Former US President Jimmy Carter’s body returns to Washington DC for three days of state funeral rites.
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00:00The late U.S. President Jimmy Carter's body has returned to Washington for a ceremony
00:06in the Capitol.
00:08His casket was flown in from his home state of Georgia, where he'd been lying in repose
00:13at the Carter Presidential Center since Saturday.
00:16The 39th President of the United States returned to the nation's Capitol almost 44 years after
00:22his defeat in the 1980 U.S. election to be honored in death.
00:27Emotional supporters lined up outside police barricades to witness the moment his casket
00:32entered the Capitol building.
00:34I actually met Jimmy Carter in Japan many years ago at a reception where he was there
00:42campaigning with the Japanese for his campaign against the guinea worm, which he eradicated
00:48this amazing, not amazing, but this horrible disease, childhood disease in Africa.
00:55So I just feel it's really important to honor him.
01:01The late president's remains were carried into the Capitol by U.S. troops.
01:06His casket, draped in an American flag, was laid down in the center of the Capitol rotunda.
01:13Members of Congress from both parties and Vice President Kamala Harris gathered around
01:17his casket to pay their respects and eulogize the former president.
01:22Today we gather to begin a final farewell to Jimmy Carter, Navy veteran, peanut farmer,
01:29governor of Georgia, and president of the United States.
01:34We all know that his care for humanity didn't stop at building homes.
01:37In the face of illness, President Jimmy Carter brought life-saving medicine.
01:41In the face of conflict, he brokered peace.
01:44In the face of discrimination, he reminded us that we are all made in the image of God.
01:51James Earl Carter Jr. loved our country.
01:57He lived his faith.
02:00He served the people.
02:03And he left the world better than he found it.
02:10Jimmy Carter's funeral is set for Thursday in Washington.
02:13U.S. President Joe Biden will be in attendance and is scheduled to deliver a eulogy.
02:19The late president, who died on the 29th of December at the age of 100, will then be
02:23flown back to Plains, Georgia, where he'll be buried in his hometown.