many people argue that arnold was just after the money. and he did get a great deal of money from the british for turning code. but there is the arnold owned a considerable amount of property in new england. if america wound up winning the war's going to lose all that property. is going to be kind of a trade-off. he would lose valuable property but gain the money the british were going to pay and he could have done just as well financially had he remained on the american side. but one of the things that always intrigued meo about arnold as he negotiates with the british their intermediary and foris a long time clinton did not know who the intermarried were talking to. those important american who might be willing to commit treason. it is not until august of 1780 that arnold makes the decision to turn code. and what happens in august of 1780? in august of 1780, cornwallis scored a huge victory over an i american army at camden and south carolina printed army commanded by horatio gates. it was the fourthe american army in 20 months that have

both benedict arnold and benjamin lincoln are generals that have those traits. mainly because of his work early in the war around boston. so the key american commanders at the end when this is all said and done, the primary commander and his two major subordinates of benedict arnold i don't think it is any surprise at all three of them work very well with militia for a very interesting talk easily forward to reading the book. it is a privilege for us. so i have to say at west point i was enormously impressed by the american army in the offices they are it did not coincide i would imagine those instructors would be happy to be back at west point out of harm's way but actually it is quite the opposite. >> and to be what those fellow officers are involved with. that they want to be there they are not officers like you met brought in civilians. didn't just try to blame it on the press that they had military lessons. it was just very impressive. >> did any part of the campaign take place at fort william henry? >> that campaign came through the area, especially the lo

much to arnold's chagrin.hey are doing things to free up the continental troops to conduct the combat operations like the logistics support and things like that and the militia areon the ones that are the primary combat's during the bennington campaign. so they are important for a number of different reasons and at the end of the campaign is less than 6000 troops are surrounded by we don't know exactly how many but 1,718,000 americans that two thirds are militia they are important to ceiling that victory from start to finish in the entire campaign and that is why washington is so shrewd to send to skyler's aid to understand the militia and workhe very well benedict arnold and benjamin lincoln are generals that have those traits and gates is to. the new england militia like skates as well because of his work early in the award around boston so really is a key american commander when this is all said and done the primary commander gates is commander of the army and the two major subordinates i don't think it's a

nobody really knows what was going on in arnold's mind. i do like that you put in the context of time and anguish and the decision making, so it's not an impetuous move for him to suddenly switch sides, it really could have been anyone in terms of length and opportunity, and i did appreciate that that put him in a new context and i couldn't keep from asking, is it just a guy after a paycheck? thank you. well, i think we need some questions from the audience and a terrific overview of this book and this history how it flows from you. thank you very much. are we ready for that? >> the audience is typing questions in, i want to get to the last one that terri and i put together. i think it brings the historic story to the modern era and gives the audience time to type anything they'd like to ask. all numbers calls casualties, and the numbers are staggering. what do you want people to know about the impact and consequences of war and this whole experience of it? >> yeah, i think there were two or three things, probably many more than that in my

you can't get entirely in arnold's mine to know what's going on in there. let me try to answer it this way. he had some legitimate grievances. he had been passed over for promotion unfairly, unjustly i think, and then when he became the military commander in philadelphia, the british evacuated philadelphia. many people turned against them because he was consorting with families that were regarded as tory families. he married a woman who was the daughter of a family that was suspected of being a tory family. he was actually prosecuted for financial speculation. so i think he had some really legitimate grievances. although, many other generals did, to come and only arnold is the one that commits treason, which thomas paine wrote a pamphlet about in the wake of this. i don't know whether paine really believe this or he was trying to smooth over the fallout from arnold's treason, and he pointed that out to people. but having said that, there's a second thing here. many people argue that arnold just was after the money, and he did get a great deal of money from

