Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, November 1, 2022

Episode Date: November 1, 2022

The midterms become the most expensive election in history, Kathy Hochul calls voter concerns about crime a ‘conspiracy theory,’ Joe Biden threatens oil companies with higher taxes, The Supreme Court hears arguments over Affirmative Action. Plus, Bill's Message of the Day, some election day predictions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill O'Reilly here Tuesday, November 1st, 2022. You're listening to the O'Reilly Update. Here's what's happening across our nation. New poll early this morning says the governor races in New York and Michigan are tied. New York Governor Hogle calls voter concerns about crime a conspiracy. President Biden threatens oil companies with higher taxes. The Supreme Court hears arguments over affirmative action. Also, we had our first look at the very close Senate races around the country.

But first, the upcoming midterms officially, the most expensive campaign in history, $10 billion already spent on TV, radio, and digital ads passing the previous record set two years ago. Total spending will be higher by Election Day. The most expensive races are taking place in Georgia, and New York. Now, I just got word that the Trafalgar pole, which is very accurate, has Hocal and Zeldon tied in the New York gubernatorial race. And the same poll has Whitmer and Dixon tied in very blue Michigan.

Republicans continue to surge in specific polls, not every poll. New York Governor Hokel dismissing historic crime rates, said the Democrat, quote, Republicans are master manipulators. They have this conspiracy thing going, trying to convince people they're not safe in Democratic states. The safer places are the Democratic states, unquote. Ms. Hockel assumed office in August 2021 since then attacks in the New York City subway system up 40 percent violent attacks. City shorthy. shootings up 20 percent, car threat 33 percent, armed robberies, 25 percent. And it's run by Democrats, New York is.

But let's not bother Governor Hockel with the facts. President Biden threatening oil companies with higher taxes if they don't boost production and drop prices, said the president, quote, their profits are windfall from the war in Ukraine. They don't increase production, lower prices. They're going to pay higher taxes and face other restrictions, unquote. Supreme Court hearing oral arguments about whether colleges can use racial quotas when accepting new students. The case involves a group called students for fair admissions. That organization

claims administrators at the University of North Carolina and Harvard violate the constitutional rights of Asian and white Americans by prioritizing black students. In a moment, the USA's future turns on the Senate, right back with some pithy election. coverage. 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 Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Time now for the O'Reilly Update message of the day. There is now little doubt that Republicans will win the House of Representatives one week from today. But the powerful Senate is harder to predict. Latest polling in Georgia, for example, has Herschel Walker and Raphael Warnock pretty much tied. As for the governor's race, Brian Kemp, The Republican leads 51 to 44 over Stacey Abrams. That's a foregone conclusion.

Abrams will lose in Georgia. In the Pennsylvania Senate race, Republican Oz, 44%, Democrat John Fetterman, 49%, according to a New York Times poll, which I do not believe. The other polls have it much closer, and in some, Oz is leading. But we'll see if I'm right, if I'm wrong, Come next Wednesday, I will admit all my mistakes. In the Ohio Senate race, Republican J.D. Vance, 48%, Democrat Tim Ryan, 44%. I expect Vance to win that.

Arizona governor race, Carrie Lake, 49. She's a Republican. Katie Hobbs, the Democrat, 47. That's a close race, but I think that Ms. Lake will pull it out because Ms. Hobbs refused to debate her, and that will hurt. As we mentioned, the New York governor's race, it was six points two days ago with Kathy Hokel leading Lee Zeldin, and now, as of this morning, it's a tie. But that's different polling. The Trafalgar poll this morning, however, is a very accurate poll. Texas, Republican Greg Abbott, 52, Beto O'Rourke 43, it's a lock for Abbott, Florida, Republican Ron DeSantis, 54 percent.

Democrat Charlie Chris, 42%. DeSantis is a lock. Nevertheless, Joe Biden is going down to the Sunshine State this weekend to campaign and raise money for Christ. I mean, it's pretty much over down there, but he's going. Oregon, very interesting race, three candidates. The Republican Christine Drazen leads with 39 percent, Democrat Tina Kotech, 38 percent, independent Bessie Johnson 13. I don't know how this is going to go. Oregon is a very, very hardcore progressive state because of Multnomah County, that's Portland, which dominates the rest of the state. But if Drazen wins, that's going to be the second biggest upset to Lee Zeldon in New York if he does win. Now, with the economy, open borders, rising violent crime, you would think that it wouldn't be close at all, right?

and I have a bunch of liberal friends and I don't disparage their politics unless I feel that they are not telling the truth and very few people will do that to me because they know I'm pretty well informed but when I look at them and I say why how could you vote for Kathy Hochle I live in New York and it all comes back to Trump it still comes back to Trump it's amazing these Democrats hate Trump so much that they just can't pull a lever for a Republican no matter what. I'm Bill O'Reilly. I approve the message by writing it. If you'd like more honest news analysis, please visit Bill O'Reilly.com. You will learn a lot at this website and you'll like it. It's fun too. And please check out my book, Killing the Legends, big bestseller. In a moment, something you might not know.

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Now, the O'Reilly Update brings you something you might not know. Seventy years ago today, the USA detonated a top secret weapon in the South Pacific. The blast was the biggest explosion in human history, the equivalent of 10 million tons of TNT. Here is the story behind the hydrogen bomb. In 1942, President Roosevelt authorized the formation of the Manhattan Project to develop the first nuclear weapon, and two of them were dropped on Japan to end World War II. By 1949, the Soviets had successfully tested their own atomic devices. The USA responded by launching a program to create more advanced thermonuclear warheads,

and the arms race was officially underway. On November 1, 1952, the USA conducted its first hydrogen test on the Marshall Islands, a series of remote atolls, 1,500 miles west of Hawaii. The operation was codenamed Ivy Mike. The bomb weighed 82 tons and stood three stories tall. Ivy Mike was detonated at 7.15 a.m. Pacific time. In a fraction of a second, the blast created. a fireball half the size of Manhattan. Within two minutes, the mushroom cloud reached the height of 40,000 feet. The explosion was a success, but caused catastrophic damage across the South Pacific.

All life on the Marshall Islands, including vegetation, was killed in an instant. Nuclear debris fell on ships as far as 35 miles away. Parts of the region remain contaminated to this day. Traces of radioactive material are still being detected at the test site. Rates of blood and bone cancers in the South Pacific close to the detonation site are 15% higher than a national average to this day. And here's something else you might not know. The explosion on the Marshall Islands was just the beginning of America's nuclear program. The Pentagon still operates 22 sites specifically tasked with advancing the nation's atomic arsenal. The U.S. currently holds a stockpile of 4,000 nuclear weapons.

The most lethal, the B-83. If dropped above New York City, the B-83 would instantly destroy Manhattan and create a fireball spreading 15 miles in every direction. Nuclear war would destroy the planet, as most people know. Now this. 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 size, 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 Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast. Thank you for listening to the O'Reilly update. I am Bill O'Reilly, no spin, just facts, and always looking out for you.