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field. it's all of the best and all the worst, 2019. welcome. i'm tom foreman and this year really did feel like a wickedly deceptive magic show full of misdirection and illusions and slight of hand. every time we thought we knew exactly where things stood, suddenly they changed and nowhere more than the place where we begin, the devilish world of hocus pocus politics. ♪ ♪ 2019 was a blur. ♪ >> it's been a strange year. ♪ >> a year of epic struggle. >> ugh, i need a drink. ♪ >> it started off with the worst political story, the ukraine scandal. or as president trump called it. >> fake news. >> it's a hoax. >> bull [ bleep ]. >> it is a sordid tale of the ukrainians to investigate joe biden and pushing a debunked

conspiracy theory that ukraine, not russia, was to blame for u.s. election meddling. >> we are here just to provide what we know and what we've heard. >> do you swear or affirm -- >> yet once impeachment hearings got under way, one witness after another said the president and his team did precisely what they are accused of. >> everyone was in the loop. >> the republican response? aside from rushing a hearing room trying to physically stop the proceedings -- >> donald trump has truly been a victim of incredible bias. >> impeachment. >> some say his actions are bad, but not impeachable. and that's one thing. >> a witch hunt. >> there are others who just say something of the effect of i am not listening, i am not listening, i am not listening. >> quid pro quo. >> if i hear the term quid pro quo one more time. >> ready? >> get the cameras rolling.

>> quid pro quo. quid pro quo. quid pro quo. >> i'm going to quid pro myself, okay? >> quid pro quo. >> i just wish someone would just make it really simple. either he broke the law or he didn't break the law. ♪ ♪ >> worst use of thumbs. trump's torrent of tweets against his foes. laced with foul language. >> bull [ bleep ]. >> bitter accusations and lies and one truly disturbing photoshop picture. >> quid pro quo. >> i kind of feel like i'd like to take him aside and say hey, i've had experience with twitter. be careful. ♪ ♪ >> best trend for republicans, the way trump continues to pack the federal courts with conservatives. >> he is doing it in record numbers is what he promised, it's what he's achieving and now it's what he's bragging about. ♪

>> worst shell game. the president's nonstop attempts in the courts and congress to keep his tax returns private. >> can we all just agree. he's not releasing his taxes. he's not doing it. ♪ >> best way to shake up terrorists. the killing of the isis leader in syria. >> the president showed enormous courage. he made the right calls. the special forces who took down al baghdadi put their lives at enormous risk and we should all be grateful. ♪ >> worst way to shake up the markets and the trump tariffs and china. >> there's a very famous quote in "the princess bride". >> never get in a land fight in asia. >> i'd like to add an addendum. never get into a terrorist pissing contest with china. [ laughter ] >> worst getaway vacation. trump's unprecedented visit to the demilitarized zone with north korean leader kim jong-un

which produced only a photo-op and even that wasn't as cool as kim's white horse photos later in the year. >> i feel like our president has definitely reshaped the way politics are being played. and it's like crazy land right now. there are rules and laws that are being made up every second that none of us ever agreed on. >> it should be done pretty close to next year. >> best broken campaign promise as far as democrats are concerned. >> that wall trump pledged to construct three years in and only a tiny fraction is finished. >> the fact of the matter is the thing is not being built. >> mexico is not paying for any of it. >> we must keep government open. >> as evidenced by a huge funding fight between trump and congress. >> it's a dark time. >> which no one really won. >> and the very beginning of the

year we had a government shutdown and people were not getting paid for no reason. >> our investigation is complete. combine all of that with the blistering fallout from the russia report which did not condemn, but also did not exonerate the president. a stampede of democratic candidates vying to challenge trump in 2020. my mailman is running for president. my plumber is running for president. my neighbor's dog might be running for president. >> every time i watch a debate i'm, like, who is this guy? never seen her before? as i'm sitting here right now, four more democrats have entered the race for president. i'm just letting you know. ♪ >> some of the calls for progressive reforms gave republicans their best tree shot. we're talking about socialism folks. one of my favorite moments this year was when president trump got up in the state of the union

