doping allegations. say barry bonds, the baseball player, roger clemens. here it s the question, it s fraud. it s not a criminal case. it s a civil case. the government trying to ror money saying that lance armstrong basically cheated the government out of the money it spent sponsoring the tour de france. one other note here, thomas. i m sure the defense will say, you know what, the tour de france got a lot out of its sponsorship. sure. have you to subtract any benefits that the postal service got out of sponsoring the race before you figure out how much he owes, and we re a long way from knowing whether he owes anything, but it does indicate a whole new serious level of legal exposure for lance armstrong. pete williams reporting from washington d.c. pete, thank for joining us so quickly. i appreciate it. that s going to wrap things up for me today. have a great weekend. i ll see you back here on monday at 11:00 a.m. eastern. don t go anywhere. now with alex wagner comes your w
defrance. when doping allegations first surfaced armstrong won a legal battle when he lied under oath saying he never doped. armstrong s attorney says the ruling was final and the case cannot be reopened. there s a new twist this morning in the search for a british girl who went missing nearly 6 years ago. police in new zealand are waiting on dna tests to prove a girl is not little madeleine mccann. she was spotted on new year s eve and also reportedly has the same rare defect of the iris on the eye. she vanished while vacationing with her family in portugal in 2007. hope the family gets answers. the come met of the century. have you heard about this? scientists say it will swing through our solar system later this year. these pictures were taken by nasa from a distance 493 million miles.
in the white house, we all wore the yellow bracelets. a big deal. there is a question whether or not livestrong was a cover to deal with the p.r. problems he was having with the doping allegations. kimberly: that would be the dictionary definition of nefarious, wouldn t it? you d like to think he was altruistic and somebody who wanted to help people get through cancer since he was a survivor himself. dana: i agree. kimberly: it has done a tremendous amount. does the greater good matter most in the end of what the organization has been able to accomplish? i don t know if it was a cove coverup. dana: eric, you feel strongly about this, but can it be separated? the good work he has done separated from some of the things that now he is going to admit to, where he basically helped people but he made some people s lives hell on earth while here. eric: oprah s prerelease
tour de france wins, titles that were later of course stripped from him amid the doping allegations. something he denied doing all of the time for years. armstrong apparently offering a simple apology to his fans and oprah was on the cbs early show this morning talking about her interview that happened yesterday in austin. listen to what oprah had to say. he did not come clean in the manner that i expected. it was surprising to me. i would say that for myself, my team, all of us in the room, we were mesmerized and riveted by some of his answers. and in a 2 1/2 hour interview i asked most of those questions or at least as many of those questions as i could, but i feel that he answered the questions in a way that he was ready. reporter: a 2 1/2 hour interview. you can bet the ratings are
in the white house, we all wore the yellow bracelets. a big deal. there is a question whether or not livestrong was a cover to deal with the p.r. problems he was having with the doping allegations. kimberly: that would be the dictionary definition of nefarious, wouldn t it? you d like to think he was altruistic and somebody who wanted to help people get through cancer since he was a survivor himself. dana: i agree. kimberly: it has done a tremendous amount. does the greater good matter most in the end of what the organization has been able to accomplish? i don t know if it was a cove coverup. dana: eric, you feel strongly about this, but can it be separated? the good work he has done separated from some of the things that now he is going to admit to, where he basically helped people but he made some people s lives hell on earth while here. eric: oprah s prerelease