tonight, democrats and republicans together paying tribute to senator dianne feinstein. >> we lost a giant in the senate. senator dianne feinstein was one of the most amazing people who ever graced the senate, who ever graced the country. >> and republican senator susan

collins showing off this water color painting made for her by feinstein. feinstein's desk on the senate floor was draped in black with a vase of white flowers. that's the senate tradition. she was the longest serving woman in senate history. she was 90 years old. she was 90 years old. "ac 360" begins now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com tonight on "360," breaking news on the government shutdown just days away. also 27 years after tupac shakur's murder, the man who ordered his death, police say, is in custody. some of the worst rain new york has ever seen and it's not over. breaking news. in the likelihood 24 hours from now, one minute past midnight, the federal government will shut down. in a moment, you'll meet some of the men and women who will be left without paychecks if it does but still have the bills to pay.

first, the man largely responsible for it, house speaker kevin mccarthy. it's not what he's done that's led to all this. it's what he's been unable to do. speaker mccarthy has not been able to get the right wing of his narrow majority to agree on stopgap funding to keep the government running. nor has he been willing to work with democrats instead or grab onto a lifeline and take on a temporary measure in the senate. instead he brought a bill to the floor that was resoundly rejected with republicans, many of them hardliners, joining democrats in defeating it. speaker mccarthy was asked why he was pushing legislation that was dead on arrival. >> mr. speaker, you know full well you need to get support from the senate and the white house. so, why aren't you doing that? and what do you say to people believe the reason you're not is because you're concerned about your own job? >> really? so, let's see.

what has the white house done and what has the senate done? they haven't passed one appropriations bill. they've been trying to pass appropriation bill and they haven't done that. it's easy to surrender. if you want to fight for the american public to secure our borders and keep government open, how is that a problem? it's only for cnn that that becomes a problem that i don't p pander to the liberals. >> i don't recall advocating any surrender to anyone but i digress. and the government is about to shutdown. >> this is a two-hour long meeting tonight. and during that meeting, kevin mccarthy laid out what their limited options are at this point, the first option being just accepting the senate deal. that includes money for ukraine and disaster aid. the other option is putting their short-term bill on the floor that doesn't include ukraine money. and the third option is a government shutdown. after that meeting, kevin mccarthy emerged and he had a new message.

he said that any bill to fund the government just needs to drop ukraine money. let's take a listen. >> i think if we had a clean line without ukraine on it, we could probably be able to move that through. i think if the senate puts ukraine on there and focuses ukraine over america, i think that could cause real problems. >> so, anderson, this is a real change in tune from kevin mccarthy after republicans earlier today failed to advance a funding bill that included a number of other conservative priorities. now kevin mccarthy unable to get the votes within his own conference moved off of those demands and is signaling he could be open more to working with the senate, something he was previously reluctant to do. given the time constraints, it's unclear if the two chambers can come together in time for tomorrow night's deadline. >> what exactly if anything is going to be voted on tomorrow? >> house gop leaders are going to whip those 21 republicans who voted against their own spending bill earlier today and try to

gauge whether they could support a 14-day-long cr, continuing resolution, that would fund the government temporarily. if they can support that, the hope is that leadership can put that bill on the floor tomorrow. meanwhile in the senate, they have been moving through a bipartisan bill to fund the government that does include $6 billion for ukraine and $6 billion for disaster aid. they'll take that vote tomorrow. but given the time constraints, they are likely not going to be able to vote on final passage until potentially as late as monday. so, the big picture here is that congress still has no plan to avert a government shutdown, which is now just almost 24 hours away. >> melanie zanona, thank you. much more now, joining us tonight, washington democratic congresswoman pernilla jayapal. what's your understanding of where things stand at this hour? >> anderson, it's a sad situation that we're in because we have a gop majority with a speaker that cannot get his own

party to do the simple work of funding a continuing resolution. and the thing is, anderson, we have plenty of votes to avert a shutdown with a clean continuing resolution that keeps the government funded until the republicans can get their act together on appropriations bills. so, this is not a situation that has to happen. if it happens that we have a shutdown, it looks increasely likely, it is a republican shutdown. and it has tremendous consequences for people across the country, from people not being able to get the assistance they need to make sure that the social security is working properly, cafeteria workers not being able to get their paychecks. it has tremendous consequences, and it's all because, anderson, the republicans have been trying to pass this extreme agenda, a nationwide abortion ban, severe cuts to social security. they can't get it through. so now they're holding the government funding hostage and the american people hostage.

