Majority Leader Johnb Thune joined Hugh today to discuss the ongoing debate on the SAVE Act, the battle with Iran, and the confirmation prospects for Senator Mullin to be Secretary Mullin. The transcript: HH: If you’ve been watching C-SPAN for the last day and today, you’ve seen Republicans standing up demanding voter ID and citizenship before they vote in federal elections. And they’re pummeling the Democrats because of the way that Majority Leader John Thune set this up. The Leader joins me now. Leader Thune, welcome. Well played, Mr. Bond. This is, if this was a fight, they’d stop it. The Democrats could. Are they going...

Senator Tom Cotton, R-AR, joined me today to review the first three days of the war with Iran: Transcript: HH: United States Senator Tom Cotton represents the great state of Arkansas. He’s also chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, chairman of the Republican Conference. Senator, thank you for making time for me today. About an hour ago, U.S. Central Command posted some video and this statement: Two days ago, the Iranian regime had 11 ships in the Gulf of Oman. Today, they have zero. What do you think the Chinese think about this? And I want to tell the audience, you authored Seven Things You Can’t Say About China....

Prince Reva Pahlavi was named Crown Prince of Iran in 1967. He has long been the most visible face of the Iranian opposition to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Audio: 02-09hhs-pahlavi Transcript: HH: We are on the cusp of big events. Whether it’s this week or this month or next month, it’s a very important time, and I’m honored to have with me Prince Reza Pahlavi. He’s the Crown Prince of Iran. He is also the voice and face of the Iranian opposition in exile. Prince Pahlavi, welcome. Thank you for joining me. I want to start with a very direct question. To your understanding, how many of your fellow countrymen were murdered...

As President Trump weighs his decision on what to do regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran, Israeli national security expert Daniel Schueftan joined Hugh to discuss what POTUS should do and why: Audio: 02-09hhs-schueftan Transcript: HH: Professor Dan Schueftan is the preeminent Israeli national security expert. That’s what Haviv Rettig Gur called him in an interview done with Professor Schueftan on February the 2nd, which I heard and said we’ve got to go get this guy. He sounds like Israel’s Kissinger. Professor, welcome to the Hugh Hewitt Show. That was a fabulous episode with Haviv. Thank you for joining me today. I want...

Hugh spoke earlier with Senate Majority Leader John Thune about Iran escalation, the Appropriations bills, and what’s to come with negotiations on the last appropriations bill, The Department of Homeland Security. The audio: 02-04hhs-thune The transcript: HH: I’m going to talk now with Majority Leader John Thune about that. Leader Thune, welcome. I want to begin by asking if you and Senator Cotton, who are two members of the Gang of Eight who get briefed on intelligence matters have been briefed on anything, yet, about Iran. JT: I think at some of the Gang of Eight meetings, it’s been high-level stuff, Hugh, but you...

The Hudson Institute’s Michael Doran –one of the few genuine experts on Iran inside the Beltway– joined me on the program in hour three today to discuss what he thinks President Trump will do and what he hopes POTUS does. The audio: 01-19hhs-doran The transcript: HH: As promised, Mike Doran of the Hudson Institute, where he is, of course, one of the resident experts on the Islamic Republic of Iran. And I preface this by saying there are a handful of people who have been actually working on the Islamic Republic of Iran for more than a day or a couple of weeks, or a news cycle or a few. And one of them is Michael...

Mark Dubowitz, CEO of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, covered the uprising in Iran for Hugh today: Audio: 01-12hhs-dubowitz Transcript: HH: As you heard me say at the beginning of the show, the biggest story in the world is what’s going on in Iran. And I know we all have our favorite interesting stories, and I cover the news as it breaks, but the biggest story in the world is in Iran. For 47 years, that tyranny has been in place. And for almost as long, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies has been working to bring it down and free the people of Iran. Joining us now is the CEO of the Foundation for the...

President Donald Trumpt returned to my program today. The program is posted at my YouTube. The audio/video may be used by attribution channel. The Transcript: HH: Proud to welcome back to the Hugh Hewit Show President Donald Trump. Happy New Year, Mr. Trump. Good to have you back. DJT: Well, thank you very much, Hugh. Thank you very much. HH: I don’t want to waste your time, so I’m going to dive right in and begin with Iran. Michael Doran of the Hudson Institute says the regime there is failing. They have fuel shortages, electricity shortages, a water shortage. Karime Sadjadpour at Carnegie is posting the videos of the...