RADIOFebruary 05, 2024

‘Don’t be FOOLED’: What’s REALLY in the Senate's new ‘border’ bill

Members of the Senate have reached a “bipartisan border deal.” But is it really bipartisan? And is it really a border deal? Glenn lays out what’s actually in the bill, which Glenn believes is better described as a “multi-billion-dollar war package” that continues to fund the war in Ukraine. Plus, Glenn breaks down what Biden’s new “emergency powers” would be … and they’re insane.

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GLENN: There's a lot going on.

Let me start with the border news over the weekend, and continue to heat up. Let me give you a few of the touch points here. More governors traveled to the Texas/Mexico border on Sunday. To show their solidarity with governor Abbott and the federal government.

Speeches were given directly at ground zero. And the media is dubbing it Civil War 2.0.

So they were surrounded bit Texas national guard. Military vehicles. Loads of razor wire. Right in Shelby Park and Eagle Pass, Texas.

Now, over on the federal level, the Senate appears to have come to an agreement on they say it's a border bill. But we'll get into the details in a second. It's actually a multi-billion dollar war package. Do not be fooled by the name "border bill."

It's not. Now, it does have some stuff to do with the border. Depending on who you talk to. It's both amazing for the border. And the worst piece of legislation in history. It's weird how something can be both of those things.

Could it also possibly be that all of the border news happening right now is just a song and dance?

Could it be that no one is actually interested at all in solving the border problem?

All the world is, but a stage. And we are merely its players. Yes.

Yes. Yes. That's what's happening.

For decades now, the border has been enormous political Capitol for both sides in Washington, DC.

Republicans love it. Democrats love it.

And they never really cared about the impacts to our communities. And to our states.

Why would they suddenly start caring about it now?

Well, because it's so bad. Uh-huh.

So we sent our Blaze originals documentary team down with the border, convoy.

And, boy, did they learn a lot.

They were with the convoy. But the convoy led them to all kinds of other discoveries. With about the standoff at the border between the state and the feds.

We found something shocking, that no one is talking about.

We're being duped by all sides.

Here's one piece I can give you today.

Consider this: Did you hear about a -- a secret meeting?

Did you hear that while reports of record amounts of illegals were pouring over our border -- this was in December -- Secretary of State Blinken held a secret meeting with Mexican officials, in Mexico City.

Now, it was reported that he traveled there.

But the full context of the meeting, were not disclosed.

We have no idea. Why is that?

Was there an agreement that was made?

Were concessions handed over?

If so, what did we give up?

Why isn't this meeting discussed in the media, when they talk about Civil War, 2.0. Or when the Senate hails a landmark border deal.

What happened in Mexico?

Could all of this just be a charade for the people?

Our Blaze orange documentary team might have the real answer for you. The full report is coming out in a couple of weeks. But we will have more on this, on our Wednesday night TV special. This is all breaking news. In -- in our world.

And we'll give you all of the full tails, as we -- as we gather everything. And make sure it's all buttoned up.

Now, the senators revealed 118 billion-dollar emergency National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act.

Wow! So it's an emergency, and it's about national security!

So what did we get?

Well, 118 billion-dollar national security supplemental -- supplemental appropriations act.

Would give $60 billion in aid to Ukraine.

Wait. Wait. What?

So it's 118 billion.

Half of it goes to -- I thought -- wait. Wait. Emergency national security.

Supplemental bill. I thought that national emergency was the border?

Because wasn't that why he needed emergency powers?

The border?

So half the money goes to aid Ukraine. They also allocated $20 billion into securing the US southern border.

Okay. So say. Wait. So three times the amount, goes to Ukraine.

Also, $20 billion for the border. $14 billion in security assistance to Israel.

And just to make it all fair. $10 billion in humanitarian assistance for civilians caught in the conflict zones of Gaza.

Oh, well, that's -- okay. Wait. What?

Four and a half billion. Or almost 5 billion to support key regional partners in the Indo-Pacific to deter China.

Two and a half billion dollars to support US Central Command operations in the Red Sea.

2.3 billion for Ukrainians. And other refugees displaced.

400 million for the nonprofit security grant program, which helps nonprofits in places of worship, to make its security enhancements.

Uh-huh. Uh-huh. It would also require the Department of Homeland Security to nearly shut down the border.

