jennifer rubin of the "washington post," glad to have her. and john harris. let me just ask you you saw senator din what do you think the state of the republican party is right now? >> i was actually optimistic by what he said. taken on john boehner, has been extremely critical. boehner's leadership his decision on debt limit. there has been a civil war in the republican party i'm hoping the fact that jim demint was not willing to call for speaker's ouster is a sign that perhaps -- which would be good for governing we can get some things done. see other things happen because civil war itself. >> schieffer: what did you think of senator deminute this morning? >> i was a little bit priced. of course he is very much involved in the civil war, heritage action which resides in his building of which he has great influence goes out on the stump and does campaign type events for them. it is very much vouched in this fight. they have an attitude towards governance which is unlike reagan administration which the reagan movement which he alluded to that is that they rea

washington post," david sanger of the "new york times," politicos, john harris and "washington post" jennifer rubin. we'll take a look at the michael sam story the first nfl hopeful to publicly announce he's gay. what impact will that decision have on him, the nfl and wider world of sports. we'll talk to michael sam's spokesman, usa today's jared bell and nfl wide receiver dante' stall worth. 60 years of news because this is "face the nation." good morning again, the snow is still falling in the northeast, some parts of massachusetts and maine received a foot or more overnight and that could go higher and that is on top of what fellas part of the nor'easter that paralyzed most of the east coast last week. now blamed for at least 25 deaths more than a million people lost power at some point during the storm and tens of thousands remain without power this morning. one of the hardest hit states was north carolina where governor joins us now from charlotte. governor i got to say it looks good down there this morning. >> well, the snow is melting now. we still have a good bit, built the carolina sunshin

and jennifer rubin sees this and says you're being racist against white people. so it kind of shows the sort of bankruptcy of that in line of critique about both the president and so youth sort thoe issues. >> many wondering why we didn't hear this type of speech in his first term. not every day did you see bipartisan support around the initiative. even the president joked when you have bill o'reilly and reverend sharpton in the same room, it's a good event. 85% want congress to compromise. and it wasn't just the audience yesterday. it was also president obama mentioned that we all need to work together to help these young men of color succeed. here's what he had to say. >> part of my message, part of our message in this initiative, is no excuses. government and private sector philanthropy and all the communities have to help you knock down some of the barriers that you experience. that's what we're here for. but you have a responsibility, too. >> it's this message that the government isn't responsible for everything, it's also -- it comes down to organizations,

washington post," david sanger of the "new york times," politicos, john harris and "washington post" jennifer rubinful to publicly announce he's gay. what impact will that decision have on him, the nfl and wider world of sports. we'll talk to michael sam's spokesman, usa today's jared bell and nfl wide receiver dante' stall worth. 60 years of new