spicer, another legendary comedienne ready to make an impression. guess which trump staffer rosie o'donnell is offering to play on "saturday night live"? first the "nightline 5." >> i tried hard to quit smoking. when we brought our daughter home, that was it. now i have nicoderm cq. release extended technology helps repress the urge to smoke all day. >> every great why needs a great how. hey, need fast heartburn relief? try cool mint zantac. it releases a cooling sensation in your mouth and throat. nexium can take 24 hours. try cool mint zantac. no pill relieves heartburn faster. >> number one in just 60 seconds. good evening. it was a freak offroad accident involving britney spears' 8-year-old niece who suffered severe injury. we're learning disasters like this happen all too often as we explore the potentially dangerous intersection of children and all-terrain vehicles. >> reporter: it was an oversized birthday present for britney spears' little niece maddy aldridge. her mother, britney's younger sister jamie lin, recording her daughter's reaction to the kid's offroad vehicle. >> oh my gosh! >> reporter: tonight, the 8-year-old is recovering in a louisiana hospital after getting into an accident in what is believed to be the very same vehicle. local police say maddy was riding around on her parents' property sunday afternoon when she careened into a pond. police say her mother and other family members were watching as the vehicle became instantly submerged. they tried to she was trapped under water by a seat belt and safety netting. ambulance workers reportedly arrived within two minutes. freeing her and airlifting her to a hospital. britney taking to twitter the next day saying, need all wishes and prayers for my niece. tonight, those prayers apparently answered. the family giving a statement to "people" magazine saying, maddy regained consciousness this afternoon, and doctors were able to remove the ventilator and she's awake and talking. a spokesperson for polaris, the company that makes the very maddy is believed to have been driving, told abc news, the safety of our riders is our absolute top priority. our thoughts and prayers are with the family. the accident, a living nightmare for young mother jamie lin spears who became pregnant with maddie when she was just 16. the pregnancy leading to the cancelation of her nickelodeon show "zoe 101." >> reporter: after maddie was born, jamie lin left hollywood to raise her and pursue a country music career. ♪ >> reporter: just last year her brother and famous sister introducing her at the grand ole opry. >> jamie lynn spears! >> reporter: the polaris rvr-170 maddie got for her 7th birthday is designed for children 10 years and older. it costs nearly $5,000. >> so we're going to go and rip around the dunes. >> reporter: they've become hugely popular with kids. youtube filled with videos of youngsters showing them off. >> it looks exactly like the big razors. >> reporter: even reviewing them. >> the only place i have trouble is on big hills. i could use a bit more power for everywhere else i can go no problem. >> reporter: the atv manufacturing industry is worth $6 billion a year. but offroad vehicles can be especially dangerous for kids. in 2015, almost 27,000 children under the age of 16 were treated in the emergency room for atv-related injuries. >> here's the thing. you're talking about a high-velocity vehicle that has a lot of weight and potentially a lot of power as well as speed. so when you put those things together, you have a perfect storm for a major trauma. when you talk about what types of injuries, head injuries, fractures, lacerations, crush injuries. i mean, the list can be significant. >> reporter: but the best way to keep your kids safe, if they are going to ride, proper training. >> look where you're going. >> reporter: mike clump rides atv ride safe oklahoma. he teaches children as young as 7 years old how to ride safely. >> what when i'm talking to parents, if they make a decision i recommend they get the right size atv for that child, also they have all the appropriate safety gear that goes along with that. >> reporter: he says learning how to operate an offroad vehicle properly can mean the difference between life and death. >> as you look on this machine, he's got about three inches of clearance. if you put a small child on a machine like this, that's not tall enough to get that clearance, what happens when they go think a dip or a roll, that machine will actually bounce them over the handlebars and over the front. >> reporter: in 2015, 11-year-old kate bruggenschmidt was not wearing a helmet when she and her friends rode an adult-sized atv. >> that four-wheeler tipped over on kate and she died instantly from blunt force trauma. we thought we would see our daughter in four hours