the ironman triathlon in hawaii. nman combines a 2.4 mile swim with 112 mile bike ride and then finishes with a 26.2 mile run. her run really isn't the focus here, it's focused on the ironman. my mom's ready to go, she wants to go and cheer me on. she better get a big cow bell. now here's my big three. three things i hope you take away from this episode. number one, you have to set a goal. it doesn't matter what it is. running a mile, running a five k, hey, even running an ironman. without a goal you'll never know the feeling of accomplishment. no matter how big or small your goal is you need to make sure that you're celebrating along the way. so set many goals so that way you're on track. and number three, don't pressure yourself. it's not about winning the race, it's about being a healthier you. and of course, a healthier you is how to live big. i know, i am so confident in my sex appeal, even at this moment. what are the chances of you running the last six miles with her? um, is it going to snow in malibu? that's w

world of triathlon. >> the world of triathlons. that's a tiny world. compared to the tour de france. >> yes, compared to the tour de france, but triathlons are a big sport. jeff, i don't know how often you're running out there but there are a lot of folks competing in triathlons. there's not the scale of the tour de france, but there are a lot of events in which -- he's a competitor. he wants to compete. >> well, you can also time yourself and see if you can beat your next time. you can also be a normal weekend athlete. i agree with jeff. it's a puzzle that he would do this, 4.3 million people watched this last night. it turned into sort of a super bowl. but lance turns everything into sort of a super bowl. that's what being lance is. he's always had this cinematic sense of self that he's always been filmed in his own movie. he's almost addicted to that notion of himself as a hero. i think that's one of the more moving things at the end when she said what kind of human being are you, and he didn't have much of an answer, did he? >> we have to take a qui

every year people just like you submit ireports part of the triathlon challenge. right now we're ready to announce our 2013 six-pack. right alongside me in september. >> my name is tabitha. i'm 34 years old and live in indianapolis, indiana. >> my name is stacy and i'm coming to you from the great city of las vegas, nevada. >> my name is douglas mogul and i am 32 years old. >> my name is will cleveland, i'm 28 years old. >> my name's annette miller and i'm 32 from louisville, tennessee. when i was 19 years old i became ill with ulcer colitis very seriously. i went through several months of very difficult treatments. a lot of medications. >> 6'2". i've always been a big guy and brought on secondary complications. sleep apnea, which my girlfriend is not too happy about. prehypertension, which my doctor is not too happy about. >> you're too fat followed me into adulthood and i didn't realize how much it held me back until now. >> after 25 years i'm working with the colorado department of corrections and i get to retire on october 1st. >> 13 months ago, i went into su

he was a diver in high school and the triathlons, he was just really, really fit. >> they made friends with everybody. they made you, they made everyone feel welcome. and appreciated. >> friends say griffiths will be cremated and his ashes sent back to his native australia. the body of baker still has not been found. >>> the investigative unit exclusive. under fire and facing a lot of heat. a long time east bay firefighter is under intense scrutiny after being arrested for burglary and grand theft. police found illegal weapons and thousands of stolen firefighting gear at his homes and in his cars. that's not the most disturbing aspect to the story. investigative report he vicky winn has an exclusive report. >> reporter: captain john wilmont is a 27-year veteran of the contra costa fire district. these court documents say this public servant stole from taxpayers, harassed co-workers and threatened people he was sworn to protect. now there is a workplace restraining order against wilmont and federal agents have confiscated illegal guns and ammo found at his homes. investigators search th

i can't understand how the end game is the oldest, poorest triathlon athlete. r the department of justice passed in what was described as a slam dunk case against armstrong in the fall, do you think they will join a whistle-blower lawsuit filed by floyd landis? >> yeah, think about your previous guest on the show, john. i mean this could solve the whole fiscal cliff crisis in terms of what we canet this back from lance armstrong. that's a little bit of an exaggeration. i see this where lance armstrong is like this wounded gazelle. the lions are gathering and if you can get a chunk out of that, you're going to do it. it is an amazing list of people. i was calculating them before. starting with lance armstrong's $100 million fortune and going through what different entities have already said publicly from the sunday times of london to a dallas-based promoter to the u.s. postal service to former teammates and what they've all said they're going to sue him for. by the time it's done, he might be the first ever triathlete to compete wearing a barrel with two little s

