Today, all the living U.S. presidents will gather with hundreds of other dignitaries at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., for former President Jimmy Carter's state funeral.

KIM CARTER FULLER: I'm in Plains, Georgia. I'm looking out the window at downtown Plains. INSKEEP: She is Jimmy Carter's niece, the daughter of his brother, Billy. She's lived her whole life in ...

INSKEEP: Well, Mr. President, thanks for taking the time. CARTER: I've enjoyed it. Thank you. INSKEEP: Former President Jimmy Carter questioned on NPR in 2007. His funeral is tomorrow. Transcript ...

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST) JIMMY CARTER: I was more than $1 million in debt. I didn't have a job. We had a business that had collapsed while I was in the White House. INSKEEP ...