chance president obama was not born here. the other refrain from foes and friends of the president alike is why did he wait so long? joining us now ed henry. the white house with some insight on that and how the decision to release this document today played out. also john king who sat down with donald trump today in new hampshire. and senior political analyst gloria boringer. so ed, you asked those questions yesterday about the birther controversy. the white house hadn't yet received the president's birth certificate, had they? >> reporter: they had not. they got the birth certificate -- it's actually a copy, certified copies of the birth certificate, two of them, arrived a couple of hours after i asked jay carney those questions yesterday. he was trying to keep a poker face. obviously he knew the secret that they had these copies on the way to the white house. he didn't want to reveal it yesterday when i asked it on camera. but the bottom line is they want now inside the white house to try and show that the birthers are a laughing stock in their estimation. you saw the president there on oprah basically saying look, i