global citizen ceo hugh evans is a really smart guy.aid let me bring in partners with money and that includes patrice. welcome. >> thank you so much, liz. liz: was brilliant about global citizen is you can't use hard currency to buy - how do you get in? >> the way it works is that global citizens sign up. they download the app and take action. they might share a tweet or volunteer time or make a phone call but there actions on points when they use those points to redeem free concert tickets at the global citizen possible we wanted to make sure that action was the currency. that's what makes global citizen unique and calls on world leaders to come onstage and make multibillion-dollar pledges towards the end of extreme poverty and achievement of the one goals. liz: everyone shows up to central park - how many are you affecting? >> 60,000 expected in the part. liz: they all did something good? >> you could bring a friend. if you did good then you can bring a friend who hopefully also did some good. liz: let's talk about your friend here. s

. >> hugh evans thank you for coming down. >> thank you for all your hard work. >> thank you, absolutely, happy to be here. >> we have more folks on stage at this moment. there's been a variety of big commitments announced tonight. the one from ireland i announced earlier, really remarkable. i just -- when he's talking .7% of gdp. that's not .7% of the government's budget, that's every cent that flows through the irish economy. when you think about it in those terms, you think about how the amount of money to eradicate global poverty is clearly there. think about, what if every rich country in the oecd got to that level or to 1%. if one out of every $100, cycles through the american economy and the eu's economy. went to alleviating the most extreme poverty in the world. >> you're seeing the european union step up and pledge to spend a huge amount of money, specifically on education for refugee children. you're seeing the governor of canada doing the same thing. these countries and ngo's and even some corporations. sesame workshop is one of these entities that's saying, we're going to do

. >>> please welcome ceo and co-founder of global citizen hugh evans. >> hello, everyone.ment. please give a very warm new york city welcome to dr. precious and patrice museppi. and the presenting partners of hosts of global citizen festival, mandela 100, ladies and gentlemen. >> thank you. good evening my fellow global citizens. we're happy to be here with you in central park tonight. >> the world will come to south africa to celebrate the father of our beloved nation, nelson mandela. >> nelson mandela changed the world through vision, persistence and dignity. >> 100 campaign launched in july of this year south africans have already taken over two million actions, calling on african leaders and those around the world to commit to support maternal health, education and maternal quality campaigns. >> we are proud to partner and host with global citizen an organization that has made a long term commitment to empowering the next generation of young africans, young africans. young leaders throughout the developing world, developing in education, program and skills training. >>

. >> what better to start our coverage than to be joined by hugh evans, who is here with me, joy and gh, it's great to have you. yet another year on which we is another picture perfect gorgeous 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 out of extreme poverty but there is a new report out this week that suggests while progress is continuing, it is actually slowing down. we have now only two years, until 2020, to get that back or we will not meet the goal of getting rid of poverty by 2030. rihanna was headlining 2016. we worked on a huge cam

and after spending an hour next to this man, we decided about seven years ago that hugh evans is oneeployed the world's most powerful change makers. music artists. the same ones we play on our radio stations. so we've pledged our 850 stations across america to help amplify global citizen's message. but you don't have to own a broadcasting company or be global citizens to bring about change. if you are listening tonight on iheart radio or watching on msnbc, you can make a change. remember, you have a voice. and you have a vote to bring about change. so we're asking you you you at iheart to become a global citizen, use that power and become a global citizen today. thank you. >> what's up, new york! i'm lala anthony. all right. so we've been waiting for this next artist like -- i've been waiting for this next artist. since exploding on to the rap scene, this next grammy nominated multiplatinum performer has one countless records and making history as the first female rapper with three number ones on the billboard hot 100. this past year she released her highly anticipated platinum selli

