their ideas that think we should address today as citizens in a gridlock democracy. i mention them, by the way, thank you for jeffrey brown, but a real double take the greatest and examine the question in american politics today is to what degree the underpinning of targeting gridlocks racial. [applause] and she kind of dance around that a little bit. you mind if i asked president obama whether he thinks the underpinning of gridlock racial. of course not. i'm going to throw you under the boss. and obama dance all around. it is dangerous and delicate, but throughout american history it has been the gateway to the advancement of freedom and to the blockage of freedom to ways of looking at it. 1963. seriation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation to for ever. never mentioned race, never mentions segregation again. she turned out a dime. it made it obvious that when the future segregation and talking overly about race. swiss his message. the government by pointy headed bureaucrats tyrannical judges and legislators people want to believe it and that is the beginning am

[applause] our citizenship to some degree is paralyzed by the age of gridlock. and i think that we are to some degree responsible for it ourselves. and i'm going to try to challenge you with a little bit of that, along with we normally get inspiration from this overwrites era, and it is there, but it's also sobering, the degree to which the comparisons between now and then leave us a little bit behind as far as applying those lessons towards the future. this little book, my compact book is dedicated to students of freedom and teachers of history. the reason that i did it and shed so much blood by eliminating 90% of what i'd written over 24 years, was because teachers over the years have complained to me that it's half right. my trilogy was half right. storytelling is what makes history accessible to students. they learn things through human stories, not he their abstract categories and argumentation and labels of analysis linked to date. they get involved with stories and, therefore, that's good. however, 900 pages of stories is a lot, even for a college teacher

stymied the political gridlock the last 2 years, the president and congress on alert. not stand still and neither will i. whenever and wherever i can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more american families, that is what i am going to do. >> a big portion of his speech was devoted to the economy. he promised to strengthen the middle class and announced plans to tackle the wage gap between men and women and to raise the federal minimum wage. >> in a couple weeks i will issue an executive order requiring federal contractors to pay their federally funded employees a fair wage of at least $10.10 an hour because if you cook our troops' meals or wash their dishes, you should not have to live in poverty. >> obama hasn't abandoned his goal of overhauling the country's immigration system. >> independent economists say that immigration reform will go our economy and treat our deficits by $120 in the next two decades. for good reason. when people come here to fulfill their dreams, to contribute to our culture, they make our country a more attractive place t

gridlock is entangled in the fort lee gridlock? >> the governor, governor cristie said he did not order this gridlock, he did not authorize it. he did not know about it. he did not learn of the responsibility of his deputy until just a couple days ago. and i think, john, if he is telling the truth, i think he can survive this. but i will say this. the story strange for a lot of people and if it turns out he hasn't been telling the truth on this, i think he is a politically goner as far as the presidential candidate is concerned. but i think again, if he is telling the truth, i think he can fight his way back from this. >> cristie's defense is that he didn't know what his staff was doing. >> for a governor for a reputation of running a tight ship, a par military operation, it's hard to believe that a deputy chief of staff would order this up and the e-mail says time for the traffic jam to begin, suggesting their earlier e-mail. in fact, there have been over 800 e-mails and texts that have turned over. the u.s. attorney is investigat

it's been gridlock here since we got here. they seem to be funneling the trucks up to the left 37 it's mainly trucks, have i i have to. look at the ice on the back of that truck. i'm going to bring you over here and introduce you to someone we just bumped into on the side of the road. walter wilkins. how are you doing? >> good. >> reporter: explain how long you've been out here. >> i've been out here since 4:30 yesterday evening and the traffic is at a standstill. i thought the roads would be better prepared, but he they weren't. >> reporter: what have you been doing all those hours? >> basically sitting in traffic, waiting for it to move. watching tv. trying to get news updates, listening to the cb, finding out any information about this situation. >> reporter: at least you have a bed and supplies. >> yeah, i have enough food and water in my truck for at least five days. >> reporter: are you one of those truckies, you're losing money sitting on the side of the road? >> yeah. if i can't deliver my load, i don't get paid. >> re

