i'm contessa brewer. i'm contessa brewer.our own perfect plate of pasta at olive garden, with our new cucina mia menu, for just $9.99. choose the homemade sauce that tempts you the most. like our addictively creamy garlic asiago, devilishly spicy diavolo or garden-fresh primavera with roasted vegetables. all made from scratch and made to order. served with your choice of our new artisinal pastas including gluten free. new cucina mia is all about flavor, all about you, and all just $9.99. at olive garden, we're all family here. >> state secretary jovhn kerry will travel to the ukraine on wednesday. a massive winter storm is hitting the northeast. >>> welcome back to "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. just like our last video, a thief is caught on camera inside a bait car. but this time the suspect makes a mad dash for freedom. and leads police and a television news crew through an 18 hole golf course. may 5th, 2008. las vegas. metro police have placed an unlocked bait car in the parking lot of the angel park golf club to

i'm contessa brewer. that's all for this edition of "caught on camera." >> wl whether it's a bolt out of the blue or a dangerous crime, what you're about to see is sure to be shocking. >> hello, i'm contessa brewer. it can happen with a flash and with devastating impact, electrical shock. when we control it, electricity powers our lives but when it's unleashed, high voltage can be terrifying. february 3, 1996, a desperate man attempts a perilous high-wire act, straight into 16,000 volts of electricity. >> i thought he blew up in a million pieces because there was such a shock and a sound, it was boom! i was, whoa. east los angeles, a vibrant hub of the city. for firefighter eric huck, one call from dispatch would be like any other. >> everybody was shocked. myself and many guys who had many years on the job, this was something you'd never seen before. >> eric and his team arrive on the scene it find a suicidal young man perched atop a power pole, 30 feet up. the rescuers immediately recognize the danger.

i'm contessa brewer. that's all for this edition of "caught on camera." >>> when disaster strikes, every second counts. >> get out. somebody grab him. >> and every decision matters. >> there's a little girl! >> daring rescues from land, air, and sea. lives on the line with only precious seconds to spare. "caught on camera: nick of time." >>> hello. i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." a day at the beach, a night out to see your favorite band, a hike in a beautiful state park. sometimes even the most enjoyable activities can suddenly take a turn for the worse. and when they do, who will come to the rescue? for one utah motorcyclist trapped beneath a burning car, the answer is not necessarily who you'd expect. a motorcyclist is trapped underneath a burning car as bystanders rush to try and save him. >> oh, my gosh! >> i did see the flame, and i did think that the car had the potential to blow up. >> logan, utah, is a quiet college town, home to utah state university. but right outside campus

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." we all had bad days at work, stressful deadlines, demanding bosses, boring paperwork. but for the people we meet in this hour the daily grind becomes a once in a lifetime nightmare, earthquakes, runaway cars and armed robbers turn nine to five into run for your life! and while you might think your co-workers are grumpy, it could be worse. at least you don't work with an angry elephant. i hope. >> a zoo keeper crosses paths with a 10,000-pound rampaging elephant. and finds himself fighting for his life. it's january 31st, 1989, at san diego wild animal park. and young keeper david salmarcus is preparing to clean up the elephant enclosure. for david, then 20 years old, working with elephants is a dream job. >> it was a really good feeling when you would come in to the barn in the morning to greet the elephants, and they greeted you back. it made you feel great. you can call them by name and they would walk over to you and rub against you. and they were so

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." breaking the law is one thing. fighting the law is another. in this hour, you'll meet people who challenged authorities. some used guns. some used fists. one even used an 18-wheeler. but no matter the method, they all have one thing in common. somebody was there to capture it on camera. >> a desperate man takes on federal agents in a dramatic four-day standoff. >> i'm a cowboy. i'm coming out like a cowboy. >> before going down in a hail of gunfire. september 2004. bowling green, kentucky. a barn burns to the ground and four horses die. an investigation by the bureau of alcohol, tobacco & firearms or atf points to arson. the main suspect, russell sublet, a 41-year-old ex-con who tends horses in the area. during the investigation special agent david hayes learns sublet may also own a sawed off shotgun, another possible charge against him. >> i made contact with russell sublet. he agreed to meet with us. >> on the afternoon of september 29th, sublet is at

