WEBVTT 00:01.402 --> 00:02.135 >> THE BIG REVEAL IS COMING UP IN JUST A SECOND, RIGHT AFTER WE 00:02.169 --> 00:05.238 IN JUST A SECOND, RIGHT AFTER WE LOOK AT THE FINAL FIVE. 00:05.239 --> 00:08.375 LOOK AT THE FINAL FIVE. >> SINCE THE 1920s "TIME" 00:08.409 --> 00:10.143 >> SINCE THE 1920s "TIME" MAGAZINE HAS SELECTED THE MAN, 00:10.177 --> 00:11.678 MAGAZINE HAS SELECTED THE MAN, WOMAN, GROUP OR CONCEPT THAT HAS 00:11.712 --> 00:13.446 WOMAN, GROUP OR CONCEPT THAT HAS HAD THE MOST INFLUENCE ON THE 00:13.481 --> 00:14.581 HAD THE MOST INFLUENCE ON THE WORLD DURING THE PREVIOUS 12 00:14.582 --> 00:14.881 WORLD DURING THE PREVIOUS 12 MONTHS. 00:14.916 --> 00:15.915 MONTHS. THIS YEAR THE RACE FOR PERSON OF 00:15.950 --> 00:17.651 THIS YEAR THE RACE FOR PERSON OF THE YEAR IS CLOSER THAN EVER, 00:17.652 --> 00:19.886 THE YEAR IS CLOSER THAN EVER, INCLUDING THE STILL ANONYMOUS 00:19.888 --> 00:20.987 INCLUDING THE STILL ANONYMOUS WHISTLEBLOWER WHOSE COMPLAINT 00:20.988 --> 00:21.988 WHISTLEBLOWER WHOSE COMPLAINT ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP’S 00:21.989 --> 00:23.490 ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP’S INTERACTIONS WITH THE LEADER OF 00:23.524 --> 00:25.492 INTERACTIONS WITH THE LEADER OF UKRAINE LED TO THE ONGOING 00:25.493 --> 00:26.560 UKRAINE LED TO THE ONGOING IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY. 00:26.594 --> 00:30.897 IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY. >> OUR DEMOCRACY IS WHAT IT IS 00:30.932 --> 00:33.466 >> OUR DEMOCRACY IS WHAT IT IS TODAY, PRESIDENT THE LEAVES US 00:33.501 --> 00:34.201 TODAY, PRESIDENT THE LEAVES US NO CHOICE. 00:34.202 --> 00:36.203 NO CHOICE. >> SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE NANCY 00:36.204 --> 00:38.705 >> SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE NANCY PELOSI WHO LAUNCHED THAT 00:38.740 --> 00:40.340 PELOSI WHO LAUNCHED THAT IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY AND LEADS 00:40.375 --> 00:41.608 IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY AND LEADS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HEADING 00:41.610 --> 00:42.409 THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HEADING INTO 2020. 00:42.443 --> 00:44.144 INTO 2020. >> WE MUST REJECT THE POLITICS 00:44.178 --> 00:46.780 >> WE MUST REJECT THE POLITICS OF REVENGE, RESISTANCE AND 00:46.781 --> 00:49.116 OF REVENGE, RESISTANCE AND RETRIBUTION AND EMBRACE THE 00:49.150 --> 00:51.085 RETRIBUTION AND EMBRACE THE BOUNDLESS POTENTIAL OF 00:51.119 --> 00:53.987 BOUNDLESS POTENTIAL OF COOPERATION, COMPROMISE, AND THE 00:53.989 --> 01:01.528 COOPERATION, COMPROMISE, AND THE COMMON GOOD. 01:01.562 --> 01:03.964 COMMON GOOD. >> PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, 01:03.998 --> 01:05.732 >> PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, "TIME’S" PERSON OF THE YEAR IN 01:05.766 --> 01:06.032 "TIME’S" PERSON OF THE YEAR IN 2016. 01:06.034 --> 01:07.768 2016. >> THANK YOU, PENNSYLVANIA. 