It has me furious. Bill, help me out, i mean what is going through his mind . Its fascinating to me that betsy and i have been talking about the exchanges, and its just fascinating to me that he took that step, which everyone would think would be the hardest, to say i doepd, i cheated, it was all a lie, but when it comes to details about other people, he cant quite get himself there. Ah, but theres part two still tonight. Thanks for watching, have a great weekend. Newsroom international starts right now. Welcome to news international. Were taking you around the world in 60 minutes, were covering two big stories of the day. I view this situation as one big lie. After years of denials, Lance Armstrong admits now to using performanceenhancing drugs to win his seven Tour De France titles. Well take a closer look at armstrongs interview with Oprah Winfrey and talk with experts about whether this admission is going to help or hurt the brand. But first the deadly hostage situation in algeria. The army has freed some 650 people from islamist militants in a remolt oil field. Moats of the freed are algerian. The u. S. Is in the process right now of evacuating the americans and other foreign nationals of the rescue. As much as i would like to be out, some of our colleagues are safe for the moment. I feel safe for the moment. Americans are believed to be among the missing still. This is day three of the bloody siege. The effort to rescue remaining hostages. I want to bring in vlad, we understand this is happening in various locations near the plant. Reporter so the large scale operations to rescue the hostages from the gas plant in eastern algeria has ended but there is still some ongoing activity at the plant possibly to root out some terrorists who may still be hiding within the plant which is a fairly large and sprawling complex. But what we understand from the Algerian Press Service is that the reason that the algerians decided to conduct this operation yesterday was they felt the terrorists were on the verge of taking the hostages out of the country. So they launched this operate to rescue these hostages, without warning the they were able as you mentioned to rescue 650 hostages, 573 of those hostages are algerian and they have been able to rescue 132 foreign nationals, 100 of those nationals have been rest cued. Prime minister David Cameron has said that these attackers, the people that are behind these attacks were well armed, this was a well coordinated attack. So the rationale that the attackers gave for attacking the hostages in the first place was frances ability to conduct military operations in malis air space doesnt necessarily ring true. Do we know the conditions of those who were rescued . Theres an incredible story of one irish national, his brother gave an interview where he said his brother who was one of the hostages who managed to escape yesterday, he had duct tape on his mouth, he was blindfolded, he had roaches on his hands and he had plastic explosives around his neck. He managed to escape and when news came to his family, this is what he had to say about this. Sorry we dont have that sound, but his son essentially said he cant pate for his father to come home and give him a big hug and never let him go. Thats just one familys story that turned out in a good way. But Prime Minister david scam r cameron warned the british people that theres more bad news ahead. Many of the western countries have said to themselves that theyre not all together certain what is happening hour by hour. But im told that we have that sound of young dylan. Hes 13yearold dylan mccfaul. I just wanted to get help. But hes coming home. Ill never let him go back there. And whats the first thing youll do when you see him . Give him a big hug and never let go. Reporter even when you hear that sound bite, suzanne, when i hear it again, it makes my heart skip a beat. Tears of joy for one family, but Prime MinisterDavid Cameron has said that for others there may be some difficult days ahead. It makes me tear up the, but we hope for the best for the rest that are being held hostage. The president is in Constant Contact with the algerian government, hes getting regular updates about that hostage situation. In london today leon panetta had warnings for those who are taking hostages. Warnings should be on notice that they will find no sanctuary, no refuge, not in algeria, not in north africa, anywhere. Those who would wantonly attack our country and our people have no place to hide. We just heard from secretary panetta about this warning that he is giving, but essentially what is it that the United States is doing about that . Well, they and the British Government have said sort of diplomatic Rapid Reaction forces to algeria, essentially to support the hostages that have been released, people that are trained in trauma and counseling and you can expedite things like passports that may be lost in the firefight and the chaos that ensued. But they havent really been given access directly to the sites. This british plane anyway has gone to an airfield, thats about 250 kilometers north of the gas field. So theyre being kept a long way back and there is clear frustration both here in london and in washington with the communication or lack of communication by the algerians. We dont know how Many Americans have been evacuated. Do we have a sense of why theres been no information . Largely because theres the al jeer yiians dont have a firm grip on whats going on. Theyre not passing on in a timely matter. The