America’s Relationship with Putin, Deportation Update, Immigration Attorney Michael Wildes on the Inner Workings of Migrant Cases & NBC News vs. DHS

Summary

Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis Episode: America’s Relationship with Putin, Deportation Update, Immigration Attorney Michael Wildes on the Inner Workings of Migrant Cases & NBC News vs. DHS Release Date: July 16, 2025

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1. America's Relationship with Putin

In this segment, Bill O'Reilly delves into the complex dynamics between the United States and Russian President Vladimir Putin, emphasizing the polarized American public's views on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

Poll Insights: Bill cites a recent Harvard Harris poll with responses from 2,044 registered voters:

• Perception of Putin's Intentions:

  • "Do you think Russia's Vladimir Putin generally wants to end the war in Ukraine or is playing games and stalling with the USA and the West?"
    • 27% believe Putin is playing games.
    • 73% think he aims to end the war.

• Ukraine's Stance:

  • "Do you think Ukraine's Zelensky wants to end the war or is he playing games?"
    • 61% view Zelensky as playing games.
    • 39% believe he seeks to end the war.

• Support for U.S. Policies:

  • "Should the Trump administration continue to provide weapons to Ukraine and impose further economic sanctions on Russia?"
    • 65% support continued aid.
    • 35% oppose it.

• Trump's Approach to Putin:

  • "Do you think Donald Trump has been too tough?"
    • 60% feel he is about right.
    • 31% think he is too tough.
    • 9% believe he is not tough enough.

• Effectiveness of Trump's Efforts:

  • "Are you satisfied with how Trump is managing to end the war between Ukraine and Russia?"
    • 47% dissatisfied.
    • 53% satisfied.

Notable Quote:

"NATO is going to pay us. We'll send them the weapons and NATO will send them to Zelensky. So we're not giving it away anymore."
— Bill O'Reilly [04:15]

Brit Hume's Analysis: Bill features a taped segment from former Fox News anchor Brit Hume, who critiques President Trump's handling of Putin:

"It's clear from what the president himself has said, although he wouldn't put it this way, that he got played by Putin. And it dragged on for months..."
— Brit Hume [06:05]

Bill's Response: Bill counters Hume's assessment, arguing that Trump attempted to engage Putin rationally but ultimately failed due to Putin's aggressive stance:

"Trump wanted to believe that Putin would come to the peace table... It wasn't Trump's fault. He had to try."
— Bill O'Reilly [07:00]

He further elaborates on Trump's strategic move to have NATO share the financial burden of supporting Ukraine:

"The key to breaking Putin is the banks... We are spending billions of dollars to protect that country, Ukraine."
— Bill O'Reilly [09:30]

2. Deportation Update and Immigration Insights

Bill shifts focus to immigration issues, highlighting a specific case that underscores the complexities and human aspects of deportation policies.

Case Study: Chris Landry

• Background:
  • Age: 46
  • Residency: Legal U.S. resident
  • Family: Five children, all U.S. citizens
  • Occupation: Manufacturing worker
  • Incident: Upon returning from a vacation in Canada, Landry was denied entry to the U.S. due to a 2007 marijuana possession charge.

Notable Quote:

"This is wrong. If you want to bring him before an immigration court... That is cruel, and it doesn't protect me or my family or you or your family, does it?"
— Bill O'Reilly [13:30]

Interview with Michael Wiles: Bill welcomes immigration attorney Michael Wiles, highlighting his credentials and experience.

Key Discussion Points:

• Legal Challenges:

  • Marijuana is classified as a Schedule 1 drug under the Controlled Substances Act of 1971, making Landry inadmissible.
  • As a green card holder, Landry is entitled to a hearing in immigration court and may be eligible for a waiver.

• Legal Remedies:

  • Wiles explains the process of negotiating with ICE to have Landry return to the U.S. and present his case.

Notable Quotes:

"She's safe, Mr. Riley."
— Michael Wiles [15:49]

"Family reunification is a bedrock of our immigration policy."
— Michael Wiles [19:46]

"It's not true. I'm a former federal prosecutor myself."
— Michael Wiles [20:12]

Bill emphasizes the human element of immigration policies, criticizing the Biden administration's approach while supporting humane treatment of immigrants.

3. NBC News vs. DHS: Detention Center Conditions

In this segment, Bill critiques an NBC News report alleging poor conditions in ICE detention centers, juxtaposing it with the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) defense.

