i'm running for president. >> jimmy carter. >> jimmy who? >> i don't know who he is. >> i picture him like one of us. one of the commons. >> jimmy carter grew up in a very small town in the south. plains, georgia. he had grown into a family of farmers. became a peanut farmer himself. from georgia he basically started his political ascent. >> the idea that somebody that somebody from that region could aspire that kind of national office, people didn't even try. >> yesterday, about 50,000 democrats in iowa met in caucuses to choose delegates for their state party convention. former georgia governor jimmy carter did extremely well. >> the iowa caucus was something no one ever paid attention to. but carter and his team said, hey, if we go and we win, the media is going to treat us look a serious political front-runner. >> mr. carter is also deeply religious. he prays in public and speaks openly about his religious beliefs. >> carter was a person who you thought would lead america to some kind of spiritual redemption. which at the time we really

and i was struck by him, that's jimmy carter. that is him. >> in terms of legacy, is that he's a popular punching bag for republicans. you have people like rick perry say, oh, you know, we survived jimmy carter. we can survive the obama administration. and he always seems to take these attacks with such grace and point to his time and the post-presidency with the carter center, work for human rights around the world, work for fair elections around the world. how do you think he sort of takes that on and how do you think he's been able to take the negativity and turn it into positive pst-presidency work? >> i tell you, i was there. i mentioned off air but i was with him when he lost in 1980. nifs plains, georgia, in the helicopter watching the whole news. even after he got the word from pat cadle, that he was going to lose by ten points he kept getting briefed by stu and david -- i'm forgetting his name. anyway. and going through this details, you know, he was always the consummate hard worker and he kept it up. i think he's going

in truth it's all one in the life of jimmy carter. without his presidency, if he didn't put human rights into the forefront of state department policy as president, he wouldn't be able to be the human rights warrior who goes on to win a nobel peace prize. if he didn't do the panama canal treaty as president, he wouldn't have been able as ex president in 1989 to say general manuel noriega ran a fraudulent election in panama and have all the panamanians believe jimmy carter. if he hadn't recognized the people's republic of china, carter did that, not nixon and kissinger, and create a relationship with the president, he wouldn't be able to go now and election monitor this china like he's done in recent years. he was the first president, sitting president, to go to africa while president when he went to nigeria. he had denounced apartheid when he was president. so it's all part and parcel, the presidency and the post-presidency of an extraordinary american life dedicated to honesty, decency, and democracy everywhere on the planet. >> very

i want to ask you about jimmy carter's treatment. he will have his first radiation treatment this afternoon. what will that be like? >> hi, carol. it's jonathan, i'm with habitat for humanity. i think we have a camera crossed. >> i think we have our cross wires. let's bring in dr. ken licttenfield. are you with me. >> and it's dr. len, by the way. >> i'm getting everything right today. i apologize. seriously jimmy carter will have his first radiation treatment this afternoon. what will that be like? what will his treatment be like? how will he feel? >> it's hard to predict how the president is going to feel. as you mentioned, we just witnessed an incredibly emotional and frankly spectacular moment with his willingness to sit and share with us what's going on with him at a very difficult moment in his life. he's going to receive one of the new immunotherapy drugs and he's going to get radiation therapy to the brain. he's going to have some side effects. if there's good news in here, the side effects he's going to have are probably goi

one thing also, that is blaring for me with trump versus jimmy carter, you have jimmy carter who was someone who came from the south, georgia, with steep racial problems in the '70s and he took the high road. he tried to stay away from that. he tried to build on integration, not segregation and here you have donald trump, talking about minorities the way he does. particularly mexicans, but one thing that really is blaring to me. what happened in boston and how this homeless person was beaten up, urinated on and they are blaming it on donald trump. i will tell you this, amos brown, dr. amos brown a board member of the national board of the naacp said rhetoric like this is what started the situation in charleston where that man went in and shot up nine people, shot them dead that that church. we have to be careful. you have jimmy carter who's a man of peace and this man who's not lily correct. we need some help in this time right now. >> listen to what jimmy carter said today when asked if he would have done anything differently. >> i wish i sent one more helicopter to get the hostages

