but there is still much research going on working on prevention and if they can recover from mental illness. >> much of that thinks this to mrs. carter's old efforts over many decades. [applause] floor -- president carter building on the success is there another disease you theme we could eradicate in the next 20 years? >> really the only organization that analyzes every human illness to see which might possibly be eliminated or eradicated

through the entire world. we focus on eradication is the long-term. 25 for 26 years and working with us the who and the gates foundation and others that have expert knowledge but they come to the carter center to analyze every illness and identify those that can be eliminated. if i had to say from the carter center perspective it would be, blindness and we could totally eliminated to we have done it already of four countries if we do it country by country that

would be totally eradicated. but bill and melinda gates talk seriously about malaria to be targeted for total elimination for eradicate -- ratification -- eradication but there are others also. >> here is the question president carter would you like for one of your grandchildren to be governor or president or both? why or why not and how would you revise them? >> one particular gramm signed. [laughter] to ran for governor, a grandson. [applause] but i have great grandchildren also will may

well whether take that. it is good. jason didn't make it with the sweep of republican involve over the country but we learned about our state and himself what people want and need but it is a process may be not to be elected at the end but nobody says they are sarah -- sorry they ever rand. it is a wonderful education. so for any of my descendants to want to get involved. >> how he believes united states should respond to the current threat to of vices -- isis?

>> i would like to see the united states to be more aggressive to deal with isis. it has taken over the eastern part of syria and now going into iraq and have taken over a good portion of iraq as well. there was a program on television how christians are almost being decimated. just before we invaded ourselves the christians and the muslims came to my home to say how all three were thriving and getting along and the archbishop of the church came along with them now they are in hiding and there is no guarantee they

will even survive. so has christians that has dedicated to totally eliminating every christian that survives the areas that they live forever by to see the united states deal directly with them. i am not in favor of sending ground troops but there is better surveillance with bombing and analysis and maybe even the russians or the or iranians with the opposition with the isis factions that would be a wonderful opportunity. but i would not be able to work that out.

isn't an easy thing to answer. my first opposition should be to the arab countries that don't want to endanger their own people. but the main forces fighting now and iraq and syria are the iranians. although we have the same goal to attack isis this time we cannot cooperate with the iranians over anything except the nuclear deal. so for us to concentrate on what is the best long-term.

>> i have another was a regular asking me questions nobody knows how to answer. [laughter] >> this comes from a seven year-old elizabeth what was your favorite thing to do as president? >> go to camp david. [laughter] the perfect thing was the family life we had amy there who was seven years old and we had two sons and their family and a grandson born so we had a good family life. but officials duties was foreign affairs because the president under the constitution has a much greater authority and

responsibility to deal with foreign countries they and domestic affairs. everything has to go by the there congress when somebody says the president was responsible i would say president has one-fourth of the responsibility congress has about one-fourth the federal reserve has a fourth and the private sector has about one fourth. site been dealing with foreign policy i enjoyed that. nobody ever asked me to bring together the egyptians and the jordanians but they

also did ask me to normalize diplomatic relations with china or to deal with the panama canal issue. every asked me to try to do away with apartheid in africa. those are things i could initiate online accounts of those are more enjoyable issues to deal with foreign policy. >> thank you president carter. here is a question from richmond in georgia. growing up what was your favorite childhood game and how did that influence your later life? >> ice think basketball is what i enjoyed most when it was to courts.

i even road a donkey and a basketball game. [laughter] but i do enjoy basketball. >> we even had the harlem globetrotters that was on the varsity team and on the all-star team in college there were just fast breaks but i cannot reach the goal but now today it is the height that makes the difference but i think basketball is the number-one sport but no matter how small if they didn't have the of football team we did have basketball and baseball and. baseball would have been my favorite sport professionally and it still

is but the season to a place during planting and cultivating time so we felt the first obligation was to help all father of the farm. >> and having great competition we could beat them. [laughter] also jimmy was a tennis champion buddy never beat his father. [laughter] >> what can we as a nation do to overcome racism in the united states and the world? >> 8q for all that you have

done. >> i thought with the civil-rights bill passed with martin luther king, jr. that we could breathe a sigh of relief to finally over, the ravages of racism and 100 years after the civil war with racial supremacy and lately it has been shown that that was misplaced that we still have a lot of racism in our country. within the consciousness of

the individual sources in with politics in this country is due to a large extent due to racism. i think having elected president obama was a step in the right direction we have one was an american citizen who can vote that we had 22 votes and all were for obama. collectively we thought this to be a good step in the right direction. so i think the best thing to do is go back to the declaration of human rights.

as a say in college lectures in the bible class's, the formulation the declaration of human rights was when the citizens of the world reached the highest possible level of commitment to the basic moral and ethical values that are exemplified by all the great religions of islam and judaism. for -- and buddhism so we committed to treat everybody equally peacefully. that would bring racism and most wars to an end.

almost two years ago now to point out that united states was violating 10 of them because you don't treat everybody equally. but i think to go back to religious faith to the declaration of human rights with the inherent human trait because of race or where we live by the status of our parents.

>> faq president carter. we have time for one more question. >> what is this the you are the most proud of? >> after my previous press conference. [applause] but i was your problem and was elected president of the united states has said opportunity to be blessed by that opportunity and i was proud to keep the country at

peace for four years to protect the interest of our country and promoted human rights as best i could. so i am just able to serve the country in a peaceful way. [applause] >> jimmy has more legislation except lyndon johnson. since world war ii. we are making friends in the world to people are

beginning to realize what a great president he was as far as i'm concerned. [applause] >>. >> personally looking at the mental health issues because so much has changed not that i've met everyone in the right direction but that was exciting to me. >> you did a lot more than watch. [applause] with that we will wrap up this conversation