of confetti will be released. including thousands of wishes to people who submitted them on actually confetti test? >> make sure it falls? >> okay. we are just two days away as you know from new year's eve celebration. new year's eve ball weighs six tons, thousands of crystals, this will be the last year we see this one before retirement. >> the new ball will come in 2025. a different design. also, it is dynamic. >> on new year's eve ball was dropped tonight, remembering president jimmy carter. the 39th president of the united states, dead at the age of 100. >> my name is jimmy carter and i'm running for president. >> a no-frills southerner who improbably rose to the nation's highest office, serving a single term, and went on to an

extraordinary life. >> the bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices. also tonight, anger and agony in south korea after one of the deadliest aviation disasters in years. the 737 crash landing, colliding with a concrete barrier and bursting into flames. 181 people onboard. family and friends waiting for reunions that never happened. in canada, passengers make a narrow escape after their jet skids down the runway with the wing on fire. also tonight, deadly storms tear through the southeast. >> i'm juns allen in new canaan, texas where tornadoes ripped roofs off of homes trapping people underneath debris in their bedrooms. >> all of this came down on him. moment of impact. new video shows a fire truck in

florida driving around closed crossing gates second before being hit by a train. and later -- jimmy carter's single term in the white house was marked by te iran hostage crisis and economic problems. we reflect on the remarkable life and global impact of the man from plains, georgia. >> i hope i can be remembered as a good grandfather, a good father, and as a good husband, but in politics, a champion of peace and human rights. >> announcer: this is the "cbs weekend news," from new york with jericka duncan. good evening. james earl carter iii, 39th president of the united states, died today at his home in georgia. jimmy carter, as he preferred to be called and as the nation knew him, was 100 years old. he had spent his final year in hospice care. carter served just one term in the white house but lived longer than any other american president.

a peanut farmer, carter came out of nowhere called plains in the post-watergate era when voters were looking for a fresh face. well, his came with a broad smile and plain talk with a southern accent. earlier this year cbs news was there as the former president watched a military flyover in honor of his milestone birthday from his backyard in plains, georgia. norah o'donnell begins our coverage of jimmy carter from peanuts to the presidency. >> i will faithfully execute. >> the office of president of the united states. >> the office of president of the united states. >> reporter: jimmy carter entered the white house in 1977. >> when i get to washington coming in as an outsider -- >> reporter: after campaigning as an establishment alternative. born in plains, georgia in 1924, james earl carter jr. was the son of a businessman farmer and registered nurse. he studied nuclear science at the u.s. naval academy and while

there fell in love with rosalynn smith, also from plains. they married in 1946 and raised four children. jimmy and rosalynn were partners in the family business, which moved from peanuts to politics. mr. carter served two terms in the georgia state senate and in 1970 he was elected governor. >> my name is jimmy carter and i'm running for president. [ cheers ] >> reporter: he was hardly a household name. but he won the democratic presidential nomination and challenged incumbent republican gerald ford. >> i'm going to vote for you. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: with the nation reeling from vietnam and watergate, mr. carter's simple message struck a chord. >> i would not tell a lie. i would not mislead the american people. >> reporter: in 1976, america's bicentennial year, he beat mr. ford to become the nation's 39th

president. >> tradition-shattering walked down pennsylvania avenue. >> reporter: but the next four years were rocky. as oil prices and inflation soared, his popularity sank. yet president carter did achieve many of his goals. he created the departments of energy and education, established formal diplomatic ties with china and returned control of the panama canal to panama. perhaps his greatest achievement was an historic peace treaty between israel and egypt known at the camp david accords. >> that deep and ancient antagonism can be settled without bloodshed. [ chanting ] >> reporter: at the same time he became the first u.s. president to confront the threat of militant islam. on november 4th, 1979, iranian militants stormed the u.s. embassy in tehran taking 52 american hostages. a u.s. military attempt to free

the hostages in april of 1980 ended in disaster. eight american servicemen were killed. the very next november, with americans still held hostage overseas and inflation soaring at home, jimmy carter lost his re-election bid in a landslide to ronald reagan. mr. carter spent his final days in the white house negotiating the release of the hostages. >> i, ronald reagan -- >> reporter: iran would not let them go until a few minutes after he left office. [ cheers ] [ singing in a global language ] >> reporter: jimmy carter went on to have great success in his post-presidency. he established the carter center working for peace around the world, and here at home building houses for the needy through habitat for humanity. >> i have this freedom of things that i like to do and an official of the u.s. government of the united nations cannot do. >> reporter: he was awarded the

