Was a good and descent man and in politics these days, we dont so often get good and descent men running for politics. Reporter the former peanut farmer grounded as ever in blue jeans, shared his news as he lead life with humor. First time called me in a long time. [ laughter ] reporter with discipline. Ill do what the doctors recommend for me to extend my life as much as possible. Reporter and with faith. What message do you have to other cancer patient whose are watching you go through this now . Hope for the best and accept what comes. You know, weve, i think i have been as blessed as any human being in the world. So im thankful and hopeful. Reporter after that extraordinary news conference, many in the chapel here stood and applauded president carter as he walked out. So whats next for him . He still hopes to travel to nepal to build houses, a trip thats been in the works, but said today it will depend on his treatment schedule. Lester . Hallie jackson in atlanta, thank you. It came of something as a surprise when president carter revealed hes not battling the same kind of cancer that devastated much of his family. His father, brother and two sisters died of pant rank yacht tick cancer but he has melanoma in his brain which is not where we think of melanoma occurring. Ann thompson has more. Reporter a farmer, a builder, a crusader for peace. President carter has spent much of his life in the sun. His light skin and hair putting him at risk for melanoma. The doctors tell me that about 98 of the melanoma is skin cancer and about 2 of the melanoma is internal. Reporter we all know to check our skin for unusual moles or harks but melanoma can also grow inside your mouth, nose and eyes, wherever it starts doctors say it must be taken seriously. Its the most aggressive type of skin cancer, and can be deadly in millimeters. Reporter doctors havent found the source of the former president s melanoma. They removed a tumor from his liver and now its in four places on his brain. They are very small spots. Reporter president carter says the spots are about two millimeters, smaller than the tip of a ball point pen. His doctor doesnt talk about curing the disease but helping his patient live with it. What were seeing is longterm life with a good quality of life. Reporter carter will be treated with some of the latest advances in cancer therapy. Hes receiving a drug to activate his immune system to fight the disease and today he began targeted radiation to attack the spots on his brain. Yield, they gave me a mask to hold my head perfectly still while the reduation goes in the right places. Reporter the American Cancer Society says the fiveyear survival rate for melanoma that spreads is 15 to 20 and though hes 90s, doctors dont expect carters age to be an issue. Most people are able to go on with their regular daily life. Reporter but as we saw today. Im ready for anything and looking forward to a new adventure. Reporter jimmy carter is not most people. Ann thompson, nbc news, new york. We turn now to another major story were following. Tragedy on the front lines of the wildfire battle in the west. Three firefighters killed as flames erupted in the mountains of central washington. Roughly 100 fires are burning out of control in the region right now, many of them still growing. As crews face a new danger in a fight where the worst may be many yet to come. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer is in twisp, washington. Reporter it was described as hell on earth, firefighters rolling into an explosive fire fight that cost three lives. The blaze erupted wednesday, three Forest Service firefighters, ages 20 to 31 involve in a vehicle accident. The county sheriff says they survived the crash but not the flames. Today, the governor called the raging fires an unprecedented cat cat chris m. We know these fires burned a hole in the hearts. Reporter four other firefighters were also trapped and injured, one with critical burns. The call for evacuations immediate and so was the danger. I just heard that three firefighters fire. Its just, its just really hard. Reporter the tiny towns after twisp and winthrop were pin bed between fires and then came the inferno between them. It just came so oh my god. Reporter winds tearing across these mountains, dropping into the valley below, fire a blow torch hour. Well just move in the direction of the wind, possibly over crews and in front of them and then thats where the danger is, then that can cut off the escape routes. Reporter across the west in this deadly fire season, these are the extremes. This wall of flames coming facetoface with firefighters. They put their lives on the line, work 16 hours a day, sleep in a tent and do it for weeks, protecting the lives and homes of those they have never met. Tonight in washington, they face a new danger, catastrophic winds in a fire fight that promises to get even uglier. Because the fire activity is forcing new evacuations at this hour because it is so explosive and so unpredictable, firefighters tell us the safest place for us this evening is in an area