this is benedict arnold, this is quebec city in the background. and arnold marched quebec turns out to be a night where. winter sets in earlier than they planned. he has about 1100 men. the final 400 have mostly supplies, they turned back. and the rest are trapped without food. part of the problem for arnold, is the americans have a map for the coast of maine in quebec. you're quebec. and the map says this route is about 160 miles. the map is off by about a factor of two to three. it's three or 400 miles. so these guys get caught up here in the rivers of northern maine and parts of southern quebec and winter. and these men starve. these men are like walking scarecrows. this account is heavily recorded. lots of arnold men leave diaries. and new england there's have high literacy rate. so you read about these guys accounts that they're eating squirrel tails, they're eating their shoes, cardboard boxes. so people have dogs, and dogs disappear quickly because there is no food. and they are like walking scarecrows. but arnold and 600 men take it and the

benedict arnold is seriously wounded and the american army in canada is shattered.e, this is where we're going to take a quick aside, is montgomery becomes the great -- yes. go ahead, brook. >> did they really only go in because all of their -- it was all going to expire? >> they were going to go home. yeah, that's why they attack. because if we wait until january 1st, half the army is going home? >> do you think they had any chance -- >> that's a debatable question. montgomery believes he has a fighting shot because he thinks the blizzard is going to hide them. i didn't work. and there's very wild accounts. montgomery is literally leading the attack. there's these barricades. montgomery grabs an ax and hacking his way through. he's the first guy killed. he really wants to go home. he really does. montgomery becomes the first martyr of the revolution, or at least the first major martyr. richard montgomery is the first and highest ranking american officer killed in the revolution. highest american officer killed in the revolution, highest ranked. and kind of an odd i

they're not actually of benedict arnold. this is done by french painter while, he was military governor in philadelphia. lafayette, hamilton, henry knox there at the hartford conference. in downtown hartford, conferring for three days with general, french general russian bow. and his right to do. this is in 1780. same stretch of time, those three days. it's around the 21st, 22nd, 23rd. the same 22nd is when alexander hamilton, benedict arnold, rather. is meeting with john andre, aka john anderson. and they are meeting just south of west point. it's on the same day. so, uncanny timing. after that conference in hartford, washington is returning to lafayette, to meet with -- arnold, rather. to go over the fortifications at west point. arnold is absent. he is gone. washington is trying to figure out why is he not here inspecting this with me. something is amiss. now, it is very clear that arnold has already decided that he's going to escape on the aptly named hms vulture. it's a great one for a traitor. and hamilton decides imme

handedly won the victory but there is another man who says he single-handedly done it and that is benedict arnold, american hero. okay. so arnold despite defying orders horatio gates and arnold have had this ongoing feud about command and rank, largely arnold had been loyal to general phillip skylar, you probably remember his daughters from again another musical. he's really resistant to gates. arnold is actually going to be ordered by gates to leave the battlefield, but he defies orders and single-handedly charges in and stops a potential retreat and he pushes it forward and ultimately there is a victory in saratoga and arnold is going to be wounded, he's going to be shot in the leg and he's going to fall back and his horse is going to fall on top of him and his men are going to rush to him and carry him off the field as if he was a spartan soldier and he is asked, general, how are you? he goes, you're wounded in the leg. and he says, i had rather it been my heart. so he's looking for this glorious end, this romantic sort of classical death. had he died right there he is probably one of the grea

the famous treason of benedict arnold. major general benedict arnold is of connecticut. born in norwich, lives as a wealthy merchant in new haven. and he is beginning his communication, one of the common misunderstanding is that his trader's activities are confined to september of 1780. it had been going on for 16 months. it goes on for 16 months. this portrait to the right is the only known proven portrait of benedict arnold from life, all the other portraits are based off this one or fakes. this was done by french portrait painter while he was military governor in philadelphia. and washington is lafayette hamilton and henry knox and others at the hartford conference at jeremiah wadsworth's house in downtown hartford conferring with the french general and his -- this is september of 1780. it's the same stretch of time, those three days. it's around like 21st, 22nd, 23rd. the same 22nd is when alexander hamilton, benedict arnold rather is meeting with john andre, aka john anderson, and they are meeting south of west point. it's on the same day. so uncanny timing. after t

now the infamous black as betweenon of benedict arnold. major general benedict arnold is, of course, of connecticut, born in for one of, lives as a wealthy merchant in new haven, and he is beginning his communication, one of the common misunderstandings is that his trader's activities are all confined to september of 1780. that is not the case. it actually had about going on for 16 months beginning in may of '79 which is just a month after arnold had fallen in love happen married peg e of benedict arnold from life. all the other ones you've is only are bayled off of this with offer are fakes, not actually pep ticket around, and washington is but the lafayette, hamilton, henry knox and others at the hardford house conferring for three days were rochembeau. it's three days of time. the 22nd is when alexander hamilton, pep dict arnold rather, is meeting with john andre, aka john anderson and they are meeting just south of west point. it's on the same day. uncanny timing. after that conference in hartford, washington is returning with hamilton

a traitor to the country and i'd put him in the same category of someone like benedict arnoldied to defeat our system of government. he's the same one to me. >> matthew, the threat is still here from the assault on voting rights to gop whitewashing of january 6th to the big lie. we're still at risk of losing it. last night i said it's a fine democracy if you can keep it. >> yeah, i always thought democracy is not a given, it's a gift. it takes work and takes respect of others and it takes the idea that all men and women are created equal. all of these things established and the leaders weren't perfect but there was always sort of step by step by step to get there. i mean, today is the anniversary of the voting rights act of 1965 that came 100 years after the amendments to give african-americans the right to vote and took years of pushing and shoving to get to the 1960 it's so we have to constantly push this but there is no guarantee that our democracy survives. it is totally dependent on citizen action and citizen holding leaders accountable for their actions and when that sto

so, i put him in the same category as somebody, like benedict arnold. a traitor to the country.benedict arnold, who tried to sort of defeat our -- our system of government. he is the same one, to me. >> well, matthew, the threat is still here. from the assault on voting rights to gop whitewashing of january 6th to the big lie. it really shows just how fragile our democracy. we talk about that all the time. and we're still at risk of losing it. last night, i said it's a fine democracy, if you can keep it. >> yeah, you know, i always -- i always thought democracy's not a given. it's a gift. and democracy takes work and takes respect of others. and it takes the idea that all men and women are created equal. all of these things established that weren't perfect when we started and the leaders weren't perfect. but there was always, sort of, step by step by step to get there. i mean, today is the anniversary of the voting rights act of 1965. which came 100 years after the amendments to give african-americans the right to vote. and it took 100 years of pushing and shoving to get to wher

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host of the deep state radio podcast and author of "traitor, a history betraying america from benedict arnold to donald trump." thanks for joining me on the show tonight. we know that more than 100,000 people have been evacuated from afghanistan since the middle of august, most of them afghans and we also knows that there are those who want to leave and dare to leave are being left behind. on a scale of 1 to 10 how would you scale the bidenp evacuation effort? >> i would give it a 7 or 58 in terms of the degree of getting the number of people out. i think the total is in excess of 115,000 people brought out in the past couple of week. the white house earlier today announced an agreement among 97 nations to ensure that flights continue even after the united states has left. you know, that's contrary to, you know, what some of the critics had said, that the u.s. isn't working with our allies or isn't able to lead. secretary blinken has indicated that the uss going to remain engaged, and, of course, we have many tools to do that beyond simply having an embassy presence there. so i think they hav