the triathlons. he was really, really fit. >> they made friends with everybody. they made everyone feel welcome. and appreciated. >> yesterday, crews called out the search for baker's body. >> long awaited testimony this morning. less than an hour from now. saeg of state hillary clinton will meet with congress to discuss last fall's deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. marla has more on what the secretary of state is expected to tell congress. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's not likely hillary clinton imagined her career as secretary of state would end like this. she faces three hours of questioning today. starting at 9:00 a.m. eastern, 6:00 our time, we'll have a live look at the hearings once they get under way. the senate foreign relations committee now includes john mccain. mccain is dead set on believing the response to the deadly attack in benghazi that killed u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans was a cover-up by the state department. a little bit of background. the bombing was blamed on inspiring protesters to t

triathlons. he's not at the top of his game.s like cenk, otherwise you're not allowed to speak in your basement. >> just go run around the block jay's version of a triathlon. >> as much as we hearken back to the days of high school football and try to relive that, this is at a high level and are he can prove to people who say he really didn't do all that. there's a lot to prove. this could be a reason. >> cenk: it's too late. it's too late. when you did the tour de france, you were had the height of your game. you cheated and your done. you can run a triathlon later. who gives a damn? >> you're right. >> cenk: here's how he should have gone, i cheated but i got news for you guys, so did everyone else, and i still beat them. >> he's planning on throwing people under the bus. in addition to admitting to doping, he's planning on doing a tell-all of all the different people that were involved in this, which i think is super shiesty. >> you're going to get the most people saying what anna said. >> cenk: i don't know if we should try

s' going to go bankrupt so he can admit that he doped so he can go on to the triathlon. >> right now ft with the image of him sitting on the couch and admiring his little jerseys, looking at him, how greedy he is and yet officials tell us it was all a fraud and there's a question whethers' got any sort of a future professionally. >> jonna, she's so right sometimes you've got to tackle your client and shut their mouth. >> megyn: i've got to leave it at that. thank you, panel, i'll be right back. ...

did not have the endurance or the strength to be fighter pilots and i had just completed the hawaii ironman triathlon, winning the military division and beating most of the military men and they're saying i don't have the endurance to be the fighter pilot. >> reporter: one female marine garnered attention last year when she expressed concerns is the captain, and we speak to her, she served in front lines positions in afghanistan and iraq, and write in the marine corps times and wrote "get over it we're not all created equal", i broke down and muscle at trophy and weight loss at a faster and more noticeable rate than fellow marines, falling during fire fights. >> no positions are actually opened to women today. the service chiefs have until may 15th to explain to defense secretary, the next defense secretary if they have any concerns and if there are any positions that should not be open to women, shepard. >> shepard: jen griffin at the pentagon. thank you. and let's bring in an iraq war veteran and illinois congresswoman now, the congresswoman lost her legs when a rocket propelled grenade hit her hel

. >> no, no, the triathlons and the marathons. he's done with cycling. he cannot come back in the way that other athletes like michael vick or tiger woods have. >> thanks for reporting this morning. >>> now, josh with the other top stories. >> good morning to all of you. we're going to begin with breaking news. major turmoil this morning for america's most important ally in the fight against terrorism. tens of thousands of people in pakistan are protesting in the streets, furious at corruption in their own government. and just this morning, pakistan's highest court ordered the prime minister to be placed under arrest. this is a move critics claim is unconstitutional. security forces, meanwhile, are standing on shipping containers to block access to parliament. they're firing guns and tear gas to hold back the crowds. we'll have updates as news warrants. >>> and now, to your money and a price spike at the supermarket. the cold snap bringing record low temps to the southwest is starting to drive up prices in the p

