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just to give you a sense of what he was like around the carter center. magine they spent a diminished amount of time in the carter libraries when i research the book. my first visit, after we had dinner, he gave me a tour of the family quarters for him and rosalynn, that residents were giving out their library, they spent about a week a month in atlanta at the carter center and they were traveling, literally hundreds of trips bought in the other time than spending a certain amount of time in plains. during the week that was spent in atlanta, four decades, they decided that instead of having this one room designated as a bedroom, they would have that as rosalynn carter's office. i said during the tour, where did you sleep? they took me to the den and they motioned toward a murphy bed. the secret service would pull down from the wall and they slept on a murphy bed one week a month. during the day, when he was in atlanta, when he was at the carter center, i would often see him in the cafeteria and he would have an apple, a cup of soup and he would take his p

rosalynn carter had to say during a 1998 interview. >> as we tour your library, the museum of the carter center 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 night? i went to a m

the people in this room from the 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 yo

the people in this room, from library, the museum, the carter center itself, you are all the real keepersnd you hold it and 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 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

visit ncicap.org] [chatter] >> this is the same from the carter center in atlanta, where jimmy carterg in repose. he passed away on december 29 at age 100. next week she will lie in state at the u.s. capitol washington. live coverage on c-span. president jimmy carter, the 39th president of the u.s. and the nation's longest lived leader passed away last month at the age of 100. the public will have the opportunity to pay their respects as president carter lies in repose at the carter center. on tuesday his journey continues to washington where he will lie in state at the capitol rotunda. the public will again have a chance to honor him on wednesday as his body remains in state at the u.s. capitol. on thursday, there will be a funeral service at washington national cathedral followed by his final resting ceremony at the carter family home in plains , georgia. watch on c-span. >> democracy unfiltered with c-span. experience history as it unfolds with live coverage this month as republicans take to control about chambers of congress and a new chapter begins with the swearing in of the pre

the motorcade is on its way to the carter center. mourners are paying their respects along the way as his motorcade passed through his hometown of plains, georgia. soon, president carter will arrive here, where service is scheduled to take place at the top of the hour, and then the public will be allowed to pay their respects as he lies in repose here until tuesday, before he heads to washington to lie in state at the capitol and then a formal state funeral on thursday. joining us now is race and culture reporter for the atlanta journal, ernie suggs. ernie has covered the late president for years, as well as covering the stories about the carter center. and i want to remind everyone who is watching, as you see people who are passing behind me, many of them are coming for maybe an opportunity to see the motorcade pass by for security purposes. they have not confirmed what the path will be to the carter center, but there are some people who may be waiting for that. they're coming to drop off notes and flowers and and packages of peanuts

it will then proceed to the carter presidential center for a private service a bit later on this hour. today through monday, or actually early tuesday morning, the former president will lie in repose at the carter presidential center and the public is invited to pay their respects. that will extend until 6:00 a.m. tuesday morning. then on tuesday he will lie in state at the u.s. capitol after of course being transferred to washington, d.c. members of congress will pay their respects. from tuesday night to thursday members of the public can pay their respects in washington. the national funeral service will take place on thursday morning. >>> we have some new reporting to share with you on today's ceremony and jimmy carter's life. we're going to start with nbc's priya sridhar in atlanta where president carter's motorcade is expected at this hour. they are running a little bit behind, priya, but we know when they arrive at the state capitol we will hear a moment silence. what else can we expect today? >> reporter: that's right, alex. that moment of silence will be led by governor kemp a

the carter center is the heart of atlanta's civic community. has done the respect he has so long deserved. as we heard over and over again, washington and jimmy carter never saw eye to eye. he did not warm to the ways of d.c. which is why this was such a unique moment, but it's also a georgia moment today, right? we heard from a funeral, from jason carter, from stuart eizenstat. of course, his remains will return to his beloved hometown and that is a reminder that georgia is where he made that legacy and that is where he will remain. >> five minutes until the end of show. and joining me now is the one and only chris matthews, former speech writer and msnbc host of course joining us now. >> it is >> it is an honor to be part of history and to witness part of it but you were inside witnessing it firsthand, so tell me about it. >> it was so great to hear held the chief when we walked in because that was not something carter wanted to play. he did not want the imperial presidency. amazing grace i heard for the first time in a black church in jersey

