now, this information as you all know has been out there for years, but still the confusion, in some cases conspiracy theories exist. so we decided to send our team to hawaii to try to clear up the confusion. in a moment we ll talk to donald trump. but first part one of what we found in hawaii. here s gary tuchman. reporter: the honolulu star bulletin newspaper. in august 1961 declares mr. and mrs. barack h. obama have given birth to a son. a simple birth announcement that has become part of a complex web of conspiracy theories. with one question looming above all others. i was born in hawaii. reporter: was president obama really born in the united states? the answer? yes. have you seen barack obama s original birth certificate? yes. reporter: dr. chiyome fukino is the former director of the hawaii department of health and a devoted republican. until now she had not talked on camera about this topic. as a republican member of the last republican governor of hawaii, linda li
birther controversy alive to revv up a certain segment of the primary base and others think it is an embarrassment to the republican party to continue talking about what is obviously ridiculous and nonsense. the certificate of live birth exists. the previous republican president excuse me, governor of hawaii, governor lindell said it is sufficient. this talk about the president was not born in the united states is silly and also dangerous, a distraction from what are really serious issues, the budget deficit, war in afghanistan, problems with poverty in america that affect a record number of children. these are all silly season. they are distractions from what are serious problems deserve serious thinkers and serious policy thinkers for this country. in the end, politically, it is extremely dangerous for the republican party and why republican leaders are distancing themselves as quickly
requests for information about his birth certificate. that s up from 16 in november. you have done the impossible. what have i done? actually put it online. which it already was anyway. but it s in your article. right, i have a piece that this pushback is a bipartisan effort. you had governor linda lingle, the republican governor of hawaii who signed a law who said the health department doesn t have to bother with any of these nuisance requests for the president s birth certificate. now you have governor neil abercrombie who said i m going to put this to rest. i haven t talked to the white house, but i m going to get more information out there so people can see that the president of the united states is indeed an american citizen. i thought he had a quote, at least in the new york times story about this, that i thought was quite nice. it denigrates the president. it denigrates the office.
inside. i wanted to go outside. look at mike, he s not afraid. i wanted to go outside, but mike said, by the way, bring a coat tonight, apparently. yeah, you know, i m not prepared. mike, thank you. thanks for visiting. reporter: sure! up next, with those wikileaks document dumps known for months, why is the government just now changing some of its security procedures? we re going to discuss that and more when pentagon spokesman jeff morrell joins us for the daily rundown interview. plus, meet the man who went to school with barack obama s parents, rarely wears a tie, and is now set to be governor of hawaii. but first, a look ahead at the president s schedule today. you re watching the daily rundown on msnbc. hey, he meets the new mayor. that s right. the new mayor of d.c. mayor-elect. that s right. vincent gray. and he will like the menorah,
took me a six full minutes to explain to him that governor, the jewish governor of hawaii recently in the summer recently veto. because she said it s the same exact thing as marriage. so basically mr. paladino took too much public heat for his comment, reversed his position, and that s when you said the heck with this guy. we re moving on. now my didn t say the heck with him. he was a very nice guy and i m calling for him to repent. i took the press conference to the cardinal s house. okay. i said he s the man, cardinal, i m calling on you and the catholic conference, let s help call carl paladino what the position is. rabbi, do you think that the kids are being brainwashed? well, it s i ll tell you, you guys, you media guys. i m asking you. you media guys get hung on terminologies. let s call it indoctrinated. tell me if you have children. if your children was imprisoned