tonight's special edition of "tucker carlson" inside the issues. it's over. we'll be back monday. the sworn enemy of lying, smugness. above all, have a great week went the ones you love. >> sean: fox news alert. welcome to live friday, breaking news edition of "hannity." iranian aggression. buckle up. the defense secretary authorized the deployment of military personnel to saudi arabia as the u.s. moves to counter the rogue regime of iran. the central command is increasing personnel in the region. they're advising ships to stay away from the straits of hormuz. a lot of breaking news. at this hour, all eyes are on the middle east. iran's hyper aggressive actions

in the region, around the world have reached a boiling point. let me speak tonight, stop for a second with the news. i want to speak directly to the iranian mullahs. i have known president trump about 23-plus years. let me tell you what won't help to help you out tonight and what could happen. you keep pushing this button, i can promise you the president is never going to engage in a boots on the ground, long protracted conflict. no. he is going -- if he acts, he is going to act and it's going to be over quickly. that's my prediction. you have been warned. it will be over and it will be over quickly. that is my prediction to the iranian mullahs. we'll keep acting like we've been acting.

we'll be right on that prediction. we all know if we're going to be honest, we know the prime minister, the mullahs know it. president trump is not weak. if he it will be over quickly. you will lose. the rogue regime seized two tankers. one ship was released. the other vessel and its crew are held hostage but i rainian forces. the latest in a string of illegal seizures of tankers passing through the straits of hormuz. three in six days. including a panamanian flagged ship from the uae and a liberian ship owned by the u.k. just another hostile against by a regime sowing terrorism.

we'll have more throughout the show. we have the very latest developments from our west coast newsroom, trace gallagher. trace a lot happening in the last 15 minutes. >> yeah, sean. those additional military resources you mentioned in saudi arabia are on top of numerous bombers, battleships and a carrier strike group in the persian gulf. this ramped up today when the british oil tanker with a crew of 23 was in the strait of hormuz headed to saudi arabia when it was approached by small boats and a helicopter. iran's guard said the ship was seized for noncompliance with international maritime laws, which is a vague charge that offers no specific violations. the british ship is now in an iranian port. the company that owns the tanker says it has been unable to contact any crew members. less than an hour after the ship was seized, the liberian tanker with a crew of 25 was also held

but i rainian forces. we're told it has been set free to continue its journey. here's british foreign secretary jeremy hunt. >> we will respond in a way that is robust and we're absolutely clear if this situation is not resolved quickly, there will be serious consequences. >> in recent weeks, authorities say iran has attacked various oil tankers, shot down a u.s. drone in international airspace, captured several foreign tankers and flew a drone within 1,000 feet of the u.s.s. boxer. the u.s. navy brought down the drone by using an electronic jamming device to disable it. iranian officials say the drone is not theirs. the pentagon says it is. today president trump said this about the latest escalation. >> iran is in big trouble right now. their economy is crashing. a lot of bad things are

happening to them. it's very easy to straighten out or very easy for us to make it a lot worse. >> finally, u.s. central command says they have aircraft in the strait of hormuz monitoring and in contact with u.s. ships operating in that area. sean? >> sean: trace gallagher, thank you. we'll have so much more on this urgent situation in the middle east. my monologue just moments away. we do have another piece of breaking news to report tonight with our own catherine herridge. concern to catherine, sources tonight, nellie ohr working with fusion gps is now a top target of a congressional investigation. joining us now with this huge news, catherine herridge. catherine, you've been great on this story from the get-go. this is a big part of the puzzle tonight. >> sean, the significant developments. sources tell fox news house investigators are seeking the opposition research from nellie

ohr that focused on the trump family. she testified on the hell last year and told lawmakers that she was willing to provide the research that focused on then candidate donald trump, his children and the first lady specifically. any foreign travel and foreign contact. ordered the opposition research on the trump family for fusion gps, the same clinton funded dossier. nellie and her husband, bruce, go to the heart of the genesis of the rbi russia probe. bruce ohr was demoted because of his dealings with fusion gps. he was the back channel for the fbi for the dossier. sources tell fox news that house republican investigators want to understand if nellie ohr's research got to the fbi or got into the sealed dossier. fox news reached out to her attorney and asked if she was still willing to provide the research if she needs a subpoena and what accounts for the six-month delay there was no

