acl, yes, that is a problem. americans are not so good at slalom skiing.a shiffrin has two world cup victories under her belt. that's unheard of for an american. she really is a gold medal threat in sochi. >> we heard ted ligety, a name we got to know very much so in vancouver. he actually scored today, did well, won the super g. >> ted won the super g. he is more of a giant slalom specialist but came out and won the super g today in austria. he is -- bode miller is the guy most people think of when they think of an american skier, but ted is really -- he has got to be considered one of the strongest american skiers next year. >> speaking of bode, how about his chances? >> the enigma. he did a smart thing taking this year off. he told everybody he wants to come back and come back strong next year. for all of us who love alpine racing there is nothing more exciting than watching bode miller ski. he is like -- there's nothing like watching bode ski. >> you can't talk about the american olympic team without talking about shaun white. does he go back in sochi?

he perform that first acl surgery. rg3 started his rehab in florida.k the doctor rethinks he will be -- if he thinks he will be the same. >> what makes robert special is from the neck out. he will e that much marder for having experienced this moving forward. >> let me take you -- the caps are struggling for points. getting the caps to lead but everything fell apart. and lighting the lamp with 10 minutes to go. it turned out to be the game- winner. a-list tonight in canada. -- they lose tonight in canada. how about phil mickelson at the phoenix open? he had a 59 from 25 feet out. he cannot believe it would not go. he had 11 birdies, nobodies, and he is the first-round leader by four. the big story here in new orleans, we're gearing up for the super bowl. it is sunday afternoon. the reagans and the 49ers and it should be fun. back to you. >> we will be right we gotta sell the car. where would we even start? get the car. hi howard. get in. hi, good to see you. start with an actual written offer when selling your car, no strings attached. carmax. start he

. >> i have a screw that holds in my mcl and acl right here and then i have a little pin that kind of holds it all together. >> rehab started immediately. one-hour sessions twice a day. upper body and core are no problem. as far as the knee? >> mostly just moving the kneecap around so there's no scarring underneath the kneecap, getting the fluid out. >> von remembers all the details of the crash. she estimates she was skiing 70 to 80 miles an hour. >> i just went off a jump, flew too far and landed in a pile of snow that hadn't been cleared away. and it essentially stopped my skis on impact and my knee just completely buckled. >> you let out a shriek. >> yeah. i knew -- i initially thought it was going to be worse. there was so much pain that i couldn't quite tell where exactly it was coming from. >> air lifted to the hospital she learned she had torn ligaments, her acl and mcl, plus a bone fracture. >> i knew what was wrong with me within five minutes of getting there. everything happened pretty quick, but it was still a long time for me to think about, you know, my career and -- >>

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ski team confirmed that -- here is the jump -- they confirmed she suffered acl and mcl tears in her right knee as well as a fractured right tibia. they are optimistic that held be ready for the winter games next february. >>> the 49ers are calling this one of the most depressing days of the season. players cleaned out their lockers this morning in team headquarters they collected their personal belongings and kaepernick seems to be taking the loss personally. asked how long that loss will stay with him, he said, for the rest of his life. >> i mean, it's tough. i mean, we been through a lot together, we are here with each other all the time. it's like leaving your family. >> you know, relax, heel the injuries and things like that, and pick back up, where we left off. >> after just a couple of days of recoup ragz, some like kaepernick will start to train for next season already. >> with a country where more than 12 million people are unemploy today saving just eight jobs is not something that normally makes the headlines. unless of course one of the jobs is yours, or in the case of tonight'

looked like some acl injury according to the description on his pictures and the one brief description said he'll never be the same. he was just doing his job. >> i have two robbery videos where the robbers were confronted by people they never expected. his first one is at a walgreens in grand rapids, michigan. some man runs through the door, runs back to the counters where the register is. he's armed. >> this is in front of, like, a ton of customers. in broad o those customers is sarah smith. she's a grandmother and wielding a cane. as soon as the robber goes around him, she follows him. he drops some of the cash and when he wednesday down get it, look at what she does. >> oh, my goodness! >> the grandmother tackles the dude. >> and that gets everybody else to kind of dog pile on top. >> no one was doing anything. they were just letting this guy walk out of the store. >> he ends up getting away but with none of the money. no way! everyone needs a grandmother like this. she's a regular at this store. she knew the clerk by name. >> we have to take back our community and if this helps ot

