we all survived a tough 12 months packed with conflicts, difficulties and yet also victories, hope, and happiness. that's saying something considering we were up against a raging pandemic and the deepest social divides the united states has seen in decades. so how did we make it through? let's sort it out by starting with the biggest news. worst story of the year. the violent invasion of the u.s. capitol by people angry over joe biden winning the election. >> the idea that 2021 was going to be better i think probably lasted for about exactly six days. >> the january 6th insurrection was straight up crazy. >> the losing candidate, then president trump, stoked the fury with the big lie that he had won. >> they rigged an election. they rigged it like they've never rigged an election before. >> it was really traumatizing and tragic to see the people's house overtaken by american citizens. >> police were beaten, congress ran, people died. hundreds would be arrested. the best response, lawmakers came back within hours and certified joe biden's victory. >> democracy has prevailed. >> the country was still reeling with covid with the worst new arrival on the way. the more transmissible delta variant, and now, omicron, too, with more than 800,000 fatalities in the u.s., the worst question is how many more. >> you know, i just had an experience with covid and it, it shook me to the bone because i wasn't sure. >> i want my kids to go to school and breathe. >> the worst response, all those people who refused to wear a mask on get vaccinated. >> i love how anti-vaxxers are like, my body is a precious temple. i'm not willing to inject my body with this suspicious covid vaccine, but horse dewormer. i'll take that. >> i think you can say objectively that a large part of what happened with the spread of the delta variant is because of the unvaccinated. >> the best neighbors. the overwhelming majority of americans who by year's end, had received their shots. >> i am all for people making their own choices and making informed decisions. i just want them to be informed decisions from actual scientists, from actual doctors, from medical professionals. >> healthcare workers and people in the service industry were rightly applauded for their tireless work. >> it's a sad way to become a hero, but i have immense, immense respect for them. >> the best unsung heroes, no kidding. give it to all the pets who kept us company through the hard months. >> i used to think that was a joke. i found out the hard way. i realize now why people have emotional support dogs because dogs are truly loyal to you. >> we don't stand up, it's only going to get worse! >> still, tensions ran high as people tried to get back to normal. on airplanes, absurd fights broke out as some passengers raged at restrictions. >> if you're going to punch out a flight attendant, i feel like they have every right to open the emergency doors and toss you out. >> the pandemic economy was mixed with soaring gas prices, inflation. >> i have noticed in the store, i think sometimes, this seems like a pretty expensive jar of tomato sauce. >> and some shortages spurred by the worst traffic jam. all those ships parked offshore with goods from overseas. >> people are buying stuff. people want stuff. people haven't bought stuff for so long, they want it. they want stuff. and all this pent up demand is what's creating this supply chain back up. >> but the stock market hit new highs. most of the jobs lost had been recovered. sure, some folks don't want to go back to the office. >> i think people are afraid. you know what, i'm safer at home than i am going anywhere. >> i think we're all still on edge. that's why i've been drinking so much whisky. that's the reason. >> but for all that -- >> even after a an economy for rising prices, the typical american family has more money in their pockets than they did last year. >> large, destructive tornado on the ground. >> once again, a variety of tragic events plagued the nation from fires, storms, and floods. >> just random events of catastrophe for happening at the most random times. >> what the [ bleep ] is that? >> to manmade horrors. ten dead after a crowd surge in texas. >> this is a type of thing that never needed to happen. >> six run down and killed in a christmas parade in wisconsin. >> we actually had a squad and barricades up and he drove right through the barricades and it had the officers. >> and almost 100 killed in the condo collapse in florida. >> one minute, a building was there. the next, it was gone. and you just didn't think of america as being a place where that would happen. >> beyond the united states, there was tension along the border with mexico. a coup shock myanmar. rare protests erupted in cuba. violence broke out in ethiopia. russia rattled sabers over ukraine again and china tested what could be a game-changing, hyper sonic missile and denied they were testing hyper sonic weapons at all. >> china is, without sounding like donald trump, we should be paying attention to. >> also still not getting as much attention as scientists say