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now know that he will lie in state at the u.s. capitol, and president biden will deliver a eulogy at carter's state funeral in washington, d.c., on january 9th, a day that biden has declared a national day of mourning. today, the world is remembering carter's extraordinary life. the humble peanut farmer from plains, georgia, who became the nation's 39th president. the southern statesman only served a single term as president, but then led one of the most significant presidencies in history. the former president and his wife, rosalynn, founded the carter center in 1982, a nonprofit that works to promote peace and freedom around the world. rosalynn passed away last year, and the two had been married for 77 years. we have a team of correspondents covering these developments. we have ryan young in carter's hometown of plains, georgia. but let's begin with rafael romo, who is at the carter center in atlanta. raphael, what more can you tell us about these new details on carter's funeral?

>> hi, brianna. well, in addition to lying in state at the u.s. capitol, as you mentioned previously, we have also learned that there will be public observances both in washington and here in atlanta, perhaps here where we are at the carter center. we have also learned that there will be a private burial in his beloved plains, georgia, for family and close friends. of course, his native town. and on top of all that, brianna, we have seen this tremendous outpouring of love here at the carter center with many people stopping by to bring flowers to light candles. there was someone who stopped by to to leave a jar of peanuts for the to honor the memory of the former peanut farmer who rose to become the 39th president of the united states. and much has been said about the fact that jimmy carter and his presidency didn't really

reach its full potential. but people here in georgia say that, and they insist, as a matter of fact, that you have to look at his entire life and legacy and also remember the causes that he promoted, including democracy, fighting the disease, seeking international peace. i had an opportunity to talk to a former adviser here at the carter center earlier, and this is what he had to say about the late president. let's take a listen. >> president carter and mrs. carter were very, very passionate about human rights, human dignity, freedom and democracy and the alleviation of suffering, and especially that health care is a human right. and they're concerned with diseases that have especially afflicted people who were destitute and poverty. >> and, brianna. georgia governor brian kemp has ordered flags around the state to be flown at half staff. there's also been

numerous statements of condolences and praise from the political leadership here in georgia, including senator raphael warnock, who said that jimmy carter was one of his heroes. brianna, back to you. >> raphael, thank you for that report. let's go now to ryan young, who is there in plains, georgia, and carter's hometown. what are people there saying? and how is the town preparing? ryan? >> well, it seems like a world of difference between here in atlanta, because as i drove here last night, you can see it's almost like a time capsule. the downtown is pretty much just a block. they've been preparing for this for quite some time, and every time you start talking to someone, the outpouring of emotion about the former president just gleams through them. it's mostly joy. they talk about a man with a giant heart, someone who is still doing sunday school, teaching sunday school in his late 80s. and you think about the fact that he worked all around the world to make this a better place. but let's not forget this man went to the naval academy. he then went on to be governor before becoming

president. there is so much pride in this area, but just like raphael did, we talked to someone from the carter center. there's a lot of love and appreciation. i want you to take a listen to one of his former coworkers in a sense. listen to the outpouring of emotion and love for this man. they know as the former president. >> sorry you know, president carter was like a was a mentor for me. >> he was like a father. i didn't have a present father. and he would scold me. he would teach me. he would guide me. he would lift me up. he would say, keep going. he would say, thank you. i. i worked with him for more than 30 years, and he never let me think that our work was futile. as hard as it

became it or that it was pointless, he would say, okay, what's next? >> so as you can see from above, this really looks like a different place, this town. i look at the census said about. live here, and every time someone has a story about the former president, one of the things you don't notice here, there's no stoplights. and we've seen so much industrial movement. flower trucks, people talking about buying sweet potatoes. and as you can see, the gathering of the media down there, you understand how many people's emotions are wrapped around this man who they didn't consider just a former president. he was a native son, a native son for this entire state that people will remember for quite some time. a man who gave his entire life to helping others. >> brianna. ryan young, thank you so much for that and for that view of plains, georgia. let's talk more about the life and legacy of jimmy carter. we have kate anderson brower with us. she's the author of the

