you are live in the cnn newsroom. we begin with breaking news here at cnn. former president jimmy carter, the 39th president of the united states is now receiving hospice care at his home. that s according to a statement we have just received from the carter center. let s go live to priscilla alvarez. she is live at the white house. what else do we know about his condition? reporter: we re hearing from the carter center that said after a series of short hospital stays jimmy carter decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention. he has the full support of his family and medical team. jimmy carter is the oldest living president at 98 years old. he s kept a low profile since the coronavirus pandemic though he has spoken out about the rir risks to democracy. he and biden have a long-standing relationship going back to biden s days as a senator. and in 2021 carter did visit him and said the two ta
i m sara sidner in new york. jim acosta has the day off. you are in the cnn newsroom. we begin with breaking news here at cnn. former president jimmy carter will begin receiving hospice care at his home in plains, georgia. that is according to a statement from the carter center which says the 98-year-old has decided to spend his remaining time surrounded by his family and forego any further medical treatment. our jeff zeleny has the latest. reporter: the decision of former president jimmy carter to remain in plains, georgia, after a series of hospital stays certainly speaks to the center that this town has really been to his life. he has spent nearly all of his the 8 years in 98 years in plains, with the exception of his time in the white house and has time as a young men in the american military. plains, georgia, a town 140 miles or so south of atlanta really has been the place where this former president has done his life s work in the post presidency. he s talked abo
i m sara sidner in new york. jim acosta has the day off. you are in the cnn newsroom. we begin this hour with breaking news. former president jimmy carter is receiving hospice care at his home in plains, georgia. sources tell cnn president biden is staying in close contact with the family. let s go now to cnn s jeff zeleny in washington. what more have you learned since we ve just heard this not too long ago. we are learning this this afternoon and the carter center advised something we had not known, the former president has had a brief series of hospital stays. he made the decision to spend his final days to enter hospice care in plains, georgia. that is really so extraordinary because that of course is where the former president has sent his entire life with the exception, of course, of his four years here in washington at the white house as well as his military service as a young man. he went home to plains, georgia, in his post-presidency, and that s where he s been ev
watching symone. we are getting some breaking news on how the former president, jimmy carter, is doing. we will have an update on just a moment. finally on the way fema is headed to the states more than two weeks after the train derailment and toxic spill in east palestine. where many are worried that the air and water are just not safe. we are asking the ap aid ministries or who has been to the derailment site about his promise to the committee. plus vice president harris condemns russia for committing crimes against humanity in ukraine. vows to hold them accountable. we will have more details on the vice presidents hard-line speech in munich from earlier today. also, former president donald trump has multiple investigations hanging over his head from 2020. now a partial grand jury report released in interference case out of georgia. latest development, we are digging into it could signal for trump and for his allies. i am symone sanders-townsend, and i have something to
. . welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church. ahead here on cnn newsroom, norfolk southern getting slammed again after another train derailed in ohio. what we know about that second train and what it was carrying. an active gop likely presidential candidate speaking from maryland to california, nailing the talking points but refusing to target trump. is that a winning strategy? we ll ask our senior political analyst, plus the battle for bakhmut and it could mean for the war in ukraine if the city folds to the russians. . . . live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with rosemary church. good to have you with us, with the u.s. national transportation safety board is sending investigators to ohio a little more than 24 hours after another norfolk southern freight train derailed. it was the second derailment by that company in that state in a little over a month after the toxic crash in east palestin