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(crowd cheering loudly)

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(richard skinner): It's 12 noon
in london,

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7 am in philadelphia.

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And around the world,
it's time for live aid.

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- The size of this,
the enormity of this,

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Hadn't struck me.

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♪ and here we go

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- An industry that's
notoriously selfish

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Did something for someone else.

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♪ we're rockin'
all over the world ♪

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- 32 million human beings

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Dying of hunger in a world
of surplus food.

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♪ and we're goin' today

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♪ here we go

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- I stepped back and said,
"he's barking mad."

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- Wembley, will you please
welcome america to live aid day.

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- I didn't know enough
that it was impossible.

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- To be honest, it seemed
a hair-brained scheme.

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It seemed like this
could never happen.

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- We just packed a few
bangers into our set.

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- I was singin'
my face off, honey.

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♪ rockin' all over the world

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- It was unique. It saved lives.

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- It began a journey
for all of us,

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From what you might call
charity,

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To what you might call justice.

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- Hyde park welcomes
the world to live aid.

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♪ well it was twenty
years ago today ♪

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(geldof): Charity will give you,

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In the space of a week,

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$120 million.

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Politics, in the space
of one day,

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Will give you billions.

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- As I said to bob,

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I'll do the politics,
you do the public.

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- There's nothing more
compassionate than helping

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People who were condemned
to death, live.

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- You can't change the world
with a concept,

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But you can plant a seed.

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(crowd cheering)

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- For all the defaults

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Or the misplaced steps,
it worked.

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♪ sgt. Pepper's lonely
hearts club band ♪

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(crowd cheering)

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(train rumbling)

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(crowd murmuring)

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- At live aid,

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Most of us just thought,
oh yeah, you know,

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We've got the money,

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You know, give it to the people
who don't have any,

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And then the problems go away.

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And of course, they don't.

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(crowd cheering)

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That was the journey from
charity to justice, right there.

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We don't have to send
in our money.

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We've just got to stop

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Asking starving people

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To give back the money
our governments lent them

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Plus interest. That's kinda it.

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(crowd cheering)

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But the banks won't cancel
the debts

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Unless the politicians
tell the banks to do that.

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And the politicians
won't tell the banks

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Unless we tell them to do that.

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So, that's why I'm here.
Are you with me?

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(crowd cheering)

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Are you?!

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Live aid raised 200 million,

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Or something like that.

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That's what the african
continent is paying

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Every week in debt service.

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- The knee on the neck
of the poor in africa was debt.

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You're a small country.

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You're producing
relatively little.

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Everything you produce,
the money goes to pay

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The richest countries
in the world.

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- Shouldn't we be offering
these struggling economies

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Across the world
a brand new start

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By lifting that debt burden
from them?

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(tense music)

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(reporter 1): These rock stars
are part of an initiative

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That aims to have the rich
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Cancel third world debt.

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It's ambitious,

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But they have friends
in high places.

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- This is mr. Bono,

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Who is a singer,

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And who has really supported
the campaign in a big way.

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(reporter 2): The pope offered
his full support to the group,

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Which included bob geldof.

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- Bono and I

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Are really good friends

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And very close.

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He wants to give the world
a great big hug,

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And I want to punch
its lights out, you know?

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(drummond): I had the fortune
of working with bob geldof

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And bono.

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We had a lot of momentum
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And 2001, but we had
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- So, it's very easy for me
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To the early 2000s

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And what was happening

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With hiv/aids on the continent
of africa,

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Because it was about to undo
everything on debt cancellation.

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(people murmuring)

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We've witnessed it first-hand.

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♪ I have run

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♪ I have crawled

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♪ I have scaled

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You're looking around.
You think,

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Oh god, you know,

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A third of these people
are going to die.

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(reporter 3): Two million people
died in africa

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Last year from the aids virus.

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36 million people worldwide
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And 25 million,

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Or 70 percent of those infected
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- In my country,

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We are running out of place
to bury people.

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In urban centers, as a result

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Of the number of people
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From hiv/aids.

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- There had to be some
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By the world,
and we thought, well,

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Should we try to start
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And really take on
the aids thing?

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(bono): Bob geldof comes up
with data as an acronym.

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The three biggest challenges

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To the continent of africa:

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Debt, aids, and trade.

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- I just thought, great,

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We've now got this body
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♪ the heart is a bloom

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And bono, by this time,

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He was a global mega superstar.
I wasn't.

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♪ don't let it get away

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♪ beautiful day

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Frankly, you know, u2
dominated american rock'n'roll,

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So just the sales alone
give you access.

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♪ teach me love ♪

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- I became aware of bono

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And his, at the time,
it was called data organization,

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A few months into
the, the bush presidency.

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- They were asking for bono
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With condoleezza rice.

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- Good morning.

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- I said I would present it
to her.

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I myself was a bit
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- Jendayi frazer came in
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"bono, do you know
who that is?"

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And I said, "uh, yes,
I'm a huge fan of u2.

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I would love to meet bono."

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I think she was
a little surprised.

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- It was very weird for
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To meet a pop star.

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Bono came talking
about the facts.

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He came with a very
substantive policy agenda.

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- My goal always was to know
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And bono, to his great credit,

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Really took to that.

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He was like, yeah, I'm going
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- I figured out quite quickly
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A serious, serious man.

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He wanted to talk about
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Of the international community
to the aids pandemic.

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- This was 6,000 africans
dying every day

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Of a preventable,
treatable disease.

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Concerning hiv.

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But they don't have to.

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If that population
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There is a treatment,

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And we just have to get it
affordable and accessible.

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- And he wanted to talk about
the possibility

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Of us leadership in
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(bono): As unappealing as it was
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Having their singer
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It was just as much

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A bad photo op for them.

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♪ only to be with you

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- I was a little bit worried
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In to see the president.

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- Josh is briefing me.

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You know you'll stand here.
You'll say bono this, bono that.

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I said, "I got it, josh.
I got it."

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And he's leaving
the oval office

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And he turns over his shoulder
and said,

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"you do know who bono is,
don't you?"

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And I said,
"yeah, he married cher."

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(laughs)

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- And I turned around
and I looked at his face

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And I could not tell
whether he was kidding.

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And I said, "no, that's
sonny bono, who is dead."

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- And in comes
the great star bono.

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♪ still haven't found
what I'm looking for ♪

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(george w. Bush): He surprised
me by giving me a bible.

