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i'll fight for your country ♪ ♪ if you fight for mine we'll see the victory ♪ ♪ together get the victory together ♪ ♪ man to man and heart to heart man to man face to face ♪ ♪ face to face but worlds apart you and i ♪ ♪ we're champions we're champions ♪ ♪ we're champions >> listen, y'all! ♪ yeah oh >> hands up! come on! ♪ oh-oh, oh-oh >> listen. ♪ in the end it's all love ♪ campeones en panamá champions in américa ♪ ♪ campeones champions campeones ♪ ♪ champions campeones en panamá champions in américa ♪ ♪ campeones champions campeones champions ♪ ♪ campeones en panamá champions in américa ♪ ♪ campeones

champions campeones ♪ ♪ champions ♪ campeones en panamá champions in américa ♪ ♪ campeones champions campeones ♪ ♪ champions de la condición más dura ♪ ♪ de allí es donde nace un campeón together ♪ ♪ ah >> clap your hands. come on! campeones en panamá ♪ ♪ champions in américa begin fade campeones ♪ ♪ champions campeones champions ♪ ♪ campeones en panamá champions in américa ♪ ♪ campeones champions campeones ♪ ♪ champions champions in america ♪ campeones en panamá ♪ champions, champions ♪ campeones en panamá ♪ chaps in america ♪

♪ campeones champions campeones ♪ ♪ champions champions in america ♪ campeones en panamá ♪ ♪ campeones champions campeones ♪ champions ♪ >> all my global citizen make some noise one time! >> if you see something's going on in the world and you don't say something about it it is consent. you cannot turn your head away from the realities. you cannot turn your hearts away from the reality. speak up. thank you, guys, so much for your time. thank you so much for your petitions. thank you so much for putting someone else's life and someone else's reality as a priority at the top of your list. i thank you you, you guys. thank you new york. thank you everybody that's watching. peace.

[ cheers and applause ] >> bonjour, global citizen around the world. i'm here in canada with prime minister trudeau and he's been seeing all of the tweets, e-mails and calls you guys have been making to him and other world leaders. >> hello global citizen. because of you governments and businesses around the world pledged almost $13 billion to the global fund. this money is key to the fight guess aids, tur berk close and malar malaria. canada is proud to have pledged over $8 million over the next few years but that's only the start. to achieve the u.n. sustainable development goals we must do more. more action, more leadership, more smart invests, more innovative thinking and more commitment. let's not forget poverty is sexist. we know these epidemics disproportionately affect women

and girls and it's up to all of us to address the gender inequality that fuels them. lately my office is flooded with phone calms and tweets from all of you. thanks, rihanna. i've heard your voices from supporting eradication of polio to ensuring everything girl everywhere has the place to go to school. canada fought polio now 99.9% eliminated and we will be a strong partner through to the end. so thank you for keeping these issues on our global agenda. keep calling, keep tweeting, keep lighting up our switchboards. we're listening, and we're taking action. you've shown to the world that change starts with you, and together we will end it for good. >> good afternoon, everybody. i was raised in zimbabwe.

in the '80s and the '90s. i witnessed firsthand the ways hiv and aids hits communities, families, and the very fabric of life. southern and eastern africa have definitely in this particular area come a very long way. and johnson & johnson is one of the crucial global partners in that fight. they're support of the village in kenya where they provide action to anti-viral medicines, help build a clean water supply and support educational grants for health care careers means that children affected by hiv-aids are now able to craft their own future. a battle -- a battle that this village inspires us to remember --

we can win! now, let's hear more about this dynamic and utterly crucial village. ♪ ♪ my mama told me i should always be strong ♪ be ready to survive, face any challenges that i face ♪ one for today and then tomorrow ♪ so i have to do it on my own every day ♪ i'll spread my wings and learn how to fly ♪ i'll do what it takes until i touch the skies, take a change, make a way ♪ i'll spread my wings on high ♪

and joining us now the ceo of johnson & johnson alex gorski and grace wairimu who grew up and singing the music, singing along as we watched the video. beautiful voice. >> yes. >> talk to you in a minute, grace. alex, i want to ask you about your efforts in this village? >> let me say how proud i am to be on on part of the 150,000 employees. on a beautiful day, such great entertainment because such an important cause is awesome. like was just said, this embodies why everybody is here. a sustainable after the by those affecteded by hiv-aids in a sustainable way helping them get health care and education and take from being a lost individual to part of a community and family and really embodies what this is all about. >> grace tells me about the community you're from.

