all of them lead on the arab side by egypt who was then in bed with the soviet union and all of egypt's military capabilities including 12,000 advisors were from russia. and of course we were supporting israel. so when i became president i wanted to try to bring peace to the holy land, about which i taught in my sunday school class that was 18 years old. so i began to met with the major leaguers. the finest person i ever met who was a foreign leader was in marcy. -- was inwar siddat. because of his generosity, we were able to get an agreement between israel and egypt in 1978 , that israel would withdraw from the occupied territories and give the palestinians full autonomy and let them run their own affairs. six months later after intense negotiations, we had a peace treaty between israel and egypt into april 1979, not a word of which by the way has ever been violated. after i left office in january, involuntarily retired by the election results of 1980, we were still close friends. i would visit him in egypt and his wife and my wife are friends and even our great grandchildren were frie

a peace deal reached after exhaustive negotiations between egypt and israel. christiane amanpour looks at what the ensuing agreement meant for his presidency and the world. >> peace in the middle east. the impossible dream. but president jimmy carter wasn't afraid to take it on, inviting two of the world's fiercest enemies to the white house retreat at camp david in 1978. jimmy carter had been derided for his administration's foreign policy failures, partly because he's considered to have lost a u.s. friendly iran to the ayatollahs. 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.

now, when we talk about one sort of can egypt. so we are simply talking about 3 major stakeholders in syria and seen. the one has been invested in, in syria, says that he's not during the rain and all the during the rain or special effects. but during the vein of his father, half of the side as well. and one has been building up a military presence year, created his proxies blinking it's munitions here and see in syria as one of the main peeler or what is called the axis of the resistance. syria was indeed an essential part of the it's the funds document in, in, in, in the region. and also syria was the land bridge between the wrong. and you want main proxy, most important parts. the problem is with loss in level and now by the full of this size regina to run this course, either one of the biggest losers in these new dynamics in this need recursion. on the other hand, turkey has been the main supporters of the seed and or position. and when the position was coordinated through the wood north west, and province of it to g. a has be

in egypt and libya, that was— arab spring in egypt and libya, that was not happy, and this is very— that it could go either way. thank you both. back with you both in a moment. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. more on the siuation in syria, this has been sent from our correspondent lucy williamson who has entered the country from jordan. we've just crossed through the syrian border and we were greeted by groups of armed young men draped in the new syrian flag. how are you feeling today? syria... smiling, friendly, they wave us through without a single check. president assad's men have fled. the iron grip that that regime had on this country has gone and the gates to syria are now in rebel hands. driving up towards the capital, damascus, and this road is littered with abandoned military vehicles, empty army posts. this was the area where protests against president assad first took hold 1a years ago and the regime cracked down really hard here. now that regime has fled and groups of opposition fighters have taken up positions on this road imposing a new control. now to

as bret pointed out that camp david accords that ended the struggle between israel and egypt and had dominated the middle east for decades. but the animosity, anger and often wore did a great thing for our country by sparking an era of deregulation. we had heavy government involvement in the railroads and in telecommunications, and though he was a democrat he did not like the idea of the government trying to run and dictate so much. this sparked an economic revival of these industries. it has helped the country for decades. he reinstituted in our foreign policy a reverence and respect for human rights that help bring down the soviet union. he began to herald the dissidents in the soviet empire and to stand up for human rights. and this was an extraordinary moment that was echoed by his predecessors both republican and democrat. ronald reagan, george w. bush, bill clinton, all of whom continued the emphasis on human rights. he added difficulties double-digit inflation, scheduled double-digit interest rate, doug double-digit employment. mark to his ears and office it's a big reason why