on the softball field. we never saw her again. >> reporter: her mother ashley wants to make sure it doesn't happen to anyone else. >> i think those four wheels give p security. they think they're a toy. unfortunately, they're killing and injuring our kids. >> reporter: unlike motorcycles and cars, atvs are unregulated with no laws about who can drive them. >> we're allowing kids to get on motorized vehicles that go 50 to 60 miles an hour and we're not giving them any training, requiring any safety gear. we're pretty much just saying, good luck. >> reporter: "nightline" highlighted the issues in 2010, visiting this track in upsate new york where kids as young as 6 were performing high-speed stunts. what's your favorite part? >> hitting the jumps. >> most kids like it because they see them -- they see the pros coming up like, whoa that guy went super high that guy went super far. then they're like, oh, dad, mom, i want to do that. >> they can go 60, 70 miles an hour. 30, 40-feet jumps. you got to be somewhat of daredevil to do this. >> reporter: even back then parents said accidents there were routine. and injuries seen by some as a badge of honor. >> i broke my wrist, i've broke my hand, i broke my tail bone before. broke a couple other bones. while we were there, a 16-year-old boy lost control of his atv going over one of the jumps. paramedics standing by. >> i was right behind him. i think the guy hit the tree and then the quad fell or him. that was pretty scary. >> reporter: the teen two two bones in his back. good news was that he was not paralyzed. >> it's all part of the sport. you accept that, i guess. it's part of it. >> reporter: 16-year-old high school football player tyler shellhavel wasn't so lucky. two days after playing the game of his life he went for an atv outing at a nearby state beach popular with atv riders. tyler went over a dune and his vehicle flipped. >> i loo my legs were wrapped around the back tire. it just looked like my entire torso wasn't even connected to my chest. i had no feeling or sensation. >> reporter: he became paralyzed from the waist down. >> these are preventible injuries. some of them with potentially devastating, long-term consequen consequences. you have to ask yourself, is it worth it? >> reporter: tonight as britney spears' niece maddie aldridge recovers, a cautionary tale for parents everywhere. for "nightline" i'm linzie janis in new york. up next, a knight in shining underwear? david beckham's alleged years-long quest to receive a royal honor. later, who does rosie o'donnell think she should play on "saturday night live"? party, and this is the lobster party. red lobster's lobsterfest is back with 9 irresistible lobster dishes. yeah, it's a lot. tender lobster lover's dream and see how sweet a lobster dream can be. or pick two delicious lobster tails with new lobster mix and match. the only thing more tempting than one succulent lobster tail, is two. is your mouth watering yet? good. because there's something for everyone, and everyone's invited. so come in today. when you're close to the people you love, does psoriasis ever get in the way of a 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[ girl screaming ] [ laughter ] soccer superstar david beckham's perfect image is taking a hit of late thanks to a failed blackmail plot that led to an embarrassing e-mail leak. turns out there have been a reason he hasn't received a knighthood yet from the queen despite years of effort. now the man used to scoring is playing defense. here's abc's nick watt. >> reporter: great hair. looks mighty fine in his underpants. ages like a fine burgundy. humanitarian. mr. nice guy. and he can kick a soccer ball. >> women want to be with him, meant want to be like him. >> reporter: last year david beckham was the second highest paid retired athlete on earth. beaten only by st. michael jordan. but beckham's gold is now tarnished. a trove of hacked e-mails allegedly between him and his pr agent sex becks is a tax-massaging, potty-mouthed man hell-bent on bagging a knighthood from the queen. mr. posh spice. ♪ i'll tell you what you want what you really really want ♪ >> reporter: really, really wants to be sir david. >> if you're british, that's kind of the top honor. that's what you want. >> reporter: other celebs who have been given the sword on both shoulders, sir elton. dame elizabeth. sir andy murray. even sir rod stewart. >> i think he looks at the people who have received and it he says, you know what? i've done a lot of good for a lot of years. i think i belong in that club. >> reporter: we already knew becks publicly fawned over the queen on instagram. allegedly there was more behind the scenes. here he is on the jonathan ross show, 2013. a knighthood! >> reporter: reportedly from e-mails team beckham contacted