i'm contessa brewer. that's it for this edition of "caught on camera l);ú9"9&9&yñóow/w/w/ >>> criminals are everywhere, but so are cameras, watching their every move. >> i ripped his hat off, pulled the mask off his face. >> recording antics that will stun you. >> there were four guys in here. >> catching crimes that range from cold-blooded -- >> it was very brutal. >> to ridiculous. >> the subject was described as being dressed like a tree. >> they had garbage bags on their heads. they had these eyeholes torn out. in this hour, "caught an camera: thieves and thugs." >> when a thief threatens to kill you is terrifying. but when a thief unexpectedly traps himself in the very place he planned to burglarize, that could be entertaining. i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." surveillance cameras are everywhere. in this hour, we'll show you criminals they've captured in the act. some of what you see may leave you stunned, like the tough grandmother you're about to meet who fends off a violent atta

i'm contessa brewer. that's it for this edition of "caught on camera." >>> war caught on camera. correspondents in the heat of battle. >> i remember hearing it, bing, bing, bing, as the bullets are hitting the side of the humvee. >> troops recording the danger they face every day. >> oh! >> my first instinct was that i just lost three soldiers and a vehicle. >> come on, fire. >> and a classified military video that stuns the world. in this hour, troops from the front lines to their front lawns. >> i think he remembers you. >> war, up close. "caught on camera: combat." hello. i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." u.s. troops in the wars in iraq and afghanistan have had some of the most high-tech fighting gear but they've also brought something else to the battlefield like never before. their cameras. the images captured have changed the way people back home see and hear what the troops are going through thousands of miles away. a terrifying ied attack. >> combat patrolling at that time was ho

i'm contessa brewer. that's it for this edition of "caught on camera." t >> a man pinned under a flaming gas tank. p >> >> he was yelling don' burn. don't let me die. >> a stalled plane drops from the sky. >> started diving. holy crap. >> everything goes blank after that. >>> a little girl stumbles on the edge of a cliff. >> oh, my god! >>> a family's roof gone with the wind. >> it sounded like an explosion. >> whoa! >>> one bungee jumper's cord wraps around his neck. >> i saw my life flash before my eyes. >> another's snaps. slamming him into the water. >> i was the most scared i've ever been in my life. >>> inches away from disaster, seconds away from death. >>> hello. welcome to "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. every day we go about our daily routines never thinking that at any moment we could suddenly find ourselves in harm's way. not much feels as ordinary as a trip to the convenience store, sightseeing in the park, or even filling up your gas tank. but as one ohio man discovered, trouble cou

i'm contessa brewer. that's it for this edition of "caught on camera >>> they do battle with the armed and dangerous. >> pursuits are bad. shooting is bad. shooting pursuits, really, really bad. >> and handle the most unexpected predicaments. >> it's a hard thing to watch for a lot of people. >> and react quickly when routine situations suddenly turn perilous. >> first mental thing is that i'm a slaughtered man. >> police officers put their lives on the line every day. and in their arsenal, they have a silent witness that can speak >> welcome to "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. dashboard cameras are an important policing tool that can bear witness to details missed by the human eye and reveal invaluable lessons for law enforcement. in this hour you'll see compelling situations caught on dashboard cameras from getaways gone awry to ruthless gunmen firing at will. a routine traffic stop turns into a roadside shootout when troopers unknowingly pull over an armed and dangerous escaped prisoner. >> i'm

i'm contessa brewer. that's all for this edition of "caught on camera." >>> out of control hoarding. >> you think, wow, why am i doing this? i need to stop. >> leaves a mother and daughter overwhelmed. >> it's very chaotic and stressful. >> this is hoarding. >> a real estate investor finds a real steal. >> there was no way anyone could live in the house. >> and gets more than he bargained for. >> you couldn't walk around. had to climb over it. >> a race against the clock. >> turned out to be 700 cats on the property. >> to save hundreds of lives. >> they were really, really sick and really malnourished. >> and when the experts step in -- >> a stinking rotten mess. >> -- even they can't believe their eyes. >> what i saw would make anybody want to vomit. >>> "caught on camera" -- hoarding. >>> hello. i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." if you are like me from time to time you look around your home and you think what a mess. maybe dirty dirnss in the sij, a pile of laundry on the floor or a b

