Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, March 1, 2024

Episode Date: March 1, 2024

Presidents at the border, fires in Texas, voting in Vermont, and crime in Japan. Plus, the Message of the Day, Hunter Biden testifies about his overseas business dealings. 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 Friday, March 1st, 2024. Here's what's happening today in America. Presidents in Texas, fires in Texas, voting in Vermont and crime in Japan. That's all coming up.

Then Bill's going to be here with your message of the day. But first, both President Biden and former President Trump were at the Texas border yesterday. Biden was in Brownsville, Texas, which has seen a major drop of illegal immigrants. By the way, the White House now calls them, you ready for the new word for illegal immigrants? Newcomers. Trump was, it's beautiful. Trump was an Eagle Pass, which of course has been completely overrun. Biden's location, there's no razor wire, there's no Texas law enforcement like there's been an Eagle Pass for a long time now.

Meanwhile, federal judge in Austin, Texas ordered the state to suspend the law that would allow state law enforcement to arrest and detainees. people that they expect enter the country illegally. That law was set to go into effect on Tuesday. Speaking of Texas, the wildfires there. One of them is now the largest in state history. The previous largest was 2006, the East Amarillo Complex Fire, 1,400 square miles. This one's now 1,700 square miles and growing. There has been some rain and snow, which has helped things.

The Texas Agricultural Commissioner Sid Miller said that cattle deaths could be in the thousands. Some town's now hard to recognize, melted street signs, charred trucks, homes burned to rubble. A few years ago, the town of Brattleboro, Vermont changed the town's charter. But before it would go into effect, it required the state legislature to approve it, which they did. But the governor vetoed it twice. Well, the Democratic-controlled legislature in Vermont just overrode the governor's veto. So now, 16 and 17-year-olds in Brattleboro, Vermont can vote. in local elections.

They wanted to allow 16 and 17-year-olds to serve on the local school boards, but that wasn't approved. I think we're all aware of the crime problem in America today, but I would like to make you feel better about it on this Friday because Japan has a crime issue too. According to a local Japanese newspaper, a principal of a middle school in Japan was fired. He's 59 years old.

He walked into a convenience store, paid 75 cents for a coffee. But when he went to the self-service coffee machine, machine. He pressed the button for the coffee that cost $1.25. And he was fired. Now, before you go saying Slater, is that it? That's the only reason he got fired? Turns out he did that seven times. So he's a serial thief. A repeat offender. He said, I should have been a better example to the students at my school. There are criminals all over this world. I'm Mike Slater, Bill O'Reilly with your message to the day. Next. Let's face it, the U.S. economy is under stress.

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If they were amassing millions of dollars, I think I would know about it. How about you? But Joe didn't know. And that's that. Close the book. Turn out the light, say good night. What a world this is. Hunter emulating the group dire straits. Money. for nothing. And just so you know, his father didn't know anything. And neither did Sergeant Schultz. You get that reference? I know nothing. Hogan's Heroes. 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 now. Tom Spurlock, your Belinda, California.

Bill, I disagree with your analysis. Biden and his puppeteers care greatly about the migrants coming to the U.S. This assures the Democratic vote domination in the years to come as illegal immigrants will vote Democrat. Okay. So you're disagreeing when I say President Biden does not care about controlling the open border. You know that's true, Tom. He doesn't doesn't care about controlling him. That was what I said. He doesn't care. Lake and Riley, he doesn't care. It's 100% correct what I said. Okay, so you can't disagree with that. Your continuum is there's a reason that the open border and that's down the road votes. Yeah, it's logical, but you can't prove it. Brian Bunnell, Beaver Creek, Ohio. It doesn't make sense.

that Biden's old and feeble, and you can't be prosecuted for the documents, but he's still okay to run the country. Of course it doesn't make it. It's all politics. Look, they could have indicted Biden on the document thing. Just like they could have invited Hillary Clinton on the personal email thing. They don't want to do it. That's it. Mark Hafner, West Lake Village, California, federal law, Trump's state law, how do states pass laws that conflict with federal law? Well, you could pass anything you want. For example, Oregon passes a law that says hard drugs, possession is okay. Now they're trying to rescind the law because it's caused so much damage to the state.

But they passed it. If you are a DEA agent in Portland, Oregon, and you're making a case on heroin, the state of Oregon can't stop you. You can arrest those people and cart them off and indict them in federal court. And the state can't do anything about it. That's the power of federal law over state law. In a moment, something you might not know. 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 world's 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. Now, the O'Reilly Update brings you something you might not know. Ten years ago today, President Barack Obama held an emergency 90-minute phone call with Vladimir Putin. Just hours earlier, the Russian dictator had violated Ukraine sovereignty, seizing. the coastal region of Crimea. Here is the story. On March 1st, 2014, Vlad invaded the territory

to allegedly secure the safety of ethnic Russians and Russian citizens there. Well, that was exactly the same tactic Hitler used before World War II. That evening, President Obama warned Putin to avoid any further acts of aggression. The White House release a following statement, quote, the United States calls on Russia to de-escalate tensions by withdrawing its forces and refraining from any interference elsewhere in Ukraine. If Russia has concerns about the treatment of ethnic Russian and minority populations in Ukraine, the appropriate way to address them is peacefully, unquote.

Well, Putin obviously ignored that statement. fighting lasted less than three weeks in Crimea. By March 29th, it was formally annexed into the Russian Federation. For the next decade, Moscow covertly planned to take all of Ukraine. In 2018, Bad Vlad constructed a 12-mile bridge connecting Crimea to the Russian mainland. Two years later, Putin's forces began training for a full-scale assault on Kiev. By 2021, more than 150,000 Russian soldiers were amassed along the border. On Christmas, the Kremlin issued a series of demands, including a written agreement that Ukraine would never be accepted into NATO. In February 2022, Putin ordered the invasion. The result has been the most catastrophic

conflict in Europe since World War II. U.S. Intel estimates more than 30,000 civilian deaths, 300,000 soldiers killed in action. And here's something else you might not know. The war has also caused the biggest humanitarian disaster since the Nazi Holocaust. 10 million refugees are scattered around Europe. Back after this. Hey, it's Sean Spicer from the Sean Spicer Show podcast, reminding you to turn into my show every day to get your daily dose inside the world of politics.

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