he had a good relationship with president carter obviously and in some ways it is convenient that it has happened now as opposed to 20 or 30 days from now because there won't be the question of the incumbent president having to come or not come, president biden obviously will be delivering the eulogy. >> yes, good point. peter, thank you for your time for joining us, also chris matthews who was on the phone, and our friend, jonathan alter , it has been extraordinary news but this will conclude our nbc news special coverage of the passing of jimmy carter, we will have a lot more on his remarkable life and legacy with our continuing coverage with reverend al sharpton on wednesday right here. right here

>> good evening, i'm al sharpton, we join you tonight with breaking news, former president jimmy carter has passed away at the age of 100, the 39th president began hospice care at his home in georgia last year. his wife, first lady rosalynn carter passed away just over a year ago, in memory of president carter, we are looking back at his remarkable life and legacy, here is nbc news acre, jose diaz-balart . >> my name is jimmy carter and i'm running for president. >> the election in 76 confounded political wisdom, until that year, iowa caucuses in which he trounced his rivals, he was virtually unknown outside of his native georgia, he grew up in a farm

that lacked electricity and indoor plumbing. he attended the u.s. naval academy, served as an 80 -- navy lieutenant and came home to work on the family peanut farm, he met rosalynn smith, who would become his closest friend and adviser, carter entered politics, serving two terms in the georgia state senate, in 1970 he was elected governor, and his inaugural address, he made it clear there was a new breeze blowing through the south. but, outside of georgia, carter remained largely unknown, even stumping the panelist during an appearance of what's my line in 1973. just a year later, he announced he was running for president. this political outsider and born-again christian was a welcome change for a public disillusioned with its leaders in the wake of watergate and other scandals. in the general election, carter

narrowly defeated gerald ford becoming the first president from the deep south in almost a century. in the first sign that this would be a down-to-earth presidency, jimmy carter walked the entire away from the capital to the white house during the inauguration. austerity was in the air. >> there's no way that i or anybody else in the government can solve the energy problem if you're not willing to help. >> once in the white house, his lack in experience in politics became a severe handicap, the independent-minded congress failed to approve his most important legislative initiatives, and for many, he dealt with matters of foreign policy much more skillfully than he did domestic, he was firm in his commitment to human rights. >> no member of the united nations can play on the mistreatment of its citizens as solely his own business. >> from the soviet union, sending troops into afghanistan

mccarter responded with punitive measures against the soviets including the trade embargo but one of his actions seemed to anger americans as much as it did the russians. >> i had given notice that the united states will not attend the moscow olympics. >> the major achievement of the carter presidency was the signing in september of 1978, carter brought israeli prime minister and egyptian president together for 11 days. the campaign served as the basis for a treaty signed by the presidents six months later in washington. jimmy carter faces his toughest test of all when americans were taken hostage in iran in november of 1979, this time neither his resolve nor the power of the american government was effective enough in gaining freedom for these hostages. carter's boldest effort, tragedy and the iranian desert. >> i canceled a carefully

planned operation which was underway in iran for the withdrawal of american hostages. >> by making the released of the hostages his overriding goal, carter jeopardized the prospects of re-election, things were hardly better at home as the economy continued to deteriorate. >> the erosion of our confidence in the future -- >> he blamed the country's problems on a crisis of confidence. his weakness brought a challenge from ted kennedy for the democratic nomination in 1980, carter survived the battle but he went into the fall campaign greatly weakened. >> i will bring new hope to america. >> ronald reagan campaigning tirelessly to restore america to its former position of greatness jimmy carter lost in a landslide. in 1982, he established the carter center, committed to advancing human rights and promoting democracy around the world. he built houses for the poor