immediate comment, sean. >> sean: catherine herridge in colorado tonight. thanks for working overtime. we appreciate it. back to the stop story. the british are working to free its tanker that was seized by iran in international waters. of course, this act of aggression is not isolated in anyway, shape, matter or form. not long ago, iran shot down a u.s. drone that was flying in international airspace. a couple days ago, an iranian drone was downed by a u.s. navy ship after coming close to our vessel after numerous warnings. let's not forget, iran is the world's leading state sponsor of terrori terrorism. at this very moment, radical islamic militants are collecting a pay check from iran. the president was very clear today in his warning. i will repeat what i said.

the mullahs in i ran, don't push this far. it won't be a long conflict. the president will act decisively and it will be over quickly. i am 100% confident. take a look. >> we're going to be speaking with the u.k. this only goes to show what i'm saying about iran. trouble, nothing but trouble. remember this, the agreement, the ridiculous agreement made by president obama expires in a very short period of time. it was a short-term agreement. when you're dealing in countries, you have to deal in 50 years and 100 years. you don't deal in the short term. it was a ridiculous agreement. it goes to show you, i was right about iran. >> the president was right about iran. what happens next is important for a number of runs. one, the straits of hormuz is

the single most important artery for the world's oil supply and the most narrow point, the strait is only 21 miles wide with shipping lanes of two miles in either direction. that is how precise you have to be. it is bordered to the north by iran and on the south by the uae in oman. that skinny piece there. that connects all of the oil-rich gulf states to the indian ocean. because of the president's pro energy policies as he mentioned today, we are now less reliant on middle eastern oil than at any time in modern history. let me add this. this has been the straits of hormuz, the most strategically important venue for the free-flow of oil at market prices. of course, oil represents the life blood of every economy. since donald trump has been president for the first time in

75 years, america is energy independent. we're now officially a net exporter of energy. it is less strategically important those straits than ever before. nearly 20% today of the world's oil supply is shipped through those narrow straits of hormuz. any disruption has a district impact on the global oil market and the price you pay at the pump but every economy. the worldwide economy. tonight something much more important at play than the price of oil. that is the protect of international commerce. at this hour, the safety, the security of the free world is at stake. the mullahs of iran have stated clearly, numerous times, they want to wipe the united states of america off the face of the map. they want to wipe israel off the face of the map. they chant death to america, death to israel. the stated main goal is an islamic caliphate that controls

the world. the sick twisted mindset. the iranian regime has killed hundreds of u.s. soldiers in iraq and tens of thousands of innocent civilians all over the middle east. they are the world's number 1 state sponsor of radical islamic terrorism. as we speak, they're fighting numerous proxy wars with armed islamic militants in countries across the globe. now they want a nuclear weapon. this can never happen. look, it's a simple mathematical formula. a squared plus b squared equals c squared. if you have radical islamics, you add b squared weapons of mass destruction, that is a clear and present danger to the world which could result in a modern day holocaust. this could not happen. hannity, is this hyperbole? scare tactic? no.

i wrote a book on this. let's look at the history of the world in the last century alone. we're almost 100 mile human beings slaughtered in the name of communism, fascism, imperial japan. we have the killing fields in cambodia and goes on and on. all of our lives depend on radical islamic militants like the mullahs in iran not getting nuclear weapons. that it's serious for the world. tonight, let me be very clear, i want to be very clear, i am not calling for war. i'm not calling for one american bat on the ground in iran. i think that would be a dumb idea. america doesn't want or need another years and years long bloody war. the president has been more than clear, he will not have that and that is not his stated foreign policy. by the way, i don't want to send any of this country's precious treasure, members of our u.s.

