PORTSMOUTH – Cupid made an appearance in the city on the eve of Valentine s Day.
Someone, or a group of people, blanketed the city with bright red hearts overnight before the holiday Sunday.
The hearts were on letter-sized paper. They adorned businesses, restaurants, churches and more, putting smiles on the faces of residents, store owners and tourists.
A Valentine Phantom first appeared in Portland, Maine more than 40 years ago
A Valentine Phantom is believed to have first appeared in Portland, Maine, more than 40 years ago. And there were hearts again in Portland on Sunday, according to reports. The lovely tradition has spread across the country, with groups of unidentified people secretly decorating downtown areas each year.
intelligence james clapper and the former cia director john breneman who recently dismissed the idea, bret. bret: more on that later. katherine harris live on capitol hill. you are welcome. bret: the trump impeachment inquiry against him putting future presidents at risk. and he is equating the process to a crime from one of the most infamous chapters of american history. chief white house correspondent john roberts is here with details from the north lawn. good evening, john. bret, good evening to you. president trump and his republican colleagues found themselves in a familiar position today. president trump under fire for what was criticized as a racially insensitive tweet. republicans having to choose between standing behind the president or running for the hills. president trump kicked off the day igniting outrage tweeting about impeachment, all republicans must remember what they re witnessing here, a lynching. the comparison to lynching drew immediate condemnation across
and then mueller opened what was called the john kiriakou task force with an effort to finding crimes to pin on me at wre breneman s urging. brian: you served your time, wrote a book about it what are you asking for now. i would be forever indebted to the president for a pardon. this president sun like other presidents. you know, barack obama and bill clinton, they gave pardons and commutations as they were running out the door at the end of their term. so they didn t have to face any political fallout. this president is different. this president accepts political responsibility for his decisions. he has been pardoning people sings he got into office because he knows that he is doing the right thing. he sees an injustice and he corrects it. and i m humbly asking him to correct this. brian: you know what? open up the case and if what you say is true. i think you certain solid a strong case. john. thank you so much. thanks for having me. brian: meanwhile straight
investigated by the dom for leaking sensitive information. but the bush administration determined he did not commit a crime. that was until 2009. president obama becomes president. when he says under the urging of john brennan, robert mueller and the obama doj reopens his case, charged him with five felonies and after a plea deal, he served 23 months behind bars. our next guest sees history repeating itself with brennan ranting on twitter and on television and robert mueller running investigation on russia. here with more is former cia analyst himself who spent 23 months in prison john carrico. john, first, what you went through why did the bush administration say no problem and john brennan and president obama s administration say go to jail? well, barack obama had a nixonian obsession with leaks. and his own personal ideology was that he was really the enemy of transparency. he was the enemy of whistle blowers. he was really the enemy of the press. john brennan was the same
i believe it is. i said i wanted to cover queens, not be the queen. jillian: darius rutgers. the cmts kicking off last night with a spoof the royal wedding and carrie underwood making history. you say it s okay jillian: yunsd wood taking home the award for video of the year. 18th win, making her the most awarded artist in the show s history. i call the blowfish he looks pretty good in that outfit. steve: that was something. haven t seen that before. abby: thank you, jillian. brian: john breneman has been accused of leaking classified information to the press. well, a former cia officer says he went to prison for 10 months for the same thing. it was brennan himself who went after him. that officer joins us next looking for some justice.