but the camp david accords were his geopolitical triumph.managed to strike a deal between israel's menachem begin and egypt's anwar sadat, but this moment really got started a year earlier when the cameras flashed and rolled to capture sadat's journey into enemy territory. >> there has never in all these years been anything as striking and dramatic as this. >> indeed, sadat had made a massive gamble that coming in peace to jerusalem, becoming the first arab leader to visit israel and speak directly to its people would pay off. >> i said. >> visit, but the two middle east leaders failed to reach a deal on their own. enter the american president, carter recognized a rare opportunity to act as the indispensable mediator. >> almost never in our history has a president devoted so much time on a single problem. >> he had studied the characters and histories of the two leaders who deeply mistrusted each other. he wrote sadat and begin personal letters inviting them to camp david. and when they arrived on american soil, it was high stakes for all th

door to the israeli egypt camp david accords.normalized relations with china, weakened u.s. ties to taiwan in a vain hope beijing would weaken ties with moscow. but after the soviet union invaded afghanistan in december 1979, the last year of his presidency, he toughened his soviet stance, backed the afghan mujahideen in a war against the red army. the same year, 1979 islamic revolution in neighboring iran dealt carter a double domestic blow, spiked oil prices and led to a humiliating failed raid. operation eagle claw. in april 1980 to rescue americans captured by the theocratic revolutionaries in tehran. >> i can't stand here tonight and say it doesn't hurt. >> events overseas contributed to his 1980 election loss. >> the people of the united states have made their choice. and of course, i accept that decision. >> but out of office and the limelight, his global peacemaking grew. in 1994, he was the first former u.s. president to visit north korea, met kim il sung, the grandfather of today's leader kim jong un, at a time of u.s.

we are nearly at camp david somewhere else. we always have church services at camp david. there's a there's a chaplain who comes in from a nearby military base. and he has a service for us. i have family in just a few people. and when we're out campaigning or out traveling around the world, we always make a point to go to a church on sunday morning to worship. i think that, among other things, what this church to them during what we all imagine, was just an incredibly stressful time, was this sense of normalcy. in fact, that's what they told the congregation upon their leaving in a in a. they said, you have made our lives normal lives. and we that that meant a great deal to our congregation. amy carter was actually baptized here. tell us the story of the baptism. so she was baptized in the baptist tree behind me. we parted the curtains, the pool was full of water, and the pastor baptized her. i am told by dear man who ran the sound system that day, that the secret service agent was pretty nervous about her being put under the water. so he was watching very closely and our

it's camp david. his biggest victory, his biggest accomplishment, his personal diplomacy at camp david that brought the the camp david peace accords to fruition. but he failed to actually get menachem begin to act on what he thought he had achieved at camp david, which was not only egyptian-israeli peace, a cold peace, but still nevertheless a peace. but carter thought he had gotten an agreement from nahum begin to have a freeze on the settlements of jewish settlements in the west bank, and carter, you know, thought for decades afterwards that this was becoming a major impediment to peace, to the creation of a two state solution. and here we are today, where the west bank is. uh, dotted with hundreds of little settlements and 700,000 settlers in altogether. and it's going to make it much more difficult to find a reconciliation between these two peoples. and i think this is probably jimmy carter's deepest regret, because he really invested personally in trying to bring peace to what he called the holy

but the camp david accords were his geopolitical triumph. he managed to strike a deal between israel's menachem begin and egypt's anwar sadat, but this moment really got started a year earlier, when the cameras flashed and rolled to capture sadat's journey into enemy territory. >> there has never in all these years been anything as striking and dramatic as this. >> indeed, sadat had made a massive gamble that coming in peace to jerusalem, becoming the first arab leader to visit israel and speak directly to its people, would pay off. >> i said, but the two middle east leaders failed to reach a deal on their own. >> enter the american president, jimmy carter recognized a rare opportunity to act as the indispensable mediator. >> almost never in our history has a president devoted so much time on a single problem. >> he had studied the characters and histories of the two leaders who deeply mistrusted each other. he wrote sadat and begin personal letters inviting them to camp david. and when they arrived on american soil, it was high stakes for a

