The Takeout with Major Garrett, 3/03/26
The Takeout with Major Garrett
CBS News
4.6 • 586 Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Major Garrett continues the week, anchoring from our Broadcast Center in New York. President Trump defends his decision to launch strikes in Iran during an Oval Office press spray. Matt Gutman joins from Tel Aviv, while Nancy Cordes is at the White House North Lawn. Voters are casting ballots in North Carolina, Arkansas and Texas, where Rep. Jasmine Crockett faces State Rep. James Talarico in the Democratic primary. Ed O'Keefe is in Austin at Talarico's headquarters with more. Plus, Major speaks with a North Carolina progressive candidate who switched her party affiliation from Democrat to Republican because of redistricting. Join us for the full episode!
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| 0:00.0 | They were going to attack first. I felt strongly about that. |
| 0:05.0 | Direct quote from President Trump on what led to war with Iran as the fallout intensifies. |
| 0:11.2 | A rough day for DHS Secretary Christine Ome, tough questions about ICE tactics and TV commercials you paid for that feature, well, er. |
| 0:24.2 | Texas, politics, and Ed O'Keefe, you cannot find a better combination platter on this, the first primary day in election season, 2026. |
| 0:40.9 | Hello, everyone, I'm Major Garrett in New York. |
| 0:42.1 | Welcome to the takeout. |
| 0:45.5 | The U.S. Israeli, or is it Israeli-U.S.? We'll get to that in a minute. |
| 0:46.6 | War with Iran continues to expand. |
| 0:49.8 | The question a day or two ago was where missiles and drone bombardments were occurring. The better |
| 0:54.6 | question across the Middle East today might be, where are they not? The U.S. consulate in Dubai was |
| 1:00.6 | hit late this afternoon by an Iranian drone. The U.S. has indefinitely closed embassies in |
| 1:05.9 | Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and Kuwait. It also has issued, depart now now travel advisories in six countries in the region. |
| 1:14.2 | Panicked Americans seeking to flee have at the moment few options. Many commercial airports in the |
| 1:20.9 | Middle East you see are closed. U.S. embassies, the one still open, can provide only limited |
| 1:27.0 | practical advice. |
| 1:28.8 | The State Department said it was in contact with 500 Americans in Israel trying to leave. |
| 1:33.9 | The U.S. also said it was preparing charter and military aircraft for as many as 3,000 Americans |
| 1:39.4 | eager to evacuate the region. |
| 1:41.4 | Also, the U.S. military, according to President Trump, will now escort vessels |
| 1:45.7 | carrying oil and liquefied natural gas through the Strait of Hormuz. In other words, |
| 1:51.8 | points of vulnerability appear to be multiplying, and with them, the understandable unease among |
| 1:57.7 | Americans seeing this war around them intensify. Now, back to a question the Trump |
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