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Initiatives that engage in initiatives that build toilets, and infrastructure to support the worlds poor, and the issues are complex, and the commitments that we try to get on stage, we try to achieve the maximum support to address a all of the systemic changes that include behavior change. i india is a great example. we have been working with the prime minister modi and last year he made a open declaration to end open defecation in india which is a huge commitment to take behavior change and st...

Soledad obrien in the action hub. action, action, activate action hub. can we do that? lets do that. >> and its activated. hi, guys, hi, everybody, im soledad obrien and im here with my co-host thomas roberts, welcome to the global citizen action hub and throughout the day and night well be crossing backstage at the festival to see the actions taken in support of those global goals and the end of extreme poverty. well be calling on you guys to e-mail us and sign petitions and tweet various gover...

>> and weve talked a couple teams over the last few days and that goal of ending extreme poverty by the end of 2030 which is only 15 years away, people say on earth are you going to do that. so how on earth are you going to do that? >> well make sure that the world leaders that come up on stage today and make commitments to impact the lives of tens of millions of people actually follow through on their commitments. every year this will be an accountability moment. you might remember last year th...

I appreciate u.s. including the rnb into the imf special drawing rights when certain standard of the imf are met. and i also appreciate the commitments to implement the reform plan adopted at the g20 up it. we have fully affirmed the new progress made in the confidence building mechanisms. we have agreed to step up exchanges in policy dialogues at all levels. hold more joint exercises and training. we believe that terrorism is the common enemy of mankind and we agreed to step up multi lateral an...

Actions are all too apparent. our efforts must aim at restoring hope, righting wrongs, maintaining commitments, and thus promoting the well-being of individuals and of peoples. we must move forward together, as one, in a renewed spirit of fraternity and solidarity, cooperating generously for the common good. [ applause ] the challenges facing us today call for a renewal of that spirit of cooperation, which has

Our efforts must aim at restoring hope, righting wrongs, maintaining commitments, and thus promoting the well-being of individuals and of peoples. we must move forward together, as one, in a renewed spirit of fraternity and solidarity, cooperating generously for the common good. the challenges facing us today call for a renewal of that spirit of cooperation, which has

Criticizing islam as a set of ideas. whats very unhelpful here is in all the other cases where people like dean and other muslim apologyists find bigotry and racism or pretend to find it where it doesnt exist. >> dean, before you respond, i want to ask sam this. sam, do you think that islam is inconsistent with the u.s. constitution? as someone who studies this? >> it depends on what you mean by islam. islam is a vast set of commitments and ideas and, you know, theyre 1.6 billion muslims on eart...

But it seemed the first entire half was bickering. how do you think she handled herself? >> i think she handled herself very well. at least her candor and directness. she came off as a leader. but i do think, and i agree with tammy on this point. there is a clear message in her ascendancy. she made it to the primetime debate. now made it to the top of the poll. that is a meteoric rise. it reflects the fluidity. we should all be taking a deep breath and say when the voting starts we will see sett...

>> north korea should refrain from irresponsible provocations that increase tensions and should instead focus on its obligations and commitments. the position of the united states, including significant players in the region, that that we will not accept north korea as a nuclear state. >> live now, kathy novak standing by at this point. >> they put together a plunt statement their nuclear program has steadily improved over the last if uh years. is there any way to quantity fie that? >> well, the...

Campaigns. theres a public meeting for accountability as early as november 1st coming forward with a number of some eight community organizing and activist groups that are saying these are things they are committing campaigns around. the watch word is accountability. we have produced a report and validated these issues for our region. we have applied a racial eck quit lens in a way folks have never done before. we ten to advocate elected officials, civic leaders and business leaders who desire t...