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I think there's a way
if he really wanted

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To share with me
a, a part of his being.

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- I knew he was a man of faith

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And I thought he might enjoy

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This ancient irish bible.

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- Well, he made the case
about people dying of aids.

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I had campaigned and told people

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The guiding principle
of my administration

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Was all life is precious

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And we're all god's children.

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(bono): I asked george bush,
"is there a hierarchy to sin?"

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He gave me the best answer
anyone ever gave me. He said,

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"ah, the sin of omission?"

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The sin of omission.

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- Well, the sin of omission
would be to say

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I'm not going to do it
'cause I'm too busy,

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Or 'cause you know, whatever.

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And we'll let
all those people die.

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- I'm being informed
that there's a pandemic

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Destroying an entire generation
of people

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On the continent of africa,

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And at the time
that I'm the president of the,

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Which I consider the most
generous nation in the world,

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And we're doing
nothing about it.

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It struck my heart.

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(♪ with or without you
by u2 playing)

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- A year passed
from that fateful day

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When bono met president bush

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And, and I assume bono
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Okay, what's happening
with aids relief?

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And the president had decided

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That he wanted to do it
in his state of the union.

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- I asked the congress
to commit $15 billion

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Over the next five years,

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Including nearly $10 billion
in new money

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To turn the tide against aids
in the most afflicted nations

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Of africa and the caribbean.

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(all clapping)

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(bush): We caught a lot
of people by surprise.

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And there are isolationist
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Not nearly as significant
as they are today,

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Where people say, why the hell
we going to spend money over

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In africa when we got bridge
problems here?

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Or road problems in my state?

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- Bono got george bush
to get $15 billion

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To black people who don't vote,
who have aids.

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- Pepfar, the president's
emergency plan for aids relief,

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Is the largest
health intervention

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In the history
of health interventions.

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It has saved 26 million lives.

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- The fundamental question
for americans,

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Is that our national interest?

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I decided it was, of course.

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I think a great nation

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Also should be
a compassionate nation.

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♪ with or without you

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(rice): President bush had made
his commitment,

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And now what was the rest
of the world going to say?

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(tense music)

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(blair): The uk was going
to host g8 summit in 2005.

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G8 summits, they're useful
for leaders to come together

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And talk about things, but they
don't have big consequence.

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(blair): I was very determined
that we should try and make

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This g8 summit in 2005
a meaningful summit.

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We were going to try to do
huge things,

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Particularly on africa.

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But it had to be more than just
about an act of charity.

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I thought there was a chance

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Because we had formed

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This commission that bob
asked us to do.

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- The commission
for africa report

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Set out the broad agenda.

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It kind of created
the road map,

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Or, as tony blair called it,
the bible,

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For what he finally
wanted at the g8 meeting

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In gleneagles.

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(reporter 4): The plan
for africa is radical,

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Including a 100 percent
cancellation of debt,

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Doubling aid to £26 billion
a year in the first instance,

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And removing unfair trade
barriers.

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(geldof): I'd sworn
to the prime minister

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That I would do the public

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If he implemented
the commission for africa.

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Which was the cancellation
of debt to the poorest

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And a doubling of aid.

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- I thought that I could be
a good bridge between

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The complexity
of the commission for africa

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And the simplicity of what
the public might respond to.

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Okay, well,
we'll ask about that.

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Myself and bob spoke often

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And we believed that we could
come up

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With an interesting campaign,

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Which is a campaign that turned
into make poverty history.

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(geldof speaking indistinctly)

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(crowd cheering)

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(curtis): Then we had this
opportunity for nelson mandela

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To launch it.

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(mandela): Millions of people

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In the world's
poorest countries,

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They are trapped
in the prism of poverty.

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It is time to set them free.

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- Mandela's presence
was to bring a very strong

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African leadership to it,

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And my presence was to say
we are organizing globally.

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A conversation broke out
about "celebrocracy"

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Which is the domination
of public space by celebrities.

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But blunt truth is,

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We had access to people
in power,

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But nothing like what

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The celebrities
were able to deliver.

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(curtis): It seemed to me
that if the make poverty history

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Campaign could have
a second live aid,

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That it might be possible
to make it something

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Which was noisy and popular
and famous,

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And therefore, more effective.

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- I can't over dramatize

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How much of a refusenik I was.

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I was not going to do this.

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Then bono,

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Who knows me very well,

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Came and said...

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- Imagine paul mccartney.

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♪ twenty 20 years ago today

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♪ sgt. Pepper taught
the band to play ♪

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- It was 20 years ago today.

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Walking on stage.

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Paul mccartney.

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And u2.

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And I went...

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'cause he had me.

326
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- Then he got a sense
that it might be magnificent,

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And he came up with live 8,

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In other words, do a concert
in each of the g8 countries.

329
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So, I had an office
with a spare sofa

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And a very tolerant staff.

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(geldof): Hello.

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(curtis): Bob always had
his phone on speaker,

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Which meant that you could hear

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Every conversation he ever had.

335
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And he talks very loud
in order to convince people.

336
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- Did I have to call
all these people again?

337
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The embarrassment of it,
you have no idea.

338
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It's not as if,
"hey pete, it's bob."

339
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Or "madge, it's geldof again."
it's not. It's like...

340
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Mick?

341
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It's bob.

342
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<i> (jagger): Hi, bob.</i>
- I'm here to haunt you.

343
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<i> (jagger): Good.</i>
- If you're not there,

344
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There's someone missing.

345
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There's someone missing,
and the missing one is you.

346
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<i> (jagger): Well, I really</i>
<i> appreciate that.</i>

347
00:16:13,530 --> 00:16:16,670
<i> Um... Let me think about it,</i>
<i> bob.</i>

348
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(audience clapping)

349
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(reporter 5): Bob geldof walked
into a london hotel today

350
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To do what he had promised
never to do,

351
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Stage another concert
like live aid.

352
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Some of music's biggest artists
have been signed up,

353
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From coldplay to madonna
to paul mccartney.

354
00:16:33,950 --> 00:16:36,960
- July the 2nd isn't the end
of our 20-year trek,

355
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It's the beginning
of the final leg.

356
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What live aid did
joyously, enthusiastically,

357
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Was open up the avenues
of possibility.

358
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Finally, live 8 invites you
to walk down them.

359
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- Live 8 was born out of
a famine trying to raise money.

