this drive towards the to make this drive towards the carter centre and presidential library, his headquarters for his post presidency, something he is very well known for stop but this procession making its way through small towns, through communities in his home state, his home city, where we saw state, his home city, where we sanimmy carter born and raised, plains, georgia, the area where both he and his wife were born. the time he returned to multiple times. he came back after his career in the navy. and he came back after his career in the white house. and now returning for the final time, as this state funeral, to honour the latejimmy carter, begins here. i have a couple of guests with me. amber ross and robert strong.

that bell was rung 39 times to honour the 39th president. amber, give us a sense of the type of area we are looking at. not really a place where you would expect a president of united states to be born. first, what a fitting tribute for former president carter, to start with it all began for him. certainly there in 192a he had that rural upbringing, one that norman mailer remarked upon during that 1976 campaign, one of the things that he noted at that time, it was like another world, at that time, it was like anotherworld, it at that time, it was like another world, it was kinder than other meaner places like americus, he noted, but had such a remarkable impact on the

life of former president carter. i think that as you have noted, it impacted his work ethic, the fact that he was expected to contribute on his family farm, and then the people around him had a tremendous impact on shaping his life. his friends with in the area gave him a tremendous sense of racialjustice, i believe. and certainly his teacher, missjulia coleman, let him know that he and indeed all of his friends for that classroom could do whatever he wanted to do. and for former president carter, that was this idea of giving back to his country, first, after his time in the us naval academy, and with his career in the navy, and then had such a tremendous

sense of loyalty and responsibility, but as you have noted, he came back to plains after his father's passing, and that sense of duty in terms of taking over the family farm and continue to try to give back to the community in the his parents had. pa re nts ha d. professor parents had. professor robert strong, what did you make of that moment, we saw that bell ringing, we still can see here is a group of park rangers and those who carry out taking care of the family farm now, which has become a meeting point, a museum, a place where many people from around the world come to learn more about the president. that is a moving site. carter in his— that is a moving site. carter in his residency made his living _ in his residency made his living -- _ in his residency made his living —— in his post

presidency made his living by writing — presidency made his living by writing books, he never wrote a long _ writing books, he never wrote a long autobiography but wrote a series— long autobiography but wrote a series of— long autobiography but wrote a series of books with episodes in his— series of books with episodes in his iife~ _ series of books with episodes in his life. one about growing up in his life. one about growing up on— in his life. one about growing up on the _ in his life. one about growing up on the farm, an hour before daybreak. _ up on the farm, an hour before daybreak, one of the best books, _ daybreak, one of the best books, you get the feeling for what — books, you get the feeling for what that life was like, and for the _ what that life was like, and for the experiences that shape the rest — for the experiences that shape the rest of his life. and our before _ the rest of his life. and our before daybreak was a reference to the _ before daybreak was a reference to the time when your chores began — to the time when your chores began stop as we get one last look_ began stop as we get one last look here _ began stop as we get one last look here at the family farm, a remarkable place we think about it, remarkable place we think about it. for— remarkable place we think about it. for a — remarkable place we think about it, for a present to grow up in. — it, for a present to grow up in. robert— it, for a present to grow up in, robert strong, professor emeritus— in, robert strong, professor emeritus at washington. we — emeritus at washington. we have also beenjoin by amber ross. we thank you both for your insights, memories, stories today of the 39th president, as we continue to watch here that state funeral

beginning today, a multi—day ceremony process. right now it is all about where the president grew up. these are looking at, plains, georgia. the processionjust looking at, plains, georgia. the procession just departed, it will now be making its way, driving slowly, as there are many people gathered on the streets, the roads, highways, want to get a glimpse, sickened byjimmy carteras he want to get a glimpse, sickened byjimmy carter as he mixes me way towards atlanta, georgia. we are outside the carter centre, the residence for his price presidency where he made a huge impact after leaving the white house in 1980 way —— he led a multi—decade life of work, diplomacy, working against contagious diseases and of travelling the world in a post—presidency that is really making the history books not

here in an agitated but we'll continue to pray that procession fight today. —— we will continue to follow that possession app: be back in more. we'll be back for more as we follow the state funeral, the 60 day —— six day celebration of the former us presidentjimmy carter. the met office says large parts of the uk could face disruption from heavy snow and freezing rain this weekend. it has issued two amber weather warnings in england and wales, predicting some areas could see up to a0 centimetres of snow and temperatures as low as minus ten celsius. the weather could lead to treacherous driving conditions, power cuts, and even some rural areas being cut off. amber warning for snow and ice are in place from 6pm today until midday sunday — they cover the east midlands, north—west england, wales, south—west england,

the west midlands and yorkshire and humber. our news reporter sharon barbour is following the developments from york. well, it's getting cold already to around three degrees in york now. i left newcastle a short time ago where it was one degrees, but you can feel the air. it's just getting much colder. we're standing around so that makes things worse. we're at the train station. of course, there are warnings about travel, particularly on the roads where the conditions may be very treacherous as that heavy snow comes in overnight, particularly over the pennines, where we've been hearing up to 40cm of snow, but also dangerous driving with ice on the road. we've been hearing about this unusual phenomenon of freezing ice on, you know, freezing rain on the roads. so as soon as the rain hits surfaces like roads and pavements, it freezes over for the rail. there's already problems with scotrail, northern trains