01:07.802 --> 01:08.435 >> THANK YOU, PENNSYLVANIA. THANK YOU. 01:08.436 --> 01:10.837 THANK YOU. >> THREE YEARS LATER, HE 01:10.839 --> 01:11.939 >> THREE YEARS LATER, HE MAINTAINS SUPPORT FROM HIS BASE 01:11.973 --> 01:13.407 MAINTAINS SUPPORT FROM HIS BASE AND REMAINS DEFIANT IN THE FACE 01:13.441 --> 01:14.508 AND REMAINS DEFIANT IN THE FACE OF HIS CRITICS. 01:14.509 --> 01:16.143 OF HIS CRITICS. >> IMPEACHMENT FOR THAT? 01:16.177 --> 01:19.213 >> IMPEACHMENT FOR THAT? IT WAS JUST A PERFECT 01:19.247 --> 01:19.647 IT WAS JUST A PERFECT CONVERSATION. 01:19.681 --> 01:21.983 CONVERSATION. >> PROTESTERS IN HONG KONG 01:22.017 --> 01:23.517 >> PROTESTERS IN HONG KONG CAPTURED THE ATTENTION OF THE 01:23.519 --> 01:25.252 CAPTURED THE ATTENTION OF THE GLOBE WITH CONTINUOUS CALLS FOR 01:25.253 --> 01:27.354 GLOBE WITH CONTINUOUS CALLS FOR GREATER DEMOCRACY IN THE CHINESE 01:27.388 --> 01:30.591 GREATER DEMOCRACY IN THE CHINESE RULED CITY, AND FINALLY, SWEDISH 01:30.625 --> 01:33.661 RULED CITY, AND FINALLY, SWEDISH TEENAGE CLIMATE ACTIVIST, GRETA 01:33.695 --> 01:34.028 TEENAGE CLIMATE ACTIVIST, GRETA THUNBERG. 01:34.062 --> 01:35.763 THUNBERG. >> I’M 16 YEARS OLD, I COME FROM 01:35.764 --> 01:38.632 >> I’M 16 YEARS OLD, I COME FROM SWEDEN AND I WANT YOU TO PANIC. 01:38.634 --> 01:41.368 SWEDEN AND I WANT YOU TO PANIC. >> HER BRUTAL HONESTY WHILE 01:41.369 --> 01:42.469 >> HER BRUTAL HONESTY WHILE CONFRONTING WORLD LEADERS ABOUT 01:42.471 --> 01:43.537 CONFRONTING WORLD LEADERS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE. 01:43.539 --> 01:45.272 CLIMATE CHANGE. >> HOW DARE YOU. 01:45.273 --> 01:47.475 >> HOW DARE YOU. >> SPARKED WORLDWIDE PROTESTS, 01:47.509 --> 01:49.811 >> SPARKED WORLDWIDE PROTESTS, FIVE NOTE WORTHY CANDIDATES 01:49.845 --> 01:51.278 FIVE NOTE WORTHY CANDIDATES WAITING TO SEE IF THEY RECEIVED 01:51.313 --> 01:52.479 WAITING TO SEE IF THEY RECEIVED THIS TIMELESS RECOGNITION. 01:52.481 --> 01:55.450 THIS TIMELESS RECOGNITION. WE’RE GOING TO GET TO IT, HERE 01:55.484 --> 01:57.652 WE’RE GOING TO GET TO IT, HERE TO REVEAL’S "TIME’S" 2019 PERSON 01:57.653 --> 02:01.289 TO REVEAL’S "TIME’S" 2019 PERSON OF THE YEAR IS EDITOR AND CHIEF, 02:01.323 --> 02:03.558 OF THE YEAR IS EDITOR AND CHIEF, EDWARD, WE SHOULD POINT OUT THAT 02:03.592 --> 02:05.560 EDWARD, WE SHOULD POINT OUT THAT NONE OF THE FIVE KNOW WHO THE 02:05.561 --> 02:07.595 NONE OF THE FIVE KNOW WHO THE ACTUAL RECIPIENT WILL BE, SO 02:07.630 --> 02:09.030 ACTUAL RECIPIENT WILL BE, SO YOU’RE ABOUT TO ANNOUNCE IT THIS 02:09.064 --> 02:09.397 YOU’RE ABOUT TO ANNOUNCE IT THIS SECOND. 02:09.398 --> 02:10.498 SECOND. TELL US WHO IT IS. 02:10.499 --> 02:12.400 TELL US WHO IT IS. >> IT’S GRETA THUNBERG, SHE 02:12.434 --> 02:14.402 >> IT’S GRETA THUNBERG, SHE BECAME THE BIGGEST VOICE ON THE 02:14.403 --> 02:15.503 BECAME THE BIGGEST VOICE ON THE BIGGEST ISSUE FACING THE PLANET 02:15.504 --> 02:16.838 BIGGEST ISSUE FACING THE PLANET THIS YEAR, COMING FROM 02:16.872 --> 02:18.506 THIS YEAR, COMING FROM ESSENTIALLY NOWHERE TO LEAD A 02:18.540 --> 02:20.108 ESSENTIALLY NOWHERE TO LEAD A WORLDWIDE MOVEMENT, AND SHE ALSO 02:20.109 --> 02:22.110 WORLDWIDE MOVEMENT, AND SHE ALSO REPRESENTS A BROADER 02:22.111 --> 02:23.345 REPRESENTS A BROADER GENERATIONAL