Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, October 31, 2019

Episode Date: October 31, 2019

Trump's former National Security Advisor schedules a sit-down with the Democrats' impeachment probe. GDP grows better than expected in the 3rd quarter. New data shows a rise in cancer among American veterans. Student scores in math and reading drop across the USA. The candy industry celebrates their biggest night, Halloween. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill O'Reilly here. Thursday, October 31st, 2019, Halloween. You are listening to the O'Reilly Update. Here's what's happening across our nation. President Trump's former National Security Advisor schedules to sit down with the impeachment people. The economy grows better than expected in the third quarter. New data shows a rise in cancer. among American veterans. Student scores in math and reading drop across the USA. And the candy industry celebrating their biggest night of the year. Also ahead, how the impeachment hurts every single American. But first, President Trump's former national security advisor, John Bolton, has agreed to speak with the House Democrats impeachment inquiry, scheduling a closed-door session

for November 7th. No official response from the Trump administration. The U.S. economy posting better than expected results for the third quarter. The GDP rising 1.9% better than the 1.6% projected. Consumer spending driving the economy, American households increasing purchases by 3% from the previous quarter. New study from McClatchy shows a spike in cancer rates among veterans, who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. The report highlights an increase in urinary, prostate, and blood cancers, possibly due to prolonged exposure to toxic chemicals. The rate of lymphoma and leukemia rose 18% from 2000 to 2018.

Pancreatic cancer rates jump an astounding 96% in the same period. Math and reading scores for fourth and eighth grader, dropping in the last two years, ending a decade of massive spending with poor results. The 2019 National Assessment of Education Progress surveyed 600,000 students. It found a dip in reading aptitude in 31 states, the only place to see a slight improvement, Washington, D.C. Halloween's here, a night when 40 million American kids, roamed the streets demanding sweet stuff or else. Halloween season marks the busiest time of the year for the country's candy industry, generating $9 billion in sales. That's 300,000 tons of sugar

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Number four, it puts the USA in a bad light across the world. Number five, it emboldens the Chinese not to make a fair trade deal with America, because Donald Trump may not survive. Number six, it encourages hatred. Number seven, it demonizes some of those. involved. Eight, it has hurt due process, as both sides on the impeachment issue say guilty or innocent, not knowing all the facts. Number nine, it diminishes the office of the presidency. Number 10, it's downright depressing for many Americans. Now, let's take worst case scenario that Donald Trump

wanted to find out bad stuff on Joe Biden. And he called the president of Ukraine and said, please investigate Mr. Biden and let us know what you find out. Now, there was never a threat to withhold aid to Ukraine, but some might draw that conclusion that if Ukraine didn't cooperate in investigating Biden, it wouldn't get American aid. But that's speculation. But worst case scenario, the president's motives were not pure. Is that a crime? It is not. The aid did go to Ukraine a few weeks after the phone call with no promise of an investigation into Mr. Biden. There is an active investigation by the Justice Department into elements of the Obama administration as far as the election of 2016 is concerned.

And that may include Joe Biden. Now, in my book, the United States of Trump, it is clear the president is obsessed with finding out if elements of the Obama administration tried to undermine his campaign and his presidency. It's an obsession for Donald Trump. And that is why the phone call was made to the president. of Ukraine. But worst-case scenario, as I said, there's no crime. You can say abuse of power, but if Donald Trump is impeached, actually impeached, and then Joe Biden gets elected president, he would have to be impeached as well because he threatened Ukraine if it did not fire a prosecutor

looking into the company his son was working for. He threatened to withhold one billion dollars in American loans. So Joe Biden would have to be impeached on abuse of power. The same thing they're going after Donald Trump on. So this impeachment thing is not good for the country, no matter how you see it. And that's the fact. And that's the message. Please check out my latest book, The United States of Trump. Good read. And please check bill o'Reilly.com for more analysis. Up next, something you might not know about Halloween. It's a Uncertain World out there, you know that. Disaster can strike at any time. So you need to be prepared to protect yourself and your family. One way to do that is with freeze-dried food. It tastes good. It's

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Tonight, more than 40 million young folks will suit up for some trick-or-treating. Americans will spend $9 billion in preparation handing out more than 90, million pounds of chocolate alone. But Halloween wasn't always the family-friendly deal we have today. The origins of the celebration go back more than 2,000 years. It's one of the world's oldest holidays. It all started in Ireland, the Celts celebration of Sowin, or Summer's End, closed out the harvest season, welcoming a new year of planting. The festival was also associated with death. Many believing that on the night of October 31st, spirits walked the earth. Druids, the Celtic priests, built sacred bonfires to ward off the spirits, sacrificing animals,

wearing costumes. It was the biggest night of the year. But it still was in Halloween. We have to thank the Catholic Church for that. During the 8th century, Pope Gregory III designated November 1st as a day to honor saints. adopting many Celtic traditions in the process. Catholics labeled it All Saints Day, and the night before, All Hallows Eve. Fast forward to the 15th century. English and Irish folks wore costumes going door to door to collect spice-filled soul cakes on behalf of the dead, a Christian custom they called Soling. By the 18th century, All Hallows Eve became known as Halloween. In the late 1800s, the holiday finally made it here to America with an influx of Irish immigrants.

They helped popularize a celebration. And here's something you might not know. The Irish also brought a new folktale, one about a farmer named Jack, cursed by the devil. Jack was condemned to purgatory with only a lump of burning coal to find his way. The tale goes that Jack put the coal in a lantern made from a turnip. Then turnips were scarce in America, but pumpkins all over the place. To this day, we carve them up and drop a candle inside. Some say it keeps Jack O. The Lantern away. Very scary. Have a great Halloween. Back after this. Forget Russian hackers and elections for a moment, please. This is worse. Cyber thieves are stealing American homes. Guess where your home's legal title and mortgage documents are kept online? Wide open.

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