in the 1990's, there was gridlock.everybody remembers fighting between newt gingrich and bill clinton. we got a lot of great policies then. welfare reform, tax reform. there were a lot of good policies. we think that that is the way to go. principal, then, if we're going to compromise, compromise on how we will reduce the size of government or grow the economy. cuts for taxnding increases and hope that that will work. host: our guest is andy roth. he is the vice president of government affairs for club for growth. he is responding to this question. for congress not passing legislation is harry reid's fault. he tables all of the bills from the house of representatives. debra from dallas, texas. republican line. caller: good morning. i have a couple of quick questions. i have been sitting here i am thinking of the conservative interest groups on a common sense continuum. you in one end. conservativeste on the other end. here to jackson somewhere between. end, and heritage action somewhere in between. but i really do not

that's what you might call a virtuous gridlock. the fact is -- republicans hold the house and they are stopping most of the bad things happening except in regulation when they can. and the president has this agenda but the -- he can't get it passed. not much happens. businesses go around and say, okay, they have done a lot of harm. they are not going do any more. maybe we can risk that invest in building that plant, hiring the extra 100 people. >> there's a couple of words in there, maybe they can risk doing that and -- congress is the one that's caught in gridlock. the executive branch is not caught in gridlock. and, you know, i think we made it clear the real economy is poised to take off, corporations have a lot of cash. they are ready to invest. they are patient to invest. but there is a significant regulatory drag out there. both the uncertainty over the obama health care plan, dodd-frank is still being implemented. the president is showing self-willing to -- environmental protection agency or labor department on various secto

would atlanta be frozen by gridlock. >> natalie, two last questions. sorry to step on you, rebecca. natalie, two last questions. first of all, conditions right now statewide, are the roads practically clear? and, secondly, next time this does han, what have we learned from this instance? >> yes. the roads are clear.

they both allegedly planned that gridlock at political gridlock.orence jinova, died after going into cardiac arrest on the first day of the horrendous traffic jam. the local ems chief said the backups delayed paramedics rushing to her aid. jinova's daughter is not blaming the gridlock. >> i don't think so. i think she was 91 and i believe in my heart she was already gone when the ambulance got there. >> possibly criminally negligent homicide. those investigations have to be pursued by the authorities of the new york attorney's office. our alexandra steele is there. what is the fallout there in fort lee and throughout new jersey after all of this? >> reporter: a lot for people to talk about in ft. lee this morning. one is the manner and the other is the message. that endless press conference and that personal visit doesn't seem to be generating a whole lot of criticism. people are saying, yes, he did what he had to do. the other issue people are still talking about is the apology himself. was he sincere? was it believable? that's a question we have

and congress is the one that's caught in gridlock. the executive branch is not caught in gridlock. >> right. >> you know, i think we've made it pretty clear. the real economy is poised to take off. these corporations have a lot of cash. they're ready to invest. they're patient to invest. there is a significant regulatory drag out there. both the uncertainty over the health care plan. dodd/frank is still being implemented. the president has been unable to do this on various sectors of the economy. i think the problem is the president himself doesn't understand the way the private economy works. he thinks these regulatory interventions don't matter. they matter a lot. so we'll get some growth, but i don't think we're going to get back to the growth level we should be at -- >> just as a final point, the big weight on the economy, particularly small businesses, small businesses, job creation, continues to be obama care. we have to wait and see before i think we'll see more hiring at that small business level. all right. when we come back,

will that change any of the gridlock? we saw obama saying i'll try to do these things, but in actuality, they were small and republican reaction was swift. there were many members after the speech who said obama overstepped, so i think gridlock will be something that will continue. >> anna, thank you for your insight. we appreciate it. >> thanks. >>> "first buzz" is up next. we'll tell you about zewe neined and a man who gives new meaning to the term tough guy. >>> first, check out this tough guy. actor vin diesel was apparently bored and decided to post a video of himself dancing to some beyonce and katy perry. the black-and-white video has over 740,000 facebook likes. it's hip-hop. for cross-country, classical. and for jumps, i need something...special. so i use my citi thankyou visa card for music downloads and earn two times the points... plus a little extra inspiration. [ ♪ music plays ] the citi thankyou preferred visa card. earn two times the points on entertainment and dining out with no annual fee. citi, with you

