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brain all right I see you wiw Faith was a constant guiding force in the

president's life and during this time he continued to teach his weekly Sunday school lesson I tend to keep on teaching

here at Marin as long as I'm able later that same year he announced he was cancer free he talked about it with us

in 2018 I was prepared to go but um things turned out for the better in

October surrounded by family and friends Mr Carter had his 100th birthday party

in the backyard of his home in Plains Georgia absent from celebration was his

beloved wife Rosalyn who passed away at the age of 96 almost a year earlier the

pair were the longest married first couple in American history Mr Carter

reflected on their life together in the CBS Morning series note to self one of

your greatest sources of happiness will be your wife rosalin and the growing family that will be coming stay close to

all of them bring them together whenever possible and provide them the same help

and support that your own parents gave to you Jimmy Carter will be missed there

will be more on the death of President Jimmy Carter on tonight's CBS weekend news this has been a CBS News special

report I'm Jerica Duncan in New York I will Faithfully execute the

office of President of the United States the office of President of the United States Jimmy Carter entered the White

House in 1977 when I get to Washington coming in as an outsider 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 US Naval Academy and while there fell in

love with Rosalyn Smith also from Plains they married in 1946 and raised four

children Jimmy and Rosalyn 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 he was hardly a household

name but he won the Democratic presidential nomination and challenged incumbent Republican Gerald Ford I'm

going to vote for you thank you depend on that with the nation

reeling from Vietnam and Watergate Mr Carter's simple message struck a cord I

would not tell a lie I would not mislead the American

people in 1976 America's bicentennial year he beat Mr Ford to become the

nation's 39th president tradition shattering walk down Pennsylvania Avenue

but the next four years were Rocky as oil prices and inflation soared his popularity sank yet President Carter did

achieve many of his goals he created the Departments of energy and education

established formal diplomatic ties with China and returned control of the Panama

Canal to Panama perhaps his greatest achievement was an historic peace treaty

between Israel and Egypt known as the Camp David Accords that deep and ancient

antagonism can be settled without Bloodshed at the same time he became the

first US president to confront the threat of militant Islam on November 4th

1979 Iranian militants stormed the US Embassy in tan taking 52 American

hostages a US military attempt to free the hostages in April of 1980 ended in

disaster eight American servicemen were killed the very next November with

Americans still held hostage overseas and inflation soaring at home Jimmy

Carter lost his re-election bid in a landslide to Ronald Reagan Mr Carter

spent his final days in the White House negotiating the release of the hostages I Ronald Iran would not let them go

until a few minutes after he left office

[Music] Jimmy Carter went on to have great success in his post presidency he

established the Carter Center in Atlanta working for peace around the world and here at home building houses for the

needy through Habitat for Humanity now I have this freedom to do things that I like to do and that an official of the

US government or the United Nations cannot do he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 and remained one of the

most active former presidents in history in 2015 Mr Carter announced he had

cancer that had spread to his liver and his brain Faith was a constant guiding

force in the president's life and during this time he continued to teach his weekly Sunday school

lesson all right I see you wide away later that same year he announced he was

cancer free and talked about it with us in 2018 I was prepared to go but um

things turned out for the better but that's an unusual thing to prepare to say goodbye and then be granted a great

deal more time that's true well I've been very fortunate in many ways in October surrounded by family and friends

Mr Carter had his 100th birthday party in the backyard of his home in Plains

Georgia absent from celebration was his beloved wife Rosalyn who passed away at

the age of 96 almost a year earlier the pair were the longest married first

couple in American history Mr Carter reflected on their life together in the

CBS Morning series note to self one of your greatest sources of happiness will be your wife Rosalyn and the growing

family that will be coming stay close to all of them bring them together whenever

possible and provide them the same help and support that your own parents gave

to you

I will Faithfully execute the office of President of the United States the office of President of the United States

Jimmy Carter entered the White House in 1977 when I get to Washington coming in

as an outsider 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 US Naval Academy and while there fell in

love with Rosalyn Smith also from Plains they married in 1946 and raised four

children Jimmy and Rosalyn 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 he was hardly a household

name but he won the Democratic presidential nomination and challenged incumbent Republican Gerald Ford I'm

going to vote for you thank you I depend on with the nation reeling from Vietnam

in Watergate Mr Carter's simple message struck a cord I would not tell

line I would not mislead the American people in 1976 America's bicentennial

year he beat Mr Ford to become the nation's 39th president tradition

shattering walk down Pennsylvania Avenue but the next four years were Rocky as

oil prices and inflation soared his popularity sank yet President Carter did

achieve many of his goals he created the Departments of energy and education

established formal diplomatic ties with China and returned control of the Panama

Canal to Panama perhaps his greatest achievement was an historic peace treaty

between Israel and Egypt known as the Camp David Accords that deep and ancient

antagonism can be settled without Bloodshed at the same time he became the

first US president to confront the threat of militant Islam November 4th

1979 Iranian militants stormed the US Embassy in tan taking 52 American

hostages a US military attempt to free the hostages in April of 1980 ended in

disaster eight American servicemen were killed the very next November with

Americans still held hostage overseas and inflation soaring at home Jimmy

Carter lost his reelection bid in a landslide to Ronald Reagan Mr Carter spent his final days in the

White House negotiating the release of the hostages I Ronald Reagan Iran would

not let them go until a few minutes after he left [Applause]

office Jimmy Carter went on to have great success in his post presidency he

established the Carter Center in Atlanta working for peace around the world and here at home building houses for the

needy through habitat for humanity and I have this freedom to do things that I like to do and that an official of the

US government or the United Nations cannot do he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 and remained one of the

most active former presidents in history in 2015 Mr Carter announced he had

cancer that had spread to his liver and his brain Faith was a constant guiding

force in the president's life and during this time he continued to teach his weekly Sunday school lesson

all right I see you wi away later that same year he announced he was cancer

free and talked about it with us in 2018 I was prepared to go but um things

turned out for the better but that's an unusual thing to prepare to say goodbye

and then be granted a great deal more time that's true well I've been very fortunate in many ways in October

surrounded by family and friends Mr Carter had his 100th birthday party in

the backyard of his home in Plains Georgia absent from celebration was his

beloved wife Rosalyn who passed away at the age of 96 almost a year earlier the

pair were the longest married first couple in American history Mr Carter

reflected on their life together in the CBS Morning series note to self one of

your greatest sources of happiness will be your wife rosalin and the growing family that will be coming stay close to

all of them bring them together whenever possible and provide them the same help

and support that your own parents gave to

you I will Faithfully execute the office of president of the United States the

office of President of the United States Jimmy Carter entered the White House in 1977 when I get to Washington coming in

as an outsider after campaigning as an establishment alternative born in PLS Georgia in

