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>> next. >> it's monday, december 30th, right now on cnn this morning, this time for the people to run the government and not the other way around. >> a peanut farmer, a president, a peacemaker. the world pays tribute to former president jimmy carter, who died sunday at the age of 100. >> plus this. >> the life people 100 years from now, remember me. i would like for them to connect peace and human rights to my name. >> you want a one term president, but an enduring legacy. a look back at jimmy carter's life dedicated to peace and international human rights, and later we go where we wish, we meet with whom we choose, and we say what we believe. >> so you see, it's a very wonderful life. >> life after the white house, how jimmy carter redefined what a

post-presidency could be. it's 5 a.m. here on the east coast. here's a live look at capitol hill. and good morning, everyone. i'm paula reid in for kasie hunt. it's wonderful to have you with us as we begin with the death and the legacy of jimmy carter, a former georgia peanut farmer who rose to the presidency, then cultivated a legacy of unprecedented service after leaving the white house. >> my name is jimmy carter, and i'm running for president. >> carter was the nation's 39th president. he served a single term from 1977 to 1981, losing his reelection bid to ronald reagan. now his term weighed down by a 440 day hostage ordeal in iran, along with an energy crisis and an economy crushed by inflation. at his inaugural address in 1977, carter laid out his

vision for the presidency, a vision that defined his administration. >> i would hope that the nations of the world might say that we had built a lasting, peace based not on weapons of war, but on international policies which reflect our own most precious values. >> carter died peacefully at the age of 100 on sunday, surrounded by loved ones at his home in plains, georgia. he'd been under home hospice care since february of 2023. president biden designating january 9th, 2025, as a national day of mourning for carter. biden remembering his friend as a peacemaker and a human rights pioneer. >> who forged peace, advanced civil rights, human rights, promote a free and fair elections around the world. he

built housing and homelessness for the homeless with his own hands and his compassion and moral clarity and clarity that the people up and change lives and saved lives all over the globe. >> let's bring in cnn presidential historian tim naftali. tim, thank you so much for being up early with us today. jimmy carter, his lasting legacy may really be what he achieved in the decades after leaving office. let's take a listen to him. describe what human rights meant to him. >> the struggle for human rights overrides all differences of color or nation or language. those who hunger for freedom, who thirst for human dignity, and who suffer for the sake of justice. they are the patriots of this cause. i believe with all my heart that america must always stand for these basic human rights at home and abroad. >> tim carter really walked the

walk, didn't he? >> well, paula, when when jimmy carter left the white house, um, he was, uh, devastated by his loss, by a feeling of failure. um, and for some time, he couldn't imagine what he would do next. and then he came to terms with this idea that he would not live in the past. um, he would not retire, if you will, from public service. um, but he would look to the future. he's a trained engineer. he's a peanut farmer. yes, but he was also a trained engineer and a problem solver. and he thought that he would take advantage. he would use his celebrity to do good works around the world. so rather than invest himself into a presidential library, he did have a presidential library. but he invested himself into the creation with his wife, rosalynn, of the carter center, which would have

a global mission to um, uphold democracy, to observe elections, but also to think about and assist and raise money for public health. so jimmy carter decided that his post-presidency would be a continuation of public service on a global scale. that was the first time any president had made that kind of commitment, which meant that jimmy carter was creating a new kind of post-presidency, and it would be a post-presidency that would lead to his receiving the nobel prize in 2002. >> now, you, of course, talk about him losing his reelection bid to ronald reagan. it's interesting. let's take a listen to him explain why he believes he lost. >> i think the three things that cost me the election were, among others, was the holding of the hostages, which created a sense that i shared of a great nation being impotent in

seeking the release of 52 innocent people. i felt impotent as a president. i was identified with it. that was a major thing. the next one was the worldwide inflation rate that resulted from the shortage of oil. all countries suffered, including ours. and the third thing was the schism in the democratic party that we never did heal. >> tell us a bit about how he handled those challenges while he was in office well, jimmy carter was was a man of immense courage, political courage. >> he he made decisions that he knew would hurt him politically. um, and all of them factored into his defeat in 1980. let's talk about inflation. inflation was the inflation of his period of his time was not his creation. it was in large measure a result of the um, of the oil crisis of his time that was created by

