doctor otis brownly is the chief medical officer for the american cancer society. thank you so much for joining us doctor. >> thank you for having me >>> you heard the president's call for action to cure cancer certainly a worthy goal right, but there are nearly 200 kinds of cancer. is it realistic? >> well i think cure should always be our goal. it is true that we cure some cancers now. i think if this moon shot is successful we're going to cure many more. it is also true that we're going to stall out some diseases go to more of a diabetes or an hiv model where people will be taking medicine on a daily basis and having good quality of life and having a very long life still with their disease. both are good things but i do think cure is a reasonable goal >>> this idea of a moon shot effort what do you think it will really do for cancer research? >> well i'm hoping it will gallon vannise-- gallon von ice the research-- galvanies cancer. we need to apply the knowledge to the population. there are a lot of people who don't get good care now. there are things that we h