like this thats already burned and while we are safe tonight, it is a much different situation for the thousands of men and women who are on the front lines all across the west. Lester . Miguel almaguer tonight, thank you. In the meantime, were keeping a close eye on what is now the first hurricane churning in the atlantic this year, hurricane danny. Where is this heading. Right towards puerto rico and should reach it by early next week. Not surprising were talking about the first hurricane of the season right now because el nino limits the numbers of atlantic storms, a very small tightly compact hurricane, category one storm right now but it should weak to be a Tropical Storm by the time it makes its way into the islands monday and puerto rico tuesday. Its running into an unfavorable environment. We have strong upper level winds that will essentially rip apart this storm system which is good news. They need the rain from a tropical system and they dont need the wind from a stronger storm. Its way too early to determine what happens after that and if it will have impact on the mainland of the United States. In a courtroom we got the first look of a prison escape since he was recaptured. The judge entered a not guilty plea for him. Police got sweat after a threeweek long man haunt. His partner richard matt was shot and killed on the run. To the race for the white house and republican front runner donald trump fanning the flames over immigration and sparring very publicly with jeb bush over the issue of birthright citizen ship. We get more from nbcs chris jansing. Reporter donald trump has done it again, driving the debate in the republican pres dishl race. Excuse me. Ill use the word anchor, baby. Reporter hes using the term the dictionary describes offensive describing undocumented immigrants coming to the United States having babies hope pg it will help them become citizens. Jeb bushs wife used the term, too. Better enforcement so you dont have these, you know, anchor babies. Reporter that led the usually controlled bush into a testy tune. Think of a better term and ill use it. Im serious. People born in this country ought to be american citizens. We got that over with. Reporter even marco rubio whose parents fled cuba and werent citizens until four years after he was born agree with trump on this. This is a legitimate issue, you have people coming to this country expressly for the purpose of having children. Reporter the debate started as the fight over whats known as birthright citizen ship. 7. 5 of all births in the u. S. Are to undocumented immigrants, 300,000 baby as year who automatic by become citizens. Eliminating would require amending the constitution but that hasnt stopped trump or his remarkable number in the polls. Hes beating both bush and rubio who support birthright citizen ship in their home state of florida. Trump now moved to friday rally inball bam from a 2,000 seat theater to a 40,000 seat football stadium and tonight on the cover of Time Magazine with a message directed to his opponents maybe, deal with it. Late today Hillary Clintons campaign called the immigration rhetoric hateful and a disgrace. The fighting helped divert attention from clintons own troubles over emails and a new poll that shows 53 of dell democrats want joe biden to run with her. The first female graduates of the armys grueling ranger school. The defense secretary calling them trailblazers. Now, they are speaking out about a barrier breaking triumph. Our pentagon correspondent has their story. Reporter after two months of the most rigorous, torturous combat training, the two female soldiers entered the spotlight today as impressive off the Training Ground as on. Its definitely awesome to be part of the history. We felt like we were contributing as much as the men. Christian and First Lieutenant shay haber, the first women ever to pass the ranger Training Course but she admitted she was skeptical. Ready for the haters and naysayers but we didnt come with a chip on our shoulder like we had anything to prove. She had one thing in mind. I came here to be a better leader and improve myself and i feel like i did that. Both women won the admiration and respect of their fellow male trainees. I went to school with shay. On the Training Ground, brice was a power house. I thought she was crazy for that but maybe motivated the. Army refused to lower the male standards for the two women. The ability to look around to my peers and see they were sucking just as bad as i was kept me going. They earned the ranger tab, they are still barred from joining the elite ranger regular combat unit but they made military history smashing through a longstanding barry there will benefit women in the military for generations to come. Still ahead tonight, gas prices plunging now below 2 a gallon in some places. Drivers doing double takes. How low could it be by christmas . What experts say is behind the plunge. The shocking i accept that im not 21. I accept im not the sprinter i was back in college. I even accept that i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat, not caused by a heart valve problem. But i wont accept giving it less than my best. So if i can go for Something Better than warfarin,. I will. Eliquis. Eliquis. 