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Trying to concentrate on gold medals but forced to think about something else, too. abcs chief investigative correspondent, brian ross, with the latest now. >> reporter: they are still more than 6,000 miles and 2 weeks away from sochi. but security concerns are clearly weighing on the u.s. athletes competing to go to the olympics, including the olympic ski jump team, whose first three female members were announced today in salt lake city. >> the only thing i said to my family was, bring a jacket...

Champion and hendricksons mentor. >> i started jumping at the age of seven, just to be standing next to her in the opening ceremony is going to be the best feeling in the world. >> reporter: they are athletes and daredevils, soaring farther than the length of a football field, before coming to the pull of gravity. women started to jump more than a century ago in skirts, but the international olympic committee refused to let them in the game saying there were not enough female competitors. and as...

The 2010 vancouver games. they fell short, a painful memory van tries to swat away. >> nothing, i got nothing. >> are you done with it? >> yeah, im done. all i remember from that is hating the fact that i was in court. we should have been home training. and we were not. that itself just -- sort of annoyed me. >> reporter: the ioc relented in 2011, but the fight united the women. and when hendrickson won the world championship last year, van, jerome, and abbey hughes and alyssa johnson celebrated...

Impressive fifth place finish in the super g. >> im just -- im happy to be back. >> reporter: but at her next race, just over two weeks to go in france, the surgically repaired knee she worked so hard to rehab, buckled. with boyfriend tiger woods in the crowd, vonn was visibly in pain. >> unfortunately my knee just gave out on me. i tried to make the turn but i just didnt have a chance. >> reporter: the anterior cruciate ligament that helps stabilize the knee wasnt just torn, it was gone. and to...

Today, j.p. morgan chase settled up with the victims of bernie madoff. and gold medal skier lindsay vonn makes a big announcement when the "cbs evening news" continues. [ male announcer ] thats why theres ocuvite to help protect your eye health. as you age, your eyes can lose vital nutrients. ocuvite helps replenish key eye nutrients. ocuvite is a vitamin made just for your eyes from the eye care experts as bausch + lomb. ocuvite has a unique formula thats just not found in any leading multivita...

Michael schumacher, the most successful formula 1 race car driver in history remains in critical condition tonight after a skiing accident in the french alps. he was skiing with his son yesterday wearing a helmet when he fell and hit his head on a rock. he underwent surgery. hes in a medically induced coma. his condition described as critical. his outlook, uncertain. news tonight about lindsey vonn as she continue it is to recover after hurting her right knee again in france nine days ago. her...

Only in the new year. turneys first tweet today, a disappointing day but hopefully the ice breakers will get through to us tomorrow. disappointing for the ships owners too. they could have to pay the rescue costs. and thats quickly adding up. martin fletcher, nbc news, london. theres more ahead tonight including important new guidelines on screening for lung cancer. doctors say tens of thousands of people could be saved each year. well have that. later, the latest on lindsey vonn as she trie...

He says she may not compete at all before the olympics. she had surgery on the knee in february and partially re-tore one of the ligaments in november. for the nfl this is black monday, the day after the end of the regular season. and its not hard to see why. five head coaches got the news they will not be coming back for another season. jim schwartz of the detroit lions, greg schiano of tampa bay, mike shanahan of the washington redskins, leslie frazier of the minnesota vikings, and rob chudz...

She had been doing well drawing lock stock support as she always does and in canada two weeks ago logging finishes, 40th, 11th. then 5th. instead progress toward the podium again. she has the will. >> short of anything being damaged further, shes going to compete. >> reporter: but even vonn concedes luck will have to bail her out posting on her facebook page, im fighting as hard as i can but skiing with no acl is harder than i expected. fingers crossed. >> my knee just gave out, thats all. >> re...

A new setback today for lindsey vonn, the american skiing champion whos hoping for more olympic gold in this winters sochi games in less than 50 days. it happened in a world cup downhill race in france when her troublesome right knee gave way and forced her to ski off the course. heres nbcs mike tahiti. >> reporter: in the middle of the race skiing well, lindsey vonns surgically repaired right knee suddenly buckled.