The interview is scheduled to air during the next episode of "Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly".
Nelba Marquez-Greene's daughter, Ana, was six years old when she was shot and killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School along with 19 classmates and six adults.
"To give Alex Jones a platform on Father's Day is especially cruel to me", she told The Washington Post.
Ever since Kelly previewed her interview with Jones last night, NBC has been facing major pressure from those irate by the decision to grant airtime to the InfoWars conspiracy theorist.
"If Kelly tanks at 9 am she will also bring down Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb at 10am", warned the source. Jones quickly tried to deflect the question by criticizing mainstream US media, to which Kelly responded, "That's a dodge".
Jones's website still claims that no one died in the Newtown massacre.
"I'm calling for @megynkelly to cancel the airing of our interview for misrepresenting my views on Sandy Hook", he tweeted Monday afternoon, along with a 41-minute YouTube video.
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She spent nearly two hours on Sandy Hook and a few other issues, and when I said that I believed children died there, when I said I believe children died at Sandy Hook, as I've said for years, she kept coming back with answers, saying "you believe nobody died", "you believe Anderson Cooper was involved", "you believe Robbie Parker was involved", on and on and on. "You can just hear him breathing".
"When you say parents faked their children's death, people get very angry", Kelly said in the clip. Since many people don't know Jones and his views, Kelly noted the importance of explaining them.
On Monday, Kristin Lemkau, J.P. Morgan's chief marketing officer, questioned why Ms. Kelly would conduct the interview.
J.P. Morgan Chase has pulled local television and online advertisements from the NBC network until after the interview airs next Sunday, according to The Wall Street Journal. "He's really hurting people", said the mother.
In the interview, Jones challenges Kelly to investigate how "30 years ago they began creating animal-human hybrids", though it's not clear who "they" are. Kelly said Tuesday, June 13, 2017, that she understands and respects the decision but is disappointed she won't be there.
"If they're going to do the interview, fine", she said.
She also tweeted a photo of her slain daughter.
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