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The first time the cancer diagnosis that he revealed just last week. its a poignant conversation, likely to resonate with millions of american families who face their own battles with the deadly disease. sanjay gupta will be on hand for jimmy carters speech. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, carol. this could be a very extraordinary thing. we havent heard from a president quite like this perhaps ever. former president clinton, when he had his heart operation, he had heart surgery quite qu...

Obviously, we know at this time that he had an operation back on august 3rd to have a small mass removed from his liver. at that time the statement was that everything went fine, the prognosis was excellent, but it was just last week, carol, as you know, that he said theres now evidence that the cancer has spread throughout my body. its going to affect my schedule, and, carol, i can tell you, i dont know if you can see this, but the president is walking in now. >> i see him. >> hes walking by hi...

And one of the reasons that this river is still closed, its a little bit difficult to see but there is sediment on all of the rocks in the river, on the riverbed, and theyre concerned that anybody using this for recreation is going to kick up that sediment and reverse the progress they made. this is not over yet, francis. >> certainly not. thank you for the update there. up next, ill talk to one of the three women who came forward in the last 24 hours to publicly accuse bill cosby of sexual as...

Heres what he said. he said recent liver surgery revealed that i have cancer in other parts of my body. i will be rearranging my schedule so that i can understood go surgery. more will be known possibly next week. sanjay, how serious a problem is this in your estimation? >> well, you know, obviously theres some details that are still going to be forthcoming, don, as you mentioned: but, look, this is serious by what were hearing so far. we dont know specifically where the cancer started. did it a...

Known. possibly next week. president carter, who is 90 years old, had an elective procedure to remove a small mass from his liver on august 3rd. according to the carter center, it was this procedure which led to the detection of cancer. he has had an active post presidency with a long list of achievements including monitoring troubled nations, expanding the habitat for human an, and writing more than two dozen books. he won the nobel peace prize in his effort to final peaceful solutions to inter...

At emory health care. more complete public statement will be made when facts are known. possibly next week. president carter, who is 90 years old, had an elective procedure to remove a small mass from his liver on august 3rd. according to the carter center, it was this procedure which led to the detection of cancer. he has had an active post presidency with a long list of achievements including monitoring troubled nations, expanding the habitat for human an, and writing more than two dozen books...

That weve seen. 12 firefighters killed. 18 missing. the chinese government isnt saying what the potential cause may have been. state media says theyve detained a number of senior management. its not clear how many, that owned the warehouse where that explosion happened. and the president is promising severe punishment. francis? >> wow, nbcs kelly cobiella, thank you for the update. new reaction on former president carters announcement that he has cancer. clinton tweeted out, quote, my thoughts...

Known. possibly next week. president carter, who is 90 years old, had an elective procedure to remove a small mass from his liver on august 3rd. according to the carter center, it was this procedure which led to the detection of cancer. he has had an active post presidency with a long list of achievements including monitoring troubled nations, expanding the habitat for human an, and writing more than two dozen books. he won the nobel peace prize in his effort to final peaceful solutions to inter...

That necessitated the operation he had on august 3rd. at that point, they removed the small mass from around his liver. they determined that he had evidence it spread. this is a tough cancer. no matter how you look at it. even if he was a much younger man. at 90, the cancer will take its toll and the treatment. as more details come to us, we which bring them to you, christine. back to you. >> thank you, sanjay. lets get an early start on your money. china guiding the currency. the devaluation ...

Interesting, christine, he has a very strong family history of pancreas cancer. his father died of pancreatic cancer. not sure why, but it obviously appears a strong family history. that will be something that will be looked at obviously with regard to the former president as well. we understand he had been getting scans for screening purposes because of the family history up until recently. ct scans. it may have been a blood test that necessitated the operation he had on august 3rd. they remove...