The Takeout with Major Garrett, 2/23/26
The Takeout with Major Garrett
CBS News
4.6 • 586 Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
From Boston to D.C., the Northeast grapples with a strong blizzard with varying inches of snow. Lilia Luciano trudges along the snow from New York City. Chilly weather is just an additional element to the ongoing partial government shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, which affects TSA workers at various airports. The agency abruptly ended TSA Pre-Check and Global Entry, before bringing back the former over the weekend, causing confusion for travelers. Nicole Sganga joins Major at the desk with the latest behind the confusion. Plus, the President’s State of the Union address is one day away. Bob Costa gives a preview as to what to expect from Trump’s address tomorrow night. Join us for the full episode here!
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| 0:00.0 | blizzards happen, but they don't typically come with confusion about TSA pre-check or a suspension |
| 0:05.8 | of global entry, which means we have a blizzard with a shutdown hangover. |
| 0:11.7 | Mexico's military kills a cartel kingpin. Violence spreads nationwide, travel to and from |
| 0:16.9 | Guadalajara, and Porta Vallarta slows to a crawl. What is next? |
| 0:22.7 | Obama said aliens are real. |
| 0:24.4 | Trump said he unwisely released classified information. |
| 0:27.6 | More disclosures supposedly are coming. |
| 0:32.0 | What will they reveal? |
| 0:32.9 | We try to find out. |
| 0:43.7 | Music We try to find out. Hello, I'm Major Garrett in Washington. |
| 0:45.8 | Welcome to the takeout. |
| 0:47.6 | Blizzards, winter, the Northeast. |
| 0:49.8 | They go together every single year. |
| 0:51.7 | Now, the severity of blizzards does differ. And this one, that's why |
| 0:55.8 | we're paying attention to it, at least in Philadelphia, New York, Boston may rank one of the |
| 0:59.6 | biggest of all time. 30 inches of snow or more and winds well above 60 miles per hour. With that has |
| 1:05.1 | come at least 11,000 flight cancellations and paralyzed are very much slowed public transit in those big cities |
| 1:12.0 | and many smaller ones. For example, in Providence, Rhode Island, where 32 inches of snow has fallen, |
| 1:18.1 | high winds and blowing snow made it too treacherous today to plow the streets. Some 600,000 |
| 1:24.9 | residences in the coastal area of the Northeast are still without power. |
| 1:29.7 | Now, the storm bypassed Washington, D.C., but the White House and Congress are adding to this mess. |
| 1:36.0 | Uncertainty rains over TSA pre-check availability at airports. |
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