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>> today i am very proud of myself because i've accomplished something that nobody else has been able to accomplish. i was just informed while on the helicopter that our president has finally released a birth certificate. >> we're not going to be able to solve our problems if we get distracted by side shows and carnival barters. >> why did the white house wait this long to do this? >> first, let me just say i'm happy we could contribute to mr. trump's self-image, that he feels good about himself, proud. he needs that little ego boost. look, the reality is, it isn't -- you say it became a distr...

About that, chuck, you know it nbc chuck todd was there. the president took a jab at those who tried to use this conspiracy to score political points. >> we're not going to be able to solve our problems if we get distracted by side shows and carnival barkers. >> shepard: today the reality tv show donald trump took credit for pushing the president for releasing the certificate. coincidentally he came to the microphone in an almost o.j./basketball championship game to the microphone just before the president's statement as cameras watched the white house podium. >> i am really honored, frankly, ...

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Week, the dominant news story wasn't about these huge monumental choices that we're going to have to make as a nation, it was about my birth certificate. >> reporter: donald trusm, a potential republican candidate for president in 2012, what's seized on the issue of where the president was born, and he was generating attention with it. mr. obama seemed to compare trump's effort to what he called side shows and carnival barkers, and said the nation won't solve its problems if it is distracted by them. tump -- trump, meanwhile, took credit for the release, but remains skeptical: >> i am really h...

Gentlemen, what more do these people want? but before we get to that. >> yeah. >> he did it today in rock star fashion. he did it with debonaire lightness. he said these silly people with their silly stuff are distracting from us and here it is. here is the president, went in -- after trump and the birthers this morning on the x let's listen to what the president says about his critics. >> we are not going to be able to solve our problems if we get distracted by side shows and carnival barkers. i know there is going to be a segment of people for which no matter what we put out this issue will ...