from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, this is early start weekend. it could be the most stunning confession in cycling history. the real reason lance armstrong is sitting down with oprah. what will be the white house decide when it comes to gun control? all morning we ll put the proposals and the pushback in focus. have you seen the inside of a coffee cup after the coffee s gone? who wants to carry that around and take it back to the store and, fill me up, johnny. nobody wants to use that again. remember last week? why victor s going to eat those words about starbucks latest venture. it is saturday, january 12th, good morning, everyone, i m randi kaye. i stand behind those words. you might not want to. you ll find out why. good rng mo, everyone, i m victor blackwell, that s one take on armstrong s motivation, here is another. this weekend, we re going to talk about lance armstrong and the possibility that he is sitting down with oprah winfrey to talk about cy
a driver s seat costume. who would ever think of that? it s pretty funny. thanks for starting your morning with us. a whole lot more ahead on c cnn s saturday morning, which starts right now. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. i m victor blackwell. 8:00 here on the east coast. thank you for starting your day with us. we start with the lance armstrong bombshell, usa today reporting that he will admit to doping monday in an interview with oprah. oprah will go to armstrong s home in texas to get the details. he has denied using drugs in the past. so his admission could have serious consequences. this morning i spoke with the man who broke the story, brent strattenborg. he s supposed to make this admission monday when the show tapes. oprah winfrey is coming to his home in austin, texas, taping an interview monday. and that is supposed to air next thursday a s to why is he doing this now, the evidence came out against him, a massive file of evidence came o
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but let s get right to the breaking news on the oscar nominations. lincoln snagging the most. life of pi right behind. chris connelly is here. let s start with is the snubs. les miserables directed itself, katherine bigelow doesn t have to wear heels. the story was rebellion, rebellion in fans, in the house of philadelphia. a movie started life in a log cabin and just kept on going. oh, wow. impressive. fantastic. right there, lot more coming up. we ll turn now to the deadly flu outbreak. let s take a look. 12 nominations in all including best actor for daniel day-lewis. supporting actress for sally field. best director for steven spielberg. hugh jackman, best actress. anne hathaway for best supporting actress. thanks. reporter: the biggest shock came in best director, argo s ben affleck and kathryn bigelo were were passed over. life of pi still sliced 11 nominations. alan arkin and phillip seymour hoffman. best actress includes the youngest actress, ever. and
row in the 90 s for murder before he turned around his sentence now 61 year-old steven mandel charged extortion attempt can make your skin crawl the details of unveiled today in court are graphic alleging that him and a former police officer also 61, set up a killing chabert in an empty office of chicago s northwest side a place they nicknamed club med outfitted with a shower, heavy countertops and a sink where they planned to torture kale and cut up a real estate investor they referred to as soupy sales investigators found it loaded firearms ammunition, a butcher knife and saws suitable for the dismemberment of victim one. also searched last night was mandela s home in this quiet buffalo grove apartment building where residents would have no reason to suspect what their neighbor was planning he was allegedly caught on tape saying my god knows what he s doing he knows how to water board due interrogations the plant investigators say was to kidnap the victim while posing as po