0 hey, good morning to you. thank you so much for joining me, i m carol costello. it is a nightmare outside. drivers across the south are being warned to stay off the roads for a second day. hundreds of motorists are waking up in their cars. still stranded on icy roads and highways crippled by paralyzing snow. when i say snow, paralyzing snow, i mean two inches. in the city of atlanta alone, nearly 1,000 car accidents were reported. some drivers abandoned their cars on the side of the road and are trying to walk home. a pregnant woman stuck in traffic was forced to give birth in her car. and perhaps even most astonishing, local politicians are shaking off the blame, saying, hey, we can t control the weather. reporter: thousands of drivers stranded on gridlocked highways paralyzing the metro area. children stuck on their school buses well past midnight. i was so much scaried. i was like if i don t get home tonight to my parents i m going to freak out. reporter: sorry students unab
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