It’s early winter now, but there’s an opportunity to see the state at the height of summer in the latest episode of Road Trip Masters. While the episode will not air on the Discovery Channel until April, those who have Amazon Prime can get a look at Season 4, Episode 1, right now.
Two teachers, Nick and Brian, use their time off to travel the United States in their 1968 drop-top Cadillac. In this episode, they come to Bristol, New Hampshire, where they stay at the Pleasant View Bed and Breakfast, go out on Newfound Lake, and dine at the Homestead Restaurant. They also travel to Mount Washington to see the Cog Railway, go to Funspot in Laconia, and make a stop at the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center in Holderness.
They may get a few facts wrong, but the episode provides great exposure to some of what New Hampshire offers.
Weekend Crashes
Heath Cowper, 41, of Wolfeboro sustained life-threatening injuries in a snowmobile crash near the Smith River on Saturday, according to Fish and Game officials. He was taken to a hospital by helicopter.
Early Saturday afternoon, there was an automobile crash in Route 3-A in Franklin with a car ending up on its side amongst a cluster of trees. Franklin police officers at the scene were unavailable for comment and a dispatcher said departmental policies do not allow him to release any information on possible injuries. The officers on duty were unavailable to provide any details over the weekend.
Back at the Nation’s Capital
President Donald Trump is on his way out of office in less than two weeks, but his departure cannot come soon enough for many members of Congress and others who formerly stood by the president. Whether by resignation, impeachment, or Article 25 of the U.S. Constitution, there is a growing consensus that his incitement of force to overturn November’s election results is reason enough for Trump to be ousted as soon as possible.
“If inciting to insurrection isn't [an impeachable offense], then I don't really know what is,” former New Jersey Governor Chris Christy said on Sunday. Christy had been one of the president’s strongest supporters, but he now says of Republicans, “they’ve had enough.”
The world is watching. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said after learning that protesters had stormed the U.S. Capitol, “The enemies of democracy will be delighted at these terrible images …. “Trump and his supporters must accept the decision of American voters at last and stop trampling on democracy.”
Here at home, some of the Republicans who tolerated Trump for the things he accomplished in cutting regulations, holding NATO accountable for its share of peacekeeping costs, and challenging long-held assumptions about how to conduct government business, cheered Twitter and Facebook for banning the president’s accounts. “Trump was his own worst enemy,” they agreed.
Others were not as happy, fearing the bans would lead to greater censorship and that scrutiny of the Capitol security efforts would lead to harsher police actions in the future.
A note on the impeachment avenue: While Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump have been impeached — with Richard Nixon avoiding impeachment by resigning — no president has ever been convicted of impeachable offenses and removed from office. Johnson came closest, but retained his seat by a single vote. If Trump is impeached a second time, it will be the first time in history that a president is impeached twice; and if the Senate convicts him, he will become the first president to also be convicted of impeachable offenses.
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