the team this spring catching back to back bullpen sessions today, ramos still recovering from a torn acl and right knee meniscus. nationals are hopeful ramos will be ready opening day. >>> the fight continues for the university of maryland as they prepare to lead the acc. -- leave the acc. a north carolina judge declined to dismiss a lawsuit filed against the university to pay the $52 million exit fee. neither side have commented on the decision. while the lawyers prepare to battle it out in court the terps have another court battle looming. mark turgeon and his team have just six conference games left. their final push to make the ncaa tournament, but the terps are being too careful not to look too far ahead. >> i know we have six games left. i know who we play, but it's not like we got to win this one. we got to try to figure out how to beat boston college. >> we try to take it game by game, try to get every win we can. we want to go to the tournament but we're just going to focus game by game and let whatever happens happens. >> reporter: sad news out of the nba, jerry buss has died a

. >> griffin needed knee surgery after he tore his acl and lcl after the playoff loss to the see hawks. >>> nets fans don't have to wait long to see the team in action. the full squad reports to spring training. that includes bryce harper. this will be the 20-year-old's first full season in the major leagues. harper won't say what his personal goals for this year are, but he has high hopes fox charlotte the team. >> world series. that's a biggest thing on my mind. i have things in my head, goals in my head. people will think i'm crazy if i share those. >> we don't think estcraze i. the nationals first game is -- >>> they may have finally turned a corner. >> send his man in. fires, he scores! eric fair with a bullet. >> eric fair scored twice as the caps outlasted the lightning 4-3. troy bower and yea beagle also scored. they're tied for third in the southeast division. the big game sunday against the rangers. >>> hopefully, this means we're back on track. and have winning ways. good deal. >>> want to get a look at our forecast now. tom kierein is here. yesterday was gorgeous by the way

she tore her acl mcl and had a broken bone in her leg. will she be in the olympics next year?it and see. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] the best thing about this bar it's not a candy bar. 130 calories 7 grams of protein the new fiber one caramel nut protein bar. [ male announcer ] with over 50 delicious choices of green giant vegetables it's easy to eat like a giant... ♪ ♪ and feel like a green giant. ♪ ♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant ♪ our next newscast is tomorrow morning at 4-30. . >>> news cast tomorrow morning 4:30. we'll see you then. ( band playing "late show" theme ) >> from the heart of broadway broadcasting across the nation and around the world it's the "late show" with david letterman. tonight... plus paul shaffer and the cbs orchestra. i'm alan kalter. and now you asked for it david letterman! ( captioning sponsored by worldwide pants and cbs ( band playing "late show" theme ) ( cheers and applause ) (cheers and applause) >> dave: ho! hey! (musical flourish) thank you, thank you very much. hey, if you get a chance call my sister. (laughter) >> paul: let's say

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kentucky freshman noel is done for the year after tearing his acl.he injury will cost him millions of dollars. before the nba raised their minimum age from 18 to 19, he o would have been a lock to jump straight to the league for a straight nba pick. now his future is in question. he was projected to be a top three pick. last year the top three pick ended up with $8.3 million. he won't recover from this for six to eight months. now the question is does he return to kentucky or does he still go into the draft and the team takes a risk on him? regardless, he's going to lose millions. >>> finally, spring training is getting into full swing. when the yankees hold the first full squad workout on monday, a-rod won't be with the team. joe girardi told reporters yesterday that a-rod will rehab from hip surgery in new york. instead with the yankees in tampa bay. girardi had no timetable for an a-rod might emerge. they have not ininstructed him to stay away. he was kconnected with a scanda this morning. girardi says the team will wait for major league baseball

he has a corn acl and will be out 6-8 months. he hurt it during this play in florida. he is one of the top players in college basketball and was going to be the first pick in this year's nba draft. >> look who was playing a rule in a security guard that is will ferrell wearing the scape pell center jacket. i kicked out shaquille o'neal sitting court side. not clear if this was a stunt possibly being filmed for a movie. >> ainsley. >> time now for 7:00 at the fox light. it was lady's night on american idol. >> yes, it was the women got their shot at hollywood glory following a week devoted to the guys the competition was fierce ainsley. first up 162 ladies were put through the sudden death acapella round in order to be given opportunities to assign a group. one of the strong e groups include the sassy bells of raising cane. ♪ >> the top 20 girls and guys will bothi be announced tonight. >> ryan seacrest says there are a lot of female performers are really good. with females there's always drama. >> i understand some celebrities are finding love. they always do, right? >