jimmy carter is healthy, active. and it both well for this recovering. since leaving the white house in 1981, he built a legacy as humanitarian and diplomat. travelling the world, remaining active in the church. last fall he celebrated his 90th birthday. carter planned a november trip to nepal. he and others talked about slowing the busy pace. we talked about it when i was 85 and 90. and so this is a time for us to carry out. >> the president made clear the outlook has not diminished. i'm ready for everything, looking forward to a new adventure. >> if you believe this, the 90-year-old president receiving radiation treatments, he's going to go to his home town and teach sunday school. he did that last weekend as well. we should note that jason carter, his grandson that ran against nathan deal, the governor now, this past november, will take over the new role of acting chairman of the bored of trustees here at the carter center. >> robert ray in atlant yes. in a few minutes we talk to the man that received the same breakthrough cancer treatment as presiden

jimmy carter went before cameras today to explain in great detail his recent cancer diagnosis. the removal of a tumor on his liver and then the surprising discovery he fully revealed for the first time today. >> first, i felt that it was confined to my liver and they had, the operation had completely removed it so i was quite relieved, and then that same afternoon, we had an mri of my head and neck and it showed up and it was already in four places in my brain. so i would say that night and the next day until i came back up to emery i just thought i had a few weeks left, but i was surprisingly at ease. >> the cancer, melanoma, a kind we usually associate with skin cancer and often a troubling prognosis but yet, what the world saw today was a sharp, upbeat and courageous man ready to face what's next. we begin our coverage with nbc's hallie jackson. >> well, thank you-all for come thing morning. >> reporter: in a frank, deeply personal and very public conversation, president carter revealed not just new details about his melanoma but a man at peace with his diagnosis. >> i had a

. >>> now to developing news about former president, jimmy carter, he has just reveal that his cancer has spread to his brain and he plans to begin radiation treatment today. marcy gonzales was there for the announcement, she joins us live now from the carter center in atlanta. >> he was open and even up beat as he shared details of his diagnosis and thoughts of what is ahead. former president, jimmy carter, still smiling as he detailed his melanoma diagnosis, first discovered during liver surgery. >> it's already in full in my brain so that night until the next day until i came up to emery, i just thought i had a few weeks left, i was surprisingly at ease. you know i have had a wonderful life. >> speaking this morning the 90-year-old is explaining he is fighting the disease going in for his first radiation treatment on his brain today. >> i feel good, i haven't felt any weakness or disability. the pain is slight. >> carter's father and all three siblings died of pancreatic cancer and he talked about his family and history. >> my name is jimmy carter and i'm running for president. >>

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you had some critical comments about jimmy carter. sen. cruz: thank you. >> is a proper to criticize jimmy carter given his health? sen. cruz: when it comes down to public policy of the carter administration, millions of people -- [indiscernible] failed public policy. people are yearning for america. it is going to be an election just like 1980. that is the way we are going to win. >> is that appropriate? come with me and i will sign it out there. >> what would you do to help mothers like me that can't afford to keep their jobs? we need to have an economic environment where moms have opportunity. i was raised by a working mom. many of the people in my family are single moms. in the last 6.5 years, 3.7 million women -- the median income has dropped $733. is to gete answer back to booming economic growth where small businesses are growing and moms and young people are anybody who wants to achieve the american dream has the opportunity to do so. >> does your polish the support -- does your policy support maternity leave? sen. cruz: i think ma

attacks about the camp david accords and the 13 days in amherst to god and jimmy carter spent together, not always harmonious late at camp david and how the process worked out. personality, history, fear, anxiety, stress, ms. truss, the role of interlocutor. jimmy carter put a lot on the table including his own reputation and it worked in the camp david accord remains the only lasting peace accord in the middle east and jimmy carter deserves a lot of credit as to the other participants as well. if you want to see how human levels diplomacy worked, great book ought to be read by every graduate school and international studies. walter isakson, benjamin franklin an american life, a wonderful biography. benjamin franklin comes through these pages and we would really based on a per trail in this book. on balance this is a great vision, lived a long life, many episodes to the life as a political figure in pennsylvania as a political figure on behalf of the colonies in europe, as a political figure with the declaration of independence. back to europe representing now a confederacy of america

