isaacson: when i told president carter we had an overflow crowd he said they all came for rosalynn, so thank you for being here as well. the 39th president of the united states and mrs. carter. welcome back to aspen. [applause] i'll start with a quick story, because kathy and i are here because of president carter. after you won the nobel prize, you were an honoree and she said, i bought tickets to that dinner. and it was at that dinner they asked me to work at the aspen institute. [applause] president carter: if he's not doing a good job, it's my fault. mr. isaacson: believe it or not, president carter is now 90. this book is called "reflections at 90." he said i went to russia last year, pretty active life both of you have. i wanted to start by looking at some travels you've done recently in this wonderful book, talking about your trip to the middle east that you just came back from. where did you go? president carter: a couple of months ago i went to russia, we met with gorbachev and met with putin for about three hours and i asked him questions and he responded. i might say he made

. >> jimmy carter and his wife, rosalynn, get out of the car, and it was game changing.ok at that and said this is what we need, a real person. >> glamor is not what we were in the market for. we were looking for a redeemer. >> still having a meeting with some of the cabinet offices -- >> are you going upstairs to look at the living quarters? >> yes, for the first time. >> the things he thought were important to fix the economy and bring some peace to the middle east, and fix energy and other things. >> we will have available for public scrutiny and for congressional action by april 20th, a comprehensive long-range energy policy. >> the winner of 1977 is one of the worst that the country experienced. this comes at the time the economy is doing poorly. >> the severe weather already led to a severe shortage of natural gas. >> at least 200,000 layoffs due to industrial gas curtailments so far. >> in the dayton area of school districts must close for 30 days. >> congress will consider this week emergency gas legislation. >> good morning. president oba president carter is abo

. >> jimmy carter and rosalynn get out of the car. it was game changing. what we need. a real person as president." >> carter was a man of the people. glamour was not what we were in the market for. we were looking for a redeemer. >> take a look around. >> bring you upstairs. take a look at the living quarters? >> yes, for the first time. >> president carter had four years to do what he thought was important. fix the economy. try to bring some peace to the middle east. fix energy and some other things. >> we will have available for public scrutiny and congressional action by april the 20th, a comprehensive long-range energy policy. >> the winter of 1977 is one of the worst the country had experienced and this comes at a type the economy is still doing poorly. >> the severe weather has already led to a serious shortage of natural gas. >> federal power commission estimates at least 200,000 layoffs due to industrial gas curtailments so far. >> in the dayton area, school districts must close for 30 days. >> congress will kid this week emergency gas legislation

. >> congratulations to you and rosalynn. >> that's been the main chief of my life is marrying rosalynn. i'm very proud of that. she's a good dietitian. she's our cook at home. we take exercise and we're lucky in our health. she's three years younger than i am. she's 87 and also in good health, thank goodness. we've been lucky and we married the right person for ourselves and we try to live the best we can. >> well, you know, some people write memoirs, they have nothing to talk about in their book. you wrote a memoir with a hell of a lot to talk about. the book's called "a full life: reflections at 90." thank you, mr. president, president jimmy carter. thanks for letting me work for you. >> you were a good speech writer, maybe not enough in 1980. >> the best i could do. they aren't doing the party any help by supporting trump. >>> hi, richard lui in the msnbc >>> welcome back to "hardball." a busy week in the crazy world of american politics. we've got a loaded-up clown car tuesday tonight. the conservative blowback intensifies over the supreme court ruling on same-sex marriages with te

i'm also intrigued by the research and outreach provided through the rosalynn carter institute. is there anything else you would like to share about the institute, the research, or maybe a specific family story that comes to mind that really touched you? mrs. carter: i think, and this is one of the most interesting things, when we decided to have a program -- a mental health program in a post-conflict country, and we decided on liberia, because we already had access to information, trying to help women know what was available to them, and access to justice -- we had people all over liberia anyway. so we found out they had one psychiatrist in the country. that was all. no other mental health professionals. so we organized a program to help the country organize a mental health program and trained 144 -- our goal was 150. we saved 144 before the ebola crisis. but when the ebola crisis came along, we started working with -- we stopped the classes, and we started working with the families of those who died and the survivors. and we did that all over the country. all of the access to

nbc news rosalynn new york. >> if only my life was as good as it looked on facebook. >> right. it's a facade for a lot of people. >> a hot one out there. 90 plus degree weather starts today. >> amelia segal is talking a chance of rain later. don't forget the nbc washington app. it's going to time out the rain if you have outdoor plans. >>> the shooting rampage in tennessee may become the new normal. the challenge for the fbi and why the attacks are impossible to prevent. >>> how "rolling stone" magazine is responding to a lawsuit after a discredited story at devry university's keller graduate school of management. you can learn to unlock the leader inside you. so if you want to own the room not just be in it. you're our kind of different. keller graduate school of management. learn more at keller.edu >>> in today's top story a deadly night in the district. two men shot after 1:00 this morning. it happened on 13th place southeast and the second on ridge street in northwest. the policeidentify suspects in both shootings. >>> a wildfire that swept across a freeway in california co