the islamic revolution in iran. it was also a product of a of of some mismanagement on the part of economists who were missing changes in the basic needs of the economy. what did jimmy carter do? jimmy carter, hired as fed chair somebody he knew who would put up interest rates in order to bring the inflation, the double digit inflation rate down. number two, um, he tried to get the hostages out through. negotiation. um, those negotiations didn't succeed initially. and so what did he do? he decided to embark in a risky rescue operation in iran in 1980 to bring them home. that rescue operation . the american people lost confidence in his ability to handle the iran hostages issue. not at the very beginning, but only after the failure of the

iran hostage mission. it was a mission that he didn't micromanage. he took the advice from the u.s. military. it was a courageous, smart effort. but it didn't work. and finally, jimmy carter pushed for fiscal conservatism as a democratic president. he wanted a balanced budget that put him up against the great senate liberal lion, ted kennedy and ted kennedy ran against him for the nomination of the democrat party. ted kennedy didn't win, but ted kennedy's effort, which came very close to toppling carter, damaged carter. so carter entered the race against ronald reagan, already a damaged candidate. so in both in all three cases, jimmy carter was a victim of his own political courage. >> tim naftali, thank you. and coming up on cnn this morning, new information coming in about that deadly plane crash in

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iranian airspace, and that every one of the 52 hostages was alive was well and free. >> jimmy carter, who, despite his defeat after one term in the oval office, defined what it means to be a global humanitarian. he passed away yesterday at 100 years old. the 39th president of the united states was a navy officer, engineer, businessman, author and history will remember him as a man of deep faith and morality. although he achieved success in his four years in office, he will best be remembered for what he achieved in the decades following his presidency. cnn's nic robertson has more. >> hi. jimmy carter, do solemnly swear. >> jimmy carter's presidency lived in the shadow of america's cold war with the soviet union. but he refused to be constrained by east west communist versus capitalist tensions.

>> we expect that normalization will help to move us together toward a world of diversity and of peace. >> he improved relations with china and tried for the same with the soviets in his foreign policies. he pushed for nuclear. nonproliferation, democratic values, and human rights. he cut off military supplies to chilean dictator augusto pinochet and dialed back support for other latin american leaders in nicaragua, argentina and brazil. one of his signature white house legacies was the torrijos-carter treaties that returned the panama canal to panama in 1999. he also calmed mid-east tensions, brought together israeli and arab leaders at camp david, opening the door to the israeli egypt camp david accords. he normalized relations with china, weakened

u.s. ties to taiwan in a vain hope beijing would weaken ties with moscow. but after the soviet union invaded afghanistan in december 1979, the last year of his presidency, he toughened his soviet stance, backed the afghan mujahideen in a war against the red army. the same year, 1979 islamic revolution in neighboring iran dealt carter a double domestic blow. spiked oil prices and led to a humiliating failed raid. operation eagle claw. in april 1980 to rescue americans captured by the theocratic revolutionaries in tehran. >> i can't stand here tonight and say it doesn't hurt. >> events overseas contributed to his 1980 election loss. >> the people of the united states have made their choice. and of course, i accept that decision.

>> but out of office and the limelight, his global peacemaking grew. in 1994, he was the first former u.s. president to visit north korea, met kim il sung, the grandfather of today's leader kim jong un, at a time of u.s. north korean tensions won concessions on north korea's nuclear program, dialing back tensions for a decade. but 1994 was his big year of high profile peacemaking. in september, he went to haiti. raoul cedras, the caribbean nations unpopular leader, was holed up in port au prince. carter convinced him to step down quite literally, as the u.s. 82nd airborne troops were inbound aboard black hawk helicopters ready to remove cedras by force. carter won the day. save lives. the u.s. troops landed as de facto

peacekeepers. and later that year, carter went to the dark heart of bosnia's violent ethnic civil war, met the nationalist serbs in their mountain stronghold. paul tried to stop their bloody, murderous siege and shelling of the capital, sarajevo, to bring an end to the killing that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives during horrific ethnic cleansing. success came slowly in steps. carter helped initiate a short christmas ceasefire and by his presence, pushed the horrific conflict toward greater international attention. >> we have work to do. >> we have to go back to it now. thank you very much. >> less than a year later, another u.s. diplomat, richard holbrooke, parlayed carter's brief calm into the war ending dayton peace accords. 1994 marked a peak in carter's peacemaking,

but far from the end of it. he helped found a group of seasoned international diplomats known as the elders, whose work spanned the mideast and far beyond. he helped the charity habitat for humanity change lives, building affordable homes, often showing up to help with construction. himself. in 2002, he was awarded a nobel peace prize. for decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development. it was a path he'd picked a post-presidency with meaning, and he followed it right up to his death. nic robertson, cnn, london and next on cnn this morning, a deadly crash landing.