everything there is a solid dark red meaning complete gridlock all across the city. icy patches will continue to be a problem for anyone attempting to commute today. don't forget, you can stay one step ahead of this winter weather on wjla.com, facebook and twitter and by using our storm watch mobile app. jacqui will be back with your complete forecast. >> say yes. give america a raise. give them a raise. >> highlighting the economy was just one part of president obama's state of the union address. today he visits prince george's county and will be stopping at a costco to push for a new agenda for america. mary bruce has the latest. >> with just three years left, president obama worked to convince americans he can still get things known a broken washington. >> let's make this a year of action. >> after what was arguably the worst year of his presidency, he is trying to turn the tide. he said he would work with or without the congress. there were no legislative proposals but a promise to make america work. >> opportunity is who we are. a defining project of our generat

it stopped the traffic on to the bridge, the traffic jam gridlocked all the surface streets in the town of fort lee, hundreds of cars backed up on to the streets for hours during rush hour, coming and going, it was epic, it lasted for days. it turns out that traffic jam was created on push, which -- they knew right from the start. the port authority, which runs the bridge cut the number of tollbooths from 3 to 1 on the big span. the bergen record asked, why would the port authority purposely quadruple commuting times for some of the people who live closest to one of the nation's busiest bridges. good question, bergen record traffic columnist. good question. and at this point on the friday of the week that this traffic jam happened, at this points this still was a local story about a traffic jam, but the point at which it stopped being a local story about a traffic jam, and started being a story about why chris christie is probably never going to be president of the united states is when this happened. when the port authority which runs the bridge, put out a statement saying, the week lo

drivers on gridlock on highways after an ice storm paralyzes parts of the south. running dry, in california, weeks away from running out of water, steps taken to deal with the drought. human trade, the sex slavery and forced prostitution, we'll hear from cindy mccain who is are raising awareness. >>> also, smartphones can be password protected. why not guns? a million dollar offer to make guns safer. >> whose house? >> seahawk. >> and the super bowl open for business right in the middle of the big apple. >> we begin tonight in atlanta. this has been a long 24 hours for the people of that city because of ice and snow. but this story is not just about the weather. it's about how government reacted or failed to react to the storm. tonight there are tens of thousands of complaints. robert ray has been following this story and joins us tonight with more. robert. >> john, good evening. it is a very cold night here in atlanta. expected into the teens. any kind of tha thaw that occurd here in the metro area is likely to go away as the ice will happen again overnight. now

. >> those who were tracked in the gridlock -- trapped in that gridlock want to know who was responsible. >> had been on the road for 16 hours. somebody needs to be held accountable. people are blaming weather forecasters were being caught off guard. >> most of the forecasters anticipated that the city of atlanta would only have a mild dusting or a small accumulation, if any. >> atlanta's mayor had an exchange on cnn. the weather service said, don't blame us. the national weather service two days inwarned advance and appropriately issued a series of outlooks, watches, and warnings. atlantaing of phosphoric cast, it is going to get into the 60's this weekend. the snow behind me should be melting. along with it, some of that black ice that is still on the roadways. >> we understand that some standards -- some students in the alabama area had to spend the night two nights in a row. >> the atlanta area managed to clear those kids out. alabama had so many traffic problems, the roads were backed up, so some kids did spend a second night in school. you can only imagine how much ed for themcause

and that caused the immediate gridlock.th the ice and the snow and it creates quite a challenge for all of us. >> definitely a challenge. we can understand that. many folks will say, though, we've talked to our meteorologists here. indra petersons is here in new york, as well as atlanta. they say the forecast was really right on. it really was not a huge snow event how this happened. was it a mistalk to not release the students earlier? >> we have continuous improvement in terms of this decision-making process when there's inclement weather. we made the best decision that we could make, with regard to the information we had. there's always room for improvement. but we're just appreciative of our parents who have been understanding and patient with us. and our bus drivers have really been the heroes in this situation. they've made some real sacrifices. our staff with students as well. have made sacrifices so our principals and staff, they've worked with us and have been very cooperative. and we'll continue to have that room