nobel peace prize in 2002 and remained one of the most active former presidents in history. in 2015 mr. carter announced he had cancer that had spread to his liver and brain. faith was a constant guiding force in the president's life and during this time he continued to teach his weekly sunday school lesson. >> all right. i see you're wide awake. >> reporter: later that same year he announced he was cancer-free and talked about it with us in 2018. >> i was prepared to go, but things turned out for the better. >> but that's an unusual thing, to prepare to say good-bye and then be granted a great deal more time. >> that's true. i've been very fortunate in many ways. >> reporter: in october surrounded by family and friends, mr. carter had his 100th birthday party in the backyard of his home in plains, georgia. absent from celebration was his beloved wife rosalynn who passed away at the age of 96 almost a year earlier.

the pair were the longest married first couple in american history. mr. carter reflected on their life together in the "cbs morning series "note to self." >> one of your greatest sources of happiness will be your wife rosalynn and the growing family that we're becoming. stay close to all of them. bring them together whenever possible and provide them the same help and support that your own parents gave to you. >> tonight, president biden called jimmy carter a remarkable leader remembered for his simple decency. >> millions of people all around the world, all overt world, feel they have lost a friend as well even though they never met him. and that's because jimmy carter lived a life measured not by words but by his deeds. >> the president spoke from st. croix in the u.s. virgin islands, where he is on vacation. meanwhile, tonight president-elect donald trump on truth social wrote about mr. carter saying "we all owe him a

debt of gratitude." jimmy carter had by far the longest post-presidency in u.s. history. it lasted 11 times as long as his single term in the white house. in that time carter became a model for what a former u.s. president could be and accomplish. joining us now is robert costa, our chief election and campaign correspondent. carter, as you know, robert, was from the rural south. he grew up under segregationist laws. it was a way of life. yet he spoke up in defense of civil rights that really helped to change the course of the south. what was it about jimmy carter? why do you think he did that? >> reporter: jericka, good to be with you. to step into plains, georgia, is to step into who jimmy carter was. someone who rose from a rural boyhood in the deep south to become someone who ran for governor in georgia and said that the time for racial discrimination is over. that, when he made the inaugural address he had in january of 1971, he cast the south in a new

light. said he would break through the part, and that set the tone for what happened in 1976 when he ran for the white house as an outsider. >> let's talk about his ascent to the oval office. you know, how was he able to do it? i was reading up and looking at even how he was one of the first -- the only democrat to take texas but how he had that plain-spokenness that people wanted to give him a chance even though he only served one term. but tell us just more about his time at the white house. >> reporter: jericka, he was a total outsider who was not taken seriously by the washington establishment. and when he announced, people said, jimmy who? who is this governor from georgia who thinks he actuall has a shot at the nomination? but he beat the establishment. he offered not only an outsider persona but a new start for the democratic party and the nation after the plague of watergate and the scandals of president richard nixon. and in 1976 he beat gerald ford, the inextent president. that led to tensions in his presidency.

he was someone who came to the capitol without the relationships in congress, but he was always his own man and he kept that outsider presence throughout his four years in washington. >> and while he had a complicated presidency, as we just heard in norah's package, he'll likely be revered and really remembered for how he lived his life after leaving the white house. >> reporter: his time after winning the presidency in 1976 was dominated by foreign policy and domestic policy, but you see in president carter someone who after he lost in 1980 to ronald reagan was determined to not just retreat to plains, georgia but to set the pace for what a post-presidency could be. he's someone who could really set a tone for peace in this country, and be able to try to make sure that when it comes to peacemaking and working abroad on human rights and on health issues he could be at the forefront of that global conversation. >> and i think bob, really quickly, just commenting too on

what he represented, when you look at him as a family man, married 77 years, dedicated to his wife and his children, even president-elect donald trump commenting that he did everything in his power to improve the lives of all americans. >> reporter: and rosalynn carter should not be someone who's discounted in this conversation in any way. he saw her as a partner when it came to governing, someone who was trying to work alongside the president at every turn. a confidant for president jimmy carter and for jimmy carter the man. someone who was trying to help him at every turn making sure they could make decisions as a couple. to have the family be a major part of that white house experience. this was a crucial part of his career from day one. always at his side until the end, until her death as well just a few years ago. >> yeah. and now they are together again. bob costa, thank you so much for your reporting. we really appreciate it. straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," the search for answers after the deadliest airline disaster in south korea's history.