it should -- >> the climate crisis is a very real thing and something we all have a part in helping and reversing and addressing. >> you're out here doing drugs. >> drug addiction continued to ruin and take american lives at a staggering rate and gun violence took a terrible toll. mass shootings at schools and other locations filled headlines. so did a death on a movie set where alec baldwin was holding a gun that went off. >> you never pulled a trigger? >> no, no, i would never point a gun and anyone and pull the trigger. never. >> and gun rights activists kept pushing hard against any new restrictions. >> when you don't do anything to fix a problem, you're making an admission you're o kkay with th way things are. >> why are you trying to get to the police? >> because i didn't do anything wrong. i defended myself. >> we the jury find the defend defendant not guilty. >> the acquittal of a young man who shot, the conviction of men charged with chasing down and killing ahmaud arbery while he was jogging in georgia -- >> we were hearing people say, we got justice. >> find the defendant guilty. >> and the conviction of the former cop who killed george floyd. >> i don't think we got justice in the conviction of derek chauvin, but we got accountability. >> all of that along with attacks on asian american, the trend. rising violence and intolerance. >> i spent hundreds of dollars on buying pepper spray for my elderly parents. america, we should be embarrassed. >> that's a human problem. that's all of our problems. that's a societal problem and it's something that was really put on display in 2021. >> there is much more ahead. coming up, we will check out the worst in politics, the best in sports, music, movies, and look up in the sky. is that a bird, a plane, or a billionaire? 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"ete "eternals" and the ten rings battling for best action movie. >> i saw one movie in the theatre and it was zhang. i liked it. >> but this was the best year n for grand adventures all over the screen. with the latest installment of the venom series to black widow to godzilla versus kong. car chase. f-9, the fast saga. >> fast and the furious in three words. pontiac in space. >> where is who? my boss. >> for old west action -- >> i don't particularly enjoy violence. >> the best was the harder they fall. >> that movie was great. it was a movie about black cowboys in a very positive light. >> come on! >> worst movie to stay awake through. the beautiful, but super long -- >> dune. i want to go see dune. >> the emperor asks us to bring peace. >> james bond. license to kill. >> worst good-bye to the guy many consider the best james bond. daniel craig ended his run as 007 with a whopping finale. >> no time to die has the longest run time of any bond movie in history. it was almost three hours long so there was like plenty of time to die. maybe too much time to die. >> you are marvelous, rose. >> with a few notable exceptions such as power of the dog and belfast, it seemed a weak year for drama and animation, too. >> whose baby? >> really? >> saw that. it's not for me. >> let's go. >> hollywood's worst problem coast to coast was the way the pandemic made it so hard to pack theatre seats once again. >> i'm naked. >> i can see that. >> i we want back to the movies for the first time last week to see the new wes anderson movie. >> the french dispatch. >> i enjoyed the popcorn more than i enjoyed a movie. >> still, plenty of new movies connected with their audiences. >> careful. they can smell fear. >> best unexpected. >> best reboot. dogs and all. >> emma stone was fantastic in cruella. i was actually rooting for cruella. >> i love everything about -- >> is this what recreational drugs feel like? >> he's a good dude. >> somebody in there? >> best ways to give yourself nightmares. >> i'm coming for you, michael. >> halloween, i love jamie lee curtis. >> it was a good year for horror films. >> most people had fun. >> i think we were looking to be scared by something other than real life. >> candy man. >> candy man. >> candy man. >> thank goodness even when we could not make it out to our favorite cinema, the music business flooded our homes, headphones and ear buds with some pretty great tunes to pass th e pandemic. ♪ with one song and one unforgettable tv concert, the best moment in music came down to one name. >> adele is back. that's all we need to say. ♪ >> i think it's, it's adele's world and we're all just crying in it. right? >> her fourth studio album shot up the charts, paving the way for her new residency performing in vegas. >> the one thing i'm always struck by is oh, my god, what a voice she has. ♪ >> it was a very good year for music. new orleans own john batiste danced to the front of the grammy nominees while the best song of the summer could have gone to olivia rodrigo. ♪ or ed sheerhan and his bad habits. but we'll give that honor to kiss me more. ♪ >> her visuals are great. >> best bar sing along that sounds a lot like a jingle goes to walker hayes and kesha. ♪ ♪ i'm going to leave the door open ♪ >> best vintage sound goes to silk sonic. the collaboration between bruno mars and his one-time opening act, anderson pack. >> it was calm. it was beautiful. and i don't care what you were doing when that song came on, you just got in a mellow mood. >> so i loved silk sonic and in the same vein as like black pumas, which had a great year -- ♪ >> most unstoppable force. bts. the k pop sound and the army of dedicated fans following their every move. >> the k pop craze and phenom, i was like, wait, what's happening? ♪ >> also making a big noise this year, sweetie laid it down. >> you may not know that sweetie is half asian and i love a potty mouth asian. ♪ >> everyone is finally realizing the american treasure that is brandy carlisle. ♪ i bet you think about me ♪ >> taylor swift was rerecording two of her original albums with new versions of some hits thrilling the swiftties, but not everyone. >> i don't enjoy the online hype of swift. it's too much for me to handle. >> mask wolf kept rolling with a hit from late last year. >> i don't want to listen to something that's going to make me angry. i got three kids for that. good god. >> but our reigning king of cool -- >> 2021 was the year of l lin nas x. >> and he keeps breaking out great tunes like no one else. ♪ >> we are moving along. in just a moment, brace yourself for full contact politics and a little later, tee it up, drop the puck, and play ball. we'll be looking at the best in sports, the goat that got greater, and the shows that lit up our living rooms. >> because i'm bald. >> keep your hair on. all the best, all the worst will be right back. 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drawing further storm. >> the first thing they'd say is take me to your leader. well, look at one of the leaders that we had. good god. >> we never forget 2020. just in case you have any questions. >> but since then -- >> i think the adherence of the big lie hasn't just lingered. i think it's grown. >> despite ending his term with one of the lowest approval ratings of any modern president, polls show republicans remain overwhelmingly on team trump. >> i think an unfortunate new normality is that for millions, possibly tens of millions of americans don't really have faith in you know, american democracy. because they view the 2020 election as a sham. >> no more. >> accusations and suspicions between right and left drove deep wedges into congress and divided families. >> both sides believe the other is decollusional. and that's incredibly dangerous. >> we're not a third world country. also not a dictatorship, but this is something else and it's scary. >> of course, the new administration, including kamala harris, the first female u.s. vice president ever, had other issues to tackle. there was the pandemic to manage, the economic fallout, and democrats vowing to turn things around, which was not so easy. >> yeah. i mean, the democrats are kind of blowing this moment. >> on this vote, the yays are 69. the nays are 30. the bill as amended is passed. >> a rapidly developing rift between progressives and centrists nearly scuttled one of the best wins for the white house. the infrastructure bill. >> sometimes, simple decisions are made hard by the other baggage brought into the situation. >> i was not extending a forever exit. >> and that came well after the worst stumble by the new white house. the calamitous exit from afghanistan following 19 years of war. >> people read on getting on by and large, but i think they wanted to get out well. >> joe biden is not dumb and one of the things he promised coming in was that unlike trump, he would listen to experts. and his generals. and he didn't. and i think we saw the result. >> worst numbers for the president in a political since his plunging approval in the polls amid what some see as mistakes, economic struggles and fierce attacks from republicans. >> if you're seeing that on your social media feed every day, it eventually continues to wash over you. some of it's going to sink in. >> plenty of elected officials also bought into or refused to call out even the most outlandish conspiracy theories. >> it's one thing when people are popping off with insane theories on facebook and it's another when those people are now elected officials. >> most unsocialable behavior. that goes to facebook for saying it would do more to control the flow of fake stories and hateful postings. the company changed its name to meta, but left many who wanted more unsatisfied. >> because we heard from the facebook whistleblower, frances haugen, that the company knows a lot of ugly stuff that can happen on its platform. >> freedom of speech and people don't want to be muted, but hate speech is not free speech. >> i swore off facebook and i was so proud of myself, then i own they also own instra gram. >> as they lean on redistricting plans to favor their parties. democrats do it, too, but the gop holds a majority in more states. >> all things being equal, they will regain control of the house just on redistricting alone. that's the power they have. >> the gop also pushed