the most recent of which is "the tragedy of benedict arnold." evaluating that book, one reviewer wrote that in clear engaging language, malcolm reconstructs the surroundings, relationships, and political atmosphere of the revolution. it is a vivid addition to revolutionary war literature. another called in a work of genuine excellence. as persuasive in its argument as it is unsettling. -- unsettling in its applications. ladies and gentlemen, it is a pleasure to welcome to the great lives podium, dr. joyce malcolm. [applause] joyce: thank you very much. a pleasure to be here. i want to thank professor crowley and the sponsors for inviting me. this is a real treat for me to be able to talk about this subject. let me get my act together here. i was going to say the state of the union and benedict arnold's time was not good. >> [laughter] dr. malcolm: he is widely known for treason. but, before that, he was one of the great heroes of the revolution. i would like to get into some of the details and the context in which he was acting in that revolutio

is "the recent of which tragedy of benedict arnold. evaluating that book, one reviewer wrote that in clear engaging language, malcolm reconstructs the surroundings, relationships, and political atmosphere of the revolution. is a vivid addition to revolutionary war literature. another called in a work of genuine excellence. it is persuasive in its argument as it is unsettling. ladies and gentlemen, it is a pleasure to welcome dr. joyce malcolm. [applause] muchalcolm: thank you very , a pleasure to be here. it is a real treat to talk about this subject. let me get my act together here. i was going to say the state of the union and the time of benedict arnold was not good. [laughter] is widely known , hetreason, but before that was one of the great heroes of the revolution. would like to get into the contexts of theact revolution. he has been blamed for being sense, but it didn't make about someone who risked his life for numerous battlefields, who when congress didn't pay his men, paid them from his own resources, and really took that op

malcolm is the author of "the tragedy of benedict arnold: an ."erican life the talk was hosted by the university of mary washington. [applause] >> what a nice crowd tonight. good evening everyone. [laughter] welcome to tonight's lecture on one of this country's most noted perhaps, though many will say noted for the wrong reasons. for generations the name benedict arnold has elicited a one-word description for most

malcolm is the author of the tragedy of benedict arnold. this talk was hosted by the university of mary washington as part of the great lives lecture series. [applause]

benedict arnold has

. >> when benedict arnold gave the plans to west point, they did not have any real information linking those plans to benedict arnold other than the fact he was in his presence at one point during that day. everyone knew it was treason when they caught the man and they hung him. at some point, there's going to be unsailable. >> thanks for the history lesson, mr. nance. they hung him. let's hang this guy. after a while, after years of this, voters started to agree. thanks to propaganda like you just saw. 53% of registered voters believe the trump campaign worked with russia to influence the 2016 election. among democratic voters, 67% believe russia somehow rigged the vote tally. nobody's ever explained how exactly the russians might have done that, but of course they did it. russia rigged the election. cnn says so every night. there need to be consequences for this. once the mueller report appears and it becomes apparent that donald trump did not collude with the russians, many people that claim on no evidence that he did collude with the russians ought to be punished. thoroughly shamed

this could technically eclipse benedict arnold who at least did it for money, you know. but we're talking a president here in control of the country under the sway of a foreign power. so one way or the other, we're going to want to know the answer to that. >> david kay johnston, this is the reporting we're getting about the white house or the president's thoughts regarding what's in the report. again, we don't know what's all in the report. we don't know. maybe he was told what was in the report. we have no idea. they say they haven't been briefed. we're just trusting them on that. trump has told his inner circle that if the report is underwelling he will use twitter and interviews to gloat over the findings about the globe's cost and depict the entire investigation as an attempt to object to his agenda. they're just telegraphing the game here. they believe fox news is a state-run media. they're already using this report. they theoretically don't know what's in it for their campaign. >> well, donald wins so long as people don't get to see the nuance including what's in t

