U.S. seize two oil tankers fleeing Venezuela
The Hugh Hewitt Show: Highly Concentrated
Salem Podcast Network
4.4 • 610 Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2026
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Hugh discusses the ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis, the oil tankers seized from Venezuela, and talks with Ohio Senator Jon Husted, Mary Katharine Ham, Noah Rothman, Phil Balboni, Sarah Bedford, and Jim Talent.
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| 0:48.4 | Good morning, Gloria and Grace, America. I'm Hugh Hewitt on this Wednesday. A lot of breaking news. |
| 0:53.3 | The United States has seized two Venezuela-lan tankers, one flying under a Russian flag that has been the subject of a chase for two weeks. One more recently identified has been seized in the Caribbean. |
| 1:07.2 | Protest are breaking out all over Iran, and they've turned deadly. I'll get you details on that. |
| 1:11.8 | But the big story at this hour is coming out of the Twin Cities |
| 1:14.4 | where a protester, what is believed to be a protester, |
| 1:19.3 | a 37-year-old white woman attempted to drive through an ice agent |
| 1:25.1 | after ice agents were talking to her by the side of the car. |
| 1:29.6 | We can play the best video of it, as you see. |
| 1:33.1 | She dead. |
| 1:34.6 | The car is a big black sedan. |
| 1:38.5 | There's an officer clearly, the officer at the side of the window telling her something, |
| 1:42.5 | and she drives right at the ice agent who |
| 1:45.4 | fires i don't know how many shots i don't know it was said i don't know what's going to happen but |
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