1924 James Earl Carter Jr was the son of a businessman farmer and registered

nurse he studied nuclear science at the US Naval Academy and while there fell in

love with rosaland Smith also from Plains they married in 1946 and raised

four children Jimmy and Rosalyn 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 he was hardly a household name but he won the Democratic

presidential nomination and challenged incumbent Republican Gerald Ford I'm going to vote for you thank you very

iend on with the nation reeling from Vietnam in Watergate Mr Carter's simple message

struck a cord I would not tell a lie I would not mislead the American

people in 1976 America's bicentennial year he beat Mr Ford to become the

nation's 39th president tradition shattering walked on pania Avenue but

the next four years were Rocky as oil prices and inflation soared his popularity sank yet President Carter did

achieve many of his goals he created the Departments of energy and education

established formal diplomatic ties with China and returned control of the Panama

Canal to Panama perhaps his greatest achievement was an historic peace treaty

between Israel and Egypt known as the Camp David Accords that deep and ancient

antagonism can be settled without Bloodshed at the same time he became the

first US president to confront the threat of militant Islam on November 4th

1979 Iranian militants stormed the US Embassy in tran taking 52 American

hostages a US military attempt to free the hostages in April of 1980 ended in

disaster eight American servicemen were killed the very next November with Americans

still held hostage overseas and inflation soaring at home Jimmy Carter lost his re-election bid in a landslide

to Ronald Reagan Mr Carter spent his final days in the White House negotiating the release of the hostages

I Ronald Reagan Iran would not let them go until a few minutes after he left

office [Music]

Jimmy Carter went on to have great success in his post presidency he established the Carter Center in Atlanta

working for peace around the world and here at home building houses for the needy through Habitat for Humanity I

have this freedom to do things that I like to do and that an official of the US government or the United Nations

cannot do he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 and remained one of the

most active former presidents in history in 2015 Mr Carter announced he had

cancer that had spread to his liver and his brain Faith was a constant guiding

force in the president's life and during this time he continued to teach his weekly Sunday school lesson morning all

right I see you wi away later that same year he announced he was cancer-free and

talked about it with us in 2018 I was prepared to go but um things turned out

for the better but that's an unusual thing to prepare to say goodbye and then be granted a great deal more time that's

true well I've been very fortunate in many ways in October surrounded by family and friends Mr Carter had his

100th birthday party in the backyard of his home in Plains Georgia absent from

celebration was his beloved wife Rosalyn who passed away at the age of 96 almost

a year earlier the pair were the longest married first couple in American history

his Mr Carter reflected on their life together in the CBS Morning series note

to self one of your greatest sources of happiness will be your wife Rosalyn and the growing family that will be coming

stay close to all of them bring them together whenever possible and provide

them the same help and support that your own parents gave to

you sounds good

I will Faithfully execute the office of President of the United States the office of President of the United States

preser Jimmy Carter entered the White House in 1977 when I get to Washington coming in

as an outsider 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 US Naval Academy and while there fell in

love with Rosalyn Smith also from Plains they married in 1946 and raised four

children Jimmy and Rosalyn 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 he was hardly a household

name but he won the Democratic presidential nomination and challenged incumbent Republican Gerald Ford I'm

going to vot for you thank you on with the nation reeling from

Vietnam and Watergate Mr Carter's simple message struck a cord I would not tell a

lie I would not mislead the American people in 1976 America's bicentennial

year he beat Mr Ford to become the nation's 39th president tradition

shattering walk down Pennsylvania Avenue but the next four years were Rocky as

oil prices and inflation soared his popularity sank yet President Carter did

achieve many of his goals gos he created the Departments of energy and education

established formal diplomatic ties with China and returned control of the Panama

Canal to Panama perhaps his greatest achievement was an historic peace treaty

between Israel in Egypt known as the Camp David Accords that deep and ancient

antagonism can be settled without Bloodshed at the same time he became the

first US president to confront the threat of militant Islam on November 4th

1979 Iranian militants stormed the US Embassy in tran taking 52 American

hostages a US military attempt to free the hostages in April of 1980 ended in

disaster eight American servicemen were killed the very next November with

Americans still held hostage overseas and inflation soaring at home Jimmy

Carter lost his re-election bid in a landslide to Ronald Reagan Mr Carter

spent his final days in the White House negotiating the release of the hostages

I Ronald Reagan Iran would not let them go until a few minutes after he left

[Applause] office Jimmy Carter went on to have

great success in his post presidency he established the Carter Center in Atlanta

working for peace around the world world and here at home building houses for the needy through Habitat for Humanity I

have this freedom to do things that I like to do and that an official of the US government or the United Nations

cannot do he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 and remained one of the

most active former presidents in history in 2015 Mr Carter announced he had

cancer that had spread to his liver and his brain Faith was a constant guiding

force in the president's life and during this time he continued to teach his weekly Sunday school lesson morning all

right I see you wide away later that same year he announced he was cancer

free and talked about it with us in 2018 I was prepared to go but um things

turned out for the better but that's an unusual thing to prepare to say goodbye

and then be granted a great deal more time that's true well I've been very fortunate in many ways in October

surrounded by family and Friends Mr Carter had his 100th birthday party in

the backyard of his home in Plains Georgia absent from celebration was his

beloved wife Rosalyn who passed away at the age of 96 almost a year earlier the

pair were the longest married first couple in American history Mr Carter

reflected on their life together in the CBS Morning series note to self one of

your greatest sources of happiness will be your wife Rosalyn and the growing family that will be coming stay close to

all of them bring them together whenever possible and provide them the same help

and support that your own parents gave to you

I will Faithfully execute the office of President of the United States the office of President of the United States

Jimmy Carter entered the White House in 1977 when I get to Washington coming in

as an outsider 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 US Naval Academy and while there fell in love with

Rosalyn Smith also from Plains they married in 1946 and raised four children

Jimmy and Rosalyn 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 I'm running for president he was hardly a household name but he won the Democratic

presidential nomination and challenged incumbent Republican Gerald Ford I'm going to vote for you thank you I'm

going very much I depend on that with the nation reeling from Vietnam and Watergate Mr Carter's simple message

struck a cord I would not tell a lie I would not mislead the American

people in 1976 America's bicentennial year he beat Mr Ford to become the

nation's 39th president president tradition shattering walk down Pennsylvania Avenue but the next four

years were Rocky as oil prices and inflation sword his popularity sank yet

President Carter did achieve many of his goals he created the Departments of

energy and education established formal diplomatic ties with China and returned

control of the Panama Canal to Panama perhaps his greatest achievement was an

historic peace treaty between is Israel in Egypt known as the Camp David Accords

that deep and ancient antagonism can be settled without

Bloodshed at the same time he became the first US president to confront the threat of militant Islam on November 4th

