Scott Pelley

They're going to hear from me about what I think.

The temperature in the room is low, but it's very hostile from their side.

I'm speaking about the way I'm speaking to you now.

Very quickly after the meeting began, Tom Sabrowski said, this conversation is over.

I was stunned.

I didn't have a 60-minute stopwatch in that room.

I don't know how long it lasted really, but I think it was about 10 minutes.

So they tell me, that is to say, Tom Sobrowski tells me as I'm walking through the door, you'll have our answer in a few minutes.

I went over to my office and much to my surprise, all of my guys on my team were still there.

They wanted to know what happened in the meeting.

What was that all about?

Did they explain why our people were fired?

And I sat down in my office.

It has a big plate glass window that looks out on the newsroom.

And there were a whole bunch of people standing out there, but I didn't think anything of it.

I'm waiting to find out what my fate is.

I explained to my team, I think I just got fired, but they haven't told me that.

And then I look up and all those people are still out there and the staff members, and I don't think anything of it.

And then it hits me.

This is a vigil.