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as tributes are pouring in for america's 39th president, jimmy carter, passing sunday at his home in plains, georgia, surrounded by his family. president elect trump honoring carter on truth social posting. the challenges jimmy faced as president came at a pivotal time for our country, and he did everything in his power to improve the lives of all americans. for that, we all owe him a debt of gratitude. carter and president bush were also close. the outgoing president, remembering his friend as a humanitarian and a relentless advocate for peace. >> jimmy carter stands as a model of what it means to live a life of meaning and purpose. a life of principle, faith, and humility. >> cnn's wolf blitzer has more on the life and legacy of jimmy carter. >> we just want the truth again. >> jimmy carter was elected president barely two years after the lawbreaking and cover

ups of the watergate scandal forced president richard nixon to resign. his candor seemed like a breath of fresh air. >> there's a fear that our best years are behind us. but i say to you that our nation's best is still ahead. >> james earl carter was born on october 1st, 1924. his father ran an agricultural supply store in plains, georgia. his mother was a nurse. he was smart enough and tough enough to receive an appointment to the u.s. naval academy just after graduation in 1946, he married rosalynn smith. his naval career took him from battleships to the new nuclear submarine program, but when his father died in 1953, he left the military and returned to georgia, where he spent the next two decades running the family peanut farm business, and slowly and steadily beginning a political career that saw him elected governor of georgia in 1970.

>> to use an old 1950s term, if there ever was a classic example of an inner directed man, you know jimmy carter, is it? >> his close friend and associate was press secretary jody powell, who died in 2009. >> he enjoyed people and he enjoyed talking to people. >> i think he enjoyed those early days of campaigns when there was much more personal interaction with the voters than he did in the latter stages, when it was a series of of of set piece speeches and large crowds. >> my name is jimmy carter, and i'm running for president. >> in 1976, the former georgia governor went from being jimmy who to the white house. not everyone in washington was happy to see him. >> washington even more than new york, is the snobbiest city in america. and carter and the georgians were

treated like dirt, condescendingly and with hostility. if he had a fault, it was that he matched washington's hostility with his own. >> early on, carter was accused of presidential micromanaging, of excessive attention to detail. >> at his best, jimmy carter mastered a subject and then led, sometimes very effectively, because of his mastery of its details. >> that mastery of details enabled carter to negotiate the camp david peace accords, a deal between egypt and israel that led to a peace treaty ending decades of war between their countries. his most difficult presidential days came after iranian militants took dozens of americans hostage in tehran in late 1979. they were held for 444 days, and eight u.s. servicemen died. after president carter ordered an elaborate rescue attempt that failed. the iran hostage crisis was only one of the challenges that confronted president carter.

>> we must face the fact that the energy shortage is permanent. >> during carter's term, americans endured a sharp, steady increase in oil and gasoline prices, which forced everything to cost more to some. carter's stark comments began to sound like moralizing. >> the erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of america. >> in 1980, carter faced republican challenger ronald reagan, who exuded sunny optimism and asked voters a simple question are you better off than you were four years ago? jimmy carter lost the election, but not his resolve to make a difference. he and rosalynn founded the carter center, in part to promote peace, democracy, human rights, as well as economic and social development all over the world. carter monitored elections for fairness. he went to north korea and cuba and met with leaders usually shunned by the

u.s., including representatives of hamas, the palestinian organization. both the u.s. and israel have branded as terrorists. >> this is a man who who has a really unique commitment to public service. it really is a calling with him. >> in autumn of 2002, carter was awarded the nobel peace prize, the culmination of an incredible career as a world leader and as a citizen. >> i'm delighted and humbled and very grateful that the nobel peace prize committee has given me this recognition. >> he still wasn't done. carter remained active into his 90s, traveling, writing books, building habitat for humanity homes, and to the discomfort of his successors, speaking out on the issues of the day. he criticized bill clinton's affair with monica lewinsky, called george w bush's international policy, quote, the worst in history. but from