but the camp david accords were his geopolitical triumph. he managed to strike a deal between israel's menachem begin and egypt's anwar sadat, but this moment really got started a year earlier when the cameras flashed and rolled to capture sadat's journey into enemy territory. >> there has never in all these years been anything as striking and dramatic as this. >> indeed, sadat had made a massive gamble that coming in peace to jerusalem, becoming the first arab leader to visit israel and speak directly to its people would pay off. >> i said. >> but the two middle east leaders failed to reach a deal on their own. enter the american president, jimmy carter recognized a rare opportunity to act as the indispensable mediator. >> almost never in our history has a president devoted so much time on a single problem. >> he had studied the characters and histories of the two leaders who deeply mistrusted each other, he wrote sadat and begin personal letters inviting them to camp david. and when they arrived on american soil, it was high stakes for all

but the camp david accords were his geopolitical triumph.managed to strike a deal between israel's menachem begin and egypt's anwar sadat. but this moment really got started a year earlier, when the cameras flashed and rolled to capture sadat's journey into enemy territory. >> there has never in all these years been anything as striking and dramatic as this. >> indeed, sadat had made a massive gamble that coming in peace to jerusalem, becoming the first arab leader to visit israel and speak directly to its people would pay off. i said the two middle east leaders failed to reach a deal on their own. enter the american president, carter recognized a rare opportunity to act as the indispensable mediator. >> almost never in our history has a president devoted so much time on a single problem. >> he had studied the characters and histories of the two leaders who deeply mistrusted each other. he wrote sadat and begin personal letters inviting them to camp david, and when they arrived on american soil, it was high stakes for all three men involved.

the camp david accords, of course, are celebrated. but in diplomacy, anytime he sent a diplomat to the soviet union, he also was to discuss getting political prisoners out of jail and other political and other humanitarian concerns. he, of course, did negotiate the salt two treaty, which was never ratified. as things as things changed, one of the unknown things about a lesser known things about jimmy carter is that he's the president who actually rebuilt the us military after the war in vietnam. he was a strong man, capable of dealing with any challenges. and his idea was powerful piece. if the us was to be the peacekeeper of the world, it also had to be the most powerful military nation in the world. and so he and his advisors developed much of the technology that was used in the gulf war. and since in american military efforts, he also believed in freedom. he believed in democracy. he is well known for his religion, for his faith, but he believed passionately in the separation of church and state. he understood and lived his life. d

>> yes the deal he broke at camp david the known as the camp david accords which are the first time leadace deal in normalization between israel by one of its arab neighbors was an important moment for world history. set the predicate for the abraham accords, frankly. that led to not only normalization between egypt and israel, but also israel's commitment to withdrawal from the lancet captured in the 1967 day war. that was due to jimmy carter. he wanted to do more of those negotiations i got overtaken by history part of talked about the iranian revolution and the hostages being taken in november of 1979. four and 44 days of americans being held hostage but hurt any presidency. but the next month in december they invaded afghanistan. in april he attempts to free the hostages were killed in the desert and iran trying to get there. he had a lot of history hitting him. the through line for jimmy carter was always to be the peace negotiator. he tried in every possible way and he tried to combine it with strength. i don't if anyone could have succeeded. ronald reagan said in 1976 after a lawt

but if you look at the camp david accords for example carter of color, rosalynn, is the reason the camp david accords ever even took place? it was her suggestion, her moment to do it. but when carter invited that monarch and began and anwar sadat come to camp david, he ordered them to bring their wives. he specifically wanted them to bring their wives. he wanted the wives to to be involved because would be a mirror of the way he did the way he did things. but also he knew how hard it was to go to get any kind agreement and he believed in personal diplomacy and he thought it would be much better if the wives were there to and everything is written been written about camp david. god only knows how much has been written about camp david and. that was one of the hardest parts of my research is how much of it to believe, how much to believe, and how much not to even look yet. because i only had one one lifetime. but when i started looking at the involvement, the women and i stumbled across sadat its autobiography, a woman of egypt. and i promised, nobody can understand the camp david accords