NBC News Report:

• Allegations:
  • Migrants face hunger, food shortages, spoiled food, and inadequate medical treatment.
  • Reports of detainees getting sick and losing weight.
  • Incidents of violence due to subpar conditions.

ICE’s Response:

"Fake news. Any claim there is a lack of food or subprime conditions at ICE detention centers are false."
— DHS Statement [23:00]

Bill's Analysis: Bill scrutinizes the credibility of NBC's sources, pointing out the prevalence of anonymous and biased sources:

• Source Reliability:
  • Majority of sources are anonymous, undermining the report's credibility.
  • Named sources include individuals and attorneys associated with far-left groups advocating for open borders.

Notable Quote:

"They knocked on doors and they're saying it's the police. They say, what do you want? Well, we have gifts for your kids. And then they go in and they arrest somebody."
— Michael Wiles [20:56]

Bill accuses NBC of pushing a biased narrative by selectively sourcing information from organizations and individuals with specific agendas.

4. Additional Topics

A. European Energy Crisis: Bill discusses the energy challenges in the Netherlands, Belgium, and California, highlighting the over-reliance on alternative energy sources:

• Netherlands & Belgium:

  • "They don't have enough power to certify that 18 million Dutch people will get their homes heated or cooled."

• California’s Clean Energy Struggles:

  • "Electricity in California is double the average of the rest of this country."
  • High costs are causing residents to face exorbitant electric bills, leading to migration out of the state.

B. U.S. Inflation and Consumer Prices: Bill presents a chart analyzing various consumer goods' price changes:

• Rising Costs:

  • "Non-alcoholic beverages up 1.4%, Fuel up 1.3%, Fruits and vegetables up 9%, Hospital services up 0.7%," etc.

• Price Critique:

  • "Hotels prices are the worst. They're up 25% in 10 years... Restaurants eating out, up 50%."

C. AI and Youth Socialization: Bill raises concerns about the increasing reliance of children on AI chatbots for companionship:

• "64% are involved with the chatbots, 35% say the chatbot is their friend... kids don't want other friends, real friends, because when you have a friend, you have conflict."

D. Twitter’s Anniversary and Changes: Reflecting on the 19th anniversary of Twitter’s launch, Bill reviews its evolution, profitability, and recent ownership changes:

• Historical Growth:

  • "Twitter began 19 years ago today... In 2019, Twitter made 3.5 billion in profit."

• Elon Musk’s Acquisition:

  • "He bought it, and $44 billion Musk paid for it. Musk runs it now and turned it into X."

5. Conclusion

Bill O'Reilly wraps up the episode by reiterating the key issues discussed, emphasizing the need for smart consumer behavior and criticizing current political and economic policies. He underscores the importance of factual reporting and challenges listeners to stay informed and proactive.

Final Notable Quote:

"Smart life. Kids, you gotta have your kids socialized."
— Bill O'Reilly [28:40]

Bill signs off, thanking the audience and encouraging them to tune in for future episodes.

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This episode of Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis provides a comprehensive overview of pressing geopolitical issues, immigration policies, media credibility, and domestic economic challenges. Through detailed discussions and expert interviews, Bill offers his perspectives on ensuring America's interests and values are upheld both at home and abroad.

