The Takeout with Major Garrett, 3/20/26
The Takeout with Major Garrett
CBS News
4.6 • 586 Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Ed O'Keefe steps into the anchor chair tonight. The Pentagon is preparing to potentially send U.S. troops into Iran, while President Trump dismisses the idea of a ceasefire in a gaggle with reporters. Charlie D'Agata starts the show from Tel Aviv, while Weijia Jiang is at the White House North Lawn. The Senate is in town this weekend, hoping to get one step closer to passing legislation that would fund the Department of Homeland Security. Taurean Small is on Capitol Hill with more. Plus, New Mexico Congresswoman Teresa Leger-Fernandez responds to Dolores Huerta's sexual allegations against Cesar Chavez. She details how these new developments have affected the Hispanic and Native American communities in her district. The World Food Programme estimates that millions of people in the region will face food insecurity if the war in Iran doesn't end by mid-year. Matthew Hollingworth, Assistant Executive Director of the World Food Programme's Global Operations, joins to explain how the war is exacerbating the humanitarian crisis in neighboring countries. All that and more on The Takeout.
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| 0:51.1 | The Pentagon's making detailed preparations to deploy troops to Iran, while the president calls NATO allies cowards for not volunteering to help. |
| 0:59.4 | The Senate's doing something it rarely does. It's going to work the weekend, while there's still no end in sight to the fight over the future of immigration policy. |
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| 1:19.6 | Hello and happy Friday. I'm Ed O'Keefe-in for Major Garrett, who's enjoying some well-earned time off. |
| 1:28.2 | Welcome to The Takeout. We got yet another indication today. The war in Iran isn't ending anytime soon. |
| 1:34.7 | Pentagon officials have made detailed preparations for deploying U.S. ground forces into Iran. |
| 1:39.4 | Multiple sources briefed on the discussions tell CBS News, senior military commanders have submitted specific requests |
| 1:44.8 | aimed at preparing for such an option. All of this shows yet again the Pentagon continues to expand |
| 1:49.8 | military options available to the president, even if he publicly declined to discuss next steps. |
| 1:56.9 | No, I'm not putting troops anywhere. If I were, I certainly wouldn't tell you. |
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