and that's president carter. and for who demonstrated that you could be a decent, honorable person and still hold the highest office in the land. and i think there is not just simply a nostalgia for the idea of decent, honorable people being president, but a recognition that in some sense our republic requires it. and secondly, they demonstrated a real ability for civic friendship and for personal friendship, even though they were bitter political rivals in the 1976 presidential election after their presidencies, they became very close friends. i was telling paige earlier today that my favorite exhibit here in the museum is the funeral, president ford's funeral, and president carter's speech at the funeral, which is just profoundly moving. it's a really beautiful speech and just such heartfelt delivery and some sense hope on its own right? well, with that, i'd like to introduce our two guests tonight. i'm going to start on my far left there. you're far right with gleaves whitney, who is the executive director of

president carter said did you have any differences with president ford and president carter said no. i don't have any major disagreements with any decisions president ford made as president. president ford was known to deregulate. government had lot of rules and regulations back in the early mid-70s. cartercaer picked right up and n breaking became president and took all the credit. the deregulation started with carterab absolutely. there were a number of times where president carter and president carter's keeping president ford in all the briefings. in fact he said to the former president whenever you are in washington d.c. we go back to washington to speak and teach in the classroom and the american enterprise institute in whenever you are back you're welcome to have lunch with me in the white any time. and this wonderful friendship arose. paige can tell the installment of the airplane trip and what happened post presidency. >> to bring this back to modern day we are in the middle of debatero season tonight tomorrow night and the next night so when you go home if you watch it remem

fast-forward to the moment when president carter is giving a eulogy for his friend and president carter at the start of the climax of the eulogy says i cannot think of a better way to talk about my friend jerry than to repeat the words that i repeated so many decades ago. i want too thank carter and you can tell he's fighting he says i want to thank my friend for doing all he needed too heal our land. this iteration is what it's about. president carterte said, on the stage together they were asked about their friendship and president carter said of all the former presidents we have the best friendship of any of them including adams and jefferson's. look at what they overcame. how did this happen? page. can speak beautifully to this as well, but it happened because at the core of both of these was the heart of gold, a sterling character, unshakable integrity, a sense of fair dealing and decency and integrity that would take themif through all their public and private lives and this is what allowed them to become friends. there's another display and i know you've seen it but it's about th

carter beat cancer too.ll back in 2018. >> i called all my family together and told them that i was going to die quite soon. and so i was prepared to go. but things turned out for the better. >> reporter: his family thought the end was near again last year. carter won't into hospice care in february of 2023. that was 19 months ago. once again this year the birthday tributes will pour in. ♪ you're my blue sky ♪ ♪ you're my sunny day ♪ like this recent concert in his honor. ♪ love shack baby ♪ a celebration in song for his centennial. >> how does he want to be remembered? >> as someone who was honest, as someone who did what he thought was right, who stood up for human rights and who respected people fundamentally. >> reporter: his 100th birthday will be america's turn to stand will be america's turn to stand up for jimmy emergen-c crystals pop and fizz when you throw them back. and who doesn't love a good throwback? ♪♪ now with vitamin d for the dark days of winter. ♪♪ vicks vapostick provides soothing non-me

you're looking at his grandfather, jimmy carter's private office at the carter center in atlanta.hat jumps out at you? >> this was not to be a museum. this was to be a place where you got work done. but you can also see he's got his bible there. he's got his buttons. there is a grammy. >> reporter: carter is famously the peanut farmer from tiny plains, georgia who became america's 39th president. he turns 100 on tuesday. the question that everyone wants to ask is how is he doing? >> he's very limited in what he can do. he can't talk on the phone. he's following the news. when we asked him was he excited about his 100th birthday, he said i'm excited about that, but i'm really excited to vote for kamala harris. >> reporter: how does he spend his days? >> he gets up most days, and he'll spend a little bit of time with family. when he is up, he is up at and at 'em. >> reporter: most americans pal carter's one-term presidency ended in 1981. they may remember him more as humanitarian in chief. he and his wife rosalynn carter globe trotted for four decades. they built habitat houses. the

