THANKS FOR WATCHING
MIDMORNING.
TIME MAGAZINE HAS REVEALED THE
2015 PERSON OF THE YEAR.
AND SHE'S GERMAN CHANCELLOR,
ANGELA MERKEL.
"TIME" SAYS HER LEADERSHIP HAS
HELPED PRESERVE AND PROMOTE
EUROPE WHILE FACING TURMOIL AND
ON ONGOING REFUGEE.
I CAN'T IMAGINE THERE'S HUGE
SHOCK.
SHE WAS NAMED THE NOBEL PEACE
PRIZE WINNER.
SHE'S THE MOST POWERFUL WOMAN
IN THE WORLD.
WHEN YOU HEAR HER NAME, YOU
MIGHT THINK OF THE TIME THAT
GEORGE BUSH GAVE THAT --
YEAH.
SHE'S DONE INCREDIBLE
THINGS.
I THINK IT'S VERY INTERESTING
THAT "TIME" PICKED HER THIS
YEAR AND THEY POINT TO THE TIME
SHE'S OPENED HER BORDERS TO A
MILLION REFUGEES AT A TIME WHEN
THE CONVERSATION IN THIS
COUNTRY IS ABOUT KEEPING
EVERYBODY OUT.
I FEEL LIKE THAT'S VERY
INTENTIONAL.
SHE'S THE FIRST FEMALE
PERSON OF THE YEAR IN NEARLY
THREE DECADES.
THE GENDER TO ME DOESN'T MATTER
MUCH WHEN YOU LOOK AT HER ROLE
IN EUROPE.
THE EURO WAS HEADED FOR KAPUT.
IT WAS ABOUT TO BE GONE.
AND SHE SAID NO.
WE WILL HELP BAIL OUT GREECE
UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES.
YOU HAD TO BELIEVE THAT
PROBABLY WASN'T VERY POPULAR AT
HOME.
I'M SURE.
I'M SURE.
I THINK WHAT KIND OF MAKES YOU
VISUALIZE EVERYTHING, PHOTOS OF
HER IN ACTION.
SHE HAS CONFIDENCE, SHE SITS
THERE WITH THE LEADERS AND THEY
SAY SHE'S NOT SORT OF LIKE
CHARMING -- WHAT DO WE CALL IT
-- PIZZAZZ.
RIGHT.
THEY SAY SHE'S POWER.
RIGHT.
I LIKE THIS LINE IN THE
ARTICLE WHERE -- WHEN THEY WERE
EXPLAINING WHY ANY PICKED HER.
THEY SAID LEADERS ARE TESTED
ONLY WHEN PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO
FOLLOW AND THEY SAID SHE'S
ASKED MORE OF HER COUNTRY THAN
MOST POLITICIANS WOULD DARE.
AND IT'S WORKED.
I MEAN, SHE'S BEEN IN POWER FOR
TEN YEARS.
AND SHE'S ALL ABOUT ACTION.
I THINK THAT WE DO A LOT OF
TALK IN THIS COUNTRY.
YOU HEAR A LOT OF DISCUSSION
HAPPENING AND SHE -- SHE'S KIND
OF TAKEN THAT NEXT STEP.
THEY -- THE PEOPLE HAVE TO
FOLLOW HER.
SHE'S THAT LEADER.
SHE'S TAKING THAT ACTION.
LET'S TA TALK ABOUT THE
RUNNERS-UP.
THAT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING.
THE READER'S POLL SELECTED
BERNIE SANDERS.
NUMBER TWO FROM TIME ABU BAKR
AL-BAGHDADI, THE HEAD OF ISIS.
TIME HAS NOT ALWAYS PICKED A
GOOD PERSON.
THEY'VE HAD HITLER, AYATOLLAH.
IS THE IDEA THAT HAS HAD THE
MOST IMPACT.
THAT'S HARD TO DENY.
IT IS BUT IT'S LIKE YOU ARE
GLORIFYING.
MAKES YOU WANT TO BUY THE
MAGAZINE.
DONALD TRUMP NUMBER THREE.
I DON'T WANT TO BUY THE
MAGAZINE EITHER.
