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

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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. thomas frieden. [applause] >> thanks very much, stephen. thanks to everyone at csis for really excellent, cutting-edge work that you've done in global health on a wide variety of issues. and also i want to thank all of the nongovernmental organizations and faith-based organizations and individual advocates who have helped us get to where we are today in hiv. we're 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 here and delighted to share with you some reflections and some data on the hiv epidemic and where it sits in global health, where it fits in policy and where it fits, also, in the u.s. health care system. it's possible, i think, to forget just how bad the hiv epidemic has been. hiv has already killed in this country as many people as died in if all wars since the civil war. hiv continues to be, but was a much worse blight on countries that were already struggling with basic health issues. and yet we have remarkable hope and progress to cel

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