and he said -- >> america will never be a socialist country. >> that likely boosted trump's best number, the roughly 90% of republicans who approve of how he is doing his job. >> you know what? ♪ >> in "star wars" the sith lord had a lot of followers. ♪ >> but trump's worst number, the more than 50% of americans who have disapproved of his performance since day one. polls show any number of democrats could beat him next fall. >> whoever can get everyone to listen and get everyone's attention in a non-trump way i think will be the person that everyone will rally behind. >> i just hope people just, you know, think long and hard before they do any lever pulling or inking, whatever. >> quid pro quo! >> the government is shut down. >> for all of the uproar, silliness and partisan sniping, the single most ridiculous

political idea of the year. >> when trump said he wanted to buy greenland, at first i thought he was stealing one of my jokes. so did greenland and they rejected the idea flat out. >> greenland doesn't want to be a part of us. leave them alone. >> we'll have a lot more on the big stories of theiary in just a little bit, but for right now, hold on tight. we're about to let the games begin. >> the decade in sports closed out with some truly historic finishes especially for women who were playing harder than ever before. >> come on, bro. you, me. team bad ass. you don't want to be a part of this? it is about to go off. >> we're on target to look at the new golden age of television. plus later -- >> hey! that's my car! >> all the best, all the worst, 2019 will be right back. ♪

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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ for sheer escapism, nothing could beat sports this year and in football no one being beat the new england patriots in the postseason. they cruised to a super bowl victory over the los angeles rams tying the record for most super bowl wins ever. >> the patriots won the super bowl again this year, and i'm going to quote 97% of football

fans by saying -- boo! >> tom brady proved yet again that he's magical. go pats. i don't understand the haters. haters gonna hate. >> who hated it most? fans in new orleans who saw the worst blown call helped knock their team out of the playoffs. >> the saints should have been in the super bowl and everyone on earth knows it. ♪ ♪ >> and the world series, the washington nationals with the oldest roster in the league beat the odds to square off against the houston astros, then beat them dramatically in seven games. >> no one thought they were going to win. no one. that is the beauty. >> i love it when a team just comes out of nowhere and starts kicking ass. >> the stanley cup went to st. louis after the blues put a beatdown on the boston bruins. in the nba plenty of folks thought golden state would take the trophy again and not the toronto raptors who ate up the warriors. it turned into canada versus america which was basically like universal health care versus

good luck, everybody. universal health care won! >> and in the wnba there was d.c. again taking the title over the connecticut sun which was noteworthy because -- >> this was the year of women in sports. >> in soccer, the u.s. women's team won the world cup again. the 2-0 victory over the netherlands gave them back-to-back titles. >> that's the american spirit of sheer determination. >> in tennis, the reigning queen rocked while 15-year-old coco goff before falling to naomi osaka. >> so the coco-naomi moment of coming together, hugging it out. that's what our country needs. ♪ ♪ >> simone biles gets the best bling racking up the most world medals ever won by a female

gymnast. >> in five months she's simone biles' height right now. >> and in running, sure, the great elliott kashogi won the two-hour barrier of the marathon in a highly orchestrated demonstration, and bridget kosgy crushed a long-standing women's record. >> 2:14, that's how long it takes me to eat brunch at a good place, table service and stuff. >> i'd like to take a car to the finish line and then just show up there and go -- [ breathing heavily ] >> and then collapse at the reporters' feet. >> if you were aren't pay attention to sports, well, no problem. there were plenty of other entertainment options out there,

in an astonishing year of television. all you had to do was figure out what to watch in the box of wonders. ♪ >> worst good-bye in all seven kingdoms. "game of thrones" sent its last dragon flying off. the series was a roaring success from the start, but the end -- >> be with me. >> you know, the final season of "game of thrones" was like vegan hot dogs. you really wanted to like it, but it just made everyone really angry. >> what is it you really want? >> rice cream. >> best and most bittersweet wrap-up to a ground breaking series. the final season of "orange is the new black." >> you shouldn't be afraid. it's the first step in moving on. >> the last episode was really emotional for me. i was, like, in the middle of crying and then my postmate arrived and i had to stop. >> no spoilers. >> another time reported missing. >> best show about people who really were locked up, "mindhunter."