and transpennine warnings again about ice on the tracks, so check before your travel. so the advice is, with this complex weather situation hitting different parts of the uk with either rain, heavy snow or that that freezing rain on the ground but ice right across the uk as well. the advice is to stay indoors if you can, to keep warm and real warnings about that cold weather. the uk health security agency, of course, has issued that safety alert. that cold weather alert. that's an alarm for people to keep warm, especially vulnerable people. thousands of people die in these cold temperatures, so that's one warning. age uk are also asking people to do everything they can, especially older people, everything they can to stay warm, saying they're already being contacted by people who are worried what to do. the emergency services, the gritters, everybody�*s bracing themselves on standby

to react to the strange and cold weather. now, not that strange, i guess, because it's winter, but it does seem quite extreme. the levels of snow particularly expected in northern parts, everybody bracing themselves. but the emergency services like the ambulance services and the hospitals, of course, are under extreme pressure. yorkshire ambulance services operating at level four, the highest alert level. the north east ambulance service is also at its highest operational alert level, so they are already under significant pressure. so if there are a lot of accidents, a lot of falls, a lot of illness, it's going to be a really difficult time. there are amber weather warnings too for parts of wales. sion tootill gave the latest from north wales. well, it'sjust over an hour since wales entered a yellow

warning for snow and ice. although so far in lower levels anyway, we've only had a bit of rain, but you can probably see behind me. the north walian mountains are covered in snow, and in fact, to my left hand side, you can see a formerly snowed in the area's tallest mountain, completely blanketed in snow. now we are expecting that to come to lower levels throughout the day, particularly after 6:00 this afternoon when that amber warning comes into place for the vast majority of wales other than coastal regions. just to remind you of what an amber warning is, the met office say it can mean a potential disruption on the roads, it can mean power cuts and there is even a potential danger to life. there is plenty of advice out there though, for people during this wintry spell. for snow in particular, it's to plan ahead and to avoid any unnecessary journeys. and then public health wales have given some advice to people for the cold weather that's to come. they are telling people to wrap up warm plenty of layers to stay indoors and to drink plenty of hot drinks to try and get through this amber weather warning. with me is traveljournalist and broadcaster simon calder.

simon, i was very keen to talk to you today because travel is going to be something effected for so many people around the uk and obviously, people are passing through the airport and flying this weekend too. what is it looking like? iii flying this weekend too. what is it looking like?— is it looking like? if we start at the airports, _ is it looking like? if we start at the airports, we've - is it looking like? if we start at the airports, we've had i is it looking like? if we start . at the airports, we've had when he cancellations in and out of london heathrow, the uk's busiest airports and all of them are short—haul flights on british airways to destinations like barcelona as well as domestic flights to newcastle, edinburgh and glasgow. the reason that happens is that the circle flow rate of arrivals coming into heathrow has to slow down. it relies in order to fly the published schedule on being very busy at all times, they have said because of the forecast adverse weather, they are going to take some time out and the squash

racquet is always british airways because it dated the majority of flights, it takes hit. now, london is out of the very serious amber warning area and manchester airport is just on the edge and leeds and bradford is quite clearly inducted but at the moment, the airport seem to be functioning fairly well. we've got some delays in belfast international, birmingham and in aberdeen but they appear not to be related to be severe weather. to be related to be severe weather-— to be related to be severe weather. ~ ., ., m weather. what about roads? as we've been _ weather. what about roads? as we've been hearing, _ weather. what about roads? as we've been hearing, lots - weather. what about roads? as we've been hearing, lots of - we've been hearing, lots of warnings in place and just to take around the country, we have been warned about problems in the pennines, about one foot, 30 centimetres of snow there. in mid to north wales, on higher ground, scotland, not

so badly affected although the borders area, south and east of edinburgh is included in the warnings and a course in northern ireland, they are saying and the mountains of antrim, they could get four inches, about 12 centimetres of snow there. it is very much a question of prepare for your journey, consider if it is necessary, you are clearly going to be a finalist cut less at risk if you were to take the train rather than drive but train rather than drive but train journeys are not completely assured either. has completely assured either. as to come onto that. it is the end of the festive period as people will be returning back from family breaks and come into the workplace, schools are starting. what about the all important rail network? exactly as ou important rail network? exactly as you say. _ important rail network? exactly as you say. lots _ important rail network? exactly as you say, lots of _ important rail network? exactly as you say, lots of people - as you say, lots of people completing longerjourneys, returning from wherever they

spent christmas and new year's, were ready to start the working year on monday, so a very busy weekend. so far, the sort of disruption that pops up at any time, for instance on the east coast main line, there was a broken down train and track inspection that slows things down, same on the west coast main line between rugby and commentary. you still got festive engineering works —— back between rugby and coventry. we still got festive engineering works around southampton. there is unknown but what we have seen in the past couple of hours, warnings put out by the trans— pennine express, who work in the north of england at other scotland, saying that they're going to try and run our trained and also midlands railway saying be prepared for last—minute cancellations —— mark e smith if you are making a journey or

leave for the regular string tonight, it could be over optimistic —— east midlands railway. we will undoubtedly see as relations in northern trains tomorrow because it is sunday and we always do because the train guards in the west and of the pennines working for the northern do not have to work on sunday so why should they? work on sunday so why should the ? . ~ work on sunday so why should the ? ., ,, , ., work on sunday so why should the ? ., ,, . ,, ., they? thank you so much. simon, our they? thank you so much. simon, your encyclopedic— they? thank you so much. simon, your encyclopedic knowledge - they? thank you so much. simon, your encyclopedic knowledge is i your encyclopedic knowledge is always amazing. it is way to be sunshine saturday when people but their holidays and it sunshine saturday when pe