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." from politicians to police, sports stars to security guards, seems almost everybody gets out of line sometimes. and in a world full of cameras, those moments can live forever. in the case of our first story, some poor judgment even becomes an international incident. a good-will basketball game takes an angry turn. when players stop passing basketballs and start hurling chairs. >> quickly you realize this was not your typical sports altercation. >> it's an international basket brawl and the entire scene is caught on camera by fans in the bleaches. >> i was fearing for my physical well being. >> august 14th, 2011, the georgetown university hoyas arrive in bay zing for an 11-day exhibition tour in china. an entourage of more than 200 fans and school officials accompany the team on the trip. >> they wanted this to be a good will tour to expand georgetown's brand and bride. >> but the hoyas are not the only high-profile americans in china. >> vice president j

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." hundreds of thousands of videos hit the web every day. but only a select few really grab the public's attention and go viral. if you watch like me, sometimes these videos seem a bit suspicious. in this hour, we'll watch some of the web's most popular videos and uncover if they're works of fact or fiction. >> hey. sheri here, obviously. >> in august 2010, a mysterious video purported to be a piece of courtroom evidence starts to circulate across the web. it's dubbed exhibit b-5. >> it has an element of where did this come from. that you're really curious about. >> i am recording this so you can share in this amazing step-by-step process of my brilliant practical joke. >> the video is about an attractive young lady who is setting up a friend of hers to be pranked. >> you need to water this. you making a movie? >> she gets ready with one of her friends who dresses up like some kind of criminal intruder. >> this is a classic surprise prank. >> okay, okay, ok

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." do you ever feel frustrated waiting in line, or have you watched as someone else flies off the handle? from naked shoppers to angry plane passengers, in this hour, we'll watch what happens when customers go wild. ♪ a late-night shopper decides to open up a drive-through in one of the most bizarre and audacious smash-and-grabs this small ohio town has ever seen. >> i've heard of people breaking windows and using rocks and boulders, but never seeing somebody actually decide to drive their car through a store. >> it's 5:00 a.m. in amherst, ohio, and a sleepless bargain hunter cases an adult novelty store. the store is closed, but this customer isn't concerned with such minor details. he circles the store to make sure no one is around, then chooses the back door to make his grand entrance. tracy is the store's manager. >> he decided that he wanted to come through the back door, and you see him get up on the curb and kind of bumps himself up and then he just

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." dangerous materials are used every day, usually without incident, because safeguards are in place to minimize risks. but natural disasters and man-made accidents happen all too frequently, and when highly flammable materials are involved, an emergency situation can become a fireball. may 15th, 2009. firefighters in texas are battling a blaze at a tank facility that stores oil, gas and seawater. just when they think they have the fire under control, a flare erupts from the tank on the right. it's not a good sign. and in a matter of seconds, the tank launches into the air like a rocket. >> everything went bright. the heat was real intense. >> a ball of fire races toward firefighters who are forced to run for their lives. >> you just think this could be the day for all of us. it was a violent, violent explosion. >> seconds later, another tank explodes. >> when the second tank exploded, and that's when the debris was flying everywhere and about a ten-foot pi

i'm contessa brewer. sometimes home invasions involve a criminal element.ther times an angry neighbor can seem like an invader too. how would you handle living next door to people like this? ♪ it's probably one of the more bizarre videos on the internet. a 63-year-old woman in the united kingdom armed with a dangerous weapon, a newspaper, is seen taking vengeance on this 38-year-old man. >> there's been some friction with just the one neighbor. she gets quite angry about very minor things and then sometimes shouts unpleasant things and makes threats. but, you know, we try not to take too much notice of that. >> reporter: luke wirr is the man in the video being pounded with the rolled-up reading material. >> two weeks before the incident happened i took the rubbish bin out, and she was shouting from the top window with lots of swearing that i wasn't allowed to pull the bin across the car park. i ignored this and carried on and put the bin at the front of our property. >> luke owns birkette's garage, and it's located right next to this apartment building, ess

i'm contessa brewer. throughout history humans have looked for ways to soar, if only for a little while. flying, floating and even free falling, as you will see, a lot can go wrong high up in the air. some of our stories are about dreamers who find ways to conquer new heights, while others are about daredevils who relish that trip down. but our first story is about a man at a low point in his life and the effort high above a city street to save him. 70 stories above the streets of new york, a desperate man contemplates ending his life by jumping from the top of one of the city's landmark skyscrapers. >> obviously something has brought him to the edge, and we want to figure out quickly as possible, but the job could always go very wrong. >> august 10, 2011. detectives james cole and sean solar of the new york city police department's emergency services unit are on duty when the call comes in. >> we started our shift at 3:15 that afternoon. and almost immediately as soon as we finished loading up and checki

