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, November 5th, 2025. Here's what happening today in America.

Election results closing the airspace, Harvard arrests, and Treasury Secretary to the Supreme Court.

That's all coming up.

Then Bill is going to be here with your message of the day.

But first, Election Day across America yesterday, Democrats won in all the big races,

all blue states.

Abigail Spanberger is the new governor of Virginia.

The governor of Virginia often goes to the opposite party that's in the White House.

That was true this year as well.

Democrat won the New Jersey governor's race, too. Amazingly, from my perspective, the Pennsylvania

voters overwhelmingly voted to retain three Supreme Court justices. Exit polls in New Jersey

found the biggest issues were taxes and the economy. I'm assuming people want lower taxes,

but maybe they want more taxes because

people in New York City want to raise taxes on the rich. Either way, the 2026 midterm start today.

A UPS cargo plane crashed and exploded, taken off from their hub in Louisville, Kentucky,

killing at least three. That number is expected to go up with 11

injured. The Department of Transportation might be forced to shut down the airspace in certain parts of

the country if the government shutdown continues into next week. Nearly 50% of all major air traffic

control facilities face staffing shortages. All air traffic controllers are required to work without pay

for the duration of the shutdown. About 13,000 air traffic controllers are required to work without pay for the duration of the shutdown.

About 13,000 air traffic controllers are working without pay. On Friday, the FAA said that 80% of the

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