rescue operations still under way in the south's icy gridlock. >> you couldn't go anywhere. you couldn't stop. you couldn't get out. i traveled approximately four miles in nine and a half hours. >> reporter: for others, waiting was not an option. >> i asked the driver "are you okay?" he said "no, we're having a baby." >> pelley: mark strassmann is on the breaking story. we'll look at what the weather is doing next. a new study links testosterone supplements to heart attacks. dr. jon lapook has the details. and securing the super bowl. bob orr asks the men in charge how they'll protect america's biggest game. >> reporter: what's the latest intelligence tell you about potential threats? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the gridlock is breaking tonight after something that is not supposed to happen did. in an area called the sun belt in a city known as hotlanta, ice caused a meltdown. the winter storm that brought snow and ice to the south yesterday stranded thousands bumper to bump hour after hour an roadsli

my question again is about the gridlock. yesterday doris kearns goodwin, we had a discussion about woodrow wilson and theodore roosevelt and specific lee wilson. he used to go to somewhere called the presence room in congress and when asked about how gridlock, one of the suggestions from the other speaker was that maybe the president should be finding that room. another suggestion and i wonder if you would comment on what -- with congress. another idea that is been talked about by that panel was members are spending so much of their time raising money, so in addition to what you spoke about having to fly back and not living in washington which was also discussed was this idea that they go home. the question is, is there a campaign finance solution we can put in place? >> the presence room is on the senate side of the capital and you know that question i assume is more symbolic of the larger question, what can president obama specifically due to engage congress more? you know i think the whole notion and criticism of presiden

when asked about how gridlock, how things get moving, one of the suggestions from the other speaker was president should using, find that room. another suggestion that has been, i wonder if you come moment on what the president can do to be more engaged with congress? another idea that has been floated, that was talked about at that panel was the idea that members spending so much of their time raising money and so the, in addition to what you spoke about and how you fly back. >> right. >> not living inou washington which was also discussed is this idea that you know, they go home so the question is, is there some campaign finance solution that we can put in place? >> so the president's room is on the senate side of the capitol. that question i assume is more symbolic of the larger question, what can president obama specifically do to engage congress more? i think the whole notion and criticism of president obama out there that he is not engaging with congress is pretty overwrought. you know, he can have all the beers and barbecue with members of congress that he wants. he h could fill

most of all, communicate to the people that represent you that you want the gridlock to stop. can say that even a feature of the day. i support my party's agenda and i represent a very progressive congressional district. it is clear to me where mike tishman far enough where i am also. is also clear to me that it's critical we reach across the aisle, work together to find common ground, that we stopped again in an insisting on everything be in her way. so in that spirit, i wrote a chapter on civil liberties, but i also read a chapter on making sure that we could focus more on civility. the chapter is called discourse, not discord and i want to read a brief excerpt from that for you now. as we consider consequences of the deterioration in political discourse and how we reverse that course, taught to ask ourselves, how did we get here? i'm attending a professional colleagues on weathers and moment in washington, this is especially vicious. i find a variety of opinions for why that is. some blame the media for carrying the 21st of a new cycle. others in the millions spent by pacs

complete shutdown, complete gridlock. the southernmost end of town is in gridlock.fter inquiries, we're getting no responses. we're provided with absolutely no notice, completely not indicative of what transpires in the past. then, of course, the rumor mill started almost immediately said, mayor, you know, we're hearing this is about you and it, you know, who'd you get mad and what have you? i said, no, can't be, i'm not that important. come tuesday, we wake up, same issue. no notice, complete traffic gridlock. while i still didn't believe it, the voice in the back of my head was a little louder. when we hit wednesday, wake up at 5:30, 6:00, confirm we got the same problem, no notice, no one's responding to any texts, cell phone calls, e-mails, phone calls to the port. now that voice in the back of my head is pretty loud. of course, we then find ourselves on thursday. so once i hit thursday, i'm not so sure there aren't too many people in the entire world that would not have reached at least a suspicion that this wasn't about me. >> in terms of -- >> based on all th