we are thrilled to present this event today inli partnership wih our friends at the carter center. with our friends at more perfect to have been really generous in their support of this event as well. so we are grateful to all of our partners. and as i said thrilled to be here at the ford library. our first panel norms to restore trust in american elections. institutions which are organized efforts to structure human activity performed two really important functions they articulate norms by which people are expected to conduct themselves within the life of the institution. they formed people who operate in those institutions according to the norms as articulated. when institutions have difficulty articulating their norms and art failing at it for people can live according to those norms are going to have an institutional crisis. a lot of ways in america right now we are facing an institutional crisis at multiple levels. a lot of our institutions are pretty weak right now. we are focusing here specifically on political electoral institutions and then challenge we are facing particul

we focus on the carter center around that. these getting together and what the study out of berkeley showed was that that actually has a profound impact on the perceptions of the people. it was that study about interventions and impact. we can do that in getting that in those examples. you and 2020. getting together with chris peterson. they said we disagree on issues but we support democracy. we support whoever will be the winner. that was a fantastic publicity event. national publicity all over. everyone saw that. it also encourages voters to go out and vote because they believe the process works. they will not vote. that is not a positive message that will drive signers to do. that is a message to get out. the candidates and the public officeholders. they can have a motivation to play a very critical role in the process. releasing a standard of conduct for election officials. we are at the frontlines of everything. >> i went to my first national association of election officials more than 20 years ago maricopa county, arizo

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about jimmy carter, how he built houses with his own hands. >> reporter: with his wife rosalynn carter humanity and was awarded the nobel peace prize in 2002. >> there's not enough word in the dictionary to say thank you to mr. carter. ♪♪ >> reporter: as president carter liked to say when he taught sunday school, use your talent to help others. a message he has preached and practiced for a century. andrea mitchell, nbc news, atlanta. >> happy birthday, president carter. that's "nightly news" for this monday. thank you for watching. i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night. that's putting some communities

carter: the gentleman yields. that concludes all of the questions that we have right now from members. mr. o'donnell, thank you. i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record the documents included on the staff hearing documents list. without objection, that will be the order. i remind members that they have 0 business days to -- 10 business days to submit questions for the record and i ask the witness to respond to the questions promptly. without objection, the subcommittee is adjourned. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2024] >> today army officials testify on the oversight of training policies noant combat extremist -- meant to combat extremist activities amongst army persone. watch the subcommittee hearing live at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3, c-span now, our free mobile video app, or online at c-span.org. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government.

congressman carter, you should realize this. congressman carter will start because you have known cheryl the longest and as you finish you will turn to speaker mccarthy who will turn to speaker pelosi who will turn it back to me and i will talk about our honoree, the award and all of the speakers will come join me in making the presentation. congressman carter. [applause] >> evening, everyone. welcome to this incredible opportunity to honor such an incredible leader. many of you do not know. it may have come up that cheryl and i grew up in a little place called algiers. speaker pelosi, you may remember when i was sworn into the congress, i thanked everyone. i thanked god and said, to god be the glory. from the cut off to the congress and this incredible leader from the cut off to the congress. she has made us so proud. it's such an honor to be here to honor her to be here for this momentous occasion to celebrate the remarkable achievements of my dear friend cheryl johnson. this award is a testament to cheryl's commitment to free

but carter votes against environmental issues 96% of the time.hat should your election officials do? >> they should pass it. >> reporter: millions of voters like clay copeland are speaking, but are there officials listening? for "eye on america," david schechter, savannah, georgia. >> norah: our trip with "60 minutes" to the national archives is next with a rare up-close look at a major piece of american history. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: this portion of the "cbs evening news" is sponsored by farxiga. visit us at farxiga.com. farxiga. because there are places you'd like to be. farxiga can cause serious side effects, including ketoacidosis that may be fatal, dehydration, urinary tract, or genital yeast infections, and low blood sugar. a rare, life-threatening bacterial infection in the skin of the perineum could occur. stop taking farxiga and call your doctor right away if you have symptoms of this infection, an allergic reaction, or ketoacidosis. ♪ farxiga ♪ i have never slept a full night in my entire life. i was five-years-old when my stepfather abused

