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Bill O'Reilly
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Mike Slater
Here you are listening to the O'Reilly update. Coming up next, the news with Mike Slater.
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Caitlin Becker
Thank you, Bill. It is Monday, March 9, 2026. Here's what's happening today in America. Flight scare. Smoking jars of metal infuses our once great ally and a dignified transfer. That's all coming up. Then Bill's gonna be here with your message of the day. But first, a midair Southwest flight was forced to land in Atlanta. The flight was going from Nashville to Fort Lauderdale, but it diverted because according to a video taken inside the plane, there was some sort of bomb threat. The video is wild. Once the plane landed, every passenger had their head down and their hands above them resting on the seat in front of them with a SWAT like looking team, bomb squad, four guys totally decked out coming through the aisle and they pulled a Middle Eastern looking passenger off the plane in handcuffs. According to a passenger, they said the man had a timer going off on his phone every 10 minutes and kept praying in a foreign language. He's sweating. He keeps asking the flight attendant where his bag is. Multiple times in possibly similar news, the New York Times said that smoking jars of metal and fuses were thrown at a protest near the mayor's house. A local ABC affiliate in New York said they called it smoke generating suspicious devices. Okay, what really happened is we had Two jihadis throwing two IEDs into a crowd of protesters. And that's by the way, very different than bombs being found, as some headlines say. As well, Two have been arrested in connection. An 18 year old, he lit the fuse and then threw this IED into a crowd. It landed in the crosswalk, did not ignite just a few feet from a police officer, though. The person then ran to get another bomb from another person who then lit it on fire and he dropped it on the street and ran. Both of these bombs were jars wrapped in duct tape containing bolts and screws. The mayor condemned the actions of the initial anti Islam protesters, not the two who threw the bombs into the crowd. The president criticized Britain for not letting us use our military bases on their soil. But the United Kingdom said they're now prepared to send an aircraft carrier to the region. Our president said don't bother the United Kingdom, our once great ally, maybe the greatest of them all, is finally giving serious thought to sending aircraft carriers to the Middle East. That's okay, Prime Minister Starmer. We don't need them any longer. But we will remember, we don't need people that join wars after we've already won. President Trump attended the dignified transfer of the six soldiers who were killed in a drone strike on Sunday, March 1. The six soldiers who lost their lives in Kuwait were Major O' Brien of Indianola, Iowa Captain Cork of Winter Haven, Florida Chief Warrant Officer Marzan of Sacramento, California Sergeant Cody of West Des Moines, Iowa Sergeant First Class Amor of White Bear Lake, Minnesota and Sergeant First Class Teegens of Bellevue, Nebraska. I'm Mike Slater. From the podcast Politics by faith, Bill O'Reilly has your message of the day next.
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Bill O'Reilly
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Mike Slater
Time now for the O'Reilly Update message of the day on this Monday. I am a big free speech guy. I make my living that way. But the phrase at the end of the day has to be banned. $100 fine. If you use it at the end of the day, we will not say at the end of the day anymore because it's giving everyone a massive headache. Same thing with it is what it is and you're amazing and all good and no worries. Unbelievable cliches. Those phrases have infected the entire country. Now why am I so opposed of cliched free speech? It's because it diminishes clear thinking. If you use the same phrases over and over again, you are not thinking, you are reciting. You have memorized something and it's boring. I cannot listen to these sports interviews because every second baseman, every hockey goalie, every center in basketball says at the end of the day, we just want to win the game. I got it. Don't say it. I'm Bill O'Reilly. I approve the message by writing it. You can reach me bill@billorilly.com billoriley.com name in town if you wish to opine now, let's go to the mail. Ron Swanson, Dallas, Texas. As a historian, you should know that American people have routinely rejected presidents who have gone to war for more than 100 years. Quote from Kamala Harris an obvious play to get to the anti war position. Kamala Harris is irresponsible. I mean, that's what she is because she has no she could be anti war, but she's got no solutions to anything. And you know that. But on the history front, Lyndon Johnson was reelected and he was a pro Vietnam War. Harry Truman was elected be Dewey and he was saber rattling in Korea. So there have been presidents that look at Bush the younger reelected after the debacle in Iraq. So it does not hold true, the election thing that you put forth. Okay, so let's lighten it up a little bit. We want you to have a great summer and spring, but you got to protect yourself from the sun. So you need a good hat. We got them. We have the best hats. Not a good hat with the best hats. 250 anniversary of the USA there it is. And we have sold more than a thousand of them. No spin nation. This is you throwing down a gauntlet right here. Hats are beautiful. I designed them somewhat. You love them. Billoireilly.com store get them while we have them. Word of the day to no cacophony when writing to me. Billorilly.com Billorilly.com Name and town if you wish to opine. Okay, in a moment, something you might not know.
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Bill O'Reilly
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Mike Slater
Now the O'Reilly update brings you something you might not know. 81 years ago today, the US military launched the deadliest air raid in history. Within hours, 25% of an entire city was incinerated. One million people left homeless or dead. Here is the story behind the fire bombing of Tokyo, Japan. The first aerial attack on Japan took place April 1942 in retaliation for Pearl harbor, which occurred four months prior. The assault, carried out by 16 U.S. bombers, was a symbolic action that caused little damage. For the rest of World War II, the American army focused on high altitude raids over industrial targets in Europe and Asia. Remember, the Air Force was incorporated into the army because of heavy defenses and prevailing winds. Most of these air missions were ineffective. On March 9, 1945, the ailing President Roosevelt authorized Operation Meeting House. Under the COVID of darkness, 340 US warplanes took off from bases near Guam in the Pacific. To increase speed, the aircraft was stripped of guns and defenses. Flying at a dangerously low level of 500ft, the squadron dropped 2,000 tons of explosives over Tokyo, a city built almost entirely out of wood. 15 square miles burnt instantly. 100,000 Japanese burned alive, another 200,000 gravely injured. 300,000 buildings destroyed, about a quarter of Tokyo's urban center. One million Japanese were left without a home. The mission lasted three hours and resumed again the next day. Operation Meeting House was a military success, but the attack failed to break the morale of the Japanese government. That happened five months later with two atomic bombs, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And here's something else you might not know. The raid on Tokyo remains a sensitive issue in Japan. Unlike survivors of the nuclear attack, those who lived through the firebombing have not received any compensation from the Japanese government. There are 50,000 survivors who remain alive. Back in a moment. Thank you for listening to the O'Reilly update. I am Bill O'Reilly. No spin, just facts. And always looking out for you.