benedict arnold is crucial. i don't call him the victor of saratoga though. some people do.hink gates can truly be called the victor of saratoga even though i'm not a big fan of gates but benedict arnold is absolutely critical for america. >> i wonder if you would make mention of horatio gates. he's the former british officer and he was always suspected a of replacing washington as the commander-in-chief and he was later -- himself in the battle of camden we destroyed the continental army in the south. famously he led the battle and i found alexander hamilton very cruel one-eyed detonated the -- of. they have the failure in a campaign. >> my assessment of the german troops is i think they did a solid job. the commander was a solid commander and i think burgoyne, a lot of that is the ex post facto blame game piece. you see burgoyne and in fact before he surrenders he's places a lot of the blame on the german troops. i think he's just grasping at straws at that point and of course he findss out months later. burgoyne never said anything to him about it. i think they were a sol

so benedict arnold is absolutely crucial for american success. don't call him the victor of saratoga, though. some people do. i think gates can truly be called the victor of saratoga, even though i'm not a big fan of gates, but burgoyne -- or excuse me, benedict arnold is absolutely critical for american success. >> i wondered if you were going to make mention of horatio gates, he was a former british officer and he was always suspected of conspiring really to replace washington as the commander-in-chief, and he was later defeated himself by lord corn wallace at a battle, really destroyed the army in the south. >> right. >> and famously took off on his horse and fled the battlefield. >> right. >> i always thought alexander hamilton was very cruel when he estimated the pace at which he must have left. >> right. >> that was quite a pace for a man of his age. >> right >> but hamilton at the time of course was a very young man. >> right. >> the germans -- [inaudible] they do get a lot of the blame in the failure of the saratoga campaign. >> yes, you

many people argue that arnold was just after the money.did get a great deal of money from the british for turning but there is another side to that equation and that is that arnold own a considerable amount of property in new england. and if american ended up winning the war, he is going to lose all that property. so it would really be kind of a trade-off. he would lose valuable property but again it the money that the british were going to pay him and he could've done probably just as well financially and he remained on the american side. but one of things that intrigue me about arnold is that he negotiates with the british through intermediaries and those intermediaries to sir henry clinton and for a long time clinton didn't know it was that they were talking to. he just knew that is an important american you might be willing to commit treason. and it's not until august of 1780 that arnold it makes a decision to turn code. and what happens in august of 1780, in august of 1780, cornwallis scored a huge victory over the american army at ca

many people will argue that arnold was just after the money. and he did get a great deal of money from the british. but there is another side to that equation. that is a arnold owns a considerable amount of property in new england. if america and up winning the war he was going to lose all that property. so it would really kind of be a trade-off. he would lose a i valuable property but gain the amount in the british were going to pay. he probably could have done just as well financially had he remained on the american side. but one of the things that has always intrigued me about arnold is he negotiates with the british through intermediaries. those intermediaries report to sir henley clinton. and for the a longtime clinton did not know who the intermediaries were talking to. he just knew it waser an important american who might be willing to commit treason. it is not until august of 1780 that arnold next the decision to turn coach. what habits and august of 1780? cornwallis scored a huge victory over an american army and camden and south carol

benedict arnold, is he a truth reader or just someone that wanted a steady paycheck? >> that is kind of the million-dollar question and a lot of biographers looked at that to learn what is going on, he had some legitimate grievances he had been passed over for promotion unfairly, unjustly and when he became the military commander in philadelphia he was prosecuted for it commits treason which thomas paine wrote about they owned a considerable amount of property in new england and if america wound up winning the war, he was going to lose all that property so it was a kind of trade-off. he would lose valuable property but gain the money that the british were going to pay and he could have done probably just as well financially and he remained on the american side. one of the things that's alwayss intrigued me about arnold is that he negotiates with the british through the intermediaries that were important to sir henry clinton and for a long time, clinton didn't know who it was that the intermediaries were talking to. he just knew that it was an important american who mi