carter, as we tour the carter center, is this a reflection of you and your lives?> 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 they 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 into >> when we left the white house. >>? ? how did you meet? >> we both grew up in plains, georgia and everybody knew everyone else. jimmy's sister was my best friend. 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? >> i did. i asked her to go to a movie. the next morning i got up early and my mom was cooking breakfast and my mama said, what did you do last night and i said i had a date with roslyn smith. she is the woman i am going to marry. >> is this a reflection of your partnership? >> we ha

members of the carter family, leaders of the carter center, will also be here. st importantly for the carters, though, will be the presence of the employees of the carter center and the presidential library and museum. they'll have a chance to pay their respects. this is a testament to the respect for the man who defined what it meant to remain in service of others after leaving the most powerful office in the world. jeff zeleny is here with me. jeff, a symbolic journey for the late president today, mirroring his life from humble beginnings in southern georgia, here to the capitol, here in atlanta. >> victor, it's extraordinary, that improbable journey from a peanut farmer to the presidency. but it would not have happened, of course, without georgia and atlanta, where he served, as you said, as a state senator and as a governor. and it was his work as a governor also ahead of his time at that moment that led him to the presidency. and his life will be celebrated, i think, quite appropriately, through the chapters in which he lived. we will see him going obviously

updegrove: talk a little bit about the work you've done at the carter center and its impetus upon leavingte house. pres. carter: well, when i left the white house, i was fairly young, i was just 56 years old. i had the life expectancy of 25 years, so my first question was, what am i going to do the next 25 years? and i had already been an accomplished peanut farmer and a good fertilizer salesman. [laughter] so i didn't want to go back to that. i made a foolish statement right after i was defeated by reagan that i wouldn't serve on corporate boards or spend my life making public speeches for money, which was not a wise thing to say. [laughter] so, i didn't know what i was going to do. and so, i had the horrible responsibility of raising money and building a presidential library. and that was not good for a defeated democrat who has no plans to run for future office. and i had the same problem that gerald ford faced. and so, as we approached the planning stage of the carter presidential library, i wanted to form a carter center separate. and my first thought was that i would just have a pla

updegrove: talk a little bit about the work you've done at the carter center and its impetus upon leavingte house. pres. carter: well, when i left the white house, i was fairly young, i was just 56 years old. i had the life expectancy of 25 years, so my first question was, what am i going to do the next 25 years? and i had already been an accomplished peanut farmer and a good fertilizer salesman. [laughter] so i didn't want to go back to that. i made a foolish statement right after i was defeated by reagan that i wouldn't serve on corporate boards or spend my life making public speeches for money, which was not a wise thing to say. [laughter] so, i didn't know what i was going to do. and so, i had the horrible responsibility of raising money and building a presidential library. and that was not good for a defeated democrat who has no plans to run for future office. and i had the same problem that gerald ford faced. and so, as we approached the planning stage of the carter presidential library, i wanted to form a carter center separate. and my first thought was that i would just have a pla

hallelujah glory, glory, hallelujah his truth is marching on♪ amen, amen♪ >> a live picture from the carter centerd late last month. tomorrow he'll be in washington, d.c. where he'll lie in state at the capitol rotunda with a service attended by members of congress. he'll be lying in state for the public to attend on thursday. he'll then return to georgia for his final service. watch the latest on c-span, c-span now, our mobile app, and c-span.org. in 2015, former president jimmy carter sat down with former president bill clinton to talk about public service, national security and the supreme court. this is part of the clinton global initiative. this is about 50 minutes. now, '. to invite one of america's all great citizen servants to join me on the platform. president jimmy