what do you think, carter? >> this was a tough one, i must say.'s try to figure it out together. let's go right to the charts. the first is a relative strength chart, ratio chart that depicts the semiconductor index, the sox, relative to the s&p and you see that dotcom peak and only this year, 24 years later did the sox recoup all of its relative losses only however to inch above that line and now pull back. that is the prospects of a big double top. moving on, look at the smh, a well-defined uptrend. another 3%, 4% from here would leave us right on that line to the penny. i think we're headed there so that's not a whole lot but that is lower. let's look at the big one. nvidia, two charts of nvidia. the first, well-defined trend lines and you can see arrows to the penny, to the penny. we sold off to the penny to trend today. change the iteration and put in the moving average of this mechanism. the exact sail level you'll see here and we stopped to the penny again. and so the question is, do you play for tactical bounds. nvidia's relative performan

during the campaign against jimmy carter, president carter, the campaign types, not the cabinet or anythingmpaign types came into my dad in a meeting and said, mr. president, listen. we love the first lady. she's wonderful. we love the first lady, but do you think that there's any chance during the next month of the campaign, until the campaign is over in november, she could maybe tone it down a little bit about the equal rights amendment for women? in my dad -- and my dad said, listen, anybody in this meeting right here that would like to go meet with the first lady, her office is right down the hallway here, and i know she's in that office now, and anybody in this meeting is more than welcome to go talk to the first lady. dad said nobody got up from that meeting. he loved her. he supported her 100%. the equal rights amendment was not on the republican platform for the convention in august of 1976. it was not on the democratic platform either. she was way ahead of her time and we looked her for it. peter: if i remember correctly, it was on the republican platform in 1968 and 1972. i think

at the ford carter type of relationship. there's a $50 million super pac that is unaffiliated with a candidate they get to say whatever it once, you have a real accountability problems even if you got really excellent leaders. that is my 2 cents. >> i think going back to when i first ran for congress back in 1990, you did not have citizens united decision which open up the floodgates everywhere on the money you did not have the super pacs. you did not have as you just said two or $3 billion and some of these races. it is hard to get your mind around. i was told by the people that when iran and ran in a democratic primary to get the right to run against the republican incumbent and they said you're going to have to spend seven -- eight hours a day raising money i said no, i am not. i am going to knock on doors. every single night for 18 months i am going to knock on doors in the snow, in the rain, we will target the doors not going to go just any door they think are open to voting for a democrat or republican district. we are

arion carter makes the play. the lead is ten.uld just about do it. >> kirk: tennessee, good job of spying the threat of him taking off and creating. used the linebacker, arion carter, who is a high school running back. you can tell what kind of speed he has. no chance he was going to get away from him. >> chris: very fast learner. knows the defense very well. sophomore. >> kirk: he's just sitting right there. he's seen enough of michael hawkins pulling out of there. >> chris: interesting sequence there. sooners go down the field. tremendous, courageous play by hawkins. they take it off the board. then they bring in arnold to hand it off, get the touchdown, barely, and then hawkins back in for the two-point try. and now schmit going to try for the onsides kick here. would have been a different situation if they had hit that two-point play. and they fall on it there and make the recovery. nimrod. so, josh heupel downplayed it all week, comes back to oklahoma, where he was national championship quarterback in 2000. so many emotions

but carter votes against environmental issues 96% of the time.was up for a vote today, what should your elected officials do? >> they should pass it. >> reporter: millions of voters like clay copeland are speaking, but are their elected officials listening? for eye on america, davi >>> rising global temperatures are easy to see at the north and south poles, where glaciers are melting and ice sheets are sliding into the sea. but it's also a problem in the major cities of the world, and one company in england is now trying to address that problem. leah mishkin has more. >> reporter: searching for air in a hot city can seem like an impossible tassble task as the sun beams from buildings and radiates from cars going by. >> especially in those cities which are affected the most by global warming. >> reporter: the german-based company office for microclimate cultivation is a looking to provide urban dwellers some shade with their vertical designs. this structure in london was a collaborative effort. >> we seemed up with experts from different kinds of

