‘60 Minutes’ Stars Will Stay Because They Don’t Want Show to ‘Die’

Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim said on Friday in an email to their colleagues that they had reached the decision after a period of frustration.

Lesley Stahl and two other “60 Minutes” correspondents said on Friday that they would remain in their posts, ending days of speculation about whether a roiling crisis at the CBS News program would leave it entirely deprived of on-air stars.

In a joint email to the show’s staff, Ms. Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim said they would “stay and fight” in order to “repair and preserve” the reputation of the country’s top-rated news program.

“Here’s why we are staying: We don’t want to see ‘60 Minutes’ die,” they wrote.