dr. thomas frieden. so while we wait for that, we'll bring you conversation from this morning's "washington journal," the president with his two-day, four-state energy tour wrapping up today. today he was in keystone in curbing, oklahoma talking about the keystone pipeline and wrapping up at ohio university. all of it focusing on energy. we asked our viewers about it this morning on "washington journal." >> and we're back. for the remainder of today's "washington journal," want to get your take on president obama's energy strategy. yesterday he started out on a four-day tour to tout what he plans to do on gasoline prices and other aspects of his energy strategy. he was in it nevada yesterday at a solar panel company. here's what he had to say. >> but an energy strategy that focuses only on drilling and not on an energy strategy that will free ourselves from our dependence on foreign oil, that's a losing strategy. that's not a strategy i'm going to pursue. america uses 20% of the world's oil, and we've go

dr. thomas frieden and dr.usan hyman, thank you both very much. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> and you can watch our series on autism and find additional resources online at newshour.pbs.org. >> woodruff: now, the first of two stories from the once secretive and closed nation of burma, officially known as myanmar. the country long under military dictatorship is about to hold an election, the most visible sign of its political thaw. our report comes from special correspondent kira kay and producer jason maloney. >> reporter: it's the beginning of another busy day for the young burmese journalists who >> "mother suu" or simply "the lady" spent 14 of the last 22 years sentenced to house arrest by a military dictatorship that rejected her party's win in the 1990 election. but today suu kyi ski an official candidate for a seat in burma's parliament. members of her party, the national league for democracy or n.l.d., are contesting another 47 openings. >> ( translated ): we formed this party genuinely support the caus

dr. frieden, thank you so much for spending this time with us. please join me in thanking dr. frieden. [applause] >> [inaudible conversations] >> [inaudible conversations] >> [inaudible conversations] >> [inaudible conversations] >> a live picture of the supreme court this morning where in about 15 minutes from now, about 10 in each and, closer to 10 minute, justice will begin hearing oral argument in a series of cases about the nation's health care law. over the next three days the court will air six hours of oral arguments determine the constitutionality of the patient protection and affordable health care act. cases florida, the department health and human services, three lower level courts have already heard oral are on the new health care law. in may 2011 the fourth circuit in richmond, virginia, her to cases on the law. and liberty university, the kite, the court decided the individuals in the case could not challenge the law until after goes into effect. and in virginia, the court dismissed the case on the rationale the only plaintiff in the case, the commonwealth of virginia, h

dr. frieden? [applause] thank you very much, surgeon general benjamin. thanks also to the department of health and human services, and secretary kathleen sebelius have been real leaders, effectively pushing tobacco control onto the agenda and moving us forward through the fda and to many other means to reduce tobacco use in the u.s. i'm here as a director of centers for disease control and prevention, the nation prevention agency. i'm also here as a doctor, and when i think about smoking, i think of the patients i have cared for with emphysema, gasping for every breath. the patients i cared for who didn't live to see their children graduate from high school, college. patients i have cared for who had strokes or heart attacks and been unable to go back to the life they were previously leading. and the people who develop cancer, and died from it, or had to go through painful and difficult treatment. that's the real story of smoking, and that's why we are at the newseum, because this is the reality. this is the news. this is what smoking brings to people's

dr. frieden both because we're getting more bang for the buck and a lot of that is because of the countries that are receiving the help are doing more of the delivery and our cost is down to the retrovirals and the testing on the case. >> i think your programs provide a great service and help open the door for the united states in some places where we're not as popular as we should be. >> thank you, senator. >> senator kuntz. >> thank you, senator carden and i'll follow on with a line of questions as senator isakson was hitting on there. you can see we have a great partn partnership on the africa subcommittee and i'll join senator carden and lugar by express my regret of the passing of congressman donald payne who was deeply knowledgeable and a advocate for all of this work in terms of meeting basic needs in africa. and i thiadministrator shah, i' have you've brought real progress and procurement and i think in the number of areas of initiative i've been able to see in africa where it's feed the future or the global health initiative as senator isakson has referenced, you've lowered the cos