here's confessa brewer -- contessa brewer. >> in 197 dr. oliver saches came to fame with his book "awakening" documenting how he had freed patients in a brorntion hospital from a catonic state. >> what i believe, what i know, is these people are alive inside. >> the book inspired a 1990 movie. robin williams playing the doctor. in 1996 morley safer sat down with the actor and the scientist for "60 minutes". >> i find this incredible-- combination of incredible gentleness combined with this voracious curiosity. >> that curiosity drove saches to explore the outer limits of the human mind. >> i sometimes feel more at home with my patients than with my neighbors, say. >> reporter: he wrote about his patients helping readers understand and empathize with those whose disorders made them oddities. neurologist orrin daffinski was a close friend. >> scientifically he was able to uncover different aspects of how the mind works. understanding that sometimes disorders close some doors of normality but open other doors of specialness that are truly rema

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." it's the stuff of nightmares. you're on a plane, in a car or on a boat when suddenly you find yourself in a terrifying life or death situation. in this hour, you'll meet people who face their biggest fears and lived to tell the tale. their stories are real, and they're all caught on camera. just minutes after takeoff from burbank, california, the crew of jetblue flight 292 discovers a problem and prepares for an emergency landing. >> brace, brace, brace. >> a terrified passenger films the entire ordeal and records what could be his final good-byes. >> just thought i'd leave a message just in case that i love you. >> normally dave is a light-hearted guy, a comedian from southern california. >> you were filling the gas tank you would never leave. >> but on september 21st, 2005, he's in no mood for a long cross-country flight to new york. >> i woke up early and i woke up tired because my girlfriend and i had been in a big argument the night before. >> i dro

here's contessa brewer. >> reporter: students might not notice the changes, but a.p. u.s.tory teachers will. for example, lessons on westward expansion. >> in the original version, the focus was almost exclusively on the negative impact of western settlement on native american populations. >> reporter: historian jeremy stern helped the college board craft the revisions. >> including that is obviously essential, but you also want to talk about the point of view of the settlers themselves. >> when you change the story to one of pioneering spirit and economic opportunity, it's not just a change in emphasis. it's a lie. >> reporter: like beauty history may be in the eye of the beholder, and what seton hall history professor william james hull hoffer sees is downright ugly. >> the new standards have gone completely wrong. >> reporter: this is the document the college board changed, guidance for teachers about what the final exam will cover. new recommended court topics now include the american ideals of liberty, citizenship and self- governance, and the productive role of free

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." if you are like me from time to time you look around your home and you think what a mess. maybe dirty dirnss in the sij, a pile of laundry on the floor or a big stack of papers on the counter. eventually most of us clean, fold and file our way back to at least presentable. but for hoarders clutter crosses a line from untidy to out of control. and the mess becomes a monster taking over their lives. from the outside it looks like a typical home in an ordinary suburban neighborhood. but go inside and you'll witness a shocking sight. rooms stuffed to the rafters with clutter and debris. >> it's very, very chaotic and stressful. >> in california 27-year-old jessica, who asked that her last name not be revealed, lives with her mother, an admitted hoarder. >> i would describe it as bad. it's not an environment that's comfortable to be in. >> after living on her own for more than a year, jessica moves back home to save money and help her mom with her worsening c

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." each year fire kills more americans than all natural disasters combined, and yet we may not think about the things that surround us as potential threats. gas lines, tanker trucks and even the electrical wiring in your car. when you least expect it, a fire can happen. and when it happens on a large scale, whole neighborhoods can go up in flames. a massive explosion turns a california town into hell on earth. >> what the -- is that? >> what the -- is that? >> september 9th, 2010, another quiet summer evening in the san francisco suburb of san bruno. but then at 6:11 p.m., disaster strikes. this gas station surveillance camera records the edge of a massive explosion a quarter mile away that rips through the neighborhood. startled drivers abandon the pumps and begin to drive away. a woman flees, clinging to her baby. ♪ residents grab their cameras and begin filming seconds after the blast. >> holy -- holy -- holy --! what the -- is that? holy --! >> their vi

