About it lie. Despicable. You cant say enough about anybody who presents information like this especially when dealing with kids and to think about the lies that she created. Reporter so now it is going to be up to the District Attorney here in Santa Clara County to decide whether or not to charge this woman. Penalties could be up to 6 months in jail if they do. Right now live in san jose, anne makovec, cbs 5. Thank you. Former cyclist Lance Armstrong is now confirming the suspicions of many that he used performanceenhancing drugs. Part of an interview with Oprah Winfrey aired last night. Yes or no, did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance . Yes. Yes or no, was one of those banned substances epo . Yes. Did you ever blood dope or use blood transfusions to enhance your cycling performance . Yes. Armstrong said he did not invent the doping and banned substance culture but he didnt stop it, either. My cocktails so to speak was only epo but not a lot, transfus
But now, its revealed she never existed. It was all an elaborate and unthinkable hoax. But was he the victim or was he involved . Big questions today thursday, january 17, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And morning, everyone, welcome to today on a thursday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im matt lauer. This story out of notre dame is astonishing. We are talking about one of the Top College Football players in the country, manti teo. He was the runner up for the Heisman Trophy. We talked about what happened here. He had been using his girlfriends death as inspiration throughout the season, he said. But now, after she was exposed as a fictional person in an online article, teo claims he was the victim of somebodys sick joke. Others arent so sure. Just ahead, we are going to talk to the reporter who broke this story coming up. Then president obama set to launch a campaignstyle push to gain public
The hostage standoff at a saharan national gas plant took a dramatic turn today as algerias state news service reported that nearly 100 of the 132 Foreign Workers kidnapped had been freed . The fate of those still in captivity remains unclear. An islamist militants also initially seized 573 algerians, all of whom were later released. The Al Qaedalinked groups took the hostages supposedly to pressure france into ending its military intervention in mali. Algerian state television aired these images of hostages celebrating their release. They described the dramatic rescue operation. We were in a room with 250 people when the air raid began. We managed to escape through a back door. There was a terrorist sniper near the medical center. It was a hardfought battle. If the army had not arrived, we would still be in captivity. These nonalgerian hostages were treated at a local hospital. They were shaken but relieved. Thanks to the Algerian Army for taking good care of us. It happened so fast.
Shootings, whether its in the daylight or evening so this is atypical. B. A. R. T. Is a secure system. Were two b. A. R. T. Police officers at this station who responded right away. B. A. R. T. Police teamed up with the Sheriffs Department to search the area no other suspects were found. B. A. R. T. Passengers are being transferred to other stations via bus. Kimberly tere, nbc bay area news. An Investigation Continues into an alleged Sexual Assault involving star 49ers receiver Michael Crabtree. The 25yearold is in atlanta now preparing for tomorrows big game against the falcons. Lets bring in Henry Wofford with a look at what crabtrees lawyer is saying today. I hear there is no available for him in atlanta, so were hearing from his attorney instead. The 49ers are a victory away from advancing to the super bowl, but their star receiver has much more than football on his mind. Michael crabtree is under investigation for Sexual Assault. Yesterday crabtree voluntarily met with San Francis
In the riptides this afternoon. The coast guard responded to the scene. Nbc bay areas Monty Francis is at ocean beach with an update. Hopefully they safe, monty. Reporter good evening. A total of six surfers were reported to be in distress here at ocean beach this afternoon. The good news is they are all okay, although one of them did suffer a minor shoulder injury. Now the surf was unusually strong and strong rip currents caused a coast guard to come through and ask all the surfers to paddle in because it was too dangerous. As for the six surfers in distress, they all made it in on their own. A coast guard helicopter was about to hoist one of them out of the water near seal rock, but he, too, was finally able to make it to shore independently. A nature photographer caught some of the scary moments for those surfers this afternoon. He shared his photos with us. Again, no one was seriously hurt. Again, all of this is happening on the eve of the big mavericks surf contest off the coast o