is this a bad sign? they are debating about the president s jobs plan but they can t agree on when he should deliver the plan. that s where we are now, folks. the president asking to address congress on one night. the republican speaker of the house says that night doesn t work for us. you know the story by now. obama requesting the joint session for congress on wednesday but the same night the presidential candidates, the republican presidential candidates are holding a debate so speaker john boehner says do it on thursday, mr. president but we have a problem there too. that is the night the nfl is kicking off its season. now trivia, maybe you ll say, but the white house is saying that would be a distraction the white house wants to avoid and wants the country focused on what the president has to say but the president did agree to move his speech to a week from today. next thursday, yes, the same nights the saints and the packers are kicking off the season. the bickering rai
that may come as news to thousands of vermonters that still do not have power or cannot get in out of their homes or towns but have lost their homes or businesses, but four days after irene came and went food and supplies are reaching towns that had been entirely cut off. and there are makeshift roads made for emergency vehicles only, and national guard helicopters are going where atvs can t. some of the 16 helicopters now on the job are on loan from new hampshire, right next door, and illinois, hundreds of miles away. amber lyon is in the town of wilmington. do the folks you met believe the worst is over? reporter: they do. they feel positive, randi. you can t go anywhere look at this. we have construction equipment wheeling by. you cannot go anywhere in vermont without finding road crews out here trying to rebuild and open the communities, randi. when you talk about what is being done there, and you are showing the road and the construction being done, but what are th