Now, listen to this. Nearly shut down the border.

What does that mean exactly?

Well, it means that we're not going to shut down the border.

But nearly do it. Now, not today. But that -- they can do that, if the migrant crossers, increase more than 5,000 a day.

On any given week. Or if the average daily encounters reach $4,000. 4,000 people a day, this a one-week span.

So if there's 4,000 people, for six days, they can't shut down the border.

I'm sorry. They can't nearly shut down the border.

At a rate of 5,000 illegal immigrants entering the country, that would mean more than 1.8 million illegal aliens would be coming into the country every year.

But remember, I haven't gotten to the nearly shut down the border.

This is their solution today. To let in an additional 2 million people come in across our border.

Okay. We're a little sick of the 4 million, I think. We're a little sick. Let's slow it down. Let's just do 2 million. Oh, okay.

Now, Chris Murphy from the -- the Democrat from the great set of Connecticut. I mean that, being here. It's a lovely, lovely state. What they've done with the trash, is just wonderful. It really is. A requirement of the president to funnel asylum claims to the land ports of entry when more than 5,000 people cross a day. This is what Murphy is saying, on X. The border never closes. But claims must be processed at the ports. This allows for more and more orderly humane asylum processing system.

Got that? So if it's more than 5,000 a day, then they have to be processed at the ports. That's the nearly closing the border.

Oh! Okay. Well, that sounds really bad. This is what -- you know, Lankford came out. And he was like, everybody was saying, this is much worse than what we said it was going to be. I challenge the people that come up to me and tell me, what is worse?

Well, you know, he's kind of right. Remember when the media was saying, oh, it has none of that stuff in the bill. That's an outrageous -- that is disinformation. That those things were in the bill.

Yeah. Lankford is probably not worse. You've confirmed everything that we said was in it, that you all were saying, wait until you find out what's inside the bill.

Because that's not in the bill. It's in the bill!

Oh, my gosh.

You know, when people like Lankford, who needs friends?

Seriously, who needs friends?

I'm a little confused. I'm going to have to get with the speaker's team on -- to find out what part would be worse, than what we had expected, based on the actual text!

It's not worse! It is the text that we said it was, and you said it wasn't. Oh, my gosh. Stu, can you just take over for a second. Because I'm going to have an aneurysm.

STU: Yeah. On that point, you're totally right. There was this pushback, on people negotiating and Lankford being key in this room. Saying, oh, you guys are just acting off of rumors.

You're acting off of internet posts. You're acting off of false reporting about what's in this bill. I would never allow this to be in this bill. Then they released the text of the bill.

And I mean, to the number. Almost every single part of it is exactly what was reported.

I mean, it's bizarre.

I will say, when you get to the point of, talking about it being worse, I would include this. In the worst subscription.

Tell me if you agree with this. There is a provision in the bill, that would allow the president. You know, you might be -- you may not know. Joe Biden is currently the president of the United States.

Okay. So this would be under his authority. There's a provision in his bill, that would allow the president to suspend the shutdown authority. It says, quote, it authorizes the president to suspend the border emergency on an emergency basis.

For up to 45 days, if it's in the national interests.

So what do you think happens when we get across this 5,000 barrier?

Every time, he at least suspends it for 45 days, and God only knows if he can do it consecutively in perpetuity. That's probably what will wind up happening. Though, I'm not sure about that detail.

Look, Glenn, you look at the bill. And there are things in there. That would theoretically make the situation a little bit better.

There's asylum improvements that I think could be part of an eventual bill.

GLENN: Yeah. I mean, why even discuss.

It's a nonstarter because of things like this.

According to the bill, if you cross the border, illegally. You get arrested.

And then Department of Homeland Security, they decide, that you're entitled to protection. They're now able to give you automatic -- automatic employment authorization.

STU: Yeah. Until you have your asylum hearing. Now, a couple of parts, in addition to that. They say the asylum hearings will come fast. So no more 2030 court dates. Do you believe that?

I mean, this is the problem. I don't believe that. Now, if they -- they say it will supposedly bring this down to months, instead of years, for asylum.

That would be a legitimate improvement on what we have --

GLENN: Except, I don't think it's by judges.

I think it's by the Department of Homeland Security, is it not?

STU: I think it's by the US citizenship and immigration services. It kind of shifts a lot of it, at least over there.

