hazmat suit. the sweat pools inside the protective gear lining the inside of their rubber gloves. the surging temperatures coinciding with surging covid cases. cities across china require a recent covid test to enter any public area, that leaves everyone young, old and sick all waiting in long lines like these in the brutal heat. it is really hot. especially exhausting and you feel like a lot of times you feel anxious because you have things to do. reporter: to survive covid workers are getting creative, hugging giant blocks of ice, placing them on their backs, laps and feet. colleagues rub ice on each other and tape ice cold water bottles to themselves. some authorities have now said covid workers can wear ppe that does not cover their entire bodies. dozens of cities have been experiencing record high temperatures.
they pass the time playing volleyball in shorts atop the ice sheet. temperatures near 32 degrees farenheit at this altitude were unheard of. the national snow and ice data center tells cnn from july 15th through 71th alone, a melt surge in northern greenland caused ice sheet runoff of about 6 billion tons of water per day. that is about the volume of 2.4 million olympic sized pools. put it another way, enough water for flood the entire state of west virginia with one foot of water in three days. the amount of melt from the ice was to us was very surprising because it was really warm day. you could hear the ice melting in front of our eyes. reporter: research scientists tell cnn this extent of melt in north green land this past week is quite unusual and will contribute to global sea level rise which impacts coastal
part, officer ball reasonably believed that the object being pointed at him was a firearm. and ended up being a cellphone. but officer ball had to make a split second decision as he had no cover and no concealment, he discharged his service weapon to stop the threat. the teen s attorney argues that he was trying to surrender and that the pursuit shouldn t have happened in the first place. there has been no charges against him. he was in a stolen vehicle and he ran away. he ran away. and does that warrant being shot in the back and paralyzed from the waste down. if all you need is to have someone flee from the police to justify a shooting, we got real problems in this city and in this country. reporter: the teen s attorneys dispute there was ever anything in his hands and argue that there is no deputy video to prove it. separately the family of the 13-year-old has now filed a federal lawsuit against the chicago police department in part to account for the life of
mindedness, they know that they are supposed to engage the cameras and it is up to them. reporter: the 13-year-old was a passenger in a suspected stolen car when officers ride to stop it, police say he jumped out and started running. and then right as he turns and appears to raise his hands, he is shot at least once. leaving him now paralyzed from the waste down his attorneys say. and for you all at least it is clear that his hands are up. his hands are up. there was no justification for the officer to shoot. and he was unarmed. clearly unarmed. reporter: at least some bystanders on the scene appear to agree. one witness who didn t want to be identified said is hands was up. i seen the cop run up to that boy and start shooting. reporter: but the attorney at the shooting officer is looking less at where the hands where and more what he said his client thought was in them. the attorney wrote to cnn in
and 110 million people under heat alerts in more than 24 u.s. states from california to new england, many states are recording triple digit temperatures. u.s. president biden announced more than $2 billion in funding for clean energy development on wednesday. the money will also go towards helping communities cope with the impact of climate change. the president says it is his responsibility to take urgent action. mj lee has more from the white house. reporter: president biden s message on wednesday could not have been more clear. and that is that the earth is simply getting too hot. he pointed to a number of different things that are happening as a result of climate change including the wildfires that are raging across the country, record-breaking temperatures, and he even said that supply chain issues are being exacerbated by extreme weather. he also alluded to the climate bill that is now basically stalled on capitol hill after senator joe manchin of west