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The Takeout with Major Garrett

The Takeout with Major Garrett, 5/29/26

The Takeout with Major Garrett

CBS News

News, Politics

4.6586 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

On tonight's edition of The Takeout...Major starts with Nancy Cordes on the latest confusion over Iran negotiations. Margaret Brennan joins with part of her interview with Ukranian President Zelenskyy. We'll have Epstein survivor Annie Farmer on to react to Pam Bondi's closed door testimony on the release of the Epstein files. And super progressive candidate Chris Rabb discusses his campaign for a House seat in one of the country's most liberal districts. That and more on The Takeout podcast.

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0:00.0

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0:32.5

pending. That means the war with Iran remains in limbo, the ceasefire holding.

0:45.9

But the Strait of Hormuz fighting in Lebanon and Iran's nuclear program all caught in a windstorm of paper shuffling and diplomatic posturing.

0:56.2

Our Margaret Brennan's exclusive interview with Ukrainian President Zelensky, his country's recent battlefield gains, and deepening fears of an imminent, large-scale Russian attack on Kyiv.

0:59.7

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi, not under oath, blames acting Attorney General Todd Blanche

1:05.6

for Myriad Epstein files failures.

1:08.8

Epstein's survivor,-farmer responds.

1:17.6

Hello, everyone. I'm Major Garrett in Washington. Welcome to the takeout. Situation abnormal, all unresolved.

1:29.3

There's a war with a weak ceasefire.

1:32.3

Negotiations where negotiators daily cannot agree on what's being negotiated or what's been resolved.

1:39.3

Hovering in the air, the phrase tentative deal.

1:43.3

The only word that appears apt is tentative,

1:46.7

not deal. President Trump said today, the crux of all this is the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz,

1:52.8

and Iranian guarantees not to pursue a nuclear weapon. Nothing about Israel's war with Iranian proxy

1:59.1

Hezbollah and Lebanon or unfreezing Iranian assets.

2:03.9

Okay, Iran said, yeah, the straight to topic, but importantly, it denies its nuclear ambitions or even being discussed.

2:11.1

Moreover, Iran says a binding ceasefire in Lebanon is essential and that it wants at least $12 billion from unfrozen assets.

2:20.1

These, my friends, are not small details.

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