The Takeout with Major Garrett
The Takeout, hosted by CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett, is a never-take-yourself-too-seriously daily show that harnesses the best and latest reporting from CBS News. Its motto: relentlessly curious, steadfastly non-ideological. Featuring unique guest interviews, investigative journalism and the day’s biggest events, The Takeout will also simplify and explain the complexities and acronyms of official Washington. The show is driven by national politics but lives comfortably in deep discussions of economics, pop culture, sports and technology.
Episodes
January 26, 2026 • 47 mins
Department of Homeland Security faces criticism after ICU Nurse Alex Pretti was shot by federal officers over the weekend. Major tackles multiple angles of the shooting: Lilia Luciano who is on the ground in Minneapolis, CBS News Law Enforcement Contributor Rodney Harrison provides analysis, Ed O'Keefe at the White House with the administration's reaction, Scott MacFarlane updates the viewers on the pending legal cases, while Democ...
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January 23, 2026 • 47 mins
With the impending winter storm set to impact 200 million people, Major begins the show with the weather. Nicole Valdes joins from Nashville, while Ken Graham, Director of the National Weather Service provides some analysis of how families should prepare for the snow. House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan reacts to the ICE memo where officers are able to enter people's homes without a judicial warrant. He also explains his perspectiv...
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January 22, 2026 • 47 mins
President Trump looks to conclude his trip from the World Economic Forum, but not without announcing his new Board of Peace. Nancy Cordes joins Major at the desk to break down which countries have signed on, and which are staying out. Former Special Counsel Jack Smith testifies in front of Capitol Hill about his involvement with Trump's previous cases: the January 6 insurrection and his mishandling of classified documents. Scott Ma...
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January 21, 2026 • 47 mins
Major is back in the anchor chair. Ed O’Keefe continues covering the President at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He interviews North Carolina Republican Senator Thom Tillis and 2028 presidential hopeful, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear about the President’s speech and his “framework” for a potential deal over Greenland. Jan Crawford joins Major on-set about the Supreme Court’s arguments on whether President Trump can fi...
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January 20, 2026 • 47 mins
Weijia Jiang sits in the anchor chair for today. Ed O'Keefe joins from Davos, Switzerland at the World Economic Forum, at a time where members of the Trump Administration are defending the President's threat to acquire Greenland. Ed speaks with Cabinet secretaries as well as Democratic leaders for reaction. Weijia interviews Tommy Pigott, Deputy Spokesperson for the State Department, about the administration's foreign policy, one y...
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January 19, 2026 • 47 mins
Despite the cold wind chill in Minneapolis, people are still standing outside of the ICE facility. Ian Lee is on the scene with more. CBS News Legal Contributor Jessica Levinson breaks down the Insurrection Act: the statute that President Trump is considering invoking that would send federal troops to the city. On this MLK Day, Major speaks with Martin Luther King the 3rd and his wife Arndrea Waters-King about his father’s civil ri...
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January 16, 2026 • 46 mins
After his week-long trip to Arizona for his San Diego Padres fantasy baseball camp, Major is back at the desk! He tackles the ongoing protests happening in Minnesota, with Matt Gutman on the scene and Councilwoman Aurin Chowdhury with her reaction to ICE presence in the state. Iranian activist and journalist Masih Alinejad discusses the latest on the protests in the country. Plus, congressional lawmakers from both sides travel to D...
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January 15, 2026 • 47 mins
Ed is back at the desk today. Weijia Jiang joins from the White House to discuss Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, while Charles Shapiro, Former U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela, provides some perspective in the country’s current political landscape. Lana Zak is in Minneapolis, where another shooting by an ICE officer has increased tensions in the state. Plus, more than 20 individuals were charged in a sports betting s...
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January 14, 2026 • 49 mins
Ed O'Keefe is back at the anchor chair for The Takeout. He begins the show by dissecting the various foreign threads with Margaret Brennan, including the meeting with Denmark and Greenland Foreign Ministers at the White House and Trump's comment that the shooting and executions in Iran have stopped. CBS National Security Contributor and Fmr. National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster chimes in with additional analysis. California Demo...
