i have no doubt. >> reporter: dr. fukino says she was asked last year by the governor's press secretary to make a statement about the birth certificate controversy. under state law a public official can look at someone else's certificate if there is a "direct and tangible interest." she indeed felt she had that interest because of the statement she had to make. so she found the original obama birth certificate, stored in a vault in the department of health building. and what did it tell you? was it authentic? was he born here in the state of hawaii? >> it was absolutely authentic. he was absolutely born here in the state of hawaii. >> reporter: but dr. fukino says even if she hadn't seen the original certificate this document, the president's computer-generated certificate, which was made public three years ago, had already proven he was born in hawaii. there's quite a bit of irony over this original birth certificate debate. and that is the original documents are no longer even certified by the state. the health department says president obama or any other hawaiian could still go through the process of getting one, but either way they're no longer supposed to be used for official