books team of five and the residents. and i just wonder what you are thinking and what you're reflecting on. kate as jimmy carter has passed after such a long and fruitful life in the white house. and of course, after. >> yeah, you know, i had the opportunity to interview him in his home with rosalynn carter. and the video you showed of planes is just brings back memories of just sweat. it's they were normal. they were as normal as you can get. having occupied the white house, they had a very traditional home, a couple of bedrooms. they offered to get me a drink of water themselves. i mean, anybody who's been near the presidency and, you know, brianna, it's not normal to have a president and first lady that accessible. and i went and heard him speak at the sunday school, and he was somebody who just really deeply believed in the power of prayer. and, you know, he practiced what he preached, as we see with the

work that he did in the carter center, he and rosalynn carter, they got emotional, actually, when we talked about the eradication of guinea worm disease, which is a very painful disease that they almost completely wiped out with their work with the carter center. and that was something that meant so much to them. it wasn't about the amount of money that they could make with paid speeches and sitting on boards. it was about really helping people. it sounds like a cliche, but i mean, it's absolutely true about the carters. >> and that's what he did. that's he redefined the post-presidency and kind of set an expectation, i think, for other presidents, that you don't just leave the white house and that's it. you better still keep delivering. >> yeah. i mean, you know, he loved harry truman. and on his desk in the oval office, he had the buck stops here, you know, and paying homage to harry truman. and i think that, you see, in the post-presidency of maybe president obama, he's somebody who's also taking a

more global view of what it means to be a former president and the influence you have around the world, having occupied, you know, the white house and led the most powerful country in the world. so i think that jimmy carter's post-presidency is unique because he left when he was in his mid 50s. and i asked him about, you know, being a former president and whether there is a presidents club. and he said, we're all very different men. we but we do share that commonality of having faced the hardest decisions you could possibly face. >> i thought that was really interesting. the woman who worked with him at the carter center for 30 years said that he was like a father to her, and he said she said he would scold me. and to that point where you said, we're all we're all very different. that's what he said about the former presidents. how would you describe his relationships with other presidents and past presidents? >> you know, he was such an outlier. and i think in that photo of him, you kind of see him standing off to the side

with the other presidents and that that is the attitude he had. he was about serving the american people and not necessarily a political party. i do think that he criticized sitting presidents and their policies in a way that went against the kind of unwritten code of the presidents club at the time. you were not to criticize a sitting president, and you had, you know, jimmy carter writing about middle east policy during the bush administration as being to pro-israel. he was somebody who would go out on a limb for something he believed in. and i think that's what he'd want to be remembered for is being in, you know, authentic person who stood up for his beliefs, even if they were unpopular at the time. >> yeah, it is a critical few inches distance between him and the other presidents, but it really speaks volumes. and you also profiled rosalynn carter. how did she reinvent the role of first lady? >> well, she was the first

first lady to have an office in the east wing. she was the first first lady to have a a major policy initiative. she took on mental health, which is ahead of her time. i mean, in many ways, they were both ahead of their time. they were, you know, born between world war one and the great depression. but yet they were installing solar panels on the white house. you know, it was it's fascinating. and taking on mental health. i mean, energy efficiency and the mental health crisis, these are all things that we face today in 2024. and these were things that they were taking on, even though they were born so very long ago. they had a very modern view of the world, and they were just both so true to each other. 77 years. they got married when she was 18 and he was 21. um, and i think that they were just a beautiful, dedicated couple. and she worked side by side with him in the carter center. that was a complete joint dual project. she went around the

world with him, just tirelessly advocating for clean water, free and fair elections. i mean, the list goes on. >> yeah, quite a partnership. and you said he was ahead of his time. she was as well. i think it's interesting how many people reflecting on what has always been carter's complicated political legacy. yeah, he lost after one term record inflation hostage crisis. but people are looking and increasingly have here in recent years at it with a fresh set of eyes. and also in the wake of his passing. what do you think about that? >> i think it's important that we give him credit for all that he did. in the years since the presidency. he did have a complicated presidency. um, but i think that, you know, in retrospect, he did. he followed what he believed was right at the time. he was faced with some very difficult circumstances. and what he did to really reinvent and

reimagine the post-presidency. i mean, he just came up with the carter center. he had, you know, camp david was a historic. and he thought, what am i going to do as a former president that will will match that, both in terms of international relevance? um, and, you know, in terms of helping people at home with habitat for humanity, i mean, they just devoted their lives to helping people and not making money, which i think is the key thing. i mean, he made money off of his books. he wrote more than 30 books, but this was not somebody making $1 million a speech. right. and i think that people admire that about him. it really wasn't about the bottom line for him. >> yeah, it wasn't, um, he leaves quite a legacy. kate anderson brower, thank you so much for speaking with us. thank you. and ahead, are democrats learning their lessons from the 2024 election, or are they repeating the same mistakes? we'll be asking a top member of their party. plus, the key pieces of evidence investigators are now