>> so, there a realistic scenario under which house democrats team up with house republicans in the next 24 hours to pass the stopgap senate measure that would be able to get signed into law by the president? >> that's exactly what should happen. if the senate sends something over to us, we can use -- either kevin mccarthy can put it on the floor and allow republicans to vote with us because i think we would have enough republicans to pass that.

feel is that kevin mccarthy has led us

into this shutdown. kevin mccarthy has turned the gavel over to marjorie taylor greene and matt gaetz, depending on the day. and we have no interest in saving kevin mccarthy. we do have an interest in making sure that government continues to function, that people can get the services that they need. and at the end of the day, we are not going to save republicans, we are not going to save the speaker because he has been a completely untrustworthy negotiator. >> democratic congressman james clyburn said today that there are circumstances under which he could vote for mccarthy to remain speaker. can you see a scenario in which you and the rest of the progressive caucus could help mccarthy keep his job? >> the problem anderson is that he's not a reliable negotiator. he made a deal with the president, then he immediately broke it. for us, i think we would need to write in power sharing into the rules of the house. but, listen, we're not even going there right now. what we're focused on is, let's

get through this shutdown. let's make sure that government functions because republicans have shown they can't govern. there's a civil war going on over on that side. we have said we are willing to fund the government with a clean continuing resolution, ideally with the disaster relief and the ukraine money. but they're not even willing to do that. so, we have to get through this situation. and then i think the republicans have got to get it together and figure out if they've got a majority, do they have a speaker that can actually control that majority? that is what governing is about. >> congresswoman jayapal, thank you so much. much more now on the human consequences because for the people directly affected by a government shutdown, especially men and women doing essential jobs, none of what's happening is academic. >> reporter: on the last military pay day before a looming government shutdown, this woman is worried about the unknown. >> we have child care costs. we have student loans.

we have bills to pay. we have a mortgage to pay. where is that money going to come from? >> reporter: the shutdown will leave the family and 1.3 million other service members without pay, even as they have to keep working. a recent family emergency makes it even harder. >> we were not anticipating this on top of an already financially challenging time. >> ginger lost her husband's paycheck during the last shutdown. at the time congress made sure the military got paid, except for the cost guard, where her husband serves, which falls under the department of homeland security. this time, there's no such measure for the troops. >> it's difficult when you can't count on your government officials to protect you when you're literally protecting them and your country. >> reporter: some defense department child care centers will close and on base commissaries could close if this goes on too long. a quarter of active duty service members already experienced food

insecurity in recent years. a shutdown will only make things harder, especially for junior enlisted. organizations like the armed services ymca are ready to offer more help now. >> making sure that if we need to, we are adding food distribution events through our branches or through our partner organizations to ensure that at least once a week there would be a food distribution in those areas where possible. >> this woman says service members in her husband's unit have put on a brave face about a potential shutdown, but the concern is real. >> over the last 24 hours in particular, we've had a chat thread going with many of the families in our unit. they're choosing to be optimistic. they're choosing to hope for the best and plan for the worst. >> reporter: a military life requires the willingness to make sacrifices for the country, like facing the challenges of deployments and moves. but a shutdown is different, not a threat from an enemy but a self-inflicted wound. >> it's always a sacrifice, and this is just another way that we are potentially being forced to sacrifice so that my spouse and

family can serve. >> in previous shutdowns congress has acted to make sure the military gets paid even if and when the government stops functioning in the shutdown. but congress hasn't done that, at least not yet in this case, which means we are a very short time away from 1.3 million active duty service members having to work without pay. cnn in the pentagon. next tonight, more breaking news, the first plea deal in the case against the former president and 18 other codefendants. later the remarkable chain of events that turned one of america's longest running cold cases, the murder of tupac shakur, hot.

