Bill O'Reilly here, Thursday, July 15, 2021, you are listening to the O'Reilly update.

Here's what's happening across our nation.

Republican senators introduced legislation of ban mask mandates on public transportation.

Protestants in France riot over vaccine passports.

Drug overdose deaths reach a record high.

No judge blocks New York City's effort to evict homeless from hotels.

The suburbs around Washington, D.C. ranked the richest in the nation.

Also ahead, what Republicans are doing wrong.

But first, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul unveiling a new bill that would prohibit the federal

government from mandating face masks while riding public transportation.

The travel mask mandate repeal act of 2021 would bar agencies from demanding masks at

transit hubs like airports and train stations.

Said Paul, quote, Americans are smart enough to make their own decisions.

Protestants in France rioting over the government's vaccine passports.

Hundreds of demonstrators set fire, smash windows and Paris.

The digital document will be required.

For entering most public buildings throughout the country, less than 35% of France's 67 million

population is fully vaxed.

The number of Americans dying from drug overdoses jumped 30% last year, nearly 100,000 people

in the USA perished from narcotics compared to 70,000 in 2019.

Doctors blame the stat on the COVID shutdown, increased access to the deadly opioid fentanyl.

But the real reason is that the border is so open that deadly narcotics are flooding across

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