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disaster. the epa says it has not detected any contaminants in the town s drinking water and says tests have shown the air is safe to breathe. but, you know, many residents in east palestine and other nearby towns, they re concerned about the potential long-term health effects. this town is going to need long-termest thing term testing. there s a lot of people who don t want to stay and really can t blame them. a major concern for me would definitely be the water. i think they should have dredged the creeks that are going out because, you know, it s spreading into other communities. arthel: garrett tenney is live in east palestine, ohio, with the very latest. garrett? reporter: yeah, arthel, that is such a tough question that a lot of folks are naysing now. facing no. with so much uncertainty about what the future of this town looks like, do we stay or do we go? to answer that question, it s going to take some answers, and some of those answers are going to take time.
been subpoenaed. and we will break down the findings on the georgia grant special jury report and what happens next in the fulton county da probe. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. tonight, we begin with some major breaking news, former president jimmy carter has decided to receive hospice care after several short hospital stays. this according to a new statement from the carter center. quote, after a series of short hospital stays, former u.s. president jimmy carter today decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and respective hospice care instead of additional medical intervention. he has the full support of his family and his medical team. the carter family asked for thoughts during this time and is grateful for the concern by his many admirers. carter, the 39th president, turned 98 in october. nbc news has learned that president joe biden is aware of former president joe carter s decision and the white house is in touch with the carter family and
investigation. even more republicans have now been subpoenaed. and we will break down the findings on the georgia grant special jury report and what happens next in the fulton county da probe. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. tonight, we begin with some major breaking news, former president jimmy carter has decided to receive hospice care after several short hospital stays. this according to a new statement from the carter center. quote, after a series of short hospital stays, former u.s. president jimmy carter today decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and respective hospice care instead of additional medical intervention. he has the full support of his family and his medical team. the carter family asked for thoughts during this time and is grateful for the concern by his many admirers. carter, the 39th president, turned 98 in october. nbc news has learned that president joe biden is aware of former president joe carter s decision and the w
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