>> well, the reason why he is coming forward right now is still that need to win, he is trying to compete in triathlons again, he has been banned from olympic sports for life, which means he can't obviously pete in the olympics but he also can't compete in the new york city marathon, and any triathlon, even in the easter bunny 10-k in his hometown, all of those events are, they follow the world anti-doping code which are the rules that have banned him from sports so if he comes forward now and gives information about his doping and other people who have helped him done to the u.s. anti-doping agency it could possibly mitigate the lifetime ban and could be out there competing again. >> rose: do you expect him to implicate other people that might not have been implicated so far? >> oh, yes, i do, we had a story in "the new york times" today that said that he was willing and had planned to come out and give information about people in the international cycling union, with situate the world governing body of the sport, i am not sure what exactly kind of information he had about those people, it is the pres

wants to get back in good greases to run and do triathlons. >> the only reason he would come clean issomething for himself. >> confession is the beginning of redemption. >> unless everybody knew he did it. >> it doesn't matter. the point is he had to confess it himself. he had to acknowledge it. he hadn't done so. >> couldn't he have done it a year ago or two? or three? or four? >> i wouldn't say that. he confessed. he admit it, new chapter. >> right. okay. >> live and let live. >> speaking of new chapters, let's talk about the republican party. reading from "politico," the republicans time to choose by joe scarborough. >> that guy is a jerk! >> for the gop to win again, it must dear to embrace william f. buckley's ruthless pragmatic approach to primary learn again vote for candidates who can win sweeping majorities and just say no to ideological' ideologicalgs to at vans the cause. what passes for a moderate republican in 2013 is laughable. the winds of history have blown barack obama's way of late, not because of some irreversible sociological trend but rather because supporters of

the truth. he wants his lifetime ban lifted so he can compete in triathlons. >>> the live strong foundation that armstrong founded issued a statement expressing its disappointment. it goes on to say we also appreciate our gratitude to lance. >>> happening now in hayward, friends and family are handing out fliers and searching for a missing teenager. the mother of delicia moreno says her daughter has been missing since this morning when she did not show up to school. delicia was last seen wearing a red 49ers sweater, black leggings with white vans shoes. in concord an aunt tells ktvu that her 15-year-old niece has been missing since yesterday morning. nicole addison was last seen at mount diablo high school. concord police says they have information that lead them to believe nicole ran with another girl. nicole is described as 165 pounds with green eyes and brown hair. >>> ktvu's jana katsuyama tellless us the argerian military stormed today after shrugging off help. >> reporter: militants who have been moving through nali and libya went in. tonight there are still hostages, americans are believe

the truth. he wants his lifetime ban lifted so he can compete in triathlons. >>> the live strong foundation that armstrong founded issued a statement expressing its disappointment. it goes on to say we also appreciate our gratitude to lance. >>> happening now in hayward, friends and family are handing out fliers and searching for a missing teenager. the mother of delicia moreno says her daughter has been missing since this morning when she did not show up to school. delicia was last seen wearing a red 49ers sweater, black leggings with white vans shoes. in concord an aunt tells ktvu that her 15-year-old niece has been missing since yesterday morning. nicole addison was last seen at mount diablo high school. concord police says they have information that lead them to believe nicole ran away with another girl. nicole is described as 165 pounds with green eyes and brown hair. >>> ktvu's jana katsuyama tellless us the argerian military stormed today after shrugging off help. >> reporter: militants who have been moving through nali and libya went in. tonight there are still hostages, americans are be

the masterful plan. he is doing this coto compete in triathlon's, the next goal.imize lawsuits which i don't think will work. he is total psycho. he talks about i was a bully that i tried to control the narrative. he is still trying to control the narrative. a control freak. then he says i'm flawed, deeply flawed. but don't we all have our own flaws? no, lance, we're not like you. we are not all like you. >> eric: why are we talking about that? not talking about it because we care or give a rat's ass about cycling. but here is an iconic american figure he held up in esteem and it turns out that he cheated -- >> greg: i never held him up in esteem. >> dana: a multimillionaire based on lies, bullying and trying to make other people's lives hell on earth while here. one thing he said last night was the woman that was wife of his teammate, okay, yes, i did call her dumb. i did call her crazy. i did call her the "b" word. but i didn't call her fat. he makes a smirk and you think what a jerk. >> greg: that angered you more than the juicing. >> dana: yeah. >> bob: down s

