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The top grade goes to rail, pulling in a "b," solid. the rash of recent train accidents remind us, safety remains an issue on the rails. and remember, most rail lines go over at least a few bridges at some point or another along their route. overall, u.s. infrastructure scores a d-plus. and as any parent will tell you, a d-plus, that doesn't get you any tv time, especially when millions of lives and a large chunk of american commerce depend on these grades every day. and if we wanted to fix it, the asce says it would take more than 4.5 -- wait for it -- trillion dollars to maintain and upgrade...

Enforcement agency with less people seeing broader view of their community and be able to report that back down when they see something that needs to be addressed. >> reporter: of course, the guard is known for helping out locals in times of disaster. they say this opioid crisis, sandra, is in fact a disaster. >> sandra: why is that area hit so hard by this epidemic? >> reporter: well, people point to the decline of the coal industry and the lack of good jobs and the proximity to major interstates and rail lines. also the available of pills and narcotics. huntington has been called the capital...

And a lack of jobs and also the proximity to major interstates and rail lines and the availability of pills like vicodin and oxy codeine. it's called the overdose capital of america. 26 in one day. the state has double the national average of o.d.s and huntington is the hardest-hit city. just two days ago police busted a suspect and found 430 grams of fentanyl, far more powerful than heroin with a street value of $86,000. the bust made possible in part because of the help from the national guard. >> we work on this all day every day. we have put all of our resources to it and we recognize that...

That? >> there were a couple of reasons. one was it was a far more complex task than they first imagined. it was far more expensive. the rail lines have spent upwards of 6 to $7 billion putting ptc in place. still, you know, it really is inexexcusable on passenger lines where sometimes they are shared with freight as well that the passengers aren't being protected. >> people are dying because this technology is not in place and it's available and out there. thank you for being with us. appreciate it. >> my pleasure. white house lawyers meet with the special counsel's team this week. the pres...

It's tough for me to make a call on something like this. this is reminiscent of 1993, we had and i-5 shutdown for two days, two trains went head on down there. communities get scared and they see something like that, that community was devastated down there as i'm sure this community is here. the mayor has not been a strong proponent of this program. >> kennedy: what was the mayor looking for specifically? when he talks about some of the safety precautions that could have been implemented, obviously real rail lines are incredibly expensive. sometimes it doesn't benefit as much of some lawmaker...