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eye on america, cbs s ben tracy does a deep dive into how artificial intelligence is helping find those materials in a place you not expect. reporter: this underwater robot being lowered into lake huron is built by a company called impossible metals. impossible because this is hard to do? yes, very much so. reporter: that s because it s job is to mind the bottom of the ocean. deep-sea mining is the concept of pulling metals off the ocean floor. reporter: company cofounder renee grogan says parts of the ocean floor are filled with potato sized rocks containing vast amounts of cobalt, copper, and nickel, metals needed to make batteries for electric cars. how much of this stuff is down there? a lot. the second question is, how do you get it? reporter: we watched a test of the prototype, which used a retractable arm to pluck rocks off the bottom of the lake. the real thing will be three
Appeared to hundreds of structures, mostly in the town of lahaina, are already gone. the house i lived in. reporter: blue hawaiian helicopters has delivered basic supplies to those who lost everything. roads are blocked and power lines are down. one of the quickest ways to get these in and to get people out is by air. reporter: we were there as they help this family evacuate. our people need them, we are there. we re going to take care of them and make sure they get support. reporter: hurricane-force winds sent a wall of flames tearing across the island on tuesday, giving residents little time to react. the coast guard rescued 17 people who ran into the ocean to escape the flames in an apocalyptic scene. this is not even the worst of it. still get dead bodies in the water, floating, and on the seawall. they ve been sitting there since last night. oh, my gosh, look at the harbor. reporter: the death toll is expected to climb, as block after block of lahaina has been