those who mattered so much to her and to her grandchildren and great- grandchildren she was known as nini, a very special person in their lives. lady bird johnson had a great sense of history and infecting -- and in fact her years in washington, she would often be a tour guide for texans who went to the nation's capital. i had the fortune to meet lady bird johnson while working at harry s truman national historic site and i was very impressed that she wanted to see how the truman story was being interpreted, knowing that one day her story would be told here at the lbj ranch. >> after mrs. johnson's death in 2007, the ranch was then ceded to the national park service. it is available for you to visit if you happen to be in that part of texas in the texas hill country. you really get a sense of the johnson's life and you're there. so she died at the age of 94. sharon cooper wants to know how the country respond to her ed to her death. >> there was an outpouring of love. >> everybody showed up. former presidents and first ladies and, as i say, members of congress and artificial people you wo

those who mattered so much to her and to her grandchildren and great- grandchildren she was known as nini, a very special person in their lives. lady bird johnson had a great sense of history and infecting her years in washington she would often be a true guide for texans who went to the nation's capital. i had the fortune to meet lady bird johnson while working at harry s. truman national historic site and i was very impressed that she wanted to see how the truman story was being interpreted, knowing that one day her story would be told here at the lbj ranch. >> after mrs. johnson's death in 2007, the ranch was then ceded to the national park service. it is available free to visit if you happen to be in that part of texas in the texas hill country. you really get a sense of the johnson's life and you're there. so she died at the age of 94. sharon cooper wants to know how the country respond to her death. >> there was an outpouring of love. >> everybody showed up. former presidents and first ladies and members of congress and all the people you would expect to be there, but also this wond

one of the very well-qualified nominees is nini pillard. she's a talented lawyer and professor. she's the kind of sensible, well-respected person who we need to fill one of those empty seats in that courtroom. actually, it's professor pillard, because these been a law professor at the georgetown university law center for the last 15 years. she graduated magna cum laude from yale college in 1983 and earned her j.d. from harvard law school in 1987, again graduating with honors. in addition to her academic career, miss pillard served in government. from 1998-2000 she was the deputy assistant attorney general for the justice department's office of legal counsel. prior to that, she served as an assistant to the solicitor general, a position held by some of our country's most talented lawyers. it should be no surprise that miss pillard is one of the most accomplished supreme court advocates in the nation. she has argued nine cases before our nation's highest court and has briefed 25 cases. outside the courtroom, she has spent her time teaching and mentoring young lawyers, serving as t

those who mattered so much to her and to her grandchildren and great- grandchildren she was known as nini, a very special person in their lives. lady bird johnson had a great sense of history and infecting her years in washington she would often be a true guide for texans who went to the nation's capital. i had the fortune to meet lady bird johnson while working at harry s truman national historic site and i was very impressed that she wanted to see how the truman story was being interpreted, knowing that one day her story would be told here at the lbj ranch. mrs. johnson's death in 2007, the ranch was then ceded to the national park service. it is available free to visit if you happen to be in that part of texas in the texas hill country. you really get a sense of the johnson's life and you're there. so she died at the age of 94. sharon cooper wants to know how the country respond to her death. >> there was an outpouring of love. >> everybody showed up. former presidents and first say, members of congress and artificial people you would expect to be there, but also this wonderful respons

those who mattered so much to her and to her grandchildren and great grandchildren, she was known as nini, a very, very special person in their lives. lady bird johnson had a great extensive history. in her years in washington, she would be a tour guide for texans who went to the nation's capitol. i had the fortune to meet lady bird johnson. i was impressed she wanted to see how the truman story was going to be interpreted knowing that one day her story would be told here at the lbj ranch. >> after mrs. johnson's death in 2007, the ranch was given to the national park service and it's available for you to visit if you happen to be in the texas hill country. you get a sense of the john sso life. she died at the age of 84. how did the country respond to her death. >> outpouring of love. >> it was. and everybody showed up. former presidents and first ladies. and as i say -- and congress and all of the official people that you would expect to be there were there. but also, this wonderful response of her -- her staff and the secret servicemen. seeing them come in was really quite something. bu