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January 13, 2026 • 47 mins
Ed O'Keefe fills in for Major today. CBS News believes at least 12,000 Iranian protesters have been killed as a crackdown within the country. Tony Dokoupil has a one-on-one interview with President Trump about what he's planning when he tells Iranian protesters that "help is on the way." We have a preview of that exchange. Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is set to have a meeting at the White House on Thursday, fol...
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January 12, 2026 • 47 mins
Caitlin Huey-Burns fills in for Major at the anchor chair. The Department of Justice opens a probe into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Scott MacFarlane is at the desk with more, and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren warns about the administration's move to make the Fed less independent. Weijia Jiang joins from the White House to discuss possible options that the President is receiving from his national security team on h...
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January 9, 2026 • 47 mins
Weijia Jiang fills in for Major today. The show starts in Minneapolis, where protests continue after a woman shot by an ICE officer. CBS News obtained a new angle of the video showing that shooting, while local officals continue to ask to be included in the investigation. Ash-Har Quarishi joins, and Weijia speaks with a criminal defense attorney for further analysis. The Trump Administration met with oil executives today in the Eas...
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January 8, 2026 • 47 mins
Nancy Cordes fills in for Major at the anchor chair. Protests erupt following the death of a Minneapolis woman by an ICE officer. The federal government has restricted state officials from pertinent information to continue their independent investigation. Nicole Sganga is on the scene with more. Nancy interviews California Democratic Senator Adam Schiff on his response. Bob Costa joins Nancy to discuss his recent conversation with ...
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January 8, 2026 • 36 mins
Major has a wide-ranging interview with author and TV producer Harlan Coben to discuss his new show "Harlan Coben's Final Twist," from CBS' See it Now Studios . Harlan discusses the differences he faces between being a fiction writer and tackling the reality and sensitivity of these true stories in his new show. They also discuss his favorite police shows throughout the years, and what he classifies as his version of success.
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January 7, 2026 • 47 mins
An ICE officer shot and killed a Minneapolis woman today. Officials are now urging the federal agency to leave the city, following the incident. Major speaks with Nicole Sganga who is on the scene, as well as Minneapolis City Councilman Jason Chavez for his response. After the White House captured Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro, the administration is now looking to take over Greenland, a fellow NATO ally. Former CIA Director David Petr...
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January 6, 2026 • 47 mins
Major begins the show with Scott MacFarlane on five years since the January 6th insurrection, highlighting Scott's reporting about Thom Tillis is the first Republican pushing to get the honorary plaque erected on the halls of the Capitol. He interviews Former Georgia Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan on his testimony on the Hill today, as well as his change to run as a Democrat in the race for Georgia's governor. Lilia Luciano and E...
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January 5, 2026 • 47 mins
"The Takeout" tackles multiple perspectives behind the Trump Administration's capture of Nicolas Maduro. CBS News Legal Analyst Caroline Polisi and Tom Dupree, Fmr. Deputy Assistant Attorney General, join to discuss the legal ramifications behind the capture, as well as the next steps following Maduro's arraignment today. Katrina Kaufman is in New York, at the courthouse where Maduro and his wife appeared, to provide some backgroun...
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December 23, 2025 • 30 mins
Major interviews former FBI counterintelligence operative Eric O’Neill on how people can combat scam operations from hackers. Eric discusses these strategies in his latest book “Spies, Lies and Cybercrime", and even some shocking stories about how cybercriminals targeted individuals and businesses.
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December 19, 2025 • 46 mins
Trump’s Justice Department releases a portion of the Jeffrey Epstein files to a mixed reaction. Scott MacFarlane sets the scene for the files that the public has access to. Longtime Epstein Investigative Journalist Barry Levine & Yasmine Meyer, a lawyer for Epstein Survivors, provide analysis and reaction to the release. Major covers some breaking news about U.S. strikes in Syria with Ellee Watson, and ends the show with a goodbye ...
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December 18, 2025 • 49 mins
Officials have issued an arrest warrant for a suspect in the Brown University shooting. Katrina Kaufman begins from Providence, RI, awaiting a possible presser from law enforcement on their latest discovery. The White House announces their executive order to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule 1 to a Schedule 3 drug. Aaron Navarro is at the White House to detail what this means. Plus, Major conducts multiple interviews with lawmak...
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