you have obviously a beautiful voice. one thing we know about that place, a cradle of greatness. >> thank you so much. >> how does it feel to be here tonight? >> i foleel so great. this is a big opportunity for me to meet all the artists and everyone, and it's a great dream for me. it's been a great dream for so long, since i was young. >> alex, let me ask you how do we scale this? we know what can work and what's happening. what can we do from here? >> willie, to fix some of these big problems whether the environment, whether the refugee crisis. i just had a chance to be with the president this week of the united nations. we got to work together. it's going to take company, governments, ngos, everybody to step up in a big way and take them on and i'm sure when we do it, as evidenced by here at global citizen, there's nothing that we can't take on and beat. >> thank you for what you and j & j are doing here today. grace, can i get you to do one more thing? >> yeah. >> throw to the stage for the next act? >> okay.

>> you got it? >> i would be honored, all the way from my home country to welcome the kenyan boys choir! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ [ singing in foreign language ]

♪ the world can be a nasty place you know it ♪ ♪ i know it yeah ♪ ♪ we don't have to fall from grace put down the weapons you fight with ♪ ♪ and kill 'em with kindness kill 'em with kindness ♪ ♪ kill 'em kill 'em kill 'em with kindness ♪ ♪ and kill 'em with kindness kill 'em with kindness ♪ ♪ go ahead go ahead go ahead now ♪ ♪ we're running out of time chasing the lies ♪ >> n new york city, masome nois! ♪ ♪ we're running out of time chasing the lies ♪ ♪ every day a small piece of you dies

always somebody ♪ ♪ you're willing to fight to be right ♪ ♪ your lies are bullets your mouth's a gun and no war in anger ♪ ♪ was ever won put out the fire before igniting ♪ ♪ next time you're fighting kill 'em with kindness ♪ ♪ kill 'em with kindness kill 'em with kindness kill 'em with kindness ♪ ♪ kill 'em kill 'em kill 'em ♪ ♪ kill 'em both ♪ ♪ kill 'em with kindness kill 'em with kindness kill 'em with kindness ♪ ♪ go ahead go ahead go ahead now ♪ ♪ go ahead, go ahead now your lies are bullets ♪ ♪ your mouth's a gun and no war in anger was ever won ♪ [ singing in foreign language ] ♪ go ahead, go ahead now ♪ go ahead, go ahead now ♪

♪ go ahead, go ahead now go ahead now ♪ ♪ your lies are bullets your lies are bullets ♪ ♪ your mouth's a gun and no war in anger was ever won ♪ ♪ put out the fire before igniting before igniting ♪ >> make in noise! ♪ kill them with kindness kill them with kindness ♪ go ahead, go ahead, go ahead now ♪ ♪ and kill them with kindness kill them with kindness ♪ go ahead go ahead ♪ ♪ go ahead now

♪ ♪ go ahead now go ahead, go ahead now ♪ ♪ go ahead now go ahead, go ahead now ♪ ♪ go ahead, go ahead now go ahead, go ahead now ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> whew!

when we stand as one, we are free. when we ignite the light within, we have the power to create the solutions that we need in the world. we have the instinct to work together instead of to waste our energy dividing. and we all have this light. we all have this power. i stand believing in that light. msnbc's coverage of the global citizen festival is brought to you by -- at lex and ani. ♪

♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ we all breathe and live and laugh and love together. on this earth. when we stand as one our freedoms stand.

we are free. when we move away from fear, we are free. when we ignite the light within, when we carry that light, we have the power to create the solutions that we need in the world. >> i carry the light for my younger siblings to show them the way. >> i carry light for my profession. i'm a teacher. the light for the students all the time. >> i carry light for the people who have big dreams. >> i carry light for every child out there that, that never had a family. >> it's going to sound so corny i know, but i do, i carry light for the world. i just want -- i just want peace f. we gist started to love then we would be able to carry the same torch that the thatstatue liberty is carrying. >> we have the intelligence to access something beyond ourselves. we have the insting to work together instead of to waste our energy dividing, and we all have this light. we all have this power.

