Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, January 9, 2025

Episode Date: January 9, 2025

Apocalyptic fires in Los Angeles, Trump fires on Governor Gavin Newsom, and the presidents reunite. Plus, the Message of the Day, Trump on Greenland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Thank you, Bill. It's Thursday. January 9th, 2025. Here's what's happening today in America. Apocalyptic fires. Trump fires on Newskam and the presidents reunite. It's all coming up. And Bill's going to be here with your message today. But first, Los Angeles fire rages on. Well over a thousand homes and businesses burned. Death toll right now. expected to climb. The mayor of Los Angeles was in Ghana when the fires broke out. Over 100,000 locals under mandatory evacuation. Over 1,400 firefighters have been deployed.

The police chief said that these firefighters are exhausted. Most of these major fires, zero percent contained. Wind gusts hit 99 miles per hour, worth noting that many people don't have fire insurance in California. recently California capped the amount that insurance premiums can go up so insurance companies were unable to do business and they're just canceling claims and then this happened. Rick Caruso, who ran against the mayor last election, said he's going to run again in 2006.

First reported that the fire hydrants have run out of water. Universal Studios and six flags have closed for the day. Trump wrote on truth social, Governor Gavin Newscombe refused to sign the water restoration declaration put before him that would have allowed millions of gallons of water from excess rain and snowmelt from the north to flow daily into many parts of California, including the areas that are currently burning in a virtually apocalyptic way. He wanted to protect an essentially worthless fish called a smelt by giving it less water. It didn't work, but doesn't care about the people of California.

Now the ultimate price is being paid. I will demand that the incompetent governor allow beautiful, clean, fresh water to flow into California. he is to blame for this on top of it all no water for fire hydrants not firefighting planes a true disaster in another tweet he wrote no water in the fire hydrants no money in fema this is what joe biden's leaving me thanks joe a sky news reporter asked the mayor while they were stuck in an elevator together do you owe the citizens an apology for being absent while their homes were burning do you regret cutting the fire department's budget have you nothing to say to the citizens she ignored his questions for about a minute right now of all the water that's in the San Joaquin Delta in Northern California, which provides most of the water for the entire state, 95% of it is redirected into the ocean. Only 5% is used, and of that 5% 40% is for agriculture, 10% for human use, and 50% is used for what they call restoring the environment. All five living presidents are gathering for the first time,

Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden at the funeral for Jimmy Carter at the National Cathedral. His body will then be flown to Plains, Georgia for a private service where the U.S. Navy will conduct a missing man formation flyover in honor of his naval service and time as commander-in-chief. I'm Mike Slater. Bill O'Reilly has 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 Thursday, it's safe to say Greenland. hasn't received this much attention since Eric the Red spotted it and said, hey, what's that? But now the modern-day marauder, Donald Trump, has his eye on the tundra because lying below the permafrost is lots of oil and natural gas. In addition, other valuable minerals may present a financial windfall to those who can harvest them. Greenland is not a country. It's a territory, by the Kingdom of Denmark since 1721. If it were a country, it would be the fifth largest on the planet.

But only 56,000 folks live there because there's nothing to do but run away from polar bears. Denmark itself is run by King Frederick the 10th, a descendant of Gorm the old, not making this up, who presided in the 10th century. Fred looks like a man who could be reasoned with, so I believe President Trump will make a deal here. The Danes get a big piece of the energy harvest by giving the USA a long lease to do the heavy lifting and digging. Of course, to protect the investment, the American military would need to build a couple of bases. That would torque off Putin but blank him if he can't take a geological joke. So that's what this Greenland thing is all about.

Copenhagen should definitely make a deal. Old Gorm would. 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.

Here's a mail Jim on the message board. He's a concierge member. Bill, your research experience inside with history make you a most valuable resource to the citizens of our country. Thank you for your dedication. Well, Jim, look, at this point in my life, I'm doing it for you. Not doing it for me. I can retire tomorrow, and I play pickleball all day long,

right around a golf cart at the villages and go, you know, party's on. But, you know, I think I have a responsibility here. Frank Villa, Jacksonville, Florida. Bill, your commentaries are the best. I'm happy to hear. that you like what Chorpe is doing. I'm puzzled and concerned about the tariff situation with Canada.

I have a small business and we buy our products in Canada. What exactly is behind this? The United States sends Canada $200 billion a year, and we can't afford it. And when I say sends, that means the trade imbalance and various projects we fund. I can't do that anymore. Can't. So that's what this is all about, Frank. I expect it will be worked out.

Cheryl Barkley, Redding, Pennsylvania, will President Trump be able to pardon Rudy Giuliani? No. Giuliani's beefs are state and civil. President can only pardon federal crimes. Patrick, I watch your interview, O'Reilly, and I'm confident that Donald Trump will lead the U.S. into great-nics over the next four years. Patrick, that's because you want to believe that. Now, nothing wrong with it. But don't let that belief cloud your judgment to what is going to happen.

So I'm going to report what's going to happen fairly and honestly. I do believe Donald Trump has a very good chance to be a transcendent president. In a moment, something you might not know. I just mailchimp my marketing. You mailchimped your what? I mailchimped my marketing with AI to create an effective marketing campaign in minutes. No, MailChimp and Way.

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SMS available as add-ons. Visit MailChimp.com. Now, the O'Reilly Update brings you something you might not know. 18 years ago today, Apple, CEO Steve Jobs, unveiled the first iPhone at a conference in San Francisco. The product would soon become the most important invention of the 21st century. Here is the story. Jobs first had the idea for a touch-based telephone back in 2003. He wanted to combine several products into one, a music player, web browser, camera, phone.

To keep the concept of secret, developers use the code name perfect. Purple. The workspace used by engineers was called the Purple Dorm. Steve Jobs unveiled the product on January 9, 2007 to Mixed Reviews. Some pan the device as an overpriced calculator. Others believed Americans would never pay $500 for a phone. At the time, most sales were given away free when customers signed a contract. Its main competition was, was the Motorola Razor, which sold for just 40 bucks. On June 29, 07, Apple stores began selling the iPhone to the public. Time Magazine quickly held the device as the invention of the year.

The gadget went on sale in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. The iPhone has transformed the company Apple into one of the most profitable businesses ever on the planet. Since its release, 18 years ago, more than 2.2 billion iPhones have been sold. I bet you have one. Industry insiders believe Apple's next major release could be as revolutionary as the last. Since 2014, the company has been developing a self-driving electric car. And here's something else you might not know.

While the iPhone spawned an entire industry of apps and accessories, it also killed hundreds of mainstream products. One iPhone in your pocket replaces a flashlight, GPS system, camera, TV, computer, fax machine, clock, radio, address book, calendar, credit card calculator, and of course the telephone. But it will never replace me back after this.

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