Bill O'Reilly here. You are listening to the O'Reilly update. Coming up next, the news with Mike Slater.

Thank you, Bill. It is Wednesday, April 15th, 2026. Here's what happening today in America.

Blockade working. Banks for Citizens, Swalwell, Fallout, and Houston has a problem.

That's all coming up, and Bill's going to be here with your message of the day.

But first, a senior U.S. official says that U.S. and Iran have all the ingredients of a deal.

But if you have to come to a final agreement, the blockade of Iranian ports,

that puts Iran in a bad spot.

Iran has $285 million a day in exports.

And now they don't. And their oil storage has a capacity that once it's reached, they can't pump any more oil. So they got to turn those off.

And that takes months to turn back on to normal levels. So they're in a bad spot. Central Command

says they have successfully blocked all vessels traveling to and from Iranian ports and coastal areas in the first 24 hours of the blockade.

More than 10,000 service members are involved involving over 100 aircraft and 18 warships.

In other international news, President Trump met with our U.S. ambassador to China,

David Perdue, former senator from Georgia, as they both get ready to meet with Xi in May. Our Treasury Secretary, Scott Besson, said that a proposed executive order that would

require banks to collect citizenship information is, quote, in process. He said, and I don't think

it's unreasonable, because why don't we have information on who's in our banking system?

The draft executive order was first reported earlier in this year and would require banking

institutions to request additional identification documents from customers.

And this would be all in an effort to crack down on illegal immigration.

Senator Tom Cotton said access to the American banking system is a privilege that should

be reserved for those who respect our laws and sovereignty. When individuals are allowed to open accounts without

verifying legal status, we are permitting illegal aliens to establish financial routes and integrate

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