But again, do I believe that they will actually accomplish that?

No. They also have tougher asylum requirements. And this could be a legitimate one, Glenn.

But think about this in a real country, that does the -- the things they say they do.

They would include three bars to eligibility. Okay?

Number one. Criminal history. So if you have criminal history, no asylum for you. Okay. Totally legitimate.

Number two, could they have resettled in another country on the way to the US.

Yeah. Okay. If you actually implemented it, that would be a great improvement. Number three, could they have settled somewhere else in their country. Okay. Perfect. That would be a legitimate thing to do.

That would be an improvement over our system. And it would be a rational way to decipher these claims.

No one believes they are going to do these things. No one believes that this is actually going to happen. When they're ignoring dozens and dozens of other laws that are already on the books. Why would we believe that they would suddenly just implement this one part of this one law that would improve the system.

And they have no trust for the people. And they have no national reason to be trusted. And that is a bigger part of this problem.

Not to mention, they put in there, that the US -- or, the president of the United States, could just suspend the authority.

So at some points, they say. It's required, to shut the border down.

At the same time, to say, he has a 45 window to supplement this at any point.

GLENN: Yeah.

His emergency power is to shut this bill down at any time.

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: If he feels it's in an emergency or in our best interest, he can shut this bill down.

We all thought he was saying he needed emergency power to shut the border down. He's not. And their response is, well, he's nearly shutting it down.

Only 1.8 million people can come across the border in a year. Only 1.8.

STU: Right. Now, they are pushing back against that number. You know, the way they are wording it is that it doesn't mean they're allowed in. 5,000 are not allowed in. They are saying that, single adults would be detained.

And families would be released via ATD, Glenn.

Alternatives to detention.

GLENN: Ah.

STU: A little ATD going on.

GLENN: Yeah. A little ATD.

STU: To me, even if you're detaining them in the United States, you're still letting them into the United States.

GLENN: And we're feeding and clothing and caring for people. That we shouldn't be feeding, caring or clothing.

I mean, this is just insane.

STU: The expansion of the detention capacity is only 16,000.

So, again, this is a few days under this system. Where else -- where do people go again? We will be in the same crisis situation all over again.

This AI could change EVERYTHING by next year

With Elon Musk’s announcement of Grok 4, humanity is closer than ever before to creating AGI – artificial general intelligence – which would change everything. Glenn Beck breaks down what’s coming in the next year with AI, which even Elon Musk called “terrifying.”

Transcript

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GLENN: Let me tell you the biggest story of the day.

And I think it is the biggest story possibly of all mankind, as of today.

It's going to change rapidly.

I don't know if anybody -- did either of you guys watch the Elon Musk thing last night?

STU: No, I did watch a few minutes of it.

GLENN: Okay. Did you, Jason?

JASON: No. I sure didn't.

GLENN: Okay. So the xAI team was there to unveil Grok 4. This is the latest intelligence, and let me be very, very clear.

Last night was not your typical tech launch. This is a moment that demands everyone's full attention.

We are now at the crossroads, where promise and peril are going to collide. Okay?

I have explained to you, for years, AGI.
AI. AGI. And ASI. Narrow intelligence is what we've always had.

General intelligence is the next step. And that is, it's better that man, one -- one, you know, like Grok. Can do everything. That you can do.

Better that you can do.

Okay?

And then there's super intelligence. ASI.

Artificial super intelligence.

That's when things get really, really creepy.

When you hit AGI, the road to ASI could be overnight.

Okay?

We need to understand what's at stake here. Because Grok four brought us closer to that second stage, than ever before.

Grok four is a powerhouse. They demonstrated it last night.

It surpasses the expertise of Ph.D.-level sailors in all fields.

It can get 100 percent on any -- any test for any field, mathematics, physics. Engineering.

You name it.

This is not a search engine.

This is a system that tackles problems, so intricate, they -- they go beyond our existing knowledge base.

Okay?

Let's say there is -- let's say, we have a fusion reactor. And the magnetic containment system goes down. I don't even know what I'm talking about at this point.

But it goes down.

And the top minds all on earth are like, I don't know what to do. Grok 4 can step in, model the physics, design new material, stabilize the system, and avert catastrophe. And it can do it about that fast. Now, this is the capability, that Musk says is just around the corner.

