but, says tyler hamilton, not without help. that after finishing a stage, he, armstrong and their teammate kevin livingston would inject themselves with epo in the team's camper, just meters from the excited fans outside. >> that was nerve-racking because you're right there in the heart of the tour de france, thousands and thousands of people around your -- hovering around the team camper. and we had this performance-enhancing drug. i remember trying to get rid of it as quickly as possible. there was one for lance, one for kevin and one for myself. you quickly stuck it in, got rid of it. it was quickly hidden away, typically in like a coke can, all three vials would go into a coke can. we'd crush it, give to it a team doctor to dispose. >> but it didn't all go to plan. lance armstrong was tested for drugs during the tour. and one of his samples revealed a significant level of a banned corticosteroid. emma o'reilly she says of during one of his massages, an urgent conversation took place between armstrong and the team's manageme

a cryptic comment by tyler hamilton.elieves that lance armstrong has more that he can say. i was struck by tyler's acceptance of armstrong had finally done. there was no trace of bitterness or anger in my interview with him. which there could have been. because armstrong has torn a shred off people like tyler hamilton for years, cla years, these guys know nothing, they smear me with their lies and we discover all of it is true. in many ways tyler hamilton and the others who came forward after they were caught, let as be honest, they all got caught, they were open and honest and they wanted the boss, the general, the leader of the pack to do the same. he finally has. >> you know, in talking to oprah last night, she asked him, part of the whole yes/no, she asked if he had doped for all seven tour de france races, he said yes. and i'm just curious, did tyler hamilton say, you know, had armstrong not done the drugs and the doping, does he think he would have won? >> no, he doesn't. he said, look, lance armstrong was a great

>> tyler hamilton gets a phone call. be on a plane tomorrow. we're flying to valencia to do a blood transfusion. that's what happens. >> i want to play you what armstrong said about his personal doping operations. let's listen. >> tyler said in a statement that you and the u.s. postal service cycling team pulled off in his words the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that the sport has ever seen. was it? >> no. no. and i think he actually said that all of sport has ever seen. and, oprah, it wasn't. it was -- it was definitely professional. and it was definitely smart if you can call it that, but it was very conservative. very risk averse. very aware of what mattered and didn't. >> the only example he could come up with, i guess, of a more sophisticated operation was east germany's olympic operation, i guess, back many, many -- >> '70s and '80s. >> in the '70s and '80s. so compared to a state government operation, it was not that sophisticated. but in the sport of cycling, bill, do you think this was the most soph

. >> were you blood doping in the stage 11 of the 2000 tour, stopping at a hotel, tyler hamilton saysou stopped at a hotel. >> i'm 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 didn't read tyler's book. i don't necessarily remember that. but i'm certainly not going to say that's a lie, that's not true. >> he says he doesn't remember that. the more he confesses, we know he's 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 he's 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

>> and a quick programming note, this morning on the "today" show, exclusive interviews with tyler hamilton one of the armstrong's teammates. and livestrong ceo doug ulman. >>> the speculation continues to swirl around notre dame as linebacker manti te'o and the mystery over a girlfriend he publicly mourned and now says never existed. in the wake of that revelation in claims he was a victim of the elaborate hoax news organizations are sifting news reports raising more questions. an associated press review finds the heisman trophy candidate perpetuated the relationship. te'o said he learned of the hoax on december 6th which leaves us to learn when will we hear from te'o himself. >>> now, the latest on the ongoing hostage crisis in algeria. new details are emerging about the algerian government raid to rescue foreign nationals held captive at a bp-related gas plant. some americans escaped but others are still being held. duncan, what's the latest? >> reporter: good morning. the latest has come from the british prime minister who has been speaking to his algerian counter part and he said they