— recent days with counterparts in egypt and in qatar, to press forward — in egypt and in qatar, tohe ceasefire, as we did in turkey earlier this week, we continue _ turkey earlier this week, we continue to work relentlessly towards _ continue to work relentlessly towards that goal. i will have any questions. inaudible question. and have you heard of any russian military with a draw from syria... —— withdrawal. thank you, good, that was a three — thank you, good, that was a three questions! so, first, we have — three questions! so, first, we have ireen— three questions! so, first, we have been in contact with hts and the — have been in contact with hts and the other parties, and impressed on everyone the importance of finding austen thys — importance of finding austen thys and bringing him home, and share _ thys and bringing him home, and share the — thys and bringing him home, and share the principles that i have _ share the principles that i have laid out, for ongoing support, _ have laid out, for ongoing support, principles adopted by countries throughout the region and wett— cou

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 judges to federal courts before that the u. s. had in total, just so you know, there were stuff going on. president carter was really given a new, a new way, fresh air towards the american public and in the american society at the time. thanks, steph, i'm, we'll leave it there. do you do me a report of stuff in simon's uh, remembering the lights there of former us president jimmy carter has passed away at the,

that's how you had the egypt is r o peace agreement or kept david peace or court. and that was 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 lives. behind this was a relentless human rights civil rights and women's rights activists. by the way, in his practice, as, as he appointed for the females judges to federal courts before that the u. s. had in total, just so you know, there were stuff going on. president carter was really given a new, a new way for fresh air towards the american public and in the american society at the time. thanks. steph, i'm, we'll leave it there, or do he report or stuff in simon's remembering the lights there of former us president jimmy carter has passed away at the, at the great age of 100. well, where leaders have been sending condolences and offers of assistance to south korea after the countries deadliest aviation disaster on home. so a $179.00 passengers and crew aboard each as you air flights were killed when the plane skid

key regional players including saudi arabia, egypt, turkey, jordan, iran and iraq were in attendance,'s foreign minister, sergei lavrov. let speak now to mohamed taha from bbc arabic. very good to have you with us. what's the latest you can tell us? ~ ., ., .,, what's the latest you can tell us? ~ ., ., ., us? well, helena, now most of the reports _ us? well, helena, now most of the reports that _ us? well, helena, now most of the reports that are _ us? well, helena, now most of the reports that are coming - the reports that are coming from syria, from many news agencies, are confirming that now the opposition are inside the capital, damascus. there are some people who have heard some firing of arms inside damascus. not sure if this firing is fighting orjust a celebration of them arriving. damascus reports that they managed to get to the prison as part of the outer damascus and that they freed some prisoners from there. there are reports that some government troops are fleeing. there are reports that the opposition are besieging damascus airport. so these other reports we cannot 100%

, do not visit egypt because they go to the british museum. and the question that we must ask ourselves, therefore when we are talking about the, the boot, that item is what is the loan some approach to having them come back? not in this middle, as we have seen, the germans do not in piece meal. as we have seen, the americans do with the item that found themselves in the united states of america. not in the look while i'm a product that we have seen the but you'll gaze a probably, in terms of not enough knowledge in whether the active it's in the museums in this bone or different types of pleasurable, not in the i don't going style of the british who even refuse to admit that they have critical and important other folks that there was that was stolen from miss. you'll be not in very long time to mind that we see the belgians approaching this issue. but in the mind that the knowledge is the, this thing did not belong to the country by country approach is what is happening now. but those of us who believe that is why active from that belong to t

not just the north, really the whole strip, but within egypt refused to open its borders. those, those plans the ball. so we've seen that take place as well as achieve many of its objectives. the goal district has been destroyed as population is pushed out most of the north at this point. um and how math is a we can force so they may come to an agreement, but i don't think they're going to come to the, even on the original terms of the agreement. and how mouse has to take a leap of faith that with no guarantees that once they release those hostages, israel's not going to keep the fighting. going once again, i'll resume the fighting. now, another sticking point in the past, there was nobody to guarantee that the only one that had to leverage over israel to make it comply with the united states who showed no ability or willingness to put the leverage pressure over his drill in the past. and so i'm outside of no guarantees the end of the fighting, maybe this time around again, we've seen a different calculation. they're willing to concede those points and say, we just need an