Mark my words. You know, how many -- how many years did I say, between 2027 and 2030, we would start to see this?

STU: Oh, a million times.

That was always --

GLENN: For years. Right? Yeah, always the window.

And everybody, even Ray Kurzweil said, oh, that's way too optimistic. We may be 2050.

And then people started going, 2040, 2030.

Grok shows us 2026 or 2027 is when we're going to hit it. This is the last year, that we have, before things get really weird.

Okay?

Last night, Elon Musk is touting this -- this AI.

And all of the solutions.

And then he says.

Hmm. Probably three times.

Something like this.

And I'm quoting. This is one of them.

It's somewhat unnerving to have created intelligence that's greater than our own.

He then goes on to call it terrifying, twice.

Now, this is a man who has launched rockets, you know, into orbit.

Going to Mars.

And he says, twice!

You know, after he sees the results of it. He says, you know, it's really -- in a way, quite terrifying to see what it's doing.

But we just have to make sure that it remains good!

Oh, okay.

All right. Sure.

Now, the key point in the announcement was the mention of ARC-AGI.

I had never heard of ARC-AGI. I had no idea what it was. But I noticed AGI. And I went, uh-oh. That sounds important. So this is the gold standard. The bench mark testing for artificial general intelligence.

Okay.

As I've said before, AGI. Artificial General Intelligence is a machine that matches all human cognition, across all domains.

Reasoning, creativity.

Problem solving. Not just specialized tasks like playing Go or analyzing x-rays. Everything. For instance, Musk said by mid-next year to the latest end of next year, it will be able to create a full length movie, just from a text prompt.
And do it all at once!

So, in other words, it will say, create a movie, and you just explain the Godfather.

It will do the casting. It will do the writing. It will do the filming, if you will. It will -- score the music, and it will happen that fast.

Almost in realtime. We are nowhere near the computational power now, to do that separately.

But this will do it all at once. It will make a movie with all of it, simultaneously.

So the arc AGI system is the benchmark on how close we are to AGI. Remember, scary things happen at AGI.

Terrifying things happen at ASI. ASI could be a matter of hours, or days after we hit AGI.

Grok 4 scored 16.2 percent on the ARC-AGI scale.

Why is that important? You're like, well, only 16 percent away.

Because last time, it barely broke 8 percent.

And that -- they took that test, last time with Grok three.

And it took us forever to get to 8 percent.

Now, what is it? A year later.

We're at 16 percent. Remember, these things are not linear. The next time, we could be at 32, we might be at 64.

We are on the verge. This is the last year of -- I can't believe I'm saying this. Of normalcy. Okay?

This year is -- we're going to look back at this year, probably two years ago, gosh, remember the good old days, when everything was normal.

And you could understand everything.

This is how close we are!

Everything you and I talked about last night, Stu, about what we're doing in January, make -- put -- does it make it even more critical that that happens like, oh, I don't know.

Right now.

STU: Yeah. For sure.

GLENN: You are going to need to know your values, your ethics, your rights.

You are going to need to know absolutely everything.

Now, Grok 4 is not true AGI yet.

It lacks the full autonomy and the generalized reasoning of a human mind. But it is the closest that we've come.

It's a system that can adapt, innovate, at a level that outpaces specialized AIs by a wide margin.

This is a milestone. This is not a destination, but it's something that should jolt everybody awake. So here's what's coming over the next six months. By December 2025, that's this Christmas!

December 2025, he believes, Musk, that Grok 4, will drive breakthroughs in material sciences.

So, in other words, imagine a new -- brand-new alloy, that is lighter than aluminum. Stronger than steel.

And it revolutionizes aerospace and everything else, or a drug that halts Alzheimer's progression, tailored to a person's DNA.

Grok will drive breakthroughs through material science. So brand-new materials that nobody has ever thought of.

Pharmaceuticals that we never thought could be made.

And chemical engineering, putting together chemicals that no man has ever thought.

That's going for happen by December.

Imagine a chemical compound that makes carbon capture, economically viable. The climate change stuff, that's over.

It will be over.

Because this will solve that! These are not fantasies.

This is Grok 4.

Musk said something that he never thought. He believes that within the next year, by 2027, Grok 4 will uncover new physical laws.

So that will rewrite the understanding -- our understanding of the entire universe.