your definition, you believe the united states under this administration has used torture? >> i don't. i don't think it i know it, certainly. >> he also took on president donald trump. >> does america want kind of a jerk as president? >> oh, apparently from his recent elections. yes. i never knew it before. >> carter survived a cancer scare in 2015 and kept going. >> didn't find any cancer at all. >> so when he attended george h.w. bush's funeral in late 2018, he was the oldest of america's living presidents. he celebrated his own 100th birthday in 2020 for his beloved wife. rosalynn passed away in 2023. she'd been a steadfast partner through 77 years of marriage. carter's diminished health prevented him from speaking at her memorial service, so their daughter, amy, read a letter he wrote to rosalynn while deployed with the navy. 75 years earlier, my darling, every time i have ever

been away from you, i have been thrilled. >> when i returned to discover just how wonderful you are. while i am away, i try to convince myself that you really are not could not be as sweet and beautiful as i remember. but when i see you, i fall in love with you all over again. does that seem strange to you? it doesn't to me. >> husband. statesman. a connection to an era now gone. jimmy carter was a defender of values. forever current. >> those who hunger for freedom, who thirst for human dignity, and who suffer for the sake of justice. they are the patriots of this cause. i believe with all my heart that america must always stand for these basic human rights at home and abroad. that is both our history and our destiny.

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think their personal example and the way they, um, loved so much the work and the connections to the families who are purchasing the homes inspired so many. and then the sustained commitment was so extraordinary. >> building a legacy with a nail and a hammer. former president jimmy carter will best be remembered for his work outside of the oval office. the former president went from living in the most famous house in the world to helping build more than 4000 homes with habitat for humanity, according to the organization. for more than three decades, the carters worked alongside more than 100,000 volunteers in 14 countries. joining me now to discuss carter's legacy, cnn political analyst and washington bureau chief for the boston globe, jackie kucinich. jackie, this was, of course, expected. carter was 100 years old. he had been in hospice since early 2023. but i want to start by getting your reaction to this news. >> well, you're absolutely right.

>> i think we've been preparing for this for quite some time. >> but, you know, while carter's presidency was marked by tumult, both in. uh, internationally and domestically, his post-presidency really is, as was mentioned, there was really remarkable and really defined what the post-presidency looks like in the modern era. this is not someone who ever really retired. he traveled the globe promoting peace, promoting democracy, promoting human rights. um, just as that last guest mentioned. um, when i think of jimmy carter, i think of those ubiquitous pictures of him building homes often with rosalynn. right next to him as his beloved wife of 77 years. um, and it really that that defined that defined him. and you know who he was and the legacy he left. >> and, jackie, i want to turn to another story we're covering

this morning, of course. and that is the infighting among republicans over expanding the visa program for highly skilled workers. president elect trump, he has, of course, now come out and said he is in favor of the h-1b visa, and that puts him siding with elon musk over his more anti-immigration base. so what does this tell you about musk's influence and what we might see on the issue of immigration next? >> well, that interview in the new york post was really interesting that you mentioned where he said that he seemed to side with musk, though he said he utilized h-1b visas, which of course, refer to high skilled workers. when we know that he actually favored more, uh, visas that brought in, um, workers with less skills. and it would have a different categorization. so there is it is there are some shades of gray there, and we'll have to see exactly where he lands when he actually starts making policy as president. that said, your point to musk and other

tech billionaires, silicon valley billionaires that have broad influence within this white house, within this incoming white house, is a marked departure from what we saw in the last trump administration, where you had a very adversarial relationship with many of these leaders, um, which seems to be at least at this point in the assembling administration, very, very different. >> now, let's take a listen to what one republican member of congress had to say about all this. >> there's no question we want an america in which americans are employed, in which they are able to fill the needs of our workforce, which means we need to revamp our education system, our k through 12 system. we need vocational schools. we need to get kids on an earlier stem trajectory so that they are becoming the engineers of tomorrow. but the fact is, india is producing a

