Hey, I'm Mike Slater from San Diego, filling in for the great bill.

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It's Thursday, July 4, 2019.

Happy Independence Day.

You're listening to the O'Reilly update, and here's what's happening today in America.

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are now neck in neck after last week's Democrat debates.

California Governor Gavin Newsom backs Nike's plan to ditch the U.S. flag.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, she doubles down on her controversial concentration camp

remarks.

A top Democrat says mocking members of Congress on the Internet should be a criminal offense.

And the New York Times publishes a July 4 video saying that the USA is just okay.

Coming up, Bill's message of the day, and also something you might not know.

But first, to the campaign trail, Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris are now neck in

neck, according to a new poll published this week.

Harris now trails the former vice president by just two points following his questionable

debate performance last week.

And Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders also dropping in the polls with Elizabeth Warren

on the rise.

California Governor Gavin Newsom, he backed Nike's decision to ditch a new America-themed

sneaker on Wednesday, urging the company to relocate to his state after the Arizona

Governor Doug Ducey slashed his administration's financial incentives towards the shoemaker.

Nike bizarrely abandoned the Betsy Ross-inspired sneaker after former quarterback Colin

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