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." you see a crime unfolding before your very eyes. the law breakers are armed, so what do you do? run for help? call 911? or would you try to stop the bad guys yourself? it's one thing to get involved if you are young and able. but in the story you are about to see, one of the unlikeliest of people says not on my watch. northampton, england. it's a bold and brash robbery in broad daylight as three sledgehammer-wielding thugs wail away at this jewelry store front. and three getaway drivers on mopeds rev their engines. it appears no one can stop these helmeted hooligans from their brazen afternoon heist. that is no one except for super granny. >> i'm exceedingly feisty. i know how to smack your hand if it's in the wrong place. >> reporter: her name is ann timson. and cloaked in red, flying down the street with the greatest of ease, the 71-year-old british granny vigilante decides to take justice into her own hands. beating the armed bandits with the only wea

i'm contessa brewer. >>> the power of the natural world surrounds us, and though it can be awe-inspiring, it can be deadly. disaster could strike without warning and leave behind other devastation. when battlelines are drawn between man and nature, frequently, nature has the upper hand. it's like a time lapse movie scene. >> this looked like something apocalyptic. some kind of end-of-the-world moment. >> although you could see it coming from miles away -- >> and look at the size of this thing. oh, yeah. >> you can't escape it. hot, dry weather is the stuff of legend in the sprawling metropolis of phoenix, arizona. here in the valley of the sun, summer temperatures can exceed 100 degrees for weeks on end. being surrounded by desert only makes things hotter. on july 5th, 2011, the combination results in a spectacular phenomenon that fills the sky. >> the storm spanned from one side of the horizon to the other. >> this time lapse must be seen to be believed. the storm is called a haboob. >> a haboob is an ar

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." remember when your mother said "if at first you don't succeed, try, try again." we're not sure what your mother would say about the people in our next hour. they certainly take that advice to heart, even if it means breaking a few bones along the way. one thing's for sure -- this is a club where no quitters are allowed. as you watch their spectacular feats, remember, do not try this at home. not that you could, even if you wanted to. a high-flying bmx rider crashes to the earth. ouch. >> in my opinion, bmx is just as dangerous as what evel knievel was doing. >> steve crandall should know. he's been part of this strange bmx culture since he was a kid. he owns a bike company and has been to hundreds of unofficial stunt events held in back allies and parking lots. >> bmxers in general are pretty subversive. it's an underground culture, a lot of outcasts, misfits, hell raisers and good time havers. >> thank you all for coming out. we'll run this at 4:00 exac

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." the courtroom has always been a place for high drama. it is the suspenseful, long-awaited scene in so many movies, novels and television shows. this next hour, it is not about the fictional courtroom only, it's about the real one, whether it is a victim's family coming face to face with a family who threatened a beloved family member, a suspect who grabs a deputy's gun or a man who tries to escape. you will witness reactions that aren't scripted or rehearsed. chaos erupts in an ohio courtroom. >> i was shocked. i couldn't believe this was happening right in front of me. >>> chaos erupts in an ohio courtroom. >> it's november 16th, 2006, warren, ohio, a small town, two hours northeast of columbus. 24-year-old jason howard is about to be charged with aggravated murder for killing a man and shooting at two others. but it's the family of a victim in another murder case that suddenly charges into the courtroom in a raw and emotional outburst. five months earl

i'm contessa brewer. you're in a life-or-death situation and you can't help yourself. often survival depends not just on luck, but also on the heroic acts of another person. they might be trained rescue professionals or simply bystanders tapping into courage they never knew they had. watch what happens when a helicopter crashes into a remote pineapple field, pinning the pilot. a helicopter out of control. one man is frantically trying to save another man's life. it will take near superhuman strength, but warren ameral refuses to let his friend steve die, not here and not now. >> you know, you see your friend there. if you're not going to do nothing, you're going to lose your friend. so i asked the man upstairs to help me. >> warren, affectionately known by his friends as tiny, because of his size, needs the help especially for what he is about to attempt. steve is in a ditch, unconscious, underwater, and his legs are pinned down by the weight of the chopper. it seems impossible, but tiny will somehow have