360
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And this was trying to deal
with the large politics

361
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And how the eight most
powerful men in the world

362
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At that moment could change
the structures on debt

363
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And trade and aid,
not just adding a little bit

364
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Of money to the pot.

365
00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:07,790
- When was the last g8?

366
00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:09,990
When did you ever read about it?

367
00:17:10,090 --> 00:17:11,990
When, what was the agenda?

368
00:17:11,990 --> 00:17:14,190
And did you know the leaders
had even gone?

369
00:17:14,190 --> 00:17:17,330
And when they came back,
did the press question them? No.

370
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(geldof): A million people
on the streets

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Of every capital city.

372
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That was my plan,

373
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And was called live 8,
8, 8, everywhere.

374
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- Well, the live 8 concerts
intended to call attention

375
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To poverty in africa
are beginning

376
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Around the world today.

377
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Nbc's michelle kosinski
is in philadelphia,

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The only us concert site.
Good morning, michelle.

379
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- Good morning, amy.
And it is a beautiful morning

380
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In downtown philadelphia.
We're still a couple hours

381
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Away from showtime, but you can
see people are screaming.

382
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Many of them have been
here since before dawn.

383
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This is a sequel to live aid
in philadelphia, 1985.

384
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Now he's back
in the same t-shirt.

385
00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:09,620
- We're just here to let
the world know

386
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That, that we do care.

387
00:18:11,090 --> 00:18:12,420
(crowd cheering)

388
00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:15,020
- It's great when the musicians
can get together,

389
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All together like this,

390
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And do it for the cause
of poverty.

391
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- Live 8 concerts are going
to be taking place

392
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On four continents.
Let's go to london right now,

393
00:18:23,230 --> 00:18:24,430
Live to hyde park.

394
00:18:24,570 --> 00:18:26,240
- I feel like I won
the assignment lottery

395
00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:29,170
This weekend. This is definitely
the place to be.

396
00:18:29,170 --> 00:18:31,640
- Everybody here is not only
here for the music,

397
00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:34,180
But they're here just to show
that we, as a nation,

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Are committed to ending poverty.

399
00:18:36,580 --> 00:18:38,580
(crowd cheering)

400
00:18:40,450 --> 00:18:42,320
- Just the start of live 8.

401
00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:44,920
U2, we're in our dressing room.

402
00:18:45,060 --> 00:18:47,720
We closed the door.
Have this prayer thing.

403
00:18:48,590 --> 00:18:50,860
Our manager, dennis sheehan,
god rest his soul,

404
00:18:50,860 --> 00:18:52,860
Is our, he knows nobody
can come in,

405
00:18:52,860 --> 00:18:54,660
In that moment,
it's private moments.

406
00:18:54,670 --> 00:18:55,900
(knocking)

407
00:18:56,870 --> 00:18:58,870
Don't answer the door.

408
00:18:58,870 --> 00:19:00,470
Finish the prayer.

409
00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:04,070
I ask dennis, I said,
"what was that at the door?"

410
00:19:04,070 --> 00:19:06,410
He said. "oh, that was, um...

411
00:19:06,410 --> 00:19:08,680
That was sir paul mccartney."

412
00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:11,610
I said "paul mccartney?
Oh, god!"

413
00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:14,950
Ran out. I go, "paul!"

414
00:19:15,890 --> 00:19:17,550
He said, "what were you doin'?

415
00:19:17,690 --> 00:19:18,890
What were you doin'?"

416
00:19:18,890 --> 00:19:21,220
I said, "we just have little
prayer moments, you know.

417
00:19:21,360 --> 00:19:22,430
One of those prayer moments."

418
00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:24,030
"why didn't you ask me?

419
00:19:24,030 --> 00:19:27,500
I mean, if you asked me,
I'd love to part of that."

420
00:19:27,500 --> 00:19:30,330
He said, "have it again,
with me."

421
00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:34,900
(bono): It was the most
poetic prayer.

422
00:19:36,310 --> 00:19:37,770
And then we went on stage.

423
00:19:37,770 --> 00:19:40,180
(crowd cheering deafeningly)

424
00:19:45,250 --> 00:19:48,520
(♪ sgt. Pepper's lonely hearts
club band ♪ plays)

425
00:19:54,790 --> 00:19:56,860
♪ well it was twenty
years ago today ♪

426
00:19:56,990 --> 00:19:59,560
♪ sgt. Pepper taught
the band to play ♪

427
00:19:59,700 --> 00:20:02,360
♪ they've been going
in and out of style ♪

428
00:20:02,370 --> 00:20:04,870
♪ but they're guaranteed
to raise a smile ♪

429
00:20:04,870 --> 00:20:07,500
♪ so let me introduce to you

430
00:20:07,510 --> 00:20:09,770
♪ the act you've known
for all these years ♪

431
00:20:09,910 --> 00:20:14,940
♪ sgt. Pepper's lonely
hearts club band, yeah ♪

432
00:20:16,550 --> 00:20:17,880
- And they went on stage

433
00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:20,620
And we opened the show
with a fanfare.

434
00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:23,750
And there it was,
20 years ago today.

435
00:20:23,750 --> 00:20:25,960
That was a stroke of genius.

436
00:20:28,490 --> 00:20:33,100
♪ we're sgt. Pepper's lonely
hearts club band ♪

437
00:20:33,230 --> 00:20:36,700
♪ we hope you will
enjoy the show ♪

438
00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:43,340
♪ we're sgt. Pepper's lonely
hearts club band ♪

439
00:20:43,470 --> 00:20:46,910
♪ sit back and let
the evening go ♪

440
00:20:48,710 --> 00:20:51,050
♪ sgt. Pepper's lonely

441
00:20:51,050 --> 00:20:53,520
♪ sgt. Pepper's lonely

442
00:20:53,650 --> 00:20:57,990
♪ sgt. Pepper's lonely
hearts club band ♪

443
00:20:58,120 --> 00:20:59,190
(crowd cheering)

444
00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:01,320
- They're taking a little break
here as they get ready

445
00:21:01,460 --> 00:21:02,990
For coldplay.

446
00:21:02,990 --> 00:21:04,660
Of course, the purpose
behind this all

447
00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:07,400
Is asking the g8 leaders
who are meeting in scotland

448
00:21:07,530 --> 00:21:10,130
Next week, alex,
to forgive africa's debt

449
00:21:10,270 --> 00:21:12,530
And to pledge more money
towards fighting famine there.

