as a rider, that just freaks me out. i hate seeing that. i think maybe he was just lost in the shadows coming down that dapple of a road. >> that man driving, ian smith, said he didn't see him. they went to court in august. aside from a fractured elbow,

he's okay. he limps towards that wall and folks get out to check on him. >> to nick's point as well, if you see where the van is, it's an area from light into dark. you can see it on the screen. that's when your eyes are adjusting. granted, he should have been more careful. >> when they appeared in court, the man driving the court admitted to careless driving. he didn't see him. he uses his van for work so they were hoping they wouldn't take the license away from him. this is the if irs time first tg time that he's had an accident. >> ah! >> this next situation appears to be an accident as well. in the early morning hours. lots of morning traffic out and about. the person rolls up to the stop sign, all it clear and here we go. >> first of all, they were in a place they weren't supposed to be. >> as he comes out, there was another car in the middle lane and cracks him. >> i can't tell if the truck was for the prepared to stop for the

traffic and had to bail out and not rear end somebody or if he was trying to make a turn where he wasn't supposed to. >> no telling what the intent is. our driver veered off and the video ends. this was a hit-and-run and that person never came back. there is an update in the comment of the video that says police arrested an 18-year-old driver. this video is going to get you all hot and bothered. if you're in to restorations, especially when it comes to farmhouses, this couple in nova scotia, canada, decided to give their farmhouse a little of its original flare. and i have to say, when they first started this, it looked pretty average. >> it had been modernized. when it comes to three decades ago when modern was not so good anymore. >> watch this. there was plaster over that facade and then they took the

carpet out revealing these really beautiful wooden floors below. they started sanding it down and cleaned the brick. >> that column of brick is a fantastic feature in that room. >> look at that. >> they are working in their pjs. >> they paint everything eventually white, except for the floor. and this is the best part for the room we're seeing them redo in this video, they only spent 300 bucks. >> dude! >> i would pay them 300 to come to my kitchen cabinets alone. >> nice. >> people would pay them significantly more than that. >> check out the before and now the after. >> wow! >> that just brightens up the whole place. >> i know. >> it makes it look special. it's yours now. >> that was the first little project. the next project is the entrance where the stairwell is. good luck. can't wait. >> he's delivering a message through a song. >> it seemed like a cool way to let other people know.

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but he did -- the situation did alter my smile a little bit. altered my smile. >> i feel like i'm about to get the carpet yanked out from under me here. >> yes, he altered my smile and made it bigger. look at him! >> whoo! >> i told you. i knew it. >> where we at? >> we have established relationships with this woman. >> isn't he a beauty? >> gregory is having the same reaction that i did to this story. >> you've got us, man. that was -- it's classic boo comedy right there. >> he altered my smile and made it bigger. look at him! you mess with the bull, you get the horns. sometimes you could be minding your own business and still get the horns.

>> oh! >> that's not how that is supposed to go. >> that was a cop. the bull got out of the ring and went charging through that area there and, pow, took the cop out. >> thankfully, he had police gear on that may have helped him. a little bull riding. it's a big tradition in certain parts of the world. out you go. he's doing all right. he's doing all right. he's doing pretty darn well and he's not using his hands. >> uh-oh. >> that's where it goes a bad, right there. >> turns that guy like into a speed bump. >> he is quickly taken up and taken out of the ring. looks like he was knocked dizzy before he was knocked to the ground. >> it looks like he stayed on for his eight seconds, right? >> she's going to start with the goat. feel bad for the goat in this situation. >> girl, get out there.

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