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 the stories are about dreamers who find new ways to conquer new heights and 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 check

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. >> oh! 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 works tending 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 and he agreed to meet with us. >> on the afternoon of septembe

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." a police officer's working day may include violent confrontations, touching human dramas and even comic relief. for an officer in a patrol car, the dashboard camera is the silent witness capturing the action and preserving some hair-raising stories. our first video begins in new mexico with an amazing high-speed chase and a shootout caught on multiple dash cams. with their dash cams rolling, police cruisers chase after a 22-year-old man through highways and country roads in northern new mexico. the pursuit is not only dangerous, it's violent. >> shots fired. shots fired. >> i started hearing we have an officer injured. that's when i noticed sergeant faulk had blood coming from the area of his face. >> in may 2007, sergeant jackie bud of the san juan county sheriff's office in aztec, new mexico, is the first backup to respond to an incident that begins in a nearby town. that's where lionel claw gets into a confrontation near a laundromat and local police

i'm contessa brewer. when you buy a ticket to a sports event or a comedy show, you expect a couple hours of entertainment, a chance to sit back, relax and enjoy. but the spectators you'll meet in this hour got much more than they bargained for. they thought they were watching for their own amusement. instead, they were watching at their own risk. >> everybody look out! >> fans run in fear as monster waves take down everything and everyone. >> damn it, look at these people! >> there was no control. you didn't know which way was up and you didn't know what was going to happen next. >> it's february 13th, 2010 and it's the maverick surf competition, known as the super bowl of big wave surfing, for good reason. >> the condor looking solid. >> the competition is held only when conditions are just right, to create the most incredible waves on earth. some as high as 50 feet. and only the best surfers are allowed to ride these giants. >> the mavericks event itself attracts 24 of the biggest names in big wave surf

i'm contessa brewer.elcome to "caught on camera." once upon a time, politicians were revered. after all, they have the ability to pass bills, create laws and govern entire countries, but sometimes they're the subject of ridicule. taunted, heckled and harassed by the public, under constant fire from their opponents and even their own parties. this hour is all about what happens when politicians are pushed too far. >> i think it was lyndon baines johnson, the u.s. president who said, if you want a friend in politics, get a dog. politics is all about adversity, whether it's psychological or sometimes even physical. >> in britain, this is just how the public showed their disdain. physically. politicians are routinely subjected to egging, custard-throwing, flour-pelting, and paint-hurtling. >> we in britain have been brought up on pantomime in which chucking custard pies is seen as perfectly harmless fun. a way of expressing irritation, anger. it's become a quite common practice to show things that are colored

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." when dealing with dangerous people out on patrol or inside prison walls, members of law enforcement know never to let down their guard because the minute that happens, something terrible could unfold. one ohio officer learned that lesson the hard way. a late-night arrest leads to sudden violence. >> this was a person whose intent was clearly to hurt someone. >> this came out of the blue. he did not see it coming. >> and a fight for his life. >> you don't know how it's going to end. >> may 15th, 2011. elyria, ohio, 3:00 a.m. in a small town 30 miles west of cleveland. police are called to the house of 29-year-old anthony thomas whose girlfriend calls 911 after a fight. officer william whit arrests thomas when he realizes he has an outstanding warrant for contempt of court. thomas doesn't resist, and the drive back to the station is uneventful, except for one brief exchange. >> at some point in that time frame, mr. thomas made the comment, i can smell the fear in you. officer whit's rep

