The first day of former President Jimmy Carter's state funeral began Saturday morning. People lined the streets of the late president's hometown to bid a final farewell to the 39th president of the United States.

President Joe Biden awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor to 19 people. Among the recipients were billionaire investor George Soros, former Secretary of State and First Lady Hillary Clinton, and soccer star Lionel Messi.

A major winter storm is forecast to impact the Central United States and move east. It's poised to unleash heavy snow, treacherous ice, and severe thunderstorms starting Saturday and continuing into Monday. An estimated 62 million people across at least a dozen states could be affected.