the people in this room from the library, the museum and carter sister itself you all are the real keepers of my grandparents' legacy. jimmyhe historical legacy, tells their story which is really this unbelievable american story and you hold it and you present it for my kids and for their kids and for all of those other generations to come. to the people at the carter center, you continue the vibrant living legacy of what is my grandfather's life's work. you know this. he won the nobel peace prize, he was president of the united states, and when he won that prize it was in no small part because of the work this organization has done and continues to do. we will spend this week celebrating this incredible life and a life that i think we can all agree is as full and powerful as any life could be. as someone said it is amazing what you can cram into 100 years. as we celebrate that legacy i want you to know in many ways we are talking about the work that you do every day. many of you have devoted decades to his legacy. you have been his partners, worked alongside world leaders and village heroes far beyond the end of the road

the people in this room from the library, the museum and carter sister itself you all are the real keepers of my grandparents' legacy. jimmyy museum holds the historical legacy, tells their story which is really this unbelievable american story and you hold it and you present it for my kids and for their kids and for all of those other generations to come. to the people at the carter center, you continue the vibrant living legacy of what is my grandfather's life's work. you know this. he won the nobel peace prize, he was president of the united states, and when he won that prize it was in no small part because of the work this organization has done and continues to do. we will spend this week celebrating this incredible life and a life that i think we can all agree is as full and powerful as any life could be. as someone said it is amazing what you can cram into 100 years. as we celebrate that legacy i want you to know in many ways we are talking about the work that you do every day. many of you have devoted decades to his legacy. you have been his partners, worked alongside world leaders and village heroes far beyond the

the people in this room, from library, the museum, the carter center itself, you are all the real keepers of my grandparents legacy. jimmy my kids, and for their kids, and for all of those other generations to come. and to the people at the carter center, you continue the vibrant legacy of what was my grandfather's life's work, really. you know this. he won the nobel peace prize. he was the president of the united states. and when he won that price it was in no small part you know because of the work this organization has done and continues to do. we will spend this week celebrating this incredible life. and a life that i think we can all agree is as full and powerful as any life can be. as someone said it's amazing what you can cram into 100 years. but, as we celebrate that legacy i want you to know we are talking about the work that you do every day. many of you have devoted decades to his legacy. you have been his partnership. you have worked alongside world leaders and the village heroes far beyond the end of the road who are the other people who carry out that legacy, who are not in the room today but whom all of us

the film is courtesy of the jimmy carter presidential library and museum. it is about 15 minutes. >> jimmy carter's rang for what? i'm running for president. >> jimmy carter entered the race a political unknown. outside of georgia hardly anyone recognized his name. but that is about to change. >> jimmy who? >> jimmy carter. >> i don't know who he is. >> i've got nothing against him. looks to me all right. he is a democrat, right? >> he is a people's men. he is sexy. >> what do you mean by that? >> i have never thought of jimmy carter as sexy. i think if it comes down to it people would say gerald ford is sexy, because he was a foot wall player. i think he is a very nice man. >> i think he has a nice smile. >> how do you do? >> i heard he was a peanut farmer. >> i don't think it makes any difference whether he is a peanut farmer or not. there is nothing wrong with peanuts as far as i'm concerned. >> one of the working people, one of the common people. >> ladies and gentlemen, it gives me a great deal of pleasure to present to you the next president of the uni

people in this room, from the library, then use them and the carter center itself, you all are the real keepers of my grandparents legacy. the jimmy carter library museum holds the historical legacy, tells my grandparents story, which is an unbelievable american story, you hold it and you present it for my kids, and for their kids, and for all of the other generations to come. to the people at the carter center, you continue the vibrant living legacy of what is my grandfather's life's work. really. you know this. he won the nobel peace prize, he was president of the united states, when he won that price, it was in no small part because of the work this organization has done and continues to do. we will spend this week celebrating this incredible life . a life that i think we can all agree is as full and powerful as any life can be. as someone said, it is amazing what you can cram into 100 years. as we celebrate that legacy, i want you to know, in many ways, we are talking about the work that you do every day. many of you have devoted decades to his legacy. you have been his partners, you have worked alongside world leaders and village heroes far beyond

