The Takeout with Major Garrett, 3/26/26
The Takeout with Major Garrett
CBS News
4.6 • 586 Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
It’s day 41 of the partial government shutdown impacting the Department of Homeland Security. TSA workers are expected to miss yet another paycheck. Shawna Mizelle joins from Bush International Airport, where the wait times are just over four hours. TSA Worker Angela Grana, who serves as the Colorado Regional Vice President at AFGE Local 1127, reacts to how this shutdown is impacting her colleagues. President Trump announces that he will pause strikes on Iran for ten additional days. Ed O’Keefe joins from the White House to discuss what this indicates. Nikole interviews South Carolina Representative Nancy Mace about her concerns regarding the administration’s involvement in Iran. Plus, Collis Temple, the first Black basketball player at LSU, testifies about college sports on Capitol Hill. Nikole asks him about his personal story and where he stands, as March Madness is underway. A conversation you won’t want to miss, right here on “The Takeout".
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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 you get your |
| 0:27.2 | podcast. Is an end to the shutdown inside. A top Republican says they've made their final offer. |
| 0:35.2 | We'll talk to a TSA worker about potentially missing another |
| 0:38.6 | paycheck. President Trump's support for Iran is wavering Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace |
| 0:44.7 | joins the take out what she says about boots on the ground. In the 1970s, he broke racial barriers |
| 0:51.2 | in college basketball in the South. Today, he testified in Congress. |
| 0:55.5 | He tells us how things have improved and the ways we have just as far to go. |
| 1:09.5 | Hello, I'm Nicole Killian in for Major Garrett and welcome to the takeout. |
| 1:13.9 | It is day 41 of the partial government shutdown, and there are signs of incremental progress, |
| 1:19.6 | as congressional leaders have been working to close a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security. |
| 1:25.2 | But the frustration is palpable. |
| 1:27.7 | Gallup conducts a monthly poll of Congress's job approval. |
| 1:31.6 | A year ago, it was at 31%. |
| 1:33.8 | The last poll taken just before the shutdown, saw them at 16%. |
| 1:39.1 | Friday, Congress is scheduled to go on recess, but some lawmakers have acknowledged |
| 1:43.6 | the optics won't be good if they leave empty-handed. |
| 1:47.0 | And here's why. Long lines at Atlanta's Hartfield International Airport, where the wait was four hours plus. |
| 1:55.2 | People had to wait outside the airport, and the TSA callout rate was 40%. |
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