forces to fight and die in iran, especially after the wars of vietnam, iraq are politicized. we send kids to fight wars by the idiot politicians in washington d.c. that stop thinking about winning the war. we don't fight to win wars anymore. in a sick, ugly twisted way, like in the biden-obama years, we handcuff our military with insane rules of engagement. we're going to tell the military what to do from washington? one thing has become very, very clear, iranian aggression might and will be stopped eventually. iran's nuclear ambitions must be extinguished. they must never be allowed to get a nuclear weapon. it's that simple. at some point, probably in the near future, the united states will have to use our highly advanced and capable weapons to take out every possible nuclear

site inside of iran. it's that simple. that's why the president's urgency for his military build-up after the decline of the military and the biden-obama years was crucial and necessary. year one, the president spent $718 billion for the next generation of american weaponry. $700 billion in year two. tonight we have to learn from our mistakes. politicians can no longer be trusted to win wars. that's why i have ben saying for quite a bit of time now, america must be forward-thinking, we must build the next generation of weaponry offensive and defensive. that means we can easily, when necessary, counter hostile regimes and in this case that would be the iran mullahs ambitions for nuclear weapons. future wars with the next

generation of weaponry that the brightest minds in the world are creating, future wars can be fought by pushing buttons in an office in tampa. we have already seen that generation at its very infancy stage. it will become more sophisticat sophisticated. we will lead the way and lead to defensive weapons so people can't do it to us. in other words, no more old-school boots on the ground, door-to-door fighting by american sons and daughter only to politicize it later and so i never mind. no nation building and hoping that we can change the hearts and minds of evil regimes. no more bribing dictators. oh, this is a great deal for the american people, bill clinton. he made a deal kim jong-il's father. and the dumbest thing ever in the history of foreign affairs

of the united states, that would be the biden-obama iranian deal where they took $150 billion in cash and put it on cargo planes and dropped it in a tarmac for the mullahs in iran. is that not the dumbest thing any politician, president, vice president has ever done? here's a fact. bribing dictators is never going to work. temporary nuclear deals with zero accountability when you don't have anywhere any time inspections, that won't work either. you better believe the world, our enemies, people that want to see a weakened america, china's watching tonight. the hostile regime of russia -- by the way, we can bring russia and putin to their knees tomorrow if we outproduce the energy. it's over for them. putin, russia will be on their knees. no more russian interference. north korea is watching tonight.

what happens in iran will have ramifications all over the globe. the question is how did we get here. quick history lesson. 2015, obama and biden loosened sanctions on iran. they gifted the mullahs cargo planes of cash. in exchange, the government of iran promised not to build nukes for ten years. the radical islamic government of iran continued to fund terrorism with our money all over the world. they continue to chant death to israel, death to america. they continue to be the number 1 state sponsor of terrorism around the world and thanks to biden-obama, they had cash to burn. that means this all changed. donald trump was sworn in as president. he was not biden, he's not obama and i'll be very frank, he knows the world knows, he's not theresa may either. i think the president knows, even the iranians know is weak. he pulled the united states out of that horrific iranian nuclear

deal, reimposed devastating sanctions. iran's economy is in a free fall and because of the reimposed sanctions, they face a years long recession. inflation spiralling out of control. it's working. the president's policies are working. this year alone, it will top 40%. iran is clearly feeling the pain so they're wanting to disrupt the world's simply of oil to force more money in a new deal on their terms. that won't happen under president trump. i can tell you 100%. the u.s. says we're going to send their nuclear program if they push this, i promise the mullahs of iran it will be over quickly and your nuclear ambitions will be in the stone age. you'll be sent a message that any new deal will be on america's terms. obviously this is incredibly serious situation. lives are at stake. the free world is at stake. we have to think about the consequences for israel if we take action. today the mainstream media, they

don't care about any of that. they spend all of their time asking the questions about congress woman omar and the squad and accused of racism. i'll show that later on. journalism is dead and buried. each day they dig in, dig in. critically important news to cover. joining us now, fox news contributor, retired cia officer, 30 years a cia analyst, dan hoffman. fox news military analyst, colonel david hunt. let's go to you, colonel. ask you, okay, do you agree with my assessment? i've known the president 23 years. probably have interviewed him more than anybody else in media today. he is committed. there won't be boots on the ground. if he does act, he's going to win. it will be over fast. you agree with me? >> not entirely. the problem you've got with your analysis is going after the iranian nukes.

