Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, January 8, 2024

Episode Date: January 8, 2024

Problems in the cabin, where is Lloyd Austin, Republicans take a stand on the border, and more statues are coming down. Plus, the Message of the Day, why Joe Biden can’t run on his record. 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, January 8th, 2024. Here's this happening today in America. Problems in the cabin. Where is Lloyd Austin? Republicans take a stand on the border and more statues coming down. It's all coming up. Then Bill's going to be here with your message today. But first, an Alaskan Airlines flight on a Boeing 737 max was flying when a piece of the fuselage blew off. An entire wall of the plane gone. It's a section where the plane could have had a door, but Alaska opted to have a window put there instead.

It's called a door plug. It's the width of an entire seat. And amazingly, no one was sitting in that seat. Seven minutes into the flight, but they were high enough where people needed to use the oxygen masks. And unlike in the movies, you don't get just sucked out of the plane. But one woman did scream, my son, my son, he got his shirt ripped off. Can you imagine how terrifying that would be? It has been revealed that the Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, has been hospitalized and never told the White House or Congress. He was hospitalized on January 1st for a minor elective procedure, we're told.

But word never made it to the White House until January 4th. We don't know what the procedure was or what the complications were. Senator Roger Wicker from Mississippi, he's the top Republican on the Armed Services Committee. he called it a shocking defiance of the law. He said, what justification did the department have for withholding information from the National Security Council? Lloyd Austin is 70. Kathleen Hicks, his deputy, was not informed in advance that he was having this procedure

and was on vacation in Puerto Rico when he was hospitalized. Austin said in a statement that, I could have done a better job ensuring the public was appropriately informed. I commit to doing better. President Biden asking for $14 billion from the House for border security. He said they ought to give me the money. I need to protect the border. What a joke. The Republicans say no, because this money is not, they say this money is not going to be used to stop illegal immigrants from coming in. It's going to be used to process more illegal immigrants

coming into the country. The National Park Service has announced that it will remove the statue of William Penn from Welcome Park in Philadelphia. William Penn is in Pennsylvania. Welcome Park will be redesigned with a Native American exhibit. William Penn is being removed because he was a slave owner. In unrelated news, President Biden gave his first campaign speech near Valley Forge on Friday, where George Washington and his men camped for over six months in the freezing winter, only to survive and then turn the tide of the Revolutionary War. Here we have Biden evoking George Washington as a paragon of virtue and righteousness,

yet it's Biden's base that has been removing statues of George Washington and all of our founders for the last three years. I'm Mike Slater, Bill O'Reilly with your message of the day. Next. 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.

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Time now for the O'Reilly Update, message of the day. On this Monday, what do Benedict Arnold and former President Donald Trump have in common? Well, according to President Biden, they're both traitors, although he has not weighed in on Mr. Arnold, who sold out his country during the Revolutionary War. No, Joe Biden is concentrating 100% on Donald Trump, the insurrectionist, the man who tried to overthrow the American government. That will be the theme of the Biden campaign this year, because really, if you want to be honest, what else can Joe Biden run on?

Food prices are up 20%. More than 10 million illegal aliens are running around a country. There is disorder in American cities, and two wars have broken out overseas. So what's Joe going to run on? He has to demonize Donald Trump, and that is not hard to do. So, the election of 2024 comes down to Americans believing that Donald Trump is a traitor or rejecting Joe Biden on the grounds that he is incompetent. Where do you stand?

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. dot com, name in town, if you wish to opine. Now let's go to the mail. Tom Conroy, Washington, New Jersey, we must have a fair election this year. We can't have the same problems we had in the 2020 election. Well, in some places you will. You know, more than 30 states have passed laws

to tighten up voting, but about 18 have not. And what do you think is going to happen there? but everybody's focused on it now, Tom. So we're going to cover it very aggressively. Ken Angaro, Moresville, North Carolina. I have to respectfully disagree with you on something for once, O'Reilly. The woke equity BS isn't going anywhere because it's fully entrenched in the corporate culture, especially the financial industry. I don't expect it to go anywhere, Ken.

You're right. It's going to be around. But the backlash against it? I mean, two words. Bud light. That's my thing. There's a big backlash against it now. John Corb, rising fawn, Georgia.

Thank you, Bill, for the SmartLife segment. I'm missingmoney.com. I checked it out and received a $7,000 check from two different companies. Whoa. John, way to go. 7,000 missingmoney.com. Smart Life Tip. I'm glad John got the money. Nancy Halstead, Bowling Green, Virginia. I've been reading Killing Crazy Horse. I have two master's degrees in education, and the intensive work you guys put into these books is notable. I will read many of the

killing books now. Thanks for all the honest work you do. Yeah, Dugard and I, we're honest guys. Everything you read in our books is true. Now, we're writing a book called confronting the presidents assessing every president from George Washington to Joe Biden. Book will be out early September. Time for the run-up to the vote. Okay, next week I'll have the cover for you. In a moment, something you might not know. 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 sides, 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 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. Now the O'Reilly Update brings you something you might not know. 209 years ago today, a ragtag army of Americans, Indians, pirates repelled a brutal assault by the British Navy. The skirmish foiled King George's plan for an invasion of North America. Here's the story behind the Battle of New Orleans. In December 1814, American and British diplomats met in Europe to reach a truce in the war of 1812. Meanwhile, English forces mobilized for what they hoped would be the campaign's final blow.

Following victories against Napoleon in Europe, Great Britain increased its efforts to retake North America. They believed a victory in New Orleans would give the English control of the Mississippi River and the interior of North America. In the King's way was General Andrew Jackson. The commander was previously taken prisoner during the Revolutionary War, said Old Hickory, quote, I owe to Britain a debt of vengeance. When our forces meet, I shall pay that debt. unquote. In early 1815, the Royal Navy approached the coast of Louisiana. Jackson immediately declared martial law, ordering every able-bodied man to defend

New Orleans. He rallied a rough crew of 8,000 army regulars, frontiersmen, freed slaves, French aristocrats, and Indians. Jackson even accepted the aid of Jean-Lefie. a notorious pirate whose fleet terrorized European sailors in the Gulf of Mexico. On January 8, 1815, the Motley crew clash with 8,000 British soldiers five miles south of New Orleans. For the next 10 days, Jackson's poorly equipped army beat back the Brits. embarrassed by the defeat, the Royal Navy set sail back to Europe. The victory made old Hickory a national hero. He was elected the nation's seven president in 1828.

Andrew Jackson remains one of the most consequential and controversial figures in American history. Back after this. 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, I'll bring you the stories that matter, plus the news people actually talk about, the juicy details in the worlds of 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 NY Postcast podcast, listen and subscribe on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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