. >> several of his former teammates including tyler hamilton said armstrong used drunks. on "60 minutes" scott pelley asked him what effect drugs had on armstrong's performance. >> would there have been a lance armstrong without doping? >> doping definitely helped him. a lot of people said, okay everybody's doping so it's a level playing field, but that's not true. that's not true. doping took a lot of money, took a risk taker, took a lot of having connections, and a lot of people weren't willing to take all those risks. >> scott pelley with tyler hamilton on "60 minute sport." by the way, you can see it on the own network. check your local listings. >>> coming up on this wednesday, a runaway train. train slams into an apartment building, and you will not"cbs morning news." driving it. this is the "cbs morning news." the usual, bob? not today. [ male announcer ] bob has afib: atrial fibrillation not caused by a heart valve problem a condition that puts him at greater risk for a stroke. [ gps ] turn left. i don't think so. [ male announcer ] for years, bob took warfarin an

as we say in the book "the secret race" that i wrote with his lieutenant tyler hamilton. when you have a small medical refrigerate northe closet of your home that he was sharing with sheryl crow, when you are dealing with a really sophisticated italian doctor and depositing millions in secret swiss bank accounts, that counts as pretty sophisticated in most people's books. this sophistication wasn't so much in the precise substance they were using, although they were using, clearly, some pretty advanced stuff. it was in the way in which they wielded it. and it was the way in which they used their power. their economic power. but most of their political connections to the people and power in the sport. to maximize their use. and that was -- that was really where they excelled. incredibly sophisticated. when he said it would take you a long time -- it would take him a long time to explain it, that's true. it was like this james bond program. >> where is it that you feel that he was not fully honest? was it this part or something snels could have been a bunch but where was th

you are right, it is interesting how much it parallels the story we tell on the secret race, tyler hamilton did a similar journey, once you lie and go dark, once you go into that world and start using it and have success and start winning race there is is almost no going back, where lance was different, though was that he kept pushing it, when he was attacked he didn't just deny he attacked back, he kept going, he always, floyd landis says lance always double down, when he is in trouble he doubles the bet and the oprah interview is in some ways the ultimate doubling of the bet, he pushes everything on the table and said, look, there is where i am going to try to do to get out of this. >> rose: so what are you looking for? each of you in the oprah interview? >> well, you know, i don't -- i was asking myself that same question and i really don't know what to say, like he will confess. >> rose: right. >> i don't, having done some reporting on lance armstrong i would fool myself i could interpret the thoughts of a goldfish before i think i know what lance armstrong is thinking so judging his co

. >> for years, cyclist tyler hamilton, that man right there, accused armstrong of doping and he faced armstrong's fury as a result. we'll find out what he thinks, after watching the interview. >>> later in the show, the question everyone is asking, can the live strong charity go on? we'll ask the ceo. >>> have you noticed you didn't make quite as much as you did before the new year came? of course, you are not alone. what is behind this sudden cut in pay and give you ideas of what you could do to offset that loss. >>> the story we hope will bring a smile to your face. what folks in one city are doing to boost the spirits of random strangers. >> great story. we want to start with lance armstrong's confession. anne thompson has more on what he had to say. ann, go anne, good morning. >> good morning, savannah. lance armstrong said he had the perfect story for so long, overcoming cancer, winning the tour de france, and it wasn't true. lance armstrong was emotional, but not tearful, apologetic, but not contrite. in an exclusive sbrou on own, armstrong admitted to oprah winfrey what had lon

i saw my co-author tyler hamilton, his lieutenant, go to the same process where it is very difficult to admit all at once. it is like excavating a giant city underneath the sand, it takes time to dig out. dodge do you feel -- dodger do feel it is confined to cycling? >> is a lot of high-end sports. if you have a culture where there are not a lot of regulations, the fear of being caught, the desire for competitive people to win, he will get this pattern. the psychology is the same. the story is bigger, it is a story about culture and the answers lie in how you create a culture that helps people away from cheating as opposed to tilting them toward cheating? >> still to come on tonight's program. china's economy is not as hot as it used to be. it has the government is scrambling to find a new spark. onstage, the ballet world is known for its beauty and grace. behind-the-scenes today, there has been a brutal force. the artistic director has been seriously injured after someone threw acid in his face. for more on the possible motive, here is our washington correspondent. >> one of the sta

i saw my co-author tyler hamilton, his lieutenant, go to the same process where it is very difficult to admit all at once. it is like excavating a giant city underneath the sand, it takes time to dig out. dodge do you feel -- dodger do feel it is confined to cycling? >> is a lot of high-end sports. if you have a culture where there are not a lot of regulations, the fear of being caught, the desire for competitive people to win, he will get this pattern. the psychology is the same. the story is bigger, it is a story about culture and the answers lie in how you create a culture that helps people away from cheating as opposed to tilting them toward cheating? >> still to come on tonight's program. china's economy is not as hot as it used to be. it has the government is scrambling to find a new spark. onstage, the ballet world is known for its beauty and grace. behind-the-scenes today, there has been a brutal force. the artistic director has been seriously injured after someone threw acid in his face. for more on the possible motive, here is our washington correspondent. >> one of the sta

