Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, August 14, 2023

Episode Date: August 14, 2023

The latest from the deadly Maui wildfires, non-violent crime in Los Angeles, Artificial Intelligence makes music, and very REAL music. Plus, Bill’s Message of the Day, Americans believing what they want to believe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill O'Reilly here. You are listening to the O'Reilly update. Coming up next, the news with Mike Slater. Thank you, Bill. It is Monday, August 14th, 2023. Here's what's happening today in America. The latest in Maui. Non-violent crime in Los Angeles.

Artificial intelligence music and very real music. That's all coming up. Then Bill will be here with your message at the day of the first. The death toll in Maui is now at 93. deadliest wildfire in American history. But here is the most devastating figure so far. Of the destroyed area, only 3% of it has been searched so far. Only 3% searched.

And of the 89 bodies that have been recovered from the burned out areas, only two have been identified with DNA evidence. You've heard that people had to jump into the ocean to escape the fire. They had nowhere else to go. I finally saw some video that people took of that. They were in the water for hours covering their mouths. covering their mouths to try to not breathe in the smoke. And it got dark out.

That is scary. Imagine if you had young kids too. One reason why the fires were so strong is there are a lot of non-native plants around there. There used to be a ton of sugar cane on the island, but the last sugar plantation closed in 2016. So that land is now full of non-native species, most of it from Africa. It makes up 25% of the landmass in Maui. And these plants happen to be drought resistant and highly flammal. Amable. Between 30 and 50 people robbed a Nordstrom in Southern California. They made off

with over $100,000 in luxury items in a matter of seconds and no one can do anything about it. The mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, well, they can choose not to. The mayor of Los Angeles Karen Bass called the robbery absolutely unacceptable. But is it? They accept it. There was another robbery in Southern California at the Eve Saint Laurent store in Los Angeles, $300,000 in stolen items. But nothing bad will happen anymore. Paul McCartney said that there's a demo from 1978 with John Lennon's voice on him, and he was going to release it at the end of the year as the final Beatles record. But someone on the internet used artificial intelligence to create entirely new song

from scratch all with Lennon's voice. It's pretty good, actually. It's called Everybody But You. So what's the music industry going to do now? Who owns this song? Who gets paid for this song? And this is one reason why the Hollywood actors are on strike. By the way, over 100 days, no progress.

but one day all the executives are going to say actors who needs them and speaking of music a real person oliver anthony guy from middle of nowhere virginia his friend had him record a song for his youtube channel and it blew up he now has the number one two three six 10 and 11 songs on youtube is a real person with real music and a real story to share get ready to hear the name oliver anthony bill o'reilly with your message to the day next Power, politics and the people behind the headlines. I'm Miranda Devine, New York Post columnist and the host of the brand new podcast, Podforce One. Every week I'll sit down for candid conversations with Washington's most powerful disruptors,

lawmakers, lawmakers, and even the president of the United States. These are the leaders shaping the future of America and the world. Podforce 1 with me, Miranda Devine, every week on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast. You don't want to miss an episode. Time now for the O'Reilly Update, message of the day. On this Monday, we Americans are not a subtle people, generally speaking. And now we are very divided both socially and politically. So there is little persuasion going on because many people don't listen to views they don't approve up. The old adage that I have resurrected is people believe what they want to believe. The facts be damned. Now, that situation can hurt you.

So let's analyze the two most famous political figures in America who are both getting hurt because they believe what they want to believe. First Donald Trump. He believes the election of 2020 was rigged. It doesn't matter all of the investigations done by the individual states. It doesn't matter that even his own advisers, told him there wasn't enough fraud to overturn the vote. There was some, no doubt about it. But Trump believe what he wanted to believe, and now he's in big trouble with the feds.

Joe Biden. There's no question Joe Biden helped his son and brother amassed tens of millions of dollars from foreign concerns. But Biden doesn't want to believe he did it. So he lies about it. And that could very well bring him down. I'm Bill O'Reilly. I approve the message by writing it. You can reach me. Bill at Bill O'Reilly.com. Bill at Bill O'Reilly.com.

