he's still -- benedict arnold is still washington's favorite fighting general.'t forget benedict arnold was known as the hero. if you have been to the valley field. you know it's a section of it. and also known the eagle of saratoga. he's revered by his men. he's incredibly brave. he's had them do things other sections in the army can't. he also has supported, paid for ammunition, clothed his men on all of these battles i mentioned. and congress, gets gets what? they haven't paid him back. he's lost a lot of money and a lot of fortune. his health is kind of ruin, and he doesn't think washington has stood up for him. when he finally made a major general, it's long after younger men, with not as much distinguished service made general. and not publicly announced. he thinks -- he's pretty upset with washington. he's upset with congress. he's not sure that things are so good with the revolutionary idea. by the time he gets to valley forge -- he brings lucy in a stage coach. there's a wonderful comment who looks at sort of reunion of lucy and henry and says, it's a p

now, as it happens, benedict arnold can't ride a horse, but washington wants to see him. he is still, benedict arkansas fold is still washington's favorite fighting general. don't forget, benedict arnold is known as the hero of freeman farm which if you've been to the saratoga battlefield, you know that's a section of it, and also known as the eagle of share toe da. he is revered by his men. he is incredibly brave. he's had them do things other sections of the army can't. he also has supported, fed, paid for ammunition, clothed his men on all of these ballots that i've just mentioned. and congress, guess what in they haven't paid him back. so he's lost a lot of money, a lot of his fortune. his health is kind of ruined. and he doesn't think washington has stood up for him, because when he's finally made a major general, it's long after younger men with not as much distinguished service. and it is not publicly announce ld. so he thinks, he's pretty upset with washington, he's upset with congress. he is not sure that things are so good with this revolutionary idea. by the ti

for the story gets most interesting everyone knows about benedict arnold.t gets no answer seemed when you talk about his coat about his co-conspirators. john andre was british head of intelligence under clinton and joshua have been smith. so when it came time for benedict arnold to betray his country, he met with john andre to formulate a plan of attack and give him the plans of west point and let him know where to best attack for a in order to quickly win. they met on the side of the hud said, from west point in a wooded area and they were bickering the whole night about how to best he thinks. you've heard of arnold. you could see how his son is very amenable fellow. he was still squabbling about the price. he was going on and on. sure enough the sun comes up while they are still talking. under a ship fired upon in the future you see it. so he's trapped. so arnold says okay, smith, andre kamath lets go back to smith's house and figure out another way to get you back to safety and british control of new york city. so they go back to the house and arnold say

for the story gets most interesting everyone knows about benedict arnold.t gets no answer seemed when you talk about his coat about his co-conspirators. john andre was british head of intelligence under clinton and joshua have been smith. so when it came time for benedict arnold to betray his country, he met with john andre to formulate a plan of attack and give him the plans of west point and let him know where to best attack for a in order to quickly win. they met on the side of the hud said, from west point in a wooded area and they were bickering the whole night about how to best he thinks. you've heard of arnold. you could see how his son is very amenable fellow. he was still squabbling about the price. he was going on and on. sure enough the sun comes up while they are still talking. under a ship fired upon in the future you see it. so he's trapped. so arnold says okay, smith, andre kamath lets go back to smith's house and figure out another way to get you back to safety and british control of new york city. so they go back to the house and arnold say

eastern, nancy rubin stewart describes the lives of benedict arnold and general henry knox. at 8:00, changes to u.s. foreign policy. at 9:00, marcia pull oil gives a synopsis of the supreme court under the direction of chief justice john roberts. at 10:00 eastern, olympia snowe joins us to talk about her book fighting for common ground:how we can fix the stalemate in congress. we conclude the prime-time programming at 11:00 eastern with donald rumsfeld providing the lessons he learned over the course of his career. visit booktv.org for more on this weekend's television schedule. >> representative greg walden, what is on your summer reading list? >> i just finished a victory lap. i do a little bit on the side. that tells a lot about digital data and how the world of campaigns has changed. i am hoping to get to the biography on jefferson which i have on my ipod and a new one on teddy roosevelt. i am a big fan of the roosevelt and the reform music and his energy and styling and deals mainly with his time in south america so it should be interesting. >> let us know what you are

it was you were working with benedict arnold to betray west point and you're doing so in deguise. >> followup on that. or whatever -- [inaudible] [laughter] >> i'm british but i promise i'm not a spy. i believe -- [inaudible] >> check him. >> welcome. [laughter] >> all right. my question is -- when we talk about war during the revolutionary period, you see things like a lot of maltreatment of prisoner, acceptability, and things like -- [inaudible] or things like that. but we're not in that paradigm anymore. we've had convention try to stop things -- [inaudible] nawrnl how does it affect washington as president for military commissions and problems like that? >> that's an excellent point. washington did x and dismowld x today. instead, you know, i take the more humble approach where, you know, washington meant to be the american commander. i think it's important for us to look at the american history basically it's important for anyone who believes believes in democracy to do so. you know in the preamble of the constitution it doesn't say congress to form a more perfect union or the p