congressman carter. [applause] >> good evening, everyone. welcome to this incredible opportunity to honor such an incredible leader. many of you do not know, or are not sure, i missed the introduction, but it may have come up that cheryl and i were up in a little place called algiers. speaker pelosi, you may remember when i was sworn into the congress. i think everyone. i think god and i said to god be the glory from the cut off to the congress. and this incredible leader from the cut off to the congress. she has made us so proud. it is such an honor to be here to honor her. to be here for this momentous occasion. to celebrate the remarkable achievements of my dear friend cheryl johnson. the prestigious freedom award is a testament to cheryl's commitment to freedom and democracy. a distinguished career i would especially like to thank the united states capital historical society speaker nancy pelosi. speaker kevin mccarthy. and, most importantly, cheryl johnson for the honor of addressing and honoring you today and giving me this opportunity

carter. so i think it's interesting that there was that kind of a gap between and we won't you know, we won't do southern jokes like we do california jokes, but still, i mean, there is there is something sort of regional about that that plays in interesting. so speaking of regions, let's hop to the midwest going back in time and speak with mr. eisenhower here about her grandfather, president eisenhower has two very important elections as well. one in 1952, one in 1956, and the one in 52, harry truman is outgoing as the president, but of course, he did not run. and so he was not defeated by by ike in that election. but he nevertheless sort of made made pretty short work of the democratic opponent at that time. so tell us a little bit about how your grandfather went about his important campaigns in 52 and 56. yes. and i'm going to bypass you just for a second. i need to say something about carter. i was i was working on capitol hill during the time that he was running. and when he won washingto

the — carter, it did not go our way. the fight _ carter, it did not go our way.ill try to get his case to trial as quickly as possible. i am going to try to minimise the amount of time he spends in very, very difficult and i believe inhumane housing conditions in the special housing unit of the metropolitan detention facility. and i will do everything i can to move his case as quickly as possible. i understand that the government has a great amount of electronic devices that they have to download and provide to me. but everything is on the government's timetable, nothing is on the defendant's timetable. and they are going to have accommodate him and me and give us a quick trial, and i am going to be pushing for that. australia is being urged to follow peru and new zealand to legally protect surf breaks to boost tourism and wellbeing. a new survey from the australian national university says surfing injects around $2 billion into the australian economy each year. researchers say governments have overlooked" the value of surf breaks. from sydney, phil mercer report

in addition, betty ford and rosalynn carter the included mrs. johnson press secretary liz carpenter, mary hoyt, mrs. carter press secretary, and diane sawyer, co-host of cbs morning news and two panels with lucy turbin, linda chance and robin sisson ford, vance and allen si grace who was franklin delano roosevelt's granddaughter betty ford, welcomed and did a keynote speech. speech, as well as dr. gore. and i'm going to take the liberty of quoting because unfortunately, the keynote speeches were not filmed and so on. we have the written remarks from the keynote speeches, betty ford stated the conference goal saying today we have started a new and i hope a continuing we have set out to look at what the role of a first lady has been and what direction that role take for the future. we are the first formed group effort to bring definition to a job that has no job description but has been, by tradition, individual preferences. i hope our two days will focus future attention on what just might be one of the most demand jobs in the federal government,

jason carter did such and such. i read the paper. he said i did not say that, that is out of context. i appreciate that. we have known each other for a long time. that is a ford carter type of relationship they had if there is a $50 million super pack that is unaffiliated with the candidate that gets to say whatever it wants, you have real accountability problems even if you have really accidentally leaders. >> i think going back to when i first ran for congress back in 1990, they did not have citizens united decision which opened up the floodgates on money. you did not have super pacs, to $3 billion in some of these races. it is hard to get your mind around. i was told by the people when i ran, and i ran in the democratic primary to get the right they will have to spend seven-eight hours a day raising money. i said, no i am not. i will knock on doors. every single night for 18 months i will knock on doors in the snow, in the rain, we will target those stores. we will not just go to any door in any farm in any rural community. we wil

and not for carter, i would vote for ford and not for carter, despite the whole story with ottergatedominated me more than carter, i would then vote for mccain, not for obama, for george. was even older, well , that is, it turns out, i look like this, that i am all the time, all the time, maybe there with the exception of white clinton, you have to think about it, i would vote exclusively for republicans, and the ears of the younger, i will forget the younger, yes of course, ugh, ugh.