450
00:21:12,540 --> 00:21:14,200
(mc): So now make some noise
for another

451
00:21:14,340 --> 00:21:16,470
Of the finest bands, coldplay.

452
00:21:16,610 --> 00:21:18,540
(crowd cheering)

453
00:21:21,410 --> 00:21:24,950
♪ in my place, in my place

454
00:21:25,450 --> 00:21:28,680
♪ were lines that I
couldn't change ♪

455
00:21:28,690 --> 00:21:31,720
♪ I was lost, oh yeah

456
00:21:32,690 --> 00:21:34,260
♪ yeah

457
00:21:35,490 --> 00:21:39,960
♪ how long must you
wait for it ♪

458
00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:42,260
♪ yeah

459
00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:46,300
♪ how long must you
wait for it ♪

460
00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:50,510
♪ for it

461
00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:55,840
- As we heard, the names
of who was going to be

462
00:21:55,850 --> 00:21:58,310
Performing in the london
concert,

463
00:21:58,320 --> 00:21:59,780
People were getting
concerned that actually

464
00:21:59,920 --> 00:22:02,380
They were not seeing
african names.

465
00:22:03,050 --> 00:22:04,920
- Will it alter

466
00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:07,190
The politics of the g8

467
00:22:07,190 --> 00:22:11,590
To have genius african
musicians on? No.

468
00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:16,270
Will it force the g8
to do what we ask? No.

469
00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:18,670
- We all consistently disagreed
with bob on this,

470
00:22:18,670 --> 00:22:20,600
Myself, and bono.

471
00:22:20,740 --> 00:22:22,870
It was clear that, you know,

472
00:22:22,870 --> 00:22:24,610
There should be more
african representation

473
00:22:24,610 --> 00:22:26,010
In live 8.

474
00:22:26,010 --> 00:22:27,740
And there was a great
african musician,

475
00:22:27,740 --> 00:22:30,550
Youssou n'dour. He did perform.

476
00:22:30,550 --> 00:22:32,150
I wish his voice
had been heard more.

477
00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:33,920
(rhythmic music)

478
00:22:38,620 --> 00:22:41,990
(singing in foreign language)

479
00:23:03,250 --> 00:23:07,450
- We did our best to make it
more involving of...

480
00:23:08,650 --> 00:23:09,890
African acts.

481
00:23:12,660 --> 00:23:13,790
And failed.

482
00:23:14,460 --> 00:23:15,760
We fucked up.

483
00:23:16,390 --> 00:23:19,190
- Africa! Unite!

484
00:23:30,410 --> 00:23:34,010
- Hi, everybody. I want to say
hello to philadelphia,

485
00:23:37,150 --> 00:23:41,020
Welcome america to live 8.
Here's will smith.

486
00:23:41,150 --> 00:23:43,290
(cheering continues)

487
00:23:47,420 --> 00:23:48,860
(smith): Philly!!

488
00:23:51,290 --> 00:23:55,160
Now, the reason that millions
of you have tuned in

489
00:23:55,300 --> 00:23:58,300
Is because every three seconds,

490
00:23:58,300 --> 00:24:00,700
In one of the poorest countries
in the world,

491
00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:05,170
A child dies as a result
of extreme poverty.

492
00:24:05,310 --> 00:24:07,780
Now we can forgive debt,

493
00:24:07,910 --> 00:24:10,850
But we cannot forget
that right now,

494
00:24:10,850 --> 00:24:14,920
A child in africa dies
every three seconds.

495
00:24:15,050 --> 00:24:16,250
Please watch this.

496
00:24:16,390 --> 00:24:17,390
(fingers snap)

497
00:24:18,590 --> 00:24:19,790
(geldof): The click campaign

498
00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:22,060
Was a way of making

499
00:24:22,190 --> 00:24:24,190
The horror of the thing

500
00:24:24,190 --> 00:24:26,430
Immediately accessible.

501
00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:28,060
(fingers snap)

502
00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:29,200
Dead.

503
00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:32,800
- Let me see your hands
all over the world.

504
00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:34,870
Let these world leaders know.

505
00:24:35,810 --> 00:24:37,470
(geldof): If you were
a politician

506
00:24:37,610 --> 00:24:39,010
Sitting in gleneagles

507
00:24:39,140 --> 00:24:42,810
And the screen splits up
to the world all going click,

508
00:24:42,810 --> 00:24:45,080
You're gonna go, ah.

509
00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:46,620
And if I was a political
advisor,

510
00:24:46,750 --> 00:24:48,280
I'd say, prime minister,
mr. President,

511
00:24:48,290 --> 00:24:51,350
Can I just show you this,
you know?

512
00:24:51,490 --> 00:24:53,620
(smith): Thank you for being
a part of live 8.

513
00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:55,620
(crowd cheering)

514
00:24:55,630 --> 00:24:58,160
- I know for us,
we're the young generation

515
00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:00,160
And a lot of young people
look up to us,

516
00:25:00,300 --> 00:25:02,500
So we actually,
one of the reasons we're here

517
00:25:02,630 --> 00:25:04,370
Is to take advantage
of the celebrity.

518
00:25:04,370 --> 00:25:07,100
And we've been involved with
a lot of different charities.

519
00:25:07,100 --> 00:25:08,640
But this one is close to home

520
00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:10,240
Because we've been to africa

521
00:25:10,370 --> 00:25:12,440
And we've seen the children.

522
00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:14,040
♪ say my name

523
00:25:14,180 --> 00:25:15,780
(beyoncé): So, anything
we can do to help, we're here.

524
00:25:15,910 --> 00:25:16,880
Sing the song.

525
00:25:17,010 --> 00:25:18,650
♪ I know you say that
I am assuming things ♪

526
00:25:18,780 --> 00:25:20,280
♪ something's going down,
that's the way it seems ♪

527
00:25:20,420 --> 00:25:22,150
♪ shouldn't be no reason
why you're acting strange ♪

528
00:25:22,150 --> 00:25:23,620
♪ if nobody's holding
you back from me ♪

529
00:25:23,650 --> 00:25:25,150
♪ 'cause I know how
you usually do ♪

530
00:25:25,290 --> 00:25:27,360
♪ when you saying everything
to me times two ♪

531
00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:28,690
♪ why can't you just
tell the truth ♪

532
00:25:28,830 --> 00:25:30,790
♪ if somebody's there,
then tell me who, oh ♪

533
00:25:30,930 --> 00:25:31,990
♪ say my name

534
00:25:32,130 --> 00:25:34,200
(geldof): You see,
the difference between

535
00:25:34,330 --> 00:25:36,730
'85 and '05.

