12/1: The Takeout with Major Garrett
White House defends second strike on alleged drug boat; New details on National Guard shooting suspect's mental health.
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CBS News is learning new details about the mental health of the man accused of shooting two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. Justice correspondent Scott MacFarlane has the details.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are expressing concern over Washington Post reporting that alleges Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a verbal order to leave no survivors before a deadly U.S. attack on a suspected drug smuggling boat in early September. Reese Gorman, politics and Congress reporter for NOTUS, and Julia Manchester, White House reporter for The Hill, join to unpack the day's top stories.
Voters in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District will head to the polls Tuesday in what has become a test of Democrats' recent electoral momentum. CBS News political reporter Hunter Woodall has the latest.
President Trump recently used a slur for people with intellectual disabilities to describe Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. CBS News Minnesota reporter and anchor Esme Murphy joins to discuss.
The suspect in the National Guard shooting in Washington, D.C., served in a CIA-backed unit in Afghanistan before coming to the U.S. Elliot Ackerman, author and former intelligence officer who served in the same unit, joins "The Takeout" with more.
West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey said Monday that Andrew Wolfe, the second National Guardsman shot in Washington, D.C., last week, has woken up from an induced coma. CBS News homeland security correspondent Nicole Sganga has more.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt asserted Monday that President Trump has the authority to kill any suspected drug boat occupants headed toward the United States. Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz of Florida joins with her reaction.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday confirmed Washington Post reporting that the U.S. launched two strikes on an alleged drug boat in September, but denied Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the second strike that killed two survivors of the initial attack. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe reports. Then, Jamil Jaffer, former associate counsel to President George W. Bush, joins with analysis.
Freshman Congressman Max Rose, a Democrat from New York, talks about his service in Afghanistan in the U.S. Army, the Army National Guard, and the impeachment hearings, as well as his experience taking on the role of elected official, on this week's episode of "The Takeout with Major Garrett."
Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin joins CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett to talk about impeachment hearings on Capitol Hill, his role on the House Judiciary Committee and whistleblowers on this week’s episode of "The Takeout."
South Carolina Republican Senator Tim Scott joins Major to talk about the recent elections in Kentucky and the impeachment hearings against President Trump, on this week's episode of "The Takeout with Major Garrett."
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster joins Major to talk about gun control, abortion, and how President Trump embodies the GOP on this week's episode of "The Takeout with Major Garrett."
An all-star panel of CBS News correspondents joins Major for a deep dive into in the impeachment inquiry of President Trump on this week's episode of "The Takeout with Major Garrett."
Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense, joins Major to talk about gun safety reform, Congress, and her book "Fight Like A Mother," on this week's episode of "The Takeout with Major Garrett."
CBS News legal contributor Kim Wehle joins Major to talk about the impeachment inquiry into President Trump on this week's episode of "The Takeout with Major Garrett."
Former Navy SEAL and four-star Admiral William McRaven joins Major to talk about President Trump, impeachment, the mission to get Osama bin Laden, and his military career on this week's episode of "The Takeout with Major Garrett."
2020 Democratic presidential candidate and Colorado Senator Michael Bennet joins Major Garret for this week's edition of "The Takeout" to discuss the ongoing controversy surrounding a whistleblower's complaint about President Trump's phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Interior Secretary David Bernhardt talks about the decadelong renovation of the Washington Monument. He gave Major a sneak peek of the landmark on this week's episode of "The Takeout with Major Garrett."
On this week's episode of "The Takeout with Major Garrett," Irish ambassador to the United States Daniel Mulhall explains why breaking up with the U.K. is hard to do.
NPR's Peter Sagal and Bill Kurtis join Major to talk about their popular radio show, "Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me" and a bit of politics on this week's episode of "The Takeout" with Major Garrett.
Washington Mystics starting point guard Natasha Cloud joins Major Garrett to talk about her activism against gun violence on this week's episode of "The Takeout."
Ron Maxwell is the writer and director of the 1993 movie "Gettysburg." He joins Major to talk about how the Civil War film was made and how it's still relevant today on this week's episode of "The Takeout with Major Garrett."
Author and former CIA chief of disguise Jonna Mendez talks about how the CIA disguises agents in plain sight, and her book "The Moscow Rules," on this week's episode of "The Takeout with Major Garrett."