the country is sick of gridlock in washington. so it would be bad for republicans to tear their talking poison, threaten to shut down the government or do anything else overly drastic. >> they made a significant role in that gridlock in 2013. >> they did, and it hurt their brand and hurt their chances for the white house. >> still ahead on al jazeera america, an update to secretary of state john kerry's mission to the middle east. >> we traveled here to japan to find out what's really happening at fukushima daiich >> three years after the nucular disaster, the hidden truth about the ongoing cleanup efforts and how the fallout could effect the safety of americans >> are dangerous amounts of radioactive water, leaking into the pacific eververyday? >> join america tonight's michael okwu for an exclusive four part series, as we return to fukushima only on al jazeera america >> scholars and writers, policy makers and cultural icons >> don't miss the best of "talk to al jazeera" revealing... >> he said he was gonna fight for the public

business owners are frustrated with the gridlock in washington, d.c.ould say the problemm3 isn't the gridlock the problem is government overreach and blanket the government put on to the economy. for example, president obama saying business owners can just raise minimum wage and implying congress should pass a biil forcing businesses to raise minimum wage. it is government intervention. whereas gridlock prevents the government from doing more of that, and putting more regulation on businesses. businesses being suffocated by government regulation at a very high level is a problem here, not necessarily that people in washington can't get things passed. melissa: very true. katie pavlich, as always thank you so much. >> thank you. melissa: i want to bring in former u.s. comptroller general, david walker and noah breast low. noah, i want to start with you. you work with small business owners and lend them money. what is their attitude and how do they feel? >> we lend money to 700 different industries of small business owners. what we've seen there is real d

. >> it wasn't as gridlocked as it is now. >> governor, do you agree with that? >> i'm afraid i don't. because i was on the roads about that point in time, and it was getting to be gridlocked. the interstates were already experiencing major difficulties. side roads that people were trying to take to get off were experiencing difficulties. so, you know, we all have some lessons we need to learn here from this. and i think we all will take that away. whether or not the declaration would have changed the circumstances is a question i don't know the total answer to. we will talk with other departments such as local school superintendents as to whether or not they would have made a determination on their part had a declaration been issued earlier. i don't know whether that would have been the case or not. but certainly, all of that is the kind of thing that we have to evaluate. and will dictate whether or not we react in a different fashion at another point in time. hopefully it will not happen any time soon. but obviously this one is a bad situation and we're trying

>> well, we got our nation's ninth largest city come to gridlock. we got babies being born on the side of the road. we got kids at school arrived at 8:00 and two hours later trying to send them home. i think they failed. and until they admit that, they will not move toward a road of fixing this. the big problem in atlanta is you've got to decentralize government that control 5 million people. and it doesn't work. it's never worked. and this is another example of why the mayor of atlanta need to be and have the powers like the mayor of new york does. and the state of georgia is going to have to make that happen. >> what do you say to the mayor who says, you know, he can't control the interstates even though you've spent a lot of time in atlanta, so have i, a lot of those interstates go right through the city of atlanta. he says that's the state's responsibility, not his. >> well, again, i do think they need to have a joint headquarters in the city of atlanta and make those decisions collectively together. after the storm, it did the right thing. but

would atlanta be frozen by gridlock. >> natalie, two last questions. sorry to step on you, rebecca. natalie, two last questions. first of all, conditions right now statewide, are the roads practically clear? and, secondly, next time this does han, what have we learned from this instance? >> yes. the roads are clear. we have the typical icy spots that we're monitoring, that we're treating so we're busy right now getting those motorists who had to abandon their cars, we're working with our resources to get them, to shuttle them back to those cars. we're still busy despite the fact that our roads might be clearing. next time we're going to work very closely with state, city, local officials to ensure that we have the proper time and the proper conditions to treat our roads and gridlock is simply not an ideal condition to us. >> thanks to both of you. rebecca, do appreciate your time and also appreciate your time as well, natalie. >>> all right. i want to bring in "washington post" weather editor. jason, a lot of finger pointing has centered around to the forecasts leading up to the sno

