Scott Pelley Speaks Out After CBS Termination, Says Network Is ‘On Fire’

Weiss claimed Pelley’s termination was not a decision she wanted to make, but a path ‘he chose.’

Anchor and managing editor of CBS Evening News Scott Pelley hosts the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's 60th Anniversary Gala in New York on Nov. 19, 2015. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley is taking aim at CBS following his recent termination, describing the network as being “on fire” as internal tensions become public.

In his first sit-down interview since he was fired from the network after 37 years, Pelley told The New York Times that CBS is facing a crisis that extends beyond personnel decisions.