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. >>> hoy sabemos como serÁ la batalla que el expresidente jimmy carter tendrÁ que pelear contra el cÁncer las opciones de tratamiento en estos casos y los factores que determinan cuÁl es el camino a seguir, lori. >>> gracias mary, jimmy carter, se ha mantenido involucrado y muy activo tambiÉn en su trabajo humanitario. y entonces, es fÁcil olvidar que Él tiene 90 aÑos de edad carter tenÍa mÁs posibilidades de padecer de cÁncer, debido que esta es la enfermedad que cobrÓ la vida de su padre y 3 hermanos. >>> el cÁncer muchas veces... >>> la tarea principal dice la oncÓloga patricia rodrÍguez, serÁ investigar donde se origiÓo el cÁncer que padece el expresidente jimmy carter. >>> hay cÁncer que se pueden tratar, otros que seria mÁs difÍcil. >>> carter, de 90 aÑos anuncio que su reciente operaciÓn de hÍgado descubriÓ que el malisse a propagado a otras partes de su cuerpo la doctora rodrÍguez, que no forma parte del equipo, asegura. >>> cuando un cÁncer ya esta en el hÍgado, las chances de cura en general son muy pequeÑas y el tratamiento, no solo es para tratar de p

. >> in an extraordinary news conference from atlanta, former president jimmy carter lays out the severity of the cancer he is battling, the only words to describe him on this day is courageous. >>> also, this noon, storms are moving east with heavy rain that could disrupt two outdoor concerts attracting thousand cents of fans. >> well, we have a report on former president jimmy carter from atlanta coming up in just a moment. good afternoon, i'm pat ciarrocchi. >> i'm erika von tiehl. right over to the weather center. mentioned the concert, we've got jimmy buffet, rascal flatts. >> i wish i could tell you blank statement it will be fine, but it is not, cold front passage, stormy i weather ahead of it, means we have to get through the rain first, it is timing, all about the timing. and we go throughout our afternoon, we will see some of the pop up thunderstorms, let's take live look at our neighborhood network. and you can see here, this is margate. not too far from atlantic city where, hey, it is gorgeous out there. but look at the difference, we go to palmyra cove. now, you can see, that

jimmy carter. carter has never missed an opportunity to connect with ordinary people, to connect with the american public, and he has never missed an opportunity to teach by example. of grace underle extreme pressure, something president kennedy once talked about, and an example of his continuing and abiding faith. david: also the use of humor, saying he had had sympathy calls from several ex presidents like himself. the first time in a long time they have called, he said. >> a little self-deprecation is very good in a politician. david: he says he wants to carry on teaching sunday school. he wants to go to nepal if possible in november. this is a man who clearly believes it he has worked to do. >> his work, he believes, never stops. as long as he is living and breathing, he's going to continue his work. he is perhaps our most active ex-president in modern history, in many ways, establishing even more of a record. that het's often said was a better ex-president than he was president. is that how hi

jimmy carter deserves a lot of the credit. if you want to see how a human level, diplomacy actual works, great great book ought to be read by every graduate school that studies international studies. another biography, walter isaacson on benjamin franklin and american life a wonderful biography. benjamin franklin comes through these pages as a very contemporary man. we would relate to him easily after the portrayal in this book. on balance this is a great man, great vision lived a long life, had many episodes to is this life, as a political figure in pennsylvania a political figure on behalf of the colonies in europe. as a political figure with the declaration of independence. and the confederacy of america during the revolutionary war, as a key figure in the constitutional convention helping to save the day really for the constitutional convention and arguing in what was a close thing in the constitutional convention in 13 states. benjamin franklin bigger than life figure, homespun, shrewd, smart, entrepreneurial, so much of

