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Government Shutdown Update, Growing American Uncertainty, Pete Hegseth’s Anti-Woke Military Address & the War Against Cartels With Chris Feistl
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Foreign here. Welcome to the no spin news. Wednesday, October 1, 2025. Stand up for your country. Well, I guess the government shutdown, you know, I hate to even cover this. It's going to work out. I've been doing this, what, 50 years? I've seen this over and over. It's so tedious, so tedious. And there's no resolution to it. It's just party politics. Will people get hurt? A few. But everybody will forget about it in a month. And whose fault is it? It's just tedious. People believe what they want to believe. Now, I was on a Hannity radio program talking about it today. We have it posted on billorilly.com and I made this point. The Democrats knew when they went yesterday to the White House they were not going to get a deal. All right? So Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer knew that as soon as the Democrats said, we want the health insurance premiums of illegal migrants paid for by the federal government, it was over. Republicans will never do that. And Democrats know they'd never do it. So by design, the government shut down because the Democrats wanted it to be shut down. They feel the Democratic Party, they'll gain by doing this because they'll blame Trump and the Republicans and the Democratic voter will believe them. But it's all about independence. So I don't know. All I know is its story is boring. It is not being reported. Honestly, it haven't never has been. The main part of this story for this time, October 1st, is this. The Democratic Party wants socialized medicine. That's what they want. That's what Obamacare was all about. Now, I supported Obamacare because I knew there had to be a safety net for people, poor people, they could not have them wandering into emergency rooms every two minutes. And grandma getting sick can't pay the bills she's thrown out of her house. It can't happen in this country. Can't. So Obamacare served a purpose, but the system has been gamed. 50 million Americans approaching 50 million are taking the subsidies and sometimes free health care from the rest of us. That's a ton of people. And I'd say maybe 30% of those people shouldn't qualify. But nobody watches it. Nobody's going to watch it. So they fill out a form and they do this and they do that. But they're making money off the books. Whatever they're doing, there's no oversight. Democrats want that to continue so that the government runs every part of the American health care system, a la Canada, a la Western Europe. That's what the Democratic Party wants and this is just a way to push that forward. Republican Party doesn't want, it wants a self reliance thing going on, wants you to be independent, doesn't want to spend the money. Understands 37 trillion in debt is a threat to the nation. Democrats don't care about 37 trillion in debt. Okay, so that's what this is all about. But again, it'll be solved. I hate to be cynical about my own country, but boy, oh boy, what a rotten environment politically right now. Talking Points Memo. New poll by our pal John McLaughlin, who's an honest broker, but he does lean right. He is President Trump's pollster, but his data pretty solid over the years. Thousand likely voters John asked male 48 female 52. That's the voting rolls. First question, the United States is going in the right or wrong direction? Right direction 35. Wrong direction 57. Now that does not mean that Trump's doing a bad job because a lot of that wrong direction is directed at radical progressives. So there's not a lot we can draw from that other than the majority of Americans aren't really happy with the state of the union as it is now. Generic ballot U.S. congress. This is the midterms in November 26th. Republican 47. Democrat 41. Oh, undecided 12. Now, I'm not sure about that number, but if it's true, Republicans should be very happy. Okay, third question. All things being equal, do you prefer free market capitalism or big government socialism? Capitalism 65. Socialism 11. Thought that number would be higher. Don't know, 24. And the don't know is an interesting number here because those people don't know the difference between capitalism and socialism. They don't know anything. They're bubble people, lot of them. Okay. A ton of them. What would you describe as the most important issue the U.S. is facing? Economy 41%. There you go. Social 24%. That's, you know, stuff going on in the culture. Security 17. Inflation 23. So you add up the economy and inflation and you get 64%. That's what's going to tell the midterms. And that's crucial for President Trump. He loses one or both houses in Congress could be very rough for him. So got to be honest here. Final question. How would you describe the U.S. economy? Getting better, 34. Getting worse, 60. Don't know, 6. Not a good number. So the Republicans come out with two good numbers and one bad number here from the McLaughlin poll. Unemployment is not a problem in this country right now. It's 4.3% for August and it was 4.2% last year. It's the same. Most people are working in my area in Long island. People are hiring. They need help. You know, it's not $100,000 jobs, but you can make a living. But the consumer pay more from insurance, more for utilities, more to commute. Pay, pay, pay. And the taxes are up to here. All right in New York, you guys in Texas, Florida, Tennessee, you don't have to deal with that. We do. And the big population centers do. So going to be big changes in a year. This poll is just a snapshot of where we are right now. Going to be huge changes in this country in a year, which is why you want to stay with us on billoriley.com and the no spin news. Enormous changes and you know my predictions about 90%. Where do you see a lot of things going to happen, happen fast? Stay here. We will always tell you the truth. And that is the memo. Consumer confidence weakens. It is going down. Okay, but I just explained why people are paying more for the essentials of life and the government really can't control prices of insurance and things like that. It can make it harder for the grocery stores and the insurance companies and the utilities companies. Federal government can make it harder, but that would require a lot of skill. But the Trump people better take a look at this. 