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Coverage of global citizens 2019. i'm stephanie ruhle and we are one minute away from hugh jackman, the host of this event taking the stage. tonight is about community, connection, the world coming together to get better and smarter. i'm going to send it down to the big stage here in central park where hugh jackman is about to take it away. get ready. >> >> g'day, global citizens. in a couple of minutes we are kicking off the 2019 global citizen festival. we have the nypd here, guys. thank you so much for your service. love you guys. let's not forget the special ones. this is johnny. thank you...

[ cheers and applause ] ♪ because i see your halo ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> gracias, thank you. i this is the most secure festival in the world. i'm scared i'm going to get thrown off this stage, that's why i'm wearing this. y'all are safe. i wrote this song for my kid. hope you like it.

Welcome back. we are just minutes away now from the official start of the global citizen festival. everyone looks pretty excited here. tonight's headliner, legendary queen with adam lambert. i had the chance to sit down with lambert after their sound check. we get to speak about his new album and what it's like to follow in the foot steps of freddie mercury. ♪ the new project, the new my uncle "super power," thanks for being here. what is your super power? >> i have a few. but i think most importantly it's being who i am, you know. i had to kind of fight for it a bit over the years to stand ...

>> it's going to be a great show. we're excited to be here. one of the things i love about this opportunity singing with them is obviously there's only one freddy mercury. there's no replacing him. it's just impossible. what we try to approach it is as a celebration. i'm paying respect to one of my heroes and reminding the audience that these songs are one of a kind. they're timeless and they're iconic. and that's our mission when we go on stage. >> our thanks to adam. we are here live. i want to bring in bill nigh, the ceo of the patent tear society. we see climate change. we feel it around t...

Again, i'm super excited to see what these future world leaders create with the access to these tools. again, thank you, guys, so much. >> we've been listening to pharrell, but don't go anywhere. one republic is about to take the stage next. we'll be back in just 40 seconds.