others have lain in state in the capitol building, such as late supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg and late congressman elijah cummings of maryland. but they were on the house side of the capitol. eight people have lain in honor in the capitol rotunda, which is similar but one step down from lying in state. the last president to lie in state was the late president george herbert walker bush. in december 2018, the last person to lie in state was the late senate majority leader harry reid of nevada. in january 2022. this time last year, we were all at the iowa caucuses, but the first in the nation did not get much attention until 1976. that's when jimmy carter, a pretty unknown governor from georgia, decided to focus on iowa. he placed a surprising second in the democratic caucus, which caught the attention of the national media and catapulted him to the democratic nomination and ultimately, the white house. since then, almost all candidates of both parties have taken iowa quite seriously, and today in washington, it feels like an iowa day. in the 20s, as former president carter is b

and he dramatically increased the ranks of female and district circuit court judges including ruth bader ginsburg beginning of the country. two decades ago president carter said he believed income inequality was the biggest global issue. more recently, in the 2018 commencement address at liberty university, he said i think now the largest global issue is discrimination against women and girls in this world. he concluded that until stubborn attitudes that foster discover nation against women changed, the world cannot advance, poverty and income inequality cannot be solved. towards the end of our time in the white house the president and i were talking about how we might describe what we tried to accomplish in office. we came up with a sentence which remains an important summary of our work. we told the truth, we obeyed the law, and we kept the peace. that we did, mister president. i will always be proud and grateful to have had the chance to work with you towards noble ends. it was then and will always be the most rewarding experience of my public career. thank you. ♪ ♪ eternal father strong to sa

and he dramatically increased the ranks of female circuit and district court judges including ruth bader ginsburgmes as many women to the federal bench as all of the previous presidents had from the beginning of our country. two degades ago, president carter said he believed income inequality was the biggest global issue. more recently in a 2018 commencement address he said i think now the largest global issue is the discrimination against women and girls in this world. he concluded that until stubborn attitudes that foster discrimination against women change, the world cannot advance and poverty and income equality cannot be solved. towards the end of our time in the white house, the president and i were talking about how we might describe what we try to accomplish in office. we came up with a sentence which remains an important summary of our work. we told the truth. we obeyed the law. and we kept the peace. that we did, mr. president. i will always be proud and grateful to have had a chance to work with you towards noble ends. it was then and will always be the most rewarding experience of my

you know, i think a ruth bader ginsburg, for instance, you know, growing up in a community in flatbush, brooklyn really a holocaust survivor, was at a time when so many -- across the world had just been devasted by the events of holocaust and to be part of a community and eventually go on to be her high school valedictorian and go off to school and, eventually to law school, and emerge as one of the brightest stars of her school class, but then couldn't get hired by a traditional law firm and went on to practice at the highest levels of advocacy and eventually on the supreme court. you know, that's part of the resilience of the american journey. and john lewis, of course, a great american. you know, i'll never forget on the floor, the house i ran into, john lewis. you know, we get to serve with these legendary figures. and i saw john lewis on the floor my first day and and somehow i made my way over to him and says, are you the new guy. i said, yes, sir. anyone would sense call john lewis, sir. he said, you're from brooklyn, right now. i have to, liz. i was tempted to say brooklyn is a

including ruth bader ginsburg. in all, in all he appointed five times as many women to the federal bench as all of the previous presidents had from the beginning of our country. two decades ago, president carter said he believe income inequality was the biggest global issue. more recently, in a 2018 commencement address at liberty university, he said, i think now the largest global issue is the discrimination against women and girls in this world. he concluded that until stubborn attitudes that foster discrimination against women change, the world cannot advance and poverty and income inequality cannot be solved. towards the end of our time in the white house, the president and i were talking about how we might describe what we tried to accomplish in office. we came up with a sentence which remains an important summary of our work. we told the truth. we obeyed the law. and we kept the peace. that we did, mr. president. i will always be proud and grateful to have had the chance to work with you toward noble ends. it

