To the doping confession by cyclist lance armstrong. After years of suspicions and denials, he admitted to Oprah Winfrey he did cheat in the Tour De France and other races. Tom sherwood has local reaction that rangeses from disappointment to i told you so. Reporter the bike shop action the admission wasnt that surprising. Yeah, i think its one of those things that just like was inevitable, it was a matter of when was it official. Reporter in a recorded interview with Oprah Winfrey, one of the worlds most famous cyclists is said to have admitted years of cheating. What do you think about it . Its a bummer. I was a big advocate of him. Hes one of the reasons why, you know one of the reasons why i became big in biking, is because of his story. Reporter sport Media Management consultant Doug Eldridge agrees armstrong could face more than criticism. This is not a Public Relation battle, but quite literally a legal battle. Reporter he could face legal claims from sponsors like the u. S. Post
Richmond quickly, 1 to 3 down there, in the darker blue 2 to 4, but southwestern virginia i did see spots ranging from 7 to 11 inches all pulling out later tonight. Beyond this the headline will be if youre traveling down to the south tomorrow, watch for slick spots. We barely got any precipitation here other than a bit of light rain and i think most of that will dry up and temperatures probably wont drop for a little while yet, but clouds will decrease and changes in the extended outlook ill tell you about in a bit. No snow here, but a viewer sent this picture from charlottesville this afternoon. Wed love to see your weather photos. You can email them to myweatherphoto gmail. Com. Monitoring about metro tonight. Metro signed a Major Contract to fix the problem of broken escalators, bob barnard with the news. Its a common complaint for metro riders. They get off the train with groceries or luggage and face a long climb up the stairs because the escalators are broken. The Transit Agency
Delays, delays blamed for 40 patient deaths at va facilities. The departments embattled secretary eric shen sier shen s. What is the latest . Good morning, chris. So far president obama standing by Eric Shinseki, himself a veteran of vietnam, saying he has confidence in him. But make no mistake shinseki is embattled. Now hes has ordered in his own department for the first time, a face to face audit of all the clinics looking into this question, were there secret wait lists where veterans made to wait for appointments that nobody recorded the delays s a veterans may have died over all of this. The house has subpoenaed shinseki to come before the Veterans Affairs committee. They want to see emails, they want to see all communications about this issue. Much of it first reported by our own drew griffin. The senate, they have not subpoenaed him but he will appear before the Senate Next Week to testify. If you wondered about the scope of this, there are 23 million veterans in this country. T
Ninan and toddlers tearing up for that pictureperfect moment with santa. This is the cbs weekend news. Ninan good evening. Im reena ninan. The Historic House vote on articles of impeachment against President Trump, a vote that would make him only the third president to be impeached, is just days away. Today the president took in another battle, joining thousands of cadets and midshipmen at the 120th army navy game. If the house votes as expected, the president would face a senate trial in the new year. Heres paula reid. Reporter President Trump traveled to philadelphia today to attend the armynavy Football Game where he gave each team a pep talk before they took the field. Good luck, everybody. Go out there, good luck. Reporter back in washington, the president faces another week of impeachment proceedings with the full house expected to vote on wednesday. On friday, during a photoop in the oval office, he was asked about how long he hopes a likely senate trial will be. Ill do whatever