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Bill O'Reilly, 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 Wednesday, January 28, 2026. Here's what's happening today in America. Pretty broken rib, social media ban, sewage in the swamp and ice in Italy. It's all coming up. Then Bill's gonna be here with your message of the day. But first, CNN is reporting that Alex Preddy, who was shot and killed by federal agents last week, was a week before that last interaction, suffered a broken rib when a group of federal officers tackled him when he was protesting their attempt to detain other individuals. A memo sent earlier this month to agents temporarily signed to the city asked them to capture all images, license plates, identifications and general information on hotels, agitators, protesters, etc. So we can capture it all in one consolidated form. I say that because federal agents apparently had documented details about Alex Preddy before Saturday. The earlier incident started when he stopped his car after observing ICE agents chasing what he described as a family on foot and began shouting and blowing his whistle. Preddy later told a source that five agents tackled him. One leaned on his back, which left him with a broken rib. The agents then released him at the scene. The source said that that day he thought he was going to die. So this is not the first time he interfered with federal law enforcement. FBI Director Kash Patel said the FBI is investigating signal group chats used by observers to share information about ICE activities. French lawmakers approved a bill banning social media for children under 15. This would start the next school year. The bill also bans the use of mobile phones in high schools entirely. It was passed 130 to 21 moves to the Senate now, soon. This vote comes just after the British government said it will consider banning young teenagers from social media as well. And they and this comes a couple weeks after Australia was the first to ban social media for kids under the age of 16. A sewage spill in the Potomac river right near D.C. caused by a broken pipe has polluted this body of water with levels of e. Coli nearly 12,000 times what authorities limit for human contact. 300 million gallons of contamination entered the river since this 72 inch broken pipe was discovered last week. DC Water reported it's close to fully containing the overflow. The Department of Homeland Security is providing security for athletes in Italy during the Olympics. And some members of ICE will be there. ICE will be vetting and mitigating risks from transnational criminal organizations, according to dhs. Italy is very upset about this, but the DHS spokesperson said that ICE does not conduct immigration enforcement operations in foreign countries. Marco Rubio and J.D. vance will be at the opening ceremonies on February 6th. I'm Mike Slater. I have a podcast called Politics by Faith. You can listen to it anywhere you listen to your podcast. Bill O'Reilly has your message of the day next.