not intel august 1780 that arnold makes the decision to turn coat. and then what happens august 1780. cornwallis scored a huge victory over an american army at camden and south carolina commanded by horatio gates. the fourth american army in 20 months that had been destroyed in the southern theater. more than 8000 american troops were captured in those four engagements. that's the same month washington writes the letter to say i always cease to hope and it is the same month that are thoroughly in boston says that many of the leaders in massachusetts now believe the war will end in a negotiated settlement short of independence. so he can argue when arnold finally makes his final decision to turn coat august 1780, he very well could have believed the americans goose was cooked in the british would win the war and he wasas trying to get on the winning side. but that is all speculative nobody really knows what was going on in his mind. >> i like you put them in the context of all the time in english and decision-making so it is a not the impetuous moved

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arnold schwarzenegger is here tonight. a republican former governor who redefined politics when he became governor in a recall election. you know, then arnold was seen as maybe not conservative enough. now he is a hold-out for the good old days of conservatism, about being something else as a republican that just trump will talk to him about the state of play. and on our watch we have more proof of the gop troubles, and they are troubles for all of us because they are keeping anything from getting done because opposition is enough of a position in the party right now. trump's wingman in congress, kevin mccarthy, gifted the ability to put people on the january 6th committee by the democrats and he just named his picks and, as expected, three out of the five jim jordan among those who voted to overturn the election results in arizona and pennsylvania. so the big lie once again gets a seat at the table. in fact, at least three of them. meanwhile, trump could be saving lives in maga world this very moment by stating some basic

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captain arnold's leg was amputated as a result of wound in the action and one of arnold's men richard rhodes related in the 19th century, very much crippled in one arm and it's about old monmouth. he was born first in this country and sold to the slaves and enlisted in the black regiment to obtain his freedom. arnold's company joined the first rhode island in july of 1778. he went on to see combat at the august 1777 battle of rhode island until such time it would be merged with the new york regiment. here we have a recap of the numbers of black soldiers in the rhode island regiments from 1777 to 1781. again, can you see the 17.5% of the two regiments in october 1777. when the black rhode island regiment was formed, you can see its strength in the beginning, 188 black soldiers plus five indians and four with mixed indian and african-american blood. throughout the 88 black soldiers in august 1778 and 147 in october 1779, down to 124 black and indian soldiers in june 1780. at that point regiment was disbanded and formed into two large companies and served in their home state until januar

benedict arnold and benjamin lincoln are generals who have those traits. gage is, too. new england militia likes gates as well mainly because have his work early in the war around boston so they like him, the key american commander at the end when it's all said and done, you've got the primary commander, gates commander of the army in his two major subordinates, i don't tickets any surprise that all three of them worked well with militia. >> we have another complement, thank you for an interesting talk, he's looking forward to reading the book. it is a privilege for us and i have to say i was enormously impressed by the american army and it coincides with the first direct war and i would have imagined they would be happy to be back and out of harm's way but it was quite the opposite. being involved by fellow officers were involved with, they wanted to beho there, i was impressed by the teaching and they are not offices like you but broadened civilians and hard left interest trying to blame it on the left. it's just very impressive. we have another question, did any part

that was captain thomas arnold's. large companies 60 privates by spring 1778 while that company remained at valley forge in with the main army it filled with colonel israel angles second, rhode island so this is actually a little known story while the segregated first word rhode island regimen was being formed in rhode island in 1778 the main regimen never joined your forge but a single segregated company belonging to the regimen filled with veteran soldiers veteran black and indian soldiers served with washington's army and took part in the campaign at monmouth. when washington's forces confronted the british at the june 28 1778 battle of monmouth captain arnold's black company march demon with courthouse was born of rude and early in the action having attacked the british beer guard these men retreated in the face of squarer forces withdrawing towards general washington's marching troops. meeting the main army's van generally encountered washington who replaced lee in charge of an ad-hoc holding action. lieutenant c

