The Takeout with Major Garrett, 4/17/26
The Takeout with Major Garrett
CBS News
4.6 • 586 Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
President Trump announces on Truth Social that the Strait of Hormuz is open, yet the U.S. blockade continues. Eleanor Watson joins Major on-set to parse through the details, while Aaron MacLean is at the touchscreen with analysis. The California Governor's race continues to heat up, after former Rep. Eric Swalwell suspended his campaign due to sexual assault claims. Will this be the opening Democrats need to take over? Major interviews San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, one of the Democratic gubernatorial candidates, about what sets him apart from the crowded field. Plus, William Henry Harrison had one of the shortest tenures in presidential history. He's often overlooked in U.S. politics, but Major speaks with author/educator Sharon McMahon about the lessons we take away from his presidency. All that and more, right here on The Takeout!
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| 0:00.0 | The Strait of Hormuz is open, or is it? |
| 0:03.3 | Markets are euphoric, then slightly more cautious the risks and reality so far as we can see them of the war with Iran. |
| 0:12.2 | Matt Mahan, he's a Democrat, and mayor of San Jose, he also is a rebel against Democratic virtue signaling and mismanagement. |
| 0:20.0 | Is that a path to becoming California's next governor? |
| 0:23.0 | Well, he joins us. |
| 0:25.1 | William Henry Harrison was president of the United States for one month, one month. |
| 0:31.0 | Hardly anyone pays attention to him. |
| 0:34.0 | Perhaps we should. |
| 0:35.4 | We'll tell you why. |
| 0:48.3 | Thank you. perhaps we should we'll tell you why hello everyone i'm major garret in washington welcome to the takeout welcome to the conversation corner going to start the whole show here tonight president |
| 0:53.6 | trump is selling the markets are here tonight. President Trump is selling. The markets are buying. |
| 0:56.8 | All the world needs is for reality to catch up with the marketing. Trump said many, many things |
| 1:03.1 | today about the war with Iran. A deal was one or two days away. The strait of Hormuz is wide open. |
| 1:10.0 | Iran has agreed to almost everything, including the president said, |
| 1:14.4 | in a conversation with my colleague Ouija Jang, a joint U.S.-Iranian effort to remove all highly enriched uranium from the country. |
| 1:23.3 | This handing over of the keys to Iran's nuclear kingdom would come, Trump told Ouija, |
| 1:28.3 | without the U.S. handing over even $1.00, not even in Trump's words, 10 cents. |
| 1:35.1 | About all of this from the president, Iran has said, next to nothing. |
| 1:40.6 | It did say, however, through state-run media, that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, |
| 1:45.4 | that's the IRGC you hear so much about, would continue to supervise passage through the Strait of Hormuz. |
| 1:52.3 | Might it exact tolls? |
| 1:54.3 | Unclear. |
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