Transcript

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Here. Welcome to the no spend news. Tuesday, July 15, 2025. Stand up for your country. Well, summer's half over. As you get older, this becomes a little bit of alarming circumstance. I'm looking at my calendar this morning going, what is going on? It was just July 4th and it'll be August in two weeks. Oh, oh, but there's nothing you can do. However, I do make the most of every day because nothing is guaranteed. But I, you know, summer, I wish it would slow down, but we continue to work very hard here. Much too hard for any summer. The living is not easy. Here on billoriley.com and in our worldwide precincts, we are on the case. And that is the subject of this evening's Talking Points Memo. So the two most important stories for Americans right now are Russia and China. The economy is usually number one, but we cannot define the economy. I'll get into a little bit of that later on the broadcast. We don't know whether Trump's tariffs are going to work. We don't know what direction the consumer spending, which is always the most important thing about the US Economy, is going to take mixed signals. So we can't even discuss it without, you know, guessing and all of this conjecture, which is just a total waste of your time. I will never waste your time. So Russia obviously is in the foreign forefront. And the Epstein case, which is getting a lot of media attention, it's not an important story per se, but it is on how the Trump administration handles that story. Okay. There's a delineation there. And I did a big thing yesterday on News Nation last night and I'm not going to do anything on it today because there's nothing new. I will read some of your letters, though, which are very interesting about the Epstein thing. There is a new poll, Harvard Harris, 2044 registered voters, fair sample question number one, do you think Russia's Vladimir Putin generally wants to end the war in Ukraine or is playing games and stalling with the USA and the west wants to end the war? 27. Playing games. 73. You think Ukraine Zelensky wants to end the war playing games. Once in a war, 61 playing games 39 is pretty high. 39. Number third question, should the Trump administration continue to provide weapons to Ukraine and impose further economic sanctions on Russia? Continued pride, the weaponry. 65%. No. 35%. So about 35% of Americans don't really want to have anything to do with this thing. And I'm going to deal with that tomorrow in a bigger segment. Next question. Do you think Donald Trump has been too tough? Not tough enough. About right. When dealing with Putin? Too tough. 9. Not tough enough. 60 about right. 31. Are you satisfied on how Trump is managing to end the war between Ukraine and Russia? Satisfied. 47 dissatisfied. 53. Okay. So this is an issue, Russia, Putin, that has disagreement among Americans, which is fine. All right. It is absolutely fine because we are spending billions of dollars to protect that country, Ukraine. And the way Trump did it yesterday was fairly clever. So NATO is going to pay us. We'll send them the weapons and NATO will send them to Zelensky. So we're not giving it away anymore. Under Biden, we gave it away. All right. Just so you know, now perhaps the best pundit on television news these days is Brit Hume. So you remember in the glory days of Fox News, it was Charles Krauthammer, it was Hume, it was me, it was Tony Snow. I mean, these heavyweights, not me. I'm not bragging. But you know, let's if you Google Kratom Oreilly, you'll see some really fiery debates. And that's gone. Okay. And I don't know really why it's gone. But the only survivor at Fox News is Brit Hume, who is a very smart guy, seen it all and he's an honest man. Roll of tape.

[Brit Hume]

It's clear from what the president himself has said, although he wouldn't put it this way, that he got played by Putin. And it dragged on for months. And he was being jollied along under the impression that Putin had obviously given him that. Putin wanted to end the war and was prepared to negotiate from where we are. And it's pretty clear now that Putin didn't want to end the war where we are. He had more conquest in mind and perhaps wanted his. His whole. His whole original purpose of Ukraine to be. Of taking Ukraine to be fulfilled.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Well, I think he made one mistake in that analysis by using the word played. Okay, so Trump wanted to believe that Putin would come to the peace table. And remember, okay, people believe what they want to believe. The president is no exception to that. And he had that belief based upon his four years in his first term, when Putin really didn't cause a lot of trouble, okay, The Crimea thing was under Obama, the Ukraine invasions under Biden. And Trump said to himself, look, you know, this guy and I have a relationship. I think I can get him to the table. And that was a big theme of Trump's campaign. I'll end the Ukraine war. Never would have started. I've been president on, you know, but played is really not the right word here. So when you have a. An issue that is this dangerous, Putin's a dangerous man, okay? You've got to give him more space than you would the mullahs of Iran, for example. So we can bomb Iran anytime we want. We can wipe them off the face of the earth. They can't do anything to us. We can't bomb Putin because he can bomb us back and everybody dies. It's a far more dangerous situation. China is a far more dangerous situation than North Korea. I know you know this, but I have to state it. So it wasn't about being played. It was about Trump trying his hardest to get Putin to be rational. And Trump failed. But it wasn't Trump's fault. He had to try. If he wants to go down in history as a responsible president, he had to. I know Putin better than anybody. And when you read Confronting Evil should be out in September, you'll see we trace him back to when he was a little kid. Putin's a psychopath. He wants to kill people. He enjoys killing people. His whole war machine doesn't attack Ukrainian forces. It attacks civilians, babies, hospitals. Those are war crimes. Putin doesn't care how many babies he kills. So when you deal with somebody like that, that's a special circumstance. But again, because the man has nuclear weapons and can cause unbelievable turmoil in the world, death and destruction all over the place, you got to Give him a little room, which Trump did. But now that's over. And Trump, I think, made a pretty good deal yesterday, by the way. He got the weapons thing up and coming because it's not our responsibility as Americans to, to fund this whole thing. You know, everybody's got to chip in here. And that's how Trump did it. And I thought that was very good. Press will never give him ever in a million years any credit for it. And the polling, you know, people really don't understand the danger here. There's a lot of danger. Okay, so the key to breaking Putin is the banks. Now, I don't know whether Trump is going to sanction the banks that do business with Moscow. I don't know. I would, I would have done it a while back. What that means is any bank in the world that does business with Putin and Russia is sanctioned, boycotted. China's not going to obey that. Okay, but Putin doesn't want the yuan, the Chinese money. He wants dollars. Everybody wants dollars or Swiss francs. They don't want Euros. Let's face it. The US 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 through the only dealer I trust, American Hartford Gold. And you can do this. Get precious metals delivered 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 in precious metals delivered. Thousands of 5 star reviews and an A from the Better Business Bureau. You can trust American Hartford Gold as I do. Please call 866-326-5576 or text BILL to 998899. Again, that's 866-326-5576, or text BILL to 998-899.

