SPAN, former President Jimmy Carter gave a moment of levity on the future of The Carter Center upon his passing.
Joe Biden is the consummate Washington insider. Jimmy Carter was anything but. Yet the 46th and 39th U.S. presidents had a decades-long friendship starting when Biden, as a young Delaware lawmaker, became the first sitting senator to endorse Carter’s outsider White House bid in 1976.
It’s the world’s most exclusive fraternity and, on Thursday, all five members of the so-called presidents club will gather to honor one of their own.
Hundreds of mourners gathered at the Carter Presidential Center on Monday night before President Jimmy Carter’s body is taken to Washington D.C.
On Tuesday, Carter's body will be flown from Atlanta to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, where his casket will be transferred with ceremony to a hearse. From there, a motorcade will proceed to the U.S. Navy Memorial, where his casket will then be transferred from a hearse to a horse-drawn caisson with ceremony.
Members of Congress were among the first who were able to pay their respects at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday as former President Jimmy Carter lies in state.
Vice President Harris, Congressional members, and guests gathered in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday as former president Carter's funeral proceedings continued.
Former President Jimmy Carter will lie here in repose under ceremonial guard 24 hours a day until 6 a.m. on Tuesday, so you can come at any time on Monday, day or night.
Former President Jimmy Carter was remembered Tuesday as his casket journeyed to Washington, D.C., for national tributes.
Former President Jimmy Carter is lying in state inside the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., where Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Mike Johnson delivered eulogies Tuesday before family and lawmakers.
Harris, Senate Majority Leader John Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson delivered eulogies celebrating Carter’s faith, military service and devotion to service, including his hands-on contributions to building homes for those in need through Habitat for Humanity.