the film is courtesy of the jimmy carter presidential library and museum. it is about 15 minutes. december of 1974 there was a major headline to the land to constitutions and jimmy carter is running for what? [laughter] [applause] >> i'm running for president. >> jimmy carter enter the democratic presidential race a political unknown outside of georgia hardly anyone even recognized his name but that would change. >> jimmy carter? >> i don't know who he is. >> looks to me all right. he's a democrat right? >> bushy hair, flying all around. they say he is a peanut farmer. >> i don't think it makes a difference if he is a peanut farmer. he is like one of us. >> and now, ladies and gentlemen, he gives me a great deal of pleasure to present to you the next president of the united states, jimmy carter. >> sometimes introductions are hard to follow. i remember about five years ago when i was running for governor and the young man who introduced me done a great deal of work on my background. he got up and said, we have with us tonight -- at that time senator jimmy carter, from plains, georg

the film is courtesy of the jimmy carter presidential library and museum. it is about 15 minutes. >> this from 1974 there feels a major headline on the editorial of the atlanta constitution that said jimmy carter is running for what? [cheers and applause] >> i'm running for president. >> jimmy carter entered the democratic presidential race a political unknown outside of georgia hardly anyone recognized his name. but that would change. >> jimmy who? >> jimmy connor? >> i don't know who he is. >> he is a baseball player isn't he? >> looks to me like he is all right. >> he is a people's man. he is sexy if >> what do you mean about that? >> i never taught of jimmy carter as sexy. i think they would say more that gerald ford is sexy because avenues football player. carter sexy? i just think's nice man. >> he has a nice smile. how do you do. >> what you have fly being all around. i heard he was a peanut farmer. i don't think it makes any difference whether he is a peanut farmer or not. there's nothing wrong with peanuts. >> i think of him like one of us, one of t

1998 jimmy carter and former first lady rosalynn carter spoke about their early years together , and their life in the white house, while giving c-span a tour of the jimmy carter library and museum in atlanta. >> president and this is carter, as we tour your library and the carter center, is this a reflection of you, your lives? fmr. pres. carter: well, we try to make it tell a pretty honest story. not only about the administration, the mistakes and successes, the challenges and achievements, but also a balance of it to tell us about our youth, our marriage, our experiences as governor, and then the perfect campaign. and some of the key events that happened during the four years i was in the white house. i think it is a pretty good history of my life up and -- up to and including my time in the white house. >> how did you meet? mrs. carter: we both lived in plains, georgia, and everybody in planes the riverbed -- new everybody else. he was always older than i was, and when he was 16 i was only 13. and so, our first date was when he was at home, the year before he was a first-class man at the naval academy. >> and did you know then? fmr. pres. carter: i did, she didn't. i asked h

. >> the jimmy carter presidential library museum hosted a number of conversations on civil rights andividual freedom. next, former president jimmy carter talks to a former ugandan war refugee who is now the ceo of the national civil and human rights center. this is about an hour. derreck: good afternoon everyone. welcome to a lovely day. i wanted to give thanks to president carter for giving us this wonderful opportunity. he is healthy, look at him! [laughs] [applause] pres. carter: yes but i am not as well-dressed as you are. [laughter] derreck: we will talk about that. >> i am the ceo for the center for civil and human rights. i'm very proud to be here. we are going to do some quick housekeeping. please silence your cell phones if you have one, put it on vibrate. and when we are done with the program, if you could wait a little bit for me and the president to walk out, that would be lovely as well. we will have some q&a. if you have any questions write , them down and pass them along and we'll have them answered . president carter, we are so delighted to talk to you today. but there

