Carter's national funeral service in the morning will be held at the Washington National Cathedral. His private funeral service will be in Plains, Georgia, his hometown. Carter's funeral will be broadcast on "TODAY" and NBC News.

A public service will be held for the 39th president of the United States, who died on Dec. 29, at Washington National Cathedral.

Jimmy Carter's funeral proceedings began Saturday in Americus, Georgia, at the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. After the casket was loaded into the hearse by current and former Secret Service agents who protected the late president,

The last national day of mourning was in December 2018 to honor former President George H. W. Bush. To honor Carter, a Nobel Peace Prize recipient who resided in Massachusetts in the 1950s, all federal offices will be closed on Jan.

Nearly two weeks after former U.S. President Jimmy Carter died at the age of 100, public figures including President-Elect Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama, gathered to honor him.

Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the U.S., and the country's longest living president, is being honoured at a state funeral in Washington, D.C.