Lance Armstrong confesses doping to Oprah Winfrey — Transcript

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1. 0:18cheated now coming back to haunt him. I
2. 0:21have the
3. 0:22cynics and this and the skeptics. I'm
4. 0:26sorry for you. I'm sorry you can't dream
5. 0:28big and I'm sorry you don't believe in
6. 0:29miracles. Even under oath can't be any
7. 0:32clearer than I've never taken drugs.
8. 0:41Many eyes will be on cyclist Lance
9. 0:43Armstrong, who will sit down with Oprah
10. 0:44in the coming week on a campaign to
11. 0:46rehabilitate his reputation. Tonight,
12. 0:48ABC's Mark Greenblat asks, "How much can
13. 0:50Armstrong really say without having to
14. 0:53pay up later?"
15. 0:57In his last interview with Oprah nearly
16. 0:59two years ago, Lance Armstrong got a
17. 1:01hero's welcome. now disgraced and
18. 1:03labeled as a cheater, he'll face a much
19. 1:05tougher audience next week when he sits
20. 1:07with her again. But if, as expected,
21. 1:10Armstrong confesses to doping, it would
22. 1:13likely come only after the statute of
23. 1:15limitations on perjury charges ran out
24. 1:17following this strong denial under oath.
25. 1:21I'm just trying to make sure your
26. 1:22testimony is clear. Well, if it can't be
27. 1:24any clearer, then I've never taken
28. 1:26drugs. Still, an about face could land
29. 1:28him in serious hot water. He's still
30. 1:31facing an ongoing federal whistleblower
31. 1:33suit that's tightly under seal. Another
32. 1:36suit from a British newspaper and
33. 1:38threats from a promoter that wants 7.5
34. 1:40million dollars back. And yet Armstrong
35. 1:43texted the AP, "I told Oprah to go
36. 1:45wherever she wants, and I'll answer the
37. 1:48questions directly, honestly, and
38. 1:50candidly.