they're buried deep. the problem will be to get at those bunkers, we probably have to use nuclear bunker busters which is probably unacceptable. >> sean: hold on. you're saying if the choices are nuclear armed iran and having to use very powerful weapons, what will america choose? what must the world choose? >> very powerful weapons are nuclear bunker bursters. we can't contemplate that. what we have to do is probably try the u.n. but also put more sanctions and we have to strangle iran more economically. a military strike to go after that won't work. >> sean: daniel hoffman, so i have talked to numerous people in the united states, friends of mine in israel and others. they're convinced that they're

talking about, yes, spread around the country, yes, the colonel is right, it's deep underground. i have been told by numerous people militarily it's tough but more than doable. your thoughts. >> well, without getting to the classified nature of this discussion too much, what i'd say is it's a key requirement for the intelligence community and working with our allies among them the israelis to gather all the intelligence we can about those nuclear sites, determine where those vulnerabilities are and there are vulnerabilities and we've proven that before and determine what options we have the needed to strike them. as you mentioned, sean, that is not where we want to go. we would like to talk the off ramp to negotiations. iran is practicing nuclear bringmanship, mounting aggressive tax in the persian gulf, enough they think to induce us to eliminate the sanctions which are crippling their economy. we know that won't happen. >> the reality is and i do think

colonel, it's a simple math formula, we lost 100 million souls in the last century alone. evil exists. you couple their evil ideology with these weapons of mass destruction, that is a potential modern day holocaust. you agree with that? >> yes. but we shouldn't be doing this alone. we need a coalition to help. the straits of hormuz is -- the problem is the u.s. the only one doing anything. >> sean: hang on a second. >> they have to take those boats back. >> sean: we have the britts. i would assume -- i know for a fact we have israel, jordan, egypt, the saudis, the emirates. they have aligned their way that was unimaginable five years ago. they're all in. they don't want iranian aggression and a nuclear armed iran. they're all against iran. >> i understand except for

israel. i don't see any of those other countries doing a damn thing. they never have. it's going to be very difficult. we can do it. we have to be very careful about shooting missiles at iran. >> sean: i'm not rushing into anything. you agree there's an unprecedented alliance? 10 seconds. >> the tanker that was seized today had philippine and latvian sailors on board. they might help out. >> sean: except for russia and a couple others, a few week western european allies. rudy guliani next as we continues this special "hannity" ahead. to the ford hurry up and save sales event. for the first time ever get 20% estimated savings on select ford models, plus earn complimentary maintenance through fordpass rewards. it all adds up. don't you love math?

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>> sean: live breaking news. iranian aggression across the globe. the president blamed the escalating tensions on the outrageous deal that biden-obama made with the rogue state, probably the dumbest foreign policy decision in the history of man kind. take a look. >> we're going to be speaking with the u.k. and this only goes to show what i'm saying and iran. trouble. nothing but trouble. remember this, the agreement, the ridiculous agreement made by president obama expires in a very short period of time. it was a ridiculous agreement. it goes to show you, i was right about iran. let's see what happens. >> sean: also the president confirmed senator rand paul will be assisting with the

negotiations. i don't know about that one. but mayor rudy guliani, the president's attorney, i have sources that i know are sources that you know well. and i know you have been told what i have been told. we know exactly which nuclear sites are the most dangerous and we know the plans have been long drawn up to take them out. i have been told and i think you have been told mr. mayor and feel free to go as far as you want to go with this that it is beyond doable and it will happen if this continues. >> well, i have benefit of having been in albania for four days in a conference in which we had 50 nations represented, significant numbers of our military including several general offices, a four-star general, two four-star generals. and i think the colonel was saying, couldn't we effectively take them out 100%?

