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Foreign. Here you are listening to the O'Reilly update. Coming up next, the news with Mike Slater.
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Thank you, Bill. It is Tuesday, December 23rd, Christmas Eve Eve. Here's what's happening today in America. New battleships, diplomats leave, JD Vance gets after it and will you have a white Christmas? It's all coming up. Then Bill's gonna be here with your message of the day. But first, the the president announced yesterday that America is building two battleships for the Navy. He said they will be the largest battleships in the history of the world. He was with our Secretary of War Pete Hexeth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and also Secretary of the Navy John Phelan at Mar a Lago. He said these ships will be the fastest, biggest by far, a hundred times more powerful than any battleship ever built. The last US battleship to complete initial construction was the Iowa class USS Missouri in 1944. It was decommissioned in 1992. Trump said that these ships will be armed with the highest level guns and missiles. They'll have hypersonic weapons, state of the art electric rail guns and even the high powered lasers that you've been starting to read about. He said they'll also carry nuclear armed sea launched cruise missiles currently under development. The president said he ultimately wants to have 20 to 25 of these, our fleet. Of course, they'll be built in the United States of America. And he said he will be involved in the design to make sure they are aesthetically pleasing or intimidating in this case. Well, while all these military men were together, they of course discussed Venezuela. Russia's foreign ministry has begun evacuating the families of diplomats from Venezuela as America pursues its third sanctioned oil tanker in the Caribbean. Perhaps Russia is sensing that the end is near for Maduro. Speaking of the military, the vice president completed a 90 minute workout with the Navy Seals in San Diego. Images showing Vance carrying logs, rowing in the ocean, running on the beach, climbing a rope obstacle course alongside the seals. He rode on X just finished PT with the Navy Seals for 90 minutes. They took it easy on me and I still feel like I got hit by a freight train. Vance is now 41. He's submarine corps veteran, served in the Iraq War. Will you have a white Christmas this year? The standard for a white Christmas is one inch of snow on the ground Christmas morning. It's looking unfortunately not likely for most of Americans. Above average temperatures across most of America. The best chance for a white Christmas. Northern Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan's Upper Peninsula and New York City. There hasn't been a white Christmas in 15 years and other than the Rocky Mountains since 2009, white Christmases are actually pretty rare in the northern third of the country. Even the northern third, it's only about three of the last 16 years have had a white Christmas. A perfect Christmas is when there's an inch of snow on the ground and it's snowing at 7am but who's been blessed enough to experience that? I'm Mike Slater. From the podcast Politics by faith, Bill O'Reilly has your message of the day next.
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Now, the O'Reilly Update brings you something you might not know. The average American consumes 3,000 calories every day. Most popular meals according to Grubhub, pizza, pasta, tacos, hamburgers. The typical family of four spends about $100 each week on groceries, mostly on breakfast and dinner. Around the world, a person's diet varies from country to country. Here are a few examples. In Russia, when you wake up, the day begins with pickled eggs and porridge. Many folks in Moscow enjoy a light lunch. Dinner features beet soup, roasted meat, vegetables Vodka, of course. For the Japanese, it's about fish. Day begins with steamed mackerel. A seafood broth is served for lunch. At dinner, folks in the land of the rising sun eat tuna with horseradish. Chinese start the morning with congee, a traditional gruel made from overcooked rice. In the evening, residents there enjoy roast pork with steamed vegetables. In India, it's about spice. Typical meal consists of stewed protein, flatbread and more than 25 herbs, including curry, turmeric, coriander, cinnamon. Folks in Mumbai also enjoy the heat. The Indians cook with the hottest peppers in the world. Some dishes feature Ghost Chili. It's 200 times spicier than the jalapeno. To South Africa, where the country boasts cuisines from England, Africa, Holland, Belgium, France. Typical breakfast includes bread, coffee, pastries. For dinner, it's all about the braai, the traditional barbecue consisting of pork, lamb, beef slow cooked over an open flame. And here's something else you might not know even if you're hungry. One of the strangest breakfast items in the world can be found in the UK Folks in England, Ireland, Scotland enjoy black pudding. The circular sausage is made from kidneys, barley, intestines, fat, and that special ingredient, pig's blood. Whoa. Somebody please pass the pancakes back after this. Thank you for listening to the O'Reilly update. I am Bill O'Reilly. No spin, just facts. And always looking out for you.