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[Bill O'Reilly]

Okay, two currencies, Swiss francs, US Dollar. If Trump said, look, you're a bank and you're in, you know, gutter, you're in Saudi Arabia and you do business with, we're cutting you off and we're freezing all the oligarchs money and all the general's money all over the world. We're freezing their accounts, putting me in trouble. And that's what should happen. And that's a memo. We will follow it. Obviously, I'm on top of this thing. All right, Migrant update the numbers, and they come from the Homeland Security office itself. So far, 253,000 deportations since Trump took office. Okay. And that number is up to July 5th. And immigrants being held in ICE custody, 57,186. Now, will all of them be deported? I don't know. And we'll get to that in a moment. Disturbing story out of New England. Okay, here's what happened. A guy named Chris Landry, 46 years old, legal US resident, five children. He works in manufacturing. He lives in Peterborough, New Hampshire. He goes to Canada on vacation. He drives up there. He comes back through the port of entry of Houlton, Maine, which I've been to. It's the furthest point north in Maine. He presents his credentials to the Border Patrol in Holton, Maine. Okay. They say you're not allowed back. Traveling with three of his children. They let the kids in, and they're older, so they go back to New Hampshire. But Mr. Landry is still in Canada. He is being denied entry back here. Why? Because he in 2007, had a pot beef. Not a big one, but he had marijuana possession. All right. And that was 18 years ago. Since that time, Landry says he's been to Canada many times, no problem. But now there is a problem. Now, I looked at this and I said, this is wrong. If you want to bring him before an immigration court. Okay, okay. If that's what ICE wants to do, I don't object to it. I think it's a waste of money, but on a humane basis. Mayor has five kids and they're all US Citizens. They all live in New Hampshire. And you can't get back. No. Sorry. No. That is cruel, and it doesn't protect me or my family or you or your family, does it? Okay. Joining us now is probably the most astute immigration lawyer in the country, and I'll back it up. He represents Melania Trump and her family. He did represent John Lennon when the U.S. department of State tried to deport him on pot charges or drug charges. Michael Wiles comes to us from New York City. He's also the mayor of Englewood, New Jersey. So he's a busy guy. All right, so I'm assuming Melania is not going to be deported, right? She's okay, counselor.

[Michael Wiles]

She's safe, Mr. Riley. And okay was my late father, Leon Wilds, who passed away a year ago, who actually res Represented the famous beetle against the Nixon administration at the time.

[Bill O'Reilly]

But quite a legacy.

[Michael Wiles]

We're still shepherding his practice forward on Madison Avenue.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Okay, so I'm. I'm this guy in Chris Landry, and I come to your office or I send a representative, I send, you know, my wife or whoever in and say, look, you got to get me back into the usa. This is ridiculous. What do you do specifically to solve this problem?

[Michael Wiles]

Thank you. Thank you again, Bill, for having me on. Listen, the Controlled substance Act of 1971 schedules marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug, as bad as it gets. Such a conviction has catastrophic consequences, even for green card holders departing after a conviction, even with a green card. He was a green card holder. The gentleman, since he was three years old, subjects him to what's termed to be inadmissibility charges on his return. Now, that means that Mr. Landry can be returned to the United States. He has a green card, so he's entitled to a day in immigration court. I want you to know, a few hours ago, I had a US Citizen who consulted with us because he was concerned about his being returned to the United States. He would be heard in a federal court, but Mr. Landry would be eligible for a waiver. They don't have to mandatorily incarcerate him if they want to. The law allows them when it comes back because it's a controlled substance crime that he was convicted of. But what we would be doing would be a few things. First, we would look to see if we could have the crime vitiated. We would look to see whether or not there was a constitutional problem.

