The U.S. Senate is expected to vote soon on a bill that could rescind years of funding for public media stations like KCUR.

Republican officials criticized PBS Kansas for running an ad asking viewers to contact senators about preserving funding, as the Senate prepares to vote on public media funds.

Bob Feinberg, the chief legal officer for The WNET Group, discusses where public media funding stands and what's at stake.

Public media connects us in so many ways, and with the divides in America growing deeper and more painful, those points of connection matter more than ever.