algerians went in yesterday without informing the brits or the americans and that caused i think a lot of irritation, you could hear him talking almost through gritted teeth in parliament that that operation went ahead without him knowing about it. Lets listen to the Prime Minister. The algerian forces mounted an operation. Mr. Speaker, we were not informed of this in advance. The terrorists have tried to flee and they judge that to be an immediate threat to the lives of the hostages and had felt obliged to respond. Are the brits accepting that explanation from algeria . I think they have got to take it at face value, but clearly, i dont think he would have raised that point were there not quite a bit of irritation behind the scenes but how this is being handled. Theres been constantly changing numbers on how many hostages were talking about, how many kidnappers they think are there. Now we know its not under control, there are still terrorists holdouts and there are still possibly up to 32 hostages unaccounted for. All right, dan, please keep us informed if you find out any additional information, any updates there. And of course another big story that were covering, this the story everybody is talking about today, Lance Armstrong telling everybody about his doping. Was it a big deal to you . Did it feel wrong . At the time . No. It did not even feel wrong . Scary. Oh no, its actually my geico app. See . I just uh paid my bill. Did you really . From the plane . Yeah, i can manage my policy, get roadside assistance, pretty much access geico 24 7. Sounds a little too good to be true sir. Ill believe that when pigs fly. Ok, did she seriously just say that . Geico. Just click away with our free mobile app. Its lots of things. All waking up. Connecting to the global phenomenon we call the internet of everything. Its going to be amazing. And exciting. And maybe, most remarkably, not that far away. Were going to wake the world up. And watch, with eyes wide, as it gets to work. Cisco. Tomorrow starts here. Fiber one. Uh, forgot jacks cereal. [ jack ] whats for breakfast . Um. Try the number one yeah, this is pretty good. [ male announcer ] over a third of a days fiber. Fiber one. Yes or no, did you everybody take ban substances to enhance your performance . Yes. Was one of those banned substances epo . Yes. Did you ever use blood transfusions to enhance your performance . Yes. Did you ever use testosterone, cortizone or Human Growth Hormone to enhance your performance. Yes. Did you ever take banned substances or blood dope . Yes. In your opinion was it human by possible to win the Tour De France without doping . Seven times in a row . Not in my feeling. Armstrongs straight forward yes or no answers, a far cry from the antagonistic answers earlier on his career. For 13 years, you didnt just deny it, you brazenly and question findly denied everything you just admitted just now. So why now admit it . Thats the best question, thats the most logical question. Uhhuh. I dont me that i have a great answer. I will start my answer by saying that this is too late. Its too late for probably most people and thats my fault. I viewed this situation as one big lie. That i repeated a lot of times. This is Lance Armstrong when he talked about what he called his myth. It was the moment that he made it to the top of the cycling world and the possibility expectations that came along with it. I know the truth. The truth isnt what was out there, the truth isnt what i said. And now its gone, this story was so perfect for so long, and i mean that as i try to take myself out of the situation and i look at it, you work on the disease, you win the Tour De France seven times, you have a happy marriage, you have children. Its just this mythic, perfect story. And it wasnt true. And that was not true. And that was not true on a lot of levels. Lance armstrong making headlines all over the world. In lemond, where armstrong won his seven Tour De France titles just says ample strong admits lies. Armstrong comes clean. And on the front pages of papers in belgium today, another country where people take their cycling very seriously. The headlines reads, the confession of Lance Armstrong, i have laid it all out on the table. All of this is image, the damaged legacy, what is next. And melissa, you wrote a book as well about the grand lie of Lance Armstrong. I find this so disturbing, it makes me mad, seriously. He almost doesnt seem remorseful. But how important is that for him to be remorseful . Does he stand a Second Chance when it comes to remaking his brand . The brand that we know today is Lance Armstrong i believe is dead. And i believe at this point that its very critical that he thinks about reconstructive surgery. And what i mean by that is that people who are very successful or are very high perform hers, miscon true the m misconstrue their identity. They define who they are by what they do. My thought is even his fight with cancer probably prepared him for the biggest fight of his life to reclaim his name. Hes a fierce competitor and i think hes been looking for opportunities to compete with others as a driver for his whole persona, now the competition is inside. Now its time to answer the hard questions, who was i before i became the world renowned athlete Lance Armstrong. Who did i hurt . How do i go back and restore those relationships. At the end of the day, the reputation wont keep you where your character will cause you to fall back. Whats his brand now do you think . Its just like, oh, he cant stand it. Liar, a