SHIFT IN THE 02:23.379 --> 02:24.178 GENERATIONAL SHIFT IN THE CULTURE THAT WE’RE SEEING FROM 02:24.180 --> 02:26.514 CULTURE THAT WE’RE SEEING FROM THE CAMPUSES OF HONG KONG TO THE 02:26.548 --> 02:29.350 THE CAMPUSES OF HONG KONG TO THE PROTESTS IN CHILE, TO PARKLAND, 02:29.385 --> 02:30.618 PROTESTS IN CHILE, TO PARKLAND, FLORIDA, WHERE THE STUDENTS 02:30.653 --> 02:31.886 FLORIDA, WHERE THE STUDENTS MARCHED AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE, 02:31.920 --> 02:34.088 MARCHED AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE, WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE DEMANDING 02:34.089 --> 02:35.590 WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE DEMANDING CHANGE AND URGENTLY. 02:35.591 --> 02:37.225 CHANGE AND URGENTLY. >> SHE EMBODIES STUDENT 02:37.259 --> 02:37.625 >> SHE EMBODIES STUDENT ACTIVISTS. 02:37.626 --> 02:41.062 ACTIVISTS. >> SHE DOES, SHE EMBODIES YOUTH 02:41.096 --> 02:42.130 >> SHE DOES, SHE EMBODIES YOUTH ACTIVISM, YOUNGEST PERSON EVER 02:42.164 --> 02:43.064 ACTIVISM, YOUNGEST PERSON EVER TO BE PERSON OF THE YEAR. 02:43.098 --> 02:44.699 TO BE PERSON OF THE YEAR. >> AS YOU KNOW, GRETA SAID A 02:44.700 --> 02:46.000 >> AS YOU KNOW, GRETA SAID A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THAT SHE 02:46.001 --> 02:48.102 COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THAT SHE WAS NOT GOING TO ACCEPT THIS 02:48.103 --> 02:49.503 WAS NOT GOING TO ACCEPT THIS PARTICULAR AWARD AT AN 02:49.505 --> 02:51.906 PARTICULAR AWARD AT AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE SAYING 02:51.907 --> 02:53.741 ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE SAYING THE CLIMATE MOVEMENT DOES NOT 02:53.742 --> 02:55.142 THE CLIMATE MOVEMENT DOES NOT NEED ANYMORE AWARDS. 02:55.144 --> 02:57.245 NEED ANYMORE AWARDS. WHAT DO YOU THINK HER RESPONSE 02:57.279 --> 02:58.012 WHAT DO YOU THINK HER RESPONSE IS GOING TO BE WHEN YOU CALL HER 02:58.047 --> 02:59.114 IS GOING TO BE WHEN YOU CALL HER UP WITH THE GOOD NEWS? 02:59.115 --> 03:00.648 UP WITH THE GOOD NEWS? >> I DON’T KNOW BUT I THINK WHAT 03:00.650 --> 03:05.820 >> I DON’T KNOW BUT I THINK WHAT SHE HAS DONE, HER RISE IN 03:05.821 --> 03:06.754 SHE HAS DONE, HER RISE IN INFLUENCE HAS BEEN REALLY 03:06.756 --> 03:07.155 INFLUENCE HAS BEEN REALLY EXTRAORDINARY. 03:07.190 --> 03:09.524 EXTRAORDINARY. SHE WAS A SOLO PROTESTER WITH A 03:09.558 --> 03:12.527 SHE WAS A SOLO PROTESTER WITH A HAND PAINTED SIGN 14 MONTHS AGO. 03:12.528 --> 03:13.728 HAND PAINTED SIGN 14 MONTHS AGO. SHE HAS NOW LED MILLIONS OF 03:13.729 --> 03:17.732 SHE HAS NOW LED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD, 150 03:17.733 --> 03:19.334 PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD, 150 COUNTRIES TO ACT ON BEHALF OF 03:19.335 --> 03:21.970 COUNTRIES TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE PLANET, AND SHE’S TAKEN THIS 03:21.971 --> 03:23.238 THE PLANET, AND SHE’S TAKEN THIS ISSUE AND REALLY THE KEY DRIVER 03:23.239 --> 03:25.240 ISSUE AND REALLY THE KEY DRIVER THIS YEAR, TAKING THIS ISSUE 03:25.241 --> 03:28.477 THIS YEAR, TAKING THIS ISSUE FROM BACKSTAGE. 