stunning numbers while african-americans represent 12% of all americans they account for 45% of new hiv infections. 46% of people living with hiv and almost half of new aids diagnosis. joining me, elton john, and monique. phil, you say hiv is a fire raging in the african-american community? absolutely. the aids epidemic in black community continues to be out of control. our house is on fire. we need to figure out how to put that fire out. do people talk about it as much as they should in the african-american community? people are beginning to talk more about it. not as much as we should. black community is slow to respond to the aid epidemic. even now, people are quick to want to make it someone else s problem, happening some where else. happening in africa, happening in asia. we have an aids epidemic in south central los angeles, washington, d.c., new york,