carter receiving hospice care in his georgia home after a series of health battles. the former peanut farmer turned u.s. president is 98 years old. carter s four years in office from 1977 to 1981 are only part of his incredible story. for decades he s been a champion for world peace eventually winning the nobel peace prize in 2002. isabella rosales is in his hometown. is there any indication of how the former president is doing today? reporter: paula, the family is requesting privacy so we re not really getting an indication as to the extent of his health condition. we have a statement from the carter center which he founded. here is a statement. quote, after a vears of short hospital stays former u.s. president jimmy carter decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention. he has the full support of his family and his medical team. that s as far as we know right now about his health condition. l
We begin with a fastmoving infur know. Firefighters are making slow progress in the foothills near los angeles. Police say the fire was likely started when paper was tossed into a campfire. It forced thousands to evacuate. Jennifer london is live with more tonight. Jennifer . Were at the command post where about 30 minutes ago firefighters held a press conference. The fire stands at 1700 acres. Five homes have been destroyed. Sever buildings have been damaged. They have had three people arrested in connection with this fire. They have got between 600 and 700 firefighters on the scene. They will be working in 24hour shifts throughout the night to try to bring that containment percentage up. Again, its at 30 contained right now. John, if you live in southern california, you live with the threat of wildfires, but because the state has seen multiple years of below average pain and precipitation, these threats se to be even all the more real and increasing, and the colby fire is a dangerous