best show about people who should be locked up, "succession." >> the key here is to act like a happy family. >> i get why people get into it, but i'm, like, man. you're so rich. >> worst problem with so many great programs coming and going, deciding which streaming service to buy into and what to watch once you do. >> i'm a very bad tv watcher. i sit there with the remote control and even if it's something i like, i click away from it. you got a problem? >> best art imitating the worst life. it could be barry -- >> was there ever a time in your life that you did something so terrible that you were ashamed? [ screaming ] >> i can't think of anything. >> "killing eve." >> she wants me to know when she's killed someone. >> she's behind that door! >> or maybe silicon valley, where making a killing is the

whole point. >> silicon valley, the final season. >> guess who's on it? this kid, and it's about 50/50 about whether you own a snake. >> his girlfriend owns a snake. >> best show to make you worry in the worst way. euphoria. >> that show made me never want to let my kids leave the house. >> based on the worst events. the unsettling, unbelievable. >> this guy is out there, preying on the most vulnerable women he can find. >> the riveting spy. >> the shake is your only way in. >> the horrifying chernobyl and the heartbreaking "when they see us". >> i want to see my son right now. right now! >> it was beautifully tragic in so many ways and it was amazingly accurate. >> best shows to watch with tea and biscuits, "the crown" and "the great british baking show". >> the people are delightful and everyone is so kind. the accents are glorious, darling.

>> and that's why i'm going to win "shark tank". >> this is "dancing with the stars". >> giving former white house press secretary sean spicer a spin, bringing partisan politics right on to the dance floor. ♪ >> i want fiction. >> i'm done with the idea of reality shows. >> out front next. >> i watch cnn. extra points for cnn. >> yes! >> and just when you thought "the bachelorette" might be fading, the best one yet showed up. >> figure it out or, like, i don't want to do this. >> hannah brown, i respect you. i was getting actually upset. i was yelling at my tv and it was amazing. love hannah brown, hate luke and pete. >> and best body slamming comedy. >> what i do in my time is my business, my choice, baby. >> you could give it to russian doll or flee bag.

>> do you want to have sex? >> no. >> but we'll give the total to "glow" which continues to shine. >> you know why i love glow? because i was young during that time period so it takes me back and then after the episode is over i go look in the mirror and then that whole fantasy's gone. >> don't you disappear. we have much more coming up including all of the big news. fires, floods and is it warm in here or is it just me? >> oh, my god. >> plus we will look at the hottest film to streak through the theaters and we'll say good-bye to a cool cat and hello once again to an unstoppable shark and it's all the best and all the worst 2019. ♪ baby shark ♪ ♪

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the fierce political battles all around the world raged so loudly you could have missed an awful lot of stories and yet they kept happening. roaring blazes in california and the amazon helped make the point. >> you walk outside and it smells like a neighbor is having

a barbecue at an ungodly hour. you're, like, who is barbecuing at 3:00 in the morning? >> so did rising ocean temperatures and melting snow packs. this year provided the best, meaning the worst evidence so far of the calamitous effects of climate change. >> i'm already up to, like, 50 sunscreen and i still get tan. all right, i don't really get that tan, but you know what i'm saying. >> 2019 will go down as one of the hottest ever and iceland folks even held a funeral for a glacier that vanished. >> couldn't actually make it there. i was holding a funeral for an ice cube i had in a glass of soda. >> how dare you? best call for action give it to sweden's greta thunberg, the young environmentalists who ripped world leaders for their lack of action. >> she should write all of the speeches and read all of the speeches because she's an intense little person. >> greta is a boss, and i want to be more like her.

>> adding to the concern, natural disasters like hurricane dorian which tore through the bahamas leaving breathtaking destruction. >> every year there's some type of thing, but this -- each year they seem to be getting stronger and stronger and stronger. >> worst weather map, the one shown by president trump with an extra loop apparently drawn on seemingly to prove he was right when he said dorian could hit alabama even though meteorologists widely said he was wrong. best news for an economy that keeps on chugging along. despite repeated warnings of an impending recession unemployment is still super low and consumers are still buying and though maybe not as much as they might. >> all i can tell you is that my local avocado toast is just getting really expensive, and now i can only have it, like, twice a week. >> but. >> you talk it economists and what they will tell you is that the trump economy and the numbers inside the trump economy look a lot like the numbers from

