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Reporter on this story called williams' warning to bill o'reilly not to discriminate against all muslims based onyx teamists. >> it makes it easier for them to come up with this crazy stuff. you can't really say the muslims attacked us on 9/11. what were they, norwegians? come on. >> if you said, timothy, mcveigh, the atlanta bomber, people who are protesting against homosexuality at funerals, you don't say we have a problem with christians. >> reporter: it doesn't rise near to that level. >> when you said in the talk points memo a moment ago that there are good muslims i think that's a point....

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The bill o'reilly factor. >> i'm not a bigot, you know the kind of books i've written about the civil rights movement in this this country. when i get on a plane i've got to tell you if i see people who are in muslim garb and i think they are identifying themselves first and foremost as muslims, i get worried, i get nervous. james rosen has more. >> reporter: this incident has its origin in bill o'reilly's own guest appearance on "the view." during a heated he can change about the mosque and culture center slated to be built two blocks from ground zero. whoopi goldberg and joy behar walked off...

Bigotry, but that there is a reality. you cannot ignore what happened on 9/11 and you cannot ignore the connection to islamic radicalism and you can't ignore the fact of what has been recently said in court with regard that this is the first drop of blood in a muslim war on america. and then she said, you know this has been decided up the chain. i said you mean i don't even get a chance to come in and we do this eyeball to eyeball, person-to-person, have a conversation. i've been there for more than ten years. we don't have a chance to have a conversation about this. she said there is nothing ...

Williams this morning explained how he learned of npr's decision. >> wednesday afternoon i got a message on my cellphone from ellen weiss who is the head of news at npr asking me to call. when i called back she said, what did you say, what did you mean to say? and i said i said what i meant to say, which is that it's an honest experience that when i'm in an airport and i see people who are in muslim garb, who identify themselves first and foremost as muslims i do a double take, i have a moment of anxiety or fear, given what happened on 9/11. that's just the reality. and she went onto say, well...