i'm contessa brewer. highway patrol officers know to expect the unexpected whenever they stop a vehicle. our first story pits an armed felony suspect against u.s. border patrol agents. the tense situation at the mexican border grows worse when officers make a crucial discovery about who else is in the car. a burglary suspect speeds toward the mexican border with a 1-year-old child as a hostage. >> he was holding the baby to his chest and the knife to the baby's neck. he told me they were not going to get him alive. >> one lane, 89 miles an hour. >> monday morning, april 20, 1998. a car tears down interstate 5 south of los angeles, hitting speeds up to 95 miles per hour. >> okay. they're passing el toro now. >> as it hurdles toward the mexican border, officials get a heads-up. >> we got a phone call probably from the california highway patrol letting us know there was a southbound pursuit. >> probably heading for the border. >> the suspect, eddie price, is fleeing from l.a. police who tried to arrest him f

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 grandby, 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 fall forward until the wall would collapse on top of him an 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, thi

i'm contessa brewer. they are everywhere. on websites and youtube embedded in blog. even your e-mail and chances are you've watched them and maybe, even forwarded on one or two along to someone else. the videos you're about to see were all popular. some are funny and some are poignant, all amazing clips but they may have left you wondering, are they real or are they fake? ♪ >> wait, did someone just spray paint graffiti on air force one? ♪ >> in this video, a couple of guys essentially, climb a fence, elude the secret service, run up to air force one and put a fwra fitty tag on air force one while it's all being video-taped. >> you're like, wait a minute. are they doing something to air force one? what is going on here? this is crazy. >> did someone really break into andrews air force base and spray paint or tag the president's plane? >> i think people really want to believe it's true. ♪ >> the video hit the internet in 2006. quickly it became a sensation. >> the first reaction is, always, is this real? a

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-thru 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 gun

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." have your friends ever e-mailed you a video that's so funny, so unique, or so completely absurd that you felt like you have to send it to everyone you know? if you've pressed "send," you've had a hand in spreading a viral video. it's not big budgets or great production values that make these videos so compelling. in this hour you'll see some of the most watched viral videos. each video has more than a million hits online. but why? you be the judge. ketchup and fries make a great snack, but can they make a work of art? using about ten packets of ketchup and a carton of fries, artist jason baalman proves, well, yes, they can. >> when i first saw it, i watched it a few times. i couldn't believe that it was real. >> it was very impressive and edible. >> in march 2007 jason posed a time-lapsed video on youtube, which shows him using french fries and ketchup to paint a picture of mcdonald's icon ronald mcdonald and "super size me" filmmaker morgan spurlock. >>

i'm contessa brewer.elcome to "caught on camera." there is no place like home. until your home is invaded by burglars or disturbed by unruly neighbors. the video you are about to see, gunmen try to invade a home. but what they don't know is this homeowner has fire power of his own. four robbery suspects run for cover in a real-life wild west shootout that takes place in broad daylight. it's the afternoon of february 5th, 2009, in tucson, arizona. a home security camera captures a chrysler 300 driving leisurely along this quiet street. but the occupants of the vehicle are not out for a casual drive. they're out for something more sinister. detective e.j. gueron. >> you can see the suspect's car drive by the house, by the residence. >> instead of proceeding down the block, the car stops abruptly. >> you see it stop as if it's casing the place. the garage is open. it appears the suspect sees this and sees it as an opportunity to commit the crime. >> within an instant, the car screeches around the corner and

i'm contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." one of the most embarrassing moments ever at the worst possible time in the worst possible place, on the job. in this story, you'll see professionals doing what they do best until they trip up or slip up and then go with the old saying, laugh at yourself and the world will laugh with you. >> this is fashion week over in paris. there was a problem out there today. a model fell down twice. >> it looked so funny. like, i'm still laughing when i see this video. how is that possible to fall like that? >> you all are just really tickled over that. >> it was clear i don't have this anymore. i hope they go to commercial now, because i'm about to lose my job. [ laughter ] >> wait a minute. let's start over from the beginning. kamila is a supermodel living in poland. jim vance is a veteran newscaster from washington, d.c. they may live worlds apart, but jim and kamila will forever be linked to each other and it's all because of a pair of ridiculously high heels, a