and worked for peace in haiti and north korea and bosnia. >> the bond of our common humanity is stronger than any divisiveness of our fears and prejudices. >> in 2002 at age 78, carter became only the third u.s. president to be awarded the nobel peace prize. in august of 2015, carter announced a troubling health diagnosis, liver surgery where they removed a 10th of his liver revealed melanoma that spread to his brain. but then, a little less than four months later, carter revealed at sunday school he was cancer free and his brain scans did not show any sign or spots. >> they were responding to the treatment and when i went this week they didn't find any cancer at all. >> over the years, despite various health challenges as he aged, jimmy carter continued to build houses, to play a role in

national politics and to celebrate new milestones. in 2021, they marked their 75th wedding anniversary. >> 75 years, i can't believe it. >> her death, two years later, marking the longest marriage in presidential history, carter became the longest living american president celebrating his 100th birthday, his tireless dedication to humanity and global efforts to preserve freedom all led to a new kind of modern axiom. jimmy carter was one of the best ex-presidents america ever had. jose diaz-balart , nbc news. >> joining me now is congresswoman barbara lee, democrat of california. congresswoman, when i think of jimmy carter as president, and as former president, some say

he was the greatest former president we ever had, he was a visionary and human rights advocate as president, i was barely in my 20s when he went in but i remember so well a lot of the civil rights leaders at that time would talk about how he as governor of georgia would take on racism and bigotry and took that into the white house. give me your reflections of jimmy carter both president and former president and what his legacy means tonight as we see he is passed at 100 years old. >> thank you so much for giving me the chance to be with you, first my thoughts and prayers and condolences go out to the carter family and to the entire community in georgia, a couple of things i would like to reflect on, first of all, president carter was the president during the time when i worked for the great lake --

late congressman, the first time i went to the white house was when carter invited us as staffers for the gospel concert, that was my very first time. i worked in this campaign and 76 and 80, and i always looked to jimmy carter, in terms of his clarity as it relates to peace and justice and quite frankly i have done so much as a member of congress on middle east peace, it was jimmy carter that inspired me through camp david and his negotiations that really put me on track to work with ron downs and work for peace between palestinians and israelis as a possibility. also as a member of congress, i had visited the baptist church in plains, georgia many times, i actually attended his sunday school many times and he was a great sunday school teacher. he used his religion for living

the scriptures, he made religion real in many respects and i still have the notes that i took from his sunday school classes which i attended and that to me was such a moment, recently quite frankly in the last 10 years, several times, to be there at the baptist church with president carter and mrs. rosalynn carter. >> he taught sunday school almost up until the end, i was reading somebody saying in the last hour, he did not use religion as a costume, he was a deeply religious man, and in the few times that i got to speak with him, he talked more to me about my ministry and about-face than he did about politics, donald trump has just issued a statement of condolence to the carter family, writing untruths social, i just heard of the news about the passing of jimmy

carter, those of us who have been fortunate to have served as president understand this is a very exclusive club and only can relate to the enormous responsibility of leading the greatest nation in history, 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. we are thinking warmly of the carter family and their loved ones during this difficult time, we urge everyone to keep them in their hearts and prayers. once again, we are following the breaking news this evening that president jimmy carter has died at 100 years old. let me go back to you congresswoman, one of the things that i think is extremely important, to the

carter family, and certainly we all give our prayers and condolences, is that he was a deeply religious man, committed man, i think only one of three presidents to get a nobel peace prize, you talked about his efforts in the middle east, i mentioned his efforts around civil rights, i remember when he appointed andrew young of the u.n. ambassador, which was unheard of, this was only less than a dozen years after dr. king had been killed and andy young was one of his key staff members and key people to work with dr. king and appointed dr. king lieutenant at the u.n. for the united states was something that was historic in and of itself. his humanity and his commitment to that i think stood out without effort. >> he was a minister i

understand, the different interpretation, quite frankly the scriptures, but the times i attended his sunday school, i took notes and i felt i was able to get audio of the sunday school, which i sent to you and i will send you the notes, because they were people from all around the world who attended his church and his sunday school, to hear him teach and what he taught was how to do onto others as you want them to do unto you, live through peace and justice for everyone, minister to the poor, he talked about the unity of the human family. so he was a wonderful human being, he was a wonderful leader, he was a wonderful religious leader and a great president and the world will miss him but i hope we will pick up the mantle and carry forth his beautiful and wonderful life of peace and justice and bring people

together, to save our planet and to save the world. >> and put human rights front and center as we deal with our politics. once again, we are following breaking news this evening, jimmy carter has died at 100 years old. we will be right back. right ba. so i use nervive. nervive's clinical dose of ala reduces nerve discomfort in as little as seven days. now i can help again feel the difference with nervive.