. >>> and a quick programming note, this morning on "today" show, exclusive interview with tyler hamilton one of the armstrong's teammates. >>> the speculation continues to swirl around notre dame as linebacker maptty te'o and the mystery over a girlfriend he publicly mourned and now says never existed. in the wake of that elaboration, if the wake of the hoax, news authorities are sifting through more questions. an associated press review finds the heisman trophy candidate perpetuated the relationship. te'o said he learned of the hoax on december 6th which leaves us to learn when will we hear from te'o himself. >>> now, the latest on the ongoing hostage crisis in algeria. new details are emerging about nationals held captive at a bp-related gas plant. some escaped but others are still being held. nbc's michelle kosinski is there, what's the latest? >> reporter: one day now after they took over the bp facility in algeria, taking dozens of international workers hostage, including americans, it is still just as difficult to get confirmed information out of there. there have been conflicting

fellow teammates floyd landis and tyler hamilton and former tour winner greg lamond all spoke up and all were smeared as jealous liars trying to profit, cover their own troubles, or both. but landis wouldn't be denied, speaking with investigators, and eventually launching the investigation that brought armstrong down. he talked about it in a "nightline" exclusive in 2010. >> if i'm taking on lance armstrong, that should be evidence enough that there's a problem with the system, because i'm saying that a bunch of people did it. at some point, people have to tell their kids that santa claus isn't real. i hate to be the guy to do it, but it's just not real. >> many people think that the real tipping point was floyd landis and his decision to come forward and confess. >> i'd agree with that. >> that was the tipping point, yeah. >> i might back it up a little and talk about the comeback. i think the comeback didn't sit well with floyd. >> reporter: armstrong has been accused of running up a doping bill investigators have pegged at more than a million dollars. officials describe a ghoulish

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plus matt lauer sits down with tyler hamilton at 7:00 today on nbc4. >>> in an ex louis sif, a 16 clear old girl talks about being attacked on her way to the bus stop and how she managed to break free. she was going to catch the bus near lourd he is drive and hickory drive in ft. washington. she noticed a man staring at her and walking in her direction. she then says he asked her for her name and started touching himself and his hands on her. >> he lunged at me and grabbed me. i started screaming and kicking. he just like ran. i felt kind of helpless. mentally that will be in my head like for a while. >> if you know anything about the attack, police in prince george's county want to hear from you. >> a former d.c. police officer facing life in prison after being found guilty of murder. 40-year-old richmond phillips was convicted yesterday of killing his mistress and leaving their baby in a hot car to die. it took a jury 90 minutes to reach that verdict. 20 we're old wynetta wright and 11-month-old jaylin were killed in may of 2011. prosecutors say phillips, who was married, lured wright

including former teammate tyler hamilton, who today praised armstrong for finally coming clean, but with lsqyskepticism. >> it's a huge, huge first step for lance armstrong. big first step, it's really, you know, what happens next. you know, the proof is in the pudding. >> reporter: if the interview, armstrong admitted to bullying those who went up against him. >> if i didn't like what somebody said. and for whatever reasons in my own head, whether i viewed that as somebody being disloyal, a friend turning on you, i tried to control that. that's a lie, they are layers. >> reporter: the livestrong cancer foundation foued by armstrong, last night's admission brings hope of a new chapter. >> with a little sense of relief, because our organization today can finally move beyond this topic and issue. >> reporter: an issue of cheating now resolved, but a regularcy that remains unclear. chris clackum, nbc news. >>> and still no word from manti te'o whose inspiring story about the death of his girlfriend has turned out to be a hoax. t public. notre dame says he was victim of a sick prank. questi