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." water is a force to be reckoned with. we learn as children never to turn our backs on a wave. but there are countless other ways to be caught unprepared. in our first story, a burst water main wreaks havoc on a cold winter morning. motorists trapped in their vehicles when a flood turns roadways into rivers. >> could have killed many people if the cars started to mop. -- move. >> the waters rise so quickly that drivers are unable to escape. among those stranded in the fast moving current are a mother with her 9-year-old son. >> i can't see anything! i need help! >> ma'am, we're on our way. >> december 23rd, 2008. an aging water main ruptures in bethesda, maryland, sending a massive wall of water down a busy road and turning the commute into a nightmare for drivers. firefighters at station 10 are just pulling out. unaware a critical situation is developing nearby. they immediately get stuck in traffic backed up from the flood. >> we actually thought we mig

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." it's human nature to get angry, and sometimes emotions boil over. when they do, situations can spiral out of control. in this hour, you'll see people who lash out in frustration, despair and rage. >> oh, hell, yeah. [ laughter ] >> it's a scene that would shock any parent. two middle school girls beating each other in front of dozens of their peers. and the whole bloody battle is caught on an iphone camera. >> we want to see more of this. >> one of the girls involved is 13-year-old sierra spencer. she has just switched middle schools in the small suburb of marysville, washington, after being bullied in her old school. at first, it feels like a good fit. >> it was perfectly fine. like i had no problems. i loved it. >> but sierra is bullied in this school, too. sierra's mother, kenice watson is frustrated the problems she thought she had fixed is continuing. >> there's three middle school, and how do they intermingle? and so eventually the issues she was h

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." a crash can happen just about anywhere. sometimes the impact is no more than a minor inconvenience. other times it is a life-changing or even a life-ending event. while crashes are often accidents in our first video, you'll see a one-man wrecking effort that is anything but accidental. june 4th, 2004, an irate man in a bulldozer wreaks havoc on the small town of granby, colorado. >> the vehicle was going in and out of this, basically, a big concrete warehouse, that was made out of prefast concrete. and what he would do is pull forward until the wall would collapse on top of him and then he would pull backwards and he was just going from one end of the build to the other doing that, causing the building to collapse on itself. >> glen trainor is the former undersheriff of grand county, colorado. when the call first comes in that a bulldozer is on the loose, he isn't overly concerned. but that changes after a report of shots being fired. it turns out, this

i'm contessa brewer. collisions and calamities, these types the of incidents can be scary enough to make you feel like your heart is skipping a beat. our first video is a heart stopping moment when a young girl goes into cardiac failure at a texas middle school and it's all caught on camera. it's a normal school day until a 12-year-old girl's heart suddenly stops beating. >> first thing i thought, scary. very scary. because i didn't know what i was looking at. >> september 26th, 2011, frisco, texas. kylie shea is walking the hallways of moss middle school with her friends. attempting to sit down, she collapses, and it is all caught on the time lapse security camera. kylie's friends run for help and the first person they see is phys ed coach and she has no idea what a dramatic turn her day is about to take. >> just a normal day. we just got through with p.e. and two girls came running in and said kylie is having a seizure come quick. i just took off as quick as i could into the lalway. as soon as i got to

i'm contessa brewer. police have come to rely on video as an important law enforcement tool.ads have dashboard cameras. bystanders have camcorders. and that video catches criminals in the act, helps prove cases in court. and then, sometimes is used as training video to help prepare cops for the dangerous situations they'll face every day. the cameras can also catch cops behaving badly. police officers are expected to uphold the law. so, these images can be especially shocking. >> how old are you? >> in baltimore, maryland, a 14-year-old is skateboarding illegally and is confronted by a cop who doesn't like the boy's attitude. >> i'm not your father. you give that attitude to your father. you give it to me, i'll smack you upside the head. >> i don't have a father. >> shut your mouth. i'm talking. >> a friend captures the argument on a cell phone, as the officer becomes enraged because the boy, eric bush, calls him dude. >> give me that skateboard. >> the officer puts eric in a headlock and wrestles him to the ground. >> sit down. >> dude! >> sit down! i'm not a dude! >> he tak

i'm contessa brewer. most ambitious fishermen are always pushing the limits, trying to reel in that big one, scouring the oceans for the most exotic and elusive sea creatures. in our next story, a young angler battles a giant black marlin. and what happens next is no fish tale. 30 miles off the coast of panama, a family fishing vacation turns into a desperate fight for life. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. >> i didn't really think it was happening. i thought it was a dream. and then when i woke up, i was on the ground, being pulled into the corner of the boat, spitting up blood. so then it became real. >> 17-year-old steven schultz, his dad, bob, and his sister allison are on a fishing trip in the deep blue tropical waters near panama. it's one last summer trip before both kids go off to school. >> my brother was leaving for college, so we were going to be going separate ways again, and i was excited. >> spirits are high. it's the threesome's first deep sea fishing adventure together, and it's a chance for bob