here, like to be reinstated, according to some of the reports be to be able to compete in the olympics or triathlonsoes this work? public mea culpas and reinstating his good name? >> well, it doesn't do anything about excessive federal spending. we know it. >> do you have a view on it? >> well, look, the doping deal is very good for america. for the people that are making the decisions say you got to play by the rules if you want to get the benefits. now, that's just wait it ought to be in our country. some of those people i thought were -- some of those ball players, baseball players i genuinely admired, crazy about, but people ought to be held the standard of the rules. >> yeah. >> i'm tired of the contrition culture, he is guilty and disgraced his sport. i don't think armstrong ought to get any quarter at all. ought to be banned for life. >> anybody disagree? >> i want to say the real story here is the kids who look up to these people and i see what's going on in high school football culture, see what's going on at the college level. it anguishes me deeply what children now are thinking, that thi

the best for a drugstory. but he wants to compete in triathlons. he has a lifetime ban. he wants to figure out how to get back in the game, so to speak. the other reason is that he's put off by the description in the report which is backed up by a ton of eyewitnesss that makes him sound less like a run of the mill p.e. d. user and tony soprano of cycling someone operating a ring of performance enhancing drug users. he takes exception to the description and he needs to figure out how to challenge it while not upsetting usada. this is like cycling through the eye of a needle. >> i have to say, i mean, hearing this story, it is so disturbing. it is so profoundly disappointing, right, you want to root for the guy and think, maybe, maybe he was telling the truth, maybe there was some truth in what he was saying here because he lied for so many years. can people forgive him? can his fans, sports fans, people who are behind him at livestrong think any differently of him? can he possibly rehabilitate his image. >> i think that's going to be really hard for him to do for a number

the 41-year-old's motivation to come clean? according to "new york times" to persuade anti-doping officials to restore his eligibility so he can resume his athletic career. he is hoping to compete in triathlon, the sport that upheld the ban against him taking part in sanction events. know confession would bring legal mine fields that testified under oath that he was not tainted by illegal substances. randi? >> mark mckay, thank you very much. >>> this weekend means one thing for nfl fans, playoffs. afc houston texans knocking off the cincinnati bengals, 19-13 to book a meeting with the new england patriots. in saturday's other game, i hate to say this the green bay packers cruised over the minnesota vikings. that was a heartbreaker for me. they were led by aaron rodgers connecting with ten different receivers for 274 yards and a touchdown. the vikings starting quarterback was out with an injured elbow. i should point that out. the packers face the san francisco 49ers next weekend. the ravens play the colts while rg3 and play the seahawks. >>> the nhl reporting that a tentative agreement has been reached which would mean the end of the lockout, the national hockey league and the player sshz

cyclist again but his lifetime doping ban came into force as he was getting involved in the "on man competition like triathlons actually getting up to world class levels and people were saying he maybe could compete in olympic games in the future, maybe win a world ironman title and is very good friend with the man who runs the iron man competition if in hawaii and said on record if lance armstrong is cleared of this doping allegation and he does get this ban cleared, he'll be able to compete again. i think that love of competing is what's really driving him now. >> while we wait for that interview and then we'll speak to you later. thanks very much for the time being. moving on to other news and german police have revealed the complex tunnel used by thieves to break into a berlin bank. detectives suspect the robbers spent months digging a 45-meter tunnel from a rented garage into the bank's safe deposit room and then lit a fire to cover their tracks and escape with their haul. evidence from genetic research tells us the first humans came from africa but very few studies have been done on the genetic makeup of

the live strong foundation. armstrong wants his life-time ban from competitive sports lifted in order for him to compete in triathlons. the live strong foundation released a statement they said they are disappointed with armstrong but the statement went on to say and i'm quoting we also express our gratitude to lance. as a survivor for the drive, devotion, and spirit he brought to serving cancer patients and the entire cancer community. lance armstrong apologized earlier this week. >>> high surf is on the way. it will be great for pro surfers at mavericks. as ktvu channel 2 reporter tara moriarty tells us it's also a very serious warning for the rest of us. >> we are here at the beach hotel. this is where they will be setting up a big jumbotron to watch the maverick surf competition. that is because you won't be able to watch it from the beach or bluff. the national weather service is warning of possible sneaker waves hitting the coast this afternoon. within the past month alone, waves have killed three people in the bay area including a man and his nine-year-old son who were swept off the rocks while fishing in the