we all have this divine spark within us a that is bigger and brighter and more powerful than any fear that we can create here. ♪ hey, everybody. i'm here with senator chuck schumer of new york and conservative member of the parliament from canada. senator schumer, thank you both for joining us. >> great to be here. >> start with the conversation. people really wonder, can we press congress to act when it comes to attacking poverty and solving this issue? >> absolutely. the e-mails and the tweets and the letters make a huge difference. i've gotten thousands of them. when you hear from so many people from different corners of your state, you say, i better find out what the global food security act is and i have and it's so, so needed, and importunes me to act and get something done. that can happen with democrats,

republicans and everyone. the actions of everybody out there make as huge difference. that's why i aport food aid reform as well as international domestic child nutrition. we have an opportunity and really a responsibility. no child should go to bed hungry. we can find hunger and poverty in our own neighborhoods and around the globe. and global citizen provides that bridge so that everyone out there can do some good and prevent kids from going to bed hungry so they can live good lives. >> beautifully said. and also wondering is there bipartisan support? seems no a no-brainer we want want to get on the same page to feed children? >> without a doubt. extreme poverty knows no boundaries, political, geographic or otherwise. we may not agree on one thing but we agree wholeheartedly on this. like ma nernl newborn and child health and poolio eradication. on food, canada led the world

locally. saved taxpayer dollars and more kids are eating going to bed with full stomachs at night. critically important. issues championed in canada by conservative and liberal governments alike and we must be absolutely relentless and united in our commitment to them. >> absolutely. i notice you have your global citizen. prime minister trudeau had his. got to get senator schumer one. >> show me off. we won't do much good. >> we are here for a serious and pick up your phone to g7 leaders, lift 500 million people out of hunger and malnutrition. these issues no ed to be at the top of their agenda next year. you've heard from two influential leaders who say your letters, tweets, e-mails, your action make as difference. >> a huge difference. so get to work.

we need your help. >> there you have it. >> absolutely. so today we are experiencing the power of music. how music speaks to us, inspires us as human beings and as global citizens. our next artist, truly a pinch yourself moment for me, a singer/songwriter who's remarkable 50-year career reflects an extraordinary journey. made him a global citizen known everywhere by two names. he was the second ever unicef ambassador and international man of peace award recipient who's taking action helping syrian refugees. ladies and gentlemen, this week he played his first full concerts in new york in 40 yearyear s yusuf cat stevens!

[ cheers and applause ] ♪ na, na, na, na, na-na na, na, na, na, na-na-na ♪ ♪ now that i've lost everything to you ♪ ♪ you say you wanna start something new ♪ ♪ and it's breakin' my heart you're leavin' ♪ ♪ baby, i'm grievin' but if you wanna leave take good care ♪ hope you have a lot of nice things to wear but then a lot of nice things turn bad out there ♪ ♪ oh, baby, baby it's a wild world ♪ ♪ it's hard to get by just upon a smile ♪ ♪ oh, baby, baby

it's a wild world ♪ ♪ i'll always remember you like a child ♪ ♪ you know i've seen a lot of what the world can do ♪ ♪ and it's breakin' my heart in two ♪ ♪ because i never wanna see you a sad child ♪ ♪ don't be a bad child but if you wanna leave take good care ♪ ♪ i hope you have a lot of nice things to wear ♪ ♪ but then a lot of nice things turn bad out there ♪ ♪ oh, baby, baby it's a wild world ♪ ♪ it's hard to get by just upon a smile ♪ ♪ oh, baby, baby it's a wild world ♪ ♪ and i'll always remember you like a child, girl ♪

♪ ♪ baby i love you, but if you want to leave take good care, i hope you make a lot of good friends and but remember there's a lot of bad out there and beware ♪ oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world ♪ ♪ it's hard to get by just upon a smile ♪ ♪ oh, baby, baby it's a wild world ♪ ♪ i'll always remember you like a child ♪ ♪ oh, baby, baby it's a wild world ♪

hard to get by just upon a smile ♪ ♪ oh, baby, baby it's a wild world ♪ ♪ and i'll always remember you like a child ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> so this song we're i'm going to have a friend up here that's going to join us. join the family. [ cheers ] ♪ it's not time to make a change just relax take it easy ♪ ♪ you're still young that's your fault ♪ ♪ there's so much you have to

know find a girl ♪ ♪ settle down if you want you can marry ♪ ♪ look at me i am old but i'm happy ♪ ♪ i was once like you are now and i know that it's not easy ♪ ♪ to be calm when you've found something going on ♪ ♪ but take your time think a lot ♪ ♪ why, think of everything you've got ♪ ♪ for you will still be here tomorrow but your dreams may not ♪ ♪ how can i try to explain 'cause when i do he turns away again ♪ that's always been the same, same old story ♪