welcome back. there's more breaking news tonight and a first. the first defendant in georgia rico case against the former president to plead guilty. his name is scott hall. he's one of 18 other

codefendants entering a plea and agreeing to cooperate with prose prosecutors. >> this was part of an impromptu hearing that went down earlier today, with scott hall pleading guilty to five misdemeanor charges. he was facing seven charges, including racketeering by the district attorney's office in fulton county. with that guilty plea, he becomes the first of the 19 codefendants to cut a deal with the district attorney's office. listen to part of what happened earlier today in court. >> how do you plead to the five counts of conspiracy to commit intentional interference with performance of election duties? >> guilty. >> and is this guilty plea being freely given with the full knowledge of the charges against you? >> yes, ma'am, it is. >> there he is in his own words, anderson. as part of this sentencing, it's five years probation, a $5,000 fine, 200 hours community service. but most importantly, as you mentioned, he's going to have to cooperate. he's going to testify at any future proceedings or trials in

this case. >> and jennifer, how cig nif deter can't is it for the case against the former president and also more directly to sidney powell? >> it's really significant, anderson, because he's the first one. this starts what should be a rush to fani willis' office to cut deals from the other defendants. not everyone will get a cooperation deal. and i think the cooperation piece is why he ended up pleading to misdemeanors with an agreement there be no prison time. this really ought to start this process, which will strengthen their case and also thin the number of defendants. they can't try 17 defendants together, so they're going to need to get more out of the case. i think this will help that process along too. >> what do we know about this guy's role about the efforts in coffee county? how does a bond baelsman get into subverting democracy? >> really bizarre. he was a pro trump poll watcher in atlanta in 2020. he was also a supporter of this conspiracy that there was

widespread voter fraud in the state during the 2020 election when there wasn't. and as a result they tried to prove this conspiracy. he along with other trump operatives, according to the district attorney's office and through hall's own admission, by illegally accessing voting equipment in rural coffee county. he's the first of the 19 codefendants to take a plea. earlier today during a procedural hearing involving sidney powell and ken chesebro, their trial is expected to start october 20th. the d.a.'s office seemed to signal they were going to offer plea deals to those two codefendants. >> you said for prosecutors, this is the beginning of the thinning of the herd. >> exactly. they really need to get down to six to eight if they don't want to try this more than once or twice, if the powell/chesebro trial does go forward next month. but of course strengthening their case. this guy can testify directly against sidney powell. and any testimony he gives goes

to all the defendants because they're charged with rk tiering and conspiracy. it's important evidence, it's an important thing that happened today. we'll see more people coming in, some to cooperate, some to plead out of the case. it's important for kprus investors to get these deals done. >> you said that hall was given a pretty good plea deal, no prison time. not every subsequent defendant who's interested in a plea deal is going to get the same treatment. >> exactly. it will depend on the person, how involved they were. other things that we don't necessarily know about, like their criminal history. but, you know, as we go along and as they get more and more cooperators, they don't need as many. it will depend on what they know. it will be really interesting when we get into more of that mid level and top level defendants who are the most culpable, ones who planned the scheme, created the scheme. that's when we'll see what kind of deals they'll be offering for people. that's when it will get interesting. >> thanks so much. one other quick trump related note.

federal prosecutors announcing charges against an irs contractor who allegedly stole the tax returns of a high ranking government official. a source familiar told the official is the former president. the suspect, charles edward littlejohn is accused of stealing irs information on thousands of other wealthy americans. tupac shakur, the legendary rapper murdered in 1996. plus a city underwater, new york city endured months of rain in just one 24-hour period, producing massive floods like this. gary tuchman joins us ahead with why some of the danger is yet to subside.

