Trial in june. Yes, we are relieved that the fact that oscar got bail today, but at the same time we are in mourning for the death of reeva with her family. And breaking news right now about disgraced cycling star Lance Armstrong. Now the u. S. Government is on his case. And one week left medical the budget ax falls. Today it is transportation secretary ray la hoods turn to warn about the sec kwsters deep impact. This is going to happen sfwloosh clarify why its the matter of mileage between because were going to reduce the number of controllers which will reduce their ability to guide planes in and out of airports. Republicans say thats just scare tactics. The president is making stuff up. He puts Law Enforcement he puts firemen and policemen who 98 of them are being paid for with your local taxes and says youre going to lose your local policeman because of this. Its not true. And countdown to the oscars. Well talk to the man behind the mom natured documentary five broken cameras about
Department now, which is joining a lawsuit by a former teammate against Lance Armstrong. Nbc justice correspondent Pete Williams jones me now from the newsroom. How is the Justice Department getting into this case . What is the affect of that . Well, legal sources tell, you andrea, that the Justice Department will sign on and its considerable weight to a lawsuit thats been filed against armstrong by one of its former Tour De France teammates, floyd landis. He filed this lawsuit two years ago basically claiming that Lance Armstrong defrauded the federal government. Heres the theory of the case. The claim is that when armstrong agreed to race for the Team Sponsored by the u. S. Postal service, he was in essence defrauding the government because the Postal Service requires everybody who works for it not to use any illegal drugs, and armstrong, landis claims, was, in fact, blood doping and using hormones chshgs are both forbidden by the fewer defrance and they claim by the Postal Service i