they brought peace between egypt and israel. yet there was a missed opportunity, because carter always believed that he also got the outlines for a peace between israel and the palestinians as well. and that, of course, is a very commercial, um, argument that historians are still trying to figure out all these decades later. >> yeah. um, kai, i want to ask you to to weigh on, weigh in on something my colleague jeff zeleny had just mentioned there toward the end of our conversation. but the importance of of j carter's faith in the way in which he pursued his work and the way in which he pursued the issues and the causes that were important to him. >> yes, faith mattered a great deal to him. he was a southern baptist. he thought of israel and palestine as the holy land, and he just thought it was a tragedy that war was being fought in the holy land. and, uh, he believed that he had studied the issue enough to understand what a compromise might look like. two states for two peoples and, uh, territorial compromises and sharing of je

so 13 ron and egypt. these are the major stakeholders in syria. and iran is that being grad investing. you can see a for that kid is not only doing the reading all for the, the error of the best unless it, but she's father as well. the one has been building. he's made it through parts made it to the poverty here, minutes or cousins here, pro best office and proxies, and also see and see as one of the main pillars of what is called the ad. the excess of the resistance, syria has believed that a sensual move for you, runs defense document across the region. but know all of that, that investment is effectively dismantled and you run needs to find a way out. and it's not only about that city also was the land, but it's between one and his black uniforms. main proxy, it seems to me that he's on the other hand, through jazz, given the main support of the state and a position that has been the lifeline for the single position when they were quoted at the north eastern of the country. now turkey wants that you raised his father is you see it was in syria

no refugees in jordan, no refugees in egypt. and lots of people in the west look at this and say, how can people not allow a fellow simians to get in? but in fact, this is a position coordinated with the police. the indians themselves, who have done the lesson from 1948 who do not wish to dave. and so the, the decision to close the board is actually a decision not to allow is read to sort of the consumer at the but his tendency expense. and i understand is, out of the not most un member states including western powers have expressed concerns for the fates of cuz that's 2300000 people. they have publicly condemned as a really politicians and leaders cold for the expulsion of the palestinians. on january 28th, at least 10 is ready. the cabinet ministers participated in a re settled because event in jerusalem is really national security minister at the time you had been giving you a dress, a cheering crowd, the the there would be no arabs in the goods as they would go to turkey to scotland to britain, i want them out of guys and we

he, of course, did the camp david accords, which brought peace to egypt and israel. he was a very consequential president. but as your clips sort of emphasize, he spoke to americans almost like in a sermon. and this was very much part of carter's character. he was he was a southern baptist. he was a born again evangelical christian. and at one point in 1979, he gave this famous so-called malaise speech in which he, he said, too many of us now are are tending to worship self-indulgence. and consumption. now, that doesn't sound like a political speech, does it? it's it's really a sermon. and it was speaking, however, to a truth that we are still grappling with as americans, even in the 21st century. >> yeah. carter's legacy, it appears, likely will be more what he did in the decades after leaving office. and let's actually take a listen to him describe what human rights meant to him. >> the struggle for human rights overrides all differences of color or nation or language. those who hunger for freedom, who thirst for human dignity, and who suffer for the sake of justic

in egypt a continuing in qatarand in egypt.been getting positive signals, talks of a ceasefire possibly happening in the next days. we could be 90%. there are sticking points around the names of the particular palestinian prisoners who might be released in exchange for the israeli hostages that will be released in the first stage of the ceasefire deal. there is also talk around a buffer zone being established around the gaza strip the inside of it, which the israeli military will continue to have a presence there. discussions quick attention around whether the israeli military would remain on the border section between gaza and egypt and there is also, we understand them a bit of detail about the way gals and civilians will be able to return to the north of the gaza strip, where hundreds of thousands have been displaced. this would happen under the supervision of egyptian and qatari authorities. in terms of looking forward when we understand the talks are involving the future governance of the gaza strip, it would involve a bod