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their votes are in question. but also what we saw with that chaotic funding bill, which was donald trump and elon musk together tanking that cr that johnson had worked behind the scenes almost tirelessly on to try to get through in the 11th hour. so there are a lot of questions as to whether or not trump would actually stand up and back. johnson for speaker again. i will note that elon musk, shortly after this, actually passed the proposal actually passed. he said that speaker johnson did a very good job. so reading the tea leaves there, given musk and trump's relationship right now, did seem likely. trump was also on board with speaker johnson, but he didn't say anything publicly until today when he posted this very, very long post. at the very end of it, said this about speaker johnson. speaker mike mike johnson is a good, hardworking, religious man. he will do the right thing and he will continue to win. mike has my complete and total. endorsement. maga so clearly a helpful boost for donald trump. but we've also already started to see house members again,

saying that they aren't going to vote for him. and by the way, i think it's a boost for donald trump. but i meant boost for mike johnson, brianna. >> yes, we certainly realized who was being boosted there for sure. and for the first time, kristen trump is wading into this issue that's been dividing his supporters here in recent days, defending the h-1b visa program, which allows thousands of highly skilled foreign workers to immigrate to the u.s. each year to work. tell us about this. >> yeah. so this fight has been going on for the last week, and you have seen donald trump's traditional base being the steve bannon's the laura loomer people who have been with him for the last several years fighting against this idea of the h-1b visas. these are legal visas that that encourage legal immigration to bring over, as you said, these skilled workers. they were saying that this is not what donald trump stood for. elon musk, on the other hand, it's not just elon musk, but several of the silicon valley tech moguls all support this program, which they say has helped them. brought one. elon musk was was

using one of these visas, but also have brought over a ton of skilled workers for their companies. this is what they say. you start to see this kind of unfold on twitter. these two factions of the party, the new and the old. this is what trump had to say when he talked to the new york post. he said, i've always liked the visas. i have always been in favor of the visas. that's why we have them. i have many h-1b visas on my properties. i have been i've been a believer in h-1b. i have used it many times. so just a couple things to note here. one, this is not true just in the sense of i've always liked the visas. i've always been in favor of the visas. is personal opinion. perhaps that is true. but if you look at what he did, his actual first term, they severely restricted these kind of visas. so clearly he has new voices in his ear. but the most important thing that this does is it goes to show you that there are going to be a lot of rifts in various policy proposals, particularly when it comes to something as difficult as immigration, something donald trump wants to handle on day one. and i would note that this

is unlikely. the last we're going to hear about this, brianna, i think you are right. >> as usual, kristen holmes, thank you very much for the report. let's talk a little bit more now with democratic congressman gerry connolly of virginia. he's the ranking member on the house oversight committee. thanks for being with us. you hear president-elect trump now siding with elon musk on h-1b visas. what do you think about this sort of kerfuffle that he's now weighing in on? and do you also think that maybe it's something you could see some bipartisan progress on? >> well, i think first of all, it underscores immigration is complicated and, uh, lots of different categories to meet lots of different needs, from farm workers to h-1b skilled laborers. we're not graduating enough, uh, skilled workers in america. and there's a ready solution at hand, which is the h-1b one, uh, visa program. so

i support the program. and the irony of somebody wanting to crack down on immigration is himself benefited from that program coming into the united states. we need those skilled workers in high tech, in engineering, in architecture, across the board. they can fill a gap that our economy desperately needs. >> so you think now that it seems like trump is stating he's on board with that, you might see democrats and republicans making headway on on that particular issue when it comes to immigration. maybe some others, i definitely do. >> there's that. that opens up common ground. the possibility of common ground. and if republicans want to work with democrats, i think we can come to some agreements in terms of the utilization and indeed the expansion of the. h-1b1 visa program.

