01-09-25 YMS White House Correspondent JON DECKER will be covering the funeral of Jimmy Carter in Washington on Thursday.

White House Correspondent JON DECKER will be covering the funeral of Jimmy Carter in Washington on Thursday.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Previously on your Morning Show with Michael dil chonho.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
John Decker, of course, is keeping an eye on the
Jimmy Carter funeral. Today, the body of the thirty ninth
President will make its way from the Rotunda to the
National Cathedral. The eulogy will be done by the President
of the United States, who just returned from a fiery
Los Angeles, Joe Biden. John Decker's here with all the
preview and details.

Speaker 3 (00:23):
Good morning, John, Hey, good morning. That's one of the
eulogies that we'll hear from this morning, President Joe Biden.
But another eulogy, which is pretty interesting, will be the
son of former President Gerald Ford. Steve Ford will deliver
a eulogy on behalf of his late father, and Ted
Mondale will deliver a eulogy on behalf of his late father,

(00:45):
Walter Mondale, who served as vice president to Jimmy Carter.
I think it's pretty remarkable and after the presidential election
of nineteen seventy six, President Ford and Jimmy Carter actually
developed a very strong bond with each other, as strong relationship,
and we're going to hear that in that eulogy that
will be delivered in a few hours this.

Speaker 2 (01:05):
Morning, we've seen the passing. By the way. We joke
about this on the air, but it is true. Decker
and I text back and forth. I'm usually in front
of a television. We're both very, very respectful of the
office of the presidency and our republic and our history.
And so he's standing there while it's happened, I'm watching
it on TV. And so when the remains of President

(01:28):
Carter arrived at the rotunda, I mean they arrived on
the carriage to carry the body of Abraham Lincoln and
John F. Kennedy, I mean I would have stared at
that for about ten hours. And he's there, and we're
going back and forth. But we were both taken by
the leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House,
and then the Vice President, the bipartisan remembrances of Jimmy

(01:49):
Carter in the rotunda, that there were efforts made to
honor this man, regardless of party. It was very refreshing
to hear nobody was making a political football out of him.
And I guess we'll hold our breath that that is
the case again today, because the remarkable life of Jimmy
Carter is not necessarily the political opinion of his presidency
that most usually in every poll is towards the bottom,

(02:12):
but when it comes to the mark of a man
of faith and living his faith, he ranks very high.
I hope that comes through in the and today, I
guess is what I'm saying.

Speaker 3 (02:23):
Oh, I think it will come through. We're going to
hear also from one of his closest aids during his
time as governor of the State of Georgia, but also
a close aid of Jimmy Carter during his time as president,
and that's Stuart Eisenstett. He will deliver one of the
eulogies this morning, and I think that human aspect of

(02:44):
Jimmy Carter will come through in the eulogy that we hear.
I don't think anybody knew him better than Stuart Eisenstett,
you know, aside from this family.

Speaker 2 (02:53):
Give us times on all of this, and I'm sure
most of the I hope Fox doesn't make the mistake
of cutting away as they did with the ton of ceremony.
But roughly what time will the ceremonies be, The procession
from the capital to the cathedral, that will take some time.
When is all of this slated well?

Speaker 3 (03:11):
The actual service for President Carter will take place at
ten a m. Eastern time, nine a m. Central. Of course,
it takes time for the casket to be brought from
the Capitol up to the National Cathedral, so I would
imagine coverage will begin within a half hour on some

(03:32):
of your cable news stations that you might be watching.

Speaker 2 (03:35):
And as always, I'll be watching. You'll be there living it.
John Decker, White House Correspondent, Thanks for joining us. We'll
talk about it more tomorrow.

Speaker 1 (03:43):
Miss a little, miss a lot, and we'll miss you.
It's your morning show with Michael del Churno.