united states congress could say, i don't care, we're going to allow communities to be devastated, ed, we have closed hundreds of roads, dozens of bridges in the state of vermont have been destroyed or severely damaged. our rail system in some parts of the state is now under water. our major office complex in waterbury, vermont, 1700 workers shut down. they're not going to work right now. so we need, along with other states, help from the rest of the country, that our part of the country has provided in the past. that's what makes us a nation. >> each night veteran talk host ed schultz and his guests debate and discuss the most important issues aeffe s affecting americ. watch "the ed show" at 10:00 p.m. weeknights only on msnbc. in addition to monitoring irene's aftermath, president obama is working on a plan to relieve the nation's ailing economy. the president is expected to talk about jobs today. challenging congress to take