1979 Iranian militants stormed the US Embassy in tran taking 52 American

hostages a US military attempt to free the hostages in April of 1980 ended in

disaster eight American servicemen were killed the very next November with

Americans still held hostage overseas and inflation soaring at home Jimmy

Carter lost his reelection bid in a landslide to Ronald Reagan Mr Carter

spent his final days in the White House negotiating the release of the hostages

I Ronald Reagan Iran would not let them go until a few minutes after he left off

[Applause] office Jimmy Carter went on to have

great success in his post presidency he established the Carter Center in Atlanta

working for peace around the world and here at home building houses for the needy through Habitat for Humanity I

have this freedom to do things that I like to do and that an official of the US government or the United Nations

cannot do he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 and remained one of the

most active former presidents in history in 2015 Mr Carter announced he had

cancer that had spread to his liver and his brain Faith was a constant guiding

force in the president's life and during this time he continued to teach his weekly Sunday school

lesson all right I see you wi away later that same year he announced he was

cancer-free and talked about it with us in 2018 I was prepared to go but um

things turned out for the better but that's an unusual thing to prepare to say goodbye and then be granted a great

deal more time that's true well I've been very fortunate in many ways in October surrounded by family and friends

Mr Carter had his 100th birthday party in the backyard of his home in Plains

Georgia absent from celebration was his beloved wife rosalin who passed away at

the age of 96 almost a year earlier the pair were the longest married first

couple in American history Mr Carter reflected on their life together in the

CBS Morning series note to self one of your greatest sources of happiness will be your wife Rosalyn and the growing

family that will be coming stay close to all of them bring them together whenever

possible and provide them the same help and support that your own parents gave

to you

I will Faithfully execute the office of President of the United States the office of President of the United States

Jimmy Carter entered the White House in 1977 when I get to Washington coming in

as an outsider 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 US Naval Academy and while there fell in

love with Rosalyn Smith also from Plains they married in 194 46 and raised four

children Jimmy and Rosalyn 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 he was hardly a household

name but he won the Democratic presidential nomination and challenged incumbent Republican Gerald Ford I'm

going to vote for you thank you very much I'll depend on that with the nation

reeling from Vietnam and Watergate Mr Carter's simple message struck a cord I

would not tell a lie I would not mislead the American

people in 1976 America's bicentennial year he beat Mr Ford to become the

nation's 39th president tradition shattering walk down Pennsylvania Avenue

but the next four years were Rocky as oil price is an inflation sword his popularity sank yet President Carter did

achieve many of his goals he created the Departments of energy and education

established formal diplomatic ties with China and returned control of the Panama

Canal to Panama perhaps his greatest achievement was an historic peace treaty

between Israel and Egypt known as the Camp David Accords that deep and ancient

antagonism can be settled without

Bloodshed at the same time he became the first US president to confront the threat of militant Islam on November 4th

1979 Iranian militants stormed the US Embassy in tran taking 52 American

hostages a US military attempt to free the hostages in April of 1980 ended in

disaster eight American servicemen were killed the very next November with

Americans still held hostage overseas and inflation soaring at home Jimmy

Carter lost his re-election bid in a landslide to Ronald Reagan Mr Carter

spent his final days in the White House negotiating the release of the hostages

I Ronald Reagan Iran would not let them go until a few minutes after he left

[Applause] office Jimmy Carter went on to have

great success in his post presidency he established the Carter Center in Atlanta

working for peace around the world and here at home building houses for the needy through Habitat for Humanity now I

have this freedom to do things that I like to do and that an official of the US government or the United Nations

cannot do he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 and remained one of the

most active former presidents in history in 2015 Mr Carter announced he had

cancer that had spread to his liver and his brain Faith was a constant guiding

force in the president's life and during this time he continued to teach his weekly Sunday school

lesson all right I see you wide awake later that same year he announced he was

cancer-free and talked about it with us in 2018 I was prepared to go but um

things turned out forther better but that's an unusual thing to prepare to say goodbye and then a great deal more

time that's true well I've been very fortunate in many ways in October surrounded by family and friends Mr

Carter had his 100th birthday party in the backyard of his home in Plains Georgia absent from celebration was his

beloved wife Rosalyn who passed away at the age of 96 almost a year earlier the

pair were the longest married first couple in American history Mr Carter

reflected on their life together in the CBS Morning series note to self one of

your greatest sources of happiness will be your wife Rosalyn and the growing family that will be coming stay close to

all of them bring them together whenever possible and provide them the same help

and support that your own parents gave to you

I will Faithfully execute the office of President of the United States the office of President of the United States

Jimmy Carter entered the White House in 1977 when I get to Washington coming in

as an outsider 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 US Naval Academy and while there fell in

love with Rosalyn Smith also from Plains they married in 1946 and raised four

children Jimmy and Rosalyn 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 he was hardly a household

name but he won the Democratic presidential nomination and challenged incumbent Republican Jerald Ford I'm

going to vote for you thank you very much I depend on with the nation reeling

from Vietnam and Watergate Mr Carter's simple message struck a cord I would not

tell a lie I would not mislead the American people in 1976 America's bicentennial

year he he beat Mr Ford to become the nation's 39th president tradition

shattering walk down Pennsylvania Avenue but the next four years were Rocky as

oil prices and inflation soared his popularity sank yet President Carter did

achieve many of his goals he created the Departments of energy and education

established formal diplomatic ties with China and returned control of the Panama

Canal to Panama perhaps his greatest achievement was an historic peace treaty

between Israel and Egypt known as the Camp David Accords that deep and ancient

antagonism can be settled without Bloodshed at the same time he became the

first US president to confront the threat of militant Islam on November 4th

1979 Iranian militants stormed the US Embassy in tran taking 52 American

hostages a US military attempt to free the hostages in April of 1980 ended in

disaster eight American servicemen were killed the very next November with

Americans still held hostage overseas and inflation soaring at home Jimmy

Carter lost his re-election bid in a landslide to Ronald Reagan Mr Carter

spent his final days in the White House negotiating the release of the hostages

I Ronald Reagan Iran would not let them go until a few minutes after he left

[Applause] office Jimmy Carter went on to have

great success in his post presidency he established the Carter Center in Atlanta working for peace around the world and

here at home building houses for the needy through Habitat for Humanity and I have this freedom to do things that I

like to do and that an official of the US government or the United Nations cannot do he was awarded the Nobel Peace

Prize in 2002 and remained one of the most active former presidents in history

in 2015 Mr Carter announced he had cancer that had spread to his liver and his brain Faith was a constant guiding

force in the president's life and during this time he continued to teach his weekly Sunday school

lesson all right I see you wide away later that same year he announced he was

cancer free and talked about it with us in 2018 I was prepared to go but um

things turned out for the better but that's an unusual thing to prepare to say goodbye and then be granted a great

deal more time that's true well I've been very fortunate in many ways in October surrounded by family and friends

Mr Carter had his 100th birthday party in the backyard of his home in Plains

Georgia absent from celebration was his beloved wife Rosalyn who passed away at

the age of 96 six almost a year earlier the pair were the longest married first

couple in American history Mr Carter reflected on their life together in the

CBS Morning series note to self one of your greatest sources of happiness will be your wife rosalin and the growing

family that will be coming stay close to all of them bring them together whenever

possible and provide them the same help and support that your own parents gave

to you

I will Faithfully execute the office of President of the United States the office of President of the United States

