it brought powerful people to the tachblt she partnered, and the two of them created amfar. go back in the closet. >> in 1987, in washington, d.c., amfar had an event and ronald reagan agreed to speak. elizabeth taylor said, whatever you feel about this do this for me. >> i was the master of ceremonies, and i was standing there, next to the president, when he was giving his speech. >> america faces a disease fatal in spreading this calls for understanding, not ignorance. >> i spent a lot of time with the speech writer, the first half, he was saying the things i thought the president should be saying. it is time we knew exactly what we were facing. that is why i support routine testing. >> unfortunately, the back half was about testing, what came out was the controversy. >> i asked to add the aids virus, as a test for those entering the united states can be denied entry. this is in addition to the testing already underway in our military and foreign service. now, let me turn to what the states can do. >> at that time, a number of people got up, turn their backs, which probabl