i m not going to get into that blame game, but the crisis that we re going through is across the region. so if you look at anybody s street in any community across the entire region, there s no one who is doing any better job than we re doing in the city of atlanta. well, i talked to some of your meteorologists, and let me say that there were a couple who said they were disagreeing with the national weather service. reporter: a sober tone from the mayor and the governor as they review the response wednesday but representatives from both the mayor s and the governor s offices confirm the two were together at an awards ceremony tuesday at an atlanta ritz carlton. governor deal posted this picture and the tweet, i was honored to introduce mayor kasim reeds a he was named 2014 georgian of the year. congratulations. hours after mayor reed received his hardware, brittany louise was forced to abandon her car and sleep in the hardware section of an area home depot. they gave us food, t
0 i will be speaking with president obama in his first interview since the state of the union address that will air friday morning and on the lead on friday at 4:00. if you have a question for the president, tweet me @jaketapper. that s it for the lead. i turn you over to wolf blitzer in the situation room. wolf? thanks very much. happening now, an early rush hour turns into a 24-hour nightmare. a major american city paralyzed by less than three inches of snow and ice, thousands of vehicles assistanted on highways, people forced to seek shelter wherever they can find it. the public s fear turns to fury as officials blame one another for a management meltdown. i ll ask a national guard member about the ongoing rescue efforts. as president obama hits the road to sell his state of the union agenda, i ll get reaction from the gop s first responder. kathy mcmorris rogers and the senate s number-two democrat, dick durbin. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin