i met ivan castro twice. came over and hugged him and said, dude, why are you w r wearing a pink shirt. ivan is blind ant wasn't wearing a pink shirt and they had a chuckle. he can do anything. >> you're not surprised to see him out there. >> i am not. he's awesome. io poverty some guy. and better the lives of young girls and women. ahead, grammy winner john legend getting up early to join us from los angeles on how the group ♪ can you say new york city >>> that's jay z performing at the global citizens festival right here in central park. since 2012 global citizen has you night politicians and celebrities and everyday people. its goal is to end extreme poverty around the world by 2030. so i'll be heading this year's festival serve as one of the hosts. singer john legend will join us in a moment. but first a closer look at this growing movement. >> reporter: over the past six years it's fwk a bucket list items of sorts for some of the most recognizable names in music. like beyonce, pearl jam, green day, and st

we came all this way to meet one man, major ivan castro, who i think it's safe to say is unlike any other run down this street before. a thousand-pound enemy charging the front line. writer ernest hemingway once compared pam ploenas running with the bulls to a battlefield, which means for the first time since 2006 major ivan castro, former u.s. special forces, went back to a war zone. >> it's like -- it is like a mission. and it is a battlefield for me. i don't know when this thing is coming. i've got to rely on the eyes of others. >> reporter: relying on the eyes of others because ivan is about to run with the bulls blind. do people ever say you're blind, you're crazy for doing this? >> yeah. i hear it all the time. >> reporter: and what do you say to them? >> you've got to live life on the edge. you know, but -- and live to the fullest. and life is too short. >> reporter: ivan was deployed in iraq in 2006 when his team came under a mortar attack. two of his brothers in arms were killed. the blast caused ivan to lose complete vision in both eyes. >> not being able to deploy, not being ab