linda johnson robb is the first child of our 36th president, lyndon johnson. she lived in the white house during the last years of had her father's tenure in office from 1966 to 1969. and for over two decades has served as a trustee of the lbj foundation. and susan ford bails is the fourth child and only daughter of our 38th president, gerald ford. she lived in the white house during the -- a bulk of her father's presidency and since 1981 served as a trustee of the gerald ford presidential foundation. moderating our panel is david rubenstein, the co-founder and co-executive chairman of the carlyle group and our country's leading patriotic philanthropist. generously contributing to the preservation of our nation's history and culture. he is also the host of bloomberg the david rubenstein show. pure, pure conversation. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to this stage matthew mckinley, tweed roosevelt, linda johnson rob, susan ford bails and david rubenstein. >> i want to apologize as one of my roles of the chairman of the board and sorry the air conditioning h

and i had the great good fsh of working with linda johnson rob, whom you all saw last night and lucy johnson, the johnson daughters on projects relating to the lbj presidential lay barrier and l school of affairs. and they're not heavy-handed. they'll trust that historians will get it right. and it must have been very painful for them to see their father so defined so long. both of the johnson daughters were living under the white house roof with their parents. and both of their presidents were in vietnam. so their husbands were putting their lives on the line in vietnam, because of the decisions of their commander in chief, their father-in-law, and they're hearing protesters outside the white house gate chanting, hey, hey, lbj, how many kids did you kill today? and they could see him striving for peace and knew how painful this was for him. so i really admire their not being heavy-handed in trying to direct that legacy and letting history sort things out, and it has. >> how special was it last night at our event at the kennedy center to have john tyler there, the grandson -- or lion

my name is linda johnson. i'm the executive director at creativity explored. i want to thank you so much for considering our legacy business application today. as the other speakers have said, we're a non-profit art studio working with artists with developmental disabilities. we're celebrating our 35th year. we are honored to be considered. we thank rick and symptom for theitom for theirtime and suppo. i'm here today to ask you as members of the commission to adopt a recommendation to improve our legacy business application. in doing so, supporting a community of artists with disabilities as they work to create art. our artist explored our nearing $1.7 million in revenue that they've earned from their art. the artist at c.e. are 100% individuals with low incomes who would ordinarily struggle to earn any income. so participation in our program can mean the difference between living on a fixed income and being able to go out and go on a vacation, do something extra with your family or just go out and buy a slice of pizza. we also support the application -- it wi

visible for -- advisable for family members too, and i've had the great good fortune of working with linda johnson robb who you all saw last night and lucy johnson, the johnson daughters on projects relating to the presidential library and the lbj school of public affairs. and they are not heavy handed. anita: no. mark: they will trust that historians will get it right. and it must have been very painful for them to see their father is so defined by vietnam for so long. by the way, when president johnson was in office in 1968, both of the johnson daughters were living under the white house roof with their parents. and both of their husband's were in vietnam. so their husband's were putting -- husbands were putting their lives on the line in vietnam because of the decisions because of their commander in chief, their father-in-law, and they are hearing protesters outside the white house gate chanting lbj, how many kids did you kill today? and they could see him striving for peace and knew how painful this was for him. so i really admire their not being heavy handed in terms of trying to direct that

linda johnson president johnson's daughter there along the end of the aisle. for this, of course, lindsey graham looking at pat. his wife marcell. it's just astounding. there's jared kushner and his wife ivanka. they're there for the president who is not here. i think it's john mccain's day, not the president's. i think that's the way he wanted it. trying to keep it that way. this is an amazing moment. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> whoever has faith in me shall have life even though he die. and everyone who has life and has committed himself to me in faith shall not die forever. as for me, i know that my redeemer lives. and at the last, he will stand upon the earth after my awaking, he will raise me up. and in my body, i shall see god. i myself shall see and behold him who is my friend and not a stranger. for none of us has life in himself. and none becomes his own master when he dies. for if we have life, we are alive in the lord. and if we die, we die in the lord. so then whether we live or die, we are the lord's possession. happy from now on are those who die in the lord. so

linda johnson passed civil rights bill. -- lyndon johnson passed the civil rights bill. [inaudible] a lot of voters don't vote on foreign policy. the korean war wasn't that far back. eisenhower wanted to take credit and he thought nixon should run. the polling data did not show that voters didn't really like the conservative domestic idea of the republicans, but they did eisenhowerct that had been more competent at foreign policy. argue that the only reason kennedy one was that in the end foreign policy did matter that much. wass interesting that there the emphasis on education. polling data showed a lot were confused by kennedy's and it really did not understand what he was trying to say. hand, the democrats did not pound away at medicare, medicare medicare. very short.on is from my reading and many may disagree, but from my reading on the major party tickets, the lodge had the strongest civil rights record and was put on the ticket partly to appeal to african-americans. the question is a two-part. theyr one, do you think enabled the nixon campaign to pick up more like

linda johnson put abe fortis on the supreme court in 1965. he was his extremely close friend and crony. and even though fortis was on the court, johnson used him almost as a staff aide. he would have fortis come down to the oval office and write the president's speeches. he would also sometimes help lbj choose bombing targets. that's exactly the kind of intimacy that you should not have between a president and a justice. and you certainly should not have a justice on the supreme court feeling such a sense of indebtedness to the president who send him there that he is not going the rule against the president if one day that should be required. >> michael beschloss, nbc news presidential historian. thank you, my friend. it's good to have you here. much appreciated. >> thank you. thank you. >> all right. it's a busy night. stay with us. stay with us this is an insurance commercial. but let's be honest, nobody likes dealing with insurance. which is why esurance hired me, dennis quaid, as their spokesperson because apparently, i'm highly likable.

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johnson, rob, who we heard from last night on the descendants panel. linda had called me when i was chief of staff to mrs. bush, and had said i'm bringing my mother back to washington for what i know will be her last time to see some of her friends. of course, we know she had a stroke. she wasn't speaking. she was in a while chair but still very vibrant. she said do you think we can come to the white house? well, i knew instinctually mrs. bush's reaction would be of course. and i never answer for anything on mrs. bush's schedule without talking to her first but i know the answer would be yes. i said i'll call you back with dates and times that could work. mrs. bush was so thrilled to have mrs. johnson come to the white house, that she is now the sitting first lady can take the former first lady through the white house. mrs. bush had made sure that any of the resident staff that were still working in the white house, that had been there in the johnson time, were there to greet mrs. johnson at the diplomatic reception room door when she stepped in. and in addi