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More importantly and more relevant to this discussion, because of trumps own involvement as the architect of the birther movement as one of the principle -- >> no. >> hillary is the architect -- >> but that birther -- that whole birther bs was incumbent on donald trump to cut that guy off at the knees immediately. say, listen, hes not a muslim. hes a christian. he was born in this country. next question. i think he had to deal with it. >> the other thing kimberly that he says in his statement --...

Session, an unusual one for trump, with a supporter. the first questioner, in fact. listen and please watch closely. >> okay. this man. i like this guy. >> im from white plains. we have a problem in this country. its called muslims. we know our current president is one. >> right. >> you know hes not even an american. >> we need this question, this first question. >> anyway, we have training camps growing where they want to kill us. >> um-hum. >> thats my question. when can we get rid of them? >>...

Donald trump is a birther. thats how we got to know him in the past few years in the era of obama. he cant push back on the question. >> thats not correct. obama produced his long form birth certificate and the issue dropped, period. it shows donalds ability as a negotiator. think about that, thats pretty amaze, actually. it worked. >> there is this john mccain moment. >> i cant trust obama. i have read about him and hes not, hes not -- hes an arab. he is not. no maam, no maam. hes a decent fami...

>> reporter: the white house fired back at donald trump today after he failed to correct a question near and aids are going further blamin the gop for the latest flairup of birth. they are lies president obama heard before. they hounded his first bid for the white house and back after hes approaching the end of his second term this time a false smear about the presidents religion at a donald trump rally. >> we have a problem in this country, its called muslims. we know our ker rentcurrent presid...

Why -- i know thats a clinton news network. is it that they dont like veterans? >> there was not one question relating to that, and not too much on the military, by the way. those days, believe me, are over. yes, maam, go ahead. >> hi, mr. trump. thank you for being here. i just finished my masters degree. during my job search im told im either overly or underly qualified. what can you do to improve the job market like me, qualified, talented, educated, u.s. citizens. >> its such a question, i g...

>> it really is pretty incredible. not only saying the problem in america is muslims but also that president obama is a muslim, which, of course, is not true. and you know, i think that were now starting to get our first taste of how donald trump responds to awkward questions from voters. if youre a traditional presidential candidate and youre used to doing town halls like these, you get questions like this along the way and you sort of have to be prepared to deflect them in one way or another. ...

At the start of the campaign was, wow, if thats the candidate, imagine during the convention speaking in spanish for part of the acceptance speech, making inroads. now what donald trump revealed about the republican party base, a big chunk of the party base, suggests if jeb bush or marco rubio standing up there doing that, they could be bood by their own party. >> thanks, steve. i appreciate your time. want to check in now with dean abadallah. so moments ago, dean, ben carson was asked if he tho...

>> i remember that. i remember you gave it. >> and i think you can not -- you and i should have a press conference because both governors in massachusetts and new hampshire arent protecting the first responders. i would like to work with you on it. >> well take a look at it. next, back here. go ahead. >> the united states doesnt have as good of a record there. i have a question about the trump wall. when it comes to paying off debt. >> the trump wall? thats whats going to happen. thats why im go...

Did you interpret donald trumps answer tonight, when that man said that the president is a muslim and donald trump said right, did you interpret that to be your candidate agreeing with that mans statement? >> absolutely not. thats one of the disadvantages that mr. trump has when he doesnt use teleprompters, and he doesnt tell his team that he needs to see all the questions before he gets them. he is unscripted, unstaged, and hes real. and when he said i like this guy, he probably was talking abo...

Leading the birther movement against then candidate barack obama. lets show you what happened on "meet the press" when you were questioning him. you will remember this better than anyone. when you were questioning him about this very issue and he was trying to get away from that legacy. lets watch. >> do you believe president obama is a citizen who was born in the united states? >> i dont like talking about it anymore because honestly i have my own feelings. i think he should have taken the $5 m...