it's just a mir acle. >> chris says his stepson neil and stephan rane were abackened by small fires that green set in the backyard of the house. when they went out to put out the flames green opened fire. >> saw the gun coming out of his pocket and just had a sense that something wasn't right. as he turned to run that's when he got hit. he felt his leg and just decided to go run. >> family members say although neil is at home recovering and doing well he isn't ready to speak with reporters just yet until after he speak with the murder of stephan rane. 22-year-old steven rain graduated high school from ellicott city is to be laid to rest this weekend in pennsylvania. neil oa's family counts their blessing. >> as bad as we feel, we can't imagine how the other families are feeling. >> in addition to the 9 millimeter handgun green also had a 2 the 2 -- a 22 this his bag. >> the fun eral for rane will be held tomorrow. >>> the cripple carnival cruise ship that has been drifting in the gulf of mexico for a week is now here in the united states. triumph lost all power sunday. passengers have ha

underwent major surgery to repair a torn acl. griffin has said all along he will be ready for next season but now reason to believe the optimism. he has a long way to go in his recovery and will not rush him back. there are reports today that based on what they've seen so far, it is possible griffin will be the team's starting quarterback. griffin won the offensive rookie of the year award after setting a record by a rookie quarterback and leading to first nfc title in 13 years. bruce allen said today the redskins continue to be optimistic. will be ready to start the season. he says doctors ultimately will make the final decision. if he doesn't meet the deadline, i don't think he wants to push himself too hard that he feels like he's failing. it's up to robert, up to the doctors but at this point feel good about it. >> the fans want him to get healthy and come back when he's ready. thanks. >> staying on sports, today was the ground breaking of the new red skin's training center. the $10 million facility is part of a development d

. >> acl, the motorcycle hits his car. his blood alcohol level is 0. he's fine.are pressed by what's known as the state prosecutor. but now, after his brother gets arrested for this homicide, the public prosecutor -- so something like our attorney general and a district attorney, they bring it back to life. now that the spotlight is on their criminal justice system, this particular family, and a little twist about the aunt being a criminal profiler, who knows what role she played in her nephew's car accident case, disappearing in the 2008. the case against the detective disappeared. the spotlight comes on him, now it's back into light. >> shepard: back to the case at hand. the part i don't understand is there's blood on a cricket bat. the claim of the defense is that oscar pistorius thought there was a burglar in the house, went to the door of the bathroom. didn't shoot right into the door, shot to the right and down where he knew the toilet was. but that bloody bat, he supposedly only used to get into the door. everybody involved knows what that blood is. it's t

. >> typically anybody with a major acl tear who has surgery, you're talking about minimum of 12 monthsphysiotherapy. but has a lot to do with how bad was the tear, how difficult it was to repair, and then how the will of the individual. reporter: you mentioned the olympics. they begin exactly one year from now. the doctor saying a year, year and a half. so it's possible defending her gold medal in the downhill would could be a big challenge. >> shepard: it's my understanding a lot of people didn't think they race ought to go. >> it didn't go for three hours, they delayed the race because of fog on the course for three hours. city skiers say the course want in bad shape but there were areas they were blind, they couldn't see, and the weather was so bad the skiers never got chance to run the course. in her blog in the denver post, lindsey vonn wrote it always feels awkward when you don't get a chance to free ski the hill before the race. it's tricky to know the terrain when all you have to go on is course inspection in the morning of the race. so lindsey vonn, her first run down the hill

when, you know, not giving the little darlings their favorite meals at guantanamo used to send the acl i think it's more the double standard, not that the military and cia have come up with a way to kill terrorists without putting american lives at risk. i mean, it's perfect. >> mark, this is the odd part about the brennan story. i praise brennan for this drone thing and praise president obama for this drone thing. but the odd thing is how can you be in favor of drones bombing american traitors overseas and take this ma'amby pamby position that water boarding is a bad thing. brennan supported water boarding a few years ago and he's backed off. why is that? >> he's certainly evolved. these aren't very simple questions and the answers to them are very complex. look, i know that ann is upset that there are crickets and i'll interrupt those crickets with expressing what a lot of my friends on the left are concerned about. so, yes, while drones are in fact an effective and efficient way to prosecute the war on terror and are mighty success until in the short term, we're spending $2.5 billio

afterwards it was announced vonn tore both her acl and mcl as well as fracturing a bone in her leg.llow skiers in absolute shock. vonn airlifted there the course to a local hospital to be treated for her injuries. vonn's sponsor red bull recently hired extra security because of a rumored relationship with tiger woods. she has been in the news a lot lately. let's hit the healllie pad. could the super bowl blackout been prevented? superdome officials were barned of potential power failure in october. they spent over a half a million bucks thinking they fixed the problem. blackout still being investigated. >>> world peace. striving for. but today world peace was suspended. well, we are talking about the lakers forward for grabbing brandon mite and hitting him in the face. >>> top inside line back mother the country, high school ranks, ruben foster announced he will sign with alabama tomorrow, national signing day. hay as an auburn tattoo on his pore arm. two schools bitter rivals. i at one point will remove in a tattoo removal joint because i think there is serious money to be made wil

