john dickerson, i'm hearing from one source he's getting out. what is going around. >> o'donnell: love of texts. he spoke to his supporters just play clip let our viewers hear exactly what romney told his supporters. >> i believe that one of our next generation of republican leaders, may not be well-known, one who is not yet taken their message across the country. one who is just getting started may well emerge as being better able to defeat the democrat nominee. >> o'donnell: something is that a dig at jeb bush, a fresh face, someone other than bush? >> it could be interpreted that way. i tell you one thing about that statement that i found odd, i don't know if the rest of you did, is that this was mr. romney speaking to friends and supporters and fundraisers, they are people who know him. and yet he didn't just have a phone call which he told the decision, he read from a script. you could tell from the way it sounded. and friend of mine who tells me who had the script in advance he didn't deviate a word. to me it sounded a little bit like a pu

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cbs news contribute eror john dickerson is with us.rning. >> good morning. >> what is he saying? >> he's trying to walk back. he not only said the president doesn't love america but he said it could be traced back to his upbreaking which suggests if you don't grow up in a certain way, you can't gain access for a love to america. this caused a lot of heat. so now he's trying to reframe his comment saying basically the president doesn't talk about america in a positive way as he would like. >> but we heard from a number of presidential hopefuls. marco rue owe clearly disagreeing saying i believe the president loves mek. jeb bush also agreeing. is this the new standard? >> scott walker has been very safe. he's on top of the world at the moment and he doesn't want to make a mistake. he's very risk averse. >> can you be too safe? >> you can. 69% of the people polled do not know who he is. that's what makes him nervous, but also it's an opportunity to grab a moment, find himself and show his character and authenticity. >> and he had momentum

john dickerson, thank you so much. >> john will sit in for bob schieffer on "face the nation" on cbs.he latest from house speaker john boehner, republican of ohio. >>> parts of the southwest are recovering from a snowstorm that left as much as seven inches closing schools, delaying air travel and making highways treacherous. friday in dallas drivers had no negotiate roads covered in snow and ice. this morning in duncanville, south of dallas driving is still a challenge. southern california, cement barriers are being set up where the expected rain could trigger mudslides. for more on what's ahead, we turn to our chicago station, wbbn tv. good morning, ed >> reporter: good morning, anthony. another weekend, another storm marching across the nation here. we're setting up the snow that falls between very cold air to the north and more spring-like air to the south. and what do we get out of this? look at what we have. winter weather advisories that stretch from texas up to buffalo, new york. a winter storm warning for parts of new mexico parts of colorado. here in the st. louis area we hav

with us john dickerson. whatewel giuliani up to? >> walking back very far.plain why he disagreed with the president's policies. he saided president didn't love america but could be traced back to his birth, his upbringing. that's dangerous. to suggest you don't grow up in a certain way you can't gain access to a love of america and it caused giuliani a lot of heat and republicans had to answer whether they agree or not and now he's trying to reframe comments saying basically the president doesn't talk about america in a positive way as much as he would like. >> we heard from a number of republican presidential hopefuls. marco rubio clearly disagreeing with the mayor saying i believe the president loves america. jeb bush also disagreeing, but scott walker refused to say if he believes obama loves america. is this the new standard? >> scott walker is trying to -- being very safe. he's on top of the world for the moment in the republican primary process, and he doesn't want to make a mistake. we've seen it on several things. very risk-oh verse. >> can you be to