we're still full partners in operations of the carter center here in atlanta, which is the focal point of our lives now. i would say we've been pretty much on an equal basis. >> how does the museum fit in with the library and with the carter center? president carter: i think the museum makes a good picture of what we did in the white house, what we did before the white house. it doesn't cover the time of our lives after i was president.thae carter center, which is next door to the library and the museum. but it's a very extension i have picture of our lives up through and including the white house time. >> there are a number of things in the museum i want to ask about. first and foremost, a notation from your mother that says on your baby book that it's jimmy now, but later it will become jim. that never happened, did? president carter: no, i was always jimmy. my father's name was james earl. i'm james earl jr. everybody called him earl, and they always called me jimmy. when i began to run for president, i had quite a hard time with some secretaries of state who refused to use my nickn

i'm victor blackwell, live from the carter center in atlanta. this is cnn's special live coverage of what is the start of the late president jimmy carter's state funeral. right now, six days of events honoring the late former president jimmy carter have officially begun. they are underway. these are live pictures of the carter family motorcade. there it is on its way to georgia. i think we have one of the vehicles there that's providing security. just moments ago, though, we saw a tribute to the former president at his boyhood home and farm in archery, georgia. the national park service honor guard paid tribute by ringing a farm bell, 39 times, of course, for the 39th president of the united states. and this comes after former and current secret service agents who protected carter during his lifetime escorted his casket to his hearse in an emotional ceremony. cnn's jeff zeleny joins me now. and as we see carter's casket going from where his life began in southwest georgia, coming here to atlanta, where its political life began. um, let's start wi

world and have an intimate relationship with people who are suffering in 35 african nations, the carter center has projects there. we help to promote democracy and freedom and to end conflicts and we have a very good personal life with our family and enough time to spend with our kids and grandchildren, so i think this is the best time of life. reporter: i'll give you the last word? rosalynn: the carter center has given us a forum to work on those issues we're interested in and i have a really good mental health program among the other things we're doing that are really satisfying where we go to these countries with health programs and agriculture programs and see people who are raising crops because of the carter center when they were barely living earlier. we see people who don't have guinea worm anymore because we have a eradication program. those things are really rewarding and it's a good time in our life. the carter center has developed into something we never dreamed it would be when we first began and planned for it and as jimmy said with our children and grandchildren, it's just a goo

just protocol, the carter center , could you all stand?n, jc would say thank you for all that you guys have done for him. thank you. and sometimes they gave me a poundcake. general, thank you for your service of excellence to our nation. i know he would say thank you, and on behalf of the carter family and i would like to personally say thank you. carter center, the baton has been passed to you. our nation needs you to do more. thank you. for all that you have done and will continue to do on behalf of this great man. you may be seated. i feel like i am leaving someone out. carter family, i love you. becky, thank you so much. jack, i love you. elizabeth, i love you guys. josh, jamie, all of you guys, i love you. thank you so much. thank you for all you have done for the carter's. please stand. [applause] you are truly family to this family. all the way from the governor's mansion to the white house back to planes, you have been the glue in so many cases. this family loves you and wants to say thank you. you see, at the pearly gate, blacks a

that's basically part of the carter center, which is next door to the library and the museum. but it's a very extension i have picture of our lives up through and including the white house time. >> there are a number of things in the museum i want to ask about. first and foremost, a notation from your mother that says on your baby book that it's jimmy now, but later it will become jim. that never happened, did? president carter: no, i was always jimmy. my father's name was james earl. i'm james earl jr. everybody called him earl, and they always called me jimmy. when i began to run for president, i had quite a hard time with some secretaries of state who refused to use my nickname on the official documents. i had to go to court in two states, as a matter of fact, to get jimmy on the ballot instead of james earl carter jr. but all the time i was president, i signed the official laws and documents with the name i've always used, and that's jimmy. >> a lot of letters back and forth to your family when you were in annapolis. were you a prolific writer? president carter: i think my

