Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, February 18, 2020

Episode Date: February 18, 2020

Mike Bloomberg qualifies for the Las Vegas Debate with a last-minute poll, latest surveys from Nevada show Bernie gaining momentum, China deploys miniature tanks to kill the Coronavirus, Arnold Schwarzenegger thanks Donald Trump for addressing California’s homeless crisis, Colorado’s pot shops adopt highways to bypass the state’s ban on Marijuana ads. Plus, Bill's Message of the Day, is Disney price gouging its customers? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill O'Reilly here. Tuesday, February 18th, 2020. You are listening to The O'Reilly Update. Here's what's happening across our nation. Mike Bloomberg qualifies for the Las Vegas debate tomorrow night. The latest surveys from Nevada show Bernie gaining momentum. China deploys miniature tanks to kill the coronavirus. Arnold Schwarzenegger thanks Donald Trump for addressing California's homeless crisis. Colorado's pot shops adopt highways to make money. Also, ahead, is the Disney company price gouging? But first, Mike Bloomberg qualifying for this week's Democratic debate with a last-minute poll. The PBS survey has Mayor Mike at 19% nationwide, enough support to join the stage in Vegas Wednesday night. Bloomberg has spent more than $400 million on his campaign so far since he joined. the race last November. Incredible. Other polls in Nevada show Bernie Sanders opening up a double-digit lead over Joe Biden. The Vermont Senator stands at 26 percent. Biden 16, Warren 13,

Boutre Judge 11. Bloomberg ranking sixth in Nevada at just 9 percent. The billionaire choosing to sit out the first four contests, including Nevada. China deploying a fleet of of miniature tanks to disinfect areas contaminated with the coronavirus. Each remote-controlled vehicle can spray 500,000 square feet with chemicals designed to kill the disease. The tanks were initially made to clean prisons without exposing workers to dangerous or violent conditions. Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger thanking President Trump for spotlighting the awful homeless crisis out there. more than 150,000 homeless people live in California, nearly a third of the entire nation's population of homeless,

and the state has no effect of plan to deal with the situation. Colorado's pot shops have ways to bypass a ban on roadside ads, adopting highways throughout the state, 50 marijuana-based businesses, Now, sponsor roads spanning more than 200 miles. The loophole allows the companies to erect signs despite a statewide ban on billboards promoting drug use. Each mile of road costs $400 per month for the pot shops.

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The average person visiting the park spends $60 on food and water. Median cost of a hotel room on a Disney property, $350 a night. Survey show most families allocate $100 for gifts and souvenirs. So, a family of four are visiting. a Disney Park in the USA with one night in a hotel will spend approximately $1,200, not including airfare, $1,200 a day, family of four. Of course, that is way too much money for some American families to spend, so that kids can't go. Not good. Last year, the Disney company's revenue was $69 billion net income, that's profits, almost $11 billion. The company is

extremely profitable for its shareholders. It owns ESPN, ABC, 21st Century Fox, Marvel Entertainment, Lucas Films at Star Wars, Pixar Animation, and much more. Disney employs 210,000 people. Now, as a capitalist, I do not begrudged Disney for maximizing profits. However, there is a cultural and class aspect to the theme parks. Poor and working class children should be able to go. It is a dream for a lot of kids. I took my urchins. They had a great time. I could afford it. But again, a lot of American families cannot afford $1,200 a day, and that does include airfare. Greedy corporations are the theme of Bernie Sanders. Maybe he'll build a theme park on socialism. But you know, and I know, that corporate America is being

painted as evil by many in the Democratic Party. So Disney is playing right into that. This is a big cultural and political issue. Disney should lower its prices. The CEO of that corporation is Robert Iger, and I don't know what this guy is doing. Disney, as I mentioned, runs ABC News. The View, that presentation is part of ABC News. Disney puts that on every day. So this is now becoming a controversial corporation, something Walt Disney, its founder, never wanted. You can keep the high prices on elevated tours, fast track and all that Disney, but drop the prices for regular folks. I'm Bill O'Reilly and I approve that message by actually writing it. it. For more news analysis, please visit bill o'Reilly.com, where you can reach me. Bill at

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