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And its enough. you look at president clinton, president bush, president obama, three eight-year presidencies. the last time that happened was jefferson, madison, monroe. were due for a one-termer. my view on this is to focus and look at where do you have both substantive and stylistic and i actually think to his disunity, we offer unity. to his abrasiveness, we offer a more gentle -- doesnt mean you play gentle politics. but you make sure -- >> youve never been an exponent of that. >> nor have ...

Refrigerators, acid rain and more lava are still other hazards. you have to take a look at this. they just wanted to snap a picture, but a familys decision to get out of their car at a safari park ended with them running for their lives. after some cheetahs got dangerously close. the heart-stopping moments were caught on tape by a group of tourists in the car behind them. they panned from the cheetahs to the family, back to the cheetahs. in disbelief that they would get out of the car with child...

>> reporter: its left workmen with no other choice. twice a week hope and her daughter drive up this dirt path on the side of a mountain. >> this is what we go through to get water. >> reporter: 20 years ago, she placed this 3 1/2 foot long type into this hillside to take a spring. just to collect clean drinking water because, obviously, no one drinks the water here. do you drink it? >> oh, no. no. no way that he drink it. >> reporter: gary ball is the editor of the local paper and water is has ...

The president is promising to breathe new life into what he calls americas rundown highways and waterways, transforming roads and bridges, as he likes to say, under budget and ahead of schedule. for one county in kentucky, this is more than just a speech topic. cnns chief medical correspondent, sanjay gupta, has their story. >> reporter: the hills of appalachia are part of americas legacy. the people are proudly self-sufficient. but its hard to take care of yourself when you dont have the most b...

Correspondent dr. sanjay gupta has their story. the. >> reporter: the hills of appalachia are part of americas legacy. the people here in martin county, kentucky, proudly self-sufficient. but it is hard to take care of yourself when you dont have the most basic of necessities. >> we have blue water here. >> reporter: it left hope workman with no other choice. twice a week, hope and her daughter drive up this dirt path on the side of a mountain. >> this is what we go through to get water. >> repo...

. >> the president is promising life into highways, railways and waterways, transforming the bug and he has a schedule. this is desperately way behind schedule. our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta has more. >>. >> reporter: the people here in martin county, kentucky, are hardly sufficient. but its hard to take care of yourself when you dont have the basic of necessities. >> so we have blue water here. >> that is crazy. >> reporter: its left hope workman with no other choice. twice a...

John, back to you. >> nick watt of sacramento. clean water for cooking, drinking or brushing our teeth, most of us take it for granted. martin county, kentucky, dr. sanjay gupta has more. >> reporter: the hills of appalachia are part of americas legacy, the people here in martin county, kentucky, proudly self-sufficient. its hard to take care of yourself when you dont have the most basic of necessities. >> we have blue water here. >> reporter: its left hope workman with no other choice. twice ...

Transforming it and what he says ahead of schedule. this is desperately way behind schedule. our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta has more. >> reporter: the hills of appalachia are part of americas legacy. the people here in martin county, kentucky are proudly sufficient. but its hard to take care of yourself when you dont have the basic of necessities. >> so we have blue water here. >> that is crazy. >> reporter: its left hope workman with no other choice. twice a week, hope and her...

>> reporter: left hope workman with no other choice. twice a week, hope and her daughter drive up this dirt path on the side of a mountain. >> this is what we go through. to get water. >> reporter: 20 years ago, she placed this 3.5 foot long pipe into the hillside to tap a spring to collect clean drinking water because, obviously, no one drinks the water here. >> do you drink it? >> no, no, no way i drink it. >> reporter: gary ball is the editor in chief of the weekly local paper "the mountain c...

That is a huge number. huge statistic for firefighters that are now sleeping in tent cities. for firefighters that have been battling the blazes for 24 hours straight around the clock. we spoke to some of them on the front line about how theyre doing, how theyre keeping up with all of this. listen to this. >> were going to probably end up sleeping in one of these dirt lots here at base camp. were grateful for any sleep. woer n were not complaining. after a 24-hour shift on, all it takes is a dir...