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 five 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 998-899. Again, that's 866-326-5576, or text Bill to 998-899. Hey, Mike Baker here, host of the President's Daily Brief podcast. If you want straight talk on national security, foreign policy and the biggest global stories going on of the day, this is the show for you. We publish twice a day, Monday through Friday, once in the morning, again in the afternoon and on the weekend we go longer with the PDB situation Report with excellent guests including national security insiders and foreign policy experts. Check us out on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts. Also on our YouTube channel at President's Daily Brief the military. So that's a huge expenditure we needed. China and Russia are threats, no doubt about it. Trump's trying to mitigate the threats, but they're there. Jihad is still a threat. Not as big as it used to be, but it's still there. All of those have got to be faced, got to face reality. So yesterday as we reported, Secretary of War, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of War, Gulf of America, Gulf of Mexico. I'm confused. Pete Hegseth, he goes to Virginia and talks to the generals. Go. For too long. We've promoted too many uniformed leaders for the wrong reasons. Based on their race, based on gender quotas, based on historic so called firsts. We've pretended that combat arms and non combat arms are the same thing. We've weeded out so called toxic leaders under the guise of double blind psychology assessments promoting risk averse go along to get along conformists. Instead, you name it, the department did it. Foolish and reckless political leaders set the wrong compass heading and we lost our way. We became the woke department. But not anymore. Good. Okay. I'm a big patent guy myself. You wouldn't be woke if you were around. Now, of course, the progressive left doesn't like the War Department or Hegseth or Trump or anything else to do with the military. So they come up with a general, lieutenant general, retired Mark Hertling, distinguished man, served his country, 72 years old. And MSNBC trots him out and he says this. Go. I'm hard to put together my thoughts on this, Ana, to be honest with you. First of all, I think we ought to address the atmosphere spirits. We're talking about a huge American flag behind the speakers that's reminiscent of the opening scene from the movie Patton, which President Trump has said he absolutely loves. I don't think that flag is normally there at the Quantico excuse me, museum, but we'll see in terms of the what Secretary Hegseth has said. Those were anticipated as well as what the President is doing. It's anticipated. These are the kinds of speeches the President has given at Fort Bragg in front of a roaring group of soldiers who all said they were supporters of his. Okay, so who is this guy hurtling? Well, he's a very left wing military guy. He said. I will honestly say there's a quote from him not only as a soldier but now as a citizen of Florida. I'm woke up, okay? And you have the perfect right to be woke, General. But of course, NBC News should have another general, right? Who's not woke. Wouldn't that have been good? No other general. Come on, NBC News. I know you cut them adrift. Ms. Is adrift. I know they're not part of your organization any longer, but come on, you still have sway over there. Stop it. Stop it. Boy, oh boy, you've ruined your news brand. You've ruined it. Drugs. So there's a real war on drugs now, not a phony war. And the war is that the Trump administration is attacking in the Caribbean boats laden with cocaine, blowing them out of the water. And that is just the beginning. All right. I expect to see American military intrusion in Mexico. Don't know when that's going to start. Trump doesn't really want to do that, but I think he's going to have to. Cocaine comes out of Central America. Venezuela is the main trans shipment center. So it's grown in Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru. Then it gets shipped to Venezuela. They say, hey, come on in. They're all getting money, including Maduro, the president of Venezuela, the dictator. So they're all being paid. It's a narco state. And then it gets on a boat and it comes into the usa. And then if the intel says the boats are laden, boom, we blow them up. Now, there is a task force in Florida. This is an amazing story. It's called the Joint Interagency Task Force, all right, Jia T F they always have an acronym. And they have seized last fiscal year, which ends, I think today, 1 million pounds of cocaine, a record 1 million pounds of cocaine headed for the USA. Now that's a good job. But if they've seized a million pounds, you got to figure £10 million got in, right? And then the heroin and the fentanyl and the methamphetamine coming across the Mexican border. This joint task force operates out of Florida cocaine centers. Joining us now from Phoenix, Arizona is the co author of a very good book called After Escobar Taking down the notorious Cali Godfathers and the biggest drug cartel in history. Chris Feistel is a former DEA agent. Long time, 26 years. 12 of those years he spent in a very dangerous situation in Columbia, South America. All right, so I liked your book. I have a chapter on Escobar in Confronting Evil. But if people really want to know the micro, because you get into this thing, the whole book is on Escobar and that whole cartel down there. There's a difference between the Mexican situation and the South American situation. Right. Which do you think is more dangerous?