That there will come -- like there's gravity. Hey, you know what, there's another law here that you never thought of. Wait. What?

That, he says, will come by 2027. This is going to accelerate human discovery, at an unprecedented scale.

I told you, at some point. I said, by 2030. It might be a little earlier than that.

Things will be happening at such a fast rate, you won't be able to keep up with them.

And it will accelerate to the point to where you won't even understand what all of this means.

Or what the ramifications are!

Are you there yet?

In six months, Grok 4 could evolve into a system, that dwarfs human expertise in economics, defense, all of it.

Now, again, it's a bit terrifying to quote Elon Musk. Why?

Because we don't know, what else comes with this.

This is like an alien life form.

We have no idea, what to predict. What it will be capable of.

How it will view us, when we are ants, to its intellect.

Okay?

It is a tool, but it is also Pandora's box.

If Grok 4 is the biggest step towards AGI.

And maybe one of the last steps to AGI.

My feeling is: What I've been saying forever.

2027 to 2030, I'm leaning more toward the 2027 now.

Because of this announcement last night.

We are on the verge of AGI.

And everything in human existence changing overnight.

And as Musk said himself, two times, it's terrifying!

We should act like it is terrifying.

Or risk losing the control of the future, that we're all trying to build. That's the biggest story of the day.

I think! In my opinion.

Bill O’Reilly’s SOLUTION to the DOJ’s Epstein Files fallout

Bill O'Reilly joins Glenn Beck with his plan for how the Trump administration can fix the Epstein Files fallout "overnight." Plus, he explains why he believes there's only one way that former FBI Director James Comey and former CIA Director John Brennan get indicted by a grand jury.

Transcript

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GLENN: All right. Bill O'Reilly.

Welcome to the program, sir! How are you?

BILL: Welcome. (inaudible)

And right off the bat, I have to correct you.

GLENN: Yeah. You're not alive. What know.

BILL: I mean, you know -- you don't know that?

GLENN: Yeah, yeah. No. I -- I thought you were dead. Anyway --

BILL: You were dead to me, oh!
(laughter)
I --

GLENN: I get it.

BILL: That's just another brick in your wall, Beck.
(laughter)

GLENN: It's good to talk to you, Bill.

Tell me -- you had a conversation with -- with President Trump, what, a couple of months ago, and I talked about --

BILL: Yeah. St. Patrick's Day, he invited me to sit on a cabinet meeting, which he does sometimes.

And he said, look, we've got files, Kennedy, King, Epstein -- what do you think? And I said, well, first Kennedy you've got to put out pretty much everything, which he did. King, he didn't. I don't know why. Because that's important too.

And then on Epstein I said, you have to be careful here, because this is now being used in political precincts. Both sides want to destroy anybody that was associated with Epstein. And the problem is that a federal investigation. They don't make a determination whether you had a -- what kind of relationship you had with Epstein. They just said, so-and-so had lunch with him.

Or maybe so-and-so had -- saw him at a party. And I said, any name of a human being associated with Epstein, in any way, that person is going to be destroyed. Because you know, the press is not going to put anything into context.

So I said, but it's very important that the Justice Department tell the folks what they know.

And you don't have to get specific with anything.

But you have to say, this is the information that we've compiled. And that's not hard.

And I don't know why the Trump administration is not doing that.

GLENN: Wow!

So, first of all, it's your fault, that we're not getting any names. We learned a lot here.

BILL: Probably my fault, but the president --

GLENN: You know what, I think you're right. I don't want all the names of the people. I want to know --

BILL: And I don't either.

GLENN: Right! I want to know the Justice Department has sorted through the things, and then have gone through. And said, this is criminal. This is not. These people are being indicted, et cetera, et cetera. But to come out and say, there is nothing there, I mean, it's -- it's at least --

BILL: It's ridiculous.

GLENN: It's mass incompetence, at least from Pam Bondi. How could she come out and say, it's all sitting on my desk?

And then when she doesn't release it, she says, well, that's because the FBI in New York is thwarting this process. There are people up there, that are trying to keep this from me.

And then she makes no arrests on that. We never hear about that again.

And then now all of a sudden, there's nothing to see.

BILL: Well, listen, Pam Bondi does not make decisions on her own.

No cabinet member does.

All the decisions come out of the West Wing.

