after living a lie for over a decade, last night lance armstrong finally told the truth. this story was so perfect for so long. uh-huh. and i mean that, as i try to take myself out of the situation, and i look at it. you overcome the disease, win the tour de france seven times, you have a happy marriage, you have children. i mean, it s just this mythic perfect story. yes. it wasn t true. the disgraced seven time tour de france winner now stripped of all cycling trophies and honors admitted to using epo, blood doping, blood transfusions, testosterone, and human growth hormones to cheat his way to the top of his sport. of course, the crimes went beyond a breach of public trust. according to the u.s. anti-doping agency armstrong s goal led him to depend on epo, testosterone, blood transfusions and also more ruthlessly, to expect his teammates to require.
address it, how can we bring our military assets to bear in order to deal with it. reporter: we do know that one irish citizen, steven mcfall, escaped the complex. he talked to his family afterwards. just really excited. can t wait until he comes home. reporter: a u.s. official tells us a surveillance drone has been moved over the field to try to get more clarity. we don t know what other military assets might be used. they are keeping that secret so they won t further endanger the hostages, including those five americans. martha raddatz, abc news, italy. now to the other big story of the morning. lance armstrong s admission he cheated during his legendary cycling career. in his interview with oprah winfrey, he said it was impossible to win seven straight tour de france titles without doping. he called himself a flawed character and twice he said he deserves the condemnation he received. at times, his answers to oprah could not have been more succinct. did you ever take banne
i ve been asked to come up here and talk about my story of survivorship. i m a father of five and, yes, i won the tour de france seven times. of course the u.s. anti-doping agency has stripped armstrong of those seven titles, but armstrong says he knows in his heart he won them all and they can t be taken away. that s your first look at sports. i m mario solis. for another look at the weather we check back in with nbc meteorologist bill karins for that forecast. good morning again. the story all summer was the heat and drought. now we ve turned our look at the tropics. some of the worst drought conditions exist in the bright red colors. missouri, arkansas, illinois, indiana. those states had the best chance of seeing some significant rains as we go throughout your labor day weekend up here through probably saturday, somewhere near st. louis, all day into saturday and sunday. illinois, indiana, monday into ohio. we re not talking about the type of rains that will devastate and
familiar, like cancun, acapulco, all of those places. in particular, people in mexico city wi city may be concerned, but there s been no violence in mexico city. the warning applies though those states that we re talking about and border states. and here on the map, we see the state of tamaulipas, that s a major state of operation for los zetas, and also the state right next to it is also one of the states of concern. if those are the areas you were thinking of heading to, which typically people vacationing are not, heads up. rafael romo, thank you so much. and now let s roll on. top of the hour, i m brooke baldwin. happening right now, we are getting late word that any minute the prosecution may be resting in the case against jerry sandusky, the former penn state coach accused of raping boys. it has been one week of incredibly disturbing testimony, so as soon as that news breaks, we re going to bring you, of course, live, reporting from that courthouse there in pennsylva
never as unfit as some people. just kidding. oh, yeah. i take that as a shot. plus only in america, an eternity with elvis for a price. bill maher tonight starts now. good evening. piers morgan is off. i m your guest host bill maher. tonight i m talking to two guys who know no boundaries. first a take on family values. with the man behind one of the raunchiest comedies. family guy s seth mcfarlane. lance armstrong winning the tour de france seven times, beating cancer, but he s just getting started. how he s making a comeback as an ironman. that s coming up. we begin with a man who turned a foul mouth cartoon into a tv sensation. seth, i ve never met you, have i? no. nothing up my sleeves. nothing at all. this is completely on the up and up. this is completely natural. there s nothing artificial about this at all. i read in your bio that you re a tv pioneer. i ve heard pioneers get all the this is how it s going to be. this is going to be the hour. do yo