having said all that is speculative, nobody knows what wasoi going on in arnold's mind. >> i love youim in the context of the decision-making it is not a impetuous move for him to switch sides it could've been anyone in a similar position in terms of frank and opportunity. i appreciate that put him in a new context. >> i think we need to get some questions from the audience so thank you very much. >> the audiences typing in questions. and then members ofri the american and revolution so what do you want moderators to understand about the impact and consequences of war? >> there wered two or three or more than that. one of the things i have already mentioned is i wanted people to understand how long the struggle to win independence was. think because saratoga in 1777 the huge british army surrenders and textbooks always depict saratoga as the turning point of the revolutionary war that there has been a tendency on the part of many people to think that anything that follows saratoga was anticlimactic in the american victory was guaranteed what readers to come away from my book understan

captain arnold's leg was amputated because of a wound. he is crippled in one arm in consequence of a battle he received. he was sold as a slave and enlisted to obtain his freedom. they went on to see combat at the battle of rhode island and remained in the home state until marching into new york in early 1781. we have a recap of the numbers of black soldiers in the rhode island regiments. you can see the 17.5% of the two in october 1777. when the black rhode island regiment was formed, you could see the strength at the beginning. 188 black soldiers plus five indians and four with mixed indian-african-american blood. 147 in september 1779, down to 124 in june 1780. they were disbanded. it was formed into two large companies. served if their home state until january 1781. that was when they were consolidated with the 2nd rhode island regiment. we have a return as the rhode island regiment was on its way to yorktown. the companies were incorporated into the rhode island regiments and kept as segregated companies. adding black musicians and s

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arnold, who made the feature film american honey, was also head of the un certain regard jury.second part ofjoanna hogg's the souvenir also premiered in the directors' fortnight section of cannes, which continues her semiautobiographical coming—of—age story aboutjulie, a young film director, played by honor swinton byrne in her first acting role. the critical acclaim for both films has made a difference to hogg at this point in her career. i do find it is a very different situation for me now i'm able to get finance for the films i want to make, but i hesitate to say that because you never know. while most independent film—makers would echo hogg's caution, the recent emphasis on funding female directors in britain helped produce ali and ava by clio barnard, also showing in the cannes' directors' fortnight. leading actor adeel akhtar travelled to cannes, although barnard was unable to. a veteran of tv and film, he has noticed a change in films getting commissioned. i actually do feel excited about the types of stories that are out there and the variety of stories that are being

additional funding is provided by the estate of arnold adams. and koo and patricia yuen through the yuen foundation, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. and sandra and carl delay magnuson. the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, from washington, moderator yamiche alvin sin dor. yamiche alcindor. yamiche: it has been another week full of news. much of it focused on the state of our democracy. on tuesday, president biden delivered one of the most passionate speeches of his presidency and called out republicans for trying to restrict voting rights. president biden: with recount after recount after recount, court case after court case, the 2020 electn was the most scrutinized election ever in american history. the big lie is just that. a big lie. yamiche: this comes as republicans in dozens of states are pushing to limit how and when americans vote. democrats are vowing to fight back. but it's not exactly clear how they plan to do that e

do you see anyone out there who was the next arnold in this process?> the last time we talked that now it's up to the candidate those that are out there are very good. i will be involved in the recall election because it's important that we all work together to create a better business environment because our business environment in california sex. and then to be better than that and get rid of the homeless issue. and then the drought that is coming up. so i brag about california how well it is doing to protect the environment and business by creating an atmosphere and then to be successful but at the same time the businesses in california is lacking in so many different things. and with the positive business environment. steve: later we will see what happened so great to see you. >> always good to see you. remember, here is the jacket. [laughter] i have an american flag inside your jacket. steve: i wrap myself in the flag on july 4th. >> okay. do it. [laughter] steve: let's bring in are other guests tonight from the american environmental coalition. a

