Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, August 19, 2021

Episode Date: August 19, 2021

Joe Biden’s approval rating drops as Afghanistan unravels, the President claims a chaotic withdrawal from Kabul was his only option, Gavin Newsom launches an ad blitz ahead of the recall, COVID Booster shots start in September, daily deaths top 1-thousand for the first time since April. Plus, Bill's Message of the Day, the states vs. the president. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill O'Reilly here Thursday, August 19th, 2021. You're listening to the O'Reilly Update. Here's what's happening across our nation. President Biden's approval rating drops as Afghanistan unravels. Mr. Biden claims a chaotic withdrawal from Kabul was his only option. Governor Newsom launching an ad blitz ahead of the recall vote. COVID booster shots start in September. Daily deaths now top 1,000 for the first time since April. Also ahead, the border chaos is not getting any better, but first. President Biden's approval rating falling below the 50% mark for the first time, according to the real clear politics polling average.

49% back Biden's overall job performance, while 69% disapprove of his handling of Afghanistan. the president rejecting any responsibility for the chaos in that beleaguered country. The commander-in-chief telling ABC News's George Stephanophilus that a chaotic withdrawal was the only option available. Said Mr. Biden, quote, the idea that somehow there's a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing, I don't know how that happens. Well, maybe he should know. California Governor Gavin News, launching a series of TV ads ahead of next month's recall election. His campaign calling the vote, quote, a matter of life and death for residents in the Golden State,

warning that his opponents will not impose strict virus mandates. Poll show Californians now evenly split on whether Newsom should get the boot. The White House okaying COVID booster shots, beginning. September 20th. Research shows immunity somewhat wanes roughly eight months after the second injection, first to receive the booster, health care workers, the elderly, those with compromised immune systems. The government now mandating the vaccine for all nursing home employees in the USA. America witnessing more than a thousand virus-related deaths each day now, the most since last spring, Doctors blame a lethal combination of the Delta variant and unvaccinated folks for the high

number of fatalities. At least 620,000 Americans have died from COVID since March 2020. In a moment, we'll take you to the southern border. You might not want to go. Right back. Let's face it, the U.S. economy is under stress. National debt rising, trade war, shaking the markets. And meanwhile, China is dumping the dollar and stockpiling gold. That's why I protected my savings with physical gold and silver. Theroux, the only dealer I trust, American Hartford Gold. And you can do this.

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to 998899. Time now for the O'Reilly Update. Message of the day. The Biden administration now has two humanitarian disasters to deal with, Afghanistan and the southern border. Illegal border crossings are way up, as you may know. Average monthly crossings under Donald Trump were about 40,000 foreign nationals. But after Joe Biden signed an executive, order in February of this year to dismantle former President Trump's remain in Mexico policy, which had largely stopped mass migration into this country. Well, after Biden signed an executive order to get that out, all hell broke loose. The very month that he signed the executive order, 100,000 illegal crossings were cited by the federal authorities.

down on the border, 100,000, up from 40. The next month, March, 173,000. April, 180,000. May 182,000. June, 190,000. July last month, 212,000 in the scorching heat of the summer. So now with millions of foreign nationals streaming into the USA, some states are thinking about suing the federal government. government. Can they do that? The U.S. Legal Code says, quote, states have a broad standing to sue the federal government to protect state law. Accordingly, a state may challenge federal statutes or regulations that preempt or otherwise undermined the continued enforceability of state law. Examples include Massachusetts' challenge to the federal environmental policy. Oregon's Oregon's confrontation over physician-assisted suicide, and Texas's lawsuit over the Obama

administration's overall immigration program. So states can sue the feds. But what about suing President Biden himself? Does our legal system allow that? After all, he alone dismantled a very successful border policy. Congress didn't do it. Biden did it. Here's the deal, as Joe Biden might say. Presidents are immune with few exceptions from liability in a personal capacity when acting within their executive power or when completing official acts. They can, however, be sued for criminal charges that occur while they are in office, whether the acts are official or or unofficial. This happened to 2020 when President Trump was denied immunity for a state criminal subpoena from New York. You may remember that. Now, a case can be made that by failing to enforce

immigration law passed by Congress, laws on the books right now, President Biden himself has broken the law in all 50 states. Certainly. he has violated his sworn oath to uphold the law. If a number of state attorneys general banned together and file a class action suit against Biden, the Supreme Court would ultimately have to decide. That would be bad for Biden, but good, in my humble opinion, for America. I'm Bill O'Reilly and I approve the message by writing it. For more honest news analysis, please visit Bill O'Reilly.com.

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They're not traveling. Despite the slower-than-average holiday, some people did manage to travel. overseas this August. And here are the top spots for Americans going abroad. First, Barbuda and Aruba. Nice islands in the Caribbean. Access to those countries is contingent on a negative COVID test, taken no more than seven days prior to arrival. But guests no longer have to quarantine for two weeks once they get to Barbuda and Aruba. Next, Europe, the EU is easing restrictions on visiting Americans, but travelers will still have to show proof of vaccination at the airport here to get there. Popular destinations include Spain, Ireland, Greece, and Croatia. South America also

attracting some people. Brazil, if you can believe it, drawing tourists, despite a brutal COVID situation there. Folks can visit, but the State Department suggests avoiding places like Rio, de Janeiro, unless you have family in Brazil, that's kind of crazy to go down there right now. The newest hotspot is Canada, the world's longest international land border, reopened for Americans on August night. For many, that meant not only vacations, but reuniting with family members for the first time since crossings were stopped in 2020. The Canadian government is launching a multi-million dollar tourist campaign this week to lure Americans north of the border. And here's something else you might not know.

International vacations are down, but one sector of the tourism industry is up. RV rentals. Bookings have increased 200% in the USA. There are more than 3,000 locations in America, registered as official RV parks, The recreational vehicle economy generates $115 billion a year, supporting 100,000 jobs. Renting an RV is very expensive. Average week-long trip will set you back $300 a day, $0.35 a mile. The vehicle has earned a new nickname since the beginning of the pandemic, quarantine on wheels.

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