physician for the military for 18 years has been ordered to deploy to afghanistan for a second tour of duty. he s refusing the command, saying the order is coming from a commander in chief who he believes may not in fact be a natural-born citizen. laikin has invited his own court-martial and says he wants proof the president was born in the u.s. lieutenant colonel terrence laikin joins me now along with his attorney, paul jensen. i appreciate you being with us. you say you re refusing your orders because there is significant evidence or unanswered speculation that mr. obama is not eligible to be president. you said that in a note to general casey. now ignoring the idea that you cited speculation as a justification for your decision, but to say there s significant evidence that the president was not born in america is just false. i mean, you re an honorable guy, you ve served your country incredibly well. you re a doctor. do you honestly believe president obama was not born in hawaii?
seeking any grandstanding or publicity for this action. how can you seriously say that? you put out a utube video with your talking, frankly, more than you ve talked here tonight. you have this group paying all your legal fees. the american patriot foundation legal defense fund. they ve provided the attorney who s sitting next to you. they re fund raiding based on you. they re raising money using you. i attempted all avenues over a year ago. i submitted article 138, which is the only way that i could research how to address this issue, asking and begging my leadership for guidance in how to address this issue. and the answers that i got were not mr. cooper, you the standard is not satisfying you lieutenant colonel, you sound like an honorable man excuse me. i m addressing your client. lieutenant colonel, you seem like an incredibly honorable man who s obviously served your country. you re a doctor, an educated man. why is it this issue? i mean, of all the orders you v
as his lawyer no, no. excuse me. wait, this is a excuse me. this is a doctor, a man who served his country for 18 years. i think he can answer a question by himself. i think that the lawyer should protect the client from incriminating himself. you say it s false. you re not prosecuting this case. okay, lieutenants colonel, if you call you lieutenant colonel, if you call up the state of hawaii and ask for a birth certificate, that is the certificate of birth and you get a live document. that is not correct. the president has released the certificate of live birth to newspapers. two birth certificates, the republican governor of hawaii sent someone to view the certificate at the department of health and says it s there. that s not again, can the colonel not talk for himself? the guy s an adults. you said that that s a birth certificate, mr. cooper. you want to tell the truth to your viewers. according to the state of hawaii that s an abstract, a computer-gen
face of the movement whose followers believe president obama may not have been born in the u.s. and may not be eligible to be president of the united states. lieutenant colonel laikin who mariners been an active duty physician for the military for 18 years has been ordered to deploy to afghanistan for a second tour of duty. he s refusing the command, saying the order is coming from a commander in chief who he believes may not in fact be a natural-born citizen. laikin has invited his own court-martial and says he wants proof the president was born in the u.s. lieutenant colonel terrence laikin joins me now along with his attorney, paul jensen. i appreciate you being with us. you say you re refusing your orders because there is significant evidence or unanswered speculation that mr. obama is not eligible to be president. you said that in a note to general casey. now ignoring the idea that you cited speculation as a justification for your decision, but to say there s significant evidenc
department of health and we issued a news release. and she is not going to be testifying at the court-martial. this is a criminal cases. the president should release the original birth certificate and this would be over tonight. these other documents and testimony are not admissible and will not be admissible in court. lieutenant colonel, terrence laikin, thank you for joining us. thank you, as well. join us with more. ahead, more fallout from the times square bombing attempt. some lawmakers want to get tougher on accused terrorists. and reliving the first terrifying moments of the floods. you know, when i grow up, i m going to own my own restaurant.