that is in morristown. there is a sign for it. unfortunately, arnold's tavern burned down in 1918, due to a fire. washington typically had five aides or secretaries. secretaries were probably doing most of the writing, aides did some of the writing and there is no proof of this, but my assumption would be when washington is distinguishing between a secretary and an aide, the aide would have more varied activities, reconnaissance and so forth, whereas the secretary would stay at headquarters. including the mansion, we will talk about, and that is probably how the labor was split up. the most at any time was seven. can you imagine seven of them sleeping in the same room or even sitting in the same room during a hot day like today? or the cold times, must have been an incredible challenge. the typical task is writing and copying letters for washington. copious is an understatement. copious amounts of writing letters. they were often dictated by washington to his aides, including hamilton. , for a little refresher, you have some aides

it reads, headquarters, morristown. alexander hamilton is appointed aid to camp. you will hear about this guy a little bit later during the siege of yorktown. you can find transcriptions like this letter on the library of congress website. a lot of authors will say this is all happening when hamilton is 22 years old. he is actually 20. he was born in 1757. he is 20 years old. think about your children and your grandchildren and yourselves. where were you at 20? were you helping washington at his chief of staff? he is the youngest aid by far. most are in their early 30's. the 19th eight already. there was a lot of turnover. localis a great book by a author about washington's 32 aides. he serves as an aid to 77hington from 1757 -- 17 1781.-- 1777 to has his headquarters set up not far from where -- here. there is a sign therefore it. the tavern burned down in 1914. secretaries were probably doing most of the writing side of things. my assumption would be that when when washington was distinction between a secretary and an aid, the aid might have more varied activiti

he was trained in morristown, new jersey. >> host: he is your second dog? >> guest: hdog? >> guest: he is. my first dog who i talk about in my book, there's a chapter in my book where i talk about what it was like to train with a dog. if you want to have a good relationship, whether with an animal or a human being, you need to invest in that relationship. so, i stepped away from college on the stepped away from the family and was focused on developing relationships. i was a stranger to her and she was a stream or to me. we didn't understand each other. sometimes she would walk me into chairs, not understand. but we have to work on our relationship, and over time we learned to understand each other so that only improved dramatically. the more we work together traveling all over the country when i graduated from college, when i was climbing in alaska, and when i went to law school at harvard, he wa was there by my e during my classes looking across the stage. last year she passed away from cancer and it was really, really hard to lose a partner, not just as a dog but the par

and he was trained at the seeing eye in morristown, new jersey. >> host: he's your second dog? >> guest: he's my second dog. my first dog, who i talk about in my book, there's a chapter in my book where with i talk about what it was like to go to seeing eye and train with a dog. if you want to have a good relationship whether with an animal or a human being, you need to invest in that relationship. so i stepped away from college, stepped away from family to spend three weeks entirely focused on developing a a relationship with my seeing eye dog. at first it was incredibly awkward. i was a stranger to her, her name was maxine, and she was a stranger to me. we didn't understand each other. but sometimes she would walk me into chairs, not stop at stairs. she was fully trained, but she didn't have a relationship with me. and we had to work on our relationship. and over time we learned to understand each other. her guiding improved dramatically. for nine years we worked together traveling all over the country. when i graduated from college, she was with me. when i was climbing icebe

. >> out of morristown, new jersey, the unsealing of the indictment, 33 pages, gives jaw-dropping description of the type of surveillance he was doing on behalf, according to federal authorities of this terrorist group, hezbollah irks iranian terror proxy group. it's our understanding from authorities that he became a naturalized citizen back in 2008, however they believe he had been working with the terrorist group for more than two decades, doing scouting really of three major cities, major sites within those cities, boston, fenway park, washington, d.c., the white house and in new york city, several locations like the u.n. building, the fbi headquarters here in new york city, times square, bridges and tunnels, nearly almost all of them, even reporting back information about those sites and the structural weakness of some of these locations to, quote, cause the most destruction. just incredible information on behalf of this terrorist group, according to this complaint that was unsealed today. authorities have had him in custody, we know from this complaint that they were actually interviewi