the obama economy. >> worst problem that shows no sign of easing, mass shootings from a festival in california to ohio streets to a walmart in texas. >> like, you can't even go grocery shopping for your family without thinking i could potentially be putting myself in a harmful situation or dangerous situation just by living my regular life. >> a close cousin is rising ethnic hatred which showed up in the u.s. and abroad notably as worshippers were gunned down in a mosque in new zealand. >> these people are praying. they're not harming anyone. >> we need a cultural revolution to stop this wave of hatred and anger where people feel that they need to go to mass shootings to display hate. >> every year that i've ever lived in, at the end of the year i said i can't wait until this year is over. >> amid roiling unrest in all sorts of countries around the

world, the worst long good-bye goes to the tortured efforts of the united kingdom to leave the european union. >> brexit has become more like brrr -- we're thinking about leaving maybe, at some point. >> best news for those who have had it with workplace harassment. the me too movement. >> people are too afraid of being held accountable for things so maybe now we'll see real change moving forward. we are finding out that more and more, mostly men, are really gross. >> best example -- >> the jeffrey epistein case is the worst of humanity. >> the uber-wealthy financier was facing charges related to years of sex trafficking minors and dodging the legal system. the scandal hit a member of the royal family and numerous other epistein associates and he was eventually found hanged in his cell. that's not the way the justice system is supposed to work and it is a disaster.

it is just a disaster. >> another legal disaster, the jussie smollett case. the actor from the popular "empire" tv show claims he was attacked very late at night by racists who put a noose around his neck and it encited an outrage until chicago police conducted an investigation and said he staged the whole thing. >> jussie smollett took advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career. the whole story felt like a script that got thrown away from the show he was working on and he just used it. none of that made logical sense at all. >> most mysterious cataclysm. the fire that engulfed a fishing boat off the california coast killing 34 people. >> oh, my god, that was so sad. >> worst trend to put parents on edge, the rise of vaping, and this year a series of deaths seemingly related to substances adding to the vape juice. >> i have sisters who are teenagers and pre-teens and vaping terrifies me.

worst helicopter moms. the college admissions scandal of which investigators wealthy and in some cases famous parents gave massive amounts of money to buy better test results and guaranteed admissions to top colleges for their kids often through fake athletic scholarships. >> we just talk about how that conversation even went. listen, kids, you're going to go visit a school. act like you're really, really good at basketball, okay? just do it for mommy. just do it for mommy. many of the parents have denied it including actress lori loughlin. >> aunt becky is digging in. she's, like, bring it on. i will full house your face. >> best cyber trend. the movement by google and twit tore limit microtargeting of voters with fake ads, especially political ones. worst case of lagging behind? facebook. >> i don't know anyone who walks

around saying i love facebook! facebook is great! their policies are awesome. >> worst problem high in the air or not, two massive fatal crashes overseas and boeing 737 max jets were grounded worldwide and they're still not cleared for takeoff. worst problem high on the ground, the latest official count of annual drug overdose death, 70,000 down slightly from last year, but still helping lower average lifespans. >> best long sentence for a guy called shorty, life in prison plus 30 years for the notorious drug lord joaquin guzman, aka, el chapo. the best way to get away from it all by booking a room at the international space station which nasa this year opened for visits by private astronauts. >> don't take off quite yet because in a bit, we're going to take a look at the movies of 2019. some frightening, some fascinating and some out of this world in their own right.

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"spider-man," "captain marvel," "shazam" and more. >> i saw a significant number of movie in the top 20, and they involved people wearing tights. >> but super villains had their say, too, and the baddest of the bad boys was joker. >> are you having negative thoughts? >> oh, i have negative thoughts. >> it's almost like a horror film in real life because you're, like -- i hope everybody's calm. this is just a movie, guys because it's almost like a case study in how white men could snap. ♪ send in the clowns >> if you want to get crazy, we can get crazy. ♪ >> film fans squirmed over "us." >> while "it" brought pennywise back to the light. >> i don't know. i didn't love it as much as i loved chapter 1.

