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Some quick headlines for you now. you'd better hurry to the grocery store if you want guacamole. that's because there's an avocado shortage. record heat in california has burned out the avocado trees making super fruit unfit for sale. they're already expensive. yikes. thpeta wants you to forget everything hot dogs. carrots. peel it and cook it like a hot dog. think of the animals, everybody. >> well, we all know the fourth of ju marks the anniversary of the american colonists declares their independence from great britain. but some college students don't even need to know what we're celebrat...

He is rafting because he has only two -- 22 trees. >> anthony: i wish i could hear you over the sound of my exploding capillaries. okay. by the time we get near the fabled trees, i'm toast, gasping for air, ready to puke from the altitude and the exertion. so tell us again, what's unique about these trees? >> chris: it's because they're all white beans. >> anthony: all white? >> chris: which is a rarity. >> anthony: okay. so these are the only known all-white 100% pure nacionale? >> chris: pure nacionale. >> anthony: okay. and why is that good? >> chris: it's a new variety and gives different,...

From the altitude and the exertion. >> so, tell us again, what's unique about these trees? >> just because they are all white beans, all white. >> which is a rarity. >> so these are the only known all-white, 100% pure? >> that's right. >> and why is that good? >> it's a new variety and gives new flavor profiles to it. >> i assume because i've humped up a -- >> excuse me. oh, nice catch. >> watch your fingers, man. yeah. that's it.

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Exports. oranges, grapes and apples are left rotting on the docks. the biggest apple harvest in history and growers anticipated huge sales in china as a traditional new year's gift. instead, producers are dumping spoiled apples into canyons. all this and it's not even a full on strike. a total shutdown could cost the u.s. $1.9 billion a day according to national retail federation. until 20,000 dockworkers come to an agreement with their employers, a lot of commerce is left out to sea. so far, carol, i spoke to the national retail federation this morning. they say retailers and other companies ...