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Indiscreet. a lot of people were talking to the press today an pauled that ron schiller, who was a top executive, would say such indiscreet things even if they were his inner most feelings to someone he didn't really now. now we fan out was posing for an uncover sting video. >> greta: what could npr do to convince even democrats at this point that they should be funded? what is their best argument? when you go around calling the people who butter your bread, racist, it is a tough sell. >> if you listen today they are changing their argument. representative earl blumenauer a big proponent of np...

The two schillers are not related. in an undercover video shot by james o'keefe, ron schiller call the tea party racist. now npr has its work cut out, especially to keep government funding. what is what schiller was caught saying. >> greta: byron york is here. now vivian schiller, out the door. they must be in complete meltdown at npr right now. >> she was pushed out.eqf the board make a quick decision to get rid of vivian schiller. this is feeding into the

They were absolutely appalled that ron schiller, a top executive at npr, would say such indiscreet things, even if they were his inner-most feelings to someone he didn't know and now we find out was posing for an undercover sting video. >> what in the world could npr to convince even democrats at this point that it should be fundd? what is their best argument? when you call the people who butter your bread racist, you know, it's a tough sell? >> well, if everybodyr i listened today, they are changing their argument. a big proponent of npr sent a statement today, emphasizing the individual stat...

Debate on capitol hill where republicans are trying to defund, cut off federal funds for npr and for all public broadcasting. the fear inside npr was not this would cause more republicans to want to defund npr, they already want to. the fear was it would make it more difficult for democrats to continue defending continued funding for npr. that's why vivian schiller was out the door pretty fast. >> greta: it can't be ignored this was to hustle money from the uncover sting and their marketing technique is to say we accuse people of being racist. lousy marketing technique especially when you are ...

And there will be an expedited review, appellate review of this law in the court's decision in florida. the reason is, this legislation, 2700 pages of it was rushed into passage and signature by the president. the american people were not participants in this legislative effort. there was no education of the american public for crying out loud there was no education of the senators and congressmen who were voting on the legislation. they didn't foe what was in it. what we are finding is a legislative travesty. >> greta: lou, thank you, always nice to see you. >> great to be with you. >> greta:...