about the birther certificate and said he would make an announcement at trump hotel in washington d.c. he knows marketing, knows theater and knows how to keep people in suspense. to press you on that a bit, you re saying word like theater, drama, marketing. those are word appropriate when we re talking about national security and does he have to put that aside to deal with serious issues? he s got millions of lives and billions across the world invested in him. yes, you have to put that aside. you re talking about people s lives, talking about national security, talking about geo politics all around the world. so, yes, he should put this aside and take this very seriously. i presume he s doing that but we
but isle try to go on. he s very likable. i ll agree with that. i don t think i m that bad. you re likable enough, hillary. i appreciate that. i m not sure she did appreciate that. but i don t think he meant it like an insult. not like when he unleashed on the most famous real estate tyco tycoon. donald trump is here tonight. now, i know that he s taken some flak lately, but no one is happier, no one is prouder to put this birther certificate matter to rest than the donald. and that s because he can finally get back to focusing on
mitt romney, and he s going to use a presidential campaign to do it. he s going to hue mill i can t tell romney because chris asked in the midst of that great interview why some republicans can t let go of the birther talk. i don t think you believe a word of this, but why do some people in your party, including vet wealthy donald trump who i had mixed feelings about, everybody does, perhaps not you. i like him in some way, yet he s not going to play this birther certificate, locally born in hawaii. why do some people keep pushing he s not an american? beats me. thank you. david corn? it beats the speaker, the former speaker. wait a second. let s not let the speaker off easy here. what did he say last year? he said that barack obama, the only way to understand this guy is if you realize he has an
issues being debated. it wasn t about just the birther certificate. there were white gasp. when ryan laid out his budget and president laid out his budget, i said that s the beginning of 2012. those are the two issues that will be debated in the next year and how they get those resolved can very well determine what can happen in a presidential election year. bob and i were talking about the gang of sick and whether they can get anything done or not. and i think fair to say you were reasonably pessimistic about the big picture. 6 out of 535 is still a pretty small frarction. there are real differences of opinion on what the country ought to be doing. you may say, well, can t we all get along? yeah, we can all get along, but that doesn t mean we re going to necessarily agree in the process of getting along. i think that s what you see. in addition, some of the things
week the president asked the hawaii officials to release the original certificate authorizing the private attorney to make any necessary arrangements for delivery of two certified copies. the copies quietly arrived at the white house wednesday evening where carney said it was a settled issue. aides say that carney was correct and it they decided to end the noise. we are not going to get anything solved. reporter: he did not name the barkers by name, the man leading the charge was gloating during a visit to new hampshire. because i ve accomplished something that nobody else has been able to accomplish. reporter: sure enough, donald trump seemed to move the gold post a bit, immediately demanding that the president release academic records and wondering if the birther