heroes, all-star tribute hosted by our anderson cooper. all right here. earlier today some very welcome news this sunday. former president jimmy carter made a big announcement, he is cancer free. and he shared the good news with his sunday school class first. i went for an mri of my brain. the four places were still there but they were responding to the treatment. and when i went this week, they didn t find any cancer at all. so i have good news. you heard that sigh of relief. carter announced in august the doctors had found four spots of cancer on his brain. he said his fate, quote, is in the hands of god whom i worship. he said sunday he will continue with his treatments. next, we head to san bernardino, california, where there are new developments in the aftermath of last week s massacre. stay with us for that.
it provides just an escape from more pressing concerns on his mind. he s facing charges of burglary and fleeing or evading police. the prosecutor made an offer of ten-year sentence in exchange for a guilty plea, but i declined his offer. because he has two prior felony convictions for drug possession and theft, he could be looking at as much as 25 to life if convicted on his current charges. he is scheduled to go to trial in just days. i mean, i m nervous about it, you know what i m saying, even though i ve been in these situations a thousand times over, but when you re leak at that amount of time, you re thinking 25 to life, not knowing what the outcome of, what the case is going to be, it s just, i guess it s just in the hands of god and the jury. the jury, actually, yeah. even though he s faced with an uncertain four, sauer says there s one thought that keeps him going. i keep my mind fixated on the day that i get out, because i mean, there s nothing like the day y
of lyndon johnson in 67. it doesn t matter you can t stop an incumbent president. we got to move on because we want to let pat do something special for us tonight. president jimmy carter s cancer battle you probably saw the speech he gave has given new meaning to an old message. he was out teaching church goers today about faith and perseverance in back-to-back bib bible study sessions. it s been three days since he revealed that he has cancer and it has spread to his brain. i ve had a wonderful life. i ve had thousands of friends. and i ve had exciting and adventurous and gratifying existence. so i m surprisingly at ease much more so than my wife was. but now i feel, you know, it s in the hands of god and i ll be
of lyndon johnson in 67. it doesn t matter you can t stop an incumbent president. we got to move on because we want to let pat do something special for us tonight. president jimmy carter s cancer battle you probably saw the speech he gave has given new meaning to an old message. he was out teaching church goers today about faith and perseverance in back-to-back bib bible study sessions. it s been three days since he revealed that he has cancer and it has spread to his brain. i ve had a wonderful life. i ve had thousands of friends. and i ve had exciting and adventurous and gratifying existence. so i m surprisingly at ease much more so than my wife was. but now i feel, you know, it s in the hands of god and i ll be
he said this it is likely to show up in other parts of his body. that s what s coming. in his characteristic way, the 39th president who famously promised the country he would never lie to it, he delivered the very personal news with courage and candor. here s how he described his initial reaction to the diagnosis. i just thought i had a few weeks left. but i was surprisingly at ease. i ve had a wonderful life. i ve had thousands of friends. and i ve had an exciting and adventurous and gratifying existence. so i was surprisingly at ease. much more so than my wife was. but now i feel, you know, it s in the hands of god whom i worship and i ll be prepared for anything that comes. that s a powerful christian statement there. i m joined by the round table, chief political correspondent, the washington editor for the national review, and chris with the washington post. i m going to start with you, chris. i worked for him for all those years. i was a speech writer to the end