. >> host: okay, is that true, carl schmid tragedy in effect, yes, the caller is correct. the research is basically done here in the united states. and we are paying for that. but i agree with the caller. >> host: here's a tweet. >> guest: so, i do hope the drugs will work tomorrow but there's always research on new medications, easier to take medications that will be easier to tolerate on the body. but, you know, and then as i said, we have to do research for a cure. nih and other scientists are doing that as well. but we do have to eradicate this disease. but in the meantime the medications are the best. >> host: port arthur, texas, independent. go ahead. >> caller: i have a couple comments, and one, i am living with the virus. and the young lady, well, young, yes, she is, that said she's addicted. no, honey, you are a survivor. don't ever give up. number two, that was a man who was cured. i've been tearing the house apart looking for the magazine. he had leukemia and had a bone marrow transplant and when they put the story in the magazine, he had been three years with n

we are also joined by carl schmid. onshington journal" is live c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. several live events to tell you about. the head of the world war i centennial commission will be at the national press club to talk about legislation for an oriole in washington, d.c. eastern.t 10:00 a.m. at noon, the cato institute hosts a discussion on conflicting circuit court rulings on how the affordable mr..act is at later, unaccompanied immigrant children on the second anniversary of the administrations deferred action for childhood arrivals program that allows young immigrants to live and work legally in the u.s. for two years. that is at 2:00 p.m. eastern. now, former secretaries of state and operate an condoleezza rice and former cia director robert gates on u.s. foreign policy. at the aspen institute in colorado, they discussed vladimir putin's strategy in ukraine and u.s. action in iraq. they are interviewed by nicholas burns for 1.5 hours. [applause] >> bob, thank you very much. i want to thank bob steel and walter isaacson for their leadership at the aspen insti

we'll also be joined by carl schmid from the aids institute to discuss federal funding to combat the disease and his group's role inned ahave indicating for those living with h.i.v. aids. "washington journal" is live on 7:00a.m.ery day at eastern. much foryou very attending this meeting. many of you probably have participated in some other gatherings relating to this of the immigration crisis. lots of terms have been used to crisis, the route of development and violence et cetera. something we have been warning six years, that is, that governments in central taking migration seriously. for those of you who have our meetings on migration and development, we been warning about a need to take this trend of migration because there will be serious implications for people in the short term and examples ofof the those implications. debate is mostly as peter talks, paying attention to crisis, as if that is the main issue. look, theake a closer main issue is not simply of holding facilities and carrying of the number of apprehended children and adults, about theore beention trend that has goi

host bhang we are back with carl schmid. he is the deputy director of the aids institute.ll fighting hiv, aids in this country? there are 50,000 new infections. it is an infectious disease. people are living longer than ever before because of the drugs that are out there that keep people alive. still an infectious disease. we have too many new infections and we have to get people tested and into care and on treatment. host: where does research spam today? domestically, about 24.2 billion. a 2.3 increase over 2014 levels. because there are 35 million people living with hiv around the world and we need a cure, we need a vaccine, we need to get treatment or people here -- itroughout the world is amazing what we can do with medications. people can live longer and that is great. also, when you are on medications, your viral load is suppressed. if you are on treatment, you're to transmit the virus to others. we need to make sure people getting care -- people get in care. host: how much money has been spent over the years? why isn't it illuminated? guest: we need to find a cure.