536
00:25:36,730 --> 00:25:39,730
In '85, we had tina,

537
00:25:39,740 --> 00:25:42,400
Patti labelle,
teddy pendergrass.

538
00:25:42,410 --> 00:25:44,740
But it wasn't michael jackson.
It wasn't stevie wonder.

539
00:25:44,870 --> 00:25:46,940
(beyoncé): How y'all
doing over here?

540
00:25:46,940 --> 00:25:50,610
(geldof): At live 8, we had
destiny's child, beyoncé.

541
00:25:50,610 --> 00:25:51,810
Jay-z.

542
00:25:51,810 --> 00:25:53,520
(smith): Woo!
(geldof): Will smith.

543
00:25:53,650 --> 00:25:56,380
♪ here it is the groove
slightly transformed ♪

544
00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:58,890
♪ just a bit of a break
from the norm ♪

545
00:25:59,020 --> 00:26:01,320
♪ just a little somethin'
to break the monotony ♪

546
00:26:01,460 --> 00:26:04,430
♪ of all that hardcore
that has gotten to be ♪

547
00:26:04,430 --> 00:26:06,260
♪ summer, summertime

548
00:26:06,300 --> 00:26:08,430
♪ it's the summer,
summer, summertime ♪

549
00:26:08,430 --> 00:26:11,130
♪ time to sit back and unwind

550
00:26:11,140 --> 00:26:13,970
♪ it's the summer, summer,
summertime, sing ♪

551
00:26:13,970 --> 00:26:16,200
♪ summer, summer, summertime

552
00:26:16,310 --> 00:26:18,770
♪ it's the summer,
summer, summertime ♪

553
00:26:18,910 --> 00:26:20,840
- There are gigs going
on all over the world,

554
00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:22,380
So let's see what's happening
in paris.

555
00:26:22,380 --> 00:26:24,050
This was the chateau
de versailles, I believe.

556
00:26:24,180 --> 00:26:25,510
(crowd cheering)

557
00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:28,550
(speaking french)

558
00:26:30,050 --> 00:26:32,390
- This is moscow. Tokyo.

559
00:26:32,390 --> 00:26:33,390
(cheering continues)

560
00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:34,560
This is canada.

561
00:26:35,730 --> 00:26:37,590
A huge gathering
there in berlin.

562
00:26:38,530 --> 00:26:41,000
In rome we have a band
performing called the nek.

563
00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:42,260
(indistinct shouting)

564
00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:46,870
- There was wall to wall
great acts.

565
00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:48,800
You were great. That's shan.

566
00:26:48,940 --> 00:26:50,210
- Did you get a call from bob?

567
00:26:50,340 --> 00:26:52,340
- Um, I got a letter from bob.
- A letter?

568
00:26:52,340 --> 00:26:54,680
- Yeah, cause um, bob doesn't
have my phone number.

569
00:26:54,810 --> 00:26:56,210
- I wrote to her

570
00:26:56,210 --> 00:27:00,820
And I got back
a very madge letter.

571
00:27:00,820 --> 00:27:03,280
It wasn't "dear bob".
It said, "so..."

572
00:27:03,290 --> 00:27:04,020
(laughs)

573
00:27:04,150 --> 00:27:05,220
- So I just said,

574
00:27:05,220 --> 00:27:07,220
"exactly what is it
you're doing?

575
00:27:07,220 --> 00:27:08,760
Are you fundraising?"

576
00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:10,430
"no."
"well, what are you doing?"

577
00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:11,690
"we're consciousness raising."

578
00:27:11,690 --> 00:27:13,030
"but consciousness raising
for what?"

579
00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:16,100
- What's going on? How is this
going to work? Really?

580
00:27:16,100 --> 00:27:18,230
- And then he, you know,
did elaborate on,

581
00:27:18,370 --> 00:27:19,970
About the g8.

582
00:27:19,970 --> 00:27:22,100
- It noodled around in her head.

583
00:27:22,110 --> 00:27:24,770
- And then I thought twice
about what it's all about,

584
00:27:24,910 --> 00:27:27,240
And the pressure that it's going
to put on the world leaders

585
00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:28,780
Who are meeting in three days

586
00:27:28,780 --> 00:27:30,380
To decide whether
to remove debts.

587
00:27:30,510 --> 00:27:32,180
That's the most important thing.

588
00:27:33,250 --> 00:27:35,050
(geldof): Madonna became
emblematic

589
00:27:35,050 --> 00:27:37,320
Of the whole adventure
of live aid

590
00:27:37,450 --> 00:27:38,590
Through to live 8.

591
00:27:39,790 --> 00:27:42,520
And symbols are so important.

592
00:27:42,730 --> 00:27:44,990
(geldof): See this little girl?

593
00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,730
She had 10 minutes to live
20 years ago,

594
00:27:47,860 --> 00:27:50,800
And because we did
a concert in this city

595
00:27:50,930 --> 00:27:52,330
And in philadelphia,

596
00:27:52,340 --> 00:27:53,940
And all of you came,

597
00:27:54,070 --> 00:27:57,340
Last week, she did her
agricultural exams

598
00:27:57,340 --> 00:27:58,740
In the school she goes to

599
00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:00,610
In the northern ethiopian
highlands.

600
00:28:00,610 --> 00:28:02,680
She's here tonight.
This little girl.

601
00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:04,010
(crowd cheering)

602
00:28:04,150 --> 00:28:05,280
Birhan.

603
00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:10,190
Don't let them tell us
that this doesn't work.

604
00:28:11,020 --> 00:28:12,620
(speaking foreign language)

605
00:28:15,690 --> 00:28:17,630
(cheering)
- ladies and gentlemen,

606
00:28:17,630 --> 00:28:21,500
From one immensely strong woman
to another,

607
00:28:21,630 --> 00:28:25,300
The queen bee
of rock'n'roll, madonna!

608
00:28:42,450 --> 00:28:43,980
(harmonizing vocals)

609
00:28:43,990 --> 00:28:45,950
(♪ like a prayer
by madonna plays)

610
00:28:48,530 --> 00:28:51,060
♪ ooh, ooh, ooh

611
00:28:51,190 --> 00:28:55,000
♪ life is a mystery

612
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:59,200
♪ everyone must stand alone

613
00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:00,270
♪ I hear you

614
00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:02,400
(geldof): Madonna, this healthy,

615
00:29:02,410 --> 00:29:04,870
Beautiful, talented woman

616
00:29:05,010 --> 00:29:08,540
On stage with this infant.