carter: it is always nice to come back from a two-week vacation at camp david.laughter] i think some of the most own pleasant -- unpleasant moments of my life occurred during the last two weeks. of course, also some of the most pleasant. one of the great things about the meeting was that i was meeting with two leaders, deeply devout and religious men, who spent a great portion of their time at camp david in prayer. who believed that they and i worshiped the same god. he often refers to his guidance from god almighty. they both ascended from abraham. that they were brothers not only in religious beliefs, but also by blood. and that was one of the things that i believe gave us kind of a clear, unshakable purpose, because we all believe that god wants to invest to work towards peace. it was one of the few things by which we agreed. in a private meeting, he brought up the hope that after a peace treaty is signed, and i predicted it will be signed without undue delay, that we might meet on mount sinai. and they immediately agreed that would be a wonderful gesture. co

in the us and again these _ camp david in the us and again these are — camp david in the us and again plotted nephew to the 9/11 attack. that will be an extraordinary shift in 20 years to the — extraordinary shift in 20 years to the become enemy number one of the _ to the become enemy number one of the us— to the become enemy number one of the us to being invited to camp— of the us to being invited to camp david for her to that standpoint it's possible he was the policymakers want to engage these _ the policymakers want to engage these groups, even wanted to be designated as terrorist organisations, but i think the bigger— organisations, but i think the bigger thing to watch here is will any— bigger thing to watch here is will any of those organisations be able — will any of those organisations be able to lay a legitimate claim _ be able to lay a legitimate claim to _ be able to lay a legitimate claim to being able to control elements of territory to keep them — elements of territory to keep them from becoming lawless safe havens _ them from becoming lawless safe havens for other extr

for example, as we heard the camp david accords from 1978. you know, this was the f 2 or if you don't remember, and you have to imagine this president carter basic, the locking up on we're all said that the president of egypt at the time and min, asking big in the prime minister is or else that camp david and say you guys figure it out, we need to get out of here with a peace agreement between you and israel. we're is not an option any more between egypt and israel. and he and they wanted to leave for many, many times over. and he made a mistake and basically really locked the door until they came to the agreement. and that's how you had the m. egypt is r l. peace agreement or kept david peace, a court. and that was of them. money, mentors, achievement, mom. so that was of course, the legacy number one, that as we have already said, legacy to or the big or longer legacy it is behind. this was a relentless human rights, civil rights and women's rights activists. by the way, in his practice, the presidency, he appointed for the fee, males and j

carter's one term in office, including an economic recession, the iran hostage crisis, and the camp david accords between israel and egypt. carter was this country's longest-living former president and he died today at his home in plains, georgia, surrounded by family. special correspondent judy woodruff looks back at his towering life. >> in december of 1974, there was a major headline on the editorial page of the atlantic constitution that said, jimmy carter is running for what? judy: he was seemingly the longest of long shots when he jumped into the 1976 presidential race, but jimmy carter wound up celebrating on election night. >> i pray i can live up to your confidence and never disappoint you. judy: it was the pinnacle of a wide-ranging life that began in 1924 in plains, georgia. james carter was born to lillian , a nurse, and earl, if you know former. after a depression era upbringing, he went to the u.s. naval academy and married hometown sweetheart rosalind smith. in time, the newly minted officer rose to lieutenant in the nuclear submarine service. but he cut short his navy care

a year after the camp david accords, _ well. a year after the camp david accords, there - well.e camp david accords, there was i well. a year after the camp| david accords, there was an invasion of afghanistan. in the last few months there has been a re—start of the cold war. how is this similar and how is this different? i is this similar and how is this different?— different? i think russia and its the crimea _ different? i think russia and its the crimea was _ different? i think russia and its the crimea was a - different? i think russia and. its the crimea was a foregone conclusion. there is nothing that the west could have done to prevent putin moving his forces into crimea. the russians have always considered that crimea is part of russia. i think three quarters of the crimean people consider them to be itself to be part of russia. but i think now we have the same situation that i face when i was in the white house. when the soviets invaded afghanistan in 1979, i took strong action, both with diplomatic relations with russia, ia declared an embargo against russia as well,