i'm contessa brewer.he 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 b

i'm contessa brewer.'ve seen every day people willing to risk their own lives to save a stranger. we've seen neglect toward a dying woman recorded by surveillance cameras in a psychiatric emergency room. in the next story, people in a pizza parlor are unexpectedly faced with another daunting decision, to test their willingness to step up when they see something bad going down. >> it is perhaps one of the most unexpected and brutal knockout punches ever caught on camera outside a boxing ring. >> got the concussion right when he hit me the first time. >> but what is even more shocking may be what happens next. july 31st, 2004. da vinci's pizza parlor. akron, ohio. it's 2:00 in the morning and joseph, the man in the striped shirt, is about to have a really bad day. it begins slowly when ms. pristee is a sims enters and cuts in the line. >> when she entered the pizzeria, she went to the front. i wasn't paying attention to what she was doing. >> joseph gets a call from his wife, waving in the car outside. >> m

i'm contessa brewer. come to rely on video as an important law enforcement tool. the squads 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 g

i'm contessa brewer. what do you have in an extreme athlete? they take risks and push boundaries, breaking records, breaking the rules and breaking a few bones along the way. and danger, it's all part of the game. remember how your mother would say, if everyone jumped off a bridge, would you? well, daryl freeman may have said yes, but only if he could do it on a skateboard. in our first danger zone video, he does exactly that. >> i've done a lot of stupid things, but i guess that's the first one that i actually caught on camera with a lot of different angles. i would consider myself an adrenaline junkie. i think i'm addicted to it. if i'm supposed to work, i want to go skate. it pretty much consumes my thoughts at all times. >> daryl's specialty is downhill skating, which he says takes a special skillset. >> you have to not be afraid of blood, pain, you have to want to go faster. i think there's a lot of friends that i used to skate with and they would get hurt a few times and that was enough for them. and i guess if you enjoy the pain and enjo

i'm contessa brewer.ely in a murder trial do you have the kind of evidence you're about to see. a killing captured on six seconds of videotape. no one who witnessed it could believe their eyes, nor would they be able to forget it, but would the videotape send a man to prison or help him get away with murder? we warn you, some of the video you're about to see is graphic and hard to watch. >> a professional photographer, haunted by the image he captured on camera. >> you go out and do stories and you have to wonder, is it going to happen again? >> the tragic story begins thanksgiving morning, 1992, in a little house in ft. lauderdale, florida. a 15-year-old girl named yolanda nunez commits suicide with her mother's gun. in a note she writes she's pregnant and writes that if her mother found out about it, she would not approve. it intensifies a hatred between emilio, the teen's father, and the girl's mother. emilio blames maritza for yolanda's suicide. and wants to have her charged with the young girl's deat

i'm contessa brewer >>> a hungry eel.opus. >> and i turned over to look at doug and next thing i know, he's got this thing on his face. >> killer whales stalking their prey. >> there they go. look at this. three of them. >> oh, god. oh, no! >> from the depths of the ocean, some of nature's most vicious predators on the attack. >> i just thought that the fish stabbed him in the face, and i was like, oh, my god, my brother's dead. oh, my god. oh, my god. >> rare and terrifying encounters under the sea. >> this great white grabbed me. >> nowhere to run.

