in her university lab kusa spent over 5 years trying to find a suitable raw material. chicory is ideal because a substance forms in the root from which they can extract a basic chemical building block simply by boiling it. the chemical is used to obtain additional. substances which are used to make nylon . kusa says it's a real alternative to crude petroleum based plastics because 500000 tons of chicory waste are produced every year in europe alone enough to manufacture 3000000000 pairs of pantyhose. this clamp that we know that oil is a finite commodity that it will run out one day and of course there's also the c o 2 problem to deal with. when we use crude oil we also burn it in some form to break it down so to speak a. form that produces carbon dioxide. and by when you use biomass however while it also releases c o 2 into the atmosphere it's exactly the same amount the plants absorb when they grow box itself name until they are cool as a hopes that one day pantyhose and plastics will be made from chicory roots but you'll need more funding to make her project marketa

pike fighting for his life, speaking out about the ordeal to kusa. >> i did find a stick and i triedtick snapped. >> reporter: his brother gage alerting his parents for help. >> i just imagined the worse and when i saw him i definitely was seeing the worst. >> reporter: the lion letting go of pike just as his father ron carlson was able to get to his son. this morning, pike grateful to be alive. showing off that sense of humor, pike gave sage advice for anyone who encounters a similar situation. don't wrestle a mountain lion, he said. they cheat. michael. >> what a great spirit of that kid. thank you so much. >>> now to a powerful high school football game in texas last night. two teams connected by the tragic shooting in el paso where they came together competing and showing us what sports are all about. t.j. holmes is back with more. hey, t.j. >> reporter: we know high school football is huge in texas. every game seems like a big game. this was different because you have one team from a community devastated by a mass shooting playing against a team representing the high school wher