carter's single term in office brought together israel and egypt with historic camp david accords.nd the iran hostage crisis haunted his administration, and he's now remembered more for what he did after he left office. norah o'donnell reports. >> 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. >> reporter: he

i covered those camp david peace talks 13 days. carter worked with anwar sadat and menachem begin. they had been at war only a few years earlier, and they made peace. and that peace still stands to this day between israel and egypt. what else was president carter like? stew behind closed doors? is there another part of him that americans never got to see? >> yes, he was very intense publicly, but behind the scenes he would put his feet up, he would read, he would joke, he would watch television. there was a famous incident involving muhammad ali and a heavyweight fight and ali won, and he actually called him from there. and one thing that was also very important, related to the middle east, but personally, is only 2 or 3 weeks, wolf, after the egypt-israel treaty, he came over our house for passover services and he stayed the whole 2.5 hours. and it was so ironic. here we were, 2500 years later, after we were reading a text in the haggadah about jews leaving egypt, when now with the man who created the peace with egypt, that was re

one of his legacies will be camp david.the lessons learned from his presidency because many of the same issues we're facing today are very similar global issues that he faced during his presidency. >> well i think most of what he lost the presidency on was things that he can't be completely blamed for. oil embargo driving up the price of gasoline, we had the iranian american hostages being held, we had the russian invasion of afghanistan, and then we had run away inflation that was instigated by decisions of the -- of the federal reserve board. and the inflation that the fed was fighting was really caused by nixon four years before when he did a stupid couple of stupid policies that led to the hyperinflation that carter got blamed for. >> senator grassley lisa boothe here you were elected just before carter took office as president. what was it like to serve in congress during that period of time? >> well, as freshman congressman and i was there for six years, four of them while he was president. i think that we had some th

. >> and in 13 very historic days at camp david, he fashioned a peace between those two nations that. >> peace has come to israel and to egypt. >> there is the three way handshake. >> blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be the children of god. >> he put together the peace treaty. big arab nations paid him back. >> prices soared over 50% as worldwide oil supplies tightened. >> the price of oil doubled in less than 12 months. >> gas prices skyrocketed. you can only get gas on certain days, and this sent a wave of inflation throughout the whole world. >> the price of everything from a hamburger to an airplane ride has inflated at the rate of 125%. ho! >> that last year in the white house, the most stressful. >> it was the worst year of my life. we have two hostages held by iran. >> this is world news tonight. >> i was doing the sunday night news on abc on the 4th of november, 1979. >> the u.s. embassy in tehran has been invaded and occupied by iranian students. >> america agrees to take the deposed shah of iran into our borders in order to get medical treatment. the ayatollah kh

talk about his role, especially the camp david accords.n but they were enormously important when he was able to do that. that breakthrough. 12 days of shuttle diplomacy at camp david. >> reporter: absolutely. i think you are right to focus on that. they are in the history of diplomacy one of the most extraordinary moments of peacemaking we have seen in our lifetime. gathered the leaders and would not let them leave. if you read accounts of this by people large right for incident. it was so clear how much his personal determination, his sturbornness and refusal to say no forced them to make a deal and lasted to this day and a bedrock ever since. he had important accomplishments elsewhere on the international stage including the final normalization of china under 96 one with the secret trip to beijing and talking about the transfer of the panama canal back to panama that trump called into question some quarter of a century later. >> another big foreign policy moment in jimmy carter's precedency was one that was not so good. that was the iran