i since the previous war between israel and egypt, the 973 war. so that was of course, the big, salient moment. but as you say that you run a hostage crisis, a really overshadow his presidency and most likely cost him a that 2nd term. yeah. well, let's talk about that because at home he was under massive pressure and that did lead to this land slide election by ronald reagan. so what was the country facing in 1980 as right. so the ron hostage crisis was a big deal of course of that. and i said, you know, give you carter was almost too good for politics. and what i mean by that is, this was a great case where his values and the political reality really class because the united states supported the shaw be ron, i dictated a brutal dictator who was no friend of human rights in the united states. stop by him and jimmy car stopped by the shaw iran, which undermines his credibility in iran and facilitated that islamic revolutionary backlash that led to the hostage practice and ronald reagan, who himself was an actor very good. i screen very good with wo

president carter forged an unprecedented and lasting middle east peace deal between israel and egypt. he formalized relations with communist china and put human rights at the forefront of u.s. foreign policy. but his presidential legacy was forever scarred by the 444 day hostage crisis in iran, where student revolutionaries there took dozens of americans hostage in iran, holding them captive until the day after president carter left office. despite that failure, president carter's legacy only grew after he left office as he transformed into a globetrotting elder statesman and human rights pioneer. during his 43 working retirement, forever changing the concept of life after the white house, he founded the carter presidential center. seen here in these live images from atlanta. and for the past four decades, the carter center has. the carter center has monitored hotspot elections around the world and helped battle poverty and homelessness around the world as well, winning him a nobel peace prize back in 2002. president carter described his time in the white house as the highlight of his

that is egypt and is really piece steering is really piece allison and is there like these. and he had to choose focusing on the egyptian front because that's where we had the best chance of success. but he never gave up on the idea that if he had had, for example, a 2nd term, i think the palestinian issue would have been by on his agenda. that wasn't the case or for ronald reagan who succeeded him. and what would you say a is the last thing impact of his legacy in the middle east? well, it's mixed because the egyptian is really piece has held and that's an achievement of what previous to the egyptians really piece there had been horrors and 19491956. 19671973, between egypt and israel, and other of stays that we haven't had that kind of conflict between egypt and israel. since, on the other hand, his inability and i can't blame him entirely, was mostly middle bacon's fault. it was really prime minister to deal effectively with the palace and actually it was a big disappointment to him, to me, to those who worked with him. because we realized that without that piece of the p

and of course in egypt, if you remember stuff from this era, it is probably egypt that you first remember. like in tunisia, protests in egypt started out peacefully, protesters camping out in cairo. they said they were going to refuse to leave until their president stepped down. and then like in tunisia, the regime cracked down. the square became a battleground, civilians against their own country's military grade force. pro democracy protesters being beaten and killed. that went on for weeks. and ultimately, the protests worked. they toppled a 30-year dictatorship. >> they have been saying the slogan that has come to symbolize the demands of people. which means he must leave or he shall leave. >> the arab spring is one of those indelible times in history that just completely reoriented the world. regimes are ultimately toppled in tunisia and in egypt and libya and yemen, eventually in sudan. also, did you recognize that guy? recognize that guy there? in 2011 before he became our beloved friend and colleague at msnbc, ayman mohyeldin was a reporter for al jazeera english. throughout the s

we've seen our partners in egypt have made progress. i'm happy to get specific language for you ensure the breakdown. that was a couple weeks ago. >> last question on syria, united europe, and european partners, it seems like removing some sanctions because of certain sectors, like reconstructing when is the usa going to consider certain sectors like healthcare for removing some sanctions that may be having or accelerate the idea of rebuilding, reconstructing syria, or that you're going to keep the sanctions in syria? >> so, i just don't have any news or policies to share. when you heard matt say when it comes to sanctions that may or may not remain in place, we are looking at and keeping an eye on's actions. actions we see the regime take. that is what we will continue to remain focused on. i'm not going to a pine any further be on that. >> just moving back to gaza for a second. the bbc reported yesterday that a palestinian source said israel stopped aaron drone operations over the gaza strip for six hours on december 7. to allow hamas