dr. thomas frieden. [applause] >> thanks very much to steve and everyone at csis for the excellent cutting edge works that you've done in global health and a variety of issues and also, i want to thank all of the non-governmental organizations. we are all committed to making further progress but i think we also can take a moment to look back and see how far we've come. i'm very honored to be year and on the hiv hiv/aids epidemic where it believes it fits in the health care system. it's possible i fink to forget just how bad. has already calloused. it continues to be but it was a much worse blight on the countries that are already struggling with basic health issues. did we have remarkable progress to celebrate as welcome. i remember a woman i met in nigeria a couple of years ago when carrying twins come and she said to me on hiv-positive but i am on treatment and i feel great and might twins are hiv negative. they will grow up without aids because of the american people. so please, go back and tell peopl

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dr. frieden. >> thank you. i asked for really excellent, cutting edge work you a done in global health, and i also want to thank all of the non- governmental organizations and the individual advocates who helped us get to where we are today in hiv. we are all committed to making further progress. we will take a minute to look back at how far we have come. i will share with you my perceptions on the hiv epidemic, where it fits the global health, where it fits in policy, and also in the health-care system. is possible to forget just how bad the hiv epidemic has been. hiv and has already killed in this country as many people as have died in all wars since the civil war. hiv continues to be -- was a much worse light on countries struggling with public health issues. i remember a woman i met in nigeria a couple years ago who was carrying twins and she said to me, i am hiv-positive, but i am on treatments, and i feel great. and my twins are hiv negative, and they are going to grow up without aids because of the ameri

dr. vance frieden burg. >> we are studying a disease that is unheard of in recorded history.in the sense that it has had a bigger impact on any other disease ever recorded. >>reporter: scientist discover the fungus about 15 years ago. it is killing amphibian worldwide. question has been how does this fungus spread? on most frog the fungus covers the skin suffocating them to death but chorus frog grow the if you think news patches allowing them to breathe around it. mixed blessing. >> well since the other frog get sick and die really quickl quickly, they don't have the opportunity to carry the disease to new areas where the frog aren't sick. but since chorus frog don't get sick they can move from one population to another and spread the fungus to new areas. >>reporter: you might wonder why this research has relevance beyond amphibian. well biology is bayology no matter what the host. >> what happens if the next epidemic is in mammal. you have the same factor taking place. the path general being spread from host to host to post and looking at transmission dynamic so those types

dr. frieden. >> thank you. i asked for really excellent, cutting edge work you a done in global health, and i also want to thank all of the non- governmental organizations and the individual advocates who helped us get to where we are today in hiv. we are all committed to making further progress. we will take a minute to look back at how far we have come. i will share with you my perceptions on the hiv epidemic, where it fits the global health, where it fits in policy, and also in the health-care system. is possible to forget just how bad the hiv epidemic has been. hiv and has already killed in this country as many people as have died in all wars since the civil war. hiv continues to be -- was a much worse light on countries struggling with public health issues. i remember a woman i met in nigeria a couple years ago who was carrying twins and she said to me, i am hiv-positive, but i am on treatments, and i feel great. and my twins are hiv negative, and they are going to grow up without aids because of the ameri

dr. frieden and a lot of that is because the countries are doing more delivery and ours is the retrovirus and tested in a lot of cases. but i appreciate what to do an have to talk to you more when i get a chance about the comparable roles because i think your program provides a great service and help open the doors for the night as the americans i'm a nice populist who should. >> thank you, senator. >> semantic games. >> thank you, senator cardin. just to follow one of the line of questioning for center isaac sin. you can see we have a great partnership on the subcommittee and faq join senator lugar and no pain by expressing my regret it deeply knowledgeable about africa and a great advocate, both for your work and usaid and the work all of us try to carry forward in b.c. human needs in africa. and i think the administration has been true visionary and innovators. you've really brought a level of energy and focus in the difficult budgetary times championing usaid for it has been difficult but his progress and procurement. i also think in areas of initiative have been able to see in africa