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Good to be with you today, Bill. Right now, the Mexican cartels pose the most danger to the United States. They have. In February of this year, the Trump administration designated six Mexican cartels as designated foreign terrorist organizations. So at this point in time, they are the most direct threat to the United States.
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All right, but he has not taken military action against those cartels. And he could under U.S. law. But Scheinbaum, the president of Mexico does not want that. Do you have any idea why the Mexican government has allowed these cartels to pretty much run the country?
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Well, Mexico has an historic problem with corruption that dates back many, many years. And the fact that these Mexican cartels are intertwined with various levels of the Mexican government allows them to operate pretty much with impunity in Mexico. And you know, a lot of these drug cartels, they cannot operate without corruption, without the help of the government. So that is a problem that Mexico and the United States have dealt with for. For some time now.
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You think Obra d' or is on a take because he absolutely let the cartels do whatever they wanted to do at great expense to his own people. Hundreds of thousands were murdered under Obra d'. Or. Do you think he was going to take.
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Well, it's hard to say if he was, Bill, but as some people in his administration most certainly were.
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And he had to know about it, right?
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I would assume so, yes.
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Okay. Now, Colombia, where you spent an amazing 12 years risking your life, that country goes up and down and in and out. Now it's another problem for the United States with the cocaine. They were cooperating, now they're not cooperating. What's going on there?
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Well, Colombia and Venezuela right now pose a significant problem for the United States. Both of the countries have recently been decertified by the US Government for their non compliance in helping the United States go after corruption, drug traffickers, extradition and money laundering. So this is a problem that's going to continue right now under the current administrations with President Petro and in Colombia, he recently had his visa revoked by the United States. They have not been compliant in helping the United States as well as Venezuela. So I expect drug trafficking, record amounts of cocaine to be coming out of Venezuela as well as Colombia.
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Okay. And again, that's the same shadows, the Mexican thing. A lot of money changing hands, a lot of people getting wealthy in the governments by taking bribes. Right?
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Absolutely. And if you look at Venezuela and the Maduro administration and the Cartel de los Soles, the Cartel of the Suns, which involves high level Venezuelan military and government officials. They're complicit in that. There's also been a $50 million reward for President Maduro for his arrest and conviction. And that just shows that the government of Venezuela is complicit in drug trafficking. And they continue to pose a serious problem to the United States.
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Do you trust the DEA and the Feds to give us accurate information? Because they could say anything. They could say Maduro is a drug dealer and this one's that and that one's this. When you see the information come out to the American public, do you trust it?
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100%, Bill. And it's not that. The information that comes out that we trust. They have indictments against various individuals in the Venezuelan government. And in order to obtain those indictments, you need evidence, strong evidence, because the ultimate goal would be to try and convict these individuals. So we can't operate just solely on the premise of information. We need hardcore evidence to be able to depend these people to significant crimes.
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And once they come here and are tried, like Escobar, they always get convicted, they never get acquitted. Usually they plead guilty, right?
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Absolutely. Because there's overwhelming evidence against these individuals. Now, if you have, like Chapo Guzman to take, for example, if you have unlimited resources and a vast amount of money to be able to fight these charges, you can go ahead and do that. Obviously, that's their right. But the overwhelming amount of evidence ultimately comes out. And to the men and women who are sitting on these federal juries, they hear that information.
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Information.
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They hear the evidence against them. It's overwhelming. And just about every time these individuals are convicted.
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Yeah. And they can't get convicted in Mexico, Colombia or Venezuela because the drug gangs will kill all the jurors and their families. Right? I'm Piers Morgan, the host of the Piers Morgan Uncensored podcast. We do big interviews and we do big debates about whatever's getting people talking. We make news, we make noise, and we make a little bit of trouble, too. Come and see what all the fuss is about. You can listen to Piers Morgan uncensored on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts. No newspaper is more iconic than the New York Post, so why not start your day with me telling you our best stories? I'm Caitlin Becker, host of the New York Postcast. Every weekday morning, I'll break down the headlines that matter to you and the stories, stories you're going to want to talk to your friends about. It's a mix of politics Business, pop culture, basically everything you expect from the New York Post. Ask your smart speaker to play the NY Postcast podcast, listen and subscribe on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Well, that and as well as the corruption, that's why the United States always pushes for the extradition of these major traffic to the United States, right?
