this was in a provincial unit that arnold commanded. of all things, that provincial units under arnold was part of the invasion of virginia, and that poor soldier was in a situation where if he had been taken prisoner, he could have been executed as a deserter of the american army. once he got into virginia he managed to escape and made his way to friendly places and his real identity and mission were revealed. if the british had gone their hands on west point, they would have accomplished -- that is what arnold was trying to do, get west point to the british. had the british got a west point, they would have accomplished what they hoped to accomplish in 1776, they would control the hudson river. if they control the hudson river, then new york, the new england states would be divided, all the states on the other side of the hudson river. probably would have been unthinkable for the americans to have continued the war in that situation. >> you mentioned the disagreement rauchambeau had with washington about the northern campaign. raucham

now, luckily benedict arnold was caught.his plot was uncovered when the spy, major andre was trying to cross lines into the british sector and he was found with this map. this map is a recreation of kosciuszko's plans by a french engineer. kosciuszko gave all of his plans and put them in a suitcase and gave them to a mrs. sarah warren for safekeeping. and when benedict arnold's plan was uncovered mrs. warren was terrified this might fall outside enemy hands and put it on the lawn and set it on fire but this -- this -- so this was recreated by the frenchman and this is exactly what major andre, benedict arnold's spy was caught with when he was trying to go over to the british. now, in the south, kosciuszko now saw slavery up and close for the first time to such an extent as it was. here's a map of virginia, and you see the areas where there were large populations of slaves. and here kosciuszko met thomas jefferson for the first time. thomas jefferson, the man who wrote "all men are created equal" owned slaves and kosciuszko t

when benedict arnold's plot was uncovered mrs. morin who is terrified this might fall into enemy hands took it outside, put it on the lawn and set it on fire. but this, this was recreated and this is exactly what the benedick donald was caught with when he was trying to go to the british. in the south kosciuszko now salles slavery up and close for the first time to such extent as it was. here's a map of virginia and you see the areas there were large populations of slaves and hear kosciuszko at thomas jefferson for the first time. thomas jefferson, the man that wrote all men are created equal on slaves. and kosciuszko thought he was a hypocrite. kosciuszko end of serving the rest of the war in the carolinas where he developed the report with slaves and the sovereign states. he brought grippy and the friendship helped him out and kosciuszko was drawn to other continental soldiers were also abolitionists. one of them was colonel lawrence, outspoken opponent of slavery but when he was killed the other men started taking off his cloth

dietz was at the top of the hill and the british were marching up the hill, and benedict arnold wanted to run down the hill and gates kept saying we are fine where we are, let them march up and we will shoot as they march up and in fact i found one memoir where kosciuszko talks about benedict arnold and says he was a jongh could at saratoga. so i don't think that they were the same kind of people. i don't think they would have liked each other but they definitely knew each other at west point and the battle of saratoga. there is a woman back there. >> my name is sylvia and i just wanted to say that actually i wanted to thank you for writing this book that i think was long overdue. since you are involved in the kosciuszko foundation of new york by wonder if you know that a few years ago and i cannot remember exactly when, there was a play don about kosciuszko and his life in switzerland and he lived with a swiss family that had a growing the daughter, i don't remember, 70 or something, and kosciuszko supposedly tutor her in various subjects, and the girl fell in love with him, and i jus

and benedict arnold wanted to run down the hill and gates kept saying, no, no, we're fine where we are. let them march up and we'll shoot at them when we march up. in fact, i found one memoir where kosciuszko talks about about benedict arnold, he was a drunk at saratoga. so i don't think that they -- they were the same kind of people. i don't think they would have liked each other but they definitely knew each other at west point and at the battle of saratoga. there's a woman back there. >> i'm sylvia. and i just wanted to say that actually i wanted to thank you for writing this book which i think was long overdue. since you are involved in kosciuszko foundation in new york, i wonder if you know that few years ago and, unfortunately, i can't remember exactly when, there was a play done about kosciuszko and about his life in switzerland. and he lived with a swiss family thaddeus a growing-up daughter, i don't remember 17 or something. and kosciuszko supposedly tutored her in various subjects and the girl fell in love with him. and i just wonder if it was a complete fantasy of the playwr

benedict arnold. he was making a secret plot with the british to sell kosciuszko's plans for west point, to the british. now, kosciuszko warned, all the time, the vantage point which you saw, we need 200 money up there to be stationed at all times. after serving two-and-a-half years at west point, kosciuszko wanted to get back into battle and george washington said, okay. go down to the south, we need your skills down there. and on the same day he went to the south, george washington butt put benedict arnold in charge of west point and he wrote an order to all of his men, saying, we don't need 200 guys up there, in case of alarm, quote, only a noncommissioned officer and three men should be up there. and then wrote to the british, saying when you come in, come in the back way, readout number 4. and that's the best way, because then all of these forts will fall like dominos and luckily, benedict arnold was caught and his plot was uncovered when the spy, mr. -- major andre, was trying to cross lines int