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wreckage. inside the airport, families gathered to hear a fire official read out the names of the victims. all of them were south korean except for two thai citizens. mr. mang's grand nephews were on board. "it was their first foreign trip," he said. "a treat with their father." jeju airlines' senior managers offered their apologies and condolences. "it's hard to determine the cause of the accident," ceo kim ibe said. "we will have to wait for the official investigation." rescue workers and even the military combed the crash site looking for clues to add to the evidence that will come from the cockpit and data flight recorders, which were both recovered. we do know that all was not well in the final minutes of that

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>> reporter: jericka, good evening. there are dozens of homes that are damaged in this neighborhood. but this one is one of the worst. the wind blew open the garage doors here, then got inside and lifted the roof right up off this house. a tornado spun up from a deadly outbreak of storms, leaving a trail of damage across parts of the southeast. in new caney near houston kathy rodriguez came home to find the second story of her house open to the sky right where her son and a roommate had been sleeping. >> they were right here on the bed. yes. >> all of this came down? >> all of this came down on them. all of this. all of this. >> were they able to crawl out from under it? >> they were yelling and everything, but they finally got it off. >> reporter: they were cut and bruised, treated by paramedics, but somehow came out of it without serious injuries. >> it's still overwhelming. i mean, i've never had nothing like this happen to me before. >> reporter: as the storms moved east into mississippi -- >> it's going to be okay.

>> reporter: drone video shows where a violent tornado cut a path across homes with people cowering in whatever safe space they could find. >> in our bathroom. >> really? >> yes. my daughter and their family in their bathroom in the middle of the house. >> with her? >> yes. with her. you're okay, hon. >> reporter: in alabama, continuous flashes of lightning lit up the night sky and winds toppled trees. the storm took the roof off a county courthouse and littered the town square in athens, alabama with tree branches, bricks and debris. because this happened during the middle of the workday, also during the middle of a holiday week, a lot of people told me that they were not home when this happened, but now they have to find a place to call home as they get into the new year. >> jason allen for us tonight. thank you. still ahead on the "cbs weekend news" a train going 80 miles an hour plows into a fire

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and this is a view of the american flag at the white house flying at half-staff in honor of former president jimmy carter. president joe biden said the 39th president will be given a state funeral in washington before he is laid to rest in plains, georgia. tonight we are leaving the final words on mr. carter to his grandson jason. he spoke to "cbs sunday morning." >> my grandfather was born in 1924. had no running water, no electricity, and he grew up plowing fields behind a mule. he's lived to see both his life and this world transformed in so many ways. and through all of those canging times he truly has clung to his unchanging principles. faith, respect for human dignity, equality, human rights, and a commandment that above all else you should love your neighbor as yourself. >> an mri showed that there was a cancer.

>> nearly a decade ago he had five melanoma tumors in his brain and liver and we quoted the old gospel song that says he's going to stay on the battlefield. and he has. for his whole life he's been on the battlefield for peace, for human rights, for democracy, for the alleviation of human suffering, putting his faith and love into action for others. he has lived to see the carter center deploy an army of health workers, human rights workers and democracy workers who are fighting disease, waging peace and building hope. after 77 years of marriage, he was there for my grandmother until the end. he has seen and felt the outpouring of love from around the world. last year we collected nearly 20,000 birthday wishes from over 100 countries, and in tiny plains, georgia that brought tears to his eyes. more on the death of president jimmy carter on "60 minutes" tonight. we're going to leave you with images from the flowers that have been laid at the entrance of the carter presidential center in atlanta, georgia.

from all of us here, thanks for watching. have a good night. ♪ ♪ >> how people are remembering the life, legacy and humanitarian work of jimmy carter. >> plus, a terrifying plane

crash in south korea, what aviation experts say may have led to the fiery disaster. >> and a string of robberies in oakland this weekend, at a time when the city says crime is actually on the decline. >> former president jimmy carter has died at the age of 100, the white house has lowered the flags at half staff to honor the longest lived american president, his nonprofit, the carter center released a statement saying he died this afternoon at his home in georgia, a memorial grows outside of the center in atlanta, people are leaving candles, flowers and peanuts in memory of the former president. we have a look at his life and legacy. >> reporter: former president jimmy carter celebrating his 100th birthday in georgia, and a flyover honoring his service in the navy, almost