i was born in camden, by the way, new jersey. he was born in hawaii. the point is, what kind of president has he been? he was born in the united states. no question to me he was born in the united states. he has not been a particularly successful president. >> he said that donald trump agrees the president was born in the united states. he didn't talk about it. >> frankly, i wouldn't want to talk about it either. there are so many other bigger issues. >> should he come out and say, yes, the president was born in hawaii? i apologize to the president for raising all those questions. >> you know that's a distraction from the larger issues we face as a country. >> there are obviously a lot more important issues. >> this is a sensitive issue. >> it started with hillary clinton. >> not with hillary clinton but some of her aides. >> and her supporters that still support her today. >> you know who kept it going and going? >> you are right. >> where do you stand? if he said to you, congressman, what sh i do? what would you say? >> i would say, obama's presidenc

i was born in camden, new jersey. he was born in hawaii. the point is, what kind of president has he been. so he is born in the united states. no question he was born in the united states. but he has not been a success president. >> conway went on to say the campaign does not believe the birther issue is an issue. that voters are more focused on topics such as the economy and national security. but without question, it is still a sensitive issue for many in the african-american community, who view the birther movement as racist. trump has been trying to court the african-american vote, hillary clinton, putting pressure on trump to admit to his mistake. she addressed the issue at a baptist convention last night. >> we are facing a candidate with a long history of racial discrimination in his business. who traffics in toxic conspiracy theories, like the lie that president obama is not a true american. if he doesn't even respect all americans, how can he serve all americans. >> and clinton also taking aim at trump for another false claim. trum

i was born in camden, new jersey. >> reporter: trump's surrogates are out in full force saying trump accepts that president obama was born in the u.s. >> donald trump believes now that he was born in the united states. i believe it. he believes it. we all believe it. >> reporter: donald trump has not backed off those accusations publicly himself. even though he did have a chance earlier in the week to do so. he was asked by reporters and he did not disavow them. he said this is something he doesn't talk about anymore. >> thanks very much. let's get in our political experts. >> his strategy is that she is a former failed secretary of state and that the only reason we're having problems in north korea right now is because the obama administration with her at the helm of the state department did not properly deal with the problem. now, i would also point out that today, hillary spoke and he spoke. both of them talked about china and the need for china to get involved to solve this problem which was kind of interesting to me. they both seem to be, at least, sort of on the same page. >> c

i was born in camden, by the way, new jersey. he was born in hawaii. the point is, what kind of president has he been? so he was born in the united states. there is no question to me he was born in the united states. he has not been a particularly successful president. that's what this campaign is about on our side. >> i want to know whether you believe that your candidate for president believes he would succeed a legitimate president? >> donald trump believes now that he was born in the united states. >> did you hear that point? donald trump now believes he was born in the united states. why is trump's campaign and friends having to verify that the united states president is a legit united states citizen and legitimate president? for the last five years, donald trump has been questioning it. >> lowhy doesn't he show his bih certificate? i wish he would. it is a terrible pail hanging over him. barack obama should end this and provide the public with a birth certificate. if he doesn't, he is doing a tremendous disservice. >> perhaps it is going to say h

i was born in camden, new jersey. he was born in hawaii. >> reporter: trump's surrogates out in force saying that trump now accepts that president obama of born in the u.s. >> donald trump believes now that he was born in the united states. i believe it. he believes it. we all believe it. ♪ >>> on friday, hillary clinton met a group of foreign policy experts in new york. the news conference that followed appeared staged to draw a stark contrast with mr. trump. our senior political correspondent has the story. >> reporter: with national security taking center stage in the race for the white house, hillary clinton is showcasing her commander in chief credentials. meeting with a bipartisan group of prominent national security experts. >> i asked them to join me for a candid conversation about some of the most challenging issues facing our country. >> reporter: among those at the meeting, former cia director and retired general david petraeus and michael chertoff, president bush's homeland security secretary. after a me

i was born in camden, by the way, new jersey. he was born in hawaii. >> reporter: trump surrogates are out in full force saying trump now supports that barack obama was born in the u.s. >> donald trump believes now that he was born in the united states. i believe it, he believes it, we all believe it. >> all right. bring in our cnn political commentator and donald trump supporter and a. scott of the democratic committee and hillary clinton supporter. good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> and a response to the syrian deal in a minute, but the skepticism we've seen from donald trump in the past when there were previous cease-fires announced because all countries weren't involved, the rebels weren't involved. is this different this time around, do you believe? >> i think overall, i think every person regardless who you're voting for hopes that it's different, hopes for peace. i think that's our goal as american, but unfortunately this administration with hillary clinton and the secretary of state and president does not

i was born in camden, new jersey. he was born in hawaii. point is, what kind of president has he been. so he is born in the united states. no question, he was born in the united states. he has not been a particularly successful president. that's what this campaign is about, on our side. if you look your own cnn polling, chris, show me where birtherism is a top, burning issue. i see ethics certainly. >> the highest negative numbers that he has are on trust and honesty, just like clinton. that's why it goes to that. that's why it also brings up the iraq war. he doesn't want to own that he wasn't against it before it started. why not? why not just own it, and as you like to say, he was a private citizen. say, yeah, i was for it and then i was against it, but i was a private citizen. it's different. why not say that? >> because he knows how he felt and he was against the iraq war. he thinks it was a disaster. he is willing to say as a private citizen, you're playing the clip, your network keeps playing this clip on the howard stern interview, d