let's get to mike viqueira. >> reporter: i'll hold the document up once again. two key words. certificate of live birth. will this is the document that many people over the course of the last few years had said president obama should are released. and the following document, the document on the second page, which they actually did release during the campaign says certification of live birth. so a small distinction there at least in terms of title. a large distinction among the so-called birther community because there had been no signatures on the original document. this is it. this is the one with the signatures and everything else. and why did they release it today? according to white house officials, quote, the president believed it was becoming a distraction. and to hear them tell it, the white house officials, the president released his budget proposal, his debt and deficit proposal, the republicans released their debt and deficit proposal, a grand argument had ensued. and what happened?