>> so today, and just making a turn here to ukraine, president biden announced this new $2.5 billion round of defense funding for ukraine, about half of it coming from the funding that congress passed back in april, about half of it coming from the administration's drawdown authority tapping u.s. weapons stores is the lag time on that a potential problem as you see it? meaning, are these weapons really going to get out the door to ukraine before trump takes office? couldn't he just cancel a shipment if he wanted to? >> i think that's a real risk, brianna. i mean, if i had my way, joe biden would be announcing new shipments of supplies and weapons every single day left in his tenure. the situation in eastern ukraine is critical. the ukrainians desperately have to be resupplied. we're the major source of that supply, and we ought to be doing everything possible while the window is still open.

>> there were concerns from the last allotment in december that the u.s. wouldn't have enough weapons stores to replace what it was drawing down to supply ukraine. so where is this stuff coming from? are there enough weapons on the shelf and on the production line to really get this done quickly well, there is a lag time in terms of production and production capacity is a worldwide problem, especially with things like artillery shells. >> but right now the situation is dire. the united states is not in any danger of drawing down weapons to the point where we are vulnerable ourselves. and right now we, you know, we've got just less than a month to try to resupply the ukrainians while we can in the biden administration under democratic control. and i think we have to do it. >> you said it. you worry that trump is going to pull support for ukraine. is the goal here

with these announcements by the biden administration, as you see it, to paint trump into a corner so that if he does yank support, any failure of ukraine becomes his failure. how do you see it? >> i don't think it's that machiavellian. i think it's a matter of trying to make the resupply re-equipment of the ukrainians a fait accompli before trump takes the oath of office. i think that's really what is going on here. i don't think it's trying to box him in politically, but it is anticipating the fact that he has said he can end the war in one day, which, of course, he can't, and that he's got this odd bromance with putin which raises alarm bells all over the nato world and making another turn here. >> congratulations on becoming the ranking member on house oversight. there are many in your party, i should note, who are firmly behind you. there are, as you are well aware, a vocal number who were not against you taking that position. nothing against you

personally. they'll say they wanted to see some new blood with congresswoman ocasio-cortez, who is also in the running. that's the message, they say of the past election. what do you say to that? >> well, i think that the decision about leadership ought to always be based on a proven record skill set, competence, capability, and your plan for moving forward. i've never had my chance to be a ranking member or chairman of a full committee. this is it. and i've got the bona fides and the credentials over 16 years that mike, my colleagues, you know, looked at, examined, validated and decided that's what we need. we need the best general we can put on the battleground. with four more years of donald' democratic caucus positive reaffirmation about my credentials.

>> and, you know, i wonderbit f election, but do you think that they've learned the lessons of the 2024 election? what do you think the lesson is? >> i really think, um, we have some regrouping to do. i don't think the election was as dire as initial press reports made it. democrats kind of held their own across the country. we had some significant losses in the senate because of bad geography. we picked up one seat in the house, and we kind of held our own, mostly in state legislatures. um, but that doesn't mean that we can't improve and we can't learn. upon reflection, lessons from this recent election, i think how we use language is really important. i've succeeded here in northern virginia in building a democratic majority by talking common sense language that makes sense at the kitchen

table, uh, progressive ideas, but not lecturing, not elitist, not judgmental, but an invitation to join us in these policies and these programs that works here. and i believe it can work across the country. so regrouping, kind of examining how we message and the language we use, i believe will serve us well. and being on, you know, on the trenches, on the bulwark over these next two years will serve us well for a midterm comeback. >> oh, that feels like so far away. but i do know it is just around the corner. congressman connolly, always great to have you and a happy new year to you. thank you all right brianna thank you. thank you. and we'll be right back. >> okay everyone, our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy. >> ensure with 27 vitamins and minerals, nutrients for immune health and ensure complete with

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around the world for the princess of wales. >> her stoic announcement that she has cancer. addressing some of the health questions she's been facing for weeks and that led the world to wish her well and lay off the conspiracy theories. >> number nine, the caitlin clark phenomenon. the iowa superstar supercharged tv ratings for the ncaa tournament. >> interest in women's college basketball skyrocketing. and caitlin clark is such a huge part of that. >> and her wnba debut with the indiana fever set ratings records, too. >> this league is the league i grew up admiring and wanting to be a part of. >> sports tv is a unifying force in a splintering world. as the paris olympics showed, complete with new ways to watch. like the picture in picture gold zone. it was a multitaskers dream. at number eight, big battles over i 2024 was the year of the chatbot. with tools like chatgpt becoming a part of everyday life, with a.i. tools now baked in to phones and web browsers.

