The Hugh Hewitt Show

Off to D.C. tonight after the show for a Sunday appearance on Meet the Press.  Taking with me galleys of C. J. Box’s Endangered and of Guy P. Benson’s and Mary Katharine Ham’s End of Discussion to pass the red eye hours.

Tune in Sunday morning as Chuck Todd will be quizzing Dr. Ben Carson and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy.  And if you are here because of seeing the program, the links to the key interviews of this week including Jeb Bush and Donald Trump are all here.  Here is the link to Friday’s interview with LDS Elder Jeffrey Holland.

Meet The Press host Chuck Todd joined me for his regular Friday spot and we talked through what CPAC has shown (and not shown) about the state of the GOP race for the 2016 nomination:

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transcript:

HH: Of course, it is bitterly cold in the nation’s capital, so of course Chuck Todd of NBC’s Meet The Press has invited me back to the panel this weekend. Chuck, good to have you on, thank you for the invitation, I understand bring a sweater.

CT: Yeah, well, it’s a little bit chilly. It’s a little bit chilly, and the politics here is getting chillier and chillier, so you know…

HH: Oh, I’m going to talk about Homeland Security in a second, but first, I’ve got to ask you about the big story of the day. Is the dress white and gold or is it black and blue?

CT: Okay, so I saw it as blue and gold. I didn’t see, I thought it was blue and gold. I didn’t see the blue and black aspect of it. But I thought it was blue and gold. It’s funny, we broke down in the Meet the Press shop, we broke down along gender lines on that. The women saw it as white and gold. Continue Reading

United States Senator Lindsey Graham joined me on Friday’s show to talk about the spreading menace of the Islamic State and Iran’s path to near-nuclear status:

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Transcript:

HH: I’m joined now by United States Senator Lindsey Graham. Senator Graham, great to have you back, welcome.

LG: I did not know Leonard Nimoy died until you just mentioned that.

HH: Yes, he did. He slipped the mortal coil today, and the blue and the gold today is for the Star Trek colors. He was 83 years old. He had a great life. Were you a Trekker?

JG: Yeah, I mean, anybody our age grew up with the show. Yeah, absolutely.

HH: Yeah, he’s part of the cultural furniture, you betcha. Senator, well, so is the white and gold versus blue and black dress. Have you had a chance to look at that, yet?

JG: No, I missed that one. You can’t be everything to everybody, so I’m trying not to be. Continue Reading

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and a past president of BYU as well as PhD from Yale and an articulate defender of religious freedom around the globe.  He joined me in my California studios Friday:

Audio:

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Transcript:

HH: I’ve got a special first hour of the show for all my audience across the United States. I’m so honored to have in studio in studio with me Elder Jeffrey Holland, who is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He is also the third such member that I’ve had an opportunity to interview. Elder Dallin Oakes was here a couple of years ago. Before that, Elder Neil Maxwell did a show for me for PBS. I’ve had a lot of good friends in the Quorum. But the third time’s the charm, so maybe I’ll get one of these interviews right, Elder.

JH: Thank you, Hugh, you’re getting it right.

HH: It is very good to have you hear. I want to begin with the obvious most pressing question of the day. Is the dress white and gold? Or is it black and blue?

JH: I just happened to turn on the news this morning, and it looked to me like it was blue and black. But I don’t know.

HH: Have you checked with Mrs. Holland, yet?

JH: No, I haven’t, and I don’t dare do that. Continue Reading