Newscasts - Biden, Trump and Obama attend Jimmy Carter's state funeral

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09/01/2025 22:16

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Description: Jimmy Carter, a U.S. president who served only one term but was
widely admired for his humanitarian work after leaving the White House, was
remembered during his state funeral on Thursday as a man who put honesty and
kindness above partisan politics. This report produced by Freddie Joyner.
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Video Transcript:

Hundreds of mourners paid their final respects to Jimmy Carter at Washington
National Cathedral on Thursday, a one-term president who was widely admired
for his humanitarian work after leaving the White House.

The man had character.

Fellow Democratic President Joe Biden eulogized the 39th president.

Through it all, he showed us how character and faith start with ourselves and
then flows to others. To young people, to anyone in search of meaning and
purpose. Study the power of Jimmy Carter's example.

Jason Carter, one of Jimmy Carter’s grandsons, remembered the man he
called ‘paw-paw’ fondly.

Maybe this is unbelievable to you, but in my 49 years, I never perceived a
difference between his public face and his private one. He was the same person
no matter who he was with or where he was, and for me, that's the definition
of integrity.

All five living current and former US presidents were in attendance. Before
the ceremony began, Republican president-elect Donald Trump entered the
cathedral with his wife, Melania. He shook hands with his former vice
president, Mike Pence, before sitting next to former President Barack Obama,
with whom he chatted as introductory music played. To Obama's right were Laura
and George W. Bush and Hillary and Bill Clinton. Tens of thousands of
Americans over the past two days filed through the Rotunda of the US Capitol
to pay their respects to Carter, who was president from 1977 to 1981. Many
mourners hailed him as an example of decency and humility for today's breed of
highly partisan politicians