617
00:29:08,550 --> 00:29:11,110
Who had seconds to live,
20 years ago.

618
00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:13,610
If anything

619
00:29:13,620 --> 00:29:16,020
Could have told
the journey of band aid,

620
00:29:16,150 --> 00:29:18,120
It was this image.

621
00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:21,020
♪ when you call my name

622
00:29:21,020 --> 00:29:22,890
♪ it's like a little prayer

623
00:29:23,030 --> 00:29:25,090
♪ I'm down on my knees

624
00:29:25,230 --> 00:29:27,400
♪ I want to take you there

625
00:29:32,900 --> 00:29:34,240
♪ just like a prayer

626
00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:36,500
♪ you know I'll take you there

627
00:30:12,710 --> 00:30:14,080
(crowd cheering)

628
00:30:16,380 --> 00:30:18,050
- Sting, what numbers
will you be doing tonight?

629
00:30:18,050 --> 00:30:20,380
- I'm doing exactly the same
songs I sang 20 years ago.

630
00:30:20,380 --> 00:30:21,920
- Really?
- I'm doing message in a bottle

631
00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:23,120
And every breath you take.

632
00:30:23,250 --> 00:30:24,720
And every breath you take,
they've asked me to change

633
00:30:24,850 --> 00:30:26,250
The lyrics slightly.

634
00:30:26,260 --> 00:30:28,520
And behind me, I'll have
my new backing group

635
00:30:28,660 --> 00:30:30,590
Which will be the eight
g8 leaders.

636
00:30:30,730 --> 00:30:31,760
(laughs)

637
00:30:35,470 --> 00:30:37,130
♪ ooh, ooh

638
00:30:45,670 --> 00:30:48,210
♪ oh, every breath you take

639
00:30:49,610 --> 00:30:52,080
♪ and every move you make

640
00:30:53,420 --> 00:30:55,880
- We'd be watching you.
That's, that's what the song

641
00:30:55,890 --> 00:30:57,620
Became about that day.

642
00:30:57,620 --> 00:30:59,690
Surveillance, the other day.

643
00:30:59,690 --> 00:31:01,620
♪ we'll be watching you

644
00:31:03,490 --> 00:31:06,530
♪ this time we'll see

645
00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:10,300
♪ if our democracy

646
00:31:11,300 --> 00:31:14,200
♪ is just a game you play

647
00:31:15,100 --> 00:31:17,910
♪ no matter what we say

648
00:31:19,580 --> 00:31:22,380
(sting): You can't change
the world with a song,

649
00:31:22,510 --> 00:31:23,910
Or even a concert,

650
00:31:24,050 --> 00:31:26,380
But you can plant a seed.

651
00:31:26,380 --> 00:31:29,450
If you plant a seed in
a young mind

652
00:31:29,450 --> 00:31:33,590
About fairness,
about human rights,

653
00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:37,720
About the nature of governments,

654
00:31:37,730 --> 00:31:40,730
That seed can bear fruit,
and it does.

655
00:31:41,660 --> 00:31:43,060
♪ every single day

656
00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:46,630
♪ every word you say

657
00:31:49,210 --> 00:31:52,170
(crowd cheering)

658
00:31:52,210 --> 00:31:57,950
♪ yeah, yeah, yeah, oh, oh ♪

659
00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:00,180
(crowd cheering)

660
00:32:01,950 --> 00:32:04,620
- This was less the arse
hanging out your trousers

661
00:32:04,620 --> 00:32:07,860
Sort of thing, you know,
this was more pa-pam! You know.

662
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:12,560
Pink floyd said, "okay, we're
going to get back together."

663
00:32:13,060 --> 00:32:15,360
And of course, the pink floyd
would never insist

664
00:32:15,500 --> 00:32:17,900
On going after paul mccartney,

665
00:32:18,030 --> 00:32:20,840
The most successful
songwriter in history.

666
00:32:20,970 --> 00:32:22,840
(crowd cheering)

667
00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:30,210
♪ na, na, na, na, na, na, na

668
00:32:31,780 --> 00:32:34,110
♪ na, na, na, na

669
00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:35,750
♪ hey jude

670
00:32:35,890 --> 00:32:38,850
♪ come on everybody,
don't keep me waiting ♪

671
00:32:38,860 --> 00:32:43,120
♪ na, na, na, na, na, na, na

672
00:32:44,790 --> 00:32:46,860
♪ na, na, na, na

673
00:32:46,860 --> 00:32:48,860
♪ hey jude

674
00:32:48,870 --> 00:32:50,800
- Ah, we hope you're
gonna hear us.

675
00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:52,470
We hope you're going to hear us.

676
00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:56,400
♪ na, na, na, na, na, na, na

677
00:32:57,410 --> 00:32:59,810
♪ na, na, na, na

678
00:32:59,940 --> 00:33:03,740
♪ hey jude, yeah

679
00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:06,380
(crowd cheering)

680
00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:14,690
♪ ah, ooh, ooh ♪

681
00:33:18,630 --> 00:33:22,300
- Pop and politics
at this point

682
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:25,030
Had blended almost seamlessly.

683
00:33:25,030 --> 00:33:27,240
(bagpipe skirls)

684
00:33:34,110 --> 00:33:35,510
We now move on to gleneagles.

685
00:33:37,180 --> 00:33:39,280
(♪ hail to the chief playing)

686
00:33:42,790 --> 00:33:44,920
(bono): You get to gleneagles,

687
00:33:45,050 --> 00:33:48,060
Where a character
like president bush

688
00:33:48,190 --> 00:33:51,460
Is more than bemused

689
00:33:51,590 --> 00:33:55,700
At the sight of myself
and bob running around.

690
00:33:58,270 --> 00:34:00,470
(bush): I didn't have any clue
who geldof was.

691
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:02,000
Yeah, he and bono came in.

692
00:34:02,140 --> 00:34:04,000
Bono, at least
somewhat presentable.

693
00:34:04,010 --> 00:34:05,670
Geldof looked like he, you know,

694
00:34:05,670 --> 00:34:07,880
Crawled out from underneath
the ground.

695
00:34:08,010 --> 00:34:10,680
But he was a good guy.
He cared deeply.

