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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 o'reilly's 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, that's $100 million. now, fox is not going to pay the entire thing. >> right. >> but i'm told at least several tens of millions of dollars will be going to o'reilly. why? because the network, you know, did this deal in march, just a few weeks befo...

Going into that. how does this all play? >> essentially, fox called in a law firm two weeks ago to look into o'reilly. and whenever a law firm is called in, that's 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 o'reilly 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 these big payouts. and partly, the feds are looking at whether the ailes settlements were properly ...