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Morning, Gloria and even grace, America. I hope you're out there working out on Saturday.

Have a big weekend pod for you, focused almost exclusively

on Iran with a little bit in Minnesota, but mostly on Iran because the war that looms there

could be enormous, could be huge. And the latest reporting that we've got from the Times of Israel

is that talks have been breaking down. The Iranian senior officials have rejected President Trump's demand that they curb their nuclear activities, turn over their fizzile material, and get rid of the missiles, the ballistic missiles, which threaten all of our allies beginning with Israel, but also the Gulf Cooperation Council, Turkey, maybe Europe.

They might be able to go as far as Europe.

And the Mullahs have said no.

So I expect something to happen.

I don't think it's going to happen this weekend, but it might.

That's why I've got a special emergency podcast that brought together all of my interviews

from the past three weeks with people who know what they're talking about Iran, and they are all available.

I go over again to wherever you get your podcast, and you'll find that special emergency

broadcast.

But today is a look back with Matt Contenetti, Ben Dominic, Eli Lake, and John Ellis,

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