i m sara sidner in new york. jim acosta has the day off. we begin with news on former president jimmy carter. the 98-year-old will begin receiving hospice care at his home in plains, georgia. that s according to a statement from the carter center. the 98-year-old has decided to spend time with family and forgo any further medical treatment away from home. reporter: the decision of jimmy carter to remain in plains, georgia, after a series of hospital stays, speaks to the center this town has been to his life. he spent nearly all of his 98 years in plains, georgia, with exception for his time in the white house and his time as a young man serving in the american military. plains, georgia, south of atlanta, has been the place this former president has done his life work in the postpresidency. he s talked about democracy. been a leader for housing, building homes himself through habitat for humanity. clearly, plains, georgia, has been his life blood. the coarter center he has c
georgia. we ll look at what that means. the u.s. and china meet face-to-face at the munich security conference for the first time since that suspected spy balloon was shot down. we re live from munich and from asia with the latest. and why one environmental health expert says it s best to, quote, stay away from the area after the train derailment in east palestine, ohio. after a series of short hospital stays, former u.s. president jimmy carter has decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care. those words part of a statement issued saturday by the carter center about the 98-year-old former president. cnn s jeff zeleny has more from washington. reporter: former president jimmy carter, america s longest-living president at age 98, is now in hospice care. saturday afternoon the carter center, his presidential library and museum in atlanta, announcing that the former president would be spending his days in plains, georgia. they ackn
foregoing medical treatment and deciding instead to receive hospice care at his home. we will take a look at the 98-year-old s health and reaction coming in from around the world. plus top diplomats from the u.s. and china meeting after the shoot down of that suspected spy balloon. live in munich and tokyo to help repair strained relations. and secretary blinken on his way to turkey to assess the damage of the deadly earthquake. we will take to you istanbul for a preview of his upcoming trip. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. on this sunday morning across the united states people from georgia, across the u.s. and around the world are praying for peace and comfort for former u.s. president jimmy carter. a statement from the carter center reads in part, after a series of short hospital stays, former u.s. president jimmy carter has decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of add
what we know about his condition and what his family is saying is behind the decision. plus, a candid conversation. secretary of state antony blinken meeting with his chinese counterpart face to face for the first time since the u.s. shot down that suspected chinese spy balloon. what each side is now saying about the sitdown. treating the injured. parking lots have been turned into makeshift hospitals in turkey following that powerful earthquake. our dr. gupta has an inside look. and surveillance video capturing a woman fleeing from her alleged kidnapper. she locks herself inside a gas station. one of the people who helped her get away joins us live with her dramatic and daring escape. hello, everyone. sunday, february 19th. thank you so much for waking up with us. always good to be with you. i feel like spring is around the corner. it s been a warm winter, at least for us here in georgia. what about you? it has. it s barely gotten frosty here in d.c. a couple o
tomorrow night, joe biden goes to poland to deliver that message himself. this comes on the heels of the munich security conference where the u.s. state will have hard nosed positions on several fronts, warning china not to provide lethal aid to russian troops to ukraine. let s go to the white house. priscilla, tell us about the new emergency funds for earthquake relief before we get to what s been happening on the foreign policy front. reporter: secretary of state blinken announced that they are going to provide $100 million in disaster relief aid to turkey and syria, which have been devastated by the earthquake. that money is going to be split between emergency response, as well as humanitarian assistance. now, secretary blinken was able to survey the damage himself, and he said the efforts to recovery are very, very challenging. but, again, the u.s. is bringing more aid into this country. it would bring it to a total of $185 million that the u.s. has provided so far. jim