liar is a liar in every language. Thats the brand that people are associated with him right now. Hes got to by about how hes going to begin to change the conversation about who he is. This is a bit of the interview with Oprah Winfrey, this is all about the fact that he got away with it. How were you able to do it . I mean you talked a bit about the culture and there are all kinds of stories out that you were going to confess, you were going to talk to me, but you werent going to tell me everything, we said no holds bars. How was it done . You said it was smart but it wasnt the most sophisticatesop what we have read, what we have heard, is it true, motor man dropping off epo . Thats true. Were you blood doping in the stage 11 of the 2000 tour, stopping at a hotel, Tyler Hamilton says you stopped at a hotel. Im getting confused on the stages, but certainly that was in the middle of the tour, Tyler Hamilton said that there would be times when you all were injecting epo in a camper or in a tent and right outside the fans would be outside and you all would be dumping the syringes in coke cans, is that true . I didnt read tylers book. I dont necessarily remember that. But im certainly not going to say thats a lie, thats not true. He says he doesnt remember that. The more he confesses, we know hes a liar. How does how do you believe anything that he says Going Forward . Is that possible to change that in any way when you look at his brand and who he is . When you have look at heroes in pop culture, the key is that they need to acknowledge the truth, which hes done. I think the next step is stepping back to rehabilitate, really asking the hard questions, getting in touch with who they are, stepping forward and saying what is my new life going to be . I dont know that its ever going to be an athlete. But he can be a teacher, hes someone who can share a story of what hes learned. The one thing that i thought was striking is that he said im going to have to live with this for the rest of my life. He still seems to me as someone who has a victim mentality. Woe is me, im going to have to work on this for the rest of my life. Im going to have to rehabilitate. Its a process, hes been living a lie for many years, so now hes come to truth about who he really s thats a process, but i believe his brand can turn around but its going to be different. And hes going to allow time for credibility is the biggest barrier to building a brand. All right, thank you very much, great to have you, really appreciate it. Thanks against. 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Your ticket to a better nights sleep that is the sound of syrian jets reportedly carrying out an air strike in the town of rabin. Rebel frighters apparently firing at troops loyal to president ial assad. An Opposition Group says 125 people were killed today across syria. An Opposition Group says Regime Forces unleashed a bloody assault in and around homes killing more than 100 civilians. But witnesses say the massacre was not carried out by government troops. To find out what really happened. Theyre fighting on the edge of palms, where 5,000 people have been killed so far. A toll thats just gone up, dramatically. Something terrible has just happened here. Covered by an armored vehicle, we walked to haswea, a scene of a massacre, both sides agree dozens were killed here, after that they agree on nothing. The opposition says that 116 people were killed in these streets, men, women and children shot and burned to death. They say forces loyal to the regime did this. Local men came out of hiding, they havent seen each other since the fighting began. Each one had a story of loved ones murdered. But they claim it wasnt the regime who killed in cold blood, it was rebels. You are saying the army did not commit a massacre . No, it was armed men, rebels, dressed in black, they say. They say the gunmen were from a fundamentalist group linked to al qaeda. A woman and fife children were shot dead here and then their bodies burned allegedly because they tried to stop the gunman using the roof as a firing position. Five children, the oldest was 7 years old . I cant prove any of these accounts, i saw no bodies. The men said around 30 people have been killed. The Army Commander denied killing civilians. Then the troops brought out two men they said they would find with a gun, the men shook with fear. One clasped his hands until a soldiers burning cigarette made him move them. The gun was an american weapon. The mens fate was unclear. This woman knows the fate of her family. The armed man killed my three children, she says. They came at night, i couldnt tell who they were. Were just farmers. Now we have nothing. The regime warplanes circled overhead, the fight against rebels in haswea is still going on. The governor of homs is one of president assads men. He said that civilians were killed, he called it a massacre. But he says Al Qaeda Linked rebels did this. No, no our forces did not kill those civilians. I cant say who did. But everyones agreed, dozens are dead, another mass killing in a dirty war. [ male announcer ] dont just reject convention. Drown it out. Introducing the allnew 2013 lexus ls f sport. An entirely new pursuit. Introducing the allnew 2013 lexus ls f sport. Im having one right now. Dream . I dont want to be disturbed. And i wont. Because before i went to sleep, i set this. Now my iphone knows not to ring, unless its important. cause disturbing this would just be. Wrong. 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