as contessa brewer reports, the fallout is just getting started. >> reporter: a hunt for cheaters, especiallye who used a work computer or e-mail to access the site. among the 15,000 ashley madison accounts linked to government or military servers, at least two assistant u.s. attorneys, a justice department investigator, white house workers and strategic staffers at homeland security, dozens of new york city education employees, 50 california state workers. the f.b.i. and pentagon are investigating. trying to stay a step ahead, the executive director of louisiana's g.o.p., jason dore, announced he had an account, he said, for opposition research. and some high-profile husbands are squirming in public. >> are you serious! >> reporter: christian vloggers sam and nia rader became viral stars just weeks ago when he surprised her with a positive pregnancy test. >> bam. >> reporter: then promptly announced she'd miscarried. ashley madison gave them more than 15 minutes of fame with sam's exposure as a member, though he insists he never had an affair. >> this was brought to my wife's attention. she'

i'm contessa brewer. that's it for this edition of \ >>> coming up -- [ bleep ] >> behind the lens and in extreme danger. at war. at work. >> just getting the pictures was all that was going through my head. >> at play. lives on the line. unforgettable images. >> somebody was trying to kill the president. >> bullets. [ bleep ] >> down! >> you didn't know whether to get up and help or stay down and run. >> buried alive. photographers in the line of fire. >> i'm fixin' to get killed, dammit! ♪ >> "caught on camera: in harm's way." >>> a news crew in iraq is hit by a bomb. >> that's the closest i've come to sort of, i suppose, dying. >> and their cameras are rolling the entire time. >> fred, just turn towards me, mate. i think we've got a good tip. >> april 6, 2003. three weeks after the invasion of iraq, american and coalition soldiers are battling saddam hussein's army on the ground and in the air. bbc photographer fred scott has been in iraq since the lead up to the war, recording nearly every second of h

i'm contessa brewer. that's all for this edition of "caught on camera." >>> a 747 is flying over the pacific when suddenly a cargo door explodes open, sucking nine passengers out of the plane. >> it went from a perfectly normal, calm, serene situation to absolute pandemonium. >> another 747, another terrifying incident. the pilot struggled to control the plane for 32 minutes, but it's hopeless. >> they faced a condition that no pilot could possibly imagine, which is the airplane is no longer controllable. >> a 737 loses a giant chunk of fuselage midflight, causing a decompression so powerful, it kills a flight attendant. >> i saw what i think was the stewardess's feet as she was being sucked out of the plane. >> a dc-10 loses an engine on takeoff, causing the plane to roll on its side and nosedive to the ground. >> the entire engine had physically separated from the aircraft. >> all of these disasters have one thing in common -- the physical structure of each plane failed with fatal consequences. what pus

i'm contessa brewer. \s >>> a racing boat flips upside down. >> has crashed. >>> motorcycles fly off the track. >> flags going up everywhere. this is mayhem. >>> and dangerous drivers plow straight into disaster. >> they thought the whole store was going to explode. >> stay clear! >> oh, my god. >>> there are so many ways to lose control. >> i just couldn't do what i wanted to do. my body just wouldn't do it. >>> and when you least expect it -- >> he's heading into the cemetery. he's heading into the cemetery. >>> a perfectly calm day could get a little out of hand. >> i've never seen the waves this high. it's scary. >> and suddenly go wild. >> what did i do to you? >>> a high-speed power boat flips. >> that is absolutely massive. >> and the pilots are trapped upside down under water. it's august, 2006, at the honda british grand prix world championships in plymouth, england. a win here represents the pinnacle of international class one speed racing. >> it was my first year in the big boats, and my dream

. >> that was contessa brewer reporting. with the fbi, police are investigating ashley madison, it's based in toronto. >>> first alert weather time, it is going to be another gorgeous day, hard to believe it's august. secretary of health and human services a lot -- should be a lot stickier, it seems. >> we have had a string of nice weekends in the month of august. >> so lucky. >> very unusual timing but we will take it, right? it looks like it's going to be another fantastic sunday. let's get things started right now with the 3-degree guarantee, which, of course, we nailed again yesterday. our forecast high yesterday was in the upper 80s and that's where we got. today we are once again going in the upper 80s, your official high temperature 88 degrees. here's a look at reagan national airport with the michael & son weather cam and the day planner. just a few clouds today, they are not going to bring us any rain, it's going to stay completely dry. it will be 68 degrees at 9:00 a.m. but already all the way up to 81 degrees by n