Jimmy Carter's 6-day funeral gets under way in Georgia

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00:00It's an emotional day, of course, and Jimmy Carter died last Sunday, aged 100, the longest

00:05lived president in U.S. history. This morning, the motorcade set off from a medical center where

00:12he'd been kept, and that involved some current and former Secret Service agents who worked with him.

00:19It went through his hometown of Plains, Georgia, where he lived for so many decades. There were

00:24many people lining the streets, waving flags, holding signs, shouting things like,

00:30thank you, Jimmy, and we love you, Jimmy. The motorcade stopped at the farm just near Plains,

00:38where Jimmy Carter grew up, tending potato crops for his father, raising chickens. He had a very

00:45humble childhood without running water or electricity. Then the motorcade made its way

00:52to the state capital, Atlanta. That's about two and a half, three hours. It stopped at the state

00:58capital building itself, and now, as you mentioned, reaching the Carter Presidential Center,

01:05where there'll be a private service, and Jimmy Carter will lie in repose. I'm sure many people

01:11will go to pass his casket. He'll be there until Tuesday when he goes to Washington,

01:17D.C. He'll lie in the state capital there, and then on to the Washington National Cathedral

01:25for a funeral service on Thursday with every living president expected to attend, including

01:33President-elect Donald Trump and the eulogy to be delivered by Joe Biden. Then later on Thursday,

01:40Carter returns to Georgia, and he'll be buried just at the grounds of his home there next to

01:46his wife of 77 years, Rosalind. Now, it's hard to overstate the importance of Jimmy Carter to

01:54Georgia, isn't it? I mean, he leaves behind quite a legacy for the state and also, obviously, for

01:58the country as well. Yeah, I think Georgians take great pride in having produced Jimmy Carter. He's

02:06the only U.S. president to come from Georgia. Previously, he was the governor of that state,

02:14and when he was inaugurated, he gave a speech in which he declared the time for racial

02:21discrimination is over. That certainly took some people in Georgia by surprise, given its history

02:27in the Deep South, a long history of segregation and so on. I think he was viewed as a pretty

02:34successful governor. Of course, that was a springboard for him to go on and become president.

02:40He had only four years in Washington, and once that was over, Georgia was very much his home

02:47base. You can just look at some of the affectionate reactions today. In the town of Plains,

02:53almost everyone seemed to know him or be a family member. They have very fond memories. He did

03:00pioneering work at the Carter Center for decades. That remains a big hub in Atlanta. You really see

03:09a state in mourning today and saying thank you to Jimmy Carter for a long life of service.

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