and he, all of the time that he was president, with all of the criticisms, he thought he was doing the right thing and the best thing for our country. and we enjoyed it. for the last several years, they ve been at their family home in plains, georgia. the couple shared a passion for serving others and spent much of their life after the white house working to advance the causes of decent affordable housing and peace internationally. and with that, thanks to all of you for joining us, kasie hunt, don t go anywhere. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning. phil is off this week. happy to have erica hill by my side. nice to be with you. good weekend? good weekend. it is monday, november 20. we have a lot to get to. negotiations are under way and negotiators say they are optimistic about the possibility of hamas releasing hostages maybe within days. sources familiar with the talks say sticking points are inching closer to being resolved. lloyd austin making
40,000 were liberated. he and his wife have been married for 75 years. for most of those year, he didn t talk about the war. but several years ago he was an honored guest at the united states holocaust memorial museum in washington and walked through a train box car exhibit. this was a very nice looking box car. but when i got at that box car to walk through it, that is when i broke down. reporter: hilbert is since on a mission to teach and inspire. he speaks to schools and organizations. let s give a warm welcome. reporter: and late last week, it was to hundreds of students at atlanta s st. pius x catholic school. close to 32,000 prisoners in those barracks when we were there that sunday morning. reporter: but he s never considered his speeches more important than he does today because of what happened in israel on october 7. in all the years you ve been back from the war, and it has been almost 80 years, have you ever seen anti-semitic osm in t country as bad as
hi everyone. thanks so much for joining me. i m jessica dean in for fredicka whitfield. the focus of israel s war in gaza has become al shifa hospital, israel long says that hamas uses that hospital to cover up what it says is an extensive terror network underground. israel believes it s building its case with the exposure of what it says is a tunnel shaft on the hospital s grounds. cnn s oren liebermann entered gaza with the israeli defense forces saturday night to see the tunnel shaft and what lies beneath. cnn reported from gaza under idf supervision. submitting footage to the israeli military for its review. reporter: we go in under cover of darkness. it s lights out. we switch into an armored personnel carrier for the final stretch. through a night vision screen you can see the magnitude of the destruction on the seats of gaza city. we offload at al shifa hospital. we have to keep our lights off most of the time or risk exposing our position. cnn reported from gaza und
reporter: a soft-spoken, small-town girl, rosalynn smith carter became one of america s most charmed first ladies. born in plains, georgia, on august 18th, 1927, she was valedictorian of her high school class and met and married jimmy carter when he was in the u.s. navy. i love and respect and cherish and honor my wife, rosalynn. [ applause ] reporter: when mr. carter s father died in 1953, they moved back to plains to manage the family s peanut farm. i didn t want to go home. i was having a good time. i think i had thought i had outgrown plains, georgia. i had gotten a little too big for my britches. i only pouted for about a year after we got home. reporter: they had four children, three boys jack, chip, and jeff, and later daughter amy. in 1962, jimmy carter entered politics and rosalynn hit the campaign trail. campaigning was fun up to a certain point because i got to travel and see the whole country. the most fun are the people you meet. reporter: she sup
thanks for joining me. i m jessica dean. and we have sad news to report to you. former first lady rosalynn carter has passed away at the age of 96. the carter center confirming her death just a short time ago. here is wolf blitzer with a look back at her life. reporter: she was one of america s most charming first ladies . born in plains georgia in 1927, she was valedictorian of her high school class. and met and married jimmy carter when he was in the u.s. navy. i love, respect and cherish my wife. reporter: when mr. carter s father died in 1953, they moved back to plains to manage the family s peanut farm. i didn t want to go home. i was having a good time. i think i had thought i had outgrown plains. gotten a little too big for my britches. only pouted for about a year after we got home. reporter: they had four children, three boys, jack, chip and jeff and later daughter amy. in 1962, jimmy carter entered politics and rosalynn hit the campaign trail. campaignin