a 42 yard man from morristown, new jersey arrested on a nine-count indictment including charges relatednses. we're learning he was a man who joined hezbollah decades ago and became a naturalized citizen here in the united states in august of 2008. as you just said, sort of working surveillance for this terrorist organization here in new york, scouting out different areas of the city, major, you know, places like the subway systems, the times square and, you know, trying to figure where there were soft spots to possibly stage an attack, or to provide that information back to the terrorist group. also did this in washington, d.c. as well. so a lot of information as part of this again nine-count indictment we're learning from the southern district about this man. this person is now in custody with these nine charges and i expect to hear more. doesn't sound like anything was thwarted, stoned any attack from happening but key in the sense this person was providing serious information back to the terrorist organization. >> absolutely looking at cities like new york, washington, d.c. brynn con

according to the indictment the 42-year-old morristown new jersey resident, known as alex, or hachid,.s. citizen working for hezbollah and an islamic terror organization. he faces nine counts related to terrorism and marriage fraud. the feds say he received weapons and bomb training and surveilled numerous landmarks for possible attacks including the statue of liberty, the united nations, the stock exchange, bridges, train stations and other locations in washington including the white house, and u.s. capitol and fenway park in boston. the criminal complaint alleges he focused on instruct architecture l weaknesses to determine how a future attack could cause the most destruction and maximize damage and how close in proximity one could get to a target and cite weaknesses or soft spots that the islamic jihad organization could exploit if it attacked a location in the future. charges include providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, receiving military-type training and marriage fraud. manhattan u.s. attorney jeffrey burman said even though he was a naturalized citize

. >> 42-year-old from morristown new jersey is facing nine counts of federal charges including providing material support to a terrorist group. the nine count indictment states saab served as an operative of hospital and conductive surveillance of a possible target locations. such covert activities conducted on u.s. soil are a clear threat to our national security. saab allegedly staked out dozens of big apple targets like the stock exchange, times square, statue of liberty, and the u.n. as well as transit hubs, including grand central station, the brooklyn bridge, and new york airports. authorities say he surveilled the capitol dome, lincoln memorial and the white house, and in boston, fenway park and the prudential center. prosecutors say in each location he collected data on vulnerabilities or soft spots and took notes detailing how close an attacker could get. he sent these notes along with photos from his phone straight to his terrorist handlers and the fbi says it's about in possession of all that evidence. his ties to islamic jihad go back to when he joined hezbollah in 1996 as an

philadelphia, new york, valley forge, morristown, whatever, you have to follow orders as a result of this. they are much more disciplined and trained. a caveat to that is this is new. this is something, we're starting from scratch. george has got his work cut out for him. we don't have some major warehouse full of weaponry and uniforms and flags and we can run out and acouter these guys. these guys used to be militia, now signing a contract. there's a lot of play in here. i don't want to make it sound like this is army who is ready to go and take on the british army. it's going to take a long time. we're going to see first couple of years, they need the experience. yes they have to get that experience. yes, they have been fighting wars for quite some time now but nevertheless it's a learning experience for them, especially in the long-term. you've also got to watch the timing. sometimes the timing of battles will be determined on whether their contracts will expire. because believe me, they are going to want to go home. after the experience they have had, trust me, they are going to

new york, valley forge, morristown, wherever you got to follow orders is part of this. they are much more disciplined and trained. now, adding to that this is new. again, statute starting from scratch. george has his work cut out for him. we don't have some you know major warehouse full of weaponry and uniforms and flags. that we can then run out and supply the guys and fight the british. we are starting from square one. they used to be militia. now signing a contract. there is a lot of mri in here. i don't want to make it sound like these are army ready to go and take on the british army. it's going to take a long time, all right. we're going to see the first couple of years these guys need to get the experience. yes they have some experience. yes they've been fighting for some time now. but nevertheless it's a learning experience for them. especially in the long term. you also have to watch the timing, all right. sometimes battles are -- the timing of battles will be determined on whether the contracts are going to expire. because believe me they want to go home after

according to the indictment, a man, 42 of morristown, new jersey, naturalized u.s.s an agent for hezbollah. iranian funded shia islamic terror organization facing nine counts related to terrorism, citizenship and marriage fraud. feds say he received weapons and bomb making training and surveilled numerous landmarks for possible attacks. those targets allegedly included the statue of liberty, united nations, stock exchange, rockefeller center, time square, bridges, tunnels, train stations and other locations in washington, d.c. including the white house and the u.s. capitol and fenway park in boston. sabb took photos and reported back to hezbollah and had materials used to construct the targets. how close one could get and soft spots that might be exploited. the charges include providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, receiving military-type training, unlawful procurement of citizenship and marriage fraud. the manhattan u.s. attorney says even though he was a naturalized american citizen his true allegiance was to hezbollah responsible for terr