welcome back. after 27 years and numerous theories about why police made no headway in the murder of legendary rapper tupac shakur, the grand jury handed down an indictment today. surrounding the murder of a trailblazer who was just 25 years old when he was gunned down. >> tupac shakur was gunned down in las vegas in a drive-by shooting in 1996. at the time, he was one of the most prolific voices of the hip hon generation. shakur's lyrics read like poetry and give an unvarnished look at the life he was born into, the life he called thug life. ♪ ♪ all eyes on me ♪

♪ all eyes on me ♪ >> reporter: his brother says all these years later people still confuse what his brother meant by thug life. >> the core of it is about looking out for the poor, the disenfranchised and the kids. if you don't look out for the kids, they can turn out to be a monster. a lot of times, kids in these communities are forgotten about, left out, shorted. >> reporter: tupac's music explored themes about poverty, street violence, black liberation, and the love between a mother and son. ♪ mama catch me put a whooping to my back side ♪ ♪ and even as a crack feen ♪ ♪ mama you always was a black queen mama ♪ ♪ i finally understand for a woman it ain't easy trying to raise a man ♪ >> reporter: tupac lived the version of an american dream as well as the american nightmare. he was a young black man who unchained himself from extreme poverty.

his school friends say his nose was always in a book, but it was his music and acting that set him apart. >> tupac was extremely passionate, very honest, and raw in his approach to communicating. >> reporter: he became a world famous icon in that emerging genera of music, hip hop, only to be gunned down at just 25 years old near a las vegas street corner. retired las vegas police lieutenant chris carol was first on the scene that september day. >> i ended up pulling tupac out of the car. i spoke to him. he was still alive. he was still breathing. i was asking him who did it, who shot him, what happened. and that's when he responded to me with the now infamous words, f you. >> reporter: to put it mildly, shakur was not a fan of police. one reason, his mother says, he experienced police violence while still in her womb. she recounted the fbi charging

into her home, guns out and carting her off to jail. she was a member of the black panthers. she defended herself in court and won her case against the state. >> he was born one month and three days after. >> reporter: tupac also had his own run-ins with violence and the law. >> i will make this court proud if they give me the chance to do so. i'm sure you don't need to see another black face behind bars. >> reporter: he was a natural born fighter for black causes, born of members of the black panther party. >> i am his mother, and i feel he came into this world carrying my baggage. >> he was shot during a robbery at times square and he survived. he always thought east coast rappers had set him up. he was arrested multiple times, accused of violence, but tupac went to violence after being

convicted of sexual abuse in 1995. that happened about a month before the release of his album "me against the world." ♪ >> reporter: the raw and real words of his song served as a form of empowerment for people feeling the weight of poverty and oppression. his music is still as relevant as ever. in 1996, los angeles police did pick up and question a man they say belonged to a gang, orlando anderson was named a suspect in the case, but he was never charged. >> were you involved in any way in the death of tupac shakur? >> no, i was not involved. i'm, like, a victim you know what i'm saying? i feel sorry for them. >> the night of tupac's murder, hours later, shakur was gunned down in a drive by. now police say they finally arrested his killer, the uncle of the initial prime suspect. >> my thoughts are, yeah, this

information has been out there. what took so long? it's a type of victory, you know? it's bittersweet still. stay tuned. i miss my brother. you know what i mean? after all that, i miss my brother. so, you know, i'm glad something's happening. >> sara sidner joins us now. sara, what more do we know about the indictment? >> it's interesting, it's just a couple of pages. and you look through it, and, you know, you've got some themes here. you've got this man who is the uncle of the initial prime suspect -- >> the guy who was interviewed early? >> that's right. so, you have his uncle, just two months ago they went and searched his house. and everyone was shocked that they were still investigating this 27 years later. but when you look through this, there's always been this talk of these two men being in a gang. that is mentioned here that he was a part of the southside