everyone's heard of benedict arnold, the general who betrayed america during the revolution, the greatestory up till trystan thompson. but you probably haven't heard of benedict's wife, peggy arnold, she's the one who encouraged him to turn on america and plan his treason with british officials. the cup that betrays together stays together. there's nothing hotter than treason sex, trust me. ( laughter ) >> trevor: i don't even know what that means. but that is really fascinating, desi. i had no idea about the role she played. >> of course you didn't. you're a man. i didn't know it either. i saw it on a snapple cap at lunch today. >> trevor: a weird snapple cap. >> yeah. we all know who alcarped the great was, the ruthless king, blood thirsty conquer, sideburns aficionado, but he only got to do that because of a woman, his mom queen olympiccous. she wanted her son to be king so bad she had her husband and other wife assassinated. she schemed so her child could have a better life like a macedonian aunt becky. you know, actually, olympiccous inspired me to break my son's school and inspire o

. >> when benedict arnold gave the plans to west point to major, they counted him.hey did not have any real information linking those plans to benedict arnold other than the fact that he was in his presence at one point during that. everyone knew it was treason when they caught the man. they hung him. at some point there's going to be a bridge of data hearing that is going to be unassailable. >> tucker: thank you for the history lesson. they hung him. let's hang this guy. after a while after years of this motor started to agree thanks to propaganda like what you just saw. 53% of voters now believe the trump campaign works with russia to influence the 2016 election. among democratic voters, 67 leave rush it the boat. nobody has ever explained how the russians would have done that, of course they did it. russia right to the election, cnn says that every night. there needs to be consequences for this. once the report appears, donald trump did not collude with the russians. many people who persistently claimed the basis of no evidence that he did collude ought to be pun

announcer 2: next on "american history tv" law professor and , author joyce lee malcolm discusses benedict arnold'scesses as an american army general in the revolutionary war and questions whether his legacy as a notorious american trader -- traitor is entirely accurate. malcolm is the author of the arnold, anbenedict american life. this talk was hosted by the university of mary washington as part of the great lives lecture series. [applause] >> what a nice what a nice crowd , tonight. better weather, better weather. good evening, everyone. good evening -- [laughter]

benedict arnold may have tried to sell 3 million.40 million people to russia. that's the question. >> it is a question. we hope we'll get an answer from mueller. i agree with the panel that congress is the entity in power to find out for us. another great super panel. more after the break. before we go, we're doing it now? let's have a total change of pace. i'm going to go all today show and wish my bestie miss kim mcrae a happy birthday. she's down in the mia with in the sunshine having her birthday. hopefully having cupcakes. i spoke to her this morning. i wanted to do it on television. love you and we'll talk to you guys later. i'll see you after the break. bye. guys later i'll see you after the break bye. [zara larsson - "wow"] ♪ ♪ baby i'm not even in a gown ♪ and the only thing u have to say is wow ♪ ♪ make you're jaw drop drop say oh my drop drop drop ♪ ♪ make u say oh my god my drop drop ♪ ♪ make you're jaw drop make u say oh my god ♪ ♪ and you never felt this type of emotion ♪ ♪ make you're jaw drop drop say oh my drop drop

malcolm is the author of "the tragedy of benedict arnold: an ."erican life the talk was hosted by the university of mary washington. [applause] >> what a nice crowd tonight. good evening everyone. [laughter] welcome to tonight's lecture on one of this country's most noted perhaps, though many will say noted for the wrong reasons. for generations the name benedict arnold has elicited a one-word description for most americans. traitor. perhaps we are wrong. or perhaps partly wrong. tonight, we will hear the rest of the story. it is a special pleasure to recognize the sponsor of tonight's program, she and her husband have been the foremost supporters since the very beginning. it is in fact no exaggeration to say that the program it would not exist as we know it today without the extreme generosity of the chappell family. we are delighted that mary lou and john have joined us from philadelphia as it gives us the opportunity to express our deep appreciation for all that they have done for our program, not just tonight in particular but every night. joh