interns, their spouses, their children, thejimmy carter children, the jimmy carter library children, thejimmy carter library staff, the museumy staff, the museum staff, their families all their — all are staff, their families all their — allare taking staff, their families all their — all are taking these final moments, theirfinal thoughts, and just pausing there in the quiet. we had the band a little bit earlier, but is now a quiet settling on the scene before the cortege heads off to the airbase in georgia, with that flight will take off. you spoke then of meeting jimmy carter and not being a hard—nosed journalist. in terms of his reflections, did he talk at all about only having one term as a president? because so much work was done after the presidency, but it must have been deeply winding to only serve one term. and the consensus at the time, there's been a reflection on 39th presidency and perhaps a rewriting of it, but certainly the consensus at the time was of failure, in part. he the consensus at the time was of failure, in part.— of failure, in part. he always ket of failure, in part. he always ke -t his of failure

library and the museum and the carter center itself. you all are the real keepers of my grandparents legacy. jimmy carter library and museum holds the historical legacy, tells my grandparents story, which is really this unbelievable american story. and you hold it and you present it for my kids and for their kids and for all of those other generations to come. and to the people at the carter center, you continue the vibrant, living legacy of what is my grandfather's life's work, really? you know this. he won the nobel peace prize. he was president of the united states. and when he won that prize, it was in no small part, as you know, because of the work that this organization has done and continues to do. we will spend this week celebrating this incredible life and a life that i think we can all agree is as full and powerful as any life can be. as someone said, it's amazing what you can cram into 100 years. but as we celebrate that legacy, i want you to know that in many ways we're talking about the work that you do every day. many of you have devoted decades to his legacy. you've been his partner

jimmy carter. monday, his casket lies in repose at the jimmy carter presidential library and museum. the u.s. a national day morning on thursday as the funeral will be held at the national cathedral. he died at 100 years old. donald trump, jr. is set to visit greenland as his father has renewed pressure on denmark to sell the territory to the united states. a source familiar with his plans told cbs news he is taking a day trip to film a podcast and has no meetings scheduled with political figures. denmark has repeatedly said the island is not for sale. but the country's opposition party has reportedly indicated it may not be against discussing the idea. austria's president has asked the country's far-right leader to form a coalition government and move into a reversal for a former green party leader who has criticized the party. the pentagon reached a settlement with more than 35,000 lgbtq veterans dismissed from the military for their sexual orientation. it allows veterans to have their discharge papers corrected to remove references to their sexuality. advocates say the move is a vital step

. >> the jimmy carter presidential library museum hosted a number of conversations on civil rights and individual freedom. next, former president jimmy carter talks to a former ugandan war refugee who is now the ceo of the national civil and human rights center. this is about an hour. derreck: good afternoon everyone. welcome to a lovely day. i wanted to give thanks to president carter for giving us this wonderful opportunity. he is healthy, look at him! [laughs] [applause] pres. carter: yes but i am not as well-dressed as you are. [laughter] derreck: we will talk about that. >> i am the ceo for the center for civil and human rights. i'm very proud to be here. we are going to do some quick housekeeping. please silence your cell phones if you have one, put it on vibrate. and when we are done with the program, if you could wait a little bit for me and the president to walk out, that would be lovely as well. we will have some q&a. if you have any questions write , them down and pass them along and we'll have them answered . president carter, we are so delighted to talk to you today. but t

they also gave c-span a tour of the jimmy carter library and museum in atlanta. this is about 50 minutes. >> president and mrs. carter, as we tour the carter center, is this a reflection of you and your lives? president carter: we tried to tell a very honest story, not just with the administration and the successes and mistakes but also the challenges and achievements. but also the balance, the details about our youth, marriage, experience as governor and then our campaign and then some of the key events that happened during the four years i was in the white house. so i think it is a pretty good history of my life up to and including when we left the white house. >> how did you meet? mrs. carter: we both grew up in plains, georgia and everybody knew everyone else. jimmy's sister was my best friend. i spent a lot of time at his house growing up. but he was always older than i was. when he was 16 i was only 13. our first date was when he was at home the year before he was a first man at the naval academy. >> did you know then? president carter: i did. i asked her to