Name in town if you wish to opine. Now let's go to the mail. Jim Curtis Covina, California. We are now a communist country. Look around. Citizen in Washington jails for no crimes. Prove me wrong. Number one, I can't prove you wrong, but I can say we have a capitalist

economy here, not a communist economy. So you think that people are in Washington jails for no crimes on January 6th. That's your opinion and you're entitled to it. But I don't believe we are a communist country. I think the far left would like us to be, but not yet. Arthur from any, Guilford, New Hampshire, why is the Hyde Amendment not in effect when the Pentagon offers abortion assistance to the military? The The Pentagon will only pay for an abortion if the mother's life is in danger and it's certified by military physicians. They do not pay for abortions at the Pentagon.

That's the High Amendment. Kathy Colson, Boise, Idaho, just finished the United States of Trump, and void, enjoyed the book very much, laughed out loud at some of your funny lines because of your deep knowledge of Donald Trump. Some of your insights are worth considering more. the sequences were especially helpful as the context of the last year. Though no one can know or write assuredly, I'm so baffled by most things that Trump readily acclaims as his personal views.

Complicated man. No doubt about it. United States of Trump, I say humbly. Best book ever written about Donald Trump. No idea, not a shred of ideology in it. Back, back, back, back. Peter Dobleman, Omaha, Nebraska. Thank you. Your discussions with Heraldo are fascinating and insightful. Please continue

and have him. We will. Terry Myers, Richmond, Virginia. Where is Bernie Goldberg? Bernie's kind of semi-retired. He does his website stuff, but I don't like to do a lot of TV anymore. Maybe he doesn't like me anymore. I don't know. But we got Heraldo to replace Bernie on the media. In a moment, something you might not know. Hey, I'm Caitlin Becker, the host of the New York Postcast, and I've got exactly what you need to start your weekdays. Every morning, bring you the stories that matter plus the news people actually talk about the juicy details in the world's politics business pop culture and everything in between it's what you want from the new york post wrapped up in one snappy show ask your smart speaker to play the n y postcast podcast

listen and subscribe on amazon music apple podcast spotify or wherever you get your podcasts now the o'reilly update brings you something you might not know eighty seven years ago today Americans gathered in Kentucky to see a convicted murderer hanged in the town square. It would be the last public execution in U.S. history. Here is the story. The practice of hanging criminals dates back to ancient Greece. It was considered a more humane method of execution than stoning or beheading. In the 16th century, hanging became the maximum punishment in England. The procedure was then exported to the British colonies in the new world. As I write in my upcoming book, Killing the Witches, 19 human beings

were hanged in Salem for the crime of witchcraft. In the summer of 1936, a man named Rainey Bethea confessed to the rape and murder of a 70-year-old woman. The case became a national scandal. Rainey was black, the victim White, the local sheriff of woman. After a speedy trial, it took the jury just four minutes to return with a verdict, and the sentence was death by hanging. On August 14th, Rainey was given his final meal, fried chicken, pork chops, mashed potatoes, cucumbers, cornbread, lemon pie, and ice cream. He was then walked into the town square and hanged before thousands of cheering

spectators. Despite some condemnation from the public, it was a new technology that brought executions indoors. Electricity. Throughout the 1920s and 30s, prisons replaced the noose with electric chairs. The chair was the default method of capital punishment in America until the states began using gas and lethal injections. And here's something else you might not know. Just one state in the union still allows prisoners on death row to choose hanging as their ultimate punishment. That state is New Hampshire. While criminals can opt to hang from the neck until dead in the Granite State, it is still carried out in private, as it should be.

Executions are not spectator sports. Back after this. Hey, it's Sean Spicer from the Sean Spicer Show podcast, reminding you to turn into my show every day to get your daily dose inside the world of politics. President Trump and his team are shaking up Washington like never before, and we're here to cover it from all sides, especially on the topics the mainstream media won't. So if you're a political junkie, honor. a late lunch or getting ready for the drive home, new episodes of the Sean Spicer Show podcast

drop at 2 p.m. East Coast every day. Make sure you tune in. You can find us at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast. Thank you for listening to the O'Reilly update. I am Bill O'Reilly, no spin, just facts, and always looking out for you. Thank you.