jimmy carter was a good man, she told me. he believed in peace. here was my introduction to the divide between red and blue america. it ran straight through our house. dad, the son of nixon republicans, a navy veteran, a small businessman, and mom, the social worker from blue collar waterbury, connecticut, the daughter of a nurse who unionized the city hospital there. it was also my introduction to jimmy carter, whose presidency is part of the foundation of the deep and intractable political divide we know today. to the right, to red america, it's an essential ingredient in the legend of ronald reagan. after all, in any good story it can't be mere mediocrity that the hero saves everybody from, it has to be a crisis. so for ronald reagan to rescue america, he couldn't just follow a disappointing president, he had to follow the worst president ever. to the left, to blue america, the carter presidency is a different kind of tragedy, the kind of tragedy where a swirl of crises and misfortune beyond the control of one mere president creates an opening

. >>> jimmy carter tells the world he has cancer. well wishes pour in after the president reveals his diagnosis. >>> a collapse at a landmark music hall in minneapolis. several concert goers are hurt when the ceiling comes tumbling down. >> tom brady makes his case in the nfl in the deflate gate scandal. new sketches become an internet sensation. this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, august 13th, 2015. >>> good morning, good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. massive explosions in a chinese city killed at least 44 people and injured some 500. last night's explosion at an industrial area that housed toxic chemicals were so powerful, area residents thought they were hit by an earthquake. it's not clear what caused the explosion. shock wave wrs felt miles away. we have the report. >> reporter: as we were driving toward the site of the explosion, we could see the windows of an apartment building blown open because of the power of the blast. that explosion took place before midnight, lighting up the night sky with orange. the fi

. >>> jimmy carter speaking out about his cancer diagnosis. >> hope for the best and take what comes. i think i've been as blessed as any human being in the world. >>> more hacked data from ashley madison is posted online. >>> incredible lightning strike caught on camera in atlanta. >> a bizarre court after appearance in florida. >>> happy friday to you. thanks for joining us today. i'm betty nguyen. couple of presidential candidates are facing criticism because of comments about birth rights citizenship. donald trump is fanning the flames. donald trump has done it again, driving the debate in the republican presidential race. >> excuse me. i'll use the word anchor baby. >> he's using the term the dictionary calls offense toif describe you think documented immigrants coming to u.s. to have babies. jeb bush's wife was born in mexico used the term too. >> it's important to you don't have the anchor babies, as they're described, come income the country. >> that led bush into a testy term with reporters. >> give me a better term, and i'll use it. people born in this country should be amer

he founded the jimmy carter center in atlanta. he travelled the world working on plans achieving peace in the middle east. he was awarded the nobel peace prize in 2002. his work has not stopped since. >> we have a program promoting peace, enhancing democracy. it was adventurous. i have to say it's gratifying to do that. >> the president called carter last night. he released this statement. >>> this morning, surge of surveyin surveyin surv surveys is doing this. the former florida governor's campaign tells msnbc news he met with black lives matter protestors before for 15 to 20 minutes. even so, this happened. >> black lives matter! black lives matter! >> they chanted as he left the stage. bush is working to catch up with donald trump who gave us a peek at what the trump white house would look like. >> i don't want the to use names. jack welch, carl types, henry kravitz, warren buffett said great things about me the other day. he said trump is here to stay. >> brian moore is live in washington. >> a new poll in cnn shows trump with

. >>> plus president jimmy carter's fight. the new diagnosis as he announces his cancer has spread. ♪ >>> you are watching al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm john than betz. chinese officials are now saying they have detected poisonous and harmful chemicals in the air where a warehouse exploded late last night, so big it could be seen from space. the building stored chemicals and gases. at least 50 people are dead, 12 firemen. another 36 firefighters are still missing. adrian brown talked to some survivors. >> reporter: the heart of one of china's most important economic hubs, torn apart by multiple blasts. fires burned throughout the night. there were further explosions on thursday afternoon. as a pool of toxic smoke billowed across the city. with local people concerned, not for the first time, about the air they are now breathing. >> translator: we're very worried, very worried about what chemical is in the air. we're worried it might be toxic and could be harmful in the future. >> reporter: close to the epice