>> live in atlanta at the carter center, the motorcade carrying the body of jimmy carter is arriving shortly and a memorial service will be held. today the family traveled through georgia, stopping by the former president's boyhood home in archery, georgia before making its way to atlanta. you are watching live coverage on c-span. [drum beat] >> ceremonial. >> honor guard. attention. . >> present arms. ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> good afternoon. we will have many chances this week to pay tribute to my grand father but it was important for us that we stop here. these buildings, as you all know are filled with his life not just because this is a museum to his life and not just because there's a collection of his bee loved payments but his spirit fills it place. the real reason that this spirit fills this place is because of the people who are standing here. the people in this room from the library, the museum and carter sister itself you all are the real keepers of my grandparents' legacy. jimmy carter library museum holds the historical legacy, tells their story which is really this unb

there at the carter center. ing me right now to talk more about the life and legacy of jimmy carter is martin luther king the third? he is the son of the late civil rights leader, doctor martin luther king jr., and a civil rights advocate in his own right. martin, great to see you. >> and same here. >> what does this day, this moment feel like for you? >> well, it does not feel like the end of an era. it really feels like probably there could be new beginnings, because at this particular time, with all our our nation is facing, we can look back to the leadership of president carter and mrs. carter and reflect on a life of phenomenal service. you know, i remember, uh, just being in his presence on a number of occasions. i remember the fact that, you know, after he left the presidency, he chose to build houses for people. how many people have houses today that president carter and mrs. carter directly helped to build? i remember him traveling around the world to observe elections and ensure that democracy was prote

let's take you live to atlanta now — where ceremonies are getting under way at the carter presidential centerome of the band is already arriving there. president carter has been lying in repose there since sunday where for member of the public have been paying their respects. he died last month, at the age of 100. today, his family will accompany the coffin as it travels to dobbins air base, in georgia, for his final journey to washington dc. our senior north america correspondent, gary o'donoghue, is at the us capitol in washington. the final journey will begin the finaljourney will begin in the next little while to washington. just talk me through how the rest of the day goes. through how the rest of the day noes. , through how the rest of the day oes. , u, ," ., " , goes. his casket will make its wa on goes. his casket will make its way on a _ goes. his casket will make its way on a plane _ goes. his casket will make its way on a plane to _ goes. his casket will make its way on a plane to an - goes. his casket will make its way on a plane to an air - goes. his casket will make its way on a

taking a live look now at the carter center in atlanta as we continue to honor the life. >> and legacy of former president jimmy carter lying in state there tonight. reporter steven decks has more on the center's work to eliminate diseases and built help. >> the carter center in atlanta focusing on eliminating diseases like getting warm and river blindness, restoring peace around the world in march, more than 100 election to restore democracy. former president jimmy carter's mission in setting up the carter center back in the 1980's was to restore peace, fight diseases and build hope. the center works to fight 6 preventable diseases. some of the other diseases that president carter and the carter center have targeted. are i blinding diseases like truck como, which is a bacterial infection. people can as well as on custer county assessor, river blindness. another i blinding disease. >> and those are initiatives that also killed on public health systems and structures by working at the community level to distribute drugs and other interventions. >> the former president said access to hea

the carter center built where sherman witnessed the burning of atlanta. i just told you carter wouldn't sing the song at the naval academy about the burning of atlanta. it took off. it does election monitoring. combating anything from guinea worm, river blindness, on and on. they called it parachuting for peace. carter would go in and visit people around the world, unsavory leaders. they went with president carter tahiti and watched him how he interacted with how haiti can build a government and i was with him to see yasser arafat and gaza city at one point and we might hear from terry adams who knows all of this because he was the lawyer for president carter dealing with these carter years. >> norah: look at this now, this is president carter's motorcade, they have just come from andrews air force base. they are arriving now at the u.s. navy memorial. that is the caisson where president carter's remains will be transferred from the hearse to the horse-drawn caisson, and that's where ed o'keefe is. ed? >> reporter: norah, this scene, again, reserve for jus

to the people at the carter center, you continue the vibrant living legacy of what is my grandfather'se 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 that are the other people that carry out that legacy who are not in the room but all of us know so well and respect so much. your expertise, your track record, will continue to drive the world where people can participate in free and fair and credible elections, where the rule of law and human rights are respected and enjoyed not jus

