mr. frank caprio should have recognized that. in fact, president obama did not make any endorsement. those comments -- mr. frank caprio says he is standing up for the taxpayer, but if you work together to get elected, surely you would have a bad relationship with the president, and that would not be good for rhode island. >> for president obama to come into our state and we with of by funded thousand dollars in donations, and not understand the pain and suffering the people and the state of going through, i found that totally unacceptable. he was playing politics with his visit for the first moment before he arrived, and i would not let it pass. rhode islandrs are looking for someone who will tell anyone on the other side of the table that we will continue to fight for what is right here. for senator lincoln chafee to say he was working president obama in the election, that is all good. but when you have a democrat running, working hard, trying to win the votes of the people of rhode island, and he is the head of the democratic party, i think he needs a better reason than he gave not

mr. clinton will be in rhode island later this week, appearing with frank caprio, who said mr. obama could, quote, shove it, when it came to endorsing his rival. >>> arizona carried out a controversial execution overnight. jeffrey landrigan was put to death after the u.s. supreme court intervened in the case. attorneys had tried to stop the execution over questions of the effectiveness of the state's supply of an execution drug. arizona obtained a supply of the sedative drug from great britain. >>> questions are being asked this morning why the white house was only told yesterday about a glitch involving nuclear missiles that happened early saturday. a power outage caused communication to be lost with 50 missiles at warren air force base in wyoming. an equipment failure is blamed. but no foul play is expected. and the pentagon says it never completely lost the ability to launch those missiles. >>> aid is now heading to some of indonesia's remote islands that were slammed by a ten-foot tsunami. the wave was set off by a 7.7 magnitude earthquake monday night. more than 150 people

mr. obama has not endorsed the democratic candidate, frank capra and, in the rhode island gubernatorial race. he is running for governor as an independent. this morning, mr. caprioed back. >> he can take his endorsement and shouted, as far as i'm concerned. >> batch of the response shows as much as -- that's a change in response shows a much changed relationship. this will be president obama's 23rd visit to abu county that he won big in 2008. -- to a bluhm county that he won big in 2008. >> i think he will see an unprecedented wave on election day that will surprise a lot of people. >> not surprisingly, his democratic counterpart projected confidence. >> we have work to do, but we can do it. >> democrats are sending out the big guns like vice-president biden, president clinton and michelle obama to get out the vote. >> a man attempted to campaign -- still a campaign sign is caught on camera. he is trying to knock over a sign on that route to south in pasadena, md.. police were already in the area investigating that's of political science. the man is a 50-year-old david corrigan, charged with theft and malicious destruction of property. investigators found at lea

mr. obama did not endorse either the independent lincoln chafey or frank caprio, the official nominee. caprio was asked what he thought about obama's silence. >> i never asked for president obama's endorsement. you know, he could take his endorsement and shove it as far as i'm concerned. >> one day later, caprio was interviewed. >> let's get the reality. lincoln chafey is a friend of the president. >> on late sunday night on the eve of before the president was coming into rhode island, an odd trip, a reporter contacted us, not the white house. we are more than happy to stay silent about this. but they political sized it, so that's the reality. >> if for some reason the president were to contact you and say i need every governor in my corner. i really want to support you, i want to endorse you, would you welcome that endorsement? >> like i said, i have the hig president. i would be happy to field this call. >> question, why did obama, president obama go to rhode island? pat buchanan. >> he went in to save patrick kennedy's seat. that seat, you would be surprised is up for grabs and the

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the president did not endorse democrat frank caprio who is running against former republican turned independent lincoln chafee. the reason? chafee backed mr. obama for president in 2008. on a radio show today, caprio had a few choice words for the president. >> i never asked for president obama's endorsement. he can take his endorsement and shove it as far as i'm concerned. >> reporter: in response for that, a spokesman for the president said "this close to the election, emotions are running high." now turning to some dangerous weather. >> we are in a tornado! we are in the tornado! >> reporter: a storm chaser got a close look yesterday at a tornado outside dallas. it was one of at least two that swept through the area, injuring four people. the town of rice was hardest hit a roof was ripped off at the high school and five homes were badly damaged. meanwhile, in haiti the earthquake back in january has led to a deadly epidemic of cholera and today the neighboring dominican republic closed its border to try to keep it from spreading there. the outbreak has already killed more than 250 haitians and 3,000 more are sick. and, as the disease s

visit to rhode island was greeted with hostility from democratic gubernatorial candidate frank caprio who learned mr. obama would not be endorsing him. >> i said to the president is that this process is about endorsements isn't something i'm concerned about right now and he can took the endorsement and shove it. >> reporter: the white house tried to smooth things over saying the president won't endorse any candidate in the race for governor because lynn can chafee who's running as an independent for governor had supported the president when he ran in 2008. michelle obama's visit to washington state was less controversial. she was there to support senator murray who's facing a tough re-election challenge from republican deno rossi. >> we have come too far to stop putting the american dream i know, that my husband knows, that patty knows, that all of us know back within reach for all of us. >> reporter: as election day draws closer, campaign retd rick is more pointed. both in ads. >> john raese's ideas are crazy. >> reporter: and in debates like the one in tennessee between conway and paul who are run

mr. obama is staying neutral in the governor's race because of a personal friendship with republican turned independent former senator lincoln chaffy. that's left frank caprio, the democrat, angry and resentful. >> i never asked for president obama's endorsement. he can take his endorsement and really shove it. >> reporter: at an afternoon press conference, he had no regrets about what he said. >> president obama, he's a tough guy, he's a street fighter from chicago. >> reporter: also today, the president was pressed on the issue of immigration and whether his party has earned the support of latinos. [ inaudible ] >> i completely disagree with you on this. >> reporter: also aiming at rank and file democrats, a fiery first lady michelle obama in seattle. >> if you think someone is sitting out, you got to shake them. tell them they can't sit this one out. >> reporter: for all campaigns at this late stage, the name of the game is turnout. chuck todd, nbc news, washington. >> reporter: i'm lee cowan in anchorage, alaska, where in joe miller's mind, it wasn't supposed to be this way. the tea party favorite defeated lisa murkowski in the gop primary, but she moun

frank caprio is the democratic candidate for governor of rhode island. when he heard that president obama would not be endorsing his campaign today mr. caprio says the president can take his endorsement and shove it. mike emanuel in woonsocket, rhode island with more. >> reporter: we are here near a small business the president will visit later this afternoon. he's trying to put the presidential spotlight on efforts he's had for small businesses to talk about what it's done for the local company. then the president will head off to province, rhode island nearby to raise money for the democratic party. the president has been out on the campaign trail recently going to places he did extremely well two years ago trying to reenergize his base. he is coming here to rhode island, we'll talk to local supporters, but last night the white house revealed that the president was not planning on giving an endorsement in the governor's race, and so when the democratic candidate for governor here in rhode island heard about that this morning he went off. >> i never asked for president obama's endorsement. you know, he can take his endorsement and r