The Takeout with Major Garrett, 2/4/26
The Takeout with Major Garrett
CBS News
4.6 • 586 Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Trump's Border Czar, Tom Homan, announces a drawdown of 700 officers from Minnesota. Nicole Sganga discusses what this means for the federal government's involvement in the state. Jordan Merson, an attorney for Epstein survivors, joins "The Takeout" to discuss with Major about how his clients have been affected by the release of the files, and the differing ways in which America and Europe are handling them.
Plus, tucked into the appropriations legislation that the President signed into law, was the "Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act," a bill that would expand funding for pediatric research. Jessica and Daniel Evans have a 10-year-old daughter Charlotte who is dealing with osteosarcoma, and would benefit from the passage of the bill. Major interviews them on how Charlotte is doing, the next step of her treatment, and their reaction to the passage. Listen to the full episode here.
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| 0:00.0 | Your favorite true crime series, 48 Hours, is back for a new season, and so is the official |
| 0:05.5 | after show podcast, Postmortem. Every Monday, listen to a new episode of 48 hours, and then join |
| 0:11.5 | me, 48 hours correspondent Anne-Marie Green on Tuesday for a new episode of Postmortem, where we bring |
| 0:17.8 | you a closer look at each case. This case was eye-opening on so many different levels. |
| 0:24.0 | Follow and listen to 48 hours on the free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:30.3 | The drawdown has begun in Minneapolis. |
| 0:33.3 | Some federal immigration forces on their way out, the beginning of the end or window dressing? |
| 0:39.9 | Britain and Poland taking serious action to investigate Jeffrey Epstein's crimes or |
| 0:45.4 | hold those who lied about their ties to Epstein accountable. |
| 0:49.5 | Here, time apparently to move on. |
| 0:53.7 | President Trump's swollen ankles, bruised hand, and occasional drowsiness. |
| 0:58.4 | Health concern, or part of his unique superhuman ways. |
| 1:02.9 | We ask D.C.'s current expert on the subject, New York Magazine's Ben Terrace. |
| 1:16.7 | Thank you. Ben Terrace. Hello, everyone. |
| 1:17.6 | I'm Major Garrett in Washington. |
| 1:19.2 | Welcome to the takeout. |
| 1:20.7 | 700 federal officers are leaving Minneapolis as part of a partial drawdown of what history will record was the largest deployment of federal immigration forces to an American city in our history. |
| 1:33.8 | 2,000 federal officers will remain there, Minneapolis, for who knows how long. |
| 1:39.9 | President Trump earlier today told NBC News he ordered this move. |
| 1:44.6 | I learned that maybe we can use a little bit of a softer touch, but you still have to be tough. |
| 1:52.5 | These are criminals. We're dealing with really hard criminals. |
| 1:56.8 | Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison called it a step in the right direction, the drawdown. |
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