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. >> 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 it's hard to take care of yourself when you don't have the basic of necessities. >> so we have blue water here. >> that is crazy. >> reporter: it's left hope workman with no other choice. twice a week, hope and her daughter drive up this dirt path on the side of the mountain. >> this is what...

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 america's legacy, the people here in martin county, kentucky, proudly self-sufficient. it's hard to take care of yourself when you don't have the most basic of necessities. >> we have blue water here. >> reporter: it's 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...

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 america's legacy. the people here in martin county, kentucky are proudly sufficient. but it's hard to take care of yourself when you don't have the basic of necessities. >> so we have blue water here. >> that is crazy. >> reporter: it's left hope workman with no other choice. twice a week, hope and her daughter drive up this dirt path on the side of the mountain. >> this is what we go through to ...

>> 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 cents," water, a front page story for his career. what's going on for the citizens, people who live h...

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 they're doing, how they're keeping up with all of this. listen to this. >> we're going to probably end up sleeping in one of these dirt lots here at base camp. we're grateful for any sleep. woer n we're not complaining. after a 24-hour shift on, all it takes is a dirt path, and you're happy with that. >> reporter: you see this car charred out. another example ...