for the global citizen festival, mandela 100. we will be welcoming activists, presidents and prime ministers to the stage from around the world. everybody is here, to celebrate the life of nelson mandela. and to pledge to continue his work around the globe. you know what one of his final speeches, mandiba said that apart i d, poverty is not natural. it is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. and all of us here, we can all play a part. however big or small in this global movement. the key to global citizens movement, its heartbeat is action. it s why we re all here today to celebrate. over 4.2 actions that you all took to earn your tickets to get here. every single one of you, you
for making an impact. do not look the other way. do not hesitate. recognize the world is hungry for action. act with courage and vision. sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. you can be that great generation. let your greatness blossom. this will be a crime against humanity. against which i asked all humanity now, to rise up. make poverty history. welcome back to the global citizen festival.
made this happen, 4.2 million actions. but our work here is not done. it s not done. this whole day is going to be about this, guys. whether you re here in the stadium, or whether you re watching at home. you can be a part of this movement to dmond freedom and to defeat poverty. and can you start right now by going to global citizen.org and take five actions to help us defeat poverty today. that s globalcitizen.org. and you won t just be doing good for humanity. you can earn points and a chance to get tickets to incredible events just like this one. we want to have at least 65,000 actions today. calling on world leaders to step up. we re counting on you guys. i need to you get excited about this i want to you get excited. i want you to get excited, slyke when you were a kid and you heard the ice cream truck coming. that s how excited i want you guys to get. all right? i want to you get excited like your professor just canceled
and the crowd erupted in an emotional cheer. he was tall, elegant. he looked like he had just returned from a business trip to geneva. he addressed the crowd in a most eloquent possible way. calm and reassuring. i greet you all, in the name of peace. i wept actually. i was so moved by it all. tom brokaw from nbc. nice to see you. very happy to see you. and then he gave me a great interview about his hope for the country. but again it was a very measured tones. there was no bombpast new york city pounding on the table. we re going get even. what we want in this country is a nonracial democracy. he had a vision of what he wanted for south africa and a lesson that south africa could provide to the rest of the world, especially people living in oppressive states. we do not think in terms of color at all. i ve encountered a lot of important people during the
citizen festival scluing an exclusive interview with trevor noah, we ll be back with you next week. for now, good night from washington. this is an msnbc special presentation. south africa in december means beautiful weather. and incredible music festival to celebrate the 100th anniversary of nelson mandela s birth and to work toward a common goal of eliminating poverty just as he called on us to do. welcome to the global citizen festival in beautiful johannesburg. i m joy reid joined by my