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>> were going to fill the seas full of plastic. were making more than a quarter billion tons of plastic trash annually. the planet cant absorb that. something has to give. if you dont get a hold of this now, were going to destroy our eco-system and affecting ourselves. its coming back to haunt us, on our dinner plate. were eating our own trash. >> do you still eat fish? >> i dont, no, i dont. oh yea, thats coming down

>> reporter: and these are worth money? >> absolutely. >> reporter: the reason rick and his team chose this spot to dig, a few yards this way, battlefield of gettysburg. >> in this thing could speak, did anyone die? >> reporter: you may recognize this crew from the reality tv show "savage family diggers." now off the air, it captured their creative tactics, using backhoes to move the biggest find, even diving for treasure. like this haul. they say it is pirate booty. >> somebodys dinner plate. a...

Green peas as sweet as the moment when the pod went pop. >> so much better than canned, by the way. some other food companies got onboard the frozen food train, and we mean literally. >> this is the bizarre story of the intention of tv dinners. the very first tv dinner was made by swanson and consisted of a thanksgiving male of peas, sweet potatoes, corn bread stuffing and turkey with all the fixins. >> hungry man dinner. in 1962 swanson faced a foul crises. after thanksgiving, the company had 2...

Canned soup. [ laughter ] [ male announcer ] so good, theyll think its homemade. try campbells homestyle soup. mm! mm! good. welcome back. im melissa harris-perry. why did the chicken cross the pacific ocean. to get to your dinner plate. your nuggets and your patties to the u.s. for the first time. as long as the chickens are raised and slaughtered in the u.s. or canada first. okay, so that trip is about 7,000 miles each way, measuring from los angeles to hong kong, and will take at least two ...

Aspire to be in this position, but it the cool just to see the hard work pay off. >> it has paid off indeed. she is reportedly made close to $5 million in winnings. but lewis also knows its not forev forever. >> i dont know how long im going to be able to play golf. i just feel very lucky to be doing what im doing. why not enjoy it? >> i could tell you that same attitude is also driving our fit nation six pack. last week one of our team members, ray timmy, she rode a grueling 32 miles for a bike...

Im doing. why not enjoy it? >> that same attitude is driving our fit nation six pack. last weekend one of the team members, rae, rode a gruelling 32 miles for a bike challenge in colorado. i have watched her improve by leaps and bounds. amazing stuff. during the trip, i also learned an easy to remember way to control what i eat. i want to show you. it has to do with portion size. the thing i find fascinating is thinking about your hands as an idea of what you should be eating. explain ta the to ...

Something had -- something bad had happened. >> were you knocked to the ground? >> i wasnt knocked to the ground. i absolutely knew i was hit with something because the pain that shot through my leg was incredible. i just kept -- my wife was right with me and i was kind of hollering at her. and she said, shes right there. they were saying today the second explosion was 12 seconds later, but ill tell you, it seemed like it was three seconds when you were living through it. you heard the second on...

Service held today at tokyos national theater to remember the victims of that disaster. japans emperor was there and said he prays that those affected will soon be able to lead peaceful lives. nearly 19,000 people died after the massive earthquake hit which triggered of course that tsun i tsunami. it ultimately sparked also the worlds worst nuclear crisis in 25 years. more than 300,000 people still living in temporary housing. well, while victims are still struggling to get back to normal and th...

Its wednesday, november 28th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." good hump day wednesday morning, everybody. im rob nelson. >> and im paula faris. youre going to see in just a moment how powerball players are driving long distances to buy tickets. believe it or not its not available in eight states. seems un-american. and then were going to take you overseas where more than 100,000 people in the middle of a very angry political protest in egypt. their demands and concerns...

Shark attack. if you choose to swim in the atlantic, stay away from this area. >>heather: i will do that. thank you very much, anna, we appreciate that. you vacation oned there? >>gregg: we did, and we sought a bunch of seals. we got in the water. you just cant -- what are the odds? >> another water story from massachusetts, two odd lobsters get a reprieve from the dinner plate. look at these guys, fishermen caught a blue lobster and a three-clawed lobster. the market where they landed will not ...