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Catie beck has our story. >> reporter: kikkan randall has spent her career blazing trails. >> we worked incredibly hard and we want to put the u.s. on the map. >> reporter: the cross country skier from alaska was the first american woman to win a world cup title in h the sport. shes also won 17 national championships. but one title has been just out of reach. not just for kikkan but for the entire u.s. womens cross country team. >> definitely that olympic medal is still -- still the one i want t...

Suburb where four years ago, the u.s. says the assad regime used chemical weapons to kill more than 1,000 people. today, one of assads generals seemed to take pride in the current operation. calling it a lesson in combat and fire. from which there would be no rescue. richard engel, nbc news. we turn now to the olympics and here in pyeongchang, it was a big day for the women of team usa. in bobsled, elana meyers taylor won the silver. speed skating, bronze in the team pursue. skier lindsey vonn...

Summer games? hes here competing in crosscountry skiing. >> i learned on roller skis. we found ways of how do we mimic being on snow without actually being on snow? >> reporter: he came in 114th out of 118 skiers. but these tropical trailblazers say theyre here to show where youre from does not limit how far you can go. ben tracy, cbs news, pyeongchang. >> glor: exactly. that is the cbs evening news tonight. im jeff glor. ffe news continues now on our 24-hour streaming news service, cbsn. theres...

Thats the power of and. cities that could see snow in the morning. and fremont )s karen chen makes her olympic debut in just hours. now, her childhood coach reveals the secret to her success. next. right now at 4: does it put the public in harms way finally, tonight a new snowboarding event called big air kicks off for the men at the olympics. in big air, snowboarders launch off a large ramp and perform one complicated trick. even though the event is new, alaskan ryan stasal has pretty much be...

Everyone. here in pyeongchang, team usa is adding to its medal count thanks to freestyle skier brita sigourney. she captured bronze in the halfpipe. in ice dancing alex and maia shibutani won bronze. it is their second medal of these games. and as we marvel over all the beautiful figure skating weve been witnessing here, there is unfortunately a darker side to the sport. all the pressure can too often lead some of the athletes to eating disorders. and not just female figure skaters, but the me...

>> i had given up on myself and basically wanted to end it. i was really glad that i got the help that i needed. >> reporter: today, a different story. >> life is good. >> reporter: john-henry krueger also taking home the silver in short track speed skating saturday, the first medal in the event for team usa since 2010. the u.s. is now in sixth place in the standings, but looking forward to bringing home more hardware. on the ice, big-time contenders mirai nagasu, who already made history pullin...

Airborne® with 2 times more vitamin c than emergen-c gummies. and specially crafted with vitamins, minerals and herbs. airborne® also with probiotics. >> quijano: at the olympics in south korea, another medal for the u.s. freeskier nick goepper won a silver in the ski slopestyle competition. and as important as these games are to the athletes, they could also help bring peace to that troubled region. 22 athletes from north korea participated in the games. and their leader kim jong un issued a ...

Were just over the halfway mark of the winter olympics, and american slope sty style skier earned a place on the podium. heres the latest from pyeongchang on the medal race. >> reporter: nick was down to his last of three chances when he uncorked a high flying, high scoring one -- >> one, two, three! wow! >> reporter: earning a silver medal. >> an amazing run. >> reporter: four years ago, earning bronze, and this time, silver is sweeter. >> to believe im a six-time olympic medallist in this disc...

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Convicted doctor charged with overprescribing up to over 1600 pills a day. >> where, in any cour organization, do you know who pays the bills? >> reporter: they said the money was to support organizations aiming to help pain patients receive appropriate care. the national pain foundation did not respond to request for comment, but told senate investigators it no longer accepts contributions from pharmaceutical companies. other groups criticized the report calling it unfair to equate financial su...