of course, jerry ford died in 2006 so steve ford delivered his son -- his son delivered his eulogy.ssassinated for his commitment to peace by a militant critic and peace with israel. they decided very briefly about their legacy and as jerry ford wrote, steve ford delivered it and he said they forged a friendship that lasted and was spoken today and is only rival, thomas jefferson and john adams, rivals who became great friends and also made a commitment on that flight to help each other in each other's libraries and joint speeches partially to raise money and partially to promote peace. president ford said and this is so telling today, he wrote they made a commitment and went to the press and said they made a commitment to doing something to complete the camp david mission. that had not been finished, the rights for the palestinian people. how poignant that is in this day and age. >> you know, there were three things ford said in the eulogy that summed up carter quite well. he said honesty was in his very soul. he said he reminded us that christ had been a carpenter. and he said jim

and jerry ford signed onto that. and to me, the poignancy of that and of course, the looming instance of that. and something for the palestinians, can be achieved, you know, even the first phase of it, before january 20th, when president-elect trump is inaugurated. and that, of course, was so moving, see being the five presidents, seeing president- elect trump joking with barack obama sitting next to him, was quite a moment. >> i asked about two moments. one, of course, was that president biden did deliver a eulogy today. and that request was made several years ago, by carter himself. so that was behind the podium. but in the seats, a lot of attention going into an exchange. we don't know exactly what it was, between former president obama, and the incoming president, donald trump, smiling, even seemingly to laugh. talk about those emtwo moments, would you? >> yeah, the pews you speak to. this was remarkable to see these four former presidents and the current president, effectively sitting side by fe side. and a lot

jerry ford jimmy carter traveled the world doing good deeds and i think it's useful to the country toentually go to the point where you say goodbye and hope everyone shows up and behave themselves. thank they did today. >> martha: yeah, whenever president obama and the incoming returning president trump were talking about how he seemed like they had a lot to chat about today. >> we should try to get the transcript. very intimate obviously. they had a lot to say. to kamala harris for example but want to point out on jimmy carter that win i interviewed him he has a real sense of humor and have a new former presidents are the presidents can you think of who've gone back to the tiny town and not tried -- not, you know, to get his spiritual situation. he is a man of faith. he would simply, you know, shoot the breeze. he was very popular in the first are obviously and than changed. >> martha: it's always a story of contrast anything that's watergate richard nixon jimmy carter came out with this cardigan sweater money to have a different tone to his presidency to heal the country. and we hea

jerry ford will deliver, he's a minister, and the son of walter mondale, the strongest relationship withice president. and jonathan, as we await the start of the funeral, we are waiting for the casket to be removed from the hearse in a formal ceremony. let's listen in. for. ♪♪ ■ ■ ■ i ♪♪ ■ ■ ■ i can. write. >> with faith in jesus >>> withis faith in jesus chris, we receive the body of our brother james for burial. let us pray with confidence to god, the giver of life that he will raise him to perfection in the company of the saints. deliver your servant james oh, sovereign lord christ from all the evil and set him free from every bond that he may rest with all of your saints in the eternal habitations where with the father and the holy spirit you live and reign, one god, forever and ever. >> let us also pray for all who mourn, that they may cast their care on god and know the consolation of his love. almightoy god, look with pity upon the sorrow of the servants who pray. remember them in mercy, nourish them with patience, comfort them with a sense of your goodness, lift up your countenan

they disagreed on things, but he ended up being very close to jerry ford and the podium for this speakersll be intentionally placed in front of the forward statue because those two men created a very close bond. and, you know, it's interesting to watch this play out because there are some new parallels between this period, one that comes on the heels of great inflation, a hostage crisis not dissimilar at all to win ronald reagan won in 1880 after a period jimmy carter called one of malaise himself during the course of his just one term presidency in the white house brett. >> yeah, and, you know, his critics will say that he is not good at the job and that he was a good man but he was not good at the job. that's what they will say and they will list all those thanks in his hand does handling of the economy and the hostage situation. his overseas interaction. you heard the president-elect trump talking about the sale of the panama canal today even as the issue comes up once again. we should point out that he will lie and stayed for roughly a day and a half before the formal state funeral at

and when jerry ford died we did the same thing and that was one of the most memorable weeks of my lifeven his friendship and relationship to my husband at the time. donald trump is not exactly a man who respects rituals. i'll leave it at that. i hope the staffs remain at half-staffed. >> that is something that supersedes politics in this country, as well it should. charlie dent, let's talk about what's going on here. the republican -- kudos to mike johnson. he got it done. and got it done in the first -- on the first round. but he took two of the guys who voted against him, took them to the cloak room. they got on the phone with donald trump. donald trump talked them into it. and then he won the ballot. what does this portend? >> well, clearly this does not bode particularly well for the new congress. the good news for mike johnson, he only lost one vote and congratulations to him for winning. but this session unlike last session he will have donald trump there to help him corral some of his real wildcats, as what happened yesterday. but if i were speaker johnson, i would still keep ha

