this is president obama's certificate of live birth. this is the only document that hawaii now considers to be official proof of birth in the state. this is the document the state gives you, any resident of hawaii, anyone born in hawaii, when you request proof of birth from the state. it gets you a driver's license in hawaii, and the u.s. state department accepts it as valid proof for citizenship when you're applying for something like a passport. now, this is the picture of the certificate of live birth that president obama ordered from the state during the campaign. take a look up close. it's got an official stamp with a stamped signature and a raised seal. it's been examined by a number of news organizations and non-partisan groups. you and i can't get our own copy of this document even with the president's permission. and by law you or i could not go look at the president's original 1961 birth certificate, which is in the department of health in honolulu, according to authorities there. however, anyone can go to the hawaii vital statistics office and look at official birth information that's called index data. it's stored in a government binder.