696
00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:12,550
I'm sure I insisted upon
the picture to prove

697
00:34:12,550 --> 00:34:15,480
I actually met geldof.
(laughs)

698
00:34:16,820 --> 00:34:18,890
(blair): We hadn't got
the africa deal

699
00:34:18,890 --> 00:34:20,550
Before the summit began.

700
00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:22,690
It wasn't across the line,

701
00:34:22,690 --> 00:34:24,630
And there was still quite
a lot of opposition to it.

702
00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:26,090
- The americans had a strategy

703
00:34:26,230 --> 00:34:27,690
For a while that the,

704
00:34:27,830 --> 00:34:30,970
That the top issue that
would get agreed at gleneagles

705
00:34:31,100 --> 00:34:32,170
Would be debt cancellation,

706
00:34:32,300 --> 00:34:36,040
And we wanted a doubling
of aid for africa as well.

707
00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:37,770
- There was no relationship
the president had

708
00:34:37,910 --> 00:34:39,110
Around the world that was closer

709
00:34:39,240 --> 00:34:40,740
Than the one he had
with tony blair.

710
00:34:42,110 --> 00:34:43,580
He made it very clear
that this summit

711
00:34:43,710 --> 00:34:46,050
Had to be a success
for the prime minister.

712
00:34:47,980 --> 00:34:49,780
- The meeting started,

713
00:34:49,790 --> 00:34:51,390
But it had only been going,

714
00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:54,520
I suppose 15, 20 minutes or so

715
00:34:54,620 --> 00:34:56,120
When news began to come in.

716
00:34:56,260 --> 00:34:57,460
(reporter 6): In the last
few minutes,

717
00:34:57,460 --> 00:34:59,060
We've been getting reports
of an explosion

718
00:34:59,060 --> 00:35:02,130
Between liverpool street
and aldgate stations in london.

719
00:35:02,270 --> 00:35:04,930
(blair): I remembered jonathan
coming in and telling me,

720
00:35:05,070 --> 00:35:06,200
"we don't know exactly
what's happened,

721
00:35:06,340 --> 00:35:07,800
But we think
it's a terrorist attack."

722
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:10,340
- The prime minister was quite
shaken by the news

723
00:35:10,340 --> 00:35:11,940
That he had heard,
and he shared it

724
00:35:11,940 --> 00:35:15,540
With the other leaders.
President bush spoke up first.

725
00:35:15,540 --> 00:35:17,140
- Told blair,
"get down to london.

726
00:35:17,150 --> 00:35:19,010
You don't need to...
We can handle our own up here,

727
00:35:19,150 --> 00:35:21,620
You know. Get down there
and do your job."

728
00:35:22,220 --> 00:35:24,150
(reporter 7): There were
at least six explosions,

729
00:35:24,290 --> 00:35:26,090
The home secretary
has just confirmed.

730
00:35:26,220 --> 00:35:29,220
(geldof): I remember just
looking and being a bit confused

731
00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:30,690
By this.

732
00:35:30,690 --> 00:35:33,890
Being horrified by the bombs.

733
00:35:33,900 --> 00:35:35,960
We thought, that's it.

734
00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:38,230
This g8 is going
to be cancelled.

735
00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:42,100
- With tony blair gone,

736
00:35:42,100 --> 00:35:44,510
The question was, well,
what happened to the g8?

737
00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:46,640
And they agreed, well,
the g8 must go on.

738
00:35:48,710 --> 00:35:50,240
- It could have all fractured.

739
00:35:50,250 --> 00:35:53,180
One of those leaders could
have taken advantage of it.

740
00:35:53,180 --> 00:35:55,780
It was a maximum
moment of risk.

741
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:08,660
(helicopter blades thumping)

742
00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:11,270
- After the terrorist attacks,

743
00:36:11,270 --> 00:36:14,270
Tony blair came back
from london, exhausted.

744
00:36:15,470 --> 00:36:18,540
- In a strange way,
because of the 7/7 bombings,

745
00:36:18,670 --> 00:36:21,340
The summit suddenly took on
a completely new

746
00:36:21,340 --> 00:36:23,210
Appearance of being also,

747
00:36:23,210 --> 00:36:26,410
In part, a...
A stand against terrorism.

748
00:36:26,550 --> 00:36:29,480
- As a believer that
us influence for peace

749
00:36:29,620 --> 00:36:32,220
Is important, and one way
to encourage the peace

750
00:36:32,220 --> 00:36:34,490
Is to help nations
struggling underneath,

751
00:36:34,620 --> 00:36:35,960
You know, the burden of debt.

752
00:36:36,090 --> 00:36:38,290
- What had been really
hanging in the balance

753
00:36:38,390 --> 00:36:42,500
In terms of getting
the commitment, it came through.

754
00:36:42,500 --> 00:36:45,700
We did it with all the leaders
standing there,

755
00:36:45,830 --> 00:36:47,570
Signing up to it.

756
00:36:47,570 --> 00:36:49,740
With the african leaders
in attendance.

757
00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:08,190
(blair): It was definitely
the most extraordinary weekend

758
00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:10,520
I had in my time
as prime minister.

759
00:37:11,590 --> 00:37:13,930
It was a...

760
00:37:14,060 --> 00:37:17,260
Probably one of the last moments

761
00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:20,730
Of truly global solidarity

762
00:37:20,740 --> 00:37:22,400
That I can remember.

763
00:37:37,020 --> 00:37:39,420
(reporter 8): The figures agreed
sound immense,

764
00:37:39,420 --> 00:37:41,960
$50 billion extra in aid
for the developing world

765
00:37:42,090 --> 00:37:45,890
By 2010, $25 billion
of that for africa.

766
00:37:45,890 --> 00:37:48,700
A number of the ngos
in this area are saying that

767
00:37:48,830 --> 00:37:50,360
2010 is too late,

768
00:37:50,500 --> 00:37:53,930
That the money is needed
more urgently in africa now.

769
00:37:55,240 --> 00:37:57,100
- I'm afraid you just did,
this is a natural

770
00:37:57,110 --> 00:37:59,110
Course of events,
you get fed up

771
00:37:59,210 --> 00:38:02,040
With the parts of,
parts of the ngo community

772
00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:03,840
Because whatever you do,
it's never enough.

773
00:38:03,850 --> 00:38:05,650
(reporter 9): Disappointment
with the deal

774
00:38:05,650 --> 00:38:07,510
And some of its
famous backers

775
00:38:07,650 --> 00:38:09,580
Came to a head
later in the afternoon.

