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The fires have sometimes destroyed whole neighborhoods. They wrecked the homes of celebrities. Billy Crystal says he lost the house where he's lived with his wife since 1979. Several people are dead that we know of so far, and new fires appear as desert winds blow embers around the region. We're joined now by NPR's Adrian Florido in Los Angeles.

The fires have sometimes destroyed whole neighborhoods. They wrecked the homes of celebrities. Billy Crystal says he lost the house where he's lived with his wife since 1979. Several people are dead that we know of so far, and new fires appear as desert winds blow embers around the region. We're joined now by NPR's Adrian Florido in Los Angeles.

Carter lived to be 100, leaving a mark on this country and the world, extending beyond his four years in the White House. Even as he traveled the world over the decades, he kept living in Plains, Georgia, a comparatively simple life. But presidential funerals are grandiose, and Carter's will be no different.

Carter lived to be 100, leaving a mark on this country and the world, extending beyond his four years in the White House. Even as he traveled the world over the decades, he kept living in Plains, Georgia, a comparatively simple life. But presidential funerals are grandiose, and Carter's will be no different.

Carter lived to be 100, leaving a mark on this country and the world, extending beyond his four years in the White House. Even as he traveled the world over the decades, he kept living in Plains, Georgia, a comparatively simple life. But presidential funerals are grandiose, and Carter's will be no different.

And he also met with Republicans to talk about strategizing for legislation.

And he also met with Republicans to talk about strategizing for legislation.

And he also met with Republicans to talk about strategizing for legislation.

So he says, but is there a path ahead?

So he says, but is there a path ahead?

So he says, but is there a path ahead?

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Good morning. How did Jimmy Carter emerge on the national scene? Well, first, Carter was born in this tiny southwest Georgia town called Plains. He joined the Navy. He was a lieutenant, the only U.S. president to have qualified on submarines. And after he left the service, he ran his family's peanut farm. Then he became a state senator before becoming governor of Georgia.

Good morning. How did Jimmy Carter emerge on the national scene? Well, first, Carter was born in this tiny southwest Georgia town called Plains. He joined the Navy. He was a lieutenant, the only U.S. president to have qualified on submarines. And after he left the service, he ran his family's peanut farm. Then he became a state senator before becoming governor of Georgia.

Good morning. How did Jimmy Carter emerge on the national scene? Well, first, Carter was born in this tiny southwest Georgia town called Plains. He joined the Navy. He was a lieutenant, the only U.S. president to have qualified on submarines. And after he left the service, he ran his family's peanut farm. Then he became a state senator before becoming governor of Georgia.

He was a rural religious white Southerner, but also said in his gubernatorial inaugural address that, quote, "...the time for racial discrimination is over." He had an unorthodox campaign style. While he was governor, he befriended popular Georgia musicians like the Allman Brothers, who played concerts for him.

He was a rural religious white Southerner, but also said in his gubernatorial inaugural address that, quote, "...the time for racial discrimination is over." He had an unorthodox campaign style. While he was governor, he befriended popular Georgia musicians like the Allman Brothers, who played concerts for him.

He was a rural religious white Southerner, but also said in his gubernatorial inaugural address that, quote, "...the time for racial discrimination is over." He had an unorthodox campaign style. While he was governor, he befriended popular Georgia musicians like the Allman Brothers, who played concerts for him.