already a lot of people have been visiting, milling around the perimeter the of the carter center throughouthan serrie, thanks so much for that report. let's go back to our panel and talk some more about jimmy carter and his legacy. mary, when you think about the carter legacy, what do you think was his, the most significant achievement? >> well, you know, it's funny, paul, you were saying that this so much has changed in politics, but the one thing that hasn't changed is that americans hate inflation. [laughter] paul: that's the -- >> jimmy carter probably lost re-election because of inflation. let's remember though that he inherited a big problem. nixon closed the gold window, then gerald ford tried with inflation now -- did you wear your button? [laughter] paul: sorry. [laughter] >> verge i have, jill -- eventually, jimmy carter inherited that. but at the end of his term, i think it was '79, he hired paul volcker, and that made all the difference in the end because it was a very tough fight to to bring inflation back down. volcker was the man to do it. paul: and just comparison, 13.3% inf

jeff zeleny is at the carter center.et's begin with eva mckend in carter's hometown of plains, georgia, where the motorcade made its way to a host of small towns, places where jimmy carter and family have made history and made special moments for so many regular residents. there. >> fred, when the motorcade came through, it was solemn. it was emotional. it was quite quick. and you saw people waving american flags saluting the former president. in many ways, it would have been just what president jimmy carter would have wanted. his hometown of plains to be in the spotlight. and all this week, we've been speaking with residents here, and it seems like just about everyone has a jimmy carter story about the way that he impacted their lives on a personal level, whether it was visiting a sick family member and praying over them, or being involved in food distribution and food pantries before he fell ill, they were someone that he was, someone that they could really rely on. he was their neighbor. he was their friend. but he al

atlanta, where the carter center is located, is the greatest center for human trafficking and all slavery in america. one reason is we have the busiest airport in the world for passengers. a lot of our passengers come from the southern hemisphere. you a girl who is brown skin or black skin can be sold, according to the new york times, to a brothel owner for about $1000. the brothel owner makes about $35,000 for these forced brothel prostitutes. also, the last time we did a a check on our military, it was found that there are 16,000 cases of sexual abuse every year in the u.s. military. probably one of the finest organizations on earth. the portion of people in prison is also skyrocketing in recent days. as, more than seven times as over many americans in prison, as there were when i left the white house. more than any other country on earth. now, we also know that the partisan divisions and the racial division in our country are becoming deeper and deeper. in fact, all our religions are also divided. protestant, catholic, jewish, islamic, i'm sure hinduism and buddhism. on two occasions,

carter will remain in repose at the carter center before heading to washington, d.c., for a national ral on tuesday. this morning, the former president's home church, the maranatha baptist church, will hold its first sunday service since carter's passing. it comes just a day after his hometown of plains, georgia, bid farewell to their most cherished son with both his grandson jason and son chip paying tribute to the 39th president. a quiet, solemn saturday morning as the nation bids a final farewell to the 39th president of the united states. jimmy carter, with the family looking on. former and current secret service agents loaded the flag covered coffin into the hearse and escorted it out of the phoebe sumter medical center in americus, georgia. the procession made its way to carter's hometown of plains, georgia, passing mourners lining the main street out, paying their respects to the town's most cherished son. >> he was just an awesome person with courage and character and intelligence and and he was just a he was just a good guy. >> and it's outside his boyhood home and farm where

he will lie in repose at the carter presidential center for mourners to pay their respects ahead of ceremonies in washington next week. much more on the carter memorials straight ahead. but first -- president-elect trump new york case coming a close next week the judge yesterday announcing sentencing is set for friday. a little over a week before trump's inauguration, the president elect spokesperson vows to keep fighting the sentencing and the case itself welcome to another hour of fox news live, i'm bryan. >> i'm anita vogel. denied to dismiss fraud money hush case and likely spare the president-elect from jail time or any punishment. that has done nothing to calm trump's anger. brian:our cb koment season lye e scene. >> while we learned the latest ruling that jail time is likely off the table we've still seen the president elect sound off about the case just this morning. he repeated his claim of political prosecution on true social now last may a manhattan jury convicted trump on 234 counts of falsifying business records. and what prosecutors said was an alleged scheme to cover up a hush m