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>> we are following breaking news, that the 39th president, jimmy carts pass away at the age of 100, president carter has been in hospice care at his home in georgia since early last year, his wife, first lady rosalynn carter passed away just over a year ago. joining us now with more is nbc news white house correspondent, mike memoli from st. croix. >> good evening, we have received the first reaction from the current president, joe

biden who is in st. croix for the new year holiday, the president saying in a lengthy statement, in which he makes several points, first america today has lost an extraordinary leader, statesman and humanitarian, the president talking about jimmy carter as a dear friend but, as he says, what is extraordinary that jimmy carter is the millions of people throughout america and the world who never met him thought of him as a dear friend as well with his compassion and moral clarity, he worked to eradicate disease, forge peace, advance civil rights and human rights, promote free and fair elections, house the homeless and always advocate for the least among us. he lifted and changed the lives of people all across the globe, the president continuing this statement to reflect on the personal and the close relationship that he enjoyed with carter over decades, he said that he and the first lady will always cherish seeing him and rosalynn together, the

love they shared is the definition of partnership and the humble leadership is the definition of patriotism. this statement is interesting in the way it concludes, in which president biden says, he has a message for young people of this nation. for anyone in search of what it means to live a life of purpose and meaning, the good life, study jimmy carter, a man of principle, faith and humility, he showed that we are a great nation because we are good people. i think this really speaks to something that is going to be unique, as the 46th will now lead the nation, having a long- standing and deep personal relationship, president biden was the first politician outside the state of georgia when he was then a young senator in 1976, to endorse governor carter as he ran for the presidency, and a statement from president biden tonight concluding with him ordering a

state funeral in his honor, and president biden intends to deliver the eulogy for the former president, one that i think will speak to not just the example he set in the oval office, the work he did as the president but the kind of man he was as a lawmaker and a statesman and a leader who continued his work throughout his very long post presidency as well. >> thank you, mike. richard louis joins me now in studio. >> it is good to be with you, also joining us, jonathan alter, nbc news political contributor, first i wanted to share what we are hearing from the carter center, i've been speaking with them as well, and what we are hearing from chip, who you know well, he says my father was a hero, not only to me but to everyone who believes

in peace, human rights and unselfish love. he goes on to say, again this is chip carter, saying my brothers, sisters and i shared him with the rest of the world through these common beliefs, the world is our family because of the way he brought people together and we thank you for honoring his memory by continuing to live with these shared beliefs, it is early on that we are hearing from the family, certainly they are now with each other as they go through this process and jonathan you have been in touch with the family as well as the outer circle in recent days, what have you been hearing from them as we reach the 29th of december, 2024. >> yesterday at about 5:00 p.m., the doctor told the family that he only had a day or two left. the family was at peace with that and jimmy carter was at peace with that, he has been willing to go into god's hands for some time now, and

especially after the death of rosalynn carter. but he did have all of his marbles until the end, he was physically greatly reduced but he very much wanted to be alive, to see what he hoped would be the election of kamala harris and he made that clear to a small number of visitors he was allowed to have. and i think one of the things that gives the family a sense of satisfaction is that after really decades of abuse from his political rivals, certain republicans said, just astonishingly, nasty things about jimmy carter and some democrats as well. there was a sense that carter went from being a first derided figure to a respected figure

