IN JUST A SECOND, RIGHT AFTER WE LOOK AT THE FINAL FIVE.

LOOK AT THE FINAL FIVE. >> SINCE THE 1920s "TIME"

>> SINCE THE 1920s "TIME" MAGAZINE HAS SELECTED THE MAN,

MAGAZINE HAS SELECTED THE MAN, WOMAN, GROUP OR CONCEPT THAT HAS

WOMAN, GROUP OR CONCEPT THAT HAS HAD THE MOST INFLUENCE ON THE

HAD THE MOST INFLUENCE ON THE WORLD DURING THE PREVIOUS 12

WORLD DURING THE PREVIOUS 12 MONTHS.

MONTHS. THIS YEAR THE RACE FOR PERSON OF

THIS YEAR THE RACE FOR PERSON OF THE YEAR IS CLOSER THAN EVER,

THE YEAR IS CLOSER THAN EVER, INCLUDING THE STILL ANONYMOUS

INCLUDING THE STILL ANONYMOUS WHISTLEBLOWER WHOSE COMPLAINT

WHISTLEBLOWER WHOSE COMPLAINT ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP’S

ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP’S INTERACTIONS WITH THE LEADER OF

INTERACTIONS WITH THE LEADER OF UKRAINE LED TO THE ONGOING

UKRAINE LED TO THE ONGOING IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY.

IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY. >> OUR DEMOCRACY IS WHAT IT IS

>> OUR DEMOCRACY IS WHAT IT IS TODAY, PRESIDENT THE LEAVES US

TODAY, PRESIDENT THE LEAVES US NO CHOICE.

NO CHOICE. >> SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE NANCY

>> SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE NANCY PELOSI WHO LAUNCHED THAT

PELOSI WHO LAUNCHED THAT IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY AND LEADS

IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY AND LEADS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HEADING

THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HEADING INTO 2020.

INTO 2020. >> WE MUST REJECT THE POLITICS

>> WE MUST REJECT THE POLITICS OF REVENGE, RESISTANCE AND

OF REVENGE, RESISTANCE AND RETRIBUTION AND EMBRACE THE

RETRIBUTION AND EMBRACE THE BOUNDLESS POTENTIAL OF

BOUNDLESS POTENTIAL OF COOPERATION, COMPROMISE, AND THE

COOPERATION, COMPROMISE, AND THE COMMON GOOD.

COMMON GOOD. >> PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP,

>> PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, "TIME’S" PERSON OF THE YEAR IN

"TIME’S" PERSON OF THE YEAR IN 2016.

2016. >> THANK YOU, PENNSYLVANIA.

>> THANK YOU, PENNSYLVANIA. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. >> THREE YEARS LATER, HE

>> THREE YEARS LATER, HE MAINTAINS SUPPORT FROM HIS BASE

MAINTAINS SUPPORT FROM HIS BASE AND REMAINS DEFIANT IN THE FACE

AND REMAINS DEFIANT IN THE FACE OF HIS CRITICS.

OF HIS CRITICS. >> IMPEACHMENT FOR THAT?

>> IMPEACHMENT FOR THAT? IT WAS JUST A PERFECT

IT WAS JUST A PERFECT CONVERSATION.

CONVERSATION. >> PROTESTERS IN HONG KONG

>> PROTESTERS IN HONG KONG CAPTURED THE ATTENTION OF THE

CAPTURED THE ATTENTION OF THE GLOBE WITH CONTINUOUS CALLS FOR

GLOBE WITH CONTINUOUS CALLS FOR GREATER DEMOCRACY IN THE CHINESE

GREATER DEMOCRACY IN THE CHINESE RULED CITY, AND FINALLY, SWEDISH

RULED CITY, AND FINALLY, SWEDISH TEENAGE CLIMATE ACTIVIST, GRETA

TEENAGE CLIMATE ACTIVIST, GRETA THUNBERG.

THUNBERG. >> I’M 16 YEARS OLD, I COME FROM

>> I’M 16 YEARS OLD, I COME FROM SWEDEN AND I WANT YOU TO PANIC.

SWEDEN AND I WANT YOU TO PANIC. >> HER BRUTAL HONESTY WHILE

>> HER BRUTAL HONESTY WHILE CONFRONTING WORLD LEADERS ABOUT

CONFRONTING WORLD LEADERS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE.

