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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 Friday, October 24, 2025. Here's what's happening today in America. Inflation numbers, meeting with she NBA gambling scandal and car ramming. That's all coming up. Then Bill's going to be here with your message of the day. But first, the consumer price index increased 0.3% last month. That's down from 0.4% in August. Economists forecasted a 0.4% increase compared with a year ago. Consumer prices are up 3%, slightly below the 3.1% forecast. Core prices, that's a metric that excludes food and energy prices, rose 0.2% below the estimate of 0.3%. Food inflation, which went up a lot in August, slowed down in September. The index for grocery prices climbed 0.3% over the month, down from 0.6% in August. The president is going to meet with the president of China Xi next Thursday. The president leaves for Asia tonight. He's going to Malaysia, Japan and South Korea. He'll meet with the president of China in South Korea. This meeting comes after Trump announced earlier this month that he would impose new 100% tariffs on imports from from China. He'll also meet the new prime minister of Japan, Japan's first female prime minister. The head coach of the Portland Trailblazers, Chauncey Billups and other NBA players were among 34 arrested as part of an FBI investigation. Billups was charged with wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy. The NYPD was targeting the La Cosa Nostra crime families in two separate operations across multiple states. Cash Patel said the money was funneled to La Cosa Nostra, enriching some of the most notorious criminal networks in the world. The schemers were given non public information about who would be sitting out future games or when they would be pulling themselves out early for injuries or illnesses. The FBI highlighted several different examples of where NBA players would fake an injury and take the player would take themselves out of the game so that their partner could win the bet. Three federal officers were injured after an illegal alien rammed his car into their vehicles to evade arrest. This happened in San Diego. I said this criminal illegal alien who's wanted in his home country of Kuwait and who has a violent criminal history, weaponized his vehicle to narrowly miss hitting innocent bystanders and striking ICE officers before crashing into multiple government vehicles. This occurred in a residential zone with a 20 mile per hour speed limit near a daycare center two more federal officers were hospitalized after another vehicle ramming attack in Arizona. I'm Mike Slater. I have a podcast called Politics by Faith. The great Bill O'Reilly. He has your message of the day next.
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Time now for the O'Reilly update. Message of the day on this Friday. The World Series this year has some interesting political implications. The Toronto Blue Jays are not only a baseball team, but a symbol of Canadian grievance against the Trump administration. May remember the brief controversy over a possible 51st state put forth by the president. That would be Canada. The problem is most Canadians like their country the way it is and want to keep it. Kind of like Obamacare with your doctors, eh? And so the Blue Jays are playing for national honor despite having just two Canadian citizens on their team. But they are based in Toronto, so they are, quote, standing guard for thee or something. Now, I find it hard to root for the Los Angeles Dodgers and an organization that honored the anti Catholic group Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Yes, I know Shohei Ohtani had nothing to do with that. But still, also, I like that Canadians are proud of their country. Loyalty is declining in this world. So I'm going with the Jays understanding they will most likely lose. The Boys of Perpetual Summer are rolling and Ohtani has dinner reservations in Tokyo come November. Might be a short series. I'm Bill O'Reilly. I approve the message by writing it. You can reach me billoreilly.com billorilly.com, name in town. If you wish to opine, let's go to the mail. Doug, concierge member. Doug has direct access to me. So if you are right, Bill, and the president's main job is to combat insurrection, protect Americans from danger. It sounds like Biden did the exact opposite. Yeah, that's why he's the second worst president ever. Yeah, and the worst president James Buchanan was. He did. So he led to the Civil War. Civil war wouldn't have happened if Buchanan had been competent. Bob Concierge, Remember, I agree with President Trump that he is a lot more motivated than he would have been if he won in 2020. He's cleaning up the messes Biden has created. Yeah, but he's got to get those prices down if he wants to continue because if the House goes over to the Democrats, everything stalls. Robin Altena, La Quinta, California. What happens to a judge that rules outside the ultimate final verdict? For example, a lawfare judge stops Trump and he's overturned. What will happen? Nothing. Judges have that discretion. They can make their rulings indemnified. Nothing happens to Judge Jim Thompson. Lovely in Colorado. My girlfriend's family are ranchers. They're devastated by possible Argentinian beef imports. I wish I could be more sympathetic, but we got to bring down the price of meat. And if that means we got to import meat from other countries, that's what's got to happen. Greater good. Patricia Roselli, Cumberland, Rhode Island. I'm 73, self supporting, and I learned so much from you, Bill, especially information about the Constitution. I see that you are fair and balanced. Well, that is our mandate. We have to be fair and balanced, Patricia, or there's no reason for me to do this. In a moment, something you might not know.
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Now the O'Reilly update brings you something you might not know. 36 years ago today, a popular TV preacher was sentenced to half a century in prison. The scandal shocked the public and destroyed one of the largest ministries in America. Here is the story of Jim Baker. Jim and his wife Tammy Faye, became national figures in the 1970s. The couple's TV show, called the PTL Club, short for Praise the Lord, was the most watched religious program in the nation. Unlike other Christian displays, the broadcast adopted a talk show format. The duo interviewed guests, took calls, gave advice on marriage, children and personal finance. Jim and Tammy Faye took in millions of dollars selling church memberships, timeshares and so called miracle products like crystals and holy water. They built a 2000 acre resort called Heritage USA. Six million visitors a year entered that place. Investigations into the bakers began. In 1979, a review from the IRS found the couple spent $1.3 million of donations on clothing, jewelry, real estate. In 1987, rumors of extramarital affairs and secret payments gained national attention. Less than a year later, Baker was indicted on charges of mail fraud, wire fraud and operating a crime, criminal conspiracy. The feds really went after him hard. On October 24, 1989, the televangelist was sentenced to 45 years in prison. He was released in 94 after an appeals court found the original judge made inappropriate remarks about the case. Tammy Faye divorced Jim during his incarceration. She died in 2007. And here's something else you might not know. Jim Baker is still preaching today. The 85 year old recently found himself in more legal trouble. In 2020, Baker was ordered by the FDA and New York State to stop selling a blend of salt, silver and holy water he claimed was a cure for 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.