The Takeout with Major Garrett, 5/06/26
The Takeout with Major Garrett
CBS News
4.6 • 586 Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Caitlin Huey-Burns anchors today. From Secy. Rubio telling reporters that the war's new phase of Project Freedom to President Trump's announcement pausing the same project, the administration's provided mixed messaging about the war in Iran. Nancy Cordes and Aaron MacLean join to cut through the noise. Five of the seven Indiana Republican lawmakers who opposed the President's redistricting effort lost their primaries. Fin Gomez recaps those results and the other primaries from Tuesday night. Plus, longtime South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham faces a longshot challenge from Dr. Annie Andrews. Andrews joins "The Takeout" to discuss what sets her candidacy apart. Listen to the full episode here!
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| 0:27.7 | President Trump says a peace deal might be near, threatens to bomb the hell out of Iran, and |
| 0:33.4 | boasts about the markets. Another day of war whiplash. |
| 0:38.1 | An anti-Semitic assaults reach a record high. |
| 0:41.4 | We'll ask why. |
| 0:43.1 | And is South Carolina Republican and Trump ally Lindsey Graham vulnerable? |
| 0:47.3 | Well, we'll talk to the long shot Democrat trying to take him on. |
| 1:00.6 | Music trying to take him on. Hello, I'm Caitlin Huey Burns in for Major Garrett tonight. |
| 1:03.3 | Welcome to the takeout and thanks for joining us. |
| 1:05.6 | President Trump has once again signaled that the war with Iran may be ending. |
| 1:09.6 | But messages from both him and his cabinet |
| 1:11.9 | also signal that they're fighting a war with clarity. And clarity, at least at this point, |
| 1:17.2 | doesn't seem to be winning. Today, the president told PBS that the war has a, quote, |
| 1:21.9 | very good chance of ending. He then told the New York Post that it's too soon to prepare for a peace deal |
| 1:28.5 | because—a peace deal signing because uranium enrichment remains a sticking point. And |
| 1:34.2 | Secretary of State Marco Rubio said this about Operation Epic Fury in his press conference |
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