. >>> and a stunning announcements from former president, jimmy carter, the health battle he is facing after undergoing surgery and later a fight over this toxic river spill in colorado, why the epa says the situation is getting better and residents say it's only getting worse. >>> now the details, we are getting an idea of how the pope's visit will affect new jersey transit next month. among the highlights, river line and the atlantic city express line require special tickets the weekend the pope will be in town. many lines are running on limit the stops and as for bus routes, all buses heading for philadelphia will end in camden once the ben franklin closed on friday september 25th, new jersey transit officials stress that anyone planning to head into philadelphia from new jersey or new york, to take amtrak and be prepared to walk for miles. >> not only people that are parked for the bus parking in camden, have to walk four or five miles but they have to climb 135 feet for the rise of the ben franklin bridge. everyone else is advised to stay off public transit, new jersey trinsity of

amy: on a different issue, you worked with jimmy carter. you worked under president jimmy carter. today he will beholding a news conference announcing his diagnosis with cancer. your thoughts? >> you know, jimmy carter -- he was a man that i must say i look back at my work with him and knowing him, how it people can say that a job at that level, at the white house level, that you spent five years in constant crisis and the president never asked you to do something in any way that violated your values, the way you feel about your own country? noble a noble man -- is a man, actually. and the fact that even while he is been diagnosed with cancer, he is now building more houses for habitat for humanity says something about the guy. he is a real person. he actually believes what he says. sometimes that got him into real trouble. people expect the politicians to lie and sneak around and be devious. basically, jimmy carter did not do it. he would have been better off in some cases if he had behaved that way, but it isn't his style. the fact he is out in the open, discussing this publicly

former president jimmy carter admits the disease has spread to his brain. how he uses faith and humor to share the difficult news. >>> tragic loss. the elite firefighters caught in a death trap in washington state. new details about who survived and who did not. >>> and new this half hour, hope after a paralyzing accident. >> the technological marvel helping a severely injured marathon runner get up and out of her wheelchair. an amazing invention put to work. >>> and later in "the skinny," another apology from former reality star josh duggar. he's revealing another major secret in what he call ahurtful addiction. it's friday, august 21st. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good morning. it is friday. i'm phillip mena. >> i'm reena ninan. we begin this half hour with former president jimmy carter telling reporters that he has started treatment for cancer which has spread to his brain. >> mr. carter had radiation yesterday in georgia. he's also being treated with a cutting edge drug. abc's marcy gonzales reports now from atlanta. >> reporter: wi

a new fight for jimmy carter. the former president undergoing treatment. >>> massive explosion. proking an entire town in china. felt from miles away. bob woodruff is there as the blast zone still shoulders. >>> his jet ski breaking down. a teenager forced to cling to a buoy. >>> a scare overnight for concert goers. as a ceiling comes crashing down. the new video just in. >>> good thursday morning, everyone. i'm reena ninan. >> i'm phillip mena. new reaction overnight that jimmy carter is battling cancer. >> well wishes pouring in from around the world. the former president set to begin treatment in atlanta soon. >> reporter: former president jimmy carter is in atlanta this morning preparing himself for a battle against cancer. the 90-year-old shared with the world in a statement yesterday recent liver surgery revealed he has cancer that is now in other parts of his body. >> cancer from many different i and optimistic. the vp sending prayers, along with president obama. saying in a statement, jimmy, you're as resilient as they come. along with the rest of america, we're rooting

anyone who works with jimmy carter. look, we went through an iran hostage crisis which cost him his presidency and as he said oh, my gosh, you know in regrets i wish i had another helicopter which was pretty funny and true. that's what we all talked about that. but, you know, i sat with him. i was there all night long the night before reagan's inauguration. i invited myself because i thought it would be a moment of history and it was on abc taped a lot of people thought i must have been advising. i wasn't. i was there as a spectator of history. the devotion those man had in getting those hostages back and keeping us out of war and keeping them alive, the threat with the ayatollah that we would vaporize iran if they hurt those hostages. he was an honorable president. his post-presidency, harris has been unbelievable. not a hint of scandal for his foundation. the work he's done. healing hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people in the third world. he's the most amazing man i've ever known in public life. and i say that

