Veteran correspondent Scott Pelley has been fired from CBS News.

The dismissal comes a day after Pelley slammed the show’s editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, during a staff meeting Monday, accusing her of trying to “kill” “60 minutes.”

The show’s new executive producer Nick Bilton sent a note to Pelley on Tuesday saying he was terminated for cause, effective immediately.

Pelley reportedly took aim at Weiss after the network fired the program’s veteran executive producer and replaced her with Bilton.

The New York Times reports that it obtained audio of the meeting, saying Pelley accused Weiss of having no qualifications for her job and called Bilton’s qualifications “slender.”

Bilton is a documentarian and former tech reporter for the New York Times and Vanity Fair.

Sources say Pelley’s comments received mixed responses from staff members.

A CBS news spokesperson declined to comment, and Pelley did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Veteran journalist Scott Pelley of ‘60 Minutes’ fired by CBS News

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