and at the end of his life, became a beloved figure and he knew this, and i think it was bringing him peace at the end of his life, he felt that he had done his very best to do what he could, not just for himself but, for people around the world. and there is so much evidence of that, so many lives he saved, this is why he is a global icon. if you look at the diseases, it was post presidency that he basically nearly eradicated these diseases, that crippled millions of africans, or during his presidency, which is not well-known at all, like many of his accompaniment, he and mrs. carter got the states to require vaccination for kids entering school. imagine how many kids would

have gotten measles, or maybe their parents would have missed work and all of the radiating healthcare benefits of that. that is one of those accomplishments that is way down the list of things that he got done. so i ended up seeing him, not as a political failure, but a substantive and visionary success. >> and i think also, in line with that, his commitment, he was the first president elected from the deep south, and he really stood up against racial injustice, said he wanted to live long enough to vote for kamala harris, the first black woman to run on a major ticket and he did that and i think that breakthrough was something, at a time that we are talking about it.

>> it was a better late than never situation, and after george floyd's murder, he talked about this, because early on, he was never racist, his family's father was a white supremacist, the level of racial violence in the 1960s, and his state senate district, when i was researching it, just mind blowing. and he never knew dr. king because it wouldn't have been politically advisable for him to do that but later he became very close to king and it was a redemptive quality to his life, and in some ways he spent the second half of his life making up for what he did not do in the first half, he said i never

claimed to be a part of the civil rights movement. so that is a lesson that we can all do better. we can all grow. >> and one of the things we were sharing during the break, that this president, jimmy carter did not like to waste time. so, when it did come to turning 100, he did mention what is next, and he said well, we have an election in front of us, i have to vote for kamala harris and he voted early in october, this is an individual that state right on top of it, despite being 100 years old, we have more on the accompaniments as well as the aftermath, as we remember the passing of former president jimmy carter at 100. we will be right back. right ba. i can't believe this is the world we live in, where we're losing the freedom to control our own bodies. we need your support now more than ever.

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continuing coverage of the passing of former president jimmy carter, joining me now is martin luther king the third, president of the major institute and a leading civil rights leader in his own right. martin, i remember well your mother talking, glowingly about jimmy carter, the whole family, i know your grandfather became close with him, and i remember you going to mrs. carter's funeral. the bond between the king family and the carter family was real and it was personal. how do you want the world to remember someone you got to know, and your family got to know? >> well, first of all, i have to say that president carter showed us, and i first need to see -- say my condolences to his family, his grandchildren and great-grandchildren and all of the family members, but the

world needs to understand, here's a man who once he left office, he was involved in building houses for people, he was probably the greatest humanitarian that our nation and the world has seen, certainly one of them. i consider him one of the greatest of all time, because a president who serves has the right to just not have to do much, but he opted to continue, he and his wife, setting an example for all of us to help make the world better. going around democratic countries and observing elections, hundreds of elections. these are also important and as you stated, he was very close to my grandfather, and very close to my mother and helped us with the king holiday, he

was very helpful ultimately, helping us get the holiday past. so, i'm just so grateful for his example and i believe generations forever will be inspired by who president jimmy carter was. >> let me push you a little bit on that because the holiday, which is now a federal holiday did not pass under him but he fought for it, he stood for it, at a time when there was some real opposition, there was still some on the right calling martin luther king jr. a communist and saying he didn't deserve that and president carter stood up against those forces as president of the united states. talk about the courage that he had. >> well, he had incredible courage, the courage to say things that needed to be said, and not just as president but

even after being president, that is who he was. it was talked about of him teaching sunday school, when you talk about spirituality and character, when you talk about morality, if you're looking for a picture of morality, that was jimmy carter. and you know, in times where, dad used to say the ultimate measure of a human being is where they stand, not in times of -- excuse me, not in times of comfort and convenience but in challenge and controversy. resident carter always did what he felt was right, and what was not right just for him but really for the nation and the world, just a phenomenal human being. >> i remember when we had the 50th anniversary of the march on washington in 2013, that you and i and others were involved

in, i had the chance to stand at the lincoln memorial and talk to president carter and president clinton and i will never forget when i turned from clinton, jimmy carter said to me, i see you with your activism but you are still preaching in the church, right? and i said yes, i go to church every sunday, i have never given up my ministry so i know he was not just one who did a showboat sunday school, he was really into it and was lecturing me to make sure you don't leave the word of god but richard, he was that kind of guy. >> yes, so true and he would teach sunday school as well as lead prayers in the morning, this is something that he lived during the presidency and after, which was his faith and his religion and he was unafraid to carry that onto other folks, when you share that story, it's one of those times you can smile.