here at the carter center, everyday americans now have the chance to file past jimmy carter's casket. six-day american farewell began earlier today in carter's hometown. to the people of plains, he was mr. jimmy, not mr. president. jimmy carter's presidential hearse motored past them this morning, past small town landmarks, past the familiar faces of friends and neighbors who knew him best, lifelong residents like josephine thomas. >> he never gave up on being nice to people because he was president of the united states. he was always just so sweet to everyone. >> reporter: carter's motorcade then stopped at his boyhood farm, now a national historical park. it's where he first learned to grow peanuts. [ bell tolling ] and there, a bell tolled 39 times, saluting america's 39th president. as an only in america story, the one about the president from plains was a doozy. >> will you place your left hand on the bible and raise your right hand and repeat after me? >> a one-term commander in chief, he rose politically from nowhere in 1976, lost his re-election to ronald reagan in 1980, then

today could be even busier given it's the last day he will lie in repose here at the carter center. morrow funeral services will shift to washington, d.c. carter's body will be transported to the u.s. capitol where he'll lie in state until thursday's state funeral. president joe biden will deliver one of the eulogies. president-elect donald trump says he will attend. the day of the funeral has also been declared a national day of mourning as the country says its final farewell to the 39th president. following that state funeral on thursday, carter's body will return to his hometown of plains, georgia, while he -- where he will be buried next to his wife of 77 years, rosalynn. mike? >> cristian benevides in atlanta, thank you. >>> well, coming up, the fight against traffic jams. the nation's first congestion pricing plan goes into effect. >>> and demi moore's golden night. we'll show the big winners at the "golden globes." kirkland severe cold & flu plus congestion. "gol obes." “not so fast, chronic kidney disease.” because with a progressive disease like ckd, slow is good. and believ

these live pictures of the carter center, the presidential center in atlanta where jimmy carter spent so much time and where so many people worked for so long, in a common cause of peace. more than 23,000 people visited the center to pay their respects over the past four days. later today, the 39th president will lie in state at the u.s. capitol before a national funeral service at the national cathedral on thursday. we will, of course, bring you all the developments as we commemorate the life and legacy of president jimmy carter. joining us now from atlanta is author of the biography of jimmy carter, his very best jimmy carter, a life. priya, take us through the significance of what's about to happen right now. >> reporter: that's right, jose. in just a few minutes, the ceremony marking the former president's final departure from here at the carter center will begin. as you mentioned, this center has so much to do with the president's post-presidency legacy. he did about four decades of humanitarian work in more than 80 countries around the world, eradicating global disease, promotin

the procession then carried on to the carter presidential center. mr carter's body will lie there in repose for the public to pay their respects over the next several days. but far from the sprawling streets of atlanta or the monuments of washington, where his funeral will take place on thursday, mr carter's finaljourney began in the same tiny georgia town where he was born — in plains. our carl nasman is there. jimmy carter returning for the final time to his childhood home. bell tolls 39 tolls for the 39th president at his family farm, now a museum. jimmy carter was born in plains, georgia, population 500, a century ago. it's a far cry from the white house. the peanut farm had no running water or electricity. surrounded by his family, the president's motorcade left the hospital he helped build, beginning a six—day state funeral. his neighbours in plains lined the streets. his campaign headquarters here catapulted him from a relative unknown to the white house in the 19705. before that, as georgia's governor, carter shook up the south, declaring the