for reagan not carter, i would have voted for ford not for carter, despite the whole story with altergateiked ford more than carter, then i would vote for mccain, not for obama, for george bush sr., and that's it, that's it. yes look, i'm all the time, all the time, maybe except for bill clinton, you have to think about it, i would vote exclusively for republicans. in the ears of junior zabush junior yes of course ugh ugh i would vote there were times when i wouldn't have voted i would have voted for lyndon johnson over barley goldorter but i would have voted for richard nixon over john f. kennedy, you see, i would have voted for dwight isenhower, he was a republican, but not for him, who was there, i was already for... i was his democratic opponent, that is, there were some rare situations in the american history of the 20th century, when i would vote for democracy, for roosevelt, that is, for johnson, and probably for clinton, but it would be personal sympathy, it would be an emotion, such emotions for barack obama, i will say, i don't have and i think that both mccain and romney are mu

and not for carter, i would vote for ford and not for carter, despite the whole story with ottergatewas always dominated more than carter, i would then vote for mccain, not for obama, for george bush sr., well and such, that is, it turns out, i look at it like this, that i am all the time, all the time, maybe with the exception of the white clinton , you have to think about it, i would vote exclusively for republicans, and the ears of the younger, for the ears of the younger, of course, ugh. ugh, i would vote, there were times when i wouldn't vote, i would vote for lyndon johnson over barley goldorter, but i would have voted for richard nixon over jfk, you know? i would vote for dwight esenhower, he was also a republican, but not for him, who was there, i already forgot his democratic opponent, that is, there were some rare situations in american history. in the 20th century, when i would have voted for democracy, for roosevelt, for johnson, and probably for clinton, but it would have been personal sympathy, it would have been an emotion, i don't have such emotions for barack obama,

i'm sorry for reagan not who was the candidate alter then yes carter of course reagan not carter i wouldfor ford not carter , despite the whole story with ottergate. i always liked ford more than carter, i would vote for it later mccain, not for obama, for george bush sr., and so on, that is, it turns out that way. look, i'm all the time, all the time, maybe with the exception of bill clinton, you have to think about it, i would vote exclusively for republicans, and bush jr., for bush jr., yes, of course, ugh, ugh, i would vote, there were times , if i were to vote, i would vote for lyndon johnson over billy goldorter, but i would vote for richard nixon over jfk. you see, i would have voted for dwight isenhower, so would he was a republican, but not for him, who was there, i already forgot his democratic opponent, that is, there were some rare situations in the american history of the 20th century, when i would vote for democracy, for roosevelt, then for johnson and probably for. .. but it would be personal sympathy, it would be an emotion, such emotions for barack obama, i will say that

among the programs will be jimmy carter speech of the 1976 democratic national convention accepted therty's presidential nomination at college lecture on jimmy carter's presidency by marquette political science julia as ari and jimmy carter farewell address to the nation as he prepared to leave the white house in january from 1981. again all day tuesday on c-span2 >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government funded by these television companies and more including comcast >> you think this is a community center, it's way more than that for either party with a thousand community centers to create wi-fi enabled so students from low-income families can get the tools that they need to be ready for athing. comcast support c-span as a public service along with these other television providers given your front receipt of

this was clear at camp david where over 13 days and nights, jimmy carter averaged maybe 3 hours of sleep. the term shuttle diplomacy came from kissinger going between syria and egypt and israel for two weeks with almost no rest. and if i may say, only a few hours sleep for me at kyoto and the climate change agreements, the use of backchannels is critical. oftentimes parties are so anti that they won't get into the same. and so backchannels very useful in the 1993 oslo accords. they were used by john kerry and going through the sultan of oman to get iran to the table for what led to the joint nuclear agreement, the jcpoa. so backchannels are very important. next is not swinging for home runs or you strike out cold for partial agreements. carter tried to get a comprehensive in the middle east and then realized he couldn't satisfy, was satisfied with a bilateral agreement. try to build these and the good friday agreement. a good example. the two key issues the future of northern ireland was not resolved in the good friday agreement. it was left to a referendum which is yet to. so you take w

