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Whose fashion scored big tonight. But first the night line five. Heres what we were thinking. What if you could get a mortgage on your phone . Wouldnt people more buy homes, and wouldnt they have to fill their homes with goods, and further stoking demand as the tidalaw wave of ownership flood the country with others who must own other things. Anyway, thats what we were thinking. Number one, in just sixtyseconds. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Its that time of year. American teenagers going through the ultimate high school right of pass taj. Prom. The date is old as the dance itself. Now the promposal is rising to dizzying new heights and creativity, costs and increasingly social media pressure. Tonight we ask whats the real motivation behind the epic asks . Reporter for High Schoolers its the ultimate public display of affection. The promposal. The simple act of asking for a prom date. Now the latest social media ritual going to extremes. From sweet serenades to flash mobs. Featuring over the top choreography. To famous political faces. Niko it would be k sick if you would go to the prom with julia. Reporter getting millions of views, shares and likes, but this quest for social media fame is leading some teenagers to lay out elaborate amounts of time and money in an escalating game of one upsmanship. I knew i wanted to do something big. Other people had done big things but i wanted to top them. Reporter in the olden days the best prom moments aftered at the dance. The kiss at the end of the night in pretty in pink. But now the prom drama starts well before with the ask. And its not cheap. The average proem posel costs more than 300. Once you at the dress, flowers, limb moe and tickets, Prom Spending can easy top 1,000 or more per couple. One expert thinks its fuelled by social media. Its not a surprise theyd want to get elaborate with their first romantic gesture. That being said, in a world where everyone likes and clicks on your promposal, it ups the anti. The guy is putting the finishing touches on his promposal. Tomorrow hell hand this oversized prom ticket to his girlfriend at the end of her high school performance. Im going to use it to get her to come with me instead of go with the captain that shes been in the play with. Reporter hes convinced the pay off on social media will be worth it. Go big or go home, i guess. Reporter the next morning his nerves are starting to show. Im sweating a little. Reporter friends and faculty give him a lastminute pep talk. At last, its time for his pr prompos promposal. He strides to the stage. His girlfriends jaw dropping response, worth the wait. Move over, theres a new captain. Mcken in a, i have your ticket and your suitcase packed. Will you go to prom with me . Yes. [ applause ] reporter once a promposal is posted online it gets an instant viral boost when twitter handles and hash tags are around them. A 17yearold promposal is the kind people love to like on twitter. Everyone comes up to me the next day at school, thanks a lot. Now ours will look not as good. Reporter he rented a plane and then flew over a street where hed written prom in chalk. The object of his affection was thrilled. I got 160 likes on insta gam. That was cool that it got that many. Last year i got her a sign that said i meant to ask you prom, and i had a bunch of peppermints. That was homecoming. Last year for prom you wrote it on my car. Right. Reporter as extreme promposals become the norm, an author worries it can ad to the pressure of fitting in and or being popular. I would want them to do it because they care about them and want it to be meaningful rather than how many likes theyre going to get on facebook. I have an announcement reporter not to mention the pressure to say yes. When this young woman turned down her would be prom date in this youtube video, he was harshhars harshly criticized in the comments. If a guy asked the girl and she said no, shes shamed. The other way around, shes not. Reporter in an era of girl power, promposal can be sexist. Its a subconscious bias that the boy always has to ask the girl. I think if a girl asked a guy it might warrant a different response from people. Reporter he handed you flowers. Was your heart pounding . Sometimes when a boy flips for a girl, literally the crowd cant help but cheer. Thats so cool. Reporter your boyfriend is doing back flips for you. Theres nothing more romantic. Is that you . Thats me. Reporter look at him. Oh, that is so cute. Theyre throwing confetti on you. Hes so handsome. Thank you. Reporter this senior has been on the hunt for a dress ever since her boyfriend made that tumbling proposal a few years ago. Reporter ytoday shes gettig this one for free thanks to operation prom. A nonprofit started 13 years ago to help offset the costs of prom. I think its out of control. With the expenses senior year to begin with, youre going to college and paying for College Applications and then you pay for prom and thats a ticket, a dress, limo, its gotten out of hand. The group gives away racks own dresses worth hundreds of dollars each. These came from macys. Reporter these are dresses were girls who cant afford to buy one or their School Counselors recommend them. I wish it didnt cost so much. I think with social media, the competition of everybody try to do something bigger and better, its almost impossible to pull back. Reporter its like a prom arms race. So much so that she says her organization may get into the promposal game. Operation prom would sponsor some of them and the money the students would pay for it would go back to students that were in need. Reporter over 2 00 girls came to the event. Including this one who found her dream gown on the first try. How many dresses have you tried on . This is the first. Reporter youre done. Her mom, a single mother with six kids, loved it too. It feels like hollywood, doesnt it . Shes going to feel rich. Reporter she says the fact that it was free is just the icing on the cake for this aspiring nurse who tells us she was accepted to eight colleges. Reporter did they give you good scholarships . A full scholarship. Reporter a full ride. Mom, you did well. Back in ohio mcken in a says she was most impressed by how much thought was put into her promposal. Some promposals, they spend so much money. Something like this, it means a lot more. I agree with that. My budget was solid. I like my budget. Reporter how much do you think you spent . 