huge. >> is there an element of the phoenix rising from the ashes that he does this he can regain status as an athlete by competing in triathlons and maybe show the world that he is still worthy of being acknowledged as an athlete? >> i think when it came down, there's two thoughts when it came to the court of public opinion. people liked lance armstrong for what he did for cancer research, and the millions the dollars for the livestrong organization that he raised. but perhaps they did not feel that he would come out and say that he never doped as a cyclist with all the evidence. so it's split because of what he did on the cancer side and what he has allegedly done as a cyclist, which we will see in the coming days, weeks, months, who knows if it will come down. there's a long way to government and such a disappointment to all of his fans. so many people had faith in lance armstrong that maybe, everyone else got it wrong. >> appreciate it as always. an unforgettable moment great a baby's birth captures the imagination of the internet. the story behind the photo that he went via rally. look at the little baby's hands. that is a

nonprofit livestrong saying he is "sorry for the stress he caused them," but it could be a sign that is he ready to begin competing again, possibly in triathlonssport of choice after the united states anti-doping agency, the usada stripped armstrong of his titles last october and slapped him with a lifetime ban from cycling. another potential factor? armstrong is being sued for fraud and could be forced to repay tens of millions of dollars to his sponsor, the u.s. post office. the u.s. justice department is considering joining that lawsuit. regardless, appealing to the usada for leanency may be a hard sell. the head of the organization said last week he received anonymous threats during his investigation into armstrong's doping. >> the worst was probably putting a bullet in my head. >> did you take that seriously? >> absolutely. turned it over to the fbi to investigate it. that's what they're doing. >> armstrong may have one bargaining chip left. exposing the broader culture of doping in hopes of a better deal. joining us now is ceo of mobile sports network selena roberts. you have -- you are the expert on all things armstrong and i will quote

not have the inch turns or the strength to be fighter pilots, and i had just completed the hawaii ironman triathlon, winning the division and beating most of the military men and they said i didn't have the endurance to be a fighter pilot. >> reporter: one marine garnered attention last year when she expressed concerns about this move is captain katie petronio. she wrote in the marine core times last year, get over it, we are not all created equal. >> i found that i broke down and had muscle atrophy and weight loss at a much faster rate and noticeable rate than my male marines. i found myself tripping constantly, my legs buckling, falling during firefights. >> reporter: in fact two female marines who were allowed for the first time to go through the infantry officer course that is a brutal ten-week course at quantico, they washed out, they did not manage to make it through that course last year and some marines have pointed to that saying there just are physical differences and this will be very difficult to integrate women to some of the front line positions. that being said secretary panetta and

like he wouldn't be satisfied after winning seven tour de frances, he needs to take on the senior circuit in triathlons. does this help him in the lawsuits? >> they will continue forward look, you admitted to this. in the contract with the u.s. postal service, you said you would not break the anti doping laws. under the federal false claims act, you could be liable for treble damages, triple the amount of money, so roughly 1$10 million. >> so interesting what he says to oprah tonight. what is his goal? he never answer thad question. nicole cooke apologize for your audio problems. >> thank you. >> thawe'll talk with betsy and coming up next. she and her husband were attacked verbally by armstrong after she said that she heard armstrong tell doctors he was doping. first a look at the day's top stories. >>> the hostage crisis in algeria, third day now. good news to report. u.s. defense officials tell cnn that a u.s. air force aircraft is in the process of evacuating americans and other foreign nationals involved in the standoff, and taken out of algeria right now, flown to u.s. facilities in europe. six m

companies that were rigging this, they followed them around, found them on the tennis courts, running marathons and triathlon's. these were not the most disabled people. this is something that "the times" will do. they will assign three or four people to a story. i was interviewed these people as late as 2010. they have not stopped that. they are willing to do that, no other paper is willing to do that. that is one thing that they do. another thing that they do, which is important selling newspaper, of value added journalism. we actually talked about that already appeared that is what is in dining, and the arts, science times, style. basically, telling you how to live. when it becomes cultural criticism, it is telling you what opera to go to, or whether "the nutcracker" is good. it turns out, we know from surveys, people read a great deal more about health than they used to. people are reading the newspaper to find out how to take care of your elderly parents, what happened with your foot falls asleep, what if you go to a place that is 15,000 feet high. you better take some pills because somebody may drop dead

