respect the people that i loved and the people that i knew and the little boy who grew up here in paradise and became president. >> reporter: it's very emotional for you. >> sure, it is. >> reporter: it is emotional for many people. but emotions and conspiracy theories aside, facts are facts. and according to all the evidence, barack obama was born just as the honolulu newspaper announced it in august 1961. gary tuchman, cnn, honolulu. >> part of the problem with conspiracy theories is believers cling to them in spite of the facts. or they change the topic. donald trump is now shifting focus from the president's birth certificate to his academic record, saying "how does a bad student go to colombia and then to harvard? i'm thinking about it and looking into it. let him show his records." the truth is, we don't know what kind of grades mr. obama got. college records are private.