CLIMATE CHANGE. >> HOW DARE YOU.

>> HOW DARE YOU. >> SPARKED WORLDWIDE PROTESTS,

>> SPARKED WORLDWIDE PROTESTS, FIVE NOTE WORTHY CANDIDATES

FIVE NOTE WORTHY CANDIDATES WAITING TO SEE IF THEY RECEIVED

WAITING TO SEE IF THEY RECEIVED THIS TIMELESS RECOGNITION.

THIS TIMELESS RECOGNITION. WE’RE GOING TO GET TO IT, HERE

WE’RE GOING TO GET TO IT, HERE TO REVEAL’S "TIME’S" 2019 PERSON

TO REVEAL’S "TIME’S" 2019 PERSON OF THE YEAR IS EDITOR AND CHIEF,

OF THE YEAR IS EDITOR AND CHIEF, EDWARD, WE SHOULD POINT OUT THAT

EDWARD, WE SHOULD POINT OUT THAT NONE OF THE FIVE KNOW WHO THE

NONE OF THE FIVE KNOW WHO THE ACTUAL RECIPIENT WILL BE, SO

ACTUAL RECIPIENT WILL BE, SO YOU’RE ABOUT TO ANNOUNCE IT THIS

YOU’RE ABOUT TO ANNOUNCE IT THIS SECOND.

SECOND. TELL US WHO IT IS.

TELL US WHO IT IS. >> IT’S GRETA THUNBERG, SHE

>> IT’S GRETA THUNBERG, SHE BECAME THE BIGGEST VOICE ON THE

BECAME THE BIGGEST VOICE ON THE BIGGEST ISSUE FACING THE PLANET

BIGGEST ISSUE FACING THE PLANET THIS YEAR, COMING FROM

THIS YEAR, COMING FROM ESSENTIALLY NOWHERE TO LEAD A

ESSENTIALLY NOWHERE TO LEAD A WORLDWIDE MOVEMENT, AND SHE ALSO

WORLDWIDE MOVEMENT, AND SHE ALSO REPRESENTS A BROADER

REPRESENTS A BROADER GENERATIONAL SHIFT IN THE

GENERATIONAL SHIFT IN THE CULTURE THAT WE’RE SEEING FROM

CULTURE THAT WE’RE SEEING FROM THE CAMPUSES OF HONG KONG TO THE

THE CAMPUSES OF HONG KONG TO THE PROTESTS IN CHILE, TO PARKLAND,

PROTESTS IN CHILE, TO PARKLAND, FLORIDA, WHERE THE STUDENTS

FLORIDA, WHERE THE STUDENTS MARCHED AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE,

MARCHED AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE, WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE DEMANDING

WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE DEMANDING CHANGE AND URGENTLY.

CHANGE AND URGENTLY. >> SHE EMBODIES STUDENT

>> SHE EMBODIES STUDENT ACTIVISTS.

ACTIVISTS. >> SHE DOES, SHE EMBODIES YOUTH

>> SHE DOES, SHE EMBODIES YOUTH ACTIVISM, YOUNGEST PERSON EVER

ACTIVISM, YOUNGEST PERSON EVER TO BE PERSON OF THE YEAR.

TO BE PERSON OF THE YEAR. >> AS YOU KNOW, GRETA SAID A

>> AS YOU KNOW, GRETA SAID A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THAT SHE

COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THAT SHE WAS NOT GOING TO ACCEPT THIS

WAS NOT GOING TO ACCEPT THIS PARTICULAR AWARD AT AN

PARTICULAR AWARD AT AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE SAYING

ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE SAYING THE CLIMATE MOVEMENT DOES NOT

THE CLIMATE MOVEMENT DOES NOT NEED ANYMORE AWARDS.

NEED ANYMORE AWARDS. WHAT DO YOU THINK HER RESPONSE

WHAT DO YOU THINK HER RESPONSE IS GOING TO BE WHEN YOU CALL HER

IS GOING TO BE WHEN YOU CALL HER UP WITH THE GOOD NEWS?

