Unfolding in columbus, ohio. tonight, authorities quickly releasing body camea video now. and what the mayor is saying tonight. the coronavirus in the u.s. president biden saying, we did it. more than 200 million shots in arms in his first 100 days. but tonight, the new challenge in the u.s. to reach those who haven t gotten the vaccine, even with it now available. tonight, the president s push to employers, to give workers paid time off to go get the shot, to protect themselves and their communities. and overseas tonight, the crisis unfolding. the virus in india. the highest daily death toll yet. patients sharing beds. on the eve of his climate summit with world leaders, president biden expected to commit to slashing carbon emissions in half by 2030. ginger zee in the mojave desert searching for what s called white gold, lithium. used to power laptops, phones, electric cars made in america. severe storms moving across the northeast. the chain reaction crash in wisconsin. and now
Arriving from the country now has to stay in special quarantine hotels. and that s because more than 100 cases of this new worrying variant have been found here in the uk. david? all right, ian pannell with us tonight. ian, thank you. and back here in this country, on the eve of president biden s climate summit with world leaders, the president is expected to make a big announcement, to commit to slashing carbon emissions in half by the year 2030. tonight, our series of reports, beginning with ginger zee in the mojave desert, searching for what s called white gold, lithium, used to power laptops, phones and electric cars made in america. could it help make a difference in fighting climate change and creating jobs in this country? here s our chief meteorologist ginger zee. reporter: tonight, we go into the mojave desert. searching for lithium, which could be the key to america s clean emergency future. see, lithium powers our laptops, our phones, our electric vehicles. esmeralda c