nbc news, rosalynn new york. >> social media, but that human connection, like wise, is important. >> they say this translates into, you know, having to be camera ready all the time. this has an impact on body image as well. there's more layers to the issue as connected through social media usage. >> you can see it. >>> a streak of 90 plus degree weather starts today. it's going to be hot. >> amelia segal is talking temperatures. they are going to get up there and a chance of rain today. don't forget the nbc washington app. we'll help you time the rain. >> the shooting outrage may be the new normal for domestic terror. why these attacks are virtually impossible to prevent. >>> how "rolling stone" magazine is respondingzi to a university of >>> at 9:30, we are back this half hour following breaking news. a fifth service member has died following the deadly shootings in chattanooga tennessee. a petty officer seen right there, injured in the attack passed away a few hours ago. >> our nbc sister station in chattanooga tennessee says randall smith was critically hurt in the shooting. this

trying to get our staffers in physical fit by calling on people in the back for a change. >> lady rosalynn and mr. president, actually, we would like to ask a favor from you and we just got married with my new husband -- my only husband. >> my goodness, you are actually wearing a white -- heavens. >> and you set an example for us how to be together for such long years, and that's why we asked if it was possible to sign as a witness for the marriage license? >> i will leave it up -- somebody works with the president and mrs. carter, and maybe if you chat with her afterwards you could see what could be handled. the woman sitting next to her, you can't complain. this will be -- yeah, we will try to make it quick and get one more afterwards yes. >> given what you said about america promoting human rights, how did that affect or how should it affect america's alliance with saudi arabia? >> that's a very difficult question to answer. i am particularly interested, which we have not mentioned at this time about the rights of women, and i have written a book describing the abuses in the world the m

i interviewed rosalynn carter for the book and she taught about how the president thought this poor little girl at the press coverage of her going to this public school and how sad and scared she loved. mrs. carter just said that was just aiming. that was just a man. people want to call these judgments on a 9-year-old girl who doubtless her character. she of course is criticized for reading a book at a state dinner one night. it is sad to see your child this vulnerable little kid come under such criticism. i can imagine it. one of the things i wanted to ask you when one of president obama's aides told me to walk from the oval office from the west wing would be a time when the chief usher can talk to the president about water pressure. the internet not working on all of these silly little things. that is the moment when the president can kind of thing about what is going on. is that true? does that happen? >> is very true. i often got an earful. president bush didn't talk too much because he was so used to the house and the staff knew how he wanted things to be. one day the president was re

i interviewed rosalynn carter for the book and she talked about amy carter and other press thought thatshe was this poor little girl the press coverage of her going to his public school and outside of scheduled. mrs. carter just said that was just amy. people want to judge and call these pre- judgments on this little nine -year-old girl who was just that was her character. she was criticized reading a book at a state dinner one night. you know it is sad to see your child is vulnerable little kid come under such criticism. i cannot imagine it. one of the things i want to ask you reggie love to one of pres. obama's aides told me that walk in the oval office from the west wing -- sorry, the residents would be a time when the chief usher can talk to the president about water pressure the internet is not working all these silly little things, that is the moment when the president can kind of vent about what is going on in the residence is that true? >> that is very true. i often get an earful. president bush did not really talk too much because he was so used to the house and the staff knew

>> guest: it was actually rosalynn carter's idea. jimmy carter when he got elected hat in his mind that he wanted to bring peace to the middle east, which of course was a crazy dream. nobody in the administration encouraged it, that he began auditing middle east leaders as they came in, trying to sound them out and he was really disappointed until he met nyc.. he actually said he loved and morris about many times. not the normal language of diplomacy. he was very discouraged about how it's going and finally his wife as i can david and she said not why not bring him here and get them away from the press and they thought maybe three or four days and give it a chance. so that is why the whole peace process was born. >> guest: well, menachem begin was an obstinate individual and very difficult for carter to deal with. carter came to believe he had to make the greatest sacrifice to camp david. knock a bacon parents parents were both killed in the holocaust and he thought he had the whole burden of jewish history on the shoulders and his g

he said these paragraphs, half the paragraphs are rosalynn's and jimmy you can't touch them, and those paragraphs are yours and she can't edit them, and if you read our book a lot of times it has an "r" by the side or a "j." we survived that and that's why we are still married today. >> if i may take you back to world affairs for a moment, which is your presidency was when the iranian revolution happened, and let's go back there, and then also what is happening with the u.s. and iran right now and you kept the dip diplomats diplomats, and do you think the ayatollah wanted to have that situation with the united states? >> no, he didn't. he was surprised when the young students, i will call them, they over ran the u.s. embassy at about 70 ambassadors there, or diplomats, and he had almost the same amount in washington, and the young students were there about two or three days occupying the embassy, and the ayatollah's son went to the embassy and aligned himself with the students and then and only then the ayatollah endorsed the taking of the hostages. but i never have believed that he or