maybe we would need nuclear weapons for that. we could set them back five or ten years. we could make it impossible to develop nuclear weapons. i'm convinced there will be a regime change there. it could happen this year or next year. the other thing that is underestimated and i saw video evidence of this and a couple interviews to show you, the protests in iran are very significant. very significant. >> sean: that's for real. >> i saw the video evidence of thousands in the street. taxi drivers, political protests, all the teachers in iran went on strike and carrying posters "down with the ayatollah." that's in risk of their lives. down with rouhani. they're chanting support for the people and the coalition government. this is fact.

you can see it. you also see signs, i saw several signs of men selling their kidneys for $500 in order to feed their families. so they're inning is significantly difficult trouble. we could do serious damage to all of their nuclear facilities. we take some out, set the others back five or ten years. we should take out their naval capacity so they stop screwing around with the straits of hormuz. the u.k. should help us with that. they should resign from nato if they don't. >> you know theresa may is weak. let's be honest here. >> when the colonel said before we have to get allies. forget about france and germany. they're doing business with iran. i ran's regime has been in power for 40 years. they have committed hundreds of

thousands of crimes against humanity. slaughtering people in the street. i have seen pictures of 120,000 of those people. i have a book at home that has 20,000 of them all listed and completely authoritative. i also can tell you in 1988, they killed 30,000 people in two months and since rouhani has been in office, they killed almost twice as many people as the other leaders, this man is a mass murders. the crimes against humanity and europe gives them money. we gave them over a billion dollars. that billion dollars went to kill people. obama and biden should be ashamed of themselves for doing that. you know the president longer than i know the president. i want your insight. this is -- >> sean: he is serious. this is my take. he won't put boots on the ground

ever. it won't be a protracted war if donald trump was president. also, you know about this emerging coalition as i do. something that was never possible five years ago. the saudis, the egyptians, they're with us. so my question to you is, do you agree with me that the president will stand by his campaign promise, no boots on the ground but if he strikes it will be over quickly? do you agree with that? >> i would not test him. i think that is absolutely right and he's capable of doing that. at this conference, there were representatives of the saudi arabia government. they have joined a coalition. there's an alternative. the mek, the ncri, a group of 50 organizations is an alternative to the government. they're willing to do the tough work. all they need is our support. if they test them, they'll be -- they'll be very, very -- they're

going to regret it. he could take them out in significant ways and set their economy back ten years. they can't stand that right now. >> sean: it's funny. my prison guard mother used to say, you'll rue the day. >> just like the general after -- just like the admiral after the attack on pearl harbor. he said we have a wakened a sleeping giant. what happened to japan? >> sean: israel is really good at this. iraq in the 80s, the world condemned them and they took out syria going under the radar. nobody talks about it. >> i base this on three military generals that i spoke to that know this better than i do and better than the colonel does. we're capable of doing significant damage without nuclear weapons that we can set them back, their nuclear capacity and economy ten years. >> sean: we have many similar

friends. i know you know what you're talking about. >> i don't know what i'm talking about. the people i speak to know what they're talking about. i spent four days with them and see it first hand. >> sean: i know for a fact you're correct. thank you, mr. mayor. today, mainstream media hit a pathetic new low, if it's possible. they know iran seized the tankers, right? they have an opportunity to question the president. what did they ask about? the squad and paper straws. i'm not making any of this up. dr. gorka reacts next as we continue. off ] now that you have new dr. scholl's massaging gel advanced insoles with softer, bouncier gel waves, you'll move over 10% more than before. dr. scholl's. born to move. bar-r-b! barb!