." >>> welcome back to "caught on camera" i'm contessa brewer. young man who infuriates a sear rice of driving instructs and gets behind the wheel of his call and takes call after call on his cell phone but is it real or sit fake? let's watch and find out. >> driving is very easy. just relax and drive, okay? >> this viral video hit the internet in 2008. >> watch for the pedestrian in front of you. >> okay just how frustrated can a driving instructor get? we're about to see. [ cell phone ringing ] >> hello. >> no, no talking on the telephone. >> what's up? >> hang up the phone. >> hey, just stop snapping. >> grandma! yeah, it's me. >> 10 and 2 with the hands. >> he's clapping -- >> no, no, no. >> oh, my god. >> hang up the god [ bleep ] phone. >> it seemed a genuine reaction of the instructors that struck a cord with everybody. you're watching this going, i can't believe this kid had the [ bleep ] to do this and i can't believe he pulled it off and i can't believe these people didn't slap him silly. >> but the ever-cynical online viewing audience

i'm contessa brewer. anyone who watches the news knows iraq is a dangerous place.hreats to u.s. troops and iraqi civilians. it's no surprise, then, that some of the most dramatic video we have comes from that war-torn country. hershey bypass, iraq, september 9th, 2007. a group of soldiers from the 144th military police company, a michigan army national guard unit, are traveling from tikrit to mosul. as they often do throughout their deployment, they videotape the journey. specialist ron dickinson is driving the armored humvee. it's a trip he'll never forget. >> nobody would believe us if we didn't have it on tape. >> three other members of his unit are inside the vehicle, including sergeant jason daw. >> if you slack off and don't pay attention, that's when they get you. >> they've been in the country for several months and seen their fair share of improvised explosive devices, or ieds. >> ieds are the number one threat as far as i'm concerned because you don't know where they're going to be, what they look like or when they're going to go off. >> they're traveling

i'm contessa brewer. an estimated 40 million americans suffer from phobias and one of the most common is claw claustrophobia. fear of enclosed spaces. in this hour we'll bring you the stories of people trapped in some of the scariest most confined spaces possible. an airtight safe, a sinking car and an elevator. the fear of death in these situations is all too real so it is up to the rescuers putting their own lives on the line to help those in danger get out alive. it's 9:30 a.m. in phuket, thailand. a fire rages in the kitchen on the first floor of the royal jomtien hotel and quickly spreads. but 16 floors above, american rochelle stimey knows nothing about the blazing inferno below. no alarm, no phone call, no notice at all. her husband is in china away on business, and she's in her hotel room with her 7-year-old daughter sona, when something catches sona's eye outside their window. >> i noticed some smoke. then i noticed it was coming from straight down below the window. and then i heard people scream

i'm contessa brewer. >> show me your hands, now!er middle america's most toxic drug. >> got meth, brother. >> some will do anything to get it. >> smoking in a methamphetamine lab. you think that's pretty smart. >> doesn't lie. >> hometown team of elite cops. >> don't try any funny business. >> will do anything to find it. >> you are going to jail. >> oh, my lord.

i'm contessa brewer.elcome to an msnbc event. when we first launched this series, we knew the explosion in personal video cameras would mean a big jump in the stories caught on camera. but little did we know how quickly we would reach our 100th episode. that's right, 100 shows filled with stunning video and the stories behind those pictures. as we reached this milestone, we decided to bring you this special look at the most memorable, most incredible stories we found. buckle up and hold on. this is going to be one heck of a ride. starting with some extremely close calls. when lives are on the line, a matter of seconds, inches and a little luck can be the difference between tragedy and triumph. these five close calls will make your heart race. >> a woman on the verge of drowning gets help from above. august 20th, 2003. in las vegas, nevada, a woman is driving when she meets a flash flood head on. >> water is so powerful, she has no control of where her vehicle is going. it's going wherever the water is flo

