CNN caught staging fake rescue of hurricane Harvey victim

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You want to see fake news at its finest? Watch this clip I'm about to present to you. I will show you the whole version of it so you can laugh as they congratulate each other on how heroic they were. Look at this. Get up dude. You got a power cord. You got a rope? Okay let's stop the clip right here. You can see he's wearing khakis and he has sandals on. Remember that so let's continue on with the video. Now let's stop the video here in liquidy's wearing long black pants with high water boot side. Now maybe it is possible. He decided he didn't want to get wet and changed it to this gear before saving a man's life. But let's be honest that's very doubtful. So now I will show you the rest of the video in its entirety while they receive congratulations for performing such a heroic deed. We just literally rescued this guy out. You can see his car John. I don't know Brian you working on that video. This man just accidentally drove into a ravine that looked like a road didn't it? Yeah. It looked just like a road and his truck just went in and it's now going down that ravine and we just pulled him out of the ravine. It happens within seconds. This is why it's so dangerous right now to be out. It's unbelievable to be out. Come on sure let's get you out there. Into the dry. I want to thank these guys for saving my life. Thank you. Where are you from buddy? Texas. Winnie Texas. So you guys have been hit pretty hard in Winnie Texas. What's your name? Jerry Somerl. Jerry somebody needs to come get you. I'm saying it to Motel right up here. Oh Lord. Okay. We'll just take a breath. Take a breath. Get some water. John that's just I mean just happened right before our eyes. We were able to get Jerry a Jerry Somerl from Winnie Texas a ride. I fell over the pickup truck, took him back to his hotel. He's calling the police. We hope to link up with him when he's a little drier and a little calm down but it just happens that quickly and if no one was here, if nobody was out doing a live shot, that fellow would be a big on. I can see just the top of this truck from my vantage point right now. He would he would be trapped in water. Jerry Somerl is lucky right now Drew that you and your team were there. The picture of that truck floating down that ravine that's dream with its windshield wipers still on but lucky Jerry Somerl no longer in it a remarkable vision. Thank you to you and your crew. Steve Pease check it. You know Brian Rokis for Scott Pease check it and Brian Rokis for for doing what you did there. It's okay that you missed the live shot to save that guy's life. I tell you what a morning you've had. Drew Griffin thanks so much.