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

Episode Date: October 1, 2024

Hurricane Helene death toll rises, Israel invades Lebanon, Waltz to debate Vance, and two legends lost. Plus, the Message of the Day, why Kamala Harris is wise to avoid the Al Smith dinner, a Catholic fundraiser. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill O'Reilly here. You are listening to the O'Reilly Update, sponsored by Tax Network USA. America's number one choice for tax resolution. Please go to TNUSA.com slash bill or call 800-245-6-0-0. Coming up next, the news with Mike Slater. Thank you, Bill. It is October 1st, believe it or not, 2024. Here's what's happening today in America.

Death toll rises, Israel, invasion, VP debate, and two legends lost. That's all coming up. Then Bill's going to be here with your message of the day. But first, still not even an official number for how many people are unaccounted for in North Carolina. At least 128 people have died across the southeast, 56 in North Carolina. The mayor of Canton, North Carolina, frustrated by lack of cell phone coverage. He said there are families living in turmoil because they can't make a simple cell phone calls 72 hours after the storm.

We can't communicate with crisis management to deliver supplies because we don't know what we have and what people need. 22 acute care hospitals in North Carolina are back with power now that they have proper generators. After taking out almost all the leadership of the terror group Hezbollah, Israel has now invaded southern Lebanon. The IDF calls it a limited ground invasion. This hours after Joe Biden said, we should have a ceasefire now.

He was asked if he's comfortable with this ground invasion. And Biden said, I'm comfortable with them stopping. This January 20th can't come soon enough. Speaking of, probably the final big event before the election, 34 days away now, the vice presidential debate. CNN is reporting that Tim Walls is very nervous to go against J.D. Vance. I imagine this is just to set the expectations very low for Tim. walls. The debate is 9 o'clock Eastern tonight. It's 90 minutes. The moderators are CBS

evening news anchor Nora O'Donnell and Face the Nation moderator and chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan. This is the same Margaret Brennan who right after Trump was shot in the head criticized Trump for not telling his supporters to tone down the rhetoric. 17-time All-Star Pete Rose has passed away. Pete Rose has the record for most career hits 4,256. No one else is even close. The active player with the most hits right now is Freddie Freeman at 2,267. He's just only a little bit over halfway there. Rose had a career batting average of 303. He died at the age of 83. Also, Dikembe Matumbo died from brain cancer. Basketball Hall of Fame were born in the Congo. 18 season, eight all-stars career 9.8 points, 10.3

rebounds per game. Join the Hall of Fame in 2015. Matumbo was 52. 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. Theroux, the only dealer I trust, American Hartford gold. And you can do this. Get precious metals, deliver. to your door or place in a tax advantage gold IRA. They'll even help you roll over your existing IRA or 401k, tax and penalty free. With billions and precious metals delivered thousands of five-star reviews and an A-plus from the Better Business Bureau. You can trust

American Hartford Gold as I do. Please call 866-326-55-7576 or text bill to 99-8,000. 889. 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 Tuesday, Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan, a Catholic and former speechwriter for Ronald Reagan, is scolding Vice President Harris for refusing to attend the Al Smith dinner in New York City, the biggest Catholic, fundraiser of the year. Mr. Smith was the first Catholic to run for president got waxed by Republican Herbert Hoover in 1928. As we document in my new book confronting the presidents, Hoover's campaign put forth that if Smith were elected, the Pope would run the USA. My take is that Kamala Harris is wise to avoid the Catholics. She is ardently pro-abortion, somehow elevating it to a noble posture.

Of course, Roman Catholicism condemns the procedure, so Ms. Harris is not a virtuous person, according to that theology. It's almost like a politician selling BLT sandwiches in front of a mosque. So the downside for Kamala attending the dinner would be substantial, as her opponent, Donald Trump, will be there. giving some remarks. Do you think that Trump might mention abortion and Kamala in the same sentence? I believe that would be a possibility. Therefore, the vice president will be otherwise occupied. God only knows what she will be doing. 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. All right, the mail, Mary Jane, concierge member, that means Mary gets travel advice or any advice she wants. Totally confidential. Never. They'd torture me. I wouldn't give up the name. Mary Jane says, President Trump brought up the situation regarding cats and dogs in Springfield, Ohio. He exposed more than the animal issue. Brilliant. People have know what's going on, small towns regarding migrants. It wasn't brilliant. Could have done the same thing. What it did was it just made him look extreme, particularly because the story wasn't true

on a mass level. Wilma is a concertist member as well. Wilma, thank you. You're right about that bill. Less is more. Donald Trump likes to amuse the crowd, but sometimes a simpler, more direct version of his talking points would be better. I like the amusing. I like him having a sense of humor out there, and I don't mind him poking his opposition. I don't. But there's a line between having some fun and malice. That's the line. Brett, we're doomed. No, no, no, we're not doomed. We're not doomed. yet, Brad. Five weeks. All right. Stuff's going to happen. Bill Forrest, Woodbridge, Virginia. I'm not an ideologue. All I want is clarity solutions and facts. I'm getting none of that from Harris and Walls. I don't love Trump, but I see him as the only logical choice. And that's a lot of

people feel the same way. That, you know, this woman could be dangerous. I feel that way. In a moment, something you might not know. power, politics and the people behind the headlines. I'm Miranda Devine, New York Post columnist and the host of the brand new podcast, Podforce One. Every week I'll sit down for candid conversations with Washington's most powerful disruptors, lawmakers, newsmakers and even the president of the United States. These are the leaders shaping the future of America and the world. Listen to Podforce One with me, Miranda Devine, every week on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast. You don't want to miss an episode.

Now the O'Reilly Update brings you something you might not know. Sixty-seven years ago today, the phrase, in God, we trust, first appeared on the U.S. dollar. Despite numerous legal challenges, the inscription remains. Here is the story. The sentence gained popularity during the Civil War when Union soldiers used the motto to boost morale. Confederates also adopted the creed, claiming the deity was on their side. The inscription was first printed on a two-cent coin in 1864, then added to other pieces of currency. But nothing was official. In July, 1955, President Dwight Eisenhower signed a lot of. law, passed by Congress, that required the words, in God we trust, to appear on every dollar bill.

Two years later, it was adopted as the national motto, replacing e-pluribus unum, Latin four, out of many want. On October 1, 1957, the first dollar bills bearing the inscription were circulated among the public. The presidential embrace of religion was a direct. response to the growing Cold War. Soviet dictator Nikita Khrusha had recently launched a brutal crackdown on Christians and Jews across the USSR, said Eisenhower after signing the legislation, quote, in this way we are reaffirming the transcendence of religious faith in America's heritage and

future. In this way, we shall constantly strengthen those spiritual weapons which forever will be our country's most powerful resource in peace and war. Not everybody agreed. The New York Times criticized the action as a violation of the U.S. Constitution. Some claim Jesus would not want the word God to appear on money. And here's something else you might not know. Other countries also have national mottos on their currency. Afghanistan, there is no God but Allah, Belgium, unity makes strength, China, long live the People's Republic, South Africa, unity through diversity, Vietnam, independence, liberty, and happiness.

Well, I guess the happiness thing depends on how much currency you have. Back after 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 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 Podcast, Spotify. or wherever you get your podcast. Thank you for listening to the O'Reilly update.

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