performance-enhancing drugs. his legacy of a sports icon is on the line here after the u.s. anti-doping agency filed charges against him. officials claim to have blood samples and witnesses who can show he cheated. and a conviction could cost lance armstrong all of his biggest titles. trace gallagher with this news tonight. trace, officials say they vin crippleating blood samples but lance armstrong has never tested positive, right? yeah. they are saying these blood samples are consistent with blood manipulation. so in other words they are claiming that he injected himself with hormones to increase his blood oxygen levels to thereby increase his performance but he was injecting himself in a way that avoided detection which is why he never tested positive. here is lance armstrong s new attorney mark it s hard for anti-doping agency say we know you passed 500 or more tests but you beat the tests every single time. that is just hard to imagine. especially when other people have fa
proven, armstrong will be stripped of many or all of his record tour de france wins. neal karlinsky, abc news, seattle. also in that statement, interesting point that armstrong makes. although usada alleged a wide-ranging conspiracy extended over more than 16 years, i am the only athlete that has been charged. i have never doped. unlike many of my accusers i have competed as an endurance athlete for 25 years with no spike in performance and passed more than 500 drug tests and never failed one. again in that piece from neal karlinsky, the u.s. anti-doping agency again says the blood samples collected in 09 and 10 are consistent with blood manipulation, including epo use and/or blood transfusions. he makes a distinction, the
banned from a major triathlon after the u.s. anti-doping agency said blood samples from 2009 and 2010 were, quote, fully consistent with blood manipulation. armstrong has always denied using performance enhancing drugs and he says he has taken over 500 drug tests. never failed a single one. he believes these latest allegations are part of an ert to strip him of his seven tour de france titles. new signs of pain in the housing market. 33 states now reporting an annual increase in the number of foreclosures. cnbc s mandy drury is here. what is behind the numbers, mandy? it seems that banks and mortgage services have been stepping up efforts recently to address unpaid mortgages. in fact, they seem to be initiating foreclosure proceedings against more u.s. home owners at least for the month of may, which sadly sets the stage for more home repossessions and short sales. realty track says the number of homes seeflg deef ault or scheduled home auction notices rose 12% from april and
he s immediately banned from competing in triathlons which he s taken up since retiring from bicycle. he said i have been notified usada intends to dredge up discredited allegations dating back more than 16 years to prevent me from competing as a triathlete and try to strip me of the seven tour de france victories i earned. these are the same charges and same witnesses the justice department chose not to pursue after a two-year investigation. these charges are baseless, motivated by spite and advanced through testimony bought for and paid for by promises of anonymity. lance armstrong has never tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs before, but the doping agency said they collected blood samples in 2009 and 2010 that were, quote, fully consistent with blood manipulation, including epo or blood transfusions. what do you make of that? first of all, i don t think saying you ve never tested positive as an athlete really means anything. we ve heard that with marianne jon
from professional bike cycling. he said i have been notified usada intends to dredge up discredited allegations dating back more than 16 years to prevent me from competing as a triathlete and try to strip me of the seven tour de france victories i earned. these are the same charges and same witnesses the justice department chose not to pursue after a two-year investigation. these charges are baseless, motivated by spite and advanced through testimony bought for and paid for by promises of joining me now is new york sports reporter. lance armstrong has never tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs before, but the doping agency said they collected blood samples in 2009 and 2010 that were, quote, fully consistent with blood manipulation, including epo or blood transfusions. what do you make of that? caller: first of all, i don t think saying you ve never tested positive as an athlete really means anything. we ve heard that with marianne jones. the five-time gold medall