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Foreign. Here you are listening to the weekend edition of the O'Reilly update. Coming up next, the news with Mike Slater.
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Thanks, Bill. Here's what's happening this week in America. The lead increases virus update, Disney cruise busted and March Madness getting more mad. It's all coming up. Then Bill's gonna be here with your message of the day. But first, a beautiful scene at the Tennessee State Capitol where lawmakers passed new congressional maps. The big change in Tennessee is Memphis, which for 20 years has been represented by white guy Steve Cohen. But that's over now. Protesters were in the balcony blasting air horns and blowing whistles. But that did not stop the Republicans in Tennessee. Not to be outdone, in Alabama, there weren't as many protesters there, but there were sirens going off. They were tornado sirens. Didn't stop those Republicans either. Maybe The Republicans in D.C. will learn something about how to get stuff done. South Carolina passed their new maps as well. So right now, assuming that the Virginia Supreme Court does not approve the most recent ballot measure, which it looks like they won't, then at the end of this redistricting war, Republicans may come out ahead by 11 seats. Hantavirus updates so far, three people who were aboard the ship are known to have died from the virus. More than 100 passengers remain on the ship. Health officials in multiple states of our country say they are monitoring some passengers who have returned to America after being aboard the ship. There were 17 US citizens on that cruise. Spain is preparing for evacuation of the ship. The head of Spain's emergency services said they will arrive at a completely isolated, corned off area. They will board vehicles that are isolated and under guard. They will proceed to a section of the airport that will be completely cordoned off. They will board the aircraft and depart. I'm saying this so that the people of the Canary Islands, the men and women living there, can be rest assured that there will be absolutely no possibility of contact at any time. That's great for the Canary Islands, but everyone's just being sent everywhere else. Speaking of cruises, Homeland Security arrested 28 staffers on a Disney cruise docked in San Diego as part of an ongoing child sexual exploitation material enforcement operation. 26 of the employees were from the Philippines, one from Portugal, one from Indonesia. The NCAA has announced they are increasing March Madness from the once 64 team, now 68 teams, to 76 teams. They're adding eight extra games. So now 12 games from 24 teams in the week before the tournament starts. Those 12 winning teams will then be entered into the 64 team bracket. That starts on Thursday, most of these eight new slots will go to teams in the major conferences. A lot of money at stake here. The conferences make $350,000 for every team in their conference that wins per game. So the Big Ten got $70 million because Michigan and UCLA won the men's and women's tournaments. I'm Mike Slater from politics by faith. YouTube.com OlyticsByFaith Bill O'Reilly has your message of the day Next.
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My advice to the former president is far out. Right on. First of all, Mr. Obama doesn't need the grief. He's making millions giving speeches that do involve his opinion. As hall and Oates once sang, why you want more? Secondly, the commentator thing has been roughed up by social media zealots hungry for money and attention. This is a rather nasty club these days. I wonder what the late Charles Krathammer would be thinking. His commentary was sterling. I hope you remember President Obama has unlimited access to the establishment media and is able to make any points he wants to make. He doesn't have to be a snolygoster searching for validation. Political analysis is not what it used to be. And while astute commentary is very needed, it is being overwhelmed by gutter sniping and conspiracy stuff. So who really needs that? I'm Bill O'Reilly. I approve the message by writing it. You can reach me billorilly.com, billorilly.com, name in town if you wish to opine. Now, let's go to the mail. Barry is a conscious member, which means that Barry gets direct access to me should Barry get into any trouble. Other nations have nuclear weapons as a deterrent, assuming their enemies are rational and won't start a war that would destroy the planet. Iranian mullahs, as soon as they have a weapon and the means to deliver it, will use it to destroy Israel, the USA and Europe. That's the theory, but it's an unprovable theory. Okay, but based upon all the murders and killings that Iran has done in the past since 1979. Yeah. Now North Korea has nuke, but they're basically constrained by China. The China basically said better not mess around or we're going to come in and take your country over. Forest is a concierge member. I recently filled my car's gas tank paying the highest price ever for our area. All I can think about is I pump the gas. I don't want Iran ab nukes. I'm okay with short term spike in gas exchange for Iran's new capability being destroyed. That's my point of view too. But short term is a tough scenario to define. You know what short term mean? Is it a year, six months? That's what a lot of people are struggling with. Jim Wolf, Peoria, Illinois. Teddy Roosevelt broke the oil monopolies. So anyway, the president can stop the collusion the oil companies are dealing with right now. I would say yes, there is a way to do that. But remember, Roosevelt is just dealing with oil companies in the United States. John D. Rockefeller, and they had formed monopolies and Rockefeller is still lionized in Manhattan. Rockefeller Center. Okay. All right. And then Teddy broke those monopolies using the Supreme Court. In a moment, something you might not know. Now the O'Reilly update brings you something you might not know. 26 years ago, Vladimir Putin was inaugurated as the president of Russia. He rules that country with absolute authority to this day. Here is the story behind bad Vlad. Born October 7, 1952, in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg. Putin was the youngest of three children. His two older brothers died before his birth, one during the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. His grandmother and two uncles were also murdered by German occupiers. In 1975, Putin joined the KGB as a counter intelligence agent. He lived in Moscow, then he moved to east Germany in 1984. In 1999, Putin was appointed acting prime minister of the Russian Federation by the often tipsy Boris Yeltsin. Yeltsin resigned on New Year's Eve, making Putin the acting president. He has dominated the country ever since. Throughout his tenure, the strongman has eliminated political opponents, often poisoning reporters and activists with radioactive material. And here's something else you might not know when Bad Vlad isn't targeting journalists or invading Ukraine. He occupies his time with some pretty strange hobbies. Putin is a massive fan of Indiana Jones. The Russian president even launched an expedition in 2011 to find ancient Greek artifacts while diving in the Black Sea. None were found. Putin also tracks polar bears. Since 2010, he's worked with biologists every year to locate the animals in the country's vast Arctic wilderness. Putin's favorite band? That would be the Beatles, the president told reporters in 2007 he learned to speak English by listening to the Fab Four. Back in a moment. That is the weekend edition of the O'Reilly update. For more news and honest analysis, please go to billoreilly.com.
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