>> psycho clowns terrorizing kids is awesome. psycho clowns terrorizing james mcevoy -- meh! >> that underscores the year's worst trend in movie making, the tendency to keep going with the same stories. >> the force will be with you. >> always. i mean, it's ridiculous. sequel, sequel, sequel. can someone come up with something new? >> i'm kind of interested in seeing spider-man 508. >> jesse, ham. >> buzz, rex, potatohead. >> watch it, buddy. >> still, there were nice moments especially in animation. >> i was happy that woody got a girlfriend. >> the lion king roared. aladdin got a reboot along with pikachu, the pets and the sisters of arondale let it go again. >> more than anyone and anything. >> the best tale of a real-life

hero. >> harriet, welcome to the underground railroad. >> if you haven't seen the movie "harriet," you need to run, not walk to your local theater. ♪ ♪ >> the biggest uproar over a big-name film, "once upon a time in hollywood." >> is it misogynistic? is it racist against asians? that's hollywood for you. >> you're [ bleep ] dumb. don't you forget it. >> i find it harder and harder to get to the movies nowadays. >> if work is bad i want to end it. >> films you should have seen and probably didn't. the touching story of two friends in paddleton. >> i'm a dying guy! >> the terrifying tale of a desperate dad in "american dreamer". >> i promise i won't hurt you. >> the lighthouse. >> no, sir. >> we call that white people doing white things. it was fantastic. >> and downton abby.

>> 1927, we're modern folk. >> it was like going home and visiting your friends that you hadn't seen in a while. >> did you ever hit anybody? >> on the job? >> yeah. >> i don't think so. >> there were some late contenders among the year's best movies, but our pick for the most original film of 2019 -- >> paul mccartney wrote it. the beatles? >> who? >> i loved, loved, loved, loved "yesterday". >> the one where the guy wakes up to find almost everyone in the world had forgotten the beatles' music except him. >> hey dude. >> he's right. that's better. >> music often just sits in the background of a movie, but every now and then a tune will leap out on its own and become a sensation and that's really something because as any artist will tell you, creating a hit is a real trick. ♪ ♪ ♪ take my horse to the old town road ♪

♪ i'm going to ride until i can't no more ♪ >> let's start with the hit of the year, the song that topped the charts for a record 19 straight week for little nas x and billy ray cyrus. >> "old town road," who would have thought it would bring people together in the way that it did. ♪ ♪ >> the one thing about "old town road" is i really want to get a fringy cowboy jacket now. >> not a bad idea. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> best or worst trend, depending on your taste. ♪ ♪ >> the rise and a country twang all across the charts. ♪ >> what country are we talking about? here? in every country they have country music, but it's their country's music. >> great tunes in all styles.

♪ >> the best and biggest name in rap is still drake. >> the guy who goes to the basketball games. keep your eye on this drake fellow. yeah. he seems to be doing all right. >> the most unexpected move by a rap star. kanye west's new religious album. >> that level of faith is what our country needs right now. >> i don't think i'm going to listen to that because i don't want to burn in hell. >> i've gotten into the singer perry como recently. he's really good, and andy williams. ♪ it's the most wonderful time of the year ♪ ♪ >> the reigning queens of pop got rowdy. >> taylor swift took a political turn. >> taylor swift only has two speeds. she's either really pissed off or really in love. ♪ ♪ >> and beyonce killed it at

coachella, but make room, ladies. this was the year of lizzo. ♪ ♪ >> oh, i love lizzo! go, girl! >> lizzo is a boss queen. that's all. >> still the best new big name came on strong and fast. billy ilish ♪ >> and it looks like the hot girls are winning. >> song of the summer. megan the stallions "hot girls summer ♪ ♪ . >> i loved everything about it. good for her. >> most fun musical fact. vinyl record albums are projected to outsell cds for the first time in ages. ♪ >> and the song that became the best soundtrack for the whole year? brace yourself -- ♪ baby shark >> yeah, that one.

>> baby shark, do, do, do. >> mommy shark, do, do, do. >> baby shark is probably the number one reason why i've decided to not have children. >> keep your dancing shoes close at hand. the magic is not over yet. in just a moment i will ask you to watch very closely. >> from the astonishing time machine in your phone to a picture that will make you doubt your eyes, to the dog who is casting an amazing spell on fans everywhere. all the best, all the worst will be right back.

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>> back on earth, space empresario elon musk had the best rollout of tech. >> his tesla cyber truck with unbreakable windows. >> oh! >> all right, larry, pick up that metal ball and break that window. >> you could it couldn't be broken. >> never mind what i say. >> last trick to the bone yard. >> the last volkswagen beetle rolled off the production line ending 80 years as an automotive mainstay. >> the last beetle was made and this is going to stop. these volkswagen beetles. the one that i blame is the volkswagen yoko ono. >> worst reshuffle. uno came out with a deck that does not include with red or black cards designed to reduce political friction during holidays. >> that may not be the issue. just saying. >> worst time machine. what they'd look like years from now.