. >> this was something the late justice ruth bader ginsburg often commended, since carter appointeder to the u.s. court of appeals, which then positioned her to later join the u.s. supreme court. in a 2006 speech in montreal, ginsburg said, quote, once carter appointed women to the bench in numbers, there was no turning back. in the studio, monica madden, abc seven news. >> what a difference that made. and, spencer, you have been a friend to the carters for decades, and you recently shared with abc news live a few of your favorite memories. >> that's true. diane. you know, if you observe jimmy carter's public life, there's no doubt that he had a profound commitment to human rights. but having had a lot of personal interaction with him, i was always taken by how this man of such such tremendous accomplishments was so humble and approachable. and there are a lot of people in public life who like to talk to you and have you listen to them. but if you talk to jimmy carter, he listened to you, which is a feature you don't see in a lot of accomplished people like that and didn't tout his

. >> this was something the late justice ruth bader ginsburg often commended, since carter appointeder to the u.s. court of appeals, which then positioned her to later join the u.s. supreme court. in a 2006 speech in montreal, ginsburg said, quote, once carter appointed women to the bench in numbers, there was no turning back. in the studio, monica madden, abc seven news. >> still to come on abc seven news. making the food you eat safer and healthier. the executive order just issued by governor gavin newsom and looking ahead to the top travel trends of 2025. what you need to know (discouraged) so expensive. i mean, i'm helping my mom out, i don't have that kinda cash. - ugh, i know. but you can get financial help now through covered california. it's totally affordable. you'd be surprised. they've got this calculator thing that shows how much you'll pay. - for real? - yeah! what are you doing not having health insurance, man? - hey, i know, i know... - here, let me show you... - we all have questions. covered california has answers and can find a health plan that's right for you. cove

diversified the bench by appointing 40 women and 57 people of color to the bench, including ruth bader ginsburg the supreme court. and also, gosh, another justice stephen breyer was one of president carter's appointments. he made it to the united states supreme court. president carter was one of the only presidents who did not get an opportunity to make an appointment to the u.s. supreme court. but he certainly made his mark in terms of diversifying the federal bench. and that trend continues to this day. you can chalk it up to him being the first one to do it. >> yeah. and it's interesting because his heritage and his upbringing didn't always suggest that would be the case. he -- it's almost like, jonathan alter was saying, it's almost like he made up for it later in life. he doesn't think he was on the right side of the history when he started and he decided he was going to live out civil rights and equality when he got into positions of power starting as governor of georgia and then ultimately in the presidency. >> well, you know, he was raised in a poor family, a farmer, a family of farmers

. >> this was something the late justice ruth bader ginsburg often commended since carter appointed her to the u.s. court of appeals, which then positioned her to later join the u.s. supreme court. in a 2006 speech in montreal, ginsburg said, quote, once carter appointed women to the bench in numbers, there was no turning back. in the studio, monica madden, abc seven news state funeral plans begin tomorrow for former president carter. >> a motorcade will carry his body from his hometown of plains, georgia, to the carter presidential center in atlanta. that's where he will lie in repose through monday. on tuesday, carter's body will travel to the u.s. capitol, where he will lie in state on thursday. carter's funeral will be held at the washington national cathedral. his remains will then be flown to georgia, where he will be buried next to his wife, rosalynn, today. >> at the white house, president biden honored the newest recipients of the mel of valor and medal of honor. medals of valor went to eight first responders who put their own lives at risk to save others. they include six law

but for a one-term president, carter got more federal judges through the system, including ruth bader ginsburg court during the carter years. he doesn't get enough credit for that. and also i spoke to ralph nader yesterday. nader told me it was the last time that there was consumer protection. carter came in and started talking to consumer activists. it was still in the air then that the consumers had these sort of rights. carter was the last president to do that. and civil rights, jimmy carter was all about and the appointment of women and blacks into the administration was heroic and it predated bill clinton and predated barack obama. >> we see now the presidential motorcade approaching the washington national cathedral, which is packed with thousands of washington dignitaries. a short moment ago we saw just in the front row there at least four of the supreme court justices, amy c amy coney barre. this is called hearst circle, but they're bringing the hearse up to the front steps of washington national cathedral. nancy cordes is there. i know she's smiling. she knows that circle well. that's

, and it is unfortunate he did not get to put a person on the supreme court, but he did put ruth bader ginsburgon 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? judy: he sits apart in many ways. peanut farmer from rural georgia who rose, as andy young said today, how unlikely it is that someone would come from a place population 200-something to the presidency. so, unlikely, but remarkable in many ways because of everything we have been discussing here, all the things he tried to do. and i would say the force of his moral character, who he was. that morality, his deep faith, his belief that something drove him every day to want to make life better for the american people. and after he was president, for everybody on earth. that is an incredible ambition for someone to have and that is what drove him for a century. amna: we may have to leave it there, i am so sorry, we are out of time. i know we could speak for many more minutes. but we thank you so much for being here. stuart: thanks fo

