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That includes a health and safety emergency ongoing right now at a very popular national park. cnn's nick watts reports from joshua tree national park in california. >> reporter: and here's some trash bags that we can have. >> do you guys need gloves? >> reporter: a small army of volunteers keeping joshua tree as clean as they can. >> we're operating now, but i'm working 11 to 13 hours a day running what i do for a living, running rock climbing trips, and maintaining the park, and yeah, what we're doing right now is not sustainable. >> reporter: the toll booths are closed, no one's collecting ...

Campgrounds due to health hazards. >> marie: this was mine. there are photos if you go online, the national monument, the trash is disgusting. it's all over the place. people are going to joshua tree national park and they are doing crazy things like destroying the national habitat. >> jesse: wait, so if the liberals are saying that people are pooping at joshua tree national park, that's the worst thing about the shutdown? that's the worst you've got? >> marie: its people not getting paid at christmas, but this story also stinks. >> jesse: good one. i told you to be funny. >> greg: it's a load...

Looking for us long-term campgrounds again. we would all love to be back in mexico beach, but we don't know if they'll rebuild the rv park or the hotel. i have talked to the owner. >> yeah. i mean, that's what i was wondering. do you plan to -- do you hope to, to be back in mexico beach? i mean, just looking at it, it's hard to imagine when that's going to be possible. >> i know. i know, and that's what we're just -- we're trying to deal with now, where we'll go from right now and then until they do get something built back there and we're -- there, again, we're not sure if they're going to re...

We're in good shape. we obviously are not. >> besides the recovery and people need to get power back on, we still have problems. now we're dealing with the rainfall. this has turned into worse than i thought it would be, say yesterday, when we were talking about it. the actual north carolina fire department. they've had some campground areas flood. this gentleman here is in a hammock strung between these two trees. this river came up and they had to get boats in to rescue. they have ladders extended to get in there. there are numerous rivers in western portions of north carolina that have gott...

Exploded. it's more than 3,000 acres. campgrounds, roads closed. a lot of mountain communities are under serious threat. thousands of firefighters scrambling to slow it down. the terrain and weather is making it tough. two firefighters have been hurt bringing the total to four. thankfully they are all expected to make a full recovery. the photographer here noah berger for the associated press. yosemite one of the best places on the planet. more to come online on insta, facebook, twitter. i'll report with lester holt from the white house north lawn inspect that's where i'm headed now. ali and s...