>> reporter: the president hasn't commented. >> i can tell you as a native missourian, certainly not one of the finer moments for our state. >> reporter: now that the dust has settled, gessling would like to clear things up. >> i never did anything because of anybody's race. i don't care what anybody's color is. it doesn't bother me one bit. >> reporter: gessling says he'll bet at another roddy. >> if president obama turns out, i would be honored to shake his hand. >> reporter: athena jones, cnn, washington. still to come in the "newsroom room" be ware of the habo haboob. arizona gets hit again. [ male announcer ] for diarrhea, you take kaopectate.