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>> sean: right now the media mob is hitting, if you can believe

it, new levels of delusion and insanity and continuing to act in their role as the extension, the arm of the democratic party. basically their press offices. listen to the questions. listen to this. president comes out to talk to the media today after the news breaks that iran seized these tankers in the straits of hormuz. you think they would have a lot of questions about that. no. take a look. >> what has the first lady said to you -- >> what about congressman omar and the democrats? is it benefitting politically for you? >> do you see not agreeing with you as the same thing as hating the country?

>> sean: plastic straws. here with reaction, salem radio talk show host, sebastian gorka, author, fox news contributor, charlie hurt. good to see you. dr. gorka. i don't know. i'm thinking maybe the iranians, saber rattling might have taken precedence for just a second. no. your reaction. >> precedence over plastic straws, sean? >> sean: yeah. >> there's a reason that you and fox crush it. you get five million viewer as night. poor old anderson cooper gets 500,000. there's a reason -- >> sean: they say the cartoon network does better. somebody said that once. >> i said that a long time ago. never -- he's never forgiven me for that.

yogi bear is more popular than anderson cooper 360. that's why the fake news label stuck so well. it's a fake news industry. when the president says that they are the enemy of the people, the fake news, not the real news, he's absolutely right. they have become -- remember the cold war? you're old enough, sean. the cold war there was provda. this is the 50th anniversary of the one of the greatest accomplishments of the united states and man kind. what does "the new york times" say? oh, well, the russians, the soviets put a woman in space first. whose side are they on, sean? >> sean: it's funny, this month of july 2019, the "new york times" said oh, it's likely that the russian -- the fisa warrant used to dirty russian dossier as the bulk of information. it's like where have you been for two years after the lies and

hoaxes and conspiracy theories? there's a part of me that the american people know. they understand. this is fake news. cnn. the washington times, "the washington post," "new york times," networks, fake news cnn, they get it. they know. they don't believe them anymore. i don't think they get their credibility back ever. >> no, i think you're right. we've always none that the sort of mainstream media leans left. they're not so mainstream anymore, by the way. they're increasingly in the ghetto of the left -- crazy left over the cliff now more than they are mainstream. we've known that they lean to the left. what we have seen the past 2 1/2 years with this russia coverage has been the most appalling thing i have never witnessed. i've been -- i worked for newspapers for 25 years. i've always understood they were

left leaning. but the willing to shrug off -- all pretenses of trying to cover somebody fairly in order to persecute a guy has been astonishing. i lost so much respect for so many people that i once regarded. >> sean: dr. gorka, i said it many times. if the president cured cancer, gave every american, $10 million, they would still hate him. even if he adopted their crazy agenda. >> it's true. >> if he walked out of the oval and started walking on the surface of the water, they would say he can't swim, sean. [laughter] >> sean: touche. on his game. dr. gorda, charlie, good to see you. when we come back, more reaction to catherine herridge's huge breaking news and nellie ohr tonight. craig jarrett and sarah carter. more on the escalations with iran on this breaking news special edition of "hannity."

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>> sean: the secretary is warning iran that there will be serious consequences if it doesn't release a british flagged tanker after two ships were seized in the gulf earlier today. first, big developments in our quest to investigate the investigators and expose the deep state effort to target the president and his family. as catherine herridge reported, the investigators are continuing to seek records related to fusion gps' paid nellie ohr, the white of bruce ohr, the fourth highest ranking member of the doj back in the day. two demotions. by the way, her work targeting the first lady of the united states, melania trump, and other members of the trump family. just when you thought it

couldn't get more disgusting. the deep state continues to try to rewrite history like super patriot james comey. his own list of questions for former special counsel, mueller, which excludes questions about his fisa abuse, his spying on the trump campaign, him using the bought and fade for hillary dossier that the fbi concluded is b.s. here's reaction from "witch hundred", gregg jarrett, fox news contributor, sarah carter. let's go to the news first, s. h i find this fascinating. james comey has a lot of questions i want to ask him and i'd be glad to send them out to him any time he wants. he will be asked at some point. >> i hope so. look, sean, what is happening here with mueller's testimony, with this article that james comey published today, this is what the military calls the spf.