Jimmy Carter entered the White House in 1977 when I get to Washington coming in

as an outsider 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 US Naval Academy and while there fell in

love with Rosalyn Smith also from Plains they married in 1946 and raised four

children Jimmy and Rosalyn 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 he was hardly a household

name but he won the Democratic presidential nomination and challenged incumbent Republican Gerald Ford I'm

going to vote for you thank you much with the nation reeling from Vietnam and

Watergate Mr Carter's simple message struck a cord I would not tell a

lie I would not mislead the American people in 1976 America's bicentennial

year he beat Mr Ford to become the nation's 39th president tradition

shattering walked on Pensylvania Avenue but the next four years were Rocky as

oil prices and inflation soared his popularity sank yet President Carter did

achieve many of his goals he created the Departments of energy and education

established formal diplomatic ties with China and returned control of the Panama

Canal to Panama perhaps his greatest achievement was an historic peace treaty

between Israel and Egypt known as the Camp David Accords that deep and ancient

antagonism can be settled with without Bloodshed at the same time he became the

first US president to confront the threat of militant Islam on November 4th

1979 Iranian militants stormed the US Embassy in tran taking 52 American

hostages a US military attempt to free the hostages in April of 1980 ended in

disaster eight American servicemen were killed the very next November with

American still held hostage overseas and inflation soaring at home Jimmy Carter

lost his reelection bid in a landslide to Ronald Reagan Mr Carter spent his

final days in the White House negotiating the release of the hostages I Ronald Reagan Iran would not let them

go until a few minutes after he left [Applause]

office Jimmy Carter went on to have great success in his post presidency he

established the Carter Center in Atlanta working for peace around the world and here at home building houses for the

needy through Habitat for Humanity I have this freedom to do things that I like to do and that an official of the

US government or the United Nations cannot do he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 and remained one of the

most active former presidents in history in 2015 Mr Carter announced he had

cancer that had spread to his liver and his brain faith was a constant guiding

force in the president's life and during this time he continued to teach his weekly Sunday school

lesson all right I see you wide away later that same year he announced he was

cancer-free and talked about it with us in 2018 I was prepared to go but um

things turned out for the better but that's an unusual thing to prepare to say goodbye and then be granted a great

deal more time that's true well I've been very fortunate in many ways in October surrounded by family and friends

Mr Carter had his 100th birthday party in the backyard of his home in Plains

Georgia absent from celebration was his beloved wife Rosalyn who passed away at

the age of 96 almost a year earlier the pair were the longest married first

couple in American history Mr Carter reflected on their life together in the

CBS Morning series note to self one of your greatest sources of happiness will be your wife Rosalyn and the growing

family that will be coming stay close to all of them bring them together whenever

possible and provide them the same help and support that your own parents gave

to [Music]

you and we are coming to you now with breaking news former president J Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 100 The

Carter Center has confirmed though he served only one term in office he went

on to a distinguished second act of humanitarian work and he lived long enough to become the oldest former

president in US history Carter died peacefully Sunday at his home in Plains

Georgia surrounded by Family The Carter Center said in a statement and we are going to go now to Robert Costa with a

look back at life hi Robert good evening good to be with you

uh all words and thoughts this evening with the Carter family enter the country

to have the passing of an American president who has lived a long life a

hundred years has lived the length of a century and it was a life full with the centuries worth of events to think about

tonight his rural upbringing in Plains Georgia a place I have visited and reported on growing up on a small farm

going to a tiny school then going to the Naval Academy becoming a submarine officer moving back to Plains Georgia to

take over the family farm and then starting this improbable bid through Georgia politics through many ups and

downs ultimately becoming governor of Georgia in 1970 and carving out the idea

in America of a new South free from segregation that was going to embrace business a new modern way of thinking

when it came to social values and political values and ultimately winning the White House in 19 1976 beginning

that race as a total Outsider to the point where so many people when they heard of Jimmy Carter they said they

said Jimmy who Jimmy who and Carter of course as we all know from history embraced that Jimmy who who Mantra and

and made it part of his campaign in 1976 and you've spent time Robert covering his home planes can you talk to

us about the importance of his roots there well one of the first things that strikes you when you go to plain Georgia

is is this really a town it's so small it almost feels like a neighborhood and that's reflective of how President

Carter was raised he was raised on a farm and the school where he went to high school is now a museum and you can

go spend some time in that high school and and think about Carter's life studying hard working on the farm and

it's a hot place Southern Georgia it's not an easy place to be raised his family was in the peanut business wasn't

just the kind of peanut you eat a lot of it was peanut in the shelling business to use with livestock and to use on different farms

and he never thought of himself as someone who was just going to be confined to the Deep South he he read

about the world in school as a young boy and he thought about Big Dreams ahead

for him and for the country and he had this steeliness to him when he ran for president in 1976 many people said Jimmy

Carter had this big grin and they said the grin should win that was part of that 197 6 campaign but as someone who

has covered President Carter met him over the years what you take away from so much of his life is this core

steeliness to his character this toughness this grit to get through his childhood to be a leader in the Navy to

be a leader in Georgia ultimately to be a leader of this country and a leader in his post presidency let us not forget

this long and amazing life was punctuated by many decades as a former

president who didn't just retreat to Plains Georgia and lick his wounds about defeat but he engaged with the world won

the Nobel Peace Prize thought about peace and about how to bring Health to people across the world and Robert Early

in his career Carter spoke up in defense of civil rights and desegregation can you talk a bit about

thatal oh it was a very big deal in in fact if you look back at Time magazine

in 1971 they were covering Jimmy Carter being the new governor of Georgia giving

his nugal address in Atlanta Georgia and he said the time for segregation in the south is over and this made people in

Atlanta and in Georgia go what's he talking about this is the South we're not going to to be moving in such a fast

pace towards civil rights towards an opening up of the economy in the country and that sense when it comes to Human

Rights and civil rights but Carter was determined that he had a mandate after winning in 1970 to change how Georgia

did business and this really caught the eye of the country uh major journ

journalists like Hunter S Thompson from Rolling Stone and many many others started to come down to Georgia and say

who is this guy what's he trying to do in Georgia because Georgia was a sleepy State and Carter was a total unknown but

his determination to make Georgia something different to make it part of modern America a place where business

could grow where black Americans would have equal opportunity to white Americans to start a business this lay

the foundation for Carter to be a political star and by the 1972 convention he was was already being

talked about in a small way as a potential running mate for George McGovern and there's a famous moment in

the Jimmy Carter story 1972 he's sitting around at the convention with his AIDS like Hamilton Jordan and jod pal and he

says I've just met all the big people in American politics they're not that impressive we can beat these people we

can win and he decided back in even 1972 to think about the presidency in 1976

and that started this long journey to the White House from around 1972 19 73

to his election in 1976 and Robert let's talk more about 1976 Carter appeared to come from

nowhere uh how did a total Outsider win the White House well first Jimmy Carter

had to get through with the Washington establishment you had so many people who looked at the race in 1976 and they

thought they had a much better chance than this guy from Georgia named Jimmy Carter Jimmy who he wasn't a threat but