a former teammate, tyler hamilton had this reaction to the interview. >> it is a first step.n. he is telling the story that he has taken performance enhancing joe -- drugs. >> was a genuine emotion? >> i think so. i went through the same process on a much smaller scale. it is going to get easier for him. i think he will open up much more. i think we saw a lot of the truth, but not the whole truth. >> hamilton went on to say that he has never seen lance armstrong shed a tear in their time together, until last night. he says he does not need an apology, he has moved on with his life. >> the home of the tour de france was covered in heavy snow tonight. it may look pretty, but across the country, this has caused some serious traffic problems and accidents. flights have been grounded. it does not appear that any of that is bothering people on the streets in the city of lights you were just there to stop and take some pictures. >> absolutely beautiful in paris. >> everyone is asking, when are we going to see snow? >> monday, a couple of inches across most of the united kingdom and

he heard a bit from tyler hamilton, he and daniel coyle have co-written "the secret race: inside the tour de france race." "doping cover-ups and winning at all costs. i spoke with daniel coyle along with espn analyst. what i don't understand is why armstrong is doing this now. just a few months ago, he had a chance to avoid lifetime banishment. u.s. ada invited him to come clean to be part of the solution. he turned them down flat. what happened between then and now? what changed? >> this is a perfect way into the way lance's brain works, he's very good at looking at complex situations and looking at them in a binary way. it's not about being consistent with him. it's about winning and that brain is really built for that. this point you figure the best path forward was to go to oprah. that's what he's doing. the problem that he faces is that you can win the tour de france but it's hard to win a confession. that has to do with genuine feeling. it has to do with contrition. >> juliette, you were saying the most important thing to remember is that armstrong is an athlete, that he's not

. >> i talked to author david coyle who had written a book, with tyler hamilton.e said about tyler hamilton in getting tyler to talk about his own doping. was that at first, as somebody who has lied for so long, cannot tell the full truth. it comes out in drips and drabs. he felt this is what we were witnessing with lance armstrong. it wasn't smart to give such a big interview as the first because the truth -- he's not able to tell the full truth because he's still saying he's a bully but he wasn't saying he was directly pressuring anybody on his team. >> he had to be careful because he still has some liability legal and civil liability, and he was probably coached not to put too much out there that might be thrown back in his face in a court of law. he's already lost tens of millions of dollars in endorsements and potential earnings. and the other aspect of this is there are going to be some people who are skeptical even if he's largely telling the truth now. they're going to say he's only taking this course when every other avenue is closed off, when he has no p

you heard a bit from tyler hamilton there. he and daniel coyle have co-written "the secret race: inside the hidden world of the tour de france, doping, cover-ups, and winning at all costs." i spoke with daniel coyle along with espn analyst roger cossack and "new york times" sportswriter juliet mckerr. >> daniel, what i don't understand really is why armstrong is doing this now. because just a few months ago he had a chance to avoid lifetime banishment. the u.s.a.d.a. had invited him to come clean to be part of the solution. he turned them down flat. so what happened between then and now? what changed? >> this is a perfect lens into the way lance's brain works. he's really good at figuring out complex situations, looking at them in a very binary way and figuring out a path forward. it's not about being consistent with him. it's about winning. and that brain is really built for that. so at this point he figured the best path forward was to go to oprah. and that's what he's doing. but the problem that he faces is that you can win

scott pelley interviewed tyler hamilton one of armstrong's former teammates and hamilton revealed how he and armstrong used banned substances, including epo and testosterone. he also said that armstrong told him about failing a drug test in 2001. well, after the "60 minutes" story aired, armstrong and his advisers complained bitterly, demanding an on-air apology. scott pelley is with us. >> good morning. >> great to be with you. >> you saw this interview last night. it didn't appear that he came completely clean. what else did you feel could have been said or should have been said? >> well it wasn't a tell-all but it was a tell a lot. it was remarkable to hear him say the things he did say. one thing that struck me nora was the way he described doping as air in our tires and water in our bottles. i mean these substances in many krass are controlled substances. this is not air and water we're talking about. and one of the things that the u.s. anti-doping agency was curious about was how were these drugs obtained? how were they distributed? how were they carried across state lines? how

