of being a one term president. jimmy carter, his peace making work around the world. if i had one constant prayer it would be to bring peace to israel. his place in history. what is the one piece of advice you would give any president when they walk in the oval office the first time. tell the truth. what he thinks of the state of america s union. we are still the greatest country in the world but we have extraordinary problems at the same time. this is piers morgan tonight . jimmy carter was president from 1977 to 1981. his work since then has won praise world wide and a peace prize. tonight i m privileged to set down with president carter. thank you for coming to this center. i love the dates here. so you became president in 77. cnn is launched in 1980. the carter center launched in 1982. the carter center is unusual in the sense that most expresidents went for a big library. just walking around the library is really a small part of it. you have these dif