tell us about that. >> reporter: if you go to jimmy carter's office at the carter presidential center, there a hand made wooden two seat rocking chair. this is where mrs. carter would sit during meetings she was part of. jason carter, the grandson, told me he could not count the number of times he walked into the office to find jimmy and rosalynn carter, his grandparents, sitting in the rocking chair side by side just chatting. another illustration of how even when they weren't together, they were not far out of mind. if jimmy carter's office if you sat in the chair and looked straight across, there is a picture of rosalynn carter. if you go to her office and sit in her chair, there's a portrait of jimmy carter on the far wall. 77 years, stand companions, surely mutually inspiring to each other and as jason carter said, one of the things he celebrates most about his grandparents is they had a true love story. >> as we behold the images as this begins six this begins the six-day national process of saying farewell to our 39th president, ihe is worth pointing out that the procedures hav

and as the experts at the carter center will continue that. and i think when we walk into countries, it is amazing how many people have stories about jimmy carter. >> i mean, that was one of the that's been one of the joys of the past week. like i said earlier to you, i live in philadelphia and you know, when you're in these different cities across the country, uh, local news, they do stories of, you know, talking about these big issues. and former president carter had an impact in philadelphia. he had an impact in so many different cities across the country, across the world. uh, what has it been like hearing from so many people over the past week? >> you know, we forget he was our colleague. he and mrs. carter would walk through the halls holding hands. and that that was something that we knew of him. but to see the outpouring of condolences, we have over 14,000 condolences in our. jimmy carter tribute site from 130 countries. i mean, people he really touched so many people. and in front of the carter center, you can see people have left pean

[applause] rose and i founded, and we still work at the carter center. we tried to do two things. one is to promote peace and the other is to be a champion of human rights. this is a major operation, and we have had programs in 80 countries in the world trying to bring peace and democracy and freedom, and a better life to people who live there. it is a big job. for instance, in ethiopia, we have trained almost 37,000 nurses. it took us 10 years to do it. now, when we go to ethiopia to treat diseases, we can treat as many as 10 million people in five days with the help of those 37,000 nurses. this is more people than live in the state of virginia or in the state of georgia. we also tried to eradicate some of these diseases, do away with them completely all over the world. in fact, at the carter center, we have the only organization on earth that analyzes every human illness to see which ones might be completely eliminated from one country or one region or eradicated from the entire earth. one of our programs is against guinea worms. the guinea worm grows to a length of almost a yar

we are expecting to see the carter family arrive at the medical center in americus, georgia. back to your calls. loretta in wilton, connecticut. good morning. caller: thank you for having me on the line. jimmy carter was a great president. we have had great presidents. ronald reagan was very good. the bush family was great. we have, right now, joe biden, who is a superman to handle everything he got when he came into office. we were blessed with these presidents. i want people to think, that are good and bad people in the world. these presidents are just doing the best they can at the time they have. we should be grateful for what we've had. i am not looking forward to the future, because, when i vote i vote for the person. i don't vote for a party. i pick out who will be the one to handle things the best for our country. i love this country. when i was a little girl my grandmother asked me, who are you? i said, i am an american catholic. i was very proud of where i come from. the united states of america. i want people to >> he had only been there about six months. the last o

atlanta where the carter center is located. is the greatest son of for human trafficking or slavery in america. one reason is that we have the most the busiest airport in the world for passengers. and a lot of our passengers from the southern hemisphere and. a girl who is brown skinned or black skin can be sold, according to the new york times, to a brothel owner for about $1,000 and a brothel makes about $35,000 for these forced brothels. prostitution also, the last time we did a check on our military, it was found that there are 16,000 cases of sexual abuse every year in the us military. probably one of the finest organizations on earth. the portion of people in prison has also skyrocketed in recent days. there more than seven times as many americans in prison. as i was when i left the white house, seven times as many more than any other country on earth. and now we also know that the partizan divisions and the racial division in country have never are becoming deeper and deeper. in fact, all our religious laws are also divid