as they prepared to sedate the goose, they named arnold -- >> we heard some faint tapping at the clinics furiously trying to get into the clinic. >> don't worry. he's a in good hands. >> the surgery began to repair the damage possibly caused by a snapping turtle. >> i kid you not. she stood there the entire time and watched the procedure going on. was really watching him like a hawk -- like a goose, i guess. >> the surgery complete, they moved arnold in front of the door. they gave him oxygen and when he woke up, his mate began grooming him. they had to amputate a dij it but he should be able to live normally in a few weeks. meanwhile, his mate comes and goes, using the clinic lawn as a hospital cafeteria and even picking at arnold's meals. ain't love grand, one commented, posted another, talk about a love story. this one's worth talking about. ♪ jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> oh, my gosh. that might be one of my favorite stories ever. love it. >>> from sign felt to the golden girls, tomorrow night a new series of the history of sitcom. watch history of sitcom tomorrow night at 9:00. yo

arnold, i cannot imagine what you are going through.u very much. ashley: good luck to you. todd: imagine being that father. imagine being in that. ashley: makes me sick to my stomach. i cannot even think about it. todd: with that we appreciate you joining us. download the fox news app. open the camera and scan the qr code on your screen and dvr it recall every morning. ashley: "fox & friends" begins right now. >> president biden blames misinformation on social media for some americans of refusal to get vaccinated. >> it's not the president's business who has and has not been vaccinated. the president is not my daddy. i got one. it ain't joe biden. >> open fire outside of a nationals game. >> the suit happening one day after 6-year-old my a courtney was shot and killed. the d.c. police tragedy won't let us do our job. >> five texas lawmakers tested positive for coronavirus.

and finally, arnold, i can't say enough about arnold,'s he's on our board and his foresight and attention to detail and drive really help to lift this organization that we have today. thank you all, you people that are here today, for participating in our institute. i can't say enough good things about the fact that we have a great advisory board and the perspective they're going to bring not only to government industry, but also academia is something that i as chairman years ago, we had not involved the universities, nor the labs and i think we have built a plan here for the lab and we have others and so we brought them in the defense community because they're a very important part of what we do in defense and will be a very important part. so i'm glad to see, i think we have about 30 universities involved now and hawk, correct me if the number has gone up and a great number of labs involved in the organization. besides the 1600 plus university. i mean, the 1500 plus corporate members that we have and over how many, 60-some thousand individuals. so, in order to get this started, i starte

additional funding is provided the estate of arnold adams and ko and patricia yuen through the yuen foundation, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities and sardinha and carl delay magnuson. the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again from washington, moderator yamiche alcindor. yamiche: good evening and welcome to "washington week." the capitol insurrection took place 205 days ago. an the nation is still grappling with how such an attack could have happened in the heart of our democracy? to get to some answers on tuesday, the house select committee investigating january 6 held its first hearing. lawmakers heard powerful testimony from four police officers who defended the capitol and the people inside. >> for the first time, i was more afraid to work at the capitol than my entire employment to iraq. >> lives electrocuted again and again and again with a taser. i remember thinking there was a very good chance i would be torn apart or shot to death with my own weapon. >> the mob of terroristse

are an american now. >> okay, those boots are amazing, i'm not sure i can carry that off, i am not arnoldam working on the jacket, and wrapping myself in the flag this special day, first 4th of july as an american. thank you for watching the show, set your dvr so you never miss a show, see you next sunday when the next revolution will be televised. >>> it is monday, july 5th. a fox news alert. the remaining parts of the partially collapsed condo building in florida has been demolished overnight as the state braces for a tropical storm. now rescue crews are standing by, ready to search for more than 120 people still missing. independence from covid-19, the president celebrating success against the deadly virus. except he falls short of his vaccination goal and dr. fauci still wants vaccinated americans to wear masks. >> and

