Scott Pelley

I didn't know who was going to be there in the meeting.

So I walk in the door.

And I see Barry Weiss is sitting in there and I think, this is terrific of her.

She's come to this meeting and now I'm gonna be able to ask her these questions.

She's gonna be able to explain what happened.

You know, some reporter I turned out to be.

I just didn't connect the dots.

I mean, was this meeting contentious?

Yes, but 60 Minutes is known for two things, a ticking stopwatch and hard questions.

And we ask ourselves those hard questions in the shop because they sharpen us and make us better.

There was a screening once with Mike Wallace and Mike and the executive producer and founder of 60 Minutes, Don Hewitt, got into a big argument about a script.

Wallace jumps up in the middle of the screening, throws his script up in the air and yells at Don, well, then you write the effing thing.

One of those pieces of paper comes down and slices an associate producer across the face.

He's bleeding now.

He's got a paper cut on his face.

That was about a story.

The meeting that I was in was about whether 60 Minutes was going to even survive or not.

Before I could take my seat, Tom Sobrowski said, this is a firing offense.

I was confused.

I wasn't sure who he was talking about in the room.