path. >> reporter: for years his bison have been providing meet for his string of ted's montana grill restaurants but turneraware ranching alone wasn't going to fund his lands after he and his money were gone. >> that was the first thing ted said to me when i satur down wi ted. we need to generae some revenue, not a lot but more. >> reporter: his plan, open the private lands to the paying public to give them a chance to experience a genuine safari right here in america. >> his focus is let's get people to come and visit these properties. let's get them out here and help them to reconnect humanity with nature. >> reporter: jay mcbride is president of ted turner reserves. despite the huge swathes of open land that turner owns, mcbride is taking a very reserved approach to just how many guests will be allowed at any one time. >> we want to generate as much revenue we can out of as little impact as possible. >> reporter: you could stay a week on his properties and not see a another soul. the hacienda allows just 10 people at a time. the nearby ladder ranch the four bedroom country house accommodates no more tha

here and help them to reconnect humanity with nature. >> reporter: jade mcbride is president of ted turnerves. despite the huge swaths of open land that turner owns, mcbride is taking a very reserved approach, to just how many guests will be allowed at any one time. >> we want to generate as much revenue we can out of as little impact as possible. >> reporter: you could stay a week on his properties and not see another soul for literally thousands of square miles. the hacienda here at armedaris allows just ten people at any one time. at his nearby ladder ranch, his four-bedroom country house accommodates no more than eight. >> you know, everybody has horseback riding and hiking, and we do all these outdoor activities, but i think what really makes this place special is that we get to do them in this kind of restored ecosystem that feels a lot like a private national park. >> reporter: the real jewel, though, is in northern new mexico, vermejo. at 550,000 acres it's turner's biggest ranch. it includes the gatsby era 25,000 square foot mansion, the same home turner once shared with his forme

remember when ted turner and jane fonda and announced their engagement in 1990, and in 2020, bob dylan than 600 songs to be universal music publishing group. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, a santa clara city council member has been convicted of perjury. >> for lying to a civil grand jury. we take a closer look at that report. 10 28 this morning and we are staying on top of breaking news for you. >> the california capitol building in sacramento has received a threat staff. there have been instructed to go home immediately. we know that governor gavin newsom was not present at the time of this threat and we're going to continue to actively monitor this story. we do have our capitol correspondent eytan was live on cnn. he's gonna bring us the latest updates. the next one. as soon as you get some more information on what's going on out there. all right. in the meantime, let's go ahead and get a check of our forecast back in the bay area with john john hayes, stephanie and yes, we are definitely seeing that sunshine in full force to get this weekend started. >> love to see it. if y

i was with ted turner a few weeks ago and we were reminiscing about your days on the top of the hotel. something. >> you're talking about the first gulf war. when i was the pentagon correspondent for cnn. all right. ambassador andrew young, as usual, thank you so much for spending a few moments with us on this important day. all right. >> so bless you and god bless america. >> of course, we're following the breaking news. and it continues. president jimmy carter, as i said, has died at the age of 100. we'll speak to the ceo of the carter presidential center in atlanta. we'll talk about the former president's legacy and more when we come back. >> andy, take a seat. >> anderson, look at this. you're wet, disheveled. there's debris hitting you. we need to be ready for new year's eve. >> maybe you are ready. >> new year's eve live with anderson and andy. live coverage starts at eight on cnn. >> big news for mahomes. >> i'm switching iphone 16 pro at t-mobile. it's built for apple intelligence. >> that's like peanut butter on jelly on gold. >> yet for iphone 16 pro on u.s. plus four lines

pay their respects to carter along with old-time friends like andy young, who still with us and ted turnertnership with rosalyn carter, his wife, his closest friend, most trusted advisor and how that, the two of them together, meant so much to the nation. >> you know, i think we often talk about what first ladies do in terms of, she worked on mental health and she had a lot of impact as first lady but most importantly, it is the bond they had together, he talks about the fact that from the first date he had with her, he knew he wanted to marry her and people have been talking about this incredible letter he wrote to her when he was away saying every minute i think of you and how wonderful you are and then i come home and you're even more wonderful when i see you and i will miss you until i get there, goodbye and i'll talk to you tomorrow. i mean, that kind of love is sustaining and confidence building for president carter. captain through his entire life. i remember when i went down to interview him in 1976 and the two of them were at the house and the house was so simple, so plain, they w

the 20 years, the reaction to murdoch's idea for a fourth network was similar to the reaction of ted turnerstarting cnn. >> it's ridiculous. you know, what does he know about television? we don't think of ourselves as abc, cbs or nbc. >> we don't have to reach everyone. there's no question we have an inferior lineup of stations to our counterparts. that means we all have to work harder to get our message across and get shows sampled. >> they had an idea that in order to succeed, we have to differentiate ourselves from the networks. we have to do things they would not do. >> fox started throwing anything against the wall, not knowing what was going to go first. shows were things like 21 jump street, what exactly are we looking for here? joan rivers in terms of late night, we have been banned in boston, which i think is wonderful w zn so pick a finger w e and the tracey ullman show. oh bill lee it was a sketch show and they needed something to go between the sketches and again, they were looking for something different. >> i've got to have those candy bars. >> you better not be thinking of st