Duane Patterson, producer of "The Hugh Hewitt Show" and TownHall.com VIP columnist, fills in for Hugh today. Duane covers the news of the morning with audio clips and talks with:

David Drucker, senior writer, The Dispatch.

Byron York, Washington Examiner chief political correspondent.

Bethany Mandel, author, Stolen Youth.

Mollie Hemingway, editor-in-chief, The Federalist.

Tom Cotton, Arkansas Senator.