she's director of the jimmy carter presidential library and museum and a former president of the society of american archivists. doctor evans, thank you for being with me. thank you for having me. as we listen to that portion of his inaugural in 71. and jeff zeleny and my colleague said that that surprised some people who were there in the audience that day. talk about the decision to to declare that on day one and what informed it. >> i think what informed it is his upbringing. and i think his intent was to shock. once he was in office, he could be himself more and be more honest and clear in his values and what he believes in. and so that was the time to do it. >> and what was the influence there on black people joining the the public service here in the state of georgia, bringing in people into his his state administration? >> yes. um, you know, former president carter always brought people with him into whatever activity he was in and in the governor's mansion for the first time. he brought in people of color and several women not as servants or, um, you know, housekeeping or mainten

for the late president jimmy carter, we want to show you what jimmy carter and his wife rosalynn carter had to say during a 1998 interview. >> as we tour your library, the museum this a reflection of you and your lives? president carter: we tried to make an honest story. not only with their were mistakes and successes, but challenges and achievements. it tells about our youth, our marriage, our experience as governor and our campaign. some of the key events that happened during the years i was in the white house. i think it is a pretty good history of my life up to and including the time we left the white house. >> how did you meet? x: everybody in -- mrs. carter: everybody in plains new everybody else. he was always older than i was. he left home when he was 16 and i was 13. our first date was when he was at home the year before he was a first glassman at the naval academy. >> did you know then? president carter: i asked her for a date and we went to a movie together. i never had been with her before. she was so much younger than i was. i didn't pay attention to her really. i got up early and my mother was cooking breakfast. my mama said, what did you do last

wrote this letter to president jimmy carter. >> here is some money to help you be president. >> reporter: now she serves as director of the carter presidential library and museumm about the letter, we both laughed about it. >> reporter: evans says carter's compassion and authenticity are woven throughout the museum, starting with his childhood in the rural farm town of plains and the nearby archery. >> i don't think it was until plains that he realized how difficult segregation was for people of color. >> reporter: and it was the people of plains who helped catapult the small town peanut farmer to the governorship and ultimately the white house. >> people didn't know who he was. >> nobody had any idea. and some of the campaign videos talked about carter who, who is that? and there's a conversation about who he is and what he stands for. >> reporter: carter won resoundingly in 1976, putting his own stamp on the inauguration. >> he was the first to get out of the car. >> reporter: from this replica of the oval office to camp david, where president carter negotiated a peace agreement between the leaders of israel and egypt. >> you brought two arch enemies togethe

and jimmy carter definitely made it even more so. >> and that center, his library, the museum, it really is a living museum. and it is represented so much. i mean, the intricacies of his approach on life, his presidency, his work in public service. how do you see that that might continue? it really is still one of the most visited sites in atlanta, the carter center. how do you see that proceeding? >> well, there are two things. there's a library, and then there's a center, and the center is doing all this work internationally, and that will continue working in partnership with emory university and some other things. and he made sure that there was a succession for the carter center and the library. um, you know, he was the only president elected from georgia. and i mean, really from the deep south. and the through improbable circumstances and odds, i don't think i mean, i kind of laughed when he said he was going to run for president. you know, no one really took him seriously. but there was a wave. and after watergate, his stance on ethics and in government and in a his selflessness ag

jimmy carter's final journey to atlanta. you're seeing the motorcade, specifically the hearse arriving here at the carter center in atlanta, which is a living museum. and library that focuses on his work not only during his term as president, but before and since his time in office. i have with me cnn's jeff zeleny. we are awaiting the arrival of the hearse at the circle of flags in front of the carter center. there is an honor guard awaiting there. here's that live picture. we will stop and listen once the hearse arrives. but there is a ceremony that was actually designed by the carters starting almost 40 years ago. jeff, of what will happen and every choice is intentional. >> it is intentional. this is a family private ceremony. but in addition to the family, also employees of the carter center, because that is an extension of obviously, jimmy and rosalynn carter. but we're told that one longtime friend of the family's, bernstein hollis, whose family has known the carters for a century, she's one of the first employees of the carter center. she'll be giving a prayer here. but beyond that, there will not be speeches by dignitaries. chip carter, the late presi

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they also gave c-span a tour of the jimmy carter library and museum in atlanta.bout 50 minutes.