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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 bin >> greta: byron, they must be in ray complete meltdown at npr. >> she was pushed out the door. the board of npr made a very quick decision to get rid of vivian schiller. this is feeding into the debate

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: the best of the rest. look out...

That democracy -- [ unintelligible ] >> greta: senator thank you. this is a fascinating story. a serious, important one to the people of wisconsin as well. thank you q >> thank you. >> greta: if you think things are -- are a mess in madison, how about nfr? another executive out the door. what happened -- and why npr might have trouble paying its bills. >> do you need a job? you won't believe who is hiring. charlie sheen, not kidding. what is the job? how do you apply? what are sheen's job requirements? it is all coming up, don't go away. what do you see yourself doing after you do retire? clie...

Rush limbaugh says he is. >> schiller now claims he was not representing npr's views nor was he representing his own. now how do you get away with that? he's caught on tape,. he said what he said about the jews running the media and tea party being racist. now, i was -- that statement is running counter to npr's views and my own beliefs. >> greta: we report, you decide. >> tina fey may have competition. actors julianne moore will be portraying sarah palin a new movie. the movie traces mccain's presidential campaign from when he those palin as his running mate through their defeat. the movie is...

People would be unemployed. they are not defending npr, but they are defending the stations and the people whose jobs depend on those stations. >> tell me if i am wrong, but i thought the last go-round, i thought npr got very little fun from this federal government. it is not as large a percentage as most people think. am i wrong? >> no. you are correct. vivian schiller has said in the past that npr gets between 1 and 2% of its money from the federal government, which led republicans to say, then, you could do without that? what company hasn't had to cut 1 or 2% these days. but they say the st...