i had come in for an event and jimmy called me and told me not to come to camp david because they had a settlement. so we were standing in the door facing the south lawn when the helicopter landed in the men came. when the prime minister came walking in he said mama, we will go down in history for this as she looked at me and said look at that cold fish diet. it was a wonderful exciting time. >> on the way back from camp david by the way we had a telephone and i called former president ford and i told him we had success at camp david and both -- i think that was obviously one of the great highlights of our time here. >> are you enjoying life these days? president carter: not too long ago i was interviewed on my 70th birthday and the interviewer with a different network asked me what was the best time of your life. you've been a naval officer, submariner, a governor and a president, was best time in your life and i thought and i said now is my best time of my life. we have all the advantages of having served as leaders of the greatest nation in the world and we have an intimate relatio

one of his greatest diplomatic successes was the camp david accords, in 1978 under causes mediation, then is rarely prime minister and the addiction president signed that the peace agreement contests to him was also played by economic clothes and an energy crisis. and his approval ratings plummeted. a dea ron hostage crisis from 1979 to 1981 sealed his political fate costs or failed to secure the release of dozens of american hostages, held by radical students at the u. s embassy in the uranium capital. that was something that the american voters would not forgive. he lost the 1980 elections. and what was a landslide victory for ronald reagan having those trouble, sandy beaches in the pacific, after his presidency, jimmy caustic, concentrated on his humanitarian work, became in, i'm about to death, the peace and equality together with his wife, brazilian, who died in late 2023 he set up the cost of center for the advancement of human rights as a form of us president. his diplomatic influence on the international stage was unique. one of his successes was a peace mission to north kore

one of his greatest diplomatic successes was the camp david accords. on the cart as mediation, the is rarely prime minister. any objection president signs the 1st piece agreement . the quote is time was also plagued by economic waves and an energy crisis, and his approval ratings plummeted to the wrong hostage crisis sealed his political fate cause to fail to secure the release of $52.00 american hostages, held by logical students at the us embassy and the reigning capital, that was something that the american voters would not forgive. he lost the 1980 elections to bundled reagan in the land slide. those trouble, sandy beaches in the pacific. off to his presidency, jimmy costa concentrated on his humanitarian what he became, and i'm about to death, a piece and a quality together with his wife. rosalind who died in late 2023. he set up the call to center for the advancement of human rights. as a former us president, his influence on the international stage was unique. one of his successes was in 1994 peace mission to north korea, where he help diffuse a

and then i left camp david to listen to other americans, men and women like you.has been an extraordinary 10 days, and i want to share with you what i've heard. first of all, i got a lot of personal advice. let me quote a few of the typical comments that i wrote down. this from a southern governor: "mr. president, you are not leading this nation- you're just managing the government." "you don't see the people enough any more." "some of your cabinet members don't seem loyal. there is not enough discipline among your disciples." "don't talk to us about politics or the mechanics of government, but about an understanding of our common good." "mr. president, we're in trouble. talk to us about blood and sweat and tears." "if you lead, mr. president, we will follow." many people talked about themselves and about the condition of our nation. this from a young woman in pennsylvania, "i feel so far from government. i feel like ordinary people are excluded from political power." and this from a young chicano, "some of us have suffered from recession all our lives." some peop

bush on a saturday you were at camp david. i got a call from you said rich, what do you think president and prime minister doing? i have no idea. they are throwing a baseball back and forth. [laughter] it's the kind of relationship that we had with japan i had with him, we had it up and down. when the state department and in the defense department. when i asked him to pound on the table, and sent a cable to tokyo i said he's very angry, he pounded on the table. [laughter] mental negotiation. and also at camp david she is a pretty good throwing arm. [laughter] he has a pretty good throwing arm and control. [laughter] >> i love it, the theater of alliance and management. think a lot of it can identify with u the stories. time for one question before bring this to a close. please take advantage of this opportunity. yes, page? japan u.s. friendship commission and listening to this exchange is? japan u.s. friendship commission and listening to this exchange is an opportunity for reflection. you are absolutely i right. if leaders an

