state-of-the-union address. that's what we're calling it, postgame. live from the capitol building. a very snowy washington, d.c. right now. in the deep south a region paralyzed by a once in a generation winter storm. icy roads have wrecked hundreds of cars and stranded thousands of students stuck in their schools overnight. hundreds of flights have also been canceled coming in and out of the nation's busiest airport in atlanta, a place that hasn't gotten the plows out in three years. victor blackwell is live in atlanta for us with all the latest. victor. >> reporter: there are still thousands of drivers stuck in traffic at this hour. the snow started before noon today. and this is what is left now. let's take a look over here. this ice on the roads here in atlanta just south of atlanta in college park. now people have been waiting up not just an hour or two, but up to seven or eight hours to get home today. their question is, why was the city government, was was the