as we convene here today in california, in sacramento, arnold schwarzenegger is getting ready to pass a budget that will cut its essential government services in a way an american state hasn't seen in this century. cutting health, people will see what is life for the great progressive welfare state was light. he is literally fulfilling grover norquist ambition. what do the conservatives think about this? arnold schwarzenegger has the wrong ideas about what parts of our bodies are supposed to rub up against each other. he has the wrong ideas about what you are supposed to say about global warming. he doesn't follow the ritual of rush limbaugh. he is concerned -- considered a traitor to the conservative movement. it used to be that these people could meshed together. they used to be able to read this intricate tapestry and make it seem seamless and whole. now, the holes are out -- abound. what do they have to do? one of the things i have learned in the past year from watching barack obama is the importance of leadership. i don't think i really understood this. the republican party will

i like arnold palmer, great golfer, deserves to be honored. but how about dealing with the people losing their jobs and their livelihoods at chrysler, general motors and the people at the auto dealers? then it sort of peaks with the announcement 18,365 people just at chrysler out of work. and again, all we can do is national train day. i want to be fair. i want to be fair to the majority. we do do other stuff here. i don't want anybody to believe that all we do is monkeys and cats and dogs. just since the beginning of this year when chrysler and general motors are going belly up and bankrupt, we have also named and i have to add to this list, because we did a couple this week we named post offices. these 16 post office, we took an hour of debate, 16 hours to make sure, and if anybody, mr. speaker, who happens to see this list, they live in these towns, they should feel assured that they can now go in and buy those 44 cent stamps because the united states congress has named their post office. again, it's an important part of what we do here, ho

host: arnold, thanks for your call. before we get a response from john mcmanus, we want to let the folks know watching that the french president sarkozy has now landed at the national cemetery, the normandy american cemetery, where he will be involved in the ceremony later on this afternoon with president barack obama. go ahead, john. guest: i think that -- i appreciate the information, arnold. beyond that, i think although i don't pretend to be a mental health professional, i'm only an historian, but there seems to be a certain amount of healing that comes from telling the story. particularly telling it to people that can understand that there is a kind of catharsis that can come from that for a lot of people. i think that is one thing we know better now versus 60 years ago when a lot of world war ii veterans tended to bottle it up and society had moved on, people were getting on with their li s lives. world war ii veterans and others. and it was just something to leave behind. but it is hard to do so. i think that the

generals george marshall, douglas mcarthur, dwight eisenhower, henry arnold and omar bradley who served our country with valor and distinction during the second world war and became household names through their renowned accomplishments. it's a little known fact of which we are all proud that these great men were all graduates of the command general staff college where they received their unique training and education needed to excell in leading our brave service members into battle. since then the college has continued to improve and adapt its training to response to the ever evolving challenges of war. through the specifics the structure may have changed. the honorable mission has not. i, too, am a graduate of and former instruct -- instructor at the college. they received the best military leadership education our nation has to offer and stood in the footsteps of these great men. general george marshall was the army chief of staff under president roosevelt and one of the chief architects of victory for our greatest generation and later served as the third secretary of defense. genera

i think the naval in gauge and when benedict arnold built a navy for america and slowed down the british so that when the british tried to evade in ticonderoga in the fall of 1776, as they had been slowed to the point that winter was setting in, so they had to postpone the invasion until 1777. that year gave the americans time to get ready for that invasion. washington's campaign in trenton and princeton, between christmas of 1776 and january of 1777 was absolutely crucial, not only saved washington as commander of the continental army, but was a victory that enabled another army to be recruited for 1777. who would have wanted to go into a continental army that was losing almost every battle it was fighting? the defeat of burgling when he invaded new york and surrendered his army in saratoga in october 17, '77, was crucial. congress's decision made at the beginning of late 1776 but implemented in early 1777 to move from an army of one year and listees to regular army was absolutely crucial because it gave washington and army of hardened veterans. the surrender of cornwallace's army was t

there were other world leaders that came out with written statements to include eight leader here arnold schwarzenegger with a statement, why not a written statement that for a man who has come to the white house and visited for his humanitarian efforts, recognized by other presidents come and help to fund-raiser for the democratic party, why not a written statement? >> i thought i did a pretty good job. >> of first yesterday we were told no statement then today you are acting the president. >> you are the media. have you never interrupted me to ask a question? i was surprised, maybe i was just surprised. >> but i am getting at why this way? we were pressing yesterday and kept asking. >> because there is not going to be a statement. i asked the president what he thought about it today and as the spokesman i have passed that along to you. >> back to the public plan option, the president wants to see comprehensive reform and senator grassley said of the want any republican votes, and no public plan option. who is driving the train? >> which train? to make the health reform whether there wi

