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The Takeout with Major Garrett

The Takeout with Major Garrett, 2/27/26

The Takeout with Major Garrett

CBS News

News, Politics

4.6586 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Welcome to The Takeout. Former President Bill Clinton testifies before the House Oversight Committee over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Nikole Killion has the latest from Chappaqua, New York. Next, former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall will explain the impacts of artificial intelligence in the military, as Anthropic and the Department of Defense engage in tense negotiations. Political strategists Laurie Watkins and Mark Bednar will join The Takeout to analyze New York City Mayor Mamdani’s second visit to the White House and the Artemis mission to the moon.

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0:00.0

First time ever, we say that a lot these days.

0:02.7

Former President Bill Clinton deposed by a House committee on Jeffrey Epstein.

0:07.4

Committee Democrats say, OK, President Trump should be next.

0:11.9

U.S. diplomatic personnel who want to leave Israel to flee a possible war with Iran given the go-ahead.

0:18.1

The Brits withdraw embassy staff from Tehran, and China tells its citizens to leave Iran as soon as possible.

0:25.5

President Trump does the Texas two-step

0:27.5

around a three-way Senate primary dividing MAGA.

0:30.9

And energy secretary, Chris Wright, pumps but doesn't pay for gas.

0:45.3

Music Pumps, but doesn't pay for gas. Hello, everyone, I'm Major Garrett in Washington.

0:47.1

Welcome to the takeout.

0:47.9

Turns out the energy secretary might have paid for some of that gasoline.

0:51.1

Ed O'Keefe will catch us up on all the details about that in just a moment.

0:54.4

But first, later this month, the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center in Westchester County,

1:00.0

New York will host tribute bands to Fleetwood Mac and the Eagles. Today and yesterday, that very

1:06.1

same Performing Arts Center hosted depositions, a former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary

1:11.4

of State Hillary Clinton. Both were subpoenaed on a bipartisan basis by the House Oversight

1:17.8

Committee to answer questions about their relationship and dealings, whatever they were,

1:22.4

with Jeffrey Epstein. Former Clinton's appearance today marked the first in American history, first ever in an

1:30.2

investigatory staga of this kind.

1:33.1

Never before had a former president appeared as a subpoenaed witness before Congress.

1:39.5

That precedent morphed even before questions were put to Clinton in a call from Democrats

1:44.0

for President Trump to testify before that same committee. Because. precedent morphed even before questions were put to Clinton in a call from Democrats for

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