PBS CEO says "we have never seen a circumstance like this" after Trump targets funding

President Trump this weekend signed an executive order targeting funding to PBS and NPR, saying he is ending "taxpayer subsidization of biased media." PBS CEO Paula Kerger and NPR CEO Katherine Maher join "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," with Kerger saying "we have never seen a circumstance like this."

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0:00 Intro
1:02 Challenging Trump's order to cut funding for PBS and NPR
1:45 How this funding cut threat is different from past threats
3:36 What happens to Sesame Street?
5:27 Response to charges of bias against NPR