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United states, at the end of the day, will use this famous expression, whats mine is mine and whats yours is negotiable, because any negotiation where there is give and take, in the nuclear negotiation there was give and take, we accepted certain concessions and the united states accepted certain concessions. and it is important at this stage. in addition to the fact that iran should draw economic benefits from this deal, but it is from a global perspective, because we all live in an intertwined...

Iconic place of all, central park, amazingly mayor bloomberg and mayor de blasio said we could have it for the only rock concert of the year. we said lets give away 80% of those tickets for free in exchange for peoples actions. so what that does is encourage world leaders coming to new york city for the u.n. general assembly meeting to actually come up on stage and make commitments on behalf of the worlds -- >> i can imagine a lot of these movements now are amplified by the fact that were all so...

That point on this is going to be my lifes mission. >> when you say these commitments, you do this here during the week. then you have the world leaders in town at the u.n. general assembly. give me an example of those commitments of the what do those mean? >> let me give you one example. this is one im really excited about tonight. so over the last couple months ive been working with rihanna to try to transform global education. 264 million kids are currently out of school. so a couple of month...

We share an interest in north korea over the long run not having nuclear weapons but in the near term, lets focus on getting them to stop all nuclear weapons tests, getting them to stop all missile tests, getting commitments that none of the technology they have developed will be transferred to third countries like iran. heres an area where theres a strong commonality of interest between the united states and china and where china can see that what were trying to do now is put pressure on north ...

Personal. these leaders are obviously getting in each others head. kim jong-un never issued a statement in his own name and put one against the u.s. president is really extraordinary. hes so erratic, hes to unp unpredictab unpredictable, no one knows what will set him off. he could be doing things to plex his muscle. then you have all this talk about president trump about iran not living up to the nuclear deal even though the parties to the deal say that iran is in technical compliance of its nu...

It is a beautiful day to be a global citizen to celebrate the great work thats being done to fight extreme poverty and hear from some of the biggest names in music. welcome to the 2017 global citizen festival. i am joy reed. >> im chris haze. over the next seven hours well be bringing you performances by green day,el chain smokers and more. theen theres stevey. >> yes. but todays festival is not just about the acts. its also about the actions and the fans. they are want just spectators. they are...

Billion in commitments. 1 billion lives stand to be affectsed by t affectsed by the year 2030. here to tell you more are savannah sellers and jacob soboroff. >> thats right, at every globe at zicitizens festival, thousan of you come to hear leaders make huge commitments. but you didnt pay money for your tickets. instead you sent tweets, signed petitions and called lawmakers to earn your spot in central park. >> what is going on, everybody. the action does not stop once global citizens get here t...

Companies and i want women entrepreneurs of the world to fight for their ideas and to reach their full potential. i hope all of you will join global citizen corporations to buy more from women-owned businesses like ours. >> and im lelizabeth vags quezada from we connect international and im proud to stand here and collectively pledge $400 million to buy from women-owned businesses over the next three years. but especially in developing countries. this commitment together with corporate commitmen...

Were also looking forward to some big commitments throughout the day on some of the other major issues, including hiv aids and refugees. two of the major focuses for the sit zefcitizens festival this y.

Thank you for being here. >> thank you, joy. thank you, chris. >> so explain to people that are just checking this out for the first time, how would you describe what zbloeb alcitizen is and does. >> it has this big dream that by 2030 were going to end extreme poverty. the only way were going to achieve that is through building a movement of tense of millions of citizens all around the world who call on world leaders to make not just tense of millions of dollars but multibillion dollar commitmen...