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Can you believe stations in at least a dozen states, the price per gallon is under 2 with predictions that will soon be the national norm. Tom costello on what is driving the plunge. Reporter with labor day now just over two weeks away and summer almost in the rearview mirror, the price at the pump is suddenly dropping fast, and as the weather gets colder, 2 a gallon gas could be the National Average. Welcome news at the pump. The stress is off, do more vacations. Ill be able to buy a car. Reporter nationwide there are variations from. 3. 5 in chicago to 2. 19 in dallas. Prices can vary from one end of the state to the other. Gas prices are dropping because the world is simply a wash in cheap oil. The u. S. Is producing record amounts of domestic oil, saudi arabia, iraq and iran are expected to pop more just as the chinese economy slows requiring less fuel. With gas prices under 2 a gallon, that could save the average family 1,000 a year. Reporter based on todays National Average of 2. 65 a gallon, a 2,000 mile round trip from chicago to denver would cost 212 in a mini van but if gas drops to 2 a gallon by christmas, it could be a savings of 50. From new york to miami, 2600 miles round trip would cost 275 in fuel today, 208 by the end of the year. If gas prices drop by christmas, it would be the First Time Since the recession. Reporter big savings just in time for christmas. Tom costello, nbc news, washington. Were back in a moemts moment about what we learned with a world record and news about jennif frustrated with your Overactive Bladder medicine not working . Cant handle the side effects . Botox treats symptoms of leaking, going too often, and the strong sudden need to go. Ask your urologist if botox can help calm your bladder and reduce your daily leakage episodes. The effects of botox may spread hours to weeks after injection, causing serious symptoms. 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We had programs in 80 Different Countries on earth for the poorest people in the wonld, and that has been, id say, far more gratifying personally because we actually interact with families going into villages and learning about them and what the actual needs are. Reporter for do erers, hen he was in the white house, just one. I wish i ad sent one more helicopter to get the hostages and i would have been reelected but that may have [ laughter ] reporter and his biggest accomplishment. The best thing i ever did was marrying roseland. Thats the pinnacle of my h life and we had 69 years together, still togeth and so thats the best thing that happened to me. Reporter president carters first riduation treatment was today. Sunday, hell be where he usually is in church. I plan to Teach Sunday School this sunday and every sunday as long as im physically and mentally able. We have hundreds of visitors who come to see the curiosity of a politician teaching the bible. Reporter jimmy rter, a man with true purpose and unafraid. Harry smith, nbc news. A courageous man and we wish him well. Thats going to do it for us on a thursday night. Im lester holt, for all of us at nbc news. Th wk you for watching and good nig. Interview about her surpr e wedding. The ring, the honeymoon jen tells all now on extra. Here she is, mrs. Jusstin theroux. What was the most magical moment . Newlywed jen telli renee about her star packed backyard i dos and first up close peek at her diamond wedding band. Accused sex predator josh duggar admits hes a cheater too. His shocking public apology after getting caught on ashley madison. Matt doran is all over tt story. Duggar was looking for kinky side action. Ill tell you what we uncovered. New details on rosies teenage daughter and the man she ran off with. Then Donald Trumps hit list, jeb bush, hillary clinton, president obama. His last extra interviews. Jeb bush has a shot. Plus from video vixen to movie star, emily is here and dont hate her for saying this. Im not a big gym person. Now on extra from Universal Studios hollywood the entertainment capital of l. A. Welcome to extra. Im mario lopez. Coming up, josh duggar tells the wos. Rld he cheated on his wife. All new details on his second major scandal. Also coming up, ben afflecks fos,rmer nanny today and her surprise for the paparazzi. Bu first today Jennifer Aniston tayes marriage for the first time. Renee was with jen for a little girl talk all about her wedding. Here comes the bride. Facin. The cameras at her first premier giving extra her first interview. Since her top secret wedding to jusstin theroux. Congratulations. Thank you. Jennifer aniston is anything but in basic black jump suit showing off her estimated 6,000, 1. 5 diamond encrusted golden wedding band. The newlyweds fun in the sun honeymoon at the four grand a night four seasons in ora bora over. Now the brand new mrs. 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