[Bill O'Reilly]

All right, all right, but don't get. Don't just. Right now, he got to get back to Peterborough, New Hampshire.

[Michael Wiles]

Okay, he's entitled to a day in court.

[Bill O'Reilly]

All right, so what would you do? And he should hire you. So you would do an emergency petition right away, try to get it in front of an immigration judge. Is that what you would do?

[Michael Wiles]

He would come to the United States. He would go off.

[Bill O'Reilly]

But they won't let him in. Council.

[Michael Wiles]

They will let him in. Somebody has to negotiate. That they admit.

[Bill O'Reilly]

All right, when you say they, you pick up the phone. Who do you call to get this guy back?

[Michael Wiles]

We call ICE and we ask for them to have him return to the United States. He does not make a formal admission, and they issue what's called an NTA notice to appear in remote.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Okay, all right, so you call them up on the phone, or is it an email or a registered letter?

[Michael Wiles]

We would call up ICE because of the profile of this matter.

[Bill O'Reilly]

And ask, would you get anybody on the phone, though, immediately? Are the people there to answer your call? You would?

[Michael Wiles]

Yes, we would. We would go up the chain of command. The decision has to be.

[Bill O'Reilly]

So you're confident if this guy hired you, you could get him back within hours?

[Michael Wiles]

Within a day.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Within a day. All right. He's already been out two days. He's already been out in Canada two days. Okay.

[Michael Wiles]

Unconscionable for a green card holder with five U.S. citizens.

[Bill O'Reilly]

That's why I'm doing this story. That's why I'm doing it. You know me for many years. I don't want chaos in our immigration thing. I think Joe Biden is the worst president on immigration in our history. By far. Is no even close second. And I've been saying this for decades, that you've got to regulate immigration into America. But this one comes under humane. Right, of course. Now here's my next question.

[Michael Wiles]

Family reunification is a bedrock of our immigration policy.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Okay? The left, the hate Trumpers are now portraying Homeland Security ICE as having no interest in humanity, fairness, human rights, or any of that. All I want to do is kick everybody out. Is that true?

[Michael Wiles]

It's not true. I'm a former federal prosecutor myself. I'm actually a proud Democrat and a mayor, a five term mayor in New Jersey. I don't like some of the things that they're doing. We're representing a wine company in Edison, New Jersey, that was raided a few days ago. I don't like the people that they're picking up or how they're doing it. But this president is returning on his promise to go after those hardened criminals when they realize there aren't as many bad people in this country. They are expanding the net. I don't like how they knock on doors. Even in my city, they're knocking on doors and they're saying it's, it's the police. And they say, what do you want? Well, we have gifts for your kids. And then they go in and they arrest somebody.

[Bill O'Reilly]

All right, but there's always abuses. I mean, that's not a policy.

[Michael Wiles]

Not a policy.

[Bill O'Reilly]

But I want to get the bigger picture here. So let me. Let's review. Number one, if this guy hires you, you think you can get him back in 24 hours? He would go before then. He'd have a hearing in an immigration court to review the hearing.

[Michael Wiles]

We would negotiate.

[Bill O'Reilly]

All right, you negotiate his status.

[Michael Wiles]

And then, and then he would end up having to be heard in the, in an immigration court.

[Bill O'Reilly]

And you're confident you would win the case?

[Michael Wiles]

Oh, yeah. I mean, Bill, this is. All right, five children, U.S. citizens.

[Bill O'Reilly]

I got it. I'm just trying to get remedies available.

[Michael Wiles]

To him to defend himself.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Okay, so right now he, he's not getting good advice from anybody because they could have already called you. And there are a lot of other immigration attorneys, skilled ones in New England, who could have done the same thing.

[Michael Wiles]

He could have done this years ago. He should have done this without leaving. Each time he came back, he faced this jeopardy.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Right. He didn't protect himself as the way he should. All right, so now after this segment, which will go worldwide, I kind of think that what you just said will happen. I can't guarantee it, but we'll do a follow up tomorrow. And we appreciate your time very much. Mr. Wiles, thank you very much.

[Michael Wiles]

My pleasure. Thank you, Bill.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Okay. NBC News. So look, I know that I've been way too repetitive on the media, but it is declined in such a dramatic way. So they do a report on illegal.

