Biden gives eulogy, Trump chats with Obama

12:15 p.mFellow gentleman Doug Emhoff shook hands with President Donald Trump after the funeral.

12:15 p.mThe service concluded and Carter’s casket was removed from the cathedral, after which it will be transported to Carter’s hometown of Plains, Georgia, for a private service and burial.

12:05 p.m Carter’s personal pastor, Rev. Tony Lowden, and Episcopal Bishop of Washington, Rev. Mariann Budde, led prayers.

12.00Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood sang John Lennon’s “Imagine”.

11:50Reverend Andrew Young, a leader in the civil rights movement and Carter’s former ambassador to the United Nations, spoke of Carter’s “ability to achieve greatness in the diversity of his personality and upbringing”, recalling how “he went out of his way to embrace them us who had grown up in all kinds of conflict.”

11:45Carter’s grandson, James Carter IV, read from the Gospel of Matthew.

11:30 amPresident Joe Biden talked about how he supported Carter’s presidential bid “based on what I think is the enduring quality of Jimmy Carter: character, character, character,” adding, “we have an obligation to give hate no safe harbor and to stand up against what my father would say is the greatest sin of all: abuse of power.”

11:14Carter’s grandson, Jason Carter, remembered his grandparents as “small-town people who never forgot who they were and where they came from, no matter what happened in their lives, but I recognize that we’re not here because he was just a ordinary guy.”

11 in the morningCarter’s former adviser Stuart Eizenstat said he wanted to “put to rest the myth that his greatest achievements came only as a former president,” calling him “among the most consistent one-term presidents” — pushing back on a common perception of Carter’s presidency.

11 in the morningTed Mondale, the son of Carter’s late Vice President Walter Mondale, read a eulogy for his father, but – during a section on how Carter helped Vietnamese immigrants – omitted a line from the prepared text that contrasted “how tragically we are dealing with the crisis of immigrants today,” according to New York Times.

10:48 amMondale’s eulogy recalled their time in the White House as a “marker of Americans dedicated to justice and decency” and how “Carter was far-sighted” and “put aside his short-term political interests to tackle challenges that required sacrifice.”

10:34 amSteven Ford, the son of Carter’s close friend, former President Gerald Ford, read a eulogy written by his father, who died in 2006, recounting how their friendship began years after they ran against each other in 1976: “It was a place across the Atlantic where Jimmy and I forged a friendship that transcends politics,” Ford wrote, recounting how he and Carter became friends on a flight to Cairo for former Egyptian President Anwar. El-Sadat’s funeral. “Honesty and truth-telling were synonymous with the name Jimmy Carter.”

10:20Carter’s grandson, Joshua Carter, spoke of his grandfather’s legacy: “My grandfather spent all the time I’ve known him helping those in need. He built houses for those who needed homes,” said Joshua Carter and recalled his grandfather’s extensive involvement with Habitat for Humanity. “He eliminated diseases in forgotten places. He brought peace wherever he saw a chance in the world. He loved people.”

10:14 a.mThe service begins as Carter’s coffin is carried into the cathedral by military officers and his family continues.

10:01 amBiden and First Lady Jill Biden arrive and sit next to Vice President Kamala Harris and Emhoff.

9:57Trump and former President Barack Obama – who sat next to each other in the pews – appeared to have a riveting conversation, with Obama laughing several times, a surprising moment for the two rivals.

9:57Harris and Emhoff arrived at the service and sat in the aisle in front of the four former presidents in attendance.

9:53Former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura, and former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton arrived for the service, with the Bushes sitting next to Obama and the Clintons at the end of the aisle, across from Trump.

9:50Trump shook former Vice President Mike Pence’s hand, marking the first time the two have been seen publicly in the same room in four years.

9:50Trump and his wife Melania Trump arrived at the funeral and sat next to Obama.

9:38Carter’s casket arrived at the National Cathedral.

9 in the morningCarter’s casket left the US Capitol, where it had lain in state since Tuesday, for the National Cathedral.