>> artificial intelligence is the bright, new shiny object of the tech world. >> but while a.i. fever drove tech stocks higher, some media companies sued openai and other firms, accusing them of stealing content. >> this is clearly trying to copy a lot of the hallmarks of what might be a quality news site. that's why it's so tricky right now for news consumers. >> the battles will continue for years to come. number seven, streaming finally turns a profit. companies like disney and nbc have spent fortunes trying to catch up to netflix. and now, after losing billions, the streamers are turning a profit. what was your name again? >> oh, i'm sorry, i can get ahead of myself. i'm anxiety. i'm one of riley's new emotions, and we are just super jazzed to be here. >> and it's making the whole media business stronger. disney's inside out two and moana two were two of the biggest box office hits of the year, thanks in part to all the people who knew the originals

from streaming. as the cable business contracts. >> there is breaking news tonight about our parent company, comcast, and the future of its cable networks. >> it's a big shakeup in the media industry, two sources confirmed to nbc news that our parent company, comcast, nbc universal, will spin off the bulk of its cable networks. >> investors are betting big on streaming growth. number six. life imitates art. >> i am surrounded by snakes and morons. >> it really is like something out of an hbo script, fox patriarch rupert murdoch secretly petitioning a nevada court to let him rewrite the family trust that he created 25 years ago. murdoch wanted to take away power from three of his kids and make his eldest son, lachlan, his permanent successor. >> rupert murdoch is concerned that his other three children, if given control of these companies, might try to moderate a place like fox news. >> the family fought in court for days and a judge sided

against rupert and lachlan, leaving the future of fox news up in the air. at number five, another courtroom drama, this one with alex jones. >> this is probably the end of infowars here very, very soon. >> the infowars conspiracy platform was up for auction to pay jones's debt to the sandy hook families he defamed. >> and this just in. the satirical news website the onion has won the bankruptcy auction to buy conspiracy theorist alex jones infowars. >> but in december, a judge put the deal on hold. the onion says it is still serious about taking over infowars. at number four on the list. a presidential debate that rewrote history. >> we're live from georgia. >> joe biden and donald trump met on cnn stage in june, and their rematch for the nation's highest office and biden's weak performance changed everything. >> this was a game changing debate in the sense that right

now, as we speak, there is a deep, a wide and a very aggressive panic in the democratic party. >> when vp kamala harris stepped up weeks later, she put on giant made for tv events. with your help this november, we will win. >> we will win. >> we will win. >> but her campaign was up against not just trump, but also people like elon musk. and that brings us to number three on the list. musk transforms the site formerly known as twitter. >> his name is elon musk. >> as other social networks shifted away from politics, x went all in promoting right wing voices. >> he saved free speech. he created. so many different great things, take over, religious take over. >> this was led by musk himself, who endorsed trump right after the butler assassination attempt. >> who do you want representing america? yeah.

>> and spent hundreds of millions helping trump win the election. some twitterers have fled for bluer skies since the election. >> we've seen more than 10 million u.s. users join blue sky. >> but x remains a dominant real time source of news and views. at number two, adjusting to the new trump normal even as 2020 election lies were litigated in the courts. >> an election denier is now admitting that he was wrong. >> media outlets and owners figured out how to recalibrate in this election year. given trump's history of threats and pressure, jeff bezos outraged washington post staffers by blocking the paper's endorsement of harris. a quarter million subscribers canceled, with some saying bezos was appeasing trump. >> but i'm proud of the decision we made. >> bezos said opinion sections should not be endorsing presidents. >> we knew there would be blowback and we did the right thing anyway. >> abc settled a defamation lawsuit with trump by giving

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fires off at all. it will be rain and snow for the pacific northwest. chicago. you get cold temperatures for the >> all right, we will. i saw carpinteria, california on your map there, chad. i've never seen that on any map anywhere. my parents both went to carpinteria high school, so shout out i love it. >> never want your name on the map. that means something bad might happen there. >> i'm sure it won't. nothing bad happens there. >> but you know, you don't ever see sunny and 72 on my san diego forecast. >> i don't know. you have some pretty good news today for chad myers being chad myers. all right, chad, thank you so much. see you mom. happy new year. and so when we come back, how the nation's capital and other places important to the late jimmy carter plan to honor the former president's extraordinary life in the days and weeks ahead. >> the virus that causes

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