but, you know, it wouldn't be like jerry ford saying eastern europe is free of the soviet union. >> polandyeah. >> poland is not like that. >> you know, the thing is, though, chris, by the time we got to the super bowl interview, which again, was my biggest argument, when people look back saying, oh, well, god, joe biden could have run and he could have won. i'm speaking now specifically of my wife. i said, they didn't even let him do the super bowl interview. that tells you where they thought he was. but that was at the end of three years of him being cloistered off. i just i want to i want to dig in a little deeper with what susan is saying here, because we've seen it time and time again when politicians are safe, right? when they want to have a primary with no opponents, and the other side has ten people scratching and scratching and clawing, it's always the person that's in the battle in the arena, fighting all along that is sharpest. and i just think, again, i just wonder what you think is a guy who, like was i can look it up. >> for a number of years i've been a journalist and i was

he also said, i'm going to thank jerry ford thanked him openly. back to america from canada and elsewhere and end this debate right now. i'm pardoning them. that's the end of it. he went to the egyptians who fought four wars with israel, all those wars were really launched by egypt. he said i'm going to end those wars, and no more wars since. no more arab wars. >> there were so many times when camp david was about to break apart, and it was jimmy carter that kept them together and also jimmy carter who at the same time normalized relations with china and created the world that we live in now, the world of globalization. >> and negotiated the panama canal treaty. >> again, end the war with the potential threat of latin american terrorism and we'll see what comes now with trump. there's a moment during that. he took the anwar sadat up to gettysburg -- it's not far away from camp david -- and wanted to show them about our battle. battles can end. we can end these fights. one of the amazing things, he said all the guys coming from egypt were all milit

jerry ford said they were very close. >> reporter: that is why steve ford will be speaking today.s funeral and now steve ford is returning that favor. >> reporter: and it is the eulogy ford wrote that he will be reading and ted mondo will be reading eulogy written by walter mondo and he really recast the role of vice president. he was a total partner and wrote the eulogy that ted mondo will be reading. both he and ford thought jimmy carter would -- >> reporter: on the question of the vice presidency, andrea, jimmy carter not only redefined post-presidency, he redefined the vice presidency. >> reporter: you can see president trump and melania. they paid their respects last night. you can see the people in the pews. i think i see some of the carter family now, the great grandchildren. some of the grand children will be honoring as they are being seated, shaking hands with al gore. now shaking hands with mike pence. so they are sitting very close together. the ironies of history. >> this is jonathan lemire. only an event like this could bring together trump and pence for a handshake.

so all the ethics laws we , d as point out, the eulogyhave by stephen ford from his dad was that both of those men, jerryup. that is my first piece of advice to any people who would want to be president at some point. if you are going to marry, man or woman, etc., always marry up. i think the other thing i would like to point to would be not only in the post-presidency, this model of the post-presidency of making your life, giving your life to the world. giving your life to helping the world and the country to be better. and then i would also say diversity. i know that the d word has gotten a bad connotation of late, but it is important to look back at jimmy carter and think about what he did for the federal judiciary. more women, more minorities. he actually had an affirmative action program for the lower federal bench, and it is unfortunate he did not get to put a person on the supreme court, but he did put ruth bader ginsburg and stephen breyer on the lower federal courts, and that was their entree to the u.s. supreme court. amna: where to you does jimmy carter sit in the context of modern presidents?

ford hasn't. >> and you hear the sirens out. occidental won over by stony point, but not out here. you don't hear much. and here in this happened, it like, oh, my scary. jerry tapp road moved to monarch court neighborhood in santa rosa because of its tranquility. she says she never would have imagined to find a crime scene. >> just steps away from her home just police officers. racing down the road. santa rosa police say they got a call around 3 wednesday afternoon to conduct a welfare check at a home on monarch court. officers entered the home through a window. >> and found 4 people dead. very large response immediately from petrol and then our entire violent crimes investigations, team of detectives and their surgeon are out here currently santa rosa police say this type of incident is very unusual for this quiet neighborhood. >> this neighborhood is a 55 and over mobile home community. it's very quiet, very peaceful. >> and this is highly unusual for santa rosa as sarah's is a very safe community. and in 2024, we only had 2 homicides. says she never met the people who lived in the home. >> but says she has seen police visit them a couple of times shortly