compton crypts, and police say he purchased the weapon that was used in the killing. he has always said -- he's come out himself and said, yeah, i was there. but he always denied being the person who was responsible for the death of tupac. >> appreciate it. now to cleanup in new york city and surrounding areas where there's a state of emergency. hard hitting rains brings massive floods in the city today. it was a mess out there, knocking out subway, commuter train lines, stranding motorists, leaving much of the city at a standstill. no fatalities or injuries have been reported. the danger will exist even as the rains move from the city. gary tuchman joins us from hard-hit brooklyn. >> reporter: anderson, that video you showed was taken at this exact intersection in brooklyn. there was about three feet of water rampaging through these streets this morning, flooding homes and businesses on this street, and in many parts of new york city they saw the same

thing. the water has receded for the most part, but the rain continues to fall. the system is not yet done. life threatening flash flooding in america's largest city, creating large-scale problems. many houses and apartments inundated, particularly in the new york city borough of brooklyn. one brooklyn man said when he woke up at 8:00 a.m., the water was at his knees. >> within ten minutes, it was waist high. >> reporter: this was the scene at one of the city's largest parks, prospect park in brooklyn. >> how the [ bleep ] am i supposed to get across this? are you [ bleep ] serious? >> reporter: cars, trucks, buses driving through flood waters. >> oh, my goodness. >> reporter: the huge new york city subway system impacted with raging rapids pouring downstairs of the station in brooklyn.

the deluge flooding some of the tunnels and causing signal issues, delaying some of the 36 subway lines. and getting to airports, a huge challenge for many. on the the grand central parkway on the way to laguardia airport in queens, flooded roadways. the new york city mayor warning people earlier in the day to stay in place, where they were at home, work, or in schools, which were at open. >> i am issuing a state of emergency for new york city based on the weather conditions. i want to say to all new yorkers, this is time for heightened alertness and extreme caution. >> reporter: a state of emergency was also declared in new york state's long island and the hudson valley north of new york city. >> this is unbelievable. i ain't never seen this situation happen. this is crazy. >> reporter: and across the state line, a state of emergency declared in new jersey. in fairfield, new jersey, about 25 miles west of manhattan, a man driving through flood waters

is rescued by a fairfield police officer. >> keep going. keep going. >> reporter: the driver is fine. this flooding highly unusual. but because it's new york city, many people went on with their normal lives the best they could, like this man on his delivery bicycle. >> i thought it was 3 inches of water. i'm soaked now. i probably got, like, a disease now. >> and how much rain has fallen in the new york area so far? >> reporter: well, anderson, here in brooklyn, more than 7 inches in the last 24 hours. but the most in new york city, jfk airport in queens, more than 8.5 inches. to put that context, the average september at jfk airport gets about 3.5 inches. so, 8.5, that's about two and a half septembers in one 24 hour period. coming up, we remember the legacy of senator dianne feinstein. she died today after a

three-decade long career on capitol hill.

when senator barack obama

became the presumptive president in 2008 -- that happened at the washington home of senator dianne feinstein, the california democrat who played in roles in her three decades in washington. that night, she was playing the role of the peacemaker. senator feinstein died today at the age of 90 following months of declining health and a career that was intertwined with some of the most explosive issues the nation has faced. randi kaye has more on the longest-serving female senator in u.s. history. >> i became mayor as a product of assassination of the mayor being killed and the first openly gay public official being killed. >> reporter: for dianne feinstein, tragedy paved the way for opportunity and a career in politics that would last decades. >> both mayor marconi and supervisor harvey milk have been shot and killed.