♪ from the moment i could talk i was ordered to listen ♪ ♪ now there's a way and i know that i have to go away ♪ ♪ i know i have to go ♪ ♪ ♪ oh, it's not time to make a change ♪

♪ just sit down take it slowly you're still young ♪ ♪ that's your fault there's so much you have to go through ♪ ♪ find a girl settle down if you want ♪ ♪ you can marry look at me i am old but i'm happy ♪ ♪ all the times that i cried keeping all the things i knew inside ♪ ♪ it's hard but it's harder to ignore it ♪ ♪ if they were right i'd agree, but it's them ♪ ♪ they know not me now there's a way and i know ♪ ♪ that i have to go away i know i have to go ♪ [ cheers and applause ]

>> thank you. well, like that song says, there's too much distance between people's hearts and souls these days. when you have a difficult kid in the house, what do you do? do you lock him up? or do you try to understand his problems and help him through? the trouble that we see spreading around the world today in different countries and towns and different countries is basically not the fault of people's religion or their color. but it's because many of them, their identity has been stigmatized and trodden on. so they have become radicalized. hopefully these kinds of movements, global citizen will help, you know, to -- to make us a bit more sensitive to others, and to remember what it's like

to be human and to share, because this globe is big enough, you no knknow, for ever to have a share of it to go around. so here's a song, wasn't mine, but i love it.

- in 2013, i was working three jobs bartending, sharing a ten by ten room, struggling. i rent this place and then i started home sharing. my roommates help out all the time. they are glad to meet the guests and that opportunity that

airbnb has given me is such a priceless gift. i was able to take three months off to take car of my family during a family tragedy. the extra income that i get from airbnb has been a huge impact in my life. ♪ strange sounding now on the peace train ♪ ooh, ah, ooh-wa, the peace train ♪ ooh-a, e-wa, ooh-wa ♪ ♪ called the peace train. i've been trying lately thinking about the world as it is ♪ why must we go on hating why can't we live in bliss ♪ out on the edge of darkness

there rides a peace train ♪ a peace train take this country come take me home again ♪ peace train sounding loud ♪ take a ride on the peace train ♪ oo ooh-wa, e-wa come on the peace train ♪ peace train, rollin' everybody jump up on the peace train ♪ ooh-wa, e-wa ♪ ♪ come on come on come on peace train ♪ yes, it's the peace train ♪ hey ♪ ooh-wa, e-wa, oor-wa peace trai.

ooh-wa, e-wa ooh-wa ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> okay. thank you. god bless! peace! hey! [ cheers and applause ] hey, everybody. i am so happy to be joined by a passionate advocate for gender equality. a woman who every pxemplify wha means to be a global citizen herself. time for change salma hayek pinault. how hot was cat stevens? >> we were singing here. you couldn't hear us but we were singing here. >> badly, but singing. >> hey, why are we here and not there? we are here -- >> exactly. >> because we are committed to fight, you know, and to change laws that are sexist laws, and

the that are holding back girls and women in too many places around the world. and one of these laws is the 1971 law of marriage act in tanzania that allows girls as young as 14 to be married. >> no good. folks at home, we are asking you to tweet now and call upon the president of tanzania to amend the 1971 law of marriage act, and increase the minimum age of marriage to 18 for boys and girls. sounds very reasonable to me. >> yes. because every year 15 million girls under the age of 18 are forced to marry. these are child brides who are often made to leave their school and more likely to experience other things like domestic violence. these girls have been deprived of their childhood and their education. if we are to end extreme poverty in our lifetime, we need to give these girls the equal opportunity to learn and to grow and to love.

>> yes. already global citizen have taken more than 22,000 actions in support of activists around the world who have been championing these issues in their communities. activists like our friend aristarick joseph. there he is. co-founder of yunel for change tanzania. lobbying his government to amend the 1971 law of marriage act. keep tweeting @preside tweetintweeting tweeting @presidentmaguhfuli and commit to end child marriage. take to twitter, start tweeting, make it happen. we are america's most trusted name in news. right? yes. >> right here in the action centerants t center tarnz knnzania, you say spanish, tanzania. >> start your petition, looking for it, that's the way to do it. >> thanks, everybody. tweet now. take action.

