The Takeout with Major Garrett, 3/04/26
The Takeout with Major Garrett
CBS News
4.6 • 586 Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
The White House continues to defend its actions in Iran, with Defense Secretary Hegseth saying that the U.S. is "just getting started." Matt Gutman is in Tel Aviv, reporting on the air strikes and the difficulty Americans in the region face traveling back to the States. Nancy Cordes joins from the White House, after asking Karoline Leavitt about that very issue. Major interviews Connecticut Democratic Senator Chris Murphy on his reaction to the administration's involvement in Iran, and how lawmakers are pushing for a War Powers resolution. Plus, North Carolina Republican Senate Candidate Michael Whatley joins "The Takeout" following his primary win to discuss his plan for the general election against Fmr. Gov. Roy Cooper. Listen to the full episode here!
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| 0:27.1 | your podcast. It's not a fair fight. There might be boots on the ground and stranded Americans |
| 0:35.0 | are given some evacuation guidance, the latest on the war with Iran. |
| 0:40.1 | The Senate votes on a war powers resolution bringing Congress into the debate, at least at the |
| 0:44.7 | margins of the war's length and cost. Connecticut Democrat Chris Murphy joins us. |
| 0:50.6 | The Texas primaries yield a Democratic nominee for the Senate and a GOP Senate runoff that President Trump wants to short circuit with his endorsement. |
| 1:07.5 | Hello, I'm Major Garrett, still in New York. |
| 1:10.0 | Welcome to the take it. |
| 1:10.7 | Before we get started, I just want to thank my DC-based stage crew. They sent up via FedEx takeout mugs. And let me tell you, folks, coffee always tastes better in a takeout mug. |
| 1:22.7 | Hmm. So good. Now, let's begin. The war with Iran continues, and it has expanded. Turkey, a NATO country, was attacked. A U.S. destroyer intercepted an Iranian missile before it could strike Turkey, which because of the NATO charter could have forced the alliance to evolve itself more directly into this conflict. A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka. |
| 1:45.5 | This video shows the first time that a U.S. launched torpedo sank a combatant vessel since |
| 1:51.3 | 1945. That was the last year of World War II. This morning, the Pentagon said aggressively, |
| 1:57.9 | war plans are unrestrained and ahead of schedule. The Senate is voting and expected |
| 2:03.3 | to defeat a war powers resolution requiring President Trump seek congressional approval for |
| 2:08.8 | this war. Instability in the Middle East is now something of a contagion. Thousands of Americans |
| 2:14.4 | are trying to evacuate. Their frustrations and the reliability of guidance |
| 2:18.8 | from the U.S. government was front and center at today's White House briefing, the first since |
| 2:23.8 | this war began. And because this topic, what Americans should or shouldn't do and what kind of |
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