Actually pay Child Support and mortgages and stuff like that. So im grateful for that. A whole new charlie sheen. Eloquent marx tour. Dare i say it, hes grown up. Thats tomorrow night. Its a great interview. Well be back at midnight with the latest on Lance Armstrongs confessional with oprah winfrey. Anderson cooper starts now. Its 10 00 eastern time. We begin with breaking news on Lance Armstrong. After years of lying about using performanceenhancing drugs, after suing some, threatening others and ruining the careers of many who tried to expose his lies, the dethroned seventime Tour De France winner has changed his tune. He calls his whole experience, quote, one big lie, and says all the blame lies with him. He spoke, obviously, with oprah winfrey, taped a 2 1 2hour interview which began airing tonight on her network own. The encounter began with oprah asking him rapid fire questions. The stakes got higher, the tension rose. Take a look. Did you ever take banned substances to enhance
Good evening. Im erin burnett. Outfront break news for you. Lance armstrong comes clean. After more than a decade of denialses lies and cheating, seventime Tour De France winner, olympic bronze medalist and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong told Oprah Winfrey the truth. 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. Did you ever use any other banned substances like testosterone, cortisone or Human Growth Hormone . Yes. Yes or no, in all seven of your Tour De France victories, did you ever take banned substances or blood dope . Yes. In your opinion, was it humanly possible to win the Tour De France without doping . Seven times in a row. Not in my opinion. For months, even longer, armstrong has been feeling the effects of the latest and biggest u. S. Antidoping investigation. This one found him guilty of using
Lies, the dethroned seventime Tour De France winner has changed his tune. In a big way. He now calls his whole experience, and these are his own words, quote, one big lie. And says all the blame lies with him. He spoke, obviously, with oprah winfrey, taped a 2 1 2hour interview which began airing tonight on her network own. The encounter began with oprah asking him a rapid fire series of o of questions. With each answer the stakes got higher, the tension rose. Take a look. 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. Did you ever use any other banned substances like testosterone, cortisone or Human Growth Hormone . Yes. Yes or no, in all seven of your Tour De France victories, did you ever take banned substances or blood dope . Yes. In your opinion, was it humanly possible to win the Tour De France withou
Hmm, ill still pondering because what else can he possibly say . Thank you so much for joining me today. Im carol costello. Cnn newsroom continues now with ashleigh banfield. Oh, carol, he can say so much more. Im dying to see it. Thank you, miss costello. Hi, everybody. Im ashleigh banfield. He didnt tell all, but he sure told plenty, didnt he . Finally coming clean about doping, but never believing he was actually cheating, not at the time anyway. And now, well, if you caught part one of Lance Armstrongs full baring session with Oprah Winfrey, you know this is not the lance who cruised to seven Tour De France bicycle victories and rolled over anyone who crossed him. This lance is saying yes, after more than a decade of saying no. 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. Did you ever use a
Cnn newsroom with Carol Costello begins right now happening now in the newsroom the doping and the deceit. Yes or no, did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance . Yes. Lance armstrong and the one big lie. This is too late. Thats my fault. I view this situation as one big lie. That i repeated a lot of times. The fallout and the fury from the people around armstrong. You owed it to me lance, and you dropped the ball, after what youve done to me, what youve done to my family, and you couldnt own up to it, and now were supposed to believe you . This morning, what happens next . Is Lance Armstrong done for good . Also ahead, hostage crisis, the fate of americans deep in the sahara desert, unclear this morning. This incident will be resolved we hope with a minimum loss of life. Today, tales of terror from those who escape. Duct tape over his mouth and his hands tied. Were live with the latest. And oneonone with Robert Redford and the sundance festival he created.