producers ahead of time asking if the host might mention it. >> i'm convinced you're going to get it. i don't see how they could possibly pass you over. >> reporter: the e-mails were reportedly hacked in 2015. an unknown person allegedly then tried to blackmail beckham, $1.25 million, or they're leaked. beckham reportedly refused and won a court order to block publication in england. >> i'm proud of david's team for not giving in to the blackmailers. because first of all, there's no assurance that they wouldn't leak regardless if you paid the blackmailers. there comes a point when you have to stand tall and say, go away, you got those illegally, and i'll live with the consequences. >> reporter: but they were published in europe this past weekend anyways. little he could do. now it's beckileaks all over the place. >> as a guy who works with celebrities it kind of sickens me that what is allegedly private is no longer allege. that beckham was apparently turned down by the knighthood committee because he was involved in a legal but frowned upon tax avoidance team. unappreciative [ bleep ] beck allegedly wrote in an e-mail. he allegedly trashed the singer jenkins who was given the obe. [ bleep ] joke, he allegedly wrote. and before appearing on the bbc's "graham norton show," his associates allegedly asked producers to pay over $20,000 for a private jet so he could catch his kid's soccer game. and when an associate suggested he donate some cash as well as his time to the charity unicef, the soccer star reportedly spewed the [ bleep ] money is mine. the suggestion now from some is that beckham does a lot for charity largely so one day he will be dubbed sir dave. we cannot verify these e-mails, team beckham has not denied they're real, but say curse words were added and quotes taken out of context. a spokesman told abc news, the story is based on outdated material taken out of context, hacked and doctored e-mails from a third-party server, gives a deliberately inaccurate picture. unicef telling us, as well as generously giving his time, energy and support to help raise awareness and funds for unicef's work for children, david has given significant funds personally. can beckham bounce back in robert downey jr. went from no stranger to the law to -- iron man and a high-paid actor. britney bounced back from shaven-headedness to a seat on "the x factor." ♪ taking over me >> reporter: the planet hollywood residency. hugh grant recovered from that night >> can i just say no to you? >> reporter: to play himself in a million more movies. >> my relatively inexperienced heart would, i fear, not recover. >> reporter: blockbuster "noting hill" just four years later. beckham's made it back from the brink before. the world cup, sent off after a petulant kick against argentina. england lost, fans were furious. four years later, they made a blockbuster movie with his name in the title. >> your sister's getting engaged and you're sitting here watching this skinhead boy! >> i think this is a speed bump, no at sinkhole for him. it's a moment. he wasn't casist, he didn't beat his wife, he wasn't having affairs. >> reporter: bounce back like beckham. he can do anything, even get away with matching his and hers black leather. i'm nick watt for "nightline" in los angeles. up next, rosie o'donnell says she's ready to play her part in the "saturday night live" send-up of the trump does she see herself impersonating? ♪ if you're gonna make an entrance... 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[cheers and applause] [dramatic music] ♪ welcome to the show. are you guys ready to play "millionaire" today? [cheers and applause] our returning contestant started encyclopedias when he was only two years old. what took him so long? and he is in the middle of a great game right now. from newark, california, please welcome back michael rankins. [cheers and applause] michael. good to see you, buddy. [cheers and applause] ♪ [applause] come on. come on. two years old, you're reading? >> two years old. i was reading at the age of two. other kids were picking up dr. seuss. i was picking up the "encyclopedia britannica." >> and so you have always had this love and fascination with facts and reading? 'cause that's what's interesting. you were reading the encyclopedia. it's not like you were reading advanced kids' books. >> no, i've just always been one of those people that just liked to know stuff, and if i hear about something that i don't know about... >> right. >> i like to go and look it up and find out more about it. >> but where and when is that ever gonna pay off for you? >> you know, i don't really have an idea, chris. >> if there was only a game show where you could win $1 million. >> wait. you and i should work on that. >> r

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