the country is sick of gridlock in washington. so it would be bad for republicans just to carry their talking points, threaten to shut down the government. >> they played a significant role in that gridlock in 2013. >> they did, and it was negative for republicans. it really hurt their brand and hurt their chance it is they had any chances for the white house in 2016. >> skimming the wants in an air boat had become almost synonymous with the florida everglades national park but those days are numbered. >> reporter: those who live here in >> making up a dwindling community of more than a thousand of gladesmen. his family owns a commercial air boat tour couple. >> you're out here in mother nature. you're not stuck in an office. i get to bring them to my backyard. >> reporter: the first commercial air boat tour company in the everglades. it was established in 1945 two years before the government established the everglades national park. the only one of three tour boat companies in the park. >> it's what we've done for many years 2347

a gridlock has its advantage. of mybe biased because time in state government.ink the state government legislatures are in a row laboratories of democracy and policy. forth fromeas come the states. i really see a lot of what happens in the city as more of defensive of keeping the federal government from meddling too much in the business of the state. i am not optimistic that under the current imbalance that we are going to get anything out. i think we can contain spending, not grow our debt at the rate we have been growing at at, obviously we have been very concerned about the religious freedom act. i am not optimistic that with harry reid in the senate and republicans controlling the house that we will get an agreement. i think it is more a defensive posture. >> let's talk 2016 politics. emagin governor bobby gentle. if he decides -- you mentioned governor bobby gentle. if he decides to run for president, would you support him? >> is not there. the challenge of having been having madee and some really great friends. rick santorum is a good friend of mine. mike

. >>> in atlanta the storm leads to gridlock nightmares and finger pointing. a silver lining in in the middle of all this. despite being stuck in traffic during the storm, a couple gave birth to a baby girl. they join me now. welcome to both of you. >> thanks for having us on. >> you're joining us by phone. i would imagine you'd love to have had more technology available to you at the time. tell me about your dramatic night. >> it was certainly an adventure, much like everyone else in atlanta we experienced a little bit of the gridlock nightmare. i was trying to get home. amy had been trying to call me on my cell phone to let me know that she was very much going into labor and contractions were getting pretty strong. and it took me about a few hours to get five or six miles to get home to them. so it was pretty scary. >> and amy, for you you're on for way to the hospital, your husband and two daughters. you get these contractions. you have to pull over thanks to the terrible conditions. what are you thinking? this is like every mother's nightmare. >> it actual

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and new york senator chuck schumer talked with raidal madow about the gridlock in congress. >> it isrer and clearer to the american people that gridlock is not being caused by both parties but by one party. the turning away from the middle class is dominated by one party. the refusal to do things that even mainstream republicans did like unemployment insurance, like minimum wage increases even five years ago is hurting them. rick scott is being sued in hopes he'll fill the state's number two spot. a lawsuit filed monday argues the republican is legally obligated to name a lieutenant governor. the state has been without a second in command since fellow republican jennifer carol resigned last year. >>> also in florida, a congressman brought in a power house ethics lawyer. rob walker is a former attorney for the house ethics panel. he is tasked wi eed helping a colleague. he expected back on capitol hill this week. new on msnbc.com this morning, judges ask how bad is too bad for texas women seeking abortions? the fifth circuit is looking into challenges of texas' tough new abt yea borgs

taking a look at your morning road conditions, another day of icy gridlock is in store for much of the and later today, up into the northeast. driving could be slick and even treacherous across the rocky mountains and slippery along the west coast. >>> if you're flying airport delays are possible in miami and salt lake city. >>> updating our top story now which, of course, is the severe weather, hundreds of students in georgia and alabama are waking up this morning already in school. >> that's right. they were stranded overnight. the roads too icy and dangerous for their parents to come and pick them up. alabama's governor has activated the national guard to step in and help with the police rescue. teachers, though, have been assuring parents their kids have been well fed and cared for with movie, games, even talent shows. a full update on "good morning america." >>> all right. we have new details on a terrifying skydiving accident. a texas teenager is recovering from severe injuries after she fell 3500 feet over the weekend in oklahoma. >> her family says the parachute malfunctioned b