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Times the membership rewards points at restaurants where worldwide are piling up. Learn [e-mail] Explore Gold terms and points cap apply aliens, undocumented migrants, whatever you want to use, being held in detention centers around the country. The crux of the report is that they're being abused. The migrants are being abused by the Trump administration. Here is a full screen. They did. This isn't a television report. This is on their website, NBC News website. Quote. Immigrants being held in Immigration Customs Enforcement detention centers in at least seven states are complaining of hunger, food shortages, spoiled food detainees and immigrants advocates say. They say some detainees have gotten sick, others have lost weight. One facility, an incident involving detainees reportedly broke out because of food, unquote. Quote. Okay, now ICE immediately same day this came out July 14th yesterday. Okay. Issued this statement, quote, fake news. Any claim there is A lack of food or subprime conditions at ICE detention centers are false. All detainees are provided with proper meals, medical treatment, have opportunities to communicate with their family members and lawyers. Meals are certified by dietitians. Ensuring the safety, security, and well being of individuals in our custody is a top priority at ice. Okay, so we decided to find out who's telling the truth. NBC News or the Homeland Security Department. Here's what we found out. Number one, most of the sources NBC News used are anonymous, which means you can't back on it if they're afraid to put names on it. You can't believe it. They do have three prominent names in their report. First one is Alfredo Calderon. Okay. He has been detained for a year. He's a Salvadoran, so you got to figure Alfredo doesn't like being detained. Right. Okay. Number two, Jennifer Norris. She's an attorney at the Immigrant Defenders Law Center. What's that? Far left group. Open border group. Jennifer wants everybody in, nobody help. Third, Vanessa Torres. Okay. She's a lawyer for the American Immigration Lawyers association, another far left group. So what NBC News did, is it stacked, Anonymous sources, you don't know who they are. And far left people who want open borders and everybody in. That was the basis of their entire article. Is this unusual? No. The reporters went out, they wanted an article to say there's bad food and conditions at the ICE detention centers, and it's easy to get that. And that's what they did. Netherlands. You've been there? Not one of my favorite countries. Kind of flat. Amsterdam, interesting town for, like, two days, but there's, you know, pot people running all over the place. And. But Amsterdam is worth seeing. And then I rode down into Belgium, and it's okay, but they are rationing electricity. They don't have enough electricity. Now in Holland, in the summer, it's hot, but it's not crazy hot. But in the winter, you freeze your butt off. So they don't have enough power to certify that 18 million Dutch people. Citizens will get their homes heated or cooled. They don't have enough power. Why? Because they knocked out all of the fossil fuel stuff and they went to alternative. Okay. And the electric grid can't keep up with it. So now it's a big deal. They don't have enough power. No country. Okay, fast forward to California. 67% of the energy generated in the Golden State, the largest state in the union, as you know, is clean energy. Sounds good, right? Okay, 67%. And unlike Texas, we have big, big trouble with the wind and. And clean Energy stuff. Big trouble there. California hasn't had that many. They have a few rolling blackouts, okay, but it's not crazy trouble. However, it's so expensive that electricity in California is double the average of the rest of this country. Double. And if you live in New York, where I live, my electric bill this month, June, was twelve hundred dollars just to air condition the house. If I were in California, be paying $2500 because of the alternative energy. Now, I like clean energy, but you can't impoverish people to cool or heat their homes. And California is doing that since 2015, 10 years ago, all fossil fuel electricity, all that doubled, Doubled. And if you're renting, that means the landlord's going to pack that on. That's why people are moving out of California. Hello, Gavin Newsom. And my message of the day is on Newsom. He's begun his presidential campaign billorilly.com message. Read it. You'll get a kick out of it. All right, summer flying delays. Now, this is another one. So there are a lot of thunderstorms yesterday on the East Coast. So New York Air shut down. Florida airport shut down. Chaos. 11,000 flights were delayed yesterday in the United States. 11,000, 20, 100 canceled. That's 15,000 flights didn't get off the ground. Okay, because of thunderstorms. Now in the winter, we have snowstorms and it's time. We have thunderstorms. In the fall, we have wind. I'm telling you, if you don't have to fly, drive, because you are going to get hammered. Inflation. So all the headlines are inflation is up and this and that. You know how much it's up? 0.3% annually below 3%. It's a great inflation report. Listen to me. You never know that. Oh, Trump's tariffs, they're just lying to you now. Maybe in the fall inflation will go up, I don't know. But just report accurately, just for once.