this is their final protective fire. this is it. this is all they have left. we know there was no collusion with russia and the trump administration or the trump campaign. absolutely out of the question. there's been no collusion. we know there was nothing else that the trump campaign as far as obstruction of justice. we know there was no obstruction of justice. what they're trying to prove here, sean, right now is they're laying the ground work for the democrats to move forward with any kind of impeachment. because know they're in the hot seat. there's an investigation. this investigation is wide and expansive with the department of justice. we have people looking into not only comey's actions and the fbi's actions, but into everybody else's actions that was a sossated with the investigation into president trump. this is all the ammunition they have left and that's what they're trying to do they're spreading their ammunition out and hoping something will save them.

it won't. >> sean: it's interesting. this haas gone on, greg, for some a long period of time. it's so fascinating, the developments. look at comey tonight. the super patriot. he said he would never spy. he signed the fisa warrant for spying. but he never spied. how many fisa warrants did he sign? >> he signed three of the four. look, i looked at these questions. they're so laughable. mueller asked isn't it true that the trump organization explored a construction project in moscow. yeah. he's a developer. that's not a crime. another one was, well, isn't it true that the trump campaign met with a russian lawyer? yeah, but that's not a crime. my favorite though is isn't it true that a trump associate heard a rumor that the russians had hillary clinton's e-mails. yeah, but it's not a crime to

hear a rumor. it's tempting to dismiss comey. he thinks everything is a crime somehow. it's more than that he's a pernicious partisan and the audacity of a guy -- remember, he's the guy that stole government documents that were privilege, leaked them to the media to trigger the special counsel and now he has the temerity to pen a column of hear are the questions that the special counsel should be asked. he's insufferable, sanctimonious and most people just wish that he would crawl in a dark hole and go away. >> sean: i talked to somebody last night. they made the case in a strong way for rod rosenstein. i'm not going to say who. somebody that knows him. can either one of you make that case? >> no. no. that's impossibility, this is a guy that was conflicted and with impunity ignored the conflicts of interest.

this is a guy that also signed a verified fisa search warrant -- >> sean: the last one. >> without verified information. >> sean: sarah? >> i agree with greg here. he also signed off on a litany of reasons of why comey should be fired. when president trump did that and comey leaked illegally leaked his documents, called for a special counsel. i don't see it. i don't see any kind of salvage for him. >> sean: a great week next week. i have a lot of questions for mueller, too. i know how to ask them. i might tell people what i think about that. come up with my own list of questions. when we come back, trace gallagher, another update on iran seizing this british tanker as we continue tonight. the breaking news edition of "hannity."

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>> sean: all right. iranian aggression escalating. trace gallagher with the very latest. a big day but not a big day for

iran. >> yeah, with rising tension with iran, additional military resources are being sent to saudi arabia saying "this movement of forces provides an additional deterrent and ensures our ability to defend our forces and interests in the region from emerging credible threats." today the british flagged oil tanker with a crew of 23 was in the strait of hormuz and sized by the revolutionary guard. iran said the ship violated maritime laws and is now being held in iranian port. the company that owns the tanker says they have been unable to contact crew members. a liberian oil tanker was seized but has now been set free. the british foreign secretary said if the situation is not resolved quickly, there will be serious consequences and u.s. central command says it has aircraft in the strait of hormuz that are monitoring and in contact with u.s. ships operating in the region.

sean. >> sean: that's for that update. back to the mullahs in iran. keep pushing the envelope. the president acts quickly and decisively. see you next monday. >> i'm tammy bruce in for laura ingraham. the u.s. military is stepping up its resense in the middle east as tensions escalate. this comes after two british oil tanker were seized and one day after the u.s. shot down an iranian drone. the president says their aggression will not be ignored. >> this only goes to show what i'm saying about iran. trouble. nothing but trouble. iran is just showing their colors. going to work out nicely. iran is in big trouble