but it's not until kenneth arnold's sighting in late june of 1947 of what he describes to newspapers as flying disks, what gets widely reported as flying saucers, that the modern ufo phenomenon begins. and it spreads very, very quickly. over the july fourth holiday that year, thousands of men and women contact authorities to report more than 850 sightings of ufos. that's never been parallelled since. there's never been such a frenzy of ufo sightings as there was over independence holiday in 1947. although sightings remain a fairly common through to the early 1950s, right? and you get pictures like this from new jersey from 1952 alleging, you know, a sighting of an unidentified flying object. and unsurprisingly, you see a variety of efforts to try to explain this phenomenon. two of the most influential voices in that process are frank scully and donald kehoe. scully was a writer for "variety" magazine who publishes behind the flying saucers in 1950 where he really focuses in on the story of flying saucers that crash in the american southwest. where did that crash take place? if enter

joining me now is brandon arnold from the national taxpayers union to help us break this down.t's start with this. the plan claims to spend the plain claims to spend $9 billion but you say not so fast, not so easy >> yeah. it's unbelievable some of the offsets, the pay-fors that they've inserted into this bill to try to make it deficit-neutral. they are saying they're going to cut $9 billion from medicare, but those cuts won't take place for nine or ten years. so they want to spend money immediately and then pretend to cut money in the future when many of these politicians won't even be in office anymore. it's absolutely ridiculous. it's just paper cuts for actual spending that will drive up deficits. jackie: all right. next it claims to spend money by selling off spectrum broadband that could be used for better telecommunications. so the question is what's the problem there? >> well, on its face that's a good policy. the problem is it's already part of law. it's already happening. in fact, we sold $67 billion worth of spectrum back in february. it's already took place. so pret

joining me tonight, former white house deputy chief of a staff karl rove to, brandon arnold from theional taxpayer's union, joe concha, dr. marty pa carry and texas attorney general ken paxton. meantime, american taxpayers could be stuck for the bill for all the democrats' big spending plans for generations to come. we're going to show you how it could hit your wallet. plus china still putting up roadblocks to a full investigation into the origins of the coronavirus. the communist country giving the world health organization a counterproposal for how a study should be done, and just wait until you hear one of the major demands they have when it comes to the wuhan lab at the center of all of this. also the cdc updated mask recommendations even for those that are already vaccinated. meanwhile, confusion grows from businesses and schools over what the upcoming months are going to look like if the delta variant spreads. we look at what's driving the decision making here. and also we're going to tell you what the experts are saying about hunter biden's pricey artwork. prices ranging from

like the 1947 spike after kenneth arnold when 850 people came forward with alien stories. the likelihood that these trends of them all of a sudden being from venus or mars followed verifiable truth, especially when you can't follow up with physical evidence, is certainly problematic. felix harcourt: and it is inscribed into the name, they are literally called unidentified flying objects. the problem is all of these conspiracies are trying to inscribe them with meaning, trying to identify something that is by definition unidentified. and so we do reach that same kind of point of crisis of knowing, as we have been talking about, that epistemological crisis, that rumsfeldian mantra, that there are these known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns, things that you don't know that you don't know. that is what is going to allow ufo conspiracies and to be so expensive. once you move away from the strictures of any physical evidence, pretty much anything is going to come into play. pretty much anything is going to come into play. but still, the fact that there is this wide

by this gentleman kenneth , arnold.e had seen -- pilots had seen unidentified phenomena during world war ii. they get commonly referred to as "foo fighters," which is where the band name comes from. but it is not until kenneth arnold's sighting in late june, 1947, of what he describes to newspapers as flying discs. what gets widely reported as flying saucers, that the modern ufo phenomenon begins. and it spreads very, very quickly. over the july 4 holiday that year, thousands of men and women contact authorities to report more than 850 sightings of ufos. that has never been paralleled since. there has never been such a frenzy of ufo sightings as there was over independence holiday in 1947. although sightings remained fairly common through to the early 1950's. and you get pictures like this from new jersey from 1952 alleging a sighting of an unidentified flying object. unsurprisingly, you see a variety of efforts to try to explain this phenomenon. two of the most influential voices in that process are frank scully and do