UP WITH THE GOOD NEWS? >> I DON’T KNOW BUT I THINK WHAT

>> I DON’T KNOW BUT I THINK WHAT SHE HAS DONE, HER RISE IN

SHE HAS DONE, HER RISE IN INFLUENCE HAS BEEN REALLY

INFLUENCE HAS BEEN REALLY EXTRAORDINARY.

EXTRAORDINARY. SHE WAS A SOLO PROTESTER WITH A

SHE WAS A SOLO PROTESTER WITH A HAND PAINTED SIGN 14 MONTHS AGO.

HAND PAINTED SIGN 14 MONTHS AGO. SHE HAS NOW LED MILLIONS OF

SHE HAS NOW LED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD, 150

PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD, 150 COUNTRIES TO ACT ON BEHALF OF

COUNTRIES TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE PLANET, AND SHE’S TAKEN THIS

THE PLANET, AND SHE’S TAKEN THIS ISSUE AND REALLY THE KEY DRIVER

ISSUE AND REALLY THE KEY DRIVER THIS YEAR, TAKING THIS ISSUE

THIS YEAR, TAKING THIS ISSUE FROM BACKSTAGE.

FROM BACKSTAGE. >> SHE’S A UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL.

>> SHE’S A UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL. FOLKS WHO DON’T KNOW HER WELL

FOLKS WHO DON’T KNOW HER WELL SHOULD PROBABLY WATCH HER TED

SHOULD PROBABLY WATCH HER TED TALK.

TALK. SHE TALKS ABOUT THE FACT THAT

SHE TALKS ABOUT THE FACT THAT SHE HAS S AASPERGER’S SHE’S

SHE HAS S AASPERGER’S SHE’S DIFFERENT, BUT PARENTS ARE

DIFFERENT, BUT PARENTS ARE LOOKING AT THIS YOUNG GIRL

LOOKING AT THIS YOUNG GIRL SAYING WAY TO GO.

SAYING WAY TO GO. THERE ARE OTHER CATEGORIES, YOU

THERE ARE OTHER CATEGORIES, YOU GAVE OUT A FEW MORE.

GAVE OUT A FEW MORE. WHO ARE THE OTHERS?

WHO ARE THE OTHERS? >> INSTEAD OF RUNNERS UP THIS

>> INSTEAD OF RUNNERS UP THIS YEAR, WE ARE LOOKING AT PEOPLE

YEAR, WE ARE LOOKING AT PEOPLE WHO DOMINATED THEIR SECTOR, WHO

WHO DOMINATED THEIR SECTOR, WHO INFLUENCED THEIR FIELD.

INFLUENCED THEIR FIELD. SO WE CHOSE AS ATHLETE OF THE

SO WE CHOSE AS ATHLETE OF THE YEAR OF THE U.S. WOMEN’S SOCCER

YEAR OF THE U.S. WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM.

TEAM. >> HARD TO ARGUE AGAINST THAT.

>> HARD TO ARGUE AGAINST THAT. >> INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE OFF

>> INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE OFF THE FIELD, INCREDIBLE

THE FIELD, INCREDIBLE PERSISTENCE ON THE FIELD.

PERSISTENCE ON THE FIELD. WE CHOSE LIZZO AS ENTERTAINER OF

WE CHOSE LIZZO AS ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR.

THE YEAR. >> THAT’S A GOOD PICK RIGHT

>> THAT’S A GOOD PICK RIGHT THERE.

THERE. >> THAT’S A GREAT COVER, TOO, BY

>> THAT’S A GREAT COVER, TOO, BY THE WAY.

THE WAY. >> ISN’T THAT GORGEOUS.

>> ISN’T THAT GORGEOUS. >> DEFINING PERFORMER OF THE

>> DEFINING PERFORMER OF THE YEAR, MORE GRAMMY NOMINATIONS

YEAR, MORE GRAMMY NOMINATIONS THAN ANYBODY ELSE, AND HER

THAN ANYBODY ELSE, AND HER MESSAGE OBVIOUSLY CAPTURED THE

MESSAGE OBVIOUSLY CAPTURED THE CULTURE.

CULTURE. >> AND BUSINESS PERSON OF THE

>> AND BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR.

YEAR. >> BOB IGER, OF DISNEY,

>> BOB IGER, OF DISNEY, INCREDIBLE YEAR.

INCREDIBLE YEAR. >> LOOK HOW WE LET YOU SAY THAT.