where the american people are going to go on this. maybe we can get the majority of americans to believe these illegitimate and should not be president. and other republicans openly stoked it. like the house republicans who co-sponsored a birther bill. it s gone way too far for too long. let s bring in the president of the national action network reverend al sharpton with us tonight. and professor of sociologist at georgetown university, michael eric dyson. gentlemen, great to have you with us. reverend, i ll ask you first. if this had been a white president, would we be seeking his birth certificate the way they have been on president obama and the work over we ve seen for 2 1/2 years? what do you think? frankly, i don t believe we would. and i don t think it is just the birth certificate, though, clearly that has gone way out of bounds. and the media coverage, the saturation day and night has been appalling. but now we ve also gone to questioning whether or not he was qualified to