union points to the airline using out-of-date technology to schedule crews. we had flight attendants waiting on hold for 17 hours to get in touch with crew scheduling. and it s deplorable. reporter: one ripple effect compounding the chaos, baggage piling up. nbc s emilie ikeda is at chicago s midway. reporter: travelers who do manage to catch a southwest flight are greeted by yet another challenge upon arrival of epic proportions, sifting through this sea of luggage here at midway to maybe find their bag. we ve been in line for two hours. ricky is checking all the other flights. reporter: rickie and emily jimenez started their journey yesterday, trying to get home to las vegas and their 2-year-old son. after waiting four hours at new york s la guardia airport some lady walks through that was with southwest and said hey, we have 19 tickets to get to atlanta on a bus. anybody want to go on a bus ride? a 13-hour bus ride to get to atlanta. reporter: they hopped on, hopin
troubling as they were mysterious no surveillance video or security tape showing anybod doing it no, the only common denominator is linda and paul. so, linda was getting the treatment and paul was right there by her side as a beautiful husband? paul, the dutiful, doting husband. as they reviewed all their interviews and conducted nuance, they picked up on a theme. linda s friends and family didn t much like him her niece, rickie. there was this was this arrogance about him. remember, paul was physicist. a member of mensa. a jeopardy winner. and apparently he didn t kee any of that a secret he was on some other social level than we were so, i felt he looked down hi nose at us he thought he was bette than you are yes, definitely that. but linda of course loved paul s intelligence, and the way he spoiled her but when linda got sick, her friend mary got suspicious she was telling me, or paul is now making me the salads an he s making this new dressing. and you know what
this is a skilled and venerable tradition. for more than 9,000 years humanity has been laying bricks. but what happens when you run short of people who can do the job? well, how about this? a robot bricklayer, working with precision, accuracy, and most importantly, speed. translation: he can lay bricks better than a bricklayer, - i did a competition and it won. this metal mason operates under human supervision and can do the job around three times faster than any normal brickie. it never tires, never falters, never needs to take a comfort break, and believe it or not, it may also be good for the environment. translation: it s a solution - to build faster and without errors, saving time and money, it s also an opportunity to build much more sustainably, with fewer materials and fewer c02 emissions. this company has bought two of these machines and for now they are only
around three times faster than any normal brickie. it never tires, never falters, never needs to take a comfort break, and believe it or not, it may also be good for the environment. translation: it s a solution - to build faster and without errors, saving time and money, it s also an opportunity to build much more sustainably, with fewer materials and fewer c02 emissions. this company has bought two of these machines and for now they are only in the testing phase. the hope is that they will soon be bricklaying in earnest, a robot revolution, house building for the 21st century. tim allman, bbc news. if you hear the phrase house share , you may well think about a group of university students or young flatmates at the start of their careers. but it can also be a great way for elderly people to enjoy some company, cut their bills and avoid the need to go into a care home. a project in south west england is helping to make this happen
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