so those were the two issues that were faced at camp david. and we left camp david believing that we had completely resolved both issues. the treaty was signed, now 31 and a half years ago, and not a single word has ever been violated in those years between israel and egypt. unfortunately, though, the commitments made concerning the palestine territory has not been carried out and that's still the major issue. i think one of the most difficult and challenging issues that the world faces today hasn't establishing some sort of entity, a sovereign entity on former jordanian land in, the west bank, become even more difficult in the intervening years now that there are hundreds of thousands of israeli citizens living there? yes, there are 300,000 israelis now living in palestinian land and israel is still occupying territory that belongs to the palestine that belongs to the syrians and also some small portions of lebanon. so the basic issue that has changed since then is the desire visual part apparently to a good bit of that land on a permanent. w

door to the israeli egypt camp david accords. he normalized relations with china, weakened u.s. ties to taiwan in a vain hope beijing would weaken ties with moscow. but after the soviet union invaded afghanistan in december 1979, the last year of his presidency, he toughened his soviet stance, backed the afghan mujahideen in a war against the red army. the same year, 1979 islamic revolution in neighboring iran dealt carter a double domestic blow, spiked oil prices and led to a humiliating failed raid. operation eagle claw. in april 1980 to rescue americans captured by the theocratic revolutionaries in tehran. >> i can't stand here tonight and say it doesn't hurt. >> events overseas contributed to his 1980 election loss. >> the people of the united states have made their choice. and of course, i accept that decision. >> but out of office and the limelight, his global peacemaking grew. in 1994, he was the first former u.s. president to visit north korea, met kim il sung, the grandfather of today's leader kim jong un, at a time of u

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 ju

, ju5t bring out is that camp david, just how that time was that?d since and the middle east?— middle east? look at what is happening — middle east? look at what is happening in _ middle east? look at what is happening in the _ middle east? look at what is happening in the middle - middle east? look at what is j happening in the middle east middle east? look at what is i happening in the middle east at the moment. whatever has happened to peace? it is true. it was a huge step forward and, by the way, the president took the biggest ri5k there. the egyptian pre5ident. and remember what happened to him. he was assassinated by those who opposed that peace deal with israel so you could say he laid the foundation of a peace process but that peace process has never been fully realised ever since.— ever since. and one of the thing is. — ever since. and one of the thing is. if _ ever since. and one of the thing is, if we _ ever since. and one of the thing is, if we look, - ever since. and one of the thing is, if we look, the i thing is, if we look, the domes

bush on a saturday, you were at camp david, and i got a call from you. rich, what do you think the president and prime minister are doing? i have no idea. they are throwing the baseball back and forth. that's the kind of relationship that we have with japan, i had with ryozo. we had it up and down in the state department and in the defense department. amb. kato: it's true. when i asked rich to pound on the table, he pounded it. i did not. i sent a cable to tokyo. rich armitage, very angry, he pounded on the table. [laughter] the people in tokyo jumped back. a smooth negotiation. we both cheated. as for camp david, he had a pretty good throwing arm. unlike his image. he has a pretty good throwing arm with his control. [laughter] chris: i love it, the theater of alliance management. i think a lot of us can identify with those stories. we have time for one question before i bring this to a close. please take advantage of this opportunity. page? >> page cunningham, japan-u.s. friendship commission. this exchange is an opportunity for reflection. you are righ

in 1979, joining hands with israeli prime minister and egypt's anwar sadat, sealing the camp david peacele east. 50 peacemaking moment in the middle east.— peacemaking moment in the middle east. so let us now lay aside war, _ middle east. so let us now lay aside war, let _ middle east. so let us now lay aside war, let us _ middle east. so let us now lay aside war, let us now- middle east. so let us now lay aside war, let us now reward l aside war, let us now reward all the children of abraham, who hungerfor a comprehensive who hunger for a comprehensive peace who hungerfor a comprehensive peace in the middle east. pit peace in the middle east. at home, he was an environmental pioneer, preserving huge tracts of lands in alaska and even installing solar panels at the white house. applause and an ardent feminist, he encouraged his wife to set up and run her own office in the white house, appointed women to his administration and declared women's rights are the fight of my life. but an energy crisis or long lines at the pumps, while inflation was rising sharply. his administration seemed lis