>> oh, my god. the aging filter. >> why do i need to look at it? that was not the type of magic i >> weirdest and sort of cool est new online service, cameo, which helps you find famous folks to help with communications. >> people can make requests of a particular person or a celebrity. please wish my brother happy birthday. >> like the woman who hired sugar ray frontman mark mcgrath to give her boyfriend a hilarious heave ho. >> you mean the world to her, but she's having difficulty staying in this long distance relationship. >> podcast still running strong with more than 750,000 to choose from according to podcasting insights. >> i just want people to listen to my podcast and ignore every other one. >> well, except for maybe our podcast pick of the year, dolly

parton's america. >> dolly parton is an icon. she's awesome. >> she also killed it on her nbc special. ♪ ♪ >> the question, who is james holzhauer? the answer, he's the most exciting jeopardy champion this year, racking up a small fortunate with his large memory. >> jeopardy is even happening. >> the fight over who has the better sandwich. >> went to popeyes, the line was insane. but it was all white people. it was not us. it was all right. it wasn't like, ooh, ooh, lord! >> worst trend on the roads, the run away lack of rules governing cars, scooters, bikes and, well, everything else trying to share the same space and creating a commuting mess. best person to call to help you clean up, marie kondo, who organized a revolution of, well, organization. a

>> i mean, you know that you are a cultural phenomenon if your name becomes a verb. >> now i understand she wants to put stuff back in my closet and i'm not interested in that version of her. >> most surprising baby talk, researchers say the number of children born in the u.s. is at a 32-year low. no wonder the royal baby got so much attention. >> i have paid zero attention to the royal family. nothing against them, but, um, i kind of think we have the kardashians to worry about. >> i don't know why we can't all just respect each other. >> the new cultural icon to cause an internet sensation, pig let, the pink rescue dog. he's blind and can't hear, but he can sniff out friends anywhere. >> i call him lucky. answers to the name of lucky. >> sad est loss of a cultural icon, grumpy cat known to her friends as tartar sauce. >> i'm not a cat fan but i am a

grumpy fan. >> and the tiktok app. >> my favorite was the sand man song where you're floating your pets over the camera lens while mr. sandman is playing. bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum. bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum. >> you're getting sleepy, sleepy, sleepy. but hold on, we have one more spell to cast. don't miss the surprising finish to all the best, all the worst 2019. >> announcer: all the best, all the worst 2019 brought to you by subaru and the share the love event going on now through january 2nd. go to anyone heroes.com to donate now. your donation will be matched dollar for dollar by subaru. tha. (vo) some things are worth preserving.

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we are almost done with 2019, but let's cast one more spell on our geftuests to invok their wishes for the coming year. ♪ ♪ >> my wish for 2020, i just want the madness to end. i just want it to end. i want to stop looking at my phone alerts. >> my wish and my new year's resolution for years -- >> just stop. >> -- is that in the following year i would say one joke that was actually funny. i've given up on that now. >> i wish that everyone will just take some time to go read a

book or something, or listen to mozart or look at a beautiful painting. >> in 2020, i do wish that president trump cruises to victory, that he's able to capture the white house again for a second term. >> everyone in the white house right now just moves to mars. please, please make that happen. please. >> for the country, i wish that people talk to each other more. get off the facebooks. speak to somebody. speak to somebody, man. ♪ ♪ >> i hope we enter the beginning of another age of enlightenment. i really hope we do.

because we've got to think long and hard about what comes after us. >> world peace. bing! seriously, though, because we actually need it. >> and that's it. time to put the rabbits back in the hat. thanks to all of our guests. thanks to all of you for watching. on behalf of everyone at anderson cooper 360 and the entire anderson family worldwide, i'm wishing you all of the best and none of the worst in 2020.

hi, anderson, andy. i just wanted to congratulate you guys on hosting the most incredible new year's eve party. also the hottest, if i may say so myself. i know you guys are going to kill it. i wish i was there, but unfortunately i need to be in my pajamas in bed. sorry. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> announcer: from the heart of times square, it's cnn's new year's