Carter was able to win the the nomination by reimagining what it took to be president and how to win a

nomination in brief we we've all covered the Iowa caucuses if you're a political journalist in the last 50 years but 50

years ago nearly 50 years ago in 1976 the Iowa caucuses were not the Iowa

caucuses as we think about them today Jimmy Carter put a lot of effort he called it the peanut Brigade people from

Georgia went up to Iowa and they spent time trying to sew the ground for Carter politically to get some attention and

energy for the Carter campaign and ultimately Jimmy Carter didn't win the Iowa caucuses in 1976 but he came uh

second place to kind of undecided and this catapulted him to national

attention Carter was clever even then in 1976 when the Iowa caucus has happened

you know where Jimmy Carter was that night not in Iowa he was in New York because he wanted to make sure he got on

television and his presidential Legacy is complicated uh what about the view of

him over time how has that shifted well Carter's elected in 76 takes office in

January 77 and Washington initially looks at him as an outsider and he had a

complicated personality he wasn't a glad-hander uh he wasn't Someone Like Richard Nixon who had all this

experience in Washington so some people really put a wall up to Carter and Carter put a wall up to others and he

he's acknowledged this in his own Memoirs and interviews over the years he didn't build at times the personal

relationship with a lot of the member of Congress that he really needed to to get his agenda through and so he was stying

from time to time and he grew frustrated not only only with Washington but with the country he G famously gave that

speech that's referred to as the MZ speech where he he really lamented that the country was moving in a negative

Direction and this set the tone for the Carter presidency in the eyes of many of his critics someone who was unhappy with

the country the country was unhappy with him long lines for gas the Iran hostage crisis dominated so much of the final

two years of his presidency but at the same time very icious on domestic policy saw himself as a true liberal a

progressive started the department of energy and education and on foreign policy remains one of the most ambitious

presidents of our time working with zigu uh brazinski uh he was able to think

about peace in the Middle East and to broker an agreement called the Camp David Accords uh between the Israeli

leadership and the Palestinian leadership that remains one of the sign significant pieces of foreign policy

deal making to this day well Robert thank you so much for your Insight and your reporting Robert Costa appreciates

you so much and for more on his life and Legacy I'm joined here in studio 57 by Presidential historian Doug Brinkley and

as well Jimmy Carter's biographer now as his biographer can you share stories that highlight his character and his

values well keep in mind that Jimmy Carter loved Christ and it was a being a

Baptist meant a lot to him in his last Decades of his life you would go to uh marinat the Baptist Church church and he

would um you know talk and give in in Pastor to his his congregation um after

the presidency he took his Christian values and kind of married it with his mother Miss Lillian who at 80 Miss

Lillian his mom took care of people with Leprosy I mean all over the world so he was kind of a Baptist missionary Zeal

but he created The Carter Center in Atlanta a nonprofit and boy did it take off they helped to eradicate guinea worm

disease and river blindness Carter win all over the world um declaring what is a free and fair election in fact it's

ex-president Carter who told General Emanuel Nora in Panama it was a

fraudulent election in 1989 steep down you know you're it was illegal he did

the same thing when Daniel Ortega of the sandinistas Lost in Nicaragua he went and saw him and said you lost but if you

step down you would have brought democracy to Nicaragua so this is somebody who then as ex-president as for

Habitat for Humanity there's something amazing about thinking somebody like Carter was in the Oval Office dealing

with the peace in the Middle East and Russia and then lo and behold he's working in lowincome neighborhoods

building houses for people in uh need and he won a Nobel Prize as ex-president

he should have won one as president for Camp David with manakum bean and anoir sodat they won but Carter was the broker

but I think when we reflect on his death I think of the long 100 Years of Jimmy Carter not just the governor not just

the president not just the ex-president but this extraordinary American life and it is often said that Carter redefined

the post presidency how did he do that well they used to say he used the presidency as a as as a stepping stone

for greater accomplishment it was a backhanded compliment because Carter got beat definitively by Ronald Reagan in

1980 he got he did not get reelected but but during his presidency he did things

that helped inform the the post presidency Carter is the one who made the term human rights synonymous um with

our state department yes Elanor Roosevelt did it with the UN but Carter was the human rights President Carter's

the one that could tell of you know because the the Panama Canal treaty with

uh ex-president Trump soon to be president again Trump is saying why did we give Panama Canal to Panama that was

Carter treaty which was a big deal when he did that it's Jimmy Carter who recognized the People's Republic of

China as president so as ex-president they treated him in a grand fashion he

was the first president to go to Nigeria he denounced apartheid as president so

parts of those four years 1977 to 81 things he did he was able to continue

and use them for this long shadow of an American life so the shift from

presidency to post presidency this humanitarian work how was he able to make this shift so successfully it was a

horrible first year he lost he was able to Reagan uh sent him to be like an

Envoy to greet our Iran Americans that were held hostage in Iran Carter went to

Germany greeted them then he went to PLS it's January it was cold he sat there

and Roslin Carter and Jimmy Carter were depressed they didn't know what they're going to do with their lives and then in

the the fall of 81 anoir Sadat was assassinated and he that was a brother

anoir to him and he realized that Sadat gave his life for the peace cause of Israel in Egypt and Carter got more grit

and said I'm going to go and I'm going to give my life to be a peacemaker and

it gave him the inspiration to start building the Carter Center and start doing all these things and he wouldn't

have been a incredible ex-president without help of people like former Secretary of State James Baker or even

George trer Walker Bush um you know and then he went anger presidents I mean Bill Clinton was furious at Carter for

going into Haiti or North Korea they called parachuting to peace um Carter

believed that he if there was a civil war going on the UN couldn't mediate an internal Civil War but as a leader of

the Carter Center he could go in and kind of serve as a super Med mediator it worked a lot and it didn't work a lot

but he always gave 100% to that cause of Peace so obviously a complex Legacy

um but how did the Public's perception of his legacy shift over time you know I

think Robert um Casa as always was so great in in you know giving us that

snapshot U but you know it started turning on Carter he had a great inaugural he walked his inaugural he

publicly said the Democratic party is a is a albatross around my neck well

that's your party Mr Carter what he met was the liberal Ted Kennedy wing and the more moderate to hawkish far policy

scoop Jackson of Washington state wing and he didn't like politics so he was kind of a an outlier a one offer and yet

he was a micromanager and he read all the documents and he did all these things himself but the public started

turning on him um stagflation you know long gas lines the economy wasn't doing

great and add to that he did a blunder I think when he boycotted what didn't

allow our own Olympic athletes to to be in 1980 the Moscow Olympics like punishing our athletes because the

Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan so by the end and when you got beat by Reagan nobody would call themselves a Carter

Democrat he was seen as you know a one- termer not high in the polls but with

perspective now we start laundry listing and Robert was doing some of that you know he created the department of energy

created Department of Education FEMA is his he saved all the lands in Alaska the

size of California as Wilderness and national monuments you know he's a um

the list you start doing it and say wow that really was quite a one-term presidency Carter had and it wasn't as

bad at as a relationship with Congress as people often as presupposed but he

got run over by the Reagan Revolution and nobody ever forgave him in the Democratic party politically but the

American people learned to love the cut of his jip and as he's gone now we I

remember what George Orwell said about mahat mandhi Orwell they great writer you know didn't didn't care for Gandhi

and then when Gandhi was gone he said God what a clean smell Gandhi Left Behind now we flect on Carter like what

an honest decent man of character and integrity who cared about agriculture

and cared about the environment and cared about Global Peace and we had a giant amongst us so Jimmy Carter goes

down as one of the the really great moral figures as well as political figures of the 20th and 21st century

just extensive accomplishments I do want to shift Focus um to his personal life his family life his wife Roslin died um

they were the longest married uh first couple in American history can you talk a bit about they are a love story of all

love stories um you can read it in their correspondents to each other um they

they they had shorthand like nobody's business their children were born at different Naval bases Carter is the

first person in American history to graduate from the US Naval Academy in Annapolis but his ambition and he was

ambitious was to be chief of Naval operations but he got bounced around with his wife I mean that one of the

kids you know they're born in you know they're up in Rhode Island and then they're in Virginia and Hawaii and then

he was in a nuclear submarine for the rickover class so in many ways they just were inseparable and as president he

would have her sit in on meetings and then in her own right she became a champion of mental illness when it was

stigmatized and she's the person who brought mental illness to the Forefront the way Betty Ford did alcohol and drug

addiction and then every step of the way she was with her husband and his post presidency from house building to

peacemaking um and they were not the most they they were completely uh

unostentatious they could live on a sleep on a cot he would make his own you know uh Woodworks and paint and he was a

very a man of old school rural upbringing who could fix it and do anything would surprise you if you

Carter wrote poetry he wrote a novel he painted all the time and his wife was

there with them and sharing in this journey their big love became the outdoor worlds and she became a great

fly Fisher person like himself and they would go to these incredible uh reaches

outreaches of the world and uh sit by the stream and they very much connected

God and their religion to the natural world and it gave them a lot of soulless

as did staying in Plains knowing your Neighbors being part of the community showing up at local events staying there

and even Georgia we call Red State now and even America's Georgia area is red

in political terms but everybody respects Carter because he didn't leave most people leave the presidency and go

to get rich they become billionaires almost get big p Carter wrote books and stayed in ples he didn't serve CEOs of

boards wasn't trying to be a billionaire he's a modest person like Harry Truman one of his Heroes and reflect back and

we don't see that cut of that chib much anymore now and that character and that skill set you've been discussing did

that come from his his parents his family can you talk a bit about his relationship with his father and how

that was a guiding principle of course look his mother and father were very different James Carter was a

segregationist still believe black said to go in the back door Jim Crow's Georgia a great person overseeing the

peanut crops to a degree but he never really transcended the racism where Miss

Lillian was a deep integrationist so if you were black and she was home you'd come in the front door her hero was

Jackie Robinson and she went to see him U when he integrated baseball with the Brooklyn Dodgers um she created a place

called conia Farms where people that were in U interracial relationships she

gave them medical care cuz she was a nurse I mean she was a progressive left

uh Jimmy uh Jesse Jackson family he said Jimmy Carter's W for pres I'd vote for his for his mother in a heartbeat you

know because she was so Progressive where his father wasn't but when his dad died Carter saw all these people from

Sumter County Georgia show up at the funeral line up and they each told him you know your dad gave me money when our

crops didn't come in or you know we we had an accident in our house and he came and helped us fix it and all the good

deeds his dad did made Carter think you know what I can live a more meaningful life here in Suter County get involved

with school boards politics uh on a local level than maybe trying to be the

big U big wig in the US Navy but his military Navy habits are where he never

weighed a pound more than he was supposed to weigh he do the recommend he got up at at the crack of dawn he stayed

in perfect physical shape he hunted he hiked he collected arrowheads he walked

uh in on long distances and so uh he he saw Life as a great bounty to be lived

and have complete control over his emotions and perhaps too much so we we

call him our engineer president you know because he was a nuclear engineer but he he he had to have things kind of in

control he wasn't a sailor he didn't go with the winds or spontaneity he kind of

was a nuclear Submariner going from point A to point B what didn't he do

well Douglas frankley thank you so much for for your insights and for this look back really appreciate you here Douglas

Brinkley presidential historian and for more we go now to CBS News producer Elizabeth Campbell joining us over the

phone Elizabeth you just spoke with a former Carter White House staffer how are people close to him reacting to his

death it was certainly an emotional conversation this staffer was clearly

choked up when he was talking to me about just what an impact former President Carter had had on so many

different people he really has a life of service like Mr Brinkley was just saying there from the time in the Navy to the

school board to Governor to state senator to president and he brought so many people in that type of civil

service with him when we sat down with his grandson for his H 100th birthday we were talking about how he wanted to be

remembered and Jim he said that he wanted his grandfather to remember to someone who was always trying to help

others and always making sure others felt seen and heard and he said one of his proudest Civic Dy was voting and he

was always so civically minded and what will the 39th president most be

remembered for you know I think again that is a great moment of how he the former

president himself quipped that he spent four years behind the Resolute desk in the Oval Office but 40 years behind the

copy Resolute desk in the Carter Center that truly is his legacy of helping people internationally with whether it's

disease or health or anything like that and that Carter Center in Atlanta truly is a testament to him and rosn Carter's

work and how long they helped people and let's talk a little bit about public observances and memorials do we know

anything right now about funeral arrangements being planned we don't know for know for sure

we're still getting things figured out they've started a legacy website for anyone who wants to pay their tribute to

former President Carter through the Carter Center either online or social media obviously his his past few

birthdays they've done a big digital mosaic for anyone who wants to pay tribute that way we expect a ceremony in

Plains we obviously expect a ceremony in DC and as he goes along toy ceremony in

Atlanta as well so nothing officially planned yet but that is what we expect for a caliber of when a former president

passes away and we just had Douglas Brinkley here the a presidential historian Jimmy Carter's biographer um

can we just ask you about the political Legacy um what lessons can we draw from

his leadership and approach to diplomacy absolutely I think we have to

remember that the time when President Carter got elected it was right after the scandal of former president Richard

