Ailes Settlements News Today

Of "reliable sources," brian stelter is here. how much money are we talking? how much of a payout, brian? >> tens of millions of dollars. we know that because oreillys contract, his brand-new contract, was worth $25 million a year, this according to sources on both sides of this deal. so, $25 million a year for the next four years. you do the math, thats $100 million. now, fox is not going to pay the entire thing. >> right. >> but im told at least several tens of millions of dollars will be goin...

Going into that. how does this all play? >> essentially, fox called in a law firm two weeks ago to look into oreilly. and whenever a law firm is called in, thats not a good sign for the person being investigated. this law firm comes in, provides a report to the board of directors, the people that run the company. the board of directors agreed that oreilly had to go. that law firm also looked into roger ailes last summer. he resigned under pressure, got $40 million. so, in both cases, you have th...