776
00:38:09,720 --> 00:38:12,790
- The fact that aid was delayed
'til 2010

777
00:38:12,920 --> 00:38:16,120
Meant there's a lot
of room for wriggle out, right?

778
00:38:16,230 --> 00:38:17,990
Because five years,
people have forgotten,

779
00:38:17,990 --> 00:38:19,390
The context has changed.

780
00:38:19,530 --> 00:38:22,660
Our reading is that the g8
has listened,

781
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:26,130
But their response has not
been a roar, but a whisper.

782
00:38:26,270 --> 00:38:29,400
I do my, "people roared
and g8 whispered,"

783
00:38:29,540 --> 00:38:33,670
And then bob takes
the thing and goes...

784
00:38:34,210 --> 00:38:38,750
- When did 10 million people
alive become a whisper?

785
00:38:38,750 --> 00:38:41,010
- This is how many lives
will be saved as a result

786
00:38:41,020 --> 00:38:43,750
Of this aid money, which
will come five years later.

787
00:38:44,020 --> 00:38:47,020
(bono): It was very,
very intense moments.

788
00:38:47,020 --> 00:38:52,830
I'm just thinking
we're advancing our cause.

789
00:38:53,230 --> 00:38:55,830
A mountain has been climbed.

790
00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:59,230
And only to reveal
higher peaks, for sure,

791
00:38:59,370 --> 00:39:01,100
On the other side of it.

792
00:39:01,240 --> 00:39:04,040
But it's worth just stopping
for a second

793
00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:05,510
And looking back

794
00:39:05,510 --> 00:39:07,840
Down the valley
at where we've all come.

795
00:39:08,980 --> 00:39:11,980
Doubling aid to africa
has not been easy.

796
00:39:17,790 --> 00:39:19,890
♪ it's christmas time

797
00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:24,190
♪ there's no time to be afraid

798
00:39:24,930 --> 00:39:27,190
♪ at christmas time

799
00:39:28,430 --> 00:39:31,600
♪ we let in light
and we banish shade ♪

800
00:39:33,070 --> 00:39:37,070
♪ and in our world of plenty

801
00:39:37,210 --> 00:39:41,170
♪ we can spread a smile of joy

802
00:39:41,310 --> 00:39:44,680
♪ throw your arms
around the world ♪

803
00:39:44,810 --> 00:39:46,980
♪ at christmas time

804
00:39:48,220 --> 00:39:50,820
(ure): It was something
extraordinary

805
00:39:50,820 --> 00:39:52,690
In the proper sense
of extraordinary.

806
00:39:52,690 --> 00:39:54,490
♪ pray for the other ones

807
00:39:54,490 --> 00:39:56,760
Generationally,
it still lives on.

808
00:39:56,760 --> 00:39:59,230
Not just live aid,
but band aid, the whole thing.

809
00:39:59,230 --> 00:40:02,560
♪ it's hard but when
you're having fun ♪

810
00:40:02,700 --> 00:40:04,100
- Are you having fun?

811
00:40:17,950 --> 00:40:22,720
♪ well tonight thank god
it's them instead of you ♪

812
00:40:22,720 --> 00:40:25,050
- I think there were very many
good people

813
00:40:25,190 --> 00:40:27,120
With good intentions
that were involved

814
00:40:27,260 --> 00:40:29,460
Both with live aid and live 8.

815
00:40:29,460 --> 00:40:31,590
♪ the greatest gift
they'll get this year ♪

816
00:40:31,590 --> 00:40:34,660
I think that there was not
enough sensitivity

817
00:40:34,660 --> 00:40:37,060
To understanding

818
00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:39,470
That it's not right
for a bunch of

819
00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:43,000
Predominantly white male folks

820
00:40:43,010 --> 00:40:44,940
To get together and say,
we're going to frame

821
00:40:44,940 --> 00:40:46,170
A continent like this.

822
00:40:48,340 --> 00:40:50,280
- What bob, and bono,
and others have done

823
00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:52,610
Over the years has resulted in,

824
00:40:52,610 --> 00:40:54,480
I don't know, probably millions
of people living,

825
00:40:54,620 --> 00:40:56,480
Who otherwise would have died.

826
00:40:56,620 --> 00:40:58,950
I don't think there's any
remote ideological argument

827
00:40:59,090 --> 00:41:00,750
That should stand
in the way of that.

828
00:41:00,890 --> 00:41:02,720
- Sing it to the world!

829
00:41:03,430 --> 00:41:07,360
♪ feed the world

830
00:41:07,500 --> 00:41:10,960
- 20th anniversary
was just a convergence

831
00:41:11,100 --> 00:41:13,100
Of good fortune

832
00:41:13,240 --> 00:41:15,800
And good actors
on the world stage.

833
00:41:15,940 --> 00:41:20,910
♪ let them know that
springtime is coming ♪

834
00:41:20,910 --> 00:41:23,640
(bono): What's happening now
in politics means

835
00:41:23,650 --> 00:41:28,250
This anniversary could be
a funeral

836
00:41:28,380 --> 00:41:31,450
For the last 40 years.

837
00:41:32,090 --> 00:41:35,790
♪ let them now
it's christmas time again ♪

838
00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:38,730
(geldof): What I love is that
younger people say,

839
00:41:38,730 --> 00:41:40,860
I'm not going to do it
like they did it.

840
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:44,060
And they're right, 'cause
I don't think that'll work.

841
00:41:44,070 --> 00:41:47,870
But I can utilize
this new stuff I've got,

842
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:51,810
To do something weird, and mad,
and wild.

843
00:41:51,940 --> 00:41:55,410
And if that's what
we leave behind,

844
00:41:55,410 --> 00:41:59,010
Then that's what I'd love
to be the parting shot.

845
00:41:59,150 --> 00:42:03,820
♪ let's them know
it's christmas time again ♪

846
00:42:05,020 --> 00:42:07,020
(geldof): There you go.
That's the end of our show.

847
00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:09,690
You've been a fantastic
audience.

848
00:42:09,690 --> 00:42:14,230
Thank you and good night.
Over to you, philadelphia.

849
00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:17,230
(skinner): It's been
a fantastic day.

850
00:42:17,230 --> 00:42:19,370
Thank you. Thank you.

851
00:42:19,370 --> 00:42:20,170
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