so you have the alpha and the omega of the jimmy carter presidency. he said, if i had sent just one other helicopter, i would have rescued the hostages and been re-elected. maybe that's a bit of a rewriting of history. he had other problems as well, including a very sour economy and the soviet war in afghanistan. >> but if anything, people are really going to remember the grace that he just displayed this week. >> absolutely. >> and the heart as well that he has displayed. good to see you. >>> the next hour of "cnn newsroom" begins right now. >>> hello, again. thank you for sticking with me today. i'm fredricka whitfield. president barack obama has placed a call to the three americans who prevented a massacre on a train in europe. anthony saddler, alex scarlatos and spencer stone were on vacation in europe when a man emerged from the bathroom of the high speed train they were on with a rifle and

thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you very much for having me, john. >> jimmy carter is 90 years old. i found that news conference to be remarkable, arresting, even. i couldn't take my eyes off. to see this 90-year-old man to speak with such poise and grace, as he was at that point hours away from the first radiation treatment for cancer in his brain. i wonder if you were surprised or if this is just the jimmy carter you have come to know over the years. >> this is the jimmy carter i have come to know from the first days when he ran for governor, and then president, and then in the white house. he's a person who takes pressure with great grace. i watched the news conference with a mixture of obvious sadness at the condition, but with great pride in the way he's facing his challenge. he's done that with every challenge he's face indeed in the white house and afterwards. i think the fact that he's reached this age and he's accomplished so much, gives him a sense that whatever happens, as he put it, he's in god's hands, but he's done the very best he can. he served his country

this afternoon former president jimmy carter begin radiation treatment for cancer that is spreading in his by. this treatment coming after the nine-year-old detailed the challenge he is now facing. donovan is in our newsroom with more on the 39th president's health. reporter: mr. carter was smiling and making jokes and being very lighthearted as he told reporters he is battling melanoma.'s mood was upbeat. maybe he has reason to be of the. -- upbeat. >> i am ready for anything and looking forward to a new adventure. reporter: former president jimmy carter is battling melanoma it is spreading threat his body, including his liver and brain. >> i feel at ease about it. i have been very lucky that the doctors have been able to control any aspects of pain. reporter: he is optimistic. cancer is a battle his father and all of his siblings have lost. dr. michael atkins says he is reason to be optimistic. >> there are several new therapies for advanced melanoma that even a nine-year-old could take that could be very successful. >> i feel good. i have not felt any weakness or debility. the pain

we begin with an announcement from former president jimmy carter. he disploffclosed he has cancer it has spread from his liver. >> the important thing to remember is president carter is a robust 90-year-old. he is 90 and battling cancer is tough enough for anyone. >> reporter: at 90 years old president carter is the second oldest of the presidents, entry and alert. now his health is making the headlines. recent liver surgery revealed cancer spread through his body. in a statement the 39th president said: carter's cancer is widespread, but doesn't reveal where it is or where it started. last may he shut court a trip. he had been in the south american country. in a formal statement the white house wished president carter a fast recoveringry adding: a tweet from the obama seemed to be more formal:. >> i jimmy carter ... >>> though his one term in washington d.c. is rarded as troubled, arguably jimmy had the best post presidency of anyone occupying the oval in modern files, winning the nobel peace prize in 2002. after losing to ronald reagan in 1980 car

president jimmy carter addressed his battle against cancer head on. this morning the 90-year-old held a press conference to talk about the radiation treatment he is undergoing today. >> did an mri and found there were four spots of melanoma on my brain. they are 2 millimeters. and i get my first radiation treatment this afternoon. and then i understand i will have four treatments scheduled three week intervals. >> he said doctors removed the mass from his liver during a procedure but learned it spread to his brain. he remains optimistic and says it a good time to slow down his work schedule. >> for a number of years we planned on reducing our work at carter center. haven't done it yet. we thought about it when i was 80-year-olds. 90. so this is a time to carry out our long delayed plans. so i am going to cut back on my obligations at emery. i had a wonderful life. i had thousands of friends. i had an exciting, gratifying existence. so i was surprisingly at's. more so tan -- at ease. more so than my wife was. now i feel this is in the hands of god. i w