30. Maybe. It was priceless. Reporter and before we left, kaple had one more message for promposals. I challenge you to top me. Do better. Id love to see it. 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Right. Do you remember running into me in the Grocery Store . Reporter she claims the same man harassed her two years ago inside a supermarket secretly filming their exchange. He knew who i was when he turned around. That he was caught. Reporter this time she turned the tables by turning her camera on him. Get him. No. [ bleep ] you. Follow this. Reporter later posting the video on facebook. Keep running mother [ bleep ]. Reporter that day police charging this man, records showing dispatched after a stalking incident. Arrested for reckless driving. Its not the first time hes accused of inappropriate retail behavior. Court documents reveals he was arrested for taking photographs of women in the dressing rooms in 2009. This was the second time in two years. I knew that he was doing it to other girls. Reporter her facebook warning going viral. Now viewed more than 2 million times. Echoes of support calling her a hero and brave. Other women saying theyve been ha ra harassed by the same man. Like this woman swho says he harassed her in a target last year. I was in the Womens Clothing section in target, and he walked up to me. The questions progressed from innocent and polite to very personal. Reporter that Exchange Similar to what the other says happened. He just kept talking and following and trying to reengage me. Reporter she walked away. A year later a bit of justice from this post. I think she handled it fabulous. Reporter security expert, joe, warns that the behavior would have put her at risk. I think she kind of jumped the gun and got him confused and so he ran away. But this could have turned ugly in the store. Reporter we reviewed the video. Talk me through what youre seeing. Here shes running, stop the guy and nobody is moving to help her. Nobody is rushing to her aid. Shes running to him. Hes not even looking. Hes running in the middle of the street. Shes running after him. Reporter when youre watching, what did she do right . At this point she does a good thing by videotaping it and photographing him. You have a picture. My problem is running after this guy. And if youll notice, as shes screaming for help, nobody is helping. Reporter he says the best ways to protect yourself, be aware of your surroundings, and call 911 or find a Security Officer if something arises. Do you remember running into me in the Grocery Store . Reporter the impressive impulse just the latest in women fighting back against harassment. Stop that guy. Call the cops. Reporter psychiatserena wil going after a phone thief last year. Watch as she leaps up and chases after him. She quickly catches up and confronts the alleged thief outside. Once i reached the door i saw she was talking to the guy. Reporter she reportedly asked if he mistakenly took the wrong phone. He hesitates and admits he did it because it was so confusing in the restaurant. She said she thought that was the best approach to avoid conflict, and i said good job. Reporter she later recounted the incident on facebook. Just because youre a lady, dont be afraid to step up to any challenge and not be a victim but a hero. And erin andrews turning the tables in a courtroom with that landmark 55 million settlement. I saw it for two seconds and i was like oh my god. Reporter winning her battle against a hotel that she says made it easy for him to secretly record a naked video of her. Im so angry. This could have been stopped. Reporter now more and more women are fighting back. I know you mean it as a climt, but i dont take it as one. Reporter in 2014 we met up with lindsey who would like to keep her last name private. She created cards against harassment to combat cat calling. Women are taught to say im not going to say anything because thats how it is. Reason excellent cards to hand out to those who comment on their appearance in public with sayings like someone simply walking or jogging in your line of sight into an invitation for you to comment on how they look. Next time just say hello. Reporter tonight the hero of the moment telling us she has no regrets. If thats what you have to do to protect yourself, you do what you have to do. Reporte up next, it was all in the details. What taylor swift and others wore. Ya know, viagra helps guys with erectile dysfunction get and keep an erection. Talk to your doctor about viagra. Ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. Do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain or adempas® for pulmonary hypertension. Your Blood Pressure could drop to an unsafe level. To avoid longterm injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than four hours. 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Sincerely, brandon heaven fellow dad and fellow citizen. Tonight the night in the city that never sleep, the party keeps people up all night. Rachel smith got glammed up to take us inside the met gala. Reporter fashion was in full force tonight at the annual met ball. Taylor swift rocked a mini dress while claire danes had a gown and beyonce had a floor length dress. Queen b is last to make the entrance on the red carpet. She says this years gown easier to get into than last years. And the fashion was all about the details. Like this butterfly headpiece. Zoe saldanas train. Held at new york citys museum of art. Its a Fund Raising Event for the museums costume event, but unofficially, its the super bowl of fashion. Why is this one of the hottest parties in town . Its the biggest fashion event. Everybody wants to go and see who is going to be here. Reporter the theme of the event, fashion in an age of technology. For many it seemed