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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

and kia egypt is currently chattering the bulk of the cc is due to meet the truck as president bishop typo on, on the sidelines of the tools, the 2 countries restore diplomatic relations last trip up to move and a decade of tension. so, so this is monitoring this for us from damascus in serial. how significant is this regional meeting in cairo because it will be the impact on it in some shape or form to syria of the indeed. so when we talk about stuff that are sort of key one and egypt then not only the major original players, but they are the major companies among the islamic nations as well. so that now these don't will be in a som, it is happening keitel for 1st time after the full of the size of the g. mean these, roughly at, on time these ago. so it is extremely important because these 3 companies are also the major stakeholders in city and see and you're on has been the main backers will be side regina, not only, but charlotte said, but his father, opposite the side as well. i need on has been watching in this company, me to tell me for the degree and also having, having the, th

jack sullivan is scheduled to visit as well. castle and egypt in the coming days. it still has hair on out there. we, welding the deserts, how saudi arabia is trying to solve the timeline disappearing as little knowing rates, the in depth analysis of the days headlines. what are we supposed to read into the game? so basically, you miss all by russian informed opinions. finally, after over a year of genocide, the i c. c has come to this decision, critical debate. the difference between china and most of the rest of the world is a china plans long term inside story do conferences and meetings like cop $29.00 and others make a difference on out to 0. let's say full year of war in gaza and now it is really troops invading lebanon or the us in israel working to reshape the entire region. now with trump back in the white house. ready what can america expect, and what can the world expand? the quizzical look at us politics, the bottom line, the, [000:00:00;00] the hello again, you are watching out there. here's a reminder of our top story. this our series can take a prime

, and to kia egypt is currently chattering the block because of the c. c is expected to meet the target present. richard type one on the sidelines of the tools, the 2 countries restore diplomatic relations last year after more than a decade of tension. so, so the, as long for us in damascus ira, so let me how significant is this regional meeting in cairo? what sort of impact is it going to have full syria on the ground? so we have just 11 days ago, there has been ever seen change in syria, at least 3 major regional countries. turkey run, i need jumps for the 1st time. they had a states ard meeting and so that is significant because this vehicle is also out of the major stakeholders the, the serious seeing the run has been invested in studio since becky is not doing that reading off, but something like that. but his father, how does that aside as well? you're on has build, share minish as he's broad, it's proxies and he's on what c and syria, as one of the main, peter a or what is called the excess of the resistance. and also syria was put in a session an

as president he brokered a landmark peace accord between egypt and israel. he was hampered at home by a failing economy and a disastrous attempt to free american hostages seized in iran. his bid for a second term ended in a landslide defeat to ronald reagan. in later life he became a tireless worker for peace, the environment and human rights, for which he was recognised with a nobel peace prize in 2002. this is the scene live in washington dc where the flag at the white house is flying at half—mast. president biden led tributes tojimmy carter saying america and the world had lost an extraordinary leader, statesman and humanitarian. whilst president—elect donald trump said americans owed carter a "debt of gratitude". mr biden confirmed that the former president would receive a state funeral and declared january ninth as america's national day of mourning forjimmy carter. we will assess jimmy carter's legacy shortly but first, our senior north america correspondent gary 0'donoghue looks back at his life. as a candidate and as a president, i'll never tell a li

and that peace still stands to this day between israel and egypt.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 really stirring and very unusual. and again, it showed his personal side. he he really cared about the people he worked with. he was very kind to us, and we loved him for it. >> yeah, a very mo

throughout the arab spring he reported daily from tahrir square in egypt.ained by egyptian police, blindfolded and handcuffed left on the floor for hours. ayman was an essential voice for the whole world during the arab spring. he became our eyes and ears for what was happening halfway around the world. during the protests we had him here on this show several times reporting live from cairo and nbc recruited him to come here and now today as another dictatorship falls, yet another where the protests against him started in 2011, but in syria it took this long for him to fall, what a privilege it is to be able to talk with ayman this time as a colleague about what this means and about how it has all happened. joining us now is ayman mohyeldin. i first met him while he was reporting leave from syria and egypt in 2011 and now is a beloved colleague here at msnbc. >> good to see you. >> i didn't warn you we were going to do that. >> a lot younger, a lot less gray hairs. >> you're one of those people that gets better and better. by the time you're 90 you'll be li