Nixon followed by President Ford and Carter's whole promise to people when he started campaigning was I will never lie

to you and that was what he promised to do and that is what he did do he had varying levels of efficiency throughout

his presidency I think that's fair to say but to that point that Mr Brinkley was making of how steadfast he held in

everything that he did that is truly a testament I mean this is a man who after the presidency went home to PLS to teach

Sunday school he always made time for his grandkids he always made time for anyone who wanted to come to planes and

having been to Plains a several times myself that Community still just truly loves him he was always giving back

always looking out for other people and that's not something you always see from a former president and as you said

dedicated to a life of service a humanitarian can you speak a little bit more about

that yeah I think it really to him was one of his proudest achievements if you look at his desk in the Carter Center on

it was a lot of momentos and a lot of reflections of his time but especially

eradicating guinea worm was very close to him he had a plaque about that on his desk that he saw every day in the Carter

Center and his humanitarian work going overseas as often as he did he obviously was known for the Peace Accords during

his time in the presidency but he was always trying to help others and that Carter Center Legacy is something that

continues on and even in through the final part of his days he was still checking in and getting updates from The

Carter Center and he told his grandson at one point that he had now trusted him with that and that he wanted that to

continue well beyond him and his time well Elizabeth Campbell thank you so much for your Insight and now we turn to

CBS News political reporter toian small joining us now uh let's get right to how

is president-elect Trump reacting to President Carter's death yeah Natalie we're getting the

first reaction from the incoming president Donald Trump just over 30 minutes ago he took to a social media

site truth social to write a statement that had really great reverence and uh

respect and most importantly Sympathy for the family of Jimmy Carter in this

statement he said there should be uh deference for the office he says this is a small Club of the president so he said

the 38th president deserves nothing but respect and honor for his service to the

country this is uh I have to say a statement that comes in stark contrast

to what the president said just doing Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday in October then he mocked Jimmy Carter saying that

uh when it comes to his legacy he's happy that Joe Biden is President

because he feels that history will look better on his uh Administration compared to that of

Joe Biden's but in this statement though I want to point out just one piece of it he said the challenges Jimmy faced as

president came at a pivotal time for our country and as he did everything in his power to improve the lives of all

Americans for that we all owe him a debt of gratitude so the president Trump

there uh showing great respect for Jimmy Carter though the two clearly did not

see eye to eye before Natalie and Tran What Les can current presidents learn

from Jimmy Carter well it's about uh the lasting

Legacy right so as you know he he's passing uh on his H 100th year of Life

uh his legacy goes beyond of what just happened when he was in office there will be probably a lot of parallels to

uh how he left office compared to Joe Biden but it's what he does or what he did after his passing so we talked about

the philanthropy we talked about how he worked with families to help build homes for them that's ultimately the Legacy

that the Carter family and the foundation is looking to promote especially in his passing right now

Natalie and a lot of his accomplishments came after he left office can you speak

about the post presidency yeah I I think probably one

of the most relevant or consequen although this happened toward the latter end was that deal with uh the Panama

Canal turning back over to Panama this is something that we've talked about recently because Donald Trump has talked

about wanting to have the US resume control or take back over control over that Canal as we talk about foreign

policy and we look at compare and contrast the styles of President Carter to Donald Trump it is a clear Stark

difference Donald Trump has long been uh an advocate of having a more aggressive approach to uh foreign allies but also

to foreign nations in general uh as he looks uh as we compare I should say the

two that is ultimately one that will be top of mind because it is so recent that Donald Trump is looking to invoke and

potentially reverse what Jimmy Carter has set there the legacy of Jimmy Carter which is again uh washing the US hands

of the canal so it can go back to control of Panama and do you think Carter's death will impact the incoming

Trump administration at all maybe I mean Donald Trump uh has

made it clear especially in his post to social media which the statement didn't come from but I would say this is a

deviation from his normal post he's spent especially after the election days

upon days mocking Democrats trolling them in these settings on this platform

he's made it clear that his administration is looking to distance himself from the policies of the left he

hasn't been too Cooperative with Democrats even directing House Republicans to break from any deals any

negotiations with Democrats because he's looking to push his agenda which he's calling this American first agenda uh

this is certainly something that I think will be reflective on him especially moving forward as this is such a fresh

passing but it's unlikely that it will move the president to act any differently than we've seen him act over

the past couple of months tan small thank you so much and for more we want to bring in CBS News correspondent

Skyler Henry who is at the Carter Center in Atlanta as we speak here um Skyler

The Carter Center obviously such a huge part of Jimmy Carter's legacy can you talk about the organization and the work

that he led hey Natalie good evening to you well this Carter Center is simply the

Touchstone the Milestone if you will for President Carter in his post presidency

world uh it is the beacon if you will for health and peace the work that those

here have been able to do all across the globe whether it's eradicating worm

disease in Guinea or spreading messages of Peace in all sorts of countries throughout Africa and Eastern Europe and

even Haiti and I think that that is something that the president will ultimately uh be remembered for fondly

and greatly just the work that he has been able to do uh following his time at the White House he was renowned for his

humanitarian work work also the work that he and his late wife Rosen uh were

able to accomplish on all platforms all across the globe the messages that they

spread the work that they were able to do and really that was something that so many people gravitated to in the Years

uh following his time in the white house so much so that when Carter's wife rosn

passed last year that that was something that simply kept popping up when with people that we spoke with they said they

were just so uh admir they admired what uh the Carters stood for when we went

down the plane same thing they said the thing that Plains was known for was peanuts and the Carters and just the

amount of work that they have been able to do all across the world all across the country for that matter as it

relates to their philanthropic work whether it Habitat for Humanity or other uh areas where they decided to uh sort

of reach out and try to help as many people as possible I think a lot of people recognize that even people who

have already shown up here to the Carter Center to pay their respects we heard from one woman who wasn't even from here

happened to be in Atlanta with her significant other and actually said that she wanted to stop here to pay her

respects because Jimmy Carter was one of her favorite people let alone favorite presidents and I think that that is

something that the former president will go down in history for just being so much of a Beacon of Hope a beacon of

light uh peace uh and philanthropic work I think it is in uh understatement to to

talk about the work that he has been able to do uh during his 100 years of life and Skyler we always hear Jimmy

Carter always stayed very connected to his Georgia roots to home uh can you

talk more about how he's being Remembered in the state I know you just gave some personal anecdotes of people

coming by there yeah sure sure well let's start with government we've

received statements from Senators rapael waro who sent a statement out saying that president Carter was one of his

Heroes his leadership was driven by love his life's project grounded in compassion and commitment to human

dignity and we've been seeing statements like that from uh officials all across

uh the state here whether they Senators Governor uh uh Brian Kemp or other uh

members of Congress and um also I mean this is someone who is rooted in Georgia I talked about planes that's where the

