Kaila Lopez

Then, a fiery firing at 60 Minutes ripples across the media industry.

It's Thursday, June 4th.

Let's ride.

Honestly, not as bad as I was expecting.

That 3.30 wake up really hit different.

But a few cups of coffee have done wonders.

I feel energized.

It's as if it's 9 a.m.

So pretty excited to be here.

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Things just keep getting worse for CBS after firing 60-minute correspondent Scott Pelley, and their damage control is, well, not doing much.

Here's where we are.

Yesterday, the day after 37-year CBS veteran Scott Pelley was fired, editor-in-chief of CBS News Barry Weiss addressed staff, saying the firing came down to a breakdown of, quote, And that leadership had tried to find a way back with Pelley before parting ways.

But Pelley fired back almost immediately in a statement refuting the network's and Weiss's version of events.

He said the word firing came up in the first 15 seconds of the meeting, that executives were openly hostile from the start, and that nobody offered a path to resolution.