Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, May 8, 2026

Episode Date: May 8, 2026

The lead increases, virus update, Disney Cruise busted, and March madness getting more mad. Plus, the Message of the Day, Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets the Pope. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The lead increases. Virus update. Disney Cruise busted. And March Madness, getting more mad. It's all coming up. And Bill's going to be here with your message of the day. But first, a beautiful scene at the Tennessee State Capitol where lawmakers pass new congressional maps. The big change in Tennessee is Memphis, which,

for 20 years has been represented by white guy, Steve Cohen. But that's over now. Protesters were in the balcony blasting air horns and blowing whistles. But that did not stop the Republicans in Tennessee. Not to be outdone in Alabama. There weren't as many protesters there, but there were sirens going off. They were tornado sirens. Didn't stop those Republicans either.

Maybe the Republicans in D.C. will learn something about how to get stuff done. South Carolina passed their new maps as well. So right now, assuming that the Virginia Supreme Court does not approve the most recent ballot measure, which it looks like they won't, then at the end of this redistricting war, Republicans may come out ahead by 11 seats. Haunta virus update so far, three people who were aboard the ship are known to have died from the virus. More than 100 passengers remain on the ship. Health officials in multiple states of our country say they are monitoring some passengers who have returned to America after being aboard the ship.

There were 17 U.S. citizens on that cruise. Spain is preparing for evacuation of the ship. The head of Spain's emergency services said they will arrive at a completely isolated corned off area. They will board vehicles that are isolated and under guard. They will proceed to a section of the airport that will be completely cornd off. They will board the aircraft and depart. I'm saying this so that the people of the Canary Islands,

the men and women living there, can be rest assured that they will be absolutely no possibility of contact at any time. That's great for the Canary Islands, but everyone's just being sent everywhere else? Speaking of cruises, Homeland Security arrested 28 staffers on a Disney cruise docked in San Diego as part of an ongoing child sexual exploitation material enforcement operation. 26 of the employees were from the Philippines, one from Portugal, one from Indonesia. The NCAA has announced they are increasing March madness from the once-s64 team, now 68 teams,

to 76 teams. They're adding eight extra games, so now 12 games from 2014. in the week before the tournament starts. Those 12 winning teams will then be entered into the 64 team bracket that starts on Thursday. Most of these eight new slots will go to teams in the major conferences. A lot of money at stake here. The conferences make $350,000 for every team in their conference that wins per game. So the Big Ten got $70 million because Michigan and UCLA won the men's and women's tournaments.

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Again, that's 866-326-5576-5576 or text bill to 998899. Time now for the O'Reilly Update, message of the day. On this Friday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio put up a good performance with the press on Tuesday of this week. He was clear and authoritative about the Iran conflict, believing the terrorist state's economy is in big trouble. hope he's right. On Thursday, Rubio has an official meeting with Pope Leo, who has emerged as a problem for the Trump administration. Because the Pope is a spiritual missionary, he's not going to explain geopolitics to anyone

that frustrates President Trump, who believes the pontiff does not understand world conflict, specifically the nuclear danger from Iran. Mr. Trump fervently thinks that he is saving lives by neutralizing Iran. Apparently the Pope does not share that vision, or maybe I'm being unfair. He might agree, but he's certainly not speaking up. So it could happen that Secretary Rubio was, bring the men together. Rubio's Catholic respects the church. That's a good start. I believe there is room for detente here. Many don't care, but America needs supporters right now. Pope Leo's

softening on the danger of Iran would help this country. Let's pray that Marco can pull it off. I'm Bill O'Reilly. I approve the message by writing it. You can reach me. Bill at Bill O'Reilly dot com bill at bill o'reilly dot com name in town if you wish to opine now let's go to the mail mark concierge remember bill you're right on comie always was a poltroon i'll agree with that i put it in writing he deserves all the grief that will come his way i'm feeling sorry for james i'm not dr gerald chelikoff brooklyn massachusetts bill why he's every night both my well-educated non-fanatical sisters as well as every Democrat I know in Boston believe that all Trump assassination attempts were

staged these people are not going to change their point of view do you have friends like that no and the reason I don't doctor is because you got to be delusional to think that I was there okay I mean no conspiracy The guy was in Loon and he ran down the stairs and did what he did. If I come across, even if they're good people and they're nice and everything, if they're delusional. But I know you've got to deal with yours, so I would do it with humor. Tony McAletto, Moorcroft, Wyoming, love the hats. This is the 250 hats.

We'll get into them in a moment. Isn't it a strange a few years ago, Roseanne B. Barr was fired from ABC for remarks she made about someone in Obama's circle but Kimmel's allowed to stay there's more to it though the Roseanne Barr thing was racist there's a big tinge of racism in that so it was Valerie Jarrett you're referring to and you can't do that Paul Schneider Cincinnati I've begun reading killing Kennedy written in 2012 boy it doesn't seem like that far away. I've been any evidence uncovered since then. It would be important to know. No.

But we have in Killing Kennedy stands. In a moment, something you might not know. This episode is brought to you by FedEx. These days, the power move isn't having a big metallic credit card to drop on the check at a corporate launch. The real power move is leveling up your business with FedEx intelligence. And accessing one of the biggest data networks powered by one of the biggest delivery networks. Level up your business with FedEx, the new power move. Now the O'Reilly update brings you something you might, not know. Eighty-one years ago today, Nazi Germany formally surrendered to the Allies.

The war in Europe was finally over. Here's how Hitler's regime went down. Four years earlier, Germany, Italy, and Japan declared, war against the United States, said Hitler at the time, after victory has been achieved, the Axis powers who continue in closest cooperation with a view to establishing a new and just world order, unquote. Well, Adolf was wrong. Here's what eventually happened. Chaos can sue 28 countries, stretching from Great Britain to Russia, Sicily to Sweden, The conflict encompassed 3 million square miles of territory.

By World War II's end, Italy would lose 500,000 soldiers and civilians, and then had to pay out $360 million in reparations to the Allies. Fascism was squashed. Mussolini executed. His body hung upside down at a gas station. Milan, tour in Rome, all in ruins. the Vatican was hit in the air raids. Hitler's Germany controlling more than 20 different countries at its height would lose it all,

including 7 million lives, 23 billion in reparations paid to the Allies, and thousands of technology patents seized by U.S. agents to help fight the looming Cold War. In total, anywhere from 15 to 25 million people perished in Europe. Europe, more than twice as many, than died in World War I. World War II was the most destructive event in history. Four percent of the world's population wiped out. Eighty million died in Europe and the Far East. Six million Jews killed in concentration camps.

And here's something else you might not know. The final battle in Europe took place in Yugoslavia. where fighters fought against the independent state of Croatia, a puppet regime installed by the Nazis. The final shots of that battle fired on May 25th, two weeks after Germany's official surrender. Back in a moment. One day, you're negotiating with suppliers. The next, you're installing a shelf in the back room. Running a business means moving in many directions all the time.

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