>> i can smile and i took it very seriously because i know this is a man that practiced what he preaches. >> so true, coming from an individual who knows him so well, thank you so much, we are going to go for a short break again, covering the passing of jimmy carter at the age of 100, this life picture at the white house, the flag at half staff, the country is remembering its longest living president ever, president jimmy carter, dead at the age of 100. we will be right back. right ba. yes, noom combines medication and behavior change so you can lose the weight and keep it off. and it starts at just $149. noom. the smart way to lose weight.

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>> breaking news coverage on the news of the passing of former president jimmy carter at the age of 100, joining us now, chief washington correspondent, andrea mitchell who knew the former president had reported on his presidency, post-presidency over the years. andrea, i wanted to play a little bit of an interview that you had most recently in 2019, we will listen to that first. >> and i had a sign on my door, the buck stops here, if anybody in government has a problem, it winds up in the white house, we look at both sides of the issue and come out with our best

solution. >> andrea, that is a great representation of him getting to business, that which is happening not only across the country but when it came to international policy insecurity, he was engaged on her end? >> absolutely, he was so involved in human rights, and trying to negotiate peace, of course the camp david accords negotiated by jimmy carter was a breakthrough, in 1979, march of 1979, we all witnessed it and it's an agreement that has stood the test of time. there have been so many terrible wars since, but that remains the template for negotiations between israel and egypt, the first arab country that negotiated peace of israel and we have been waiting and

waiting for all the other things that could possibly come in the future as cease-fire negotiations remain so tenuous, even to this day. he was a human rights advocate in haiti and cuba, he was a best-selling author, he wrote more than 30 books, all of which were best sellers because he was so popular in his post- presidency and such a resilient symbol of public service. arguably a much better president after he left the white house, typically because of the setbacks, the iran hostage situation which became his main problem in his final year and a half, this was a man who was prayerful, religious and dedicated and taught sunday school, as a young correspondent i used to come on sundays to be the reporter for his sunday school lessons. and he taught sunday school at the white house, so reverend,

as a man of god, and speaking from southern tradition as well, you know how strong that was, when you were interviewing of course dr. king and all of the connections that he had, he moved in that direction and he became a real leader of a transformative post-presidency. this is a real celebration of a man who went into hospice almost two years ago and wanted to be with his beloved wife, but this is a celebration of her remarkable life. >> andrea, talk about not only how he moved toward civil rights, he helped move the country, after being the first deep south president in decades and he took courageous steps,

he appointed andrew young, the u.n. ambassador who is a former aide to dr. king, he helped education programs with reverend jesse jackson, talk about how he really set the tone that politically cost him but i think benefited the country. >> absolutely, and it was just this past september, there was a celebration two weeks before the 100th birthday on october 1st, of jimmy carter and it was a rock 'n roll celebration and one of the arrivals on the red carpet was andy young and he gave me such a beautiful tribute as i was doing this reporting for msnbc, for what jimmy carter meant to him. he became a human rights advocate as he ran as ambassador and that was a very controversial appointment at the time. it was jimmy carter who made all of that possible, and i

think that is just one part but a very important part of his legacy, and bill clinton came another southern governor who was able to embrace a different posture for the south. and bill clinton had many firsts against jimmy carter because he learned some of the carter policies after his initial loss, he lost his first election as governor in 1980, and he thought was because of some of the carter presidency problems, but later they patched things up, if not for jimmy carter, there would have been a president clinton. >> let me read barack obama and his wife, michelle, they issued a statement on the former president jimmy carter's passing, offering condolences