So what I believed happened was, Trump was so obsessed with the big bill, with Iran, with Putin, with China.

That this -- they didn't even think about this. Okay?

GLENN: I believe that.

BILL: And it slowly began to unravel. And then I caught it by surprise.

But this is the easiest fix. Somewhere so easy.

BILL: So if I'm in charge, and that would be a great thing for everyone, except you, Beck -- but every other American, if I were in charge, tremendous. You would be in Botswana. Right.

GLENN: Right. Oh, I know.

Yeah. Yeah. I would be the ambassador of the white farmers in -- in South Africa if it were up to you. I know. I know.

BILL: No. You would be wandering around going, I am Glenn Beck. And they would go, who? That's what you'd be doing.

GLENN: That's every day.

BILL: So this could happen within the hour. Pam Bondi announces a press conference for tomorrow.

At that press conference, sitting next to her, is Merrick Garland, everyone.

You had this stuff for four years! Now, I understand that Mr. Garland has gone native and is living in a -- well, we can find him. We can pull him out of there, and have him and Pam, sit there and answer questions in a general way about what evidence the Justice Department of the United States has compiled.

GLENN: Not going to happen.

BILL: That's it!

Well, if it's not going to happen, then President Trump is going to take a hit.

But he's calculating that this will say that it's that night important.

But I don't know why you would not do it.

I just don't know. And I'm usually pretty good at predicting what the president does or does not do.

GLENN: So here's the thing, Bill.

I think he keeps focusing on Epstein. It's not that big of a deal.

It's not about Epstein. It's about justice.

It's about, can we trust the people -- correct!

It's all about credibility and justice.

And he's not seeing that. And I don't know how he's missing that. Because I agree with you.

He's been so busy on so many other things.

BILL: That's right. That's right.

GLENN: This is not at the top of his priority list.

But he did campaign on it.

BILL: Right.

And I don't know if there's anybody inside the White House.

He looks to be annoyed, when this subject comes up.

GLENN: Oh, I know.

BILL: And here's the -- what works -- you have to understand.

A guy like Donald Trump runs it all.

If he's annoyed, nobody will want to annoy him more. Okay?

GLENN: Oh, I know.

BILL: That's how it works. The older arch is, because Epstein got favorable treatment.

By the feds, in the first go around in Florida, that there's a deep suspicion about this case.

But if you break it down, if the Biden administration had any dirt on any Republican associated with Epstein. It would have been out.

And vice-versa.

If the Republicans had any dirt on any Democrats. Now, we know that former president Clinton, was involved with Epstein to some extent.

I don't know if that was a factor, okay? I don't know.

But your right for once. You're right. It's about credibility. It's about the American people trusting that we do have equal justice for all!

So what do you -- what do you make of now the Russia gate thing, coming out, today. Or yesterday.

The FISA court.

The fact that they're now saying, hey.

You know, we need to hold Brennan accountable.

We're like five or six days away.

Weeks away from him, you know, slipping past the -- the statute of limitations.

I mean, all these things are out today.

There's that. There is also the -- let's see here.

The Secret Service -- I think this happened a year ago.

But it's being reported as if it's news.

Secret Service suspends six agents assigned to protect Trump during a Butler assassination attempt. I mean, all these things are coming out. Like, look, we're busy on all these things. And I do believe they're busy on these things.

But it's like the Keystone Cops are in charge of the PR on this. It's bad.

BILL: Well, there's a lot of politics involved in both of those cases. Number one, in order to get Comey and Brennan to get indicted by a grand jury. Federal grand jury, and that's the only passage, you would have to have a whistle-blower, saying, yeah, these guys abused their power. I worked for them. And they absolutely wanted to get Trump.

And they knew the Russia dossier was phony.

And they did it anyway.

If I have that Justice Department.

Then you can get those guys.

If you don't have it, they will not be even indicted by a grand jury.

GLENN: So how is it that we do not have that Justice Department?

How do we not have that Justice Department?

BILL: Well, look. I don't know whether they have a whistle-blower or not, okay?

And if they have a whistle-blower, I want the case to go forward.

I want those two men indicted.

You can't do that, at that level.

As far as the Secret Service is concerned, monumental screw up. Everybody knows it. They fired the morons in charge of it. That woman -- I was embarrassed listening to her, trying to explain.