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Chris? I don't think the drug war is ever going to be won, no matter what Trump does or the American military or the DEA or anybody else. Because if you're smuggling 10 million tons of cocaine into the United States, that means millions of Americans are buying it and they seem to be buying it more than ever before. Despite all of the warnings about fentanyl, all of this, everybody knows they're still buying narcotics at a record rate. The United States consumes more illegal narcotics than any other nation on earth, by far. So if the consumer demand in our country is that high, you're never going to beat it. There's always going to be somebody dealing it. Am I wrong?
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No, you're absolutely right, Bill. And the, it's the law of supply and demand. So the more demand that there is in the United States and throughout the world, the more supply that there's going to be.
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Why do you think there's so much demand in the usa? Why do you think that so many Americans use illegal narcotics, thereby enriching these killers in these foreign countries and destroying their own situations? If you're using opiates, why, why are they doing it?
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That's, that's a great question, Bill, and I wish I had the definitive answer for that. But, you know, I think you see, drug usage has increased significantly over the past several years, especially with youth. I think they, they perceive this as something cool that they can do. And you know, the United States, we have a lot of people with a lot of money that, you know, don't have a lot of time to spend. They're looking for hobbies, they're looking for outlets, they're, you know, for a variety of different reasons. But the demand has continued to rise over the last several years, significantly in the United States.
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There's no stigma attached to it now, particularly in the entertainment industry in this hip hop culture. And the second thing is that in New York and Chicago and L. A, you can deal heroin and cocaine on the street, openly get arrested, and you won't get charged, you'll be out on no bail. I mean, it's, it's easy to do it. You can make a bloody fortune. And the downside is you get booked, you're in there a couple hours, the progressive DA's don't want to prosecute you. They see it's a victimless crime, all of that. That's why I think that this drug thing is rising. It's the culture, the permissive culture and the absolute dereliction of duty on the part of these Soros backed district attorneys across the country.
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Last word, 100%, Bill. And we've seen that. And in some of these cities where they've tried these experiments to decriminalize small amounts of drugs, there are no consequences, there are no harsh penalties. People are selling drugs, using drugs, they're getting arrested, they're back out on the streets in no time. So without serious consequences, I think that this issue is going to continue.
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Yeah. Oregon legalized. And they had to then go back and say no because Portland was destroyed and the kids were going wild. All right, the book again, I recommend it. Escobar taking down the notorious Cali godfathers and the biggest drug cartel in history. Chris, thanks very much. We appreciate your service. Number one, there's a long history of putting yourself in personal danger to fight these evildoers. And they are evil, which is why I have them in my book Confronting Evil. And we appreciate your service in the book very much. Thanks for appearing. Okay. Big spending, we dealt with it up top on the government shut down Democratic Party forever. This isn't new. Wants to spend and spend and spend on entitlements. And FDR started it, had to. I don't blame Roosevelt. After the Great Depression, people were literally had nothing to eat. But that has continued. So now we have half the states, 25 states that cannot pay its bills with their bills. Half of them. Here are the top five states that are in debt. Number one, New Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, California. They cannot pay their bills and they're running up debt at a record rate. Okay. And they're all heavily taxed states. Now. New York isn't in there. It should be. New York is just out of control as well. And the fiscally responsible states, you know, they don't have the trouble. But it's 25, 25. And the data has been compiled by a group called Truth and Accounting, Chicago based Truth in Accounting. You want to go to their website, you can see all the grisly financial details. Cities will go bankrupt. If Van Damme is elected in New York City as mayor, New York City will go bankrupt. And what does that mean? That means if you have a bond, the city's not going to be able to borrow any money. It's going to be Armageddon. I keep telling people, you know, this guy gets in, it's going to be a collapse. Criminal justice collapse, fiscal collapse. I estimate 500,000 New York City residents will move out in four years. That's my estimation. California has lost one and a half million residents in the last four years. One and a half million moved out. California, most of them affluent taxpayers. Now, L. A, as the is seeing a decline in tourism. Okay, A big one. 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 showing 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 2pm East coast every day. Make sure you tune in. You can find us at Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcast. Power, politics and the people behind the headlines. Our country's back. We're really back. Candid conversations with the people making the rules and changing the game. Can you see yourself as president one day? I don't think about that. We just had an invasion over our southern border. My husband is in the corner for the record, pumping his fist right now that you're asking this question. This is real talk with lawmakers, newsmakers and political disruptors.