to everyone who loved and learned from this remarkable man, who lived a life of grace, dignity, justice and service. we will be right back with more, various leaders are weighing in on the death of president carter. let me ask you before i go further, what about this statement from president obama? >> well, i think that really captured a lot and also, president biden was very close, he went down to visit with jimmy carter and rosalynn in their final years and there was a big connection between them and president carter so, i think what president obama said was very meaningful and there's just so many memories about all of this today, and i think the bottom line here is that jimmy

carter is going to be remembered long after many of his other successors, for the courageous and devoted legacy that got him the nobel peace prize and that still stands, as one of his greatest legacies. >> chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell, thank you so much for your reflections and your reporting over the years on president jimmy carter, we appreciate that. we will continue our breaking news coverage of the passing of former president jimmy carter at the age of 100, happening on this december 29th, 2024. 29th, 4 out of the picture. now i have skyrizi. ♪ keeping my plans, i'm feeling free. ♪ ♪ control of my uc means everything to me. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ control is everything to me. ♪

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michael, so much that you can tell us about this significance of the celebration of former president jimmy carter, certainly he is the one who brought the same to camp david back to 1978, and some forget as we go through what we are going through today in the middle east, those important 13 days. >> great point, richard, there was an impasse between israel and egypt and carter said, maybe i can help, so he invited them both to camp david, they all stayed there, sequestered also by themselves with their a.i.d.s. for those 13 days, and it was carter's tenacity and desire to get some kind of a settlement that led to an agreement that still stands all these years later, despite the fact that there have been so many pitfalls in the middle east,

richard, the other thing i think about, younger people who are watching would be amazed to hear that richard nixon's campaign slogan in the 60s when he was running was, it is experience that counts, if you want to elect someone that is president, who has had a lot of world international experience, jimmy carter was the first example of a modern president who basically threw that upside down and said, as he did in 1976, i'm not from washington, i'm not a lawyer although i'm a democrat and governor of georgia, i never even met a democratic president and in that year, when americans were very skeptical of the decisions that led to the vietnam war, the watergate scandal, carter seemed like such a break with that, that it established a tradition that if we look at all the people who had been elected president over the last half-century, not terribly many have said elect me because of

my great experience because i have been shoulder to shoulder with a lot of famous politicians. >> michael, when we look at president carter having come in defeating gerald ford who had come in office after richard nixon had resigned as a result of watergate, and now we see the kind of concerns that have been raised around incoming trump administration cabinet nominees, being accused of certain things. it brings a lot of people back in our minds about how jimmy carter also kind of stabilized the country after the tumultuous watergate scandal, talk about how he was a stabilizing, healing force for the country at the time. >> well, in this time,

reverend, of great political combat, let's return to the first thing jimmy carter said after he was sworn in as president of the united states on that inaugural stand, 1977, that moves me so deeply i can recite the words, this is what he said, for myself and our nation, i would like to thank my predecessor, gerald ford, for all he has done to heal our land. that was at the end of a very closely contested campaign and the two of them both told me, i knew both of them, we think we are the closest relationship between two ex-presidents in american history, when i heard that, i thought that can't possibly be true but if you go through history, i think it really was and it says a lot about the soul of gerald ford and especially jimmy carter. >> michael beschloss, always great to have you to bring

perspective of what we are going through as a country and individuals, reverend al sharpton, of course politics nation and you being irreverent, jimmy carter would like that right now, that we are on air together to remember him at the passing at the age of 100. great man. jonathan continues our coverage of the passing of jimmy carter, we will continue news coverage at the top of the hour, right here on msnbc. on msnbc. safe s b you'll receive a free safety package. and if you call today, you'll also receive $1,500 off your entire order! yes! $1,500 off the price of our brand-new safe step walk-in tub. proudly made in tennessee, a safe step walk-in tub is the best in its class. the ultra-low easy step helps keep you safe from having to climb over those high walled tubs, allowing you to age gracefully in the home you love. now you can enjoy the

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