. >> reporter: by 2:00 a.m., a perfect storm of gridlock. >> you just look at the map, it's filled up with red. it's jammed around town. >> absolute gridlock madness. >> reporter: as the roads turn to ice, the interstates turned into parking lots. by nightfall, motorists already stranded for hours. >> four hours and i've gone one mile. >> i've been in my car since 1:30. >> took me three hours to go about three miles. >> reporter: trapped in the mass chaos, school buses and emergency crews. before the day is through, the mayor says he should have staggered the closures. >> we do take responsibility for having the business community, the government and our schools basically leave all at once. >> reporter: some students spend the night at their school. >> girls in the band room, boys in the media room. >> reporter: for hoothers trapp on buses, relief when they get home. >> i was super scared. >> i was scared that i wouldn't see my mom until like 7:00 a.m. >> martin savidge, cnn, atlanta. >> so many stuck in schools overnight. atlanta, you look around on the streets, it's a virtual ghost

. >> reporter: 2 to 3 inches of snow fell causing accidents, gridlock and six-hour-long commutes home. >> if you don't have to be out, stay at home. >> reporter: stranded drivers learned ha lesson the hard way. >> i had to push a car this morning. we had to push a car over there. >> no way home. yellow cab won't come and get us. >> the thing about driving around in here is people down south don't know how to drive in it. >> reporter: home depot even kept 14 atlanta area stores open overtight to offer shelter to stranded drivers. many road crews used to dealing with hurricanes are finding snowplows and salt in short supply. >> and meantime, more snow is in store in the mid-atlantic area. parts of new jersey are bracing for several more inches and we could have another wave of bitter cold. accuweather's jim dickey has the latest. >> high through the early morning hours in eastern virginia, southeastern virginia, that is, eastern north carolina into northeasternouth carolina. ice, as well. many towns were shut down on tuesday by this, the morning hour is going to be a mess, as well on th

affect the entire globe kelly how about another which like the maybe just a short break from the gridlock in washington to get something done for the american people because of the the program we did earlier in two thousand and thirteen the cutting of food stamps for poor families here you know maybe you know the you know we could see some kind of enlightenment in washington that you know you have to have a healthy population to to move forward here i mean on. can congress ever be different i don't know go ahead. i don't know i mean if you love it talk crazy out talk real crazy ok i think that i would like to see an entire overhaul of the health care the new health care law and not from a republican perspective in which i would just want to get rid of. obamacare as it stands i would like to see and over all of obamacare and perhaps a direction of maybe single payer i mean i think that's what most americans are men and many americans wanted in the first place and all of the compromises and all of the politics over health care and the new health care law have created a monster and which nob

rescue operations still under way in the south's icy gridlock. >> you couldn't go anywhere.t stop. you couldn't get out. i traveled approximately four miles in nine and a half hours. >> reporter: for others, waiting was not an option. >> i asked the driver "are you okay?" he said "no, we're having a baby." >> pelley: mark strassmann is on the breaking story. we'll look at what the weather is doing next. a new study links testosterone supplements to heart attacks. dr. jon lapook has the details. and securing the super bowl. bob orr asks the men in charge how they'll protect america's biggest game. >> reporter: what's the latest intelligence tell you about potential threats? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley.

affect the entire globe kelly how about another wish like the maybe just a short break from the gridlock in washington to get something done for the american people because of the the program we did earlier in two thousand and thirteen the cutting of food stamps for poor families here you know maybe you know the you know we could see some kind of enlightenment in washington that you know you have to have a healthy population to to move forward here i mean. can congress ever be different i don't know go ahead. i don't know i mean if you are going to talk crazy out talk real crazy and i think that i would like to see an entire overhaul of the health care the new health care law and not from a republican perspective in which i would just want to get rid of. obamacare as it stands i would like to see and over all of obamacare and perhaps the direction of maybe single payer i mean i think that's what most americans are men and many americans wanted in the first place and all of the compromises and all of the politics over health care and the new health care law have created a monster in which

