Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, August 20, 2019

Episode Date: August 20, 2019

The first Congressional Republican signs-on to a potential assault weapons ban, Rashida Tlaib urges lawmakers to punish Israel after her travel restriction, The Attorney General replaces the US Prisons Director following Jeffrey Epstein’s death, Elizabeth Warren apologizes to Native Americans on the campaign trail, Author Marianne Williamson has some interesting ideas on redecorating the White House.  Plus, Bill's Message of the Day, why is airline travel so terrible in America? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill O'Reilly here Tuesday, August 20th, 2019. You are listening to the O'Reilly update. Here's what's happening across our nation. The first congressional Republican signs on to a potential assault weapons ban. Congresswoman Taleb urging lawmakers to punish Israel after her travel restriction. The Attorney General fires the prison director following Jeffrey Epstein's death. Elizabeth Warren apologizing to Native Americans for claiming Indian ancestry. And presidential candidate Marianne Williamson has some interesting ideas on redecorating the Oval Office. Also coming up my message of the day, why is airline travel so bad? But first, Congressman Peter King becoming the first Republican to publicly support and

assault weapons ban, calling the high-powered firearms, quote, weapons of slaughter not needed in everyday society, unquote. King is sponsoring a separate bill that expands gun background checks, legislation supported by just a handful of other Republicans. Congresswoman Tili, urging members of the House to punish Israel after that country canceled her tour of the West Bank, saying lawmakers here should examine the $3 billion aid package the USA gives our Middle East ally. Attorney General Barr replacing the director of the U.S. Prisons Bureau following the death of billionaire Jeffrey Epstein inside his Manhattan jail cell. Dr. Kathleen Hawke Sawyer set to take over the federal agency. Outgoing director Hugh Hurwitz appointed by Jeff Sessions in 2018 will be reassigned.

Elizabeth Warren apologizing for her Indian controversy, the senator speaking at the Native American presidential forum, admitting she had made mistakes in claiming she was part Cherokee, or changed her ancestry from white to Native American during her time at the University of Pennsylvania Law School in the early 1990s, thereby giving her minority status in the hiring cycle. Democratic presidential hopeful and self-help author Marianne Williamson offering some interesting ideas on redecorating the Oval Office. Williamson telling supporters she will remove the portrait of President Andrew Jackson, saying the country needs to atone for Jackson's handling of Native Americans in the 1830s.

There is no truth to the rumor that Ms. Williamson would replace Jackson with wind chimes and candles. Next, the message of the day, why is airline travel so bad? In a moment. My friend Glenn Beck launched real estate agentsitrust.com for a very simple. reason to help you sell your home for top dollar as quickly as possible. His team quickly realized there are three keys to success. One, selling or buying a home is very complicated process and difficult to navigate. So choose agents with a long track record of success. No part-time or inexperienced agents in their network. Two, market value for your home cannot be calculated using computer models. It takes years of expertise to evaluate your market and to price your home

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statement. Quote, Flight 2385 with service from JFK to Miami was delayed due to weather in both Miami and New York. Customers were offered both water and snacks while on the tarmac and were offered the chance to take a bus back to the terminal. We apologize for the inconvenience and the plane has since taken off from Miami. That was issued last week. So let's break this down. There was rain in Miami. But there's always rain in Miami in the summer. There was no rain in New York. I experienced this on a flight from California to New York recently. The airline told me there was a weather delay in New York and the weather was perfect.

Okay, the real story, after I investigated, was that there was a runway repair, scheduled way in advance, that backed up flights. The airline lied to its passengers. Now, we do have passenger rights when we fly in airlines in America. They do exist. Here's what we have. So you know. Denied boarding. U.S. Airlines consistently overbook to ensure they make more money.

If you are denied boarding, passengers can be paid up to $1,350 in compensation, but that doesn't apply if you voluntarily give up your seat because they'll offer you money at the terminal. Tarmac delays. If there is a delay on the runway of more than two hours, passengers must be given food, water, access to bathrooms, and medical care if necessary. But they don't have any food on many of these flights. So you get peanuts. Water, you know, sometimes it comes out of the tap they have. Now, after three hours on a tarmac, passengers must be given the option to leave the plane, but many do not want to do that because of their luggage. However, none of the above rights, I just stated, are legally required

if the pilot decides to delay the flight for safety reasons, or air traffic control deems deborting the plane would cause significant disruption. Now, safety reasons could be weather. That's why they do the weather thing. So this is just a ruse. This whole thing is a ruse. Now, if they lose your luggage, the airlines must pay you up to $3,500, but you have to show proof. of what was in your bag. That's not easy to do. Okay, why is this happening? Money. It's money, money, money. Flights are basically cheap in America. Airline profits are through the roof. Delta, $563 million profit in 2018. American Airlines almost $2 billion in profit. JetBlue, $1.1 billion. Southwest, $654 million. United Airlines are making money all over the place. Because they know

at a game in the system. Oh, there's rain. Oh, there's wind. And therefore, they don't have to compensate anybody. Also, the crews. How many times have you gone to the airport and the crew isn't there? That's to save money. Bottom line, the government needs to oversee the airline industry much more stringently, much more. That is the message. For more news analysis, please head on over to Bill O'Reilly.com and check out the no-spin news every night beginning at 7eastern. Coming next, something you might not know. The Amazon Capital One data breach just hit. 106 million of us.

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offered Denmark $100 million in exchange for the island. That's the equivalent of $1.3 billion today. Greenland was not sold. Denmark didn't want the deal. So what exactly? with the USA be getting for our tax dollars if President Trump bought Greenland. Well, it is the largest island in the world, spending more than 830,000 square miles. About 25% of the continental U.S. landmass. That's a big island. It's home to about 57,000 people, most of them natives. Only 12% of Greenland is of European descent. Politically, Greenland, is considered an autonomous region within the Kingdom of Denmark. They have their own 31-member parliament led by a prime minister, which handles the country's internal matters. Greenland's

largest asset is the abundance of natural resources there. According to the Brookings Institute, Greenland has vast deposits of undiscovered iron, lead, zinc, diamonds, gold, and uranium. Geologists also believe the country contains some of the world's largest remaining oil resources. There you go. Also, the USA knows that Greenland is a valuable military place because it's so close to Russia. That's why Harry Truman wanted to buy it to keep an eye back then on Stalin and the Soviet Union. In the end, the biggest barrier of purchasing Greenland is not the price, but the Danish government which says it doesn't want to sell. Perhaps President Trump can make Denmark an offer it can't refuse when he visits that country in September. Danish Prime Minister Fredrickson is publicly called

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