the years, and that is lance armstrong. what does he want out of this? that would be he wants to compete. >> retired from cycling, armstrong competed in triathlons until he was banned for life last year by the u.s. anti-doping agency. this morning it is not clear that any of this will help armstrong achieve that goal of returning to sanctioned races. matt? >> anne thompson, thank you so much. mike lupica is a columnist for "the new york daily news." good morning. >> good morning, matt. >> we are understanding he's admitting to doping during his career. i think the reaction is going to be, wow, you can knock me over with a feather. what do you think? >> it's like the line in "casablanca." i'm shocked to discover gambling is going on in this establishment. in the man who shot liberty valance, when the legend becomes fact, print the legend. people fell in love with the legend. they liked that story better than the reality. most reasonable people think, matt, this is like an announcement saying the ocean is deep. >> i spoke to a former cyclist who knows lance armstrong very well last night. he said he's worried about this, that armstrong will go on, cry and

he is working to get the lifetime ban from sports lifted so he can compete in triathlons. >>> well justiful day in january. our stretch of really cold weather is kind of modifying a little bit. the lows are still cold. by the coast and bay, they have been coming up this week. we start off on sunday and monday brutally cold and dry. it is sunny out. little hazy. warmer near the coast and bay. and it is sunny for all. teeny, teeny bit of patchy fog by the coast and it is rare. and the air mass is so dry. it as slow warm up which would take us and top out by sunday. things will start to change here. high surf advisory kicks in tomorrow at 10. we covered it very, very well and don't turn your back on the waves. mavericks are in. and waves are 10 to 30 feet. spare the air day. we have had these and it makes sense. it is locked in and no stirring of the atmosphere. that will take us into saturday. high pressure said we will hang around the weekend. there is a series of them. they fall apart and they don't have much left. >> something might clip us and we will get clouds in here. the city is 6

the first reason is that the guy's a competition junkie. he wants to compete in triathlons. gompbed by the u.s. anti-doping agency and right now he has a lifetime ban so he sees this confessional trying to show candor as a way to get back on the competition train because he misses it so much. the second thing is this issue of him being presented as if he's joe pesci on a ten speed and governing other people's drug use. he wants to combat that perception and he feels and people around him feel that's unfair. unfortunately, there is a long conga line of witnesses saying that's who he was and that's the toughest thing to overcome because if he challenges it, he's challenging the report and then won't end the lifetime ban. >> if you're not a cycling ban or in to sports overall, that is intriguing tori story about the fall of an athlete. and temptation. we saw it in baseball and other sports and has an impact on kids who look up to them or thinks that's what it takes to be a success. thank you both very much. we'll see what he says on thursday. >>> back to the president's announc

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. >>> later in the show, from tipping the scales at more than 400 pounds to triathlons, the woman runningto a whole new life. definitely an inspiration. >> very difficult to do. >>> but first, as vice president joe biden gets ready to make his recommendations on curbing gun violence as soon as today, the majority of americans polled by abc news backs major reform. >> here are the numbers. 71% support a new federal database that tracks gun sales. meanwhile, 58% favor a ban on assault weapons, while 55% agree with the nra plan to put armed guards in schools. abc's karen travers is covering this ongoing debate. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning, rob. good morning, sunny. yesterday, president obama held the last press conference of his first term. he wasn't really willing to go into details about what he's considering on gun control. but he took a lot of questions on that very explosive issue. after the tragic shooting at sandy hook elementary, president obama said the nation needed to change. and now he's poised to announce his own game plan on gun control. >> if there is a step

to be able to have a quick apology with oprah and then come right back to doing his triathlons and his marathons venl theity is -- the reality is he's banned for life. and even if he comes clean and gives all of the information about everyone else cheating, it's still an eight year ban. >> armstrong has become a cultural icon. his work on behalf of people with cancer was perhaps even more legendary than his athletic powers. but brennan believes much of the sympathy is now swayeded and he did what he had to do where so many others were cheating as well. >> he was one of many to do it. he did it worse and longer and in a more ruthless fashion than anyone else. >>> now to a health alert that offers up a word of caution about sipping too much soda. a new study links artificially sweetened drinks to depression. those that drank more than four cups of diet soda a day were more likely to develop depression. what's odd here is coffee seems to have the opposite effect. people that drank more than four cups a day were less likely to have depression. >>> well, president obama will have an all star musical line up w