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Foreign 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, March 11, 2026. Here's what's happening today in America. Most intense bombing, a million dollar reward, home sales up, and the happiest and least happy cities in America. It's all coming up and Bill's gonna be here with your message of the day. But first, Pete Hexseth said that yesterday could have been the most intense day of US Strikes yet in Iran. He said Iran was deliberately firing missiles from schools and hospitals, describing Iran's leadership as desperate and scrambling like the terrorist cowards they are. He said Iran stands alone and they are badly losing. The chair of the Joint Chiefs of staff said that US Central Command so far has struck more than 5,000 targets, destroyed over 50 Iranian naval vessels and hit several Iranian drone factories. He said US forces have dropped dozens of 2,000 pound GPS, GPS guided penetrating weapons on deeply buried missile launchers. The FBI is now offering a million dollars for information leading to the arrest of one of its top 10 most wanted fugitives, Omar Alexander Cardenas. He's wanted by local and federal authorities for a 2019 murder in Los Angeles. A local arrest warrant was issued in April of 2020 when he was charged with murder. They believe he fled to Mexico and he's also been federally charged now with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. The initial reward was $100,000, then in 2022 has increased to $250,000 and now a dramatic increase up to a million dollars. The FBI assistant director who's in charge of the case said Mexico is not safe for you, Mr. Cardenas, if that is where you're hiding. Existing home sales unexpectedly rose in February as affordability hit its best level in nearly four years. And first time buyers surged into the market. First time buyers represented 34% of February purchases, up from 31% in January and a year ago, February. This matching the highest share in five years. This surge suggests that buyers who have been frozen out by years of high rates and high prices are finally finding their way back into the market. The median existing home price rose just 0.3% year over year to $398,000. This is the 32nd consecutive month of annual price gains, but this is one of the smallest increases since COVID The happiest and least happy cities in America. WalletHub makes this annual ranking with the metrics you'd expect to be on this list, but also things like stable marriages, good mental health and neighbors who look out for each other. Top 10 Happiest San Jose, California Gilbert, Arizona Irvine, California Charleston, South Carolina. Overland Park, Kansas Fargo, North Dakota South Burlington, Vermont Scottsdale, Arizona Bismarck, North Dakota. And number one, Fremont, California. It's between San Jose and Oakland. The bottom of the list, Least happy Cleveland, Ohio Shreveport, Louisiana Memphis, Tennessee and at the bottom of the barrel, Detroit, Michigan. I'm Mike Slater. I have a podcast called Politics by faith. It's on YouTube now. Bill O'Reilly has your message of the day next.
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Message of the day on this Wednesday, immediate gratification. America is embracing the concept enthusiastically. We want what we want now. That is a driver behind substance abuse. Alter your consciousness quickly. Obesity as well. I want that soda and snack right away. Foolish spending, reckless driving, lack of decorum. All I g immediate gratification stalwarts. And then there's conflict. We want it resolved immediately. You see that with the press and Iran. How long will this go on? How many casualties? What's the outcome? Of course, all of those questions are unanswerable at this point. That tees off many American voters. We are, generally speaking, a very soft nation, not as bad as Europe. But we Americans are addicted to immediate gratification. The smartphone provides instant stimulation and outcomes. Real life problems are set aside, millions of hours wasted. And in cyberspace, wasting time has become the national pastime. This is all front and center with the Iran situation, which will require discipline and perseverance to secure victory. Is our nation up to it? I'm Bill O'Reilly. I approve the message by writing it. You can reach me billorilly.com, billoriley.com name in town. If you wish to opine, let's go to the mail. We got John Rosales, Ocean City, Maryland. My question is, why can't the Iranian people just revolt and change the regime? Do they need intel agents to help arm them or smuggle weapons? They can't revolt because they'll get murdered. So 30,000 of them, according to all reportage, got slaughtered in the last month trying to overthrow that regime. They're scared. That's what's going on there? Ralph, Concierge member Ralph gets direct access to me through a secret email. Check that out on billow reilly.com do the oil companies in the USA buy oil from Iran? If not, why the rise in gas prices? Because of the global prices. It's very complicated. The oil industry goes on international price of a barrel of oil, not it's not each country, okay? And the oil companies, all right, they look every morning at how much a barrel of oil even if they're not paying it. Okay? And that's how they price to retail. Again, very, very complicated. Michael. Hey, Bill. I suggest president consider issuing an executive order that would cap U.S. produced oil prices per barrel. Can't do that. Okay. You can't interfere with the pre marketplace. So he could try but he gets slapped down. And again, it's international. Okay. So if the president said, hey, oil companies in America, you can only charge this, there'd be lawsuits like that. You can't tell us what to charge. If you could, then all the grocery store prices would be down. But we live in a capitalistic free marketplace. In a moment, something you might not know.
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Now the O'Reilly update brings you something you might not know. Five years ago today, President Biden signed a $2 trillion relief package to help the USA recover from COVID The proposal included direct payments to millions of American citizens, child tax credits, funding for free vaccines. Here is the story behind the American Rescue plan. Beginning in April 2020, the pandemic crippled the economy. 22 million jobs evaporated in weeks. Hundreds of thousands of businesses shuttered. Supply chain problems caused prices on everyday essentials to surge. The unemployment rate jumped to 15%. The country plunged into recession. In order to kick start the economy, President Biden and the Democrats proposed the American Rescue plan. The legislation passed both houses of Congress along party lines. Not a single Republican in either chamber voted for the bill because it was so expensive. On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the plan into law because he had a Democratic majority in both houses. But was the measure a success? Not really. Four million jobs did return, but those were caused by businesses reopening after the pandemic lockdown. Watchdog agencies immediately accused the Biden administration of wasteful spending. According to a report from CNBC, as much as 33% of the 2 trillion went to quote non Covid related relief. That included funds for high speed Internet, new bridges, subsidies for farmers. The legislation added to the historically high national debt. But the worst impact was inflation. Within months, the nation's inflation rate jumped from 0.3% to to 9.1%. Prices on nearly everything reached record highs. And here's something else you might not know. Despite the record spending, Covid has mostly disappeared from public life through natural immunity. A poll From Pew finds 70% of the public no longer think the coronavirus is a major threat. In 2026, you are eight times more likely to get the flu than Covid. Back in a moment.
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Thank you for listening to the O'Reilly update. I am Bill O'Reilly. No spin, just facts. And always looking out for you.