The Takeout with Major Garrett, 3/12/26
The Takeout with Major Garrett
CBS News
4.6 • 586 Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
A suspect is dead after ramming a car into a synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan. Officials say no victims were killed in the incident. Sam Vinograd and Scott MacFarlane join to discuss what we know, while Major interviews Michigan Senator Gary Peters about his reaction. Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei makes his first statement via Iranian state media, saying that the country will continue to leverage the Strait of Hormuz. House Intelligence Chair Rick Crawford (R-AR) speaks about the importance of the Strait and the impact the blockade has on the world's oil supply. The Senate passes its first housing bill in more than 30 years, with lead sponsor Elizabeth Warren. She mentions the legislation's important provisions and its aim to increase affordable housing nationwide. Last but not least, Major interviews former Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren on how Lebanese officials believe more than 600 people have been killed in the war in Iran as a result. Join us for the full episode here.
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| 0:00.0 | When beloved family patriarch, Gary Ferris went missing, his family looked everywhere on their |
| 0:05.8 | property until they came across something horrifying. It's a homicide. Absolutely. The blame game in |
| 0:11.8 | this family went round and round. This is Blood is Thicker, the Ferris Wheel. I don't see how |
| 0:18.9 | anyone can look at this story and think they were happy. |
| 0:21.7 | Follow and listen to Blood is Thicker, The Ferris Wheel on the free Odyssey app or wherever |
| 0:26.6 | you get your podcast. A car slams into a synagogue in suburban Detroit. The driver shot |
| 0:36.1 | separately a fatal shooting at Old Dominion University, two events that |
| 0:41.0 | evoke terror. We will tell you what we know. The Senate passes overwhelmingly the first |
| 0:47.7 | significant federal legislation in decades to expand housing availability and lower costs. |
| 0:54.0 | One of its authors, Massachusetts Democrat Elizabeth Warren, joins us. |
| 0:58.8 | The first message from the new Supreme Leader of Iran, its delivery may be telling us something. |
| 1:04.8 | GOP Congressman Rick Crawford, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, |
| 1:08.9 | tells us what he thinks. |
| 1:18.9 | Thank you. Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee tells us what he thinks. Hello, everyone. I'm Major Garrett in Washington. Welcome to the takeout. They might have nothing |
| 1:24.1 | to do with one another. The car ramming at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, |
| 1:28.8 | Michigan, just outside of Detroit, and a fatal shooting in an ROTC class at Old Dominion University |
| 1:34.8 | in Virginia. Or, motivationally, they could be connected in ways to evoke fear and met out |
| 1:41.4 | some sort of vengeance. We do not know yet. As we await confirmation of whatever |
| 1:46.8 | this was or wasn't, we know this. The events are harrowing, deeply unsettling. |
| 1:53.1 | Now, I need to let you know this. There might, might. There's a small possibility of an update |
| 1:58.2 | from authorities about the synagogue attack during the show. |
| 2:01.0 | If it occurs, we'll take you there. |
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