To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Share Embed Share URL Video File Node URL Embed Code <iframe title="MRC TV video player" width="640" height="360" src="https://www.mrctv.org/embed/41204" allowfullscreen></iframe> Responsive Embed Code Embed Code <iframe title="MRC TV video player" width="640" height="360" src="https://www.mrctv.org/embed/41204" allowfullscreen></iframe> Newsweek's Jon Meacham defending his magazine's list of the 50 "elite" influential people for 2009. Barack Obama tops the list. Meacham recorded the interview with Chris Cuomo. [aired: 22 Dec. 2008]