>> reporter: it was 1978. san francisco's mayor, along with town supervisor, har ree milk, had been shot dead. feinstein had been serving as the county board of supervisors and was sworn in as the city's first female mayor. feinstein found herself on the short list of vp candidates for walter mondale. that didn't pan out, but washington, d.c. eventually did. >> so, help you god. >> i will. >> in 1992, feinstein won a special election and packed her bags for the nation's capitol, becoming the first woman to represent california in the u.s. senate. >> i won among men, i won among women. now, what that says is that, to me, the fact that i'm a woman is there, but it's incidental. >> incidental perhaps, but hard to ignore, especially given all feinstein has done for women of future generations. on a long list of firsts, feinstein served as the first

woman to sit on the senate judiciary committee, the first female chair of the intelligence committee, and the first woman to chair the senate rules and administration committee. >> today there are 25 women serving in this chamber, and every one of them will admit they stand on dianne's shoulders. >> feinstein fought for the issues that were important to her, like gun control. one of her notable successes was helping push through the federal assault weapons ban in 1994. >> there's no second amendment right to bear every type of weapon that you know of. >> reporter: she was also a leading voice on legalizing gay marriage and lgbtq rights, and she helped create the nationwide amber alert system. feinstein, a democrat, had a unique ability to reach across the aisle, where she found a friend in republican senator mitch mcconnell. >> we were actually friends of dick and dianne. >> reporter: feinstein graduated

from stanford in 1955. her high profile senate career was featured in the 2019 film, "the report." feinstein was portrayed by annette benning in the film, which tackled the use of the cia's use of torture. feinstein fought with the cia for years over releasing the agent's use of enhanced interrogation techniques. in february she said she would not run for re-election. she was the longest-serving woman in the u.s. senate. >> it's what i'm meant to do. as long as the old bean holds up. >> reporter: her desk in the senate chamber now draped in black. dianne feinstein was 90 years old. >> extraordinary life of service. next during his retirement speech, outgoing joint chiefs chairman mark milley made an apparent swipe at the former

president who accused him of treason. i'll talk about with william coen ahead.

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joint chief chairman general mark milley has formally retired after holding the military's top job. general milley turned over command to his replacement, general c.q. brown. milley's retirement typically wouldn't have gotten so much attention, but he's had to take security precautions because his former boss recently accused him of treason. writing on social media, quote, in times gone by, the punishment would have been death. quote, to be continued. in his farewell remarks, general milley did not mention the former president by name. his words, though, certainly sent a message. >> we don't take an oath to a country. we don't take an oath to a tribe.

we don't take an oath to a religion. we don't take an oath to a king or a queen or a tyrant or a dictator. and we don't take an oath to a want to be dictator. we don't take an oath to an individual. we take an oath to the constitution. >> joining me now is former defense secretary william cohen. secretary cohen, i'm wondering what you made of what general milley said? >> well, i think it's understandable under the circumstances that he would say this. after all, the former president has put a target on his back, by suggesting that he would be guilty of treason and then face the death penalty all in capital letters, as far as death is concerned. that's the equivalent of calling for someone to attack and kill him. under those circumstances, i think his emotion, talking about would-be dictators is understandable. as far as the treason charge is concerned, that's usually given aid and comfort to an enemy. what general milley had done is

he gave aid and comfort to the american people. in doing so, he protected us against any other country acting on a assumption that things were going down hill very rapidly in this country. and i can tell you from my own experience that most countries draw profiles of the leaders, civilian and military in every country. they want to know who they're dealing with. i would be willing to bet there's no different in china and other. you would go through the profile, you would see, explosive, unreliable, no respect for law, and possibly sociopathic. i believe you would find all of those words in the profiles other countries draw of our former president. so, under those circumstances, for him, fearing that another country might see action being taken, a thought to be taken by us, he had did us a favor by calling out and talking to his counterparts saying, it's okay.

we're safe. you're safe. nothing bad is going to happen. >> i'm kind of stunned by -- i shouldn't be but by the reaction or the lack of reaction that the former president's comments got. i mean, do you remember when donald trump was running for president and at a symposium he attacked john mccain and said john mccain is no hero. he didn't get captured. that got a lot of reaction at that time. we are now at a point where the former president of the united states accuses a man who has served his country for four decades in very difficult circumstances, accuses him of treason and talks about the death penalty. and it goes by without much of a blip. >> well, it goes by, for me, at least, shamefully, in the senate, i don't recall any republican senator, democratic senator, for that matter, calling out and condemning this statement.

