The Takeout with Major Garrett, 3/16/26
The Takeout with Major Garrett
CBS News
4.6 • 586 Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
President Trump calls on other nations to help open the Strait of Hormuz. Imtiaz Tyab joins from that narrow corridor with more. The President reveals his Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles, has been diagnosed with breast cancer, and will maintain her position in his administration. Dr. Celine Gounder discusses what the early stages of that medical diagnosis might look like. Former FBI Assistant Director in Charge David Sundberg, who the Trump administration ousted, provides his perspective on how the agency has changed during the president's second term. Last but not least, Bob Crawford, bassist of the Avett Brothers, has a new book detailing the legacy of America's sixth president, John Quincy Adams. Listen to 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. The war with Iran lopsided as ever except for the Strait of Hormuz, |
| 0:35.7 | where vessels carrying oil and natural gas remain paralyzed. |
| 0:39.3 | President Trump wants help to reopen it. So far, lots of tankers, but no takers. |
| 0:46.3 | What is up at the FBI? Agents fired, priorities shifted. Is it political? |
| 0:52.3 | The former head of the Washington Field Office joins us with his perspective. |
| 0:57.0 | And the great Bob Crawford, Avid Brothers bass player, popular podcaster, and now author, |
| 1:03.2 | what you need, I mean really need to know about John Quincy Adams. |
| 1:09.9 | Music John Quincy Adams. |
| 1:18.2 | Hello, everyone. |
| 1:19.5 | I'm Major Garrett in Washington. |
| 1:20.8 | Welcome to the takeout. |
| 1:26.3 | There are increasing signs the war with Iran isn't really a war at all, not in the sense of two sides squaring off and slugging it out. |
| 1:29.6 | It is as lopsided as ever, with U.S. and Israeli fighter jets running sorties and bombing |
| 1:35.6 | runs with almost no resistance. |
| 1:38.1 | Thousands upon thousands of targets have been struck. |
| 1:41.1 | And yet, President Trump wants help. |
| 1:46.7 | Not with a war writ large, the one targeting Iranian infrastructure. He wants help with what war analysts call the asymmetric part |
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