. >> reporter: tyler hamilton a former teammate and friend bitterly attacked said that he's now seeing armstrong unlike anything he has ever saw. >> it's like the new lance. the lance he hoped to me and the old lance. you can see it. it's like a battle. >> this is heavy. and this is messy and this is not something that i can sit with you and leave and go, okay. >> reporter: armstrong told oprah that she's now in therapy and see how quote sick some of his actions were. that arrogant twitter photo boasting of his tour wins even after he had been stripped. was just two months ago. >> that was just, more defiance. and you know what's scary i thought it was a good idea. >> he acknowledged that his ex-wife knew of his cheating and encouraged him not only to stop and come clean. he never did until he lost everything and was back in a corner. >> will you rise again? >> i do not. >> neal is here with us. you talked about with anti-doping officials who watched this interview, has it made any difference for him? >> in a word, no. he said that he has to come guard under oath, with names, dates. pa

scott pelley talk today one of armstrong's former teammates tyler hamilton who helped him win the tour de france. >> would there have been a lance armstrong doping. >> doping definitely helped him. . >> now armstrong's main financial backer is a bay area tycoon named thomas wizel. he's famous for taking yahoo public. he also holds the holding company for armstrong's cycling team. the contract banned doping, and according to the bay citizen government investigators have subpoenaed wizel. armstrong has offered to repay more than $5 million to compensate for the fraud he allegedly committed against the postal service and taxpayers and the feds turned him down saying it's not enough. >>> a big day for facebook. the company revealed a new search engine. it's called graph search, and it allows you to narrow your searchs through different categories people, photos, places, interests. for example, you can search for friends in san francisco who like cbs 5. it'll take a long time because there are a lot of them, but graph search is available by invitation only for now. >>> some oakland performe

. >> the reason he's the best, this is what tyler hamilton said to "60 minutes."ot of people weren't willing to take the risk and a lot of people didn't have the money. blood doping takes a lot of money, a lot of details, a posse of sophisticated people, and lance had those. people in his pocket, all of those things, kept him at the want to, and he was willing, if he was a killer it is because he had no affect about it. >> there are at least ten other teams who used the same system during the era. >> you talk about lance being a killer from your perspective, what is the next killer move then? what is the strategy for him to get back in the sport? >> i think what lance wants to do, going back to being a lifetime athlete, and he's -- i think he wants to get back into tri@lobs, to raise money for his cancer foundation. he does believe high until that. and like to talk about the line. the one problem the world of professional sports, high level sports, i have observed as a long-time athlete. i first went to europe in 1975. >> did you dope? >> that was a long time ago.

. >> reporter: tyler hamilton, a former teammate and friend bitterly attacked, and even threatened forhe truth, said that he's now seeing a side of armstrong unlike anything he has ever known. >> it's almost like, these last two nights, it's like the new lance. the lance he hoped to be and the old lance. you can see it. it's like a battle. >> this is heavy. and this is messy and this is not something that i can sit with you and leave and go, okay. >> reporter: armstrong told oprah that he's now in therapy and sees how, quote, sick some of his actions were. but it isn't just some old version of himself. that arrogant twitter photo boasting of his tour wins, even after he had been stripped, was just two months ago. >> that was just, more defiance. and you know what's scary is, i actually thought it was a good idea. >> reporter: he acknowledged that his ex-wife knew of his cheating and encouraged him not only to stop but to come clean. he never did, until he lost everything and was backed into a corner. >> will you rise again? >> i do not. >> neal is here with us. in new york. neal, you t

tyler hamilton helped him win the tour de france. but in an interview for the showtime program "60 minutes sports," hamilton told us both he and armstrong used banned drugs and engaged in the illegal technique called "blood doping," when a rider infuses a bag of fresh blood during a race to beat exhaustion. would there have been a lance armstrong without doping? >> doping definitely helped him. a lot of people say, "okay well, everybody's doping so it was a level playing field." but that's not true. that's not true. doping took a lot of money. it took a risk taker. it took a lot of having connections. and a lot of people just weren't willing to make... take those risks. a lot of people didn't have that money, you know? blood doping, for example, took a lot of money. a lot of details. it took a posse of sophisticated know-what-they're-doing kind of people. and lance had those. >> pelley: so most everyone at the top of the game was doping but not all the doping programs were equal. >> exactly. exactly. the people who run the sport were