and then yeah, as you say, i own on international policy is, remember to camp david, i'm gonna tell you that's still a bit controversial, especially when you're going to be around that. i'll just hear a perhaps because that's a debate as to what about rebec kept david in some way, but also he was a real cold warrior as i think patty suggested that with the boy code of the survey, the survey that lympics, he was a big part around putting up the very heart tools that we saw throughout the developing world during the cold war between the us and the soviet union here was the forwarded all the right wing depths, quads in central america in asia, and in um, in africa, in the middle east. and songs because as long as he was, this was part of this special x, a central, baffled against the soviet union from the genocide of east timor to probably got the south korean dictators as i killed students on mass and, and so on. so, you know, and you have published presidency, it was so different from a foreign policy started, but not afraid of a basically say no, this is, this is a big mistake. and all

, uh, the camp david summit for a peace treaty bringing these two leaders together. i think it was partially he was partially motivated by his deep religious faith, wanted to bring peace to the holy land, if you will. andrew young, as usual. well, thank you very much for your service. go ahead. >> thank you. know, they were also, uh, serious students of the bible. >> yeah. >> uh, begin and anwar sadat, uh, they had a biblical view of that region. yeah. and carter was comfortable with that. and he he played to that religious emphasis. and his bringing. uh, the picture of begin, prime minister, begin with his children, grandchildren and presenting him with a signed picture. uh, that either we settle this camp david thing now, or you're passing it on to your hildren. >> yeah. >> good point. and that was, i think, the straw that broke the camel's back and made possible the treaty. >> the former u.s. ambassador to andrew young with african. yeah. good point. we got to we got to wrap it up, mr. ambassador. but we'll continue this conversation. up next, the grieving south k

his presidency and had some major successes that camp david accords as they were called between israel notable achievement. he deserves a lot of credit for he was a dog it in his pursuit of that agreement and presided of the toxic camp david from which they emerged. he was a plague throughout his presidency by economic problems that he seemed unable to deal with finally he raised interest rates he would appall volker to be chairman of the federal reserve who in turn raise interest rates to try to stop the runaway inflation and in doing so raised interest rates to point nobody in seen them before and 80 modern era he also a lot of trouble overseas the iran hostage crisis that has been mentioned was a part of that he was never able to get the hostages released and finally they were on the day ronald reagan was inaugurated. molly: we think about that, what's remarkable about all the sins of folding that happened in the 40s of the presidency get he lived this long life of service prior to the presidency and then continued to find ways to make remarkable changes and a remarkable life of ser

and, you know, she was one of the reasons why they had the camp david peace accords at camp david. it was actually her idea to do it there, because she was close with sadat and his wife and and one of the stories that i think i mentioned before that i just love is that, you know, the the personal touch that they both had and the fact that when things were looking bad during camp david, it was jimmy carter who gave begin this signed photograph and said, give it to your grandchildren. and that's what brought bagan back to the negotiating table. and and that is deeply rooted in both jimmy and rosalynn carter's faith. >> and, you know, staying in that space as well. i mean, faith obviously is such a huge part of what they do. but but even as we watch some of this video and you touched on this, a lot of the work that they did after he was in office, especially, they did side by side, and she was very visible in a lot of the work as well. and i think in the years that went on as, as of course they aged and their relationship aged as well. i wonder for, for her role in particular for, for

and that was the camp david accords between israel and egypt. i remember they were hammered out at camp david under his under his watchful eye. and anwar sadat of egypt said afterwards, when people were talking about they'd be called the camp david accords. he said, they know they should be called the jimmy carter agreement because he had worked so hard to get it. and of course, that was a real breakthrough, that that agreement between egypt and israel, which stands to this day a major achievement, indeed. >> you know, brit lisa boothe here, we heard president biden speak earlier and he talked about how he was jimmy carter's first presidential endorsement in 1976. and what's so interesting is there are so many parallels between the men, their presidencies and also their electoral losses. >> well, there are indeed. and i think, you know, at this moment, i you know, i know a lot of democrats and, and liberals think that president biden had an enormously consequential presidency. he did not achieve, in my view, anything on the scale of the camp dav