They didn't know what the deuce was going on. But this was across-the-board, in the Biden administration.

You know, it was a year ago Sunday, this upcoming Sunday.

GLENN: Right.

BILL: And it's just another example of how the Biden administration was the second worst administration in the history of this country. People have no idea how bad it was.

Every single agency was chaotic. Nothing worked. And this is just part of that. And we'll have a slew of stuff on Sunday. Nothing really meaningful.

I mean, they suspended the Secret Service agents, as they should have. They fired the director as they should have. The guy was a nut.

I don't know if there was anything more to that. I doubt it.

I'm more interested in the guy in the bushes. Because they don't know anything about him. I would like to know a little bit about him.

But again, the federal government, it doesn't really matter. It's the government. They never want to tell us stuff, Beck, never.

We always have to pull it out of them. It's almost like Russia or something. Come on!

GLENN: Right. Yeah. Let me ask you, let me take you back again to the Epstein thing.

I noticed yesterday, there were these people who were on the left. Who were taking tweets of mine. That say, look. These things don't make sense. On the Epstein thing. And they just have to be answered. And not anti-Trump at all.

And yet, the anti-Trump people were retweeting that, and they're trying to -- they're trying to get the right to fight against itself again and split people away from Donald Trump, where I don't think this Epstein thing is -- is splitting people from Donald Trump, at least at this point.

And I -- you know, I -- my wife stopped me from answering some of those tweets, yesterday.

Because it's never good, when you -- when I tweet in anger. Which I did.

But -- or was going to. What did you think about how this is being used against the right to try to separate us even more?

BILL: Everything is political. Everybody knows that for you.

But the MAGA people, from the mail I get. And I get a voluminous amount of mail. They're not happy.

GLENN: Oh, I agree. I'm not happy.

BILL: Now, are they going to throw President Trump under the cliché-ridden bus? No. Because to them, the greater good is being served by a fair tax bill.

Trying to cut waste.

Dealing with Iran effectively. And hopefully dealing with Putin.

That's another thing, that's on Trump's plate.

He has to deal with Putin now.

Has to. And that will be the next big story.

GLENN: How is he going to deal with it?

BILL: Lavrov and Rubio, are in Indonesia, as we speak.

And I assume that Rubio is delivering a message. That you either stop, or we're going to just absolutely crush you economically. Which the United States can do. By saying. No bank does business with Moscow.

And if you do business, no matter what bank you are, we're going to put you out of business.

Okay?

GLENN: Yeah. I've only got a couple of seconds. But didn't we already do that under Biden?

BILL: No! We didn't do the banks. We did the sanctions. And the sanctions they can always get around, because China is going to buy as much oil from Russia as possible.

You stop the banks, from doing all business with Moscow? Who is going --

GLENN: Isn't that what the SWIFT thing was all about?

When we kicked them off of SWIFT, wasn't that what that was all about?

BILL: No! Because they can still do a huge business with countries buying their oil.

And they got to pay Putin and Russia for the oil, and that has to go through the banking system.

If you stop the banking system, he can't get paid.

GLENN: Hmm, it's amazing. I'm glad I'm not the president right now. I think he's made some very brave decisions, and he is walking a tightrope. I mean, the world is on edge. And I pray for --

BILL: He looks very tired to me. Very tired. I haven't talked to him in a while, which is unusual. But you're right. You're absolutely right. That's the second time you've been right in this conversation. My God!

GLENN: I know. It's crazy.

BILL: What in the world.

GLENN: I was wrong about you being dead.

BILL: What is happening?

GLENN: It's good -- it's good to talk to you, my friend. Is everything okay? Is everything going well?

BILL: Everything is all right, Beck. We are not only successful, but that's old news. We've been that way for 50 years, but I appreciate you having me on your fine program.

GLENN: Okay. I love you.

BILL: Stu is still breathing.

GLENN: Hmm.

BILL: So that's good. Right.

But I've got a big book called Confronting Evil. Of course, we sent it, and of course you denied getting it. That comes out September 9th, so put me on a dance card.

GLENN: Well, we'll have you on. And you can also find Bill and his YouTube page. YouTube.com/BillOReilly. Or is it The Walking Dead?
(laughter)
He's not even laughing. Maybe he hung up. Bill O'Reilly, great to have him on.

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