03:28.511 --> 03:29.745 FROM BACKSTAGE. >> SHE’S A UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL. 03:29.779 --> 03:32.180 >> SHE’S A UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL. FOLKS WHO DON’T KNOW HER WELL 03:32.181 --> 03:34.749 FOLKS WHO DON’T KNOW HER WELL SHOULD PROBABLY WATCH HER TED 03:34.751 --> 03:35.050 SHOULD PROBABLY WATCH HER TED TALK. 03:35.051 --> 03:36.885 TALK. SHE TALKS ABOUT THE FACT THAT 03:36.886 --> 03:41.056 SHE TALKS ABOUT THE FACT THAT SHE HAS S AASPERGER’S SHE’S 03:41.057 --> 03:42.157 SHE HAS S AASPERGER’S SHE’S DIFFERENT, BUT PARENTS ARE 03:42.158 --> 03:45.093 DIFFERENT, BUT PARENTS ARE LOOKING AT THIS YOUNG GIRL 03:45.128 --> 03:45.594 LOOKING AT THIS YOUNG GIRL SAYING WAY TO GO. 03:45.595 --> 03:46.628 SAYING WAY TO GO. THERE ARE OTHER CATEGORIES, YOU 03:46.663 --> 03:47.796 THERE ARE OTHER CATEGORIES, YOU GAVE OUT A FEW MORE. 03:47.831 --> 03:48.764 GAVE OUT A FEW MORE. WHO ARE THE OTHERS? 03:48.798 --> 03:50.866 WHO ARE THE OTHERS? >> INSTEAD OF RUNNERS UP THIS 03:50.867 --> 03:52.100 >> INSTEAD OF RUNNERS UP THIS YEAR, WE ARE LOOKING AT PEOPLE 03:52.102 --> 03:56.471 YEAR, WE ARE LOOKING AT PEOPLE WHO DOMINATED THEIR SECTOR, WHO 03:56.472 --> 03:57.072 WHO DOMINATED THEIR SECTOR, WHO INFLUENCED THEIR FIELD. 03:57.073 --> 03:58.407 INFLUENCED THEIR FIELD. SO WE CHOSE AS ATHLETE OF THE 03:58.408 --> 04:01.076 SO WE CHOSE AS ATHLETE OF THE YEAR OF THE U.S. WOMEN’S SOCCER 04:01.077 --> 04:01.376 YEAR OF THE U.S. WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM. 04:01.377 --> 04:02.110 TEAM. >> HARD TO ARGUE AGAINST THAT. 04:02.111 --> 04:03.378 >> HARD TO ARGUE AGAINST THAT. >> INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE OFF 04:03.379 --> 04:05.514 >> INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE OFF THE FIELD, INCREDIBLE 04:05.548 --> 04:06.682 THE FIELD, INCREDIBLE PERSISTENCE ON THE FIELD. 04:06.716 --> 04:10.185 PERSISTENCE ON THE FIELD. WE CHOSE LIZZO AS ENTERTAINER OF 04:10.186 --> 04:10.519 WE CHOSE LIZZO AS ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR. 04:10.553 --> 04:11.720 THE YEAR. >> THAT’S A GOOD PICK RIGHT 04:11.721 --> 04:12.120 >> THAT’S A GOOD PICK RIGHT THERE. 04:12.122 --> 04:13.990 THERE. >> THAT’S A GREAT COVER, TOO, BY 04:14.023 --> 04:14.389 >> THAT’S A GREAT COVER, TOO, BY THE WAY. 04:14.391 --> 04:15.724 THE WAY. >> ISN’T THAT GORGEOUS. 04:15.759 --> 04:18.427 >> ISN’T THAT GORGEOUS. >> DEFINING PERFORMER OF THE 04:18.428 --> 04:19.662 >> DEFINING PERFORMER OF THE YEAR, MORE GRAMMY NOMINATIONS 04:19.696 --> 04:21.096 YEAR, MORE GRAMMY NOMINATIONS THAN ANYBODY ELSE, AND HER 04:21.097 --> 04:24.333 THAN ANYBODY ELSE, AND HER MESSAGE OBVIOUSLY CAPTURED THE 04:24.334 --> 04:24.700 MESSAGE OBVIOUSLY CAPTURED THE CULTURE. 04:24.701 --> 04:25.934 CULTURE. >> AND BUSINESS PERSON OF THE 04:25.969 --> 04:26.234 >> AND BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR. 04:26.236 --> 04:32.208 YEAR. >> BOB IGER, OF DISNEY, 04:32.242 --> 04:32.741 >> BOB IGER, OF DISNEY, INCREDIBLE YEAR. 04:32.743 --> 04:33.609 INCREDIBLE YEAR. >> LOOK HOW WE LET YOU SAY THAT.