This message is just a reminder for an interesting History on TV TONIGHT. bj Check your TV guide for A&E tonight at 7pm. "THE CROSSING: Jeff Daniels stars as George Washington in this new drama, the Revolutionary War story of the then-general's campaign against the Hessians in 1776. He launched that attack with greatly diminished troops who were young, exhausted and hungry. Their crossing of the Delaward river led to the Battle of Trenton, which turned the tide of the war.. Roger Rees also appears. (2 hrs.)" from the Dallas Morning News TV Week, January 9-15, 2000.