. >> president jimmy carter has revealed he has cancer that has spread throughout his body. >> we wish him good wishes. matt o'donnell is off, erin o'hern is here. >> reporter: that's a shame about jimmy carter, he he was one of the best presidents. >> reporter: high pressure is buildings in from the west, we have sunshine coming up over the horizon. 71 in philadelphia. 61 in millville. 68 in sea isle city. we're low in terms of humidity. 67 by 6:00 a.m. 69 by 8:00 a.m. comfortable, clear skies humidity not a problem and rolling through the day, it will be a warm one, but a nice summer afternoon ahead. 8:00 a.m., 69. 3:00 p.m., 83 degrees that's the high this afternoon before we dip to 80 by 6:00 p.m. for another hour or so, before dawn we have the meteor shower bringing down 100 meteors per hour. the best place to look is the northeast. i'm going to look for it from the terrace in another minute. that might be something you'll see in the northeast and see the meteors coming down, pretty cool. >> reporter: i stood outside in my driveway trying to see the meteor shower that's why i was

kimberly: former president jimmy carter opening up about his battle with cancer. he said at first he thought the cancer was confined to his liver only to learn it had spread to his brain. marcy gonzales has more on the fight ahead for president carter. reporter: with humility and even humor -- former president jimmy carter openly detailed his melanoma diagnosis, sharing his fears when he learned the cancer first discovered on his liver had spread. doctors also finding it on his brain. carter: i thought ahead a few weeks left. but i was surprisingly at ease. i've had a wonderful life. reporter: alive he is optimistically fighting for, undergoing radiation treatment on the four small cancers on his brain starting today. >> the goal is to prevent them from growing so he can continue to live a hike or the life he has right now. >> my name is jimmy carter and i'm running for president. reporter: after leaving the white house, carter and his wife committed themselves to humanitarian work through the carter center. they are now taking a step back from those efforts to fo

. >> president jimmy carter is battling cancer. he had to interrupt his humanitarian work when he began having health had problems this spring. he shares with us his diagnoses. robert ray has it. >> reporter: yeah, tony, indeed. president jimmy carter, the 39th president, 90 years old, came out in his memorial here behind us, and talked to reporters. he had on a sport coat and jeans, and his wife of 69 years sat in the front row. and he's completely at ease with whatever comes his way and that he has had a wonderful life. >> thank you all for coming this morning. >> reporter: a seemingly upbeat jimmy carter sat down for an upbeat discussion about his cancer diagnoses. the president began to feel ill in may during a trip to monitor elections in guyana. a thorough checkup should found a growth in carpenter's liver, and it was found to be melanoma. it's usually on the skin. >> they did an mri and found there were four spots of melanoma on the brain. they are very install spots. about 2 millimeters, and i'll get my first radiation trea

former president jimmy carter starts radiation therapy today. he says doctors found cancer on his brain. greece is heading for a new election, with the prime minister set to announce his resignation within hours and a heavy response from police in st. louis when they square off with protesters after an armed black teenager was shot and kill killed. ♪ this is al jazeera live from new york city and i'm tony harris and former president jimmy carter is getting radiation treatment this afternoon for cancer that has spread. the 90-year-old spoke candidly about his illness earlier today at the carter center in atlanta. >> i just thought i had a few weeks left. but i was surprisingly at ease. i've had a wonderful life, i've had thousands of friends and i've had an exciting and adventure existence and i was at ease, but not my wife. this is the god of my worship and i will be prepared for anything that comes. >> wow, carter called his pain so far very slight. he also said it is still not clear exactly where the cancer began. the 39th president did not