we brought hugh and hugh inside, hugh jackman and humanitarian hugh evans. >> they are teaming up oncencert for a great cause aiming to end extreme poverty by 2030. hughes have outdone yourself this year. >> hughes times two. >> right. >> every year this is an amazing event. but this year it seems like you've upped it another notch, haven't you? >> janet jackson. >> the weekend. >> cardi b. >> shawn mendes. >> onledge -- john legend. >> hugh jackman. >> are you going to sing and dance? >> i can't divulge. >> there's a special couple surprises on the way. >> it's an incredible festival. you can't buy a ticket. this is for a good cause. explain. >> the way it works is citizens have to take action. all of their actions earn them points and they use them to come to the global citizen festival for free. if you go to columbus circle we have the last rally. we're giving away 1,000 tickets this saturday. every year for the last seven years hugh jackman and his amazing wife have been incredible hosts of the global citizen festival but hugh is a person who really leads from the front. and he set

became evans hughes secretary of state. , and basically gave hoover a choice.ver picked the commerce daystment, which in those was perhaps the least important department in the cabinet. hoover being hoover, soon there ase cartoons portraying him secretary of commerce and undersecretary of everything else. he did ruffle a lot of feathers. he created something out of what was there. ,he federal radio commission radio is regulated because hoover started it. the forerunner of the fcc. from the outset, he was certain he did not want a bbc type arrangement. he wanted government to regulate the industry but he did not want government to run the industry. enormous repercussions ever since. the first airfield in washington was hoover, hoover field, over where the pentagon is now. regulations that could be adapted all of the country. construction of new housing with standardized products. sounds kind of dull, but the fact is that hoover was an engineer and thought like an engineer. he ate like an engineer. in the white house, it was famous, no state dinner could last mor

and the republicans then put forward charles evans hughes, an upstate new york boy. he will become chief justice at some point of the supreme court. not yet. he's a sitting justice. he's been governor of the state of new york, mildly progressive. t.r. is, does not like him. a classic case of fire and is ice. and t.r. is fire, you know, fahrenheit 1912. and and hughes is the bearded iceberg. aside from that, t.r. has a anointed a successor once before, william howard taft. that did not work out. he doesn't want to do it again. they've had -- hughes and t.r. have wrangled over patronage when hughes was governor, and des moines r. is not -- t.r. is not sure where hughes stands on the war, against preparedness. but will, what will the republicans do? the republicans nominate hughes. they say that nobody likes hughes, but everyone is for him. and because he is the sort of available man even though he is on the supreme court, they nominate him, and the whole progressive party folds into a big, big wreck. and hughes, this is interesting, hughes was basically offered, how sh

evans. ig actor hugh jackman they are teaming up for the global citizens festival, a star-stu convert aimingamazing event. but this year it seems like you have upped it anothernotch, haven't you? >> janet jackson. the wkend. cardi b. sean mendez. hugh jackma. >> are you going to sing and dance? >> i don't it's a special coupl surprises the way. >> such an incredibl festival. you can't buy a ticket? this is for a good cau. expln how it works. citizens have to take action. gom to he the global festival for free. this weekend if you go to columbia circle we haveur last rally. we a giving away a thousand s this saturday. and every year for the last seven years hugh jackman and his wife have been incredible festi. but hugh is onef thoseeople who really, really leads from the fro and heet up his own fair trade coffee initiative call laughingth man. first initiative in the world that is both fair trade, fully recyclable, and every part gihis back. i he is making such an of ct. and it's a great cup that's my neighborhood. reall? >> it's awesome. thank you for. honestly, the reason i am a host is i'm

for one of the bbc‘s highest paid presenters, chris evans, who has announced he's leaving radio 2 after 13 years. sport now on afternoon live with hugh an incredible legacy, but i guess his style, to build a slow lead, is petering out in international cricket, we see players playing short form who like to hit big scores quickly, that may well change in the future. in a statement, cook said his decision to retire from international cricket had come after "much thought and deliberation over the last few months". he added: "although it is a sad day, i can do so with a big smile on my face knowing i have given everything. he has captained england a record number of times, record test run maker as well, a fantastic career for him. it brings to an end, his decision, a glittering international career. he made his test debut in 2006, and became test captain six years later, taking overfrom andrew strauss. he led england for a record 59 tests, winning ashes series in 2013 and 2015, and became england's record run—maker in tests, when he surpassed the mark of 8,900, set by graham gooch, in may of 2015, before becoming the youngest cricketer to

breakfast show presenter chris evans says he's leaving after eight years — to front the rival show on virgin radio. coming up on afternoon live — all the sport with hugh