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>> it's extremely difficult but the difference between the united states and the places we work is doable in the united states. you'll never get it down to zero but a low single digit in this country. people don't see hunger in this country. it's pretty well hidden and we have a society where people don't want to ask for help. they don't want to be seen asking for help. it's a big challenge. the big part of it is awareness. >> the most important thing, there is a key link between kids who are fed well and performance at school. >> absolutely. i mean, look, we got this school -- there's a chapt...

>> all right. diane, and finally, a horse in kentucky in touch with his inner artist. the horse named justin. there you see him there. throwing around the paint brush a while back, now painting are just, they cannot keep them on the shelves. selling for hundreds of dollars. all the money going to help a local museum which is really nice. he liked to draw shapes in the sand with her whip. gave her a brush and justin started painting. can we get a better name than justin for that horse? three waiting for the same cycling and it is frustrated. a lot of frustrated people coming out. ...

Abc's alex perez shows us why. >> reporter: the blistering heat, buckling the pavement, causing the earth to crumble on the roadways and on the farm where bone-dry soil is creating major problem for farmers across the corn belt states. >> we are at such a critical point in this corn plant's life now, it could be the beginning of the end. >> reporter: in manhattan, illinois, where this farmer is a fourth generation farmer they're praying for rain. some plants are almost two feet shorter than they should be at this point in the season and the next two weeks are critical. corn plants begin the po...