well, i'm arnold and admittedly ask obnoxious questions, i've heard a lot of description that is made it sound like conservativism is not being helped by the association of the republican party. and it's a logical conclusion then that either a non-political approach to pushing conservativism is right or looking for some sort of structural change or new party is right as opposed to pinning all our hopes on the republican party. >> that's not that obnoxious a question. i just think as a practical matter, the -- the political expression or vehicle for conservative goals, the only vieible one at the moment and over the last 30 years is and has been the republican party, so we have to be concerned about its health and its direction. >> governor? >> yes. the part of the first time folks on either side about discarding one of the traditional parties, trying to construct something new is not very practical. and just intensifies the equal librium and it will again, and reference more than once if there's anything that today's americans of all ages enassists on, the choice, lots of choices, and

public health experts arnold thd the country are beginning to read the bill, and they're beginning to go, oh, my gosh, do not pass, this this is a huge mistake. as a matter of fact, i'll get into it in a little while. i've got plenty of time that i'm going to spend on it. but understand that -- mr. president, there are only three reasons that we would consider new additional regulation: to reduce the rate of disease and death, and to reduce the prevalence of youth to access of tobacco products and specifically smoking. now, i know the president heard me say this last week. this is my chart of 50 states, and in 1998, the tobacco industry with settlement to states called the master settlement agreement, m.s.a. and in that agreement, they committed $280 billion to defray the costs of health care for the states -- specifically tir medicaid costs -- and also provided money to make sure that they could have programs, cessation programs to get people to quit smoking and to make sure that youth access, youth prevalence went down. so these are the c.d.c. levels for last year. and i might say t

they told arnold cantor that, under secretary of state in the bush years, was the one it a strategic-- they wanted to be our allies to put it in plain english. that was the way for them to get security. do they still want that? i do not know, but if you think about it, if you put yourself, and it is very hard to do, put yourself in kim jong-il's shoes. hauck and he feels secure? to nuclear weapons alone making keele? that the is a fundamental new relationship with us, japan and south korea that is a different story. but he can count on that, and he has seen that we have been reluctant to move that way and therefore, he keeps threatening us with the nuclear, but in the end if you look, why what we can't have a good explanation of the if we think it is just about nuclear weapons is, why did he limit his production of plutonium over these years? it is very hard to understand. it is very hard to understand why the north koreans have not tested missiles over and over again until they have reliable missiles. they certainly have the capacity to do that. something else is going on here and wh

. >> many of the people in your book, jeff, family secrets, arnold this artistic or smart frankly. [laughter] >> they were the people that are sold money to. >> family secrets had a broad range of different types of guys. it is a very clever mastermind type of guy running things and then you have the complete, you know, crashed and characters the midpoint at which blight to malkoff and that is where they would go. but i was interested in the central character, nick calabrese because we just did not know what to expect from him in court. i remember him walking in the first day that we knew he was quick to testify knowing this is the guy that killed 14 people this is going to be a hit man that's going to spill his guts and he comes in the door almost like an android and sits down and freezes and such an introspective quiet by we took to the time he had more of the personality of a watchmaker or something but then as he describes murder after murder he can see that part of who he paused went into the planning he was so meticulous about falling people and knowing where they were going

has a better economy than most but we are feeling it as well and if you talk to the retailers the arnold seeing increase in spending. there are activity and the infrastructure dollars which we should have done far greater investment than we did in squandering some of the money and stimulus. our folks back home just want to know the truth. you know, they hear the president's director of the budget peter orszag tells cnn the effects of the stimulus would be felt in weeks to months. larry summers, director of national economic council told cnn wolf platts search you'll see the effects begin almost immediately. christine romer along with vice president claiming 150,000 jobs have already been created said we will turn the corner and start adding jobs and then we've got a press secretary sitting stimulus has already started to save and create jobs. the stimulus has already started to save and create jobs get when you look at the numbers they don't seem to bear that out. the on unemployment rate being probably the most dramatic comparison of the claims of the administration and the real economy

. >> many of the people in your book, jeff, family secrets, arnold this artistic or@@úep0Ñ,Ñ sits downfreezes and such an introspective quiet by we took to the time he had more of the personality of a watchmaker or something but then as he describes murder after murder he can see that part of who he paused went into the planning he was so meticulous about falling people and knowing where they were going to go and where they were, you know, going to grab this person and get away and they would plan months sometimes. >> being in a courtroom and seeing and in the trials are nothing like they are on, you know, law and order, they are long occasionally very tedious. being in a courtroom with those people who did serious evil, is there any palpable sense of the evil? you know what i mean? you think to yourself their must be something about this person if he has killed 13 people -- >> there was a little bit of curiosity about that where you would it just kind of look at the guy like jolie the clown and know all of his history and the things he's been involved in you kind of looked at him and