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
president jimmy carter is receiving hospice care at his georgia home. we ll bring you the latest reaction. and plus as blinken meets face-to-face with his chinese counterpart, what the secretary of state said about the balloon shootdown over the u.s. and more on a disturbing report that thousands of ukrainian children have been forcibly relocated to russia. we ll talk to a human rights advocate about what is being done to end that.center, this is have not newsroom with kim brunh brunhuber. from georgia and around the world, people are sending thoughts and praying for peace and comfort for former u.s. president jimmy carter. his family says he has decided to begin hospice care at home. priscilla alvarez has more. reporter: former president jimmy carter has begun to receive hospice care. they say after a series of short hospital stays, jimmy carter decided to remain his remaining time at home with hospice care. and it went on to say that he has the full support of his
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
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