and pat -- celebrated the life of dianne feinstein. she was a lioness in the senate. there was another one called pat moynihan. we're taking aberrant behavior and taking this country down. it's abrant for a former commander in chief to attack the joint chiefs and call for the death penalty. it's aberrant behavior for people in the congress to call on the joint chiefs to be hung. we're normalizing it saying, that's just him talking. no. it comes from the top and it sends the signal down to the other average person, it's okay to think in those terms. it's okay to take military or physical action, to use firearms or other means of destruction to go after high ranking officials. as you pointed out, have devoted their lives to the safety and

security of this country, whereas the former president had bone spurs, as i recall and evaded going into the service because of that certificate that he had. so, it's aberrant behavior on the part it is filtering down into every aspect of our society. and i think as recently said by president joe biden, democracy is in real danger. we are facing a world in which there's an existential level of -- that can take place in a moment's notice. we want people in positions of power to act according to reason, rationale, credibility, and consistency. and we're seeing a former president gather the support of millions of people who is acting with aberrant behavior, who is psychological, i think, and mentally unfit to serve as president of the united states again. >> secretary cohen, i appreciate your time tonight. thank you. >> thank you, anderson. coming up next, former president jimmy carter

celebrating his 99th birthday this weekend, even though he entered hospice care seven months ago. we sent tom foreman to the president's hometown to see how the small town is honoring their favorite son. that's next.

this sunday, former

president jimmy carter celebrates his 99th birthday, a milestone that seemed impossible to many seven months ago when he entered hospice care. he's decided to spend his time with his wife. tom foreman went to talk to family and neighbors about president carter's enduring legacy. >> reporter: seven months into hospice care, making a surprise appearance in the peanut parade. there was former president jimmy carter, barely visible, but smiling, rolling into his 99th birthday, where everyone seems to know him as a friend. >> it's really impressive he's made it that far. >> happy birthday to him. that's a good president. >> reporter: for anyone passing through tiny plains, georgia, may not look like anything. but to the 39th president, it is everything. >> jimmy carter knows what it's like to work for a living. >> reporter: this is where he dreamed of playing baseball,

while helping his parents scratch a living from the red dirt, where he launched his bid for president. then after decades of building houses for struggling people, fighting disease in far away lands and defending rights -- >> we look on human rights as an ability to live in peace, and to believe that your future will be better than your past might be. >> reporter: this is where he is calling it done. when the folks at glad diskitchen heard the president was craving their casserole, they started sending a whole pan every few days. >> it was overwhelming knowing that someone like him came from where i'm from. >> good morning, everybody. >> good morning. >> reporter: he can't make it to church, as he once did, every week, drawing people from hundreds of miles away to hear the farmer turned president turned sunday schoolteacher. >> south carolina. >> ohio. >> ohio. >> california. >> just in the middle. >> d.c. >> d.c. i used to live there.

>> even when he can't attend, he's listening. >> his niece, kim, took over and notes the tourists are gone -- >> but the people who are here for him are still here for him. >> exactly. and we're here for him. and we know that we have to keep on keeping on. ♪ happy birthday dear jimmy ♪ >> reporter: of course there are big there are big tributes. good wishes are coming in too fast to count. happy birthday president carter. >> so, what is is the oldest living president in living history making of all this hullabaloo. in his simple house away from prying eyes, his family says he's just taking it all in. alongside his wife rose lynn,

now diagnosed with dementia -- >> they are at home, in love, and they know who they are. and i don't -- you know, you don't get more from a life than they've gotten. >> reporter: the former president is with his family watching the braves play baseball and enjoying the extra innings at home at last. tom foreman, cnn, plains, georgia. >> and we wish him a very happy birthday, and we wish him the best and his wife, rosalynn, as well. that's it for us. the news continues. i hope you have a great weekend. "the source" with kaitlan "the source" with kaitlan collins starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com tonight straight from "the source," in 27 hours, the government is set to shut down. and right now there is no deal and no hope of one, as house speaker kevin mccarthy is outlining new demands. but his own conference is stil