ptsd being in such tight quarters. reporter: look around the small west virginia town of clindenon, and it s still without a grocery store, bank or elementary school. yet senator joe manchin is blocking the most aggressive climate change legislation in u.s. history. this neighborhood lost safe access to their homes after the 2016 flood weakened the foundation of this bridge and rusted it out. if someone dialed 911, they could not come across this bridge. they would be afraid they wouldn t make it, that the bridge might collapse. reporter: this bridge is connie richards lifeline to everyday life, including medical care. you just keep moving along and pray you get to the other side. reporter: even in the face of severe weather and its costly destruction, neither raider nor richard blame climate change. i m not buying into the whole climate change thing.