jimmy carter never tells you a lie. this is going to be something we've never seen before. >> here he is, the former president, jimmy carter, 90 years of age. >> thank you all for coming this morning. i first want to express my special thanks to my wife rosalyn who's busy talking right now. and to all the folks at the carter center, the emory doctors and hundreds of well-wishers who have called in or sent me letters or e-mails. i think i'll just outline what's happened so far with my medical condition and then toward the end, i'll give you a brief rundown of what i plan to do in the future and then i'll answer some questions from the news media. in may, i went down to guyana to help monitor an election. i had a very bad cold. and i left down there and came back to emory so they could check me over and in the process, they did a complete physical examination and an mri showed there was a cancer -- or a growth, a tumor on my liver. and they did a pet scan and that kind of lights up a bad place and it lit up. so they're pr

. >>> former president jimmy carter publically addressed his cancer diagnosis. >> the president says the disease has spread to his brain and is beginning treatment immediately. marcy gonzalez joins us live now. >> reporter: carter says he first started feeling sick during a trip abroad earlier this year and had surgery to remove a cancerous mass from his liver. he says the real battle is just beginning. with humility and humor former president jimmy carter openly detailed his melanoma diagnosis, sharing fears when he learned the cancer first discovered on his liver had spread with doctors also finding it on his brain. >> i thought i had a few weeks left. but i was surprisingly at ease. i have had a really full life cht. >> reporter: a life the 90 year old is optimistically fighting for after undergoing radiation treatment starting today. >> the goal is to prevent them from going so he can continue to live the high quality life he is right now. >> reporter: some of the focus of his life now changing. >> my name is jimmy carter and i'm running for president. >> reporter: after leaving

plus, some sad news about former president jimmy carter. the breakfast of champions takes on a whole new meaning. and some seriously bad timing and much, much more as we kick off your thursday morning. "early today" starts right now. >>> good morning, everybody i'm dara brown. the death toll continues to rise after a series of powerful explosions rocked china. smoke is still smoldering from the blast site and we're getting a look at the devastation. new drone footage shows the aftermath. and the smoke above the warehouse where the explosions took place. it happened an at an industrial area and triggered a blast that was felt miles away. and cell phone video captured seconds of the second one. >> reporter: a first blast had shaken the port city of tianjin, then this. a massive explosion, many times bigger than the first blast and a blinding white light. you see it and then they feel it. the shock waves shattering windows and turning shards of glass into projectiles. images of the blast flooded chinese social media. a store froth disappearing

the carter center. jimmy carter: how do i feel what? how do you see the carter center in the future? jimmy carter: well, i think it will be equal to what it's been in the past. it's been expanding every year as far as the number of people we treat for horrible diseases and things like that. this year we will treat 71 million people on earth for diseases so that they won't have afflictions they have had throughout their lifetimes. 100 to added -- finished bring democracy to people. we are still trying to bring peace. so we concentrate on peace and human rights and democracy and freedom and the alleviation of suffering. and i would say in every one of those areas, the carter center's overall function and plans for the future are still expanding. i am completely confident that those plans can be realized without my everyday constant involvement in different projects. trusteetill be going to meetings as long as i am able. >> and how do you receive messages from latin america where the carter center had participation? jimmy carter: well, i h

jimmy carter for cancer survivor. you can just tell from all the love and support in this atmosphere here today that he has nothing but support as he battles this cancer diagnosis. poppy. >> remarkable to watch how he has handled all of this. nick, thank you. >>> one presidential candidate has a daring, unconventional idea for keeping undocumented workers from crossing the southern border using drones to destroy some of the caves in mexico right along the border. will the voters agree with him? is that a good idea? we'll talk about it next. across america, people like basketball hall of famer dominique wilkins... ...are taking charge of their type 2 diabetes... ...with non-insulin victoza®. for a while, i took a pill to lower my blood sugar. but it didn't get me to my goal. so i asked my doctor about victoza®. he said victoza® works differently than pills. and comes in a pen. victoza® is proven to lower blood sugar and a1c. it's taken once a day, any time. victoza® is not for weight loss, but it may help you lose