significant number more of engineers than we are. so it's both a function of fixing our education system and having a legal immigration system that works so does support for h-1b visas contradict trump's hard line promises on the campaign trail? >> it's really interesting, paula, uh, how things are shaping up post campaign. we know that in the first trump presidency, he did limit h h-1b visas and even, um, cut them off at one point later in the presidency in 2020, in term. excuse me, in 2020, i've learned not to predict how things shake out in the trump administration. we we we've we've all we've been through it before. but you know, really you see these two factions very powerful within the trump orbit, um, really going at it at this point. and it's unclear who will come up victorious once things actually

start moving. >> jackie kucinich, with wise words, never try to predict what will happen in a trump administration. thank you so much. >> thanks, paul. >> paula. and it's time now for sports. the washington commanders pulled off a dramatic comeback win in overtime, earning a trip to the playoffs for the first time since 2020. carolyn manno has this morning's cnn sports update. >> good morning paula. there's a really special energy around this team that hasn't been there really, since they were still playing in the nation's capital at rfk stadium in washington, actually honored former president carter before the game sunday night against the team from carter's home state, the atlanta falcons. and then after that, jayden daniels showed why he's the frontrunner for rookie of the year, rushing for a career high 127 yards and throwing for three touchdowns. but the falcons have a rookie quarterback of their own, michael penix jr.. and on fourth and goal from the 13 yard line, down by seven with just over two minutes to go, he delivered a strike to kyle pitts for the touchdown to tie

it up and force overtime. in overtime, daniels found who else but zach ertz for the game winning score, and with his performance yesterday, the 12th year tight end earned $750,000 in bonuses as washington gets its first 11 win season since 1991. by the way, that's the year they last won a super bowl. elsewhere in the nfl, eagles eagles running back saquon barkley running his way into the record books yesterday, becoming just the ninth player to rush for more than 2000 yards in a season. he gashed the cowboys defense for 167 yards on 31 carries in a 41 to 7 blowout win, locking up the two seed in the nfc for philly. and how's this for fate? he needs 101 yards in the season finale to break eric dickerson's all time single season record of 2105, and the eagles opponent is his old team, the giants. i am sure he will get it done. the vikings might be the most under-the-radar 14 and two team in nfl history, and a huge part of that is sam darnold, the former number three pick

playing for his fourth team in five years. darnold, the runaway for comeback player of the year. he was incredible again yesterday, throwing for 377 yards and three touchdowns against the packers. minnesota led by as many as 17 midway through the fourth before holding on for the 2725 win and darnold's teammates, showering him with love and water. after the game. and well deserved this week just keeps on giving. two paula. tomorrow, the friendly confines become the frozen confines as wrigley field hosts the blackhawks and blues for the first ever new year's eve winter classic. coverage begins at 4 p.m. eastern and the puck drops at five, and you can watch that on our sister channel, tnt. you can also stream it on max and then the college football playoffs ring in the new year as well, starting with the fiesta bowl tomorrow night, you've got a new year's day triple header. so really, paula, no reason to get out of your pajamas for at least another 3 to 4 days. if you're watching this at home. back to you. >> that is the best news i've heard. you don't have to get out of your pajamas. carolyn.

thank you. sure. and in our next hour on cnn this morning, we continue to look back at former president jimmy carter's life after decades of conflict. a historic handshake and how he helped bring peace to the middle east. plus, how his unflinching faith shaped him as a politician and a humanitarian. >> well, i don't have any fear of death. i don't i'm not prepared to die. i want to live as long as i can and enjoy life and enjoy. enjoy the companionship. i can't fool myself. >> it was the most exciting time in the world. his life had extremely joyful moments and some really difficult moments. >> you only come across an artist like luther vandross once in a lifetime. >> luther. never too much. >> new year's day you make good choices. >> always planning ahead. like to not just chase a career, but one day. follow your heart. with

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right now on cnn this morning. >> i believe with all my heart that america must always stand for these basic human rights at home and abroad, paying tribute, america prepares to say farewell to its 39th president, jimmy carter, after he passed. >> sunday. plus, a significant achievement in the cause of peace. a defining moment jimmy carter's fight for peace brokering a historic agreement between two rivals that still stands today and. >> now i feel, you know, it's in the hands of god, whom i worship. and i'll be prepared for anything that comes. >> how a life of steadfast faith shaped jimmy carter's legacy, both in and out of office. and a