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Majority. >> oh, everybody? can i respond? megyn: go ahead. >> if you look at this organization -- i'm from the world of talk radio. it's 99.9% conservative and a lot of it is just completely -- >> we don't ask for a dime from the government. megyn: n.p.r. is 99.9% conservative? >> no. >> what nancy -- >> all right, ben. let the corporation for public broadcasting, who have gone out of their way to do gymnastics to not be perceived as liberal. megyn: ron schiller lost the job he was going to go to in aspen. you can read into that what the new employer might have said to him in the wake of this...

Self-defense? i don't think so. >> reporter: that darkened hallway was inside the television station they started together while his children were waiting outside in the family car. here's the judge handing down the sentence. listen. >> given the horrific nature of this crime and your refusal or inability or unwillingness to accept any responsibility for it, justice demands you receive nothing less then the maximum possible punishment. upon your conviction for murder in the second-degree, you are hereby sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. >> reporter: 25 years to life in prison for the ma...

The coroner ruled that the seven children died of smoke inhalation. there will be no autopsy performed, but additional tests will be run. megyn? megyn: just awful. lawyer -- laura, thank you. dramatic fallout after hidden camera video surfaces showing n.p.r. executive ron schiller slamming conservatives, calling the tea party racist and questioning whether n.p.r. needs federal funding at all. this organization is supposed to be objective and nonpartisan and yet here's one of its senior executives caught saying this -- >> the party has hijacked by

Keep you in business, as n.p.r. does. the thing about this tape, this guy schiller, he is not small potatoes. he was senior vice president at n.p.r. he's saying, we don't need -- n.p.r. would be better off it did not accept federal funding. and you have eric cantor coming out saying, right, so let's not appropriate it. >> there's a huge difference between having a nonprofit and getting government funds in the tens of millions of dollars per year, like n.p.r. does. i will not sit here and say that every 501c3 is getting money from the argument. that's ridiculous, nancy, and you know that. this ...

Suppressing the economy and any job creation or economic growth. megyn: he has policies to stimulate the economy. >> he is touting them, but most of the american people say the policies have made the economic situation worse, not better. megyn: no matter what your party affiliation is, you see a 10-point dip with independents, you pay attention. monica, thank you. >> thank you. megyn: dramatic fallout after an executive with fashional public radio accused conservatives and tea party members of being racist. watch this. >> they believe that white, middle american gun-toting is a bit scary. megy...