charlie: and the relationship to philip johnson? annie: it was not very good.ebody -- i think it was robert motherwell, who was very close to rothko, he said rothko was a mensch and philip johnson was a worldly man. see what i mean? charlie: of course. annie: how is your yiddish? [laughter] charlie: not so good. what happened -- what was it in 1970? when he committed suicide. annie: yes, february 1970. charlie: why did he commit suicide? annie: suicide is like a divorce. it is not when you act out when it starts. it is a few months before. there was a process of doubting. charlie: doubting his own? annie: doubting his own -- look, he is successful, but he had a stroke. he became depressed. he started being unbalanced. he left his wife. he went to live in the studio, so he just lost his environment. he was unable to paint as much as he did before. then he started being -- getting all these visits of people courting him from all over the world. i think the relationship with the marlboro gallery was not a good one. he felt a pressure. instead of showing the last p

. >> rose: and the relationship to philip johnson? noto, very good.somebody, i think it's robert motherwell who was very close to rothko. he said rat co-was a mensch, philip johnson was a worldly man, you know. >> rose: yes, of course. >>ny7ut how is your yiddish. >> rose: noty so good.he committed suicide. >> february 17. >> rose: why did he commit suicide. >> suicide is like a divorce. it's notwa few months before. there was a process of doubting. >> rose: doubting his own. >>3kwd/successful but he had a stroke. he became depressed. he started being unbalanced. he left his wife. he went to live in the studio, so he just lost his environment. and he was not able to paint as much as he did before, and then he started being getting all these visits of people courting him for all over the world. and i think the relationship with his dealer was not a good one. so he felt the pressure and instead of showing the last paintings which were in storage to someone, he went away. >> rose: having talked about him and his life and his death. let's

johnson would have seen it in his day. there have been a number of luminaires in this room, seven presidents have strided through these rooms, six first ladies the queen of england prince philip prince charles, princess diana all have been in this room and looks exactly as we see it now. there is a famous interview that lbj did in the early 1970s in which lbj is sitting in that chair and walter cronkite in that couch. you see exactly what you see right now. the president was alive for about a year and a half when this library was built. it was inaugurated. he had a limited time during which he was a part of this library's life. lady bird johnson continued to make it an important part of her life until she died in 2007. this library is as much about her touch as it is her husband's. throughout the room there are some wonderful artifacts that the johnsons collected while they were in the white house. some come from heads of state. others come from friends of theirs who gave the johnsons gifts for the presidential library or for the white house that were then brought to this space. one such item is this painting by diego rivera. one of 16 cube s paintings done during the course

johnson for the image of the canoe. my name is philip. i'm from new york. i'm homeless. i take from what you've said that if i think -- if i sink, you sink. i have suffered long-term homelessness because -- despite a college degree. i want you to make homelessness and issue across the nation because we are seeing increasing criminalization of homeless people despite the fact that there is an increasing number of college-educated people and veterans among us. this is, of course, a particular question of interest to me. i am involved with advocates in new york city and would like to throw the issue out to the national party. that this issue becomes important to the party across the country. thanks very much. [applause] lenora fulani: i think homelessness is poverty. i organize homeless people all the time. it is a very important part of what it is we are doing. it is critical. what i teach homeless people is that, with all the pain and misery, they have to get out here and help to build this because that will make the difference. paul johnson: in arizona, we created the ce

johnson for the image of the canoe. my name is philip. i'm from new york. i'm homeless.from what you've said that if i think -- if i sink you sink. i have suffered long-term homelessness because -- despite a college degree. i want you to make homelessness and issue across the nation because we are seeing increasing criminalization of homeless . i would like to throw the issue to the national party that this issue becomes important to the party across the country. thanks very much. >> i think homelessness is poverty. i mean, i organize homeless people all the time. it is a very important part of what it is that we're doing. it's critical and what i teach

johnson for the image of the canoe. my name is philip. i'm from new york. i'm homeless. i take from what you've said that if i sink, you sink. i have suffered long-term homelessness because -- despite a college degree. i want you to make homelessness and issue across the nation because we are seeing increasing criminalization of homeless people despite the fact that there is an increasing number of college-educated people and veterans among us. this is, of course, a particular question of interest to me. i am involved with advocates in new york city and would like to throw the issue out to the national party. that this issue becomes important to the party across the country. thanks very much. [applause] lenora fulani: i think homelessness is poverty. i organize homeless people all the time. it is a very important part of what it is we are doing. it is critical. what i teach homeless people is that, with all the pain and misery, they have to get out here and help to build this because that will make the difference. paul johnson: in arizona, we created the central arizona

johnson for the image of the canoe because my name is philip. i'm from new york and i'm homeless. and i think from what you said that if i think if i sink using. i appreciate that. i suffer from long-term homelessness despite a college degree about like to ask you in the independent party if this is an appeal to make homelessness an issue for across the nation. because we are seeing increasing criminalization of homeless people despite the fact there's that an increasing number of college-educated people and veterans among us. so this is, of course a particular question of interest to me. i am involved with advocates in new your city and the like to throw the issue out to the national party. -- new york city, this the issue becomes important to the party across the country. thanks very much. >> thank you. [applause] >> i think homelessness is poverty. i mean i organize homeless people all the time. it is a very important part of what it is that we are doing. it's critical. and what i teach homeless people is that with all the pain and misery involved and how their lives are lived,