, carter's grandson, a former georgia state senator. jason, your grandfather is just two weeks from his 100th birthday. how is he doing tonight? >> you know, he's he's doing well. i mean, he's he's been in hospice for 19 months, which we're all think is just an incredible, incredible thing to have happened, right? i mean, he's been given the gift of a lot of time and it's given us a lot of time to be with him so i know when we talk about early voting, it means so much to him. and in georgia, it begins october 15 how significant is this for him? >> you know, i mean, we've been talking about as 100th birthday and he's been saying that what he's really excited for is to go cast his ballot for kamala harris. and i think he's going to do that if he makes it which we all believe he will and he was only in big time politics for eight years. and the other 92 years he was a citizen and he thinks of that as the greatest title you can have in this country. and one of the things that you do as a citizen, as votes. so he's, he's pumped about it. >>

so agree everything with what carter said. pointing it out for a while. yes, the bond market, the rates market, and kmcommodities saying hard land. eck kwquity it's and markets art it's obvious stuff but tend to have more debt, more interest-rate sensitive therefore an inverted curve means higher debt cost short end and benefit only when the yield curve starts to invert again, part of the message this week, but back to staples. also staples really underperformed going into this period i realize that maybe this period may be all, most of this year, but staples a great beneficiary coming out of covid of all the dynamics saw it, spices, cooking at home. >> all of a sudden you need -- >> rerated, now derated and they're back. >> and buying all of these -- i feel you're not? >> i try not to be fearful when i'm scared you can't get too high or low. courtney said many times you need to be somewhat diversified. when i'm picking my spots it is with higher vetted names, to carter's point trying to outperform where it's going to come with that said i don't shun some

on the desk tonight -- tim seymour, carter worth, dan nathan, and guy adami. >>> we're going to start with another big boost for china. the fxi surging 7.5% today, hitting its best level since february of last year. combined with its move tuesday, the fund is pacing for its best week on record. the kweb trades here in the mchi, also far outpacing the broader market today. the latest gains as top chinese officials affirmed the government's efforts to support the economy, including rate cuts and a one-time cash allowance for those in extreme poverty. all that stimulus has david tepper breaking his own rules for how much he invests in one place. listen. >> i went over that limit on the fed announcement, okay? you know, in the last week. i went more when they said a day or two ago on their fed, and last night, i did more. >> just alibaba -- >> everything. >> jd, baidu? >> everything. everything. etf, you know, how we do futures, right? everything. everything. this is incredible stuff. for that place. okay? so, it's everything. >> and everything includes u.s. companies that get a big chunk

but tomorrow jimmy carter will make more history when he turns 100.in home hospice care, and tonight "eye on america," dr. jon lapook examines how home hospice is evolving to serve america's elderly population. >> reporter: this past spring, joan prum's increased age and frailty ushered in a new reality. >> at 98 its whole move territory. so i think i am doing pretty well. >> reporter: when you heard the word "hospice," what did that mean to you? >> i thought that unless you were really and firm and bedridden , you would not be a candidate for hospice. but it turns out, not to be true. >> reporter: health care teams provide comfort to hospice treatments expected to live no longer than six months. as with all palliative care, train professionals off her medication and treatment to decrease pain and increase quality of life. but with hospice, attempts to cure an illness or stopped. >> people are afraid of that world, they think -- >> i just thought even mentioning end, i said beginning of the end. >> reporter: founded 50 years ago, connecticut hospice w

carter: give it up for lucy mcbath! [applause] is everybody doing today? an extreme honor to be with you as honorary cochair of the annual legislative conference. we have an exhilarating week planned and i am thrilled to share more highlights with you. this is like the baptist church -- everybody says welcome. do you feel welcome? [applause] do you feel welcome? that's how we do it. we come together, we have fun, but weak party with a purpose. we talk about pressing needs that impact america and we talk about the pressing needs that impact black america that is often left behind. 60 members strong of this congressional black caucus and we stand firm on the shoulders of those who stood before to make sure that the issues that impact our communities are not left behind, but are, in fact, dealt with, address, brought to the forefront and conquered because we are more than congress. my esteemed polling -- colleague mentioned our week. we kickoff with special events. in addition to all the congresswoman sheard, on thursday morning we will start with the cbc com