This is NBC Nightly News with Hallie Jackson.

Good evening. We're coming on the air tonight with breaking news. The world remembering former president Jimmy Carter, who has died at the age of 100 at his home in Plains, Georgia.

The Carter Center says the nation's 39th and longest living president was surrounded by family until the very end.

He had faced a series of health challenges and spent these last nearly two years in hospice care.

The former presidents remembered for his rise from peanut farmer to governor to the presidency after he burst onto the national political stage and won the White

House in 1976. But it's his post-presidency push for peace and human rights that remains one of the

most remarkable pieces of his legacy. Tonight, new remembrances from leaders around the world

and from loved ones honoring Jimmy Carter with plans for a state funeral in the days

ahead. Our Lester Holt starts us off. My name is Jimmy Carter and I'm running for president.

He went from being Jimmy Who to winning the White House itself, then struggled with crises overseas

and a troubled economy at home.

A one-term president whose time as ex-president was the longest and among the most active in

American history. James Earl Carter Jr., he always went by Jimmy, was born in small-town

Plains, Georgia, growing up on a farm without electricity or

indoor plumbing. He attended the U.S. Naval Academy, married Rosalind Smith, a friend of his sisters,

eventually becoming governor of Georgia. The time for racial discrimination is over.

A year later, he ran for the White House.

I'd like to announce that I am a candidate for president.

And won.

A born-again Christian who promised voters, I will never lie to you.

Hi, Jimmy Carter, do sell them this swear.

At his best, he scored historic achievements, leading successful peace talks between Egypt and

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