migrant encounters on the southern border and president biden toured valley forge before giving his address and of course, that s george washington s winter encampment between 1777 through the beginning of 1778. general howell and the british forces were able to enjoy themselves that winter in philadelphia and president biden wrapped up a weekend s vacation of st. croix, the home of alexander hamilton who was present with george washington as his aide-de-camp. neil: this is what makes you an encyclopedia and general howell had his first taste of a cheese steak, you project didn t know, mr. smarty pants. kidding. people take us very serious. the british had a lot more food than george washington, no question. neil: they did, but, boy, they could have use add few of them. and in the meantime you heard the move and touched on it,
trump says he doesn t understand. well, he still doesn t understander the basic truth and that is you can t love your country only when you win. reporter: neil, the president spoke at a community college 50 miles away from valley forge, home of george washington s winter encampment during the american revolution from 1777-1778. biden visited the site before the address. now, the 563-seat theater where he spoke at that community college was at capacity, but it was by invitation only and included senators from delaware and the critical battleground state of pennsylvania. biden has visited the keystone state more than any other state the outside of delaware, the rnc slamming the address for biden s failure to address his record one time during the 30-minute speech. quote, while families can t pay their bills, children dying from fentanyl overdoses, terror is suspects crossing the open southern border and americans
the weekend at his home there. hi lucas. hi eric. president biden use the occasion yesterday speaking outside valley forge, george washington s winter encampment during the american revolution in 1777 in 1778 to launch a full broadside against his predecessor donald trump. dimensioning s trump s name 44 times the most biden ever has invoked the memory of generally six. trump did nothing. it was among the worst dereliction of duty by a president in american history. an attempt to overturn a free and fair election by force and violence. but i didn t need no mentions of his record of past three years including the southern border. this is the list of migrant encounters on the southern border over the past 10 decembers. last month was the highest in american history. biden officials have refused to call the situation on the southern border a crisis including fines dhs a chief who
people, to put that in perspective here in our state, that s more than the population of pittsburgh. and pittsburgh is our second largest city. reporter: 4,000 of george washington s men camped at valley forge in the winter of 1777-1778. many struggled to find food and shelter while the british under general howell wintered in philadelphia. of course, war was a seasonal business back then. george washington s punishment, alicia, for stealing food was a punishment so severe that that his soldiers many times would bite town on a lead bullet by being pummeled, hence the term bite the bullet. alicia: lucas tomlinson with the hi historical facts all the time, thank you very much. good to see you. griff: for more on the biden administration s response to the growing crisis at our southern border, we re joined by democratic congressman from texas henry cuellar. congressman, you ve been such an
pennsylvania, near valley forge. hi, lucas. hi, martha, moments away from president biden speaking in the critical battleground state of pennsylvania. a state he has visited more than any other stay in the union. of course outside of his home state of delaware since becoming president. we are only 15 miles away from valley forge. george washington, in the winter 77-1778, president biden landed valley forge towards the facility hello ground and 4,000 soldiers of washington s froze over the mentor and had to chop down trees and build 2,000 log cabins. meanwhile, the british forces in pennsylvania. no doubt president biden will come here and perhaps replay the manuscript, the playbook, if you will from the midterms. we spoke in philadelphia independence whole ahead of the midterms. any think those marine corps sentries. the mood was very dark. that red light as you see behind