The nation pauses to honor Jimmy Carter for his service as a naval officer, governor and president, and his four decades of humanitarian work after leaving the White House.

President-elect Donald Trump shook hands with his former vice president, Mike Pence, Thursday at former President Jimmy Carter's funeral. Norah O'Donnell anchored CBS News' special report on the funeral proceedings.

President Jimmy Carter will be eulogized by President Joe Biden in Washington D.C. on Thursday, in a service that is expected to see all five living presidents attend, including President-elect Trump, and former presidents Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and George W. Bush.

Leading a cohort of next-generation Southern leaders in both parties, Carter grafted the region back on the national map by repudiating Jim Crow, firmly and finally extinguishing George Wallace as a political force and assembling a fearsome, if fleeting, biracial general election coalition.

President Joe Biden will deliver a eulogy at Washington National Cathedral. Several former presidents, including President-elect Donald Trump, are expected to attend.

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – The nation will say goodbye to former president Jimmy Carter Thursday. His state funeral will take place in the nation’s capital. The snow and cold temperatures have not stopped people from coming to the U.S. Capitol to pay their respects to the former president.

President-elect Donald Trump paid his respects on Wednesday as President Jimmy Carter lay in state at the Capitol Rotunda as part of state funeral rites.

President Joe Biden will deliver the eulogy for his fellow Democrat after he was asked to do the honours when they last met four years ago

President-elect Donald Trump, who has alternated among praising, criticizing and even mocking Jimmy Carter, came Wednesday to the Capitol Rotunda to pay his respects as the 39th president lay in state ahead of his funeral Thursday in the nation's capital.

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will meet for the first time since the US election at the funeral of former president Jimmy Carter in Washington on Thursday.

Decades ago, Jimmy Carter engineered the creation of the modern Education Department. On the heels of his death, the agency's future is threatened.