[Sean Spicer]

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[Bill O'Reilly]

Here's some. Here's a chart. I got a chart. I love charts. Remember Rove with the charts. All right. Here's my chart. I'm going to read this to you. You'll find it interesting, I think. Non alcoholic beverages, that's soda and stuff like that. Iced tea up 1.4%. Fuel up 1.3. In my neighborhood, gas is down about a buck a gallon. Electricity up 1%. Fruits and vegetables, oh, 9%. This is in June. Hospital services up 0.7%. Tobacco, nobody smokes is up a half percent. Food away from home. Restaurants up 0.4%. And then down. Meat, poultry, fish and eggs down 0.1%. Airline fares down a little bit. Cereal, bakery down a little bit. Dairy down a little bit. New vehicles down 0.3. Remember the hysteria. No, you can't buy a car Down. Used cars down almost 1%. Okay? Smart Life, rising costs. So you have to be smart now or you just don't waste your money. Hotel prices are the worst. They're the worst. Up 25% in 10 years. Okay. Airfare down 20% over 10 years. Airfare is down. But they punish you when you go on the plane, okay? You got to sit in the seat and your knees are hitting your chin. Rental cars, this is a scandal of 30% because they got to pay Tom Brady 30% for rental cars. My God. Restaurants eating out, up 50%. Now, I eat out because I can't cook, but I. There are. I will not. And you know, here's my litmus test, how much a burger costs. So I told you last week, there is a restaurant in Amagansett, Long island, on the East End. $34 for a cheeseburger. Not going. I'll pay for 14, 15. And you got to throw fries in. That's what I'll pay. Any more than I know I'm getting ripped off. Okay? So that, you know, I just look at the menu, I just see that. And most of these restaurants on Long island, they're 25, 26. I'm not doing it. I'll barbecue it. I can throw the patty on the barbecue, okay? And that's what I'm talking about. That if the American consumer drives. The economy says no to unfair pricing. Pricing has to come down. Now, I can afford it, but I'm not going to do it. It's a matter of principle. Smart life. Kids. This is out of England. They're turning to AI Chatbot. I have no idea what that is, but apparently kids are talking to AI chatbot. 64% are involved with the chatbots, 35% say the chatbot is their friend. That's going to rise. So kids don't want other friends, real friends, because when you have a friend, you have conflict. You don't like the friend yet. But the chatbot you can talk to the chatbot, chatbot talks right back to you. Keep your eye on us. And it's parenting. It's parenting. You gotta have your kids socialized. Stay in history. July 15, 2006. Twitter launched. Okay, 19 years ago. Now, originally, Jack Dorsey was the guy and became a billionaire, and he and a few other guys put out Twitter. In six years, 100 million people all over the world were using Twitter, but it was still losing money. All right, even though they had 100 million users, the first year it became profitable was 2000. All right, 12 years after it was released. But then it came real, real popular. In 2019, Twitter made 3.5 billion in profit. Whoa. And then it began censoring stuff, political reasons, like the Hunter Biden laptop and all of that. That incensed Elon Musk. So he bought it, and 44 billion musk paid for it. Musk runs it now and turned it into X. And here we are. Now I'm on Twitter, and we use it all the time, all the time to get our message out. It's ILO Reilly. So, you know, get us. We put on really good things. So Twitter began 19 years ago today, and right back with Neil Diamond. All right, final thought. I was a big Elvis fan, and then there were a number of male singers, pop singers, after Elvis, you know, it's like Frankie Avalon and Fabian and Neil diamond, and I like them all. I mean, Neil diamond put out some really good songs. I wasn't. I saw him in concert a couple of times. He was, okay, a little schmaltzy. But he is now 84 years old. He's Parkinson's disease. His last concert was eight years ago in London. I saw him just before that, and I knew there was something not right there. And he has sold more than 130 million records worth about $300 million. Neil diamond lives in California, I believe. Anyway, he shows up in Los Angeles. They were having a play, a Beautiful Noise, which is a play on Neil Diamond. And he showed up to the play. I believe it was on July 12, three days ago. Good for him. All right, 84 years old. Of course, the Boston Red Sox resurged Neil diamond by using Sweet Caroline during the games at Fenway. All right, so we hope you got a lot out of this program today. Will he be here the rest of the week? I'm Bill O'Reilly. Really appreciate you guys watching and listening on our radio stations across the country. And we'll see you tomorrow.