to negotiate. >> that idea involved what has become the carter center core mission to promote human world. over the past several decades, carter and his team have secured more than 100 open elections in troubled countries. >> we have a very simple but important mission in haiti. >> in 1994 with battleships already on their way, carter prevented u.s. military invasion of 80 five persuading the military there to step aside . >> in africa head off war, former president jimmy carter crossed the dmz to date. >> that same year, carter diffuse nuclear standoff between united states and north korea. jimmy carter was now seen as someone that could solve intractable problems. >> a friend of mine told us about a disease called -- that nobody wanted to fool with because it was isolated in tiny villages and no way to treat once it started. >> the carter center taught villagers how to protect water supply from devastating parasites. >> jimmy is very smart, he was very open-minded about how tough it would be to get one of the diseases and build relationships with people on the ground to get this of

as former president carter's casket leaves the carter center for the u.s. capitol. >> pam, sometimes it's easy to forget all that goes involved. >> all that is involved. when a president transitions. but for president carter, it is truly fitting. it matches. i think, the outpouring of love and admiration that we have seen from all corners across this region for over a week now, right now, this is a ceremony in the circle of flags here at the carter center. this is primarily carter center. employees that are saying final goodbyes as this is the final ceremony here in atlanta before the body and the family go to dobbins air reserve base and then ultimately to joint base andrews in washington, dc. before they go to the navy memorial. um, this is similar to what we have seen throughout the week. i think we were at the carter center all this time, and we saw people emerging with tears in their eyes, holding hands on their hearts. just the enormity of the moment and of what they witnessed in paying respect to president carter. so when he arrives in washington, wha

, there — recently at the carter center, there is— recently at the carter center, there is a _lity to get some legislation done, to— ability to get some legislation done, to get too warm to people. _ done, to get too warm to people. it was hard to break into— people. it was hard to break into that _ people. it was hard to break into that georgia group. now. you can see — into that georgia group. now. you can see that _ into that georgia group. now. you can see that things - into that georgia group. now. you can see that things are i you can see that things are about to develop in the next few minutes, the caisson that the ambassador referred to is there. you can see it with the horses in front of a police casket the casket in place. there will be a service in the rotunda of the us capital. although donald trump does not like this at the moment, they are all at half—mast and will remain at half—mast and will remain at half probably through the inauguration on the 20th of this month. to our viewers on pbs, thank you for being with us. we will continue to watch these live pictures

be a former president and leaves an extraordinary post presidential legacy, from founding the carter center has helped advance global human rights and alleviate human suffering, to his public health work in latin america and africa. to his tireless advocacy for peace and democracy. jimmy carter was the president of the united states and ahead of his time. he was the first president of the united states to have a comprehensive energy policy, including providing some of the first federal support for clean energy. he also passed over a dozen major pieces of legislation regarding environmental protection. and more than doubled the size of america's national parks, including protecting our beloved red woods in my home state of california. he was a president who between the years of 1977 and 1981 appointed more black americans to the federal bench than all of his predecessors combined. and appointed five times as many women. and in the wake of watergate, jimmy carter passed historic ethics legislation to help rebuild america's faith in government. jimmy carter as president was also a respected gl

to the people at the carter center, you continue the vibrant living legacy of what is my grandfather'syou 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 that are the other people that carry out that legacy who are not in the room but all of us know so well and respect so much. your expertise, your track record, will continue to drive the world where people can participate in free and fair and credible elections, where the rule of law and human rights are respected and

chip carter and jason carter, the late president's son and grandson, who were members of the carter center's board here, they will be speaking as well as the navy hymn, of course, recognizing the service of jimmy carter in the navy. of course, he left plains, georgia, to go be a naval engineer. that is a key part of his legacy as well, before returning to plains, georgia. so throughout the day, certainly one of history and legacy. but here at the carter center, there is no question this represents the unfinished work. of course, his time in the white house was cut short, uh, in his eyes. he was elected under a wave of discontent in the country in the era of watergate and the vietnam war, but also was sent on his way after just four years in the white house, when ronald reagan soundly defeated him in 1980. but it was then one year later where jimmy and rosalynn carter founded the carter center, and that would indeed be their life's work through democracy. humanitarian work around the globe. so that is something that will be marked here as well, fredricka. so certainly a day of history, a day