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Want to congratulate you.
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So about 10% of people used to go to LA and that's Disneyland, Universal City, Hollywood, all that. They're not going now. Part of that probably the fire situation, but part of it is the absolute chaos that Newsom has presided over. I mean, when I hear Gavin Newsom is and he is going to run for the Democratic nomination for president, I go, are you going to run on what? What are you going to run on that your state lost one and a half million people moving out in the last four years. It's the nicest climate in the country. It's a beautiful state. People used to go there and say, oh, they finally hit paradise. Now it's a horror show and you want to be president. Oh, my God. So Kimmel was on the air last night and he had Colbert on with him. And this is not an important story, but it is instructive. And I'm going to tell you at the end, why go. You started as a radio disc jockey, as you said, when you were spinning platters and making with a banter, did you ever think the President of the United States would be celebrating your unemployment? I mean, that son of a. You know, is really unbelievable. Mr. Son of a. I mean, I mean, Mr. Mr. Son of a. His royal. Yes. No. I never imagined that we'd ever have a president like this. And I hope we don't ever have another president like this again. I mean, I never imagined, I never even imagined there would ever be a situation in which the President of our country was. Was celebrating hundreds of Americans losing their jobs. As somebody who took pleasure in that, that to me is the absolute opposite of what a leader of this country is supposed to be. Here, here, here, here. Okay, it's just tedious. And I had it mixed up. It was Colbert, Cameron, but it doesn't matter. So it's tedious. It isn't funny. But they continue to do it. Why Now? Here is why I'm using that clip. Both Colbert and Kimmel have made a decision, and it doesn't have anything to do with Donald Trump, really. Trump is just the vehicle. The decision is, we know we don't have a future in mass media because our numbers are terrible and we're just not drawing enough people to sustain us. So what we're going to do is we're going to establish a business model. And they did it independently. I don't think they colluded. That's going to talk to the progressive group, the liberal group. That's it. We don't want any magas, we don't want any independents. We don't want any of those people. We just want Trump haters. We just want progressives. And we can make enough money because they're both good jobs after they leave their talk shows and Kimmel will leave, he's not going to be around much longer. And they'll, they'll go into social media. They'll go there and they'll make money because you can make money there. But they're going to only talk to one group. And that's what they're setting up now. Okay, so, you know, they say in history. October 1, 1957, the motto in God We Trust appears on American currency. Oh. Dwight Eisenhower ordered it. Congress voted unanimously. Wow. Unanimously. To put in God We Trust on the money. Why? Because the Soviet Union was cracking down on Christianity and Judaism and it was a big rivalry between the USA and Soviet Union. So we sent a message in God We Trust. That's why it happened. Now, I asked myself, is there any current court challenges to that? There aren't. I thought there was, but the Supreme Court ruled you can have it. And there are no current court challenges. And that happened 68 years ago today. Final thought in a moment. All right. Final thought. It's October, a really nice month here in the Northeast as the leaves change. But they change a lot later than they used to. If you're thinking about coming on up, last two weeks in Aug in October and then first week in November, you're gonna get three weeks of it. We are unbelievably busy this week. This month we are going to do a Q A on Confronting Evil. This is only for premium and concierge members, so we hope you sign up. You get Confronting Evil free if you do. And massive discounts on all our stuff, including the mat and the mugs. You can submit your questions billorily.com live. All right. Billorily.com live October 9th, 8pm And I'm going to bring in Hammer, my new co author, Josh Hammer. He's going to answer the questions. Could be a lot of fun. Okay. And you'll learn a lot, too. That's only for premium members, as I said. Then on the 15th, we are going down. The three Americans are going down to D.C. stephen A. Smith, Chris Cuomo, me, your humble correspondent for a big News Nation special which will also be at 8 o'. Clock. This is Wednesday, October 15th. I think it's going to be simulcast on the CW. If they can knock the wrestling off, we'll wrestle around. And this is going to be big. Now, a lot of people want tickets. I'm not sure because it's not my deal. It's News Nation sponsoring it. So it's newsnation now.com newsnation now and o w.com they'll tell you about tickets. It's at the Kennedy Center. Big swanky Kennedy center appearance for the three Americans and our guests. That's going to be. And then at the end of the month, might have to go out to LA, shape everybody out out there. Not sure on that 100%, but people are demanding that O'Reilly come to Los Angeles So we may be doing that. Thank you for watching and listening this evening. I am Bill O'Reilly. We'll see you again tomorrow.