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Day in new york city. >> we're just so blessed that we've got incredible weather, incredible artists, but also most importantly, incredible leaders coming on stage to make mult multi-million dollar commitments. >> one of the best stories of what's been happening in the world over the last ten years is the steady decrease in the population of the world living on less than $2 a day in extreme poverty? >> you're exactly right. when i was born in 1983, 52% of the world's population lives in extreme poverty. it's now down to less than 10% of the population. over a billion people have been lifted ou...

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 we're going to end extreme poverty. the only way we're 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 commitments. and thanks to the movement of global citizens here today and the last six years they've alread...