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Endless lines at supermarkets and gas stations led to shtages am s-daytate ofen >> its just a scary feeling. theres no fuel. weve got no power, no phone service out where we are. ranked the worst on record. fierce flames have devastated xte country for montshsanitd taken an extreme toll on wildlife. ecologists say nearly half a billion animals have been killed, including a third of the local koala population. tensions are boiling over in communities toured by australias prime minister scot. >> r...

Observation platform. you can tell its a little bit of an eye that climbs up the wall and you can see the controls right there that can actually sense gravity. so its climbing the lift shaft. it‘s climbing quite nicely there, but what‘s it actually for? what is it for? so, its for basically surveillance. this is an earth application, but the same wheels we can put on these rovers and we can climb 60—degree slopes on a mars analogue. but you‘ve also created something that‘s for digging ...

And this origami shape takes the impacts very nicely. ok, so its tougher than it looks. now, tell me what its real—world purpose is. well, this can take any instrument — this ones for a little micro imager, so we can do any science that youre looking to do wherever you want to go. these arent the only wheels we have for our two—wheeled robots. ok, so, if consumers were to buy one of these, because that is the aim, isnt it, what exactly would they be doing with it? well, we can do citizen s...

Some of the craters on the moon actually arent your traditional impact craters, they are these very strange vertical bore holes into the moon and no—ones exactly sure what those are, but what we do know is that theres a lot of geological history thats exposed there on the side of this crater wall. if axel does make it to the moon, it will be attached to a lunar rover, which will land a few hundred feet away from where the team wants to explore. through that tether, axel will get its power and ...

This would be the first repelling rover ever to be fielded off world, so if we can establish that technology and we can gain confidence in that, now we can start looking at places like mars. theyre a little harder to get to, but have lots of interesting questions that need answered. and if it works, theres a whole galaxy of possibilities as to where axel goes next. and if you thought that was cool, well, i was lucky enough to be joined on stage by axel‘s little brother, puffer. its the pop—u...

They speak. >> reporter: surprisingly the criminals eventually let both of them go, leaving them in her car and while they took off in another vehicle. they didnt get any money. >> reporter: two bizarre robbery stories had the knoxville rumor mill buzzing about "inside jobs" but now there were three. people were wondering who would be next. fbi investigators were frustrated. they had no solid leads. by that time, they had already released sketches of the suspects from the attack on the zeigler f...

Again "cpr. help 10 minutes out." finally, 8:09 pm -- more than two hours after harold called 911 -- the ranger arrived prepared for a rescue, but there was no rescue to be made. coming up -- >> i just said is she okay? and i fell to my knees. >> exactly what had happened up there on the mountain? >> this is a spot that most people would be too nervous to approach. (janine) ghostbusters!...

Would be too nervous to approach without the proper safety gear, but harold said toni was trying to capture the perfect picture of some wild turkeys and apparently just got too close to the edge. harold said by the time he scrambled down the mountain and found his wife, toni wasnt talking. she was barely breathing, and she was lying in an awkward position. so he told the ranger, he pulled her to a flatter area. then he made that first call to 911. >> 911, whats the address of the emergency? >> i...

Trying to get a shot of him. journalist michael fleeman. >> harold gave several versions of what happened. and where the stories begin to diverge is really what was exactly happening at the time that she went off the cliff. was she taking a picture of him? was he on his cell phone looking at text messages? >> reporter: friends and family werent the only ones comparing notes and clues. because toni died in a national park, the fbi joined the investigation. and the more they looked at what happene...

Left it to be alone. although toni was a lifelong athlete, she had knee issues since her basketball playing days in high school. but if the hike was tough for her, it probably seemed worth it when the trees opened up to this. around 3:30 toni and harold ate lunch right here, with this amazing view as their backdrop. once they finished eating lunch, they continued further into the back country. before they set out, harold took this photo of toni. shes smiling, relaxed. it doesnt look like she had...