dr. anthony fauci, probably never heard of him a very fine research top dr.al institute of health doing research on this disease of aids. c-span: that was 1988. what was the impact on you? >> guest: i did not know -- i did not see the debate. i was out of town coming in on a plane. the next morning when i walked in, as i walked in to the lobby people started clapping. i said, what is this all about. what do you mean? the president told you a hero during a national debate seen by a hundred million people. i was totally surprised. c-span: did you know him? >> guest: well, very well. i have a great privilege of getting to know president george hw bush and the time that he was vice president. when he was getting ready to run for president he sincerely wanted to know more about this strange disease called aids because quite frankly and disappointingly the reagan administration of which he was a part, vice president president reagan did not i believe use the bully pulpit enough about calling attention to aids. george hw bush felt that this was important. while he w

dr. anthony fauci, head of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases. watch that at 7 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> tonight on "the communicators," more from the international consumer electronics show as with the new technology products. >> it is something want to catch them you just take it off your wrist and it will be very simple to take off your wrist and it will expand and it would be as easy as gesturing. you will just toss it and it is completely autonomous. there is no remote. you don't need to be wearing something. it's smart enough to know the direction you toss it from the pressure of your tossed the if it is a gentle toss it will stay pretty close. if you throw at it will go farther away. it will compose a photo, take a photo and come back completely autonomously. >> tonight at eight eastern on c-span2. >> its booktv in prime time tonight and our focus is congressional authors. >> next, a group of millennials discussed the issues, culture, misunderstandings and stereotypes of their generation. panelists include a daughter of a former u.s. pre

they are anthony foxx she -- fauci. . dr. thomas insel. . dr. nora volkow. we will abide by the five-minute rule. before we began, i want to yield to my chairman. then we will move to the ranking members. the gentlelady from connecticut and from new york. with that, mr. chairman, you are recognized. >> mr. chairman, thank you very much. congratulations of being the new chairman on this great subcommittee and the responsibly that you have gladly taken on. welcome to all of you for being here. dr. collins, your leadership role and the groundbreaking human genome project is just one example of your many talents. i'm told that another one of your talents is playing guitar. apparently. family very well. so you have something to fall back on in case this doesn't work out. [laughter] unquestionably, you all are at the helm of research at the nih during a time that demands our country interest and investment in medical research. the recent ebola epidemic in west africa highlights the importance of nih's mission to gain knowledge to enhance life and reduce illness. m