a slew of efforts to combat virtually nonexistence election fraud to sharply curb abortion rights, to resist mask or vaccination mandates and to punish lifelong republicans who balked at riding the trump train. >> the party has completely flipped on things like protectionism and family values and lowering the debt and the deficit. all the things that used to orient the republican party now don't matter at all because of one guy. >> many are watching the supreme court closely to see how it might rule on some of these issues as democrats in congress try to force testimony from gop insiders about how the insurrection came to be. none of it is making biden's job easier. however, once you're president, you're president. and as time passes, you've got to own the situation and the challenges that come up. >> and many political analysts say the next challenge could well be a fresh attempt by donald trump to run again to take back the presidency he lost. >> we will make america great again! when we come back, the worst kind of quarterback sneak. the best run into the open, and don't touch that remote. >> welcome wagon has arrived. >> we will be scanning through comedies, dramas, the best shows on television, other than all the best, all the worst 2021. >> i'm a good guy. i'm better than you. you booked a sunny vrbo ski chalet. with endless views of snow-covered peaks. 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and the best athletes still grinding after more than a century. give it to 105-year-old julia hawkins of louisiana who ran 100 meters in just over a minute. a new senior world record. when we weren't watching sports, the pandemic drove many of us to spend more time watching everything else. it was a very big year on the small screen where tv was getting its game on. worst idea for a series in the pandemic which made for some of the best tv. squid game. >> squid game was the proudest that i have been to be korean and that is kind of messed up. >> the creepy survival series had a mixed reception. >> visually, it was stunning. >> not for me. >> too dark. >> but the show was a hit anyway. >> turns out, a lot of people died in squid games. >> it wasn't the feel good story i was expecting. >> welcome wagon has arrived. >> on the other end of the spectrum, best series of the year. the wonderful, happy, rollicking ted lasso. >> ted lasso has done more for soccer in the u.s. than david bec beckham's button and that's saying a lot. ♪ >> best reboot of a long ago favorite, the wonder years. kevin and his crew were out. a whole new family was in. >> it was 1968. the year i turned 12. >> i just loved that concept. what was so great about the wonder years, which i grew up on, it was any family. it could have been any family. clearly, it wasn't. >> i need you to protect me. >> best new season about the worst kind of people. succession. >> i don't watch succession. i don't need that. >> other fan favorites -- >> how's it feel to be the other woman? >> watch yourself. >> i'm a big queen sugar fan. i like to hear the untold stories of just the common man an you be like, wow, we are so much more alike than we are different. >> we're going to go down there and look for clues. you want to come? >> i enjoyed only murders in the building. >> curb your enthusiasm came back to enthusiastic reviews. >> hello. i see you. >> you had a great run. so did sweet tooth. cobra kai, i may destroy you, and sex education. >> i'm fine. >> i do think one of the trends on tv that i love is that being decent can be popular and being acc decent can be popular. i need it. >> reality tv continues to hold it own. >> i don't know if you know this about me, but i have a ph.d. in bravo and it was quite a year for real housewives. >> best dramatization of a real life calamity, dope sick. >> i feel it's now we're really starting to learn the impact and understand the effect of this drug and how it tore communities apart. >> the east town police department received a call reporting a dead body. >> the best show about people dealing with the worst news was mayor of easttown. >> the characters were so compelling. >> worst idea which worked out anyway. young rock. >> we're all so obsessed with the rock that we will watch a fictionalized version of how he became the rock. >> best idea that turned out even better. >> this is our home now. i want us to fit in. >> oh, my god. i have to talk about wanda vision. gave you moments of old time sitcom, mixed with marvel. amazing. >> and best pandemic project of them all. the wildly inventive, inside. ♪ that alone may have been enough to justify the best or worst trend depending on how you see it. the wild proliferation of streaming services taking over the tv universe. >> right now, i have hulu, disney plus, netflix, amazon prime, paramount plus, peacock, hbo max. apple. i pretty much have all of them. >> i think that's the wave of the future. we have to adapt to the future. >> our future still holds plenty. stay with us and hang on tight for what's coming up. we'll be taking a trip far, far away. checking in on britney's great escape and what's this ship? 