Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, August 28, 2023

Episode Date: August 28, 2023

A tropical storm hurdles toward Florida, three American marines killed in Australia, a “blue moon” to shine on August 31st, Nordstrom closes in San Francisco, and Bob Barker passes away at 99. Plus, the Message of the Day, betrayal in America. 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's Monday, August 28, 2023. Here's what's happening today in America. Storm headed to Florida. Three Americans killed in Australia.

A blue moon is a real thing. Nordstrom closes and Bob Barker passed away. It's all coming up. Then Bill will be here with your message today. But first, Governor Ron DeSantis left the campaign trail to go back to Do governor things, a tropical storm watch from much of Florida, the storm might turn into a category two hurricane coming up through the Gulf of Mexico. 1,100 National Guardsmen have been mobilized.

They have access to 2,400 high water vehicles and 12 aircraft for rescue and recovery efforts. The storm will hit as early as Tuesday, the brunt of the storm on Wednesday. At least three U.S. Marines were killed in an Osprey aircraft crash in Australia. There were 23 Americans on the aircraft when it crashed during a training exercise. Five others were transported to a local hospital in serious condition. This was during a training exercise with the militaries of the United States, Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and East Timor. It's believed only Americans were on board. A rare, not only blue moon, but a super blue moon will shine on August 30th.

Now, in your mind, you're thinking it's going to be blue. It's not blue. It's just an expression. It means it's the second full moon that occurs in a single month. Wednesday, 9.36 p.m. Eastern. That is the maximum of the super blue moon moment. The Nordstrom, downtown San Francisco, is closed after 30 years in business. They can no longer take the homelessness, drug use, and crime. The Nordstrom made it through COVID, recessions, you name it. They couldn't make it another day of a far left Democrat-controlled city. In San Francisco, downtown traffic down 65%, 95 stores have closed, 31% office vacancy, public transportation use down 65%, and property tax revenues are down $196 million compared to pre-COVID levels. The great Bob Barker has passed away at the age of 99. He hosted the Price's Right for 35 years. Barker was raised in South Dakota and Missouri and joined the Navy during World War II. He started hosting the show when he was 48 and retired.

in 2007 at the age of 83. He met his wife in high school, married in 1945. She passed away in 1981 from lung cancer. Bob said, I never had any inclination to remarry. She was my wife. I'm Mike Slater. The great Bill O'Reilly is here with your message of the day next. But remember, help control the pet population.

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wrapped up in one snappy show. Ask your smart speaker to play the NY Postcast podcast. Listen and subscribe on Amazon Music, Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Time now for the O'Reilly Update. message of the day. On this Monday, I am following, but not closely, this football story where the blind side, you may remember that. It was a movie and it was a book where there was an African American football player adopted by a white family in the South, and the family

raised the boy into college, and he became a pro football player, and it was a heartwarming story and all that. And now it turns around and Michael Orr, the football player says he was exploited by the family and the family says that's a lot of baloney that we did everything we could to make this boy's life better and all of that. I don't know. I'm not there. I can't pronounce judgment on it. But what I can talk about this morning, and it's a topic that disturbs me greatly is betrayal. So somebody in this case betrayed somebody else. Either Michael or the football player betrayed the family or the family exploited Michael or. Again, I don't have some peanut power. I don't know. But I do know that every one of us in the world is betrayed at one

time or another. That is why Judas Ascariat has such a prominent place in the New Testament. That story was inserted in the Bible for a reason to warn everybody that you are likely to be betrayed, and there's nothing you can do about it. 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. Bill, why do you always say Bobby Kennedy Jr. is no chance of winning? Because he has no chance of winning. The odds are 11% that he will be the next president, the Vegas odds.

And if you go to London, you can actually put money on it. It's illegal here in the United States. He just doesn't have a constituency. The Democrats don't like them. Most Republicans don't like them. The anti-vaxxers like them. But that's not enough. Christopher, Mark Twain said if you don't read the news,

you are uninformed, and if you do read it, you are misinformed. Art Twain, love them. Roberta, Santa Land, Jaten, Texas. Bill, do you think White House aides bother to read letters from the folks? No. If you write to your senator or congressperson or president, chances are a staffer might read it, but they're never going to read it in a million years. David Concierge, remember, whenever you discuss a rise of gas prices, you really mention

those of us who reside in California paying another buck, I always mention it. You get the highest tax, state tax on gas in a country, probably in a world. Well, maybe that's not true. In a country. That's why you're paying so much. Ethan, you bash, you can bash Hillary Clinton all you want, but she won the popular vote against Trump. The electoral college must be abolished. If the electoral college, Ethan, is abolished in America, our democracy is finished.

Because the reason Hillary Clinton won the popular vote. vote is California and New York. They are dramatically liberal states, and always will be that. Because so many people live in those two states, a Republican can't win the popular vote. The Republican can win many more states, but not the popular vote. So the question Ethan is, do you want L.A. and New York run in this country? If you do, then you abolish the vote. John, O'Reilly, you are the best because you are the best. Okay, I'll take it. Very nice of you to say so. In a moment, something you might not know.

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, newsmakers, and even the president of the United States. United States. These are the leaders shaping the future of America and the world. Listen to Podforce One with me, Miranda Devine, every week on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast. You don't want to miss an episode. Now the O'Reilly Update brings you something you might not know. On this day in the year 12 AD, the future Emperor of Rome was born.

in central Italy. His brief reign will go down as one of the most destructive and diabolical regimes in human history. Here is the story of Caligula. Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus was the third son of a renowned Roman general. His father's soldiers dubbed the boy Caligula, Latin for Little Boot, A reference to the bizarre uniform his parents forced him to wear. After the death of his family, the young child was adopted by Roman Emperor Tiberius. Caligula was 24 years old when he took over power in Rome. After a somewhat promising start, the young ruler was diagnosed with what doctors at the time called brain fever, which is really paranoia.

Caligula immediately ordered his closest advisors killed, then forced members of his own family to commit suicide. He terrorized members of the Senate. Under penalty of death, lawmakers were forced to run naked alongside the emperor's chariot. He even raped a senator's wife as political retribution. Caligula had Roman citizens murdered at will and often watched his victims being tortured before their execution. When presiding over the sacrifice of a bull, Caligula pardoned the animal, then beat the cleric to death with a hammer. After all of these things, and much, much more, including the Roman Empire, descending into

bankruptcy, the Roman elite had seen enough. On January 24th, 41 AD, Caligula went to the theater. On his way home, military officers forced him into a dark alley where they stabbed him 30 times. And here's something else you might not know. Well, remembered for his depravity, Caligula was instrumental in expanding the empire. Under his reign, Rome conquered new territories, including Great Britain, back after this. Hey, it's Sean Spicer from the Sean Spicer Show podcast, reminding you to tune 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 size, especially on the topics the mainstream media won't. So if you're a political junkie on a late lunch or getting ready for the drive home, new episodes of the Sean Spicer Show podcast drop at 2.

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.