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. >> the postal service announced ruth bader ginsburg will be featured on a postage stamp, would you like to see on ace stamp? >> clarence thomas has been a remarkable justiceand i think we should honor his legacy while he still alive . >> and to you congressman pappas. >> not clarence thomas but how about david souter, evenhanded level headed guy who's investing a lot of his time into education right now which is so important . >> let's move back to the question. >> if us aid to ukraine is cut off and vladimir putin and russia ultimately prevail in the conflict message is america sending to the rest of the world, to you first. >> that's a completely hypothetical question and we need to ensure that does not happen and take a step back and recognize why the war in ukraine has happened in the first place because we have hi the weakest commander in chief in american history who has not invested in our military but politicized it, allow for an invasion where our adversaries certainly take a note of that and that's why we've seen vladimir putin invade and why china inputting and why we se

postal service announced the late supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg will be featured understando would you like to see on a forever stamp. >> i think clarence thomas. he is broken glass ceilings, he's been remarkable justice on the bench and we should honor his legacy while he still alive. how about that? >> definitely not claris thomas but i would say how david souter, if her state with supreme court justice, and evenhanded levelheaded guy said that his time is civics education which is so important. >> lets me back to the tougher questions. >> if u.s. aid to ukraine is cut off next year and putin and russian alton prevail in the conflict, what message is america sending to the rest of the world? >> that's a hypothetical question. we need to ensure that doesn't happen. we need to take a step back and recognize why the war is happen in the first place. it's because with the weakest commander-in-chief in american history. was not invested in our military but politicized it. who was allowed for an engagement on our southern border where our adversaries enemies round the world take

those cases are that the person just is too old for the job, and he was going to be much like ruth bader ginsburg, someone who was seen in history as one who stayed on, stayed at the fair too long and cost his party dearly. and he did. and, you know, i don't think history is going to treat joe biden kindly for doing that. >> donald trump has spent a lot of time criticizing you. you told me a couple of years ago on air that you were you were afraid of what trump could theoretically do if he ever were returned to the white house. how do you feel now? >> yeah. it's possible. do i think he's going to start arresting comedians? i don't, but it's possible. look, anything is possible with this guy. i'll put it this way. when george bush was in the white house, it never even entered my mind. never entered my mind that i couldn't say whatever i wanted to say without repercussions. and that's one of the great things about living in america. and we take america for granted in that kind of stuff. and maybe we can't anymore. um, so we'll see. but am i going to let it affect what i do? no. i mean, the day i fe

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dramatically increased the ranks of female circuit and district court judges, including ruth bader, bader ginsburg. in all in all, he appointed five times as many women to the federal bench as all of the previous presidents had. from the beginning of our country. two decades ago. president carter said he believed income inequality was the biggest global issue. more recently, in a 2018 commencement address at liberty university, he said, i think now the largest global issue is the discrimination against women and girls in this world. he concluded that until. until stubborn attitudes that foster discrimination against women change, the world cannot advance, and poverty and income equality cannot be solved. towards the end of our time in the white house, the president and i were talking about how we might describe what we tried to accomplish in office. we came up with a sentence which remains an important summary of our work. we told the truth. we obeyed the law, and we kept the peace that we did. mr. president. i will always be proud and grateful to have had the chance to work with you towards noble

, that was some comfort and he was the one who got— some comfort and he was the one who got ruth bader ginsburgd she eventually became under bill clinton — eventually became under bill clinton a supreme court justice. _ clinton a supreme court justice, even though she was deemed _ justice, even though she was deemed to be order for supreme justice _ deemed to be order for supreme justice at— deemed to be order for supreme justice at that time. and we definitely see the importance thatjimmy carter put in diversification which is a fantastic legacy but not one that — fantastic legacy but not one that was absolutely linear. rohaid _ that was absolutely linear. ronald reagan came in and he did not— ronald reagan came in and he did not that priority at all when _ did not that priority at all when it— did not that priority at all when it came to diversity, in fact, — when it came to diversity, in fact, sometimes quite the opposite. he was told that he needed — opposite. he was told that he needed power, he needed his experience in the second term, coiin— experience in the second term, colin powell wa