also absolutely no excuse to have that kind of gridlock. they should have shut it down early on in the day. you can't play with the fine details of the forecast. yes, it came in a couple hours early, but still, the point is, is with a city that big, you've got to plan way ahead, because it is just human nature. when people see the snow coming down outside, i've got to get out of here. that's what everybody did, and that's what caused the absolute gridlock. it kept snowing, all the new road crews that they've got available to them they could not get out to them. here in charleston, they pretty much shut the city down. the problem for people trying to get in this morning, like the rav now bridge, a major way in from mt. pleasant, without that bridge, the 2-mile trek becomes a 40-mile trek into charleston. so, people are ready to stay down. the mayor was like, jim, we just closed it down for a couple days. we knew it was coming. it worked out absolutely perfectly. it will take another 24 hours to get things back up and running. the good news i

here he gripes about a washington gridlock here.s do other than run for mayor. for his perspective, a job. >> nancy, maybe toronto voters feel the same way that any area does and frankly, that i do. this guy is good copy and for them, he's good intentertainmen. >> it's got the clips to get it started. i was thinking if the toronto voerts really like them, i guess they deserve kind of what they get. i agree with nia. this guy is kind of bred to just be sad to say this, a politician slash celebrity. it's more about -- how could he say he's the best mayor ever? >> i mentioned the texas race. doesn't cease to surprise that you get these conservative candidates coming out and saying to another conservative, well, you're in the conservative enough. i don't know what the outcome is there, although the polls are lopsided. it can't be good for the gop. >> it's the same thing there. someone who's challenging from the right, but steve stockman, he's massively in debt. got about $7 million in the bank. he's trying to get that tea party, voter r

the frozen gridlock lasted more than 24 hours. officials say the thousands of people left stranded in cars, stores, and schools all finally made it home. >> but there is a lot of finger-pointing this morning over the response to tuesday's snow and ice storm. mark straussman is in atlanta where schools, government offices, and many businesses will be closed again today. >> reporter: good morning, charlie and norah. good morning to all of our viewers in the west. all over atlanta along roads and highways, this is what you see. cars that have been abandoned during the storm. the goal today is to get the drivers back into their cars and get the cars on the road, to try to get this city moving again. the other goal is to get the black ice off the road. hundreds of cars still line the highways in atlanta. most of them marked with yellow tape, a sign they've been abandoned. as late as wednesday, drivers were still stuck in miles of frozen gridlock. good samaritans like jessica and chris hartsog handed out food and water. >> a lot of peop

the middle class is hurting and yearning for us to end the gridlock, to stop this freeze and get things done for them. and it's becoming clearer and clearer to them that it's the hard right republicans who are stopping everything. >> senator schumer, let me ask you about one procedural reference you just made there. you said, if we don't have the votes tomorrow morning, we'll keep doing it again and again. should i take that to mean that this vote on extending unemployment insurance is something that you will keep putting up for a vote until you can get the votes? >> and i would recommend we do the same with minimum wage, we do the same with the kind of low-cost student loans that elizabeth warren has advocated. we'll win every one of these. it's becoming clearer and clearer to the american people that gridlock is not being caused by both parties but by one party. the turning away from the middle class is dominated by one party. the refusal to do things that even mainstream republicans did, like unemployment insurance, like minimum wage increases, even five years ago, is hurting them. a

caller: for me, it is a gridlock. as obama stops -- lisa stop being nice and call republicans out -- to stopt obama needs being nice and call republicans out. john boehner would not even bring it up for a vote. you have a jobs bill. john boehner would not bring it up for a vote. it is a huge opposition to obama. i think it is personal. i think obama needs to acknowledge it and call it out for what it is. >> thank you. independent line. because i amalling concerned about the unemployment as well, especially extended benefits. i want to see what president obama has to say about that. >> and you have been out of work since? caller: may 2013. i'm a veteran. i'm 60 years old. is they income we have money she gets from social security. >> what have you been doing when the unemployment benefits are cut off? caller: living off the money i have saved up. right now that is pretty much gone. >> thank you for the call. the president will address the long-term unemployment issue and extending the benefits for americans who lost th