i'm contessa brewer. >> show me your hands, now! >> it's a turf war over middle america's most toxic drug. >> got meth, brother. >> some will do anything to get it. >> smoking in a methamphetamine lab. you think that's pretty smart. >> doesn't lie. >> hometown team of elite cops. >> don't try any funny business. >> will do anything to find it. >> you are going to jail. >> oh, my lord. >> they are the methbusters. >> this could get ugh l ugly pr quick. ♪ >> franklin county, missouri, is a picture postcard place of rolling hills, quiet farms and main street parades. but beneath the all-american surface, a battle rages. >> we're headed there now. >> against one of the most addictive drugs known to man -- meth. the franklin couldn't tu narcotics enforcement unit is on the front line of that battle. today they are in nearby st. louis on a stakeout. >> they are going to be headed that way now. look for a vehicle. if you don't see anything, sit tight and i will call it out to you. >> we are set up. >> sounds good. >> they plan to follow a

i'm contessa brewer. that's all for this special edition of "caught on camera." >>> when you're in the danger zone, you'd better get out of the way fast. a landslide terrifies a small town in italy. a sinkhole swallows a street in hollywood. >> this looks like this could be really bad. >> and tons of rock threaten the lives of workers in tennessee. >> couldn't believe what we were seeing. >> in this hour, caution, hazards ahead. "caught on camera: watch out." >>> 30,000 tons of rock come crashing down onto a two-lane highway, threatening road crews working in the area. >> i looked up and the trees were coming down at the same time. we knew this was not your average slide. we didn't expect anything like that. >> that's something you'll never forget. >> november 10th, 2009. polk county, tennessee. it's a dreary, chilly morning, and wdef news cameraman is covering the story of a boulder that has fallen on u.s. 64. >> originally we were just going to try to get pictures of a boulder in the road. we didn't kno

i'm contessa brewer >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>> he was down here with a noose around his neck. >> a gang member makes a desperate cry for help. >> i just need somebody to talk to. >> there's currently only four inmates housed in this pod which normally houses 32 inmates. >> completely isolated from other inmates, maricopa's four most dangerous women form a notorious sisterhood. >> rude dude with an attitude. that's what they call me. >> i may look sweet and innocent, but when it comes down to it, i can be tough if i have to be. >> if one of them would cross each other, i'm sure they'd turn on each other. there's nothing in jail that's that thick. i don't even think family is that thick in jail. >>> located on the top floor of maricopa county's 4th avenue jail facility are the highest security male housing units. >> these are the worst in maricopa county. get them out of gp and stuff downstairs. those are the shock collars out there. get them out there, stuff calms down for a while. >> these inmates have either committed violent attacks in the jail

i'm contessa brewer. that is all for this edition of "caught on camera." >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >> i didn't stab people in prison. i don't orchestrate riots. >> i do believe michael bates is our highest ranking blood member in the jail. >> a gang leader has his authority challenged by another inmate. >> one of my up. s had a complaint against this gentleman here. yes. said that he was not living right. >> but questions arise over whether the challenger is who he says he is. >> i still have to do a problem investigation. if he's not who he says he is, he's going to get dealt with. >> you come across aggressive, because you're loud. >> one inmate's personality divides her housing unit. before long, verbal altercations turn violent. >> i'm done. i'm sorry i came here. >>> it's only 12 miles from midtown, manhattan, but hackensack, new jersey feels like another world. it's the largest city in bergen county, which is ranked as one of the most prosperous regions in the n

i'm contessa brewer >>> massive industrial accidents lead to unbelievable explosions. >> we just hadit was the biggest explosion i had ever seen. >> gas stations erupt into infernos. and rescue workers put it all on the line. >> it was the closest call i've had. >> dire circumstances. >> i'm thinking there's no way somebody's going to live through that. >> disaster, heroism, survival. >> i can't believe i'm alive. >> you won't believe your eyes. >> boom! it went up.

i'm contessa brewer. >> good morning. i'm chuck todd. david is on vacation. obama, putin showdown. thousands of russian troops are massed on the border of ukraine. can president obama and the west stop putin with new diplomatic efforts? the latest from eastern ukraine. new jersey governor chris christieiz+:s on the offensive after an investigation that he commissioned that concludes he didn't know about the bridge scandal. can he get his white house ambitions back on track? we'll be joined by his most prominent defender form are new york city mayor rudy giuliani and a democratic critic from new jersey. and less than 48 hours before the health care deadline. the obama white house heralded the big 6 million number. will it still be a losing issue for democrats this election year? plus meeting america. kevin tibbles travels to the small town in iowa that hosted cold war leader nikki ta khrushchev. why are there new fears of a cold war in that same place today? >>> from nbc news in washington, meet the president with david gregory, substituting today, chuck todd. >> as you can see, it'

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