>> it is amazing to be here, and share this moment with you all. it is critical that countries deliver on their commitments so that we, the younger and future generations, inherit a world that we want to live in. a world where no one is left behind. no matter where they are from, no matter their citizenship status, their race, their gender, their religion, their economic status or their sexual identity and orientation. so i encourage all of you here today and watching at home to go out there and make your voices heard. tell your community and national leaders that we must, we absolutely have to, accomplish the sustainable development goals. demand it of them and demand it of yourself, because the stakes are too high for failure. our voices matter, and we've seen when we organize and take ownership, we can achieve anything. >> hello, new york!

it's great to be back with millions of global citizens, 70,000 in this park and millions all over the world! right now the world is spending more than $1.6 trillion on the military, on wars! and an amount that could ensure universal access to health coverage, to education, to water, to sanitation, to clean energy many times over. right here in the united states goufrt is thinking about wasting government is thinking about wasting a trillion dollars on new nuclear weapons. what are they thinking, ladies and gentlemen? we need to think and we need to act differently. we need clean water in flint, michigan. we need flood control in louisiana.

we need early childhood programs for kids all over this country. we need to tap this country's vast wind power in north dakota and its solar energy in arizona to clean the air and protect the climate. we need -- ha what do we need? we need to get the prices of medicine way down, because they're ripping us off, these drug companies! and we need that for university health coverage in this country. we are spending hundreds of billions of dollars too much. now, here's the great thing, friends. here is the great thing. there is no shortage of technology. there is no shortage of the people who want to do this work, who are committed to peace and to decency, and i'm looking at you, 70,000 wonderful people! yes! all over the world.

we are ready for a different approach. let's say no to war. no to greed. yes to peace. yes to our children. and yes to the future. thank you, global citizens! [ cheers and applause ] >> good evening, central park! there are many ways to measure success, but here at the global citizen festival, we are all about making a difference, real impact. so let's go to our global map and see how many lives are set to be affected. thanks for the action of all of you global citizens out there. the number keeps going up, and right now we are up to 66.5 million lives. keep up the good work, citizens! let's get back to the music.

our next special guest is the leading latin music artist in the world. he comes from puerto rico. he's taking time out today from his tour to be a part of this year's global citizen festival. because all the artists sharing theirs tlendalents, he know wha it is to end extreme poverty, to be dangerous doing nothing in new york. please welcome the one and only yend'll. yend'll. yendel!

[ eve's laughter ] ♪ ♪ oh, ae, oh, eh oh eh oh eh >> are you ready new york? [ singing in spanish ]

♪ [ singing in spanish ] ♪ [ singing in spanish ]

>> new york city! >> new york city! ♪ put your hands up! let's go! ♪ [ singing in spanish ] ♪

[ singing in spanish ] ♪ [ singing in spanish ] ♪ [ singing in spanish ]

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♪ ♪ ♪ put your hands up put your hands up ♪ put your hands up, put your

hands up ♪ >> one, two, three! >> side to side. side to side. side to side. side to side. come on! >> how awesome was yandel? hello, everyone. i'm debbor-lee furness.

i'm very glad to be your host and tell you about my project hopeland. hopeland is about family, the people who are there for us so that we can thrive. they're just there for us. sure they can drive us crazy at times but they anchor us so that we feel safe, secure and loved. they are our support and our joy and our happiness. you got it. sadly there are millions of children in the world living without what we take most for granted. our philosophy at hopeland is to see and experience the whole world as family. hopeland is a community that seeks to fight for the right of all these children to have a safe, nurturing and permanent family. now, if, too, are united by

family, sign the declaration of defendence. dependence is not a dirty word. let's face it, we all depend on someone. make the pledge to support these kid. you'll see members of our team all over the park in hopeland shirts. they'll be happy to answer any questions you have all about our organization. let today, september 24th, 2016, be remembered as the day when you signed the declaration of dependence. okay? promise me. yes! and go to ourhopeland.org to learn more about our mission. now to celebrate the launch of hopeland and give these children a voice, please welcome my friend becky g to join yandel to perform "s o o -- "somos uno."

we are one. ♪ ♪ we are stronger and we hear and we can make it better

[ singing in spanish ] ♪ we are stronger when we stand together ♪ ♪ we are stronger when we are together as one ♪ we are stronger [ singing in spanish ]

♪ ♪ ♪ we are stronger when we stand together ♪