The Takeout with Major Garrett, 2/16/26

Secretary of State Marco Rubio provides reassuring remarks at the Munich Security Conference declaring the U.S. as "a child of Europe" over the weekend. European officials conclude that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's cause of death was due to a frog dart poison. Elliott Abrams, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council of Foreign Relations and Fmr. Deputy National Security Advisor to George HW Bush, provides analysis for both events. A shooting at a Rhode Island hockey rink results in the suspect killed, two people dead, and three others are hospitalized. Anna Schecter, Senior Coordinating Producer for CBS' Crime & Safety Unit, reports on the breaking news. Plus, Major conducts a wide-ranging interview with CBS Political Analyst Terry Sullivan about his recent trip to Antarctica, and the differences he finds between managing political campaigns and his mountaineering journey. Listen to the full episode here!