Carters were they didn't move to Atlanta they didn't move to Washington DC or New York City they stayed right there in

plain so much so that just about everyone you talked to when you were down there had a particular anecdote or

story about what the Carters meant to them whether it's their Sunday school service that he would lead or the work

that they would do throughout the community down there and I think that that is something it sort of speaks to

who uh President Carter was uh and so now it'll be interesting to see sort of

how he will continue to be remembered we know with uh the late life uh Rosland

the funerals uh procession and ceremonies that took place both here in Atlanta uh and also down in Plains and

we expect for President Carter's Memorial to be similar to that Skyler

Henry thank you so much from outside the Carter Center there uh now we turn to presidential historian and author Alexis

Co joining us now and Alexis you visited Carter's Hometown what did you take away

from that trip how thank you for having me it's uh it's

remarkable to reflect on his life as it was when I visited his his hometown over

a decade ago I went to his Sunday school where he was preaching and people from all over the world had traveled to

Plains Georgia to see him speak and he was impassioned he was um relatable and

he was surprising he talked about how he how he was angry at God because his

grandson had just died he was a very relatable president very relatable and what about

his biggest achievements um we're going to go very large scale here well in

office yes absolutely I mean it you know you cannot talk about Carter in office a

really you know in retrospect a brief part of his life but you can't talk about him without talking about what an

amazing accomplishment the Camp David Accords were it was signed by Jimmy Carter Egyptian president and War sadad

an Israeli Prime Minister then Min in 1978 and it established a framework for

a historic peace treaty concluded between Israel and Egypt Egypt

recognized Israel for the first time it had been the first meaningful peace

between these nations in thousands of years and so that is a huge accomplishment um you know I I I

sometimes think though uh that that his biggest accomplishment was coming in

after Ford after one of the greatest crises in the executive office the

nation had ever faced with Richard Nixon and establishing uh propriety and and

confidence in the office that was a great contribution now we spoke about his

major accomplishments what about his personal life can you also talk about the legacy of Jimmy and Rosland together

as the longest living presidential couple yes yes it's interesting I I once

asked I'm privileged to know Doris Prince Goodwin as a mentor and I once asked her because she had conducted this

famous interview in which Carter said I have lust in my heart if he if Carter

was maybe too good to be president too good of a person to to um on it and she

said possibly and I think this is one of the examples he had a high school sweetheart he married they had a long

marriage yes he he sometimes thought about other people as as I think any normal person does but they were the

greatest of Partners um you know top he he will never rank top 10 uh in the cpan

presidential rankings but as far as marriages absolutely and we really see that throughout the presidency she was a

she was a loyal advisor when I saw her in Planes she was standing up to interrupt his sermon to inject uh facts

and FL check in real time and she was next to him when they were doing that

good work for decades with the Carter Center in Atlanta um you know ensuring

free and fair elections all over the world and also eradicating Guinea worms 99% of them in Africa which has greatly

increased life expectancy and enriched lives there and it's really a tremendous

achievement well Alexa as you said both relatable but also larger than life thank you so much for joining us thank

you and now we turn to CBS News White House reporter Willie Inman joining us

from St Croy where President Biden is currently on vacation how are the

president and first lady responding to the death of Jimmy Carter hey there Natalie Good To Be With

You from St Cy President Biden and the first lady sent out a lengthy statement

about the life of Jimmy Carter I want to bring a part of that statement for our viewer she said with his compassion and

moral Clarity he worked to eradicate disease forg peace advaned civil rights and human rights promote free and fair

elections house the homeless and always advocate for the least of us he saved lives he saved lifted and changed the

lives of people all across the globe that statement at least part of it coming from uh President Biden and the

first lady they also mentioned in this statement that they've known Jimmy Carter and Rosalyn Carter for some six

decades this was a long relationship and clearly the president is very close to

former President Carter he had attended rosalin Carter's memorial service last year the first lady attended as well

that was perhaps the last time they were able to see each other it was early on in the Biden Administration during

President Biden's presidency where both he and the first lady Went Down to Georgia to see both Jimmy Carter and

Rosalyn Carter and take that famous picture with all four of them together so certainly a lengthy relationship

between President Biden the current president and former president and Jimmy Carter as we celebrate his Life in

longlasting Legacy natly and Willie President Biden said he will hold an official state funeral in Washington DC

what will that look like yeah there's a lot of pump and

Circumstance that comes with holding an official seat Funeral for a leader like

Jimmy Carter like a former president now President Biden has already officially begun that process with releasing the

statement as Skyler Henry pointed out my colleague they will be part of this that will take place in Georgia but a huge

part of it will also take place in Washington DC where you often times will see the current president the first lady

and former presidents former first ladies all in attendance there is certainly a lengthy list of things to do

and it'll be a dayslong process we don't yet know the date of that state funeral

when it will be held but we certainly know that part of it that will take place in Washington DC Natalie and

Willie um also his uh can you tell us about his plans for his

burial yeah part of that will include uh the former president one of the wishes

that uh we're certainly anticipating is that he's buried next to his wife we know the heat is from Plains he's a

Georgia a son of Georgia a son of Plains Georgia so that will perhaps likely be his final resting place and we know that

part of uh the Land There where Rosalyn Carter is buried was donated to the National Park service so making it a

historic site a place that people can really just go and visit and take solace

and the lasting Legacy that he's had on the state of Georgia a place that I know

very well being from Georgia he is much beloved in my home state uh down there in the peach state so certainly we

anticipate all of this process will begin in the coming days uh we'll found out more details not only from the

family but uh from the administration as well that has to really just plan not only this estate but the inauguration

for president-elect Trump as well so part of those Services taking place in DC but much of it will really just go

home to where Jimmy Carter's from and that will indeed be playings Georgia Natalie and Willie as you were there in

St Croy we can hear the waves behind you sounds very Serene uh President Biden wrapping up his time in office what can

we expect from him in the days ahead yeah well the president's here

this is a place that he knows very well he spends uh often times a part of the

holidays here with his family vacationing this is his final vacation with his family as president there's

certainly a lengthy list of things that the president has on his to-do list sending out more aid for Ukraine uh the

president will likely try to do that before January 20th when the president-elect takes office on top of

that there are more Pardons and commutations that the president will likely uh give out we did get some news

recently about student Aid uh that is something that people have really kept their eye on especially when it comes to

those public uh student loan forgiveness that's certainly something that the bid Administration has tried to do uh no

word on if there'll be any more uh large scale student loan forgiveness but the president uh did the Department of

Education I should say did that just a few days ago and one other thing I wanted to also mention Natalie as a president will travel to Italy to see

the pope this is something that the president has close to his heart he is a devout Catholic he goes Church uh

essentially every week we saw him attend church yesterday where he made some comments gave some news about the aeran

aircraft he was asked whether or not Putin is to blame for that crash the president said he had to talk with his

team and be briefed on that situation uh but we certainly anticipate that will be a big trip for the president to meet

with the Pope and other Italian leaders of course but a large focus of that trip in early January will be that meeting

between him and the pope there in Vatican City city natal Willie thank you so much for joining us

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