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>> also stepping aside from each other, kimye. >> the only thing i can say about that is girl, what took you so long? good god. >> best escape from the worst situation. after 13 years, a court freed britney spears from the oversight of her father. >> i think the free britney movement, which has ended well in terms of ending that conservatorship, was only important in making us reconsider how we treat our, especially female, celebrities. >> oprah takes the prize for best q&a for her sit-down with the former royals. prince harry and meghan. >> i'm just really relieved and happy to be sitting here talking to you with my wife by my side. >> i admire harry, taking the reigns and controlling his family and his destiny. that black girl magic is real. >> worst hashtag. hot back summer. >> a, i'm mare ried, and b, i still don't want anyone to touch me or be near me. so no. it was still stay the hell away from me. >> best way to stay away from others. the booming video game industry, which was expected to generate between 175 and 180 billion in revenue this year. that's much more than movies or music. >> i think technology was very much geared to what we could at our homes. >> video games was like the only way we could socialize, right? >> worst joke. dave chappelle's comments about trans people, which sparked an outcry, even as some came to his defense. >> people make mistakes. we're human. you will make a mistake. >> worst club meeting. the qanon crowd that gathered in texas expecting the return of john kennedy and john kennedy jr. >> a lot of this stuff boils down to loneliness and there's a warm feeling if you think you understand something and have insight into something that nobody else understands. >> most popular baby names. olivia and liam. >> i'm sure it's after olivia dehaviland. i guess lian neeson. >> here is the path of the dark side. >> the word of the year was vaccine. our number of the year is 332 million. that's about the u.s. population and it's growing with a death every 11 seconds, but a birth every nine seconds. the worst eight, the eight hours an average american kid now spends in front of a screen each day. that's double what it was before the pandemic and worst number for many americans trying to stay fit? 39. that's the percentage who gained weight amid all the covid limitations and irritations, too. >> angry. frustrated. stuck in the house. mad. disgruntled. can't find your way. it was a lot. then all these crazy karens coming out. >> the worst and best thing to combat all of that this year, tiktok. >> people have created entire new careers off of tiktok and i am here for it. >> and the best worst parking job of the whole year, that ship that got stuck in the suez canal backing up global trade. >> have you tried baby oil? prune juice? that stuff really gets things moving. >> look, the guy had one job. he had one job. >> our job here, like 2021, is about done, but stick around as we go over one last important item. our wishes for next year. every day in business brings something new. so get the flexibility of the new mobile service designed for your small business. introducing comcast business mobile. you get the most reliable network with nationwide 5g included. and you can get unlimited data for just $30 per line per month when you get four lines or mix and match data options. available now for comcast business internet customers with no line-activation fees or term contract required. see if you can save by switching today. comcast business. powering possibilities. as difficult as it's been, there's hope that our differences will ease and our future will brighten. to close it out, we've asked our guests their wishes for the coming year. >> my wish for next year is that it's nothing like the last two years. please. we can't take it anymore. >> i wish for 2022 maybe just people calm down. maybe calm down a little bit. >> my wish for america is to end racism. >> i wish for less politics. i don't think politics infusing everything is making us smarter, happier, healthier, or better people. >> my wish for 2022 is an end to the exhaustion that we just wake up refreshed from the ridiculous chaos that we've now been through for basically two years. >> acceptance and understanding will make this america the greatest country that it has ever been. those are the two things that are needed right now, so accept me and understand me because i accept and understand you. >> that is indeed at least something to strive for. thanks to all of our guests and thanks to you for watching. for the entire team at anderson co cooper 360 and cnn worldwide, i'm tom foreman wishing you all of the best and none of the worst in 2022. it's what guys seem to get off on. >> the sound of pleasure. you can bet your bottom we got them, baby. >> unless you've been living in a sealed cave, you've probably noticed that america's latest craze is disco dancing. >> this is hard rock and it's purpose is to promote violence, sex, and destruction in that order. >> pure rock