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acl/cell number the fed keeps printing.er will it take it a new high on the dow jones industrial average? the bells ringing right now. a lot of cheering, people always happy when there is a new opening but also happy because, pieces of economic data out this weekend all three below estimates and the market looks like it will have a big day today. maybe exxon mobile, netted $10 billion in the quarter, after paying $24 billion in taxes in 13 weeks. where are those shares operating? nicole: let's take a look, shares are up slightly, up 1/2%, oil around, earnings have been on the rise, earnings rose 5.9%. chemical and refining earnings provided a boost and where they did see production fall to three year lows. is a big tax payout. charles: those devious deal oil--oil companies courting the money. thanks a lot. it was january to remember for markets. it has been huge but not so much for apple shares. stock down 14% this year. and flat over the past 12 months. it has been tumbling and you see is that $2.34 hovering around at 450

. >> lindsey vonn out the rest of the skiing season after a scary crash that tore her acl and mcl and broke a bone in her lower right lane. >> in south korea, a scary car accident caught on tape. both drivers managed to survive. >> all that -- >> kobe bryant with an attack. >> were your children ever raised by nannies? >> yes, did have some nannies, yes. >> when they came for the job interview, did they walk in and go great? >> her man the bicycle-riding dog. >> -- and all that matters -- >> i'm worried that he might have a heart attack or stroke. it's all waiting to happen. >> -- on "cbs this morning." ♪ two tickets to paradise >> you're not going to paradise. ♪ two tickets to paradise >> you're not going to paradise. >> whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa ♪ captioning funded by cbs >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." there will be a birthday like no other for ethan. he was held under ground as a hostage in a bunker for a week. >> mark strassmann is in midland city, alabama, with new detail os testify raid that ended with the death of the kidnapper. mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, n

acl or mcl in lindsay vonn's case, she tore both with a year to go before the start of the 2014 olympicame, vonn will try to make an epic comeback. poor visibility, never a good phrase when you are on an airplane, or in vonn's case, attempting to come down a mountain. vonn was air lifted to a hospital and suffered what doctors are calling a complex knee injury. out for the remainder of this season. stay tuned to see if von can make it back for the olympics. >>> christmas in february. for college football programs across the country. today, marks the first day high school injury who's have been offered a clip to play on the next level can officially notify colleges they are headed their way. right now, several of the nation's top recruits are still uncommitted. an exciting day for high school and college football programs. >>> nothing like going to see your favorite team play, seeing them win and getting a souvenir. danilo gallinari with a shot that would make a geometry player proud. that gave 109 and 110 points which means fans get four tacos for a dollar at a fast food choin today. >>

that included a tear to the acl and mcl ligaments. and in addition to that, suffered a tibial plateau fracture. >> reporter: translation, her right knee is done. she will not ski for the entire 2013 season. vonn, whose skills are matched by her beauty, is no stranger to injury. she's battled through injuries in six-straight major championships. in november, she was hospitalized with an intestinal illness. >> now, her thoughts are on getting back. getting through whatever is necessary medically after this. >> reporter: her larger-than-life persona has always invited speculation. off the slopes, fascination with who she may be romantically linked to. the latest rumors, golf great tiger woods. she says their friends. on the slopes, it's all about the 2014 olympics, just one year away. >> nobody should be throwing a retirement party just yet for lindsey vonn. she can certainly recover from this injury. >> reporter: vonn's on crutches right now. her surgery takes place early next week in vail, colorado. she won't be back on skis for eight

torn acl, broken tibia, she says she'll be back to the olympics.the comeback? >> the pressure will be sl self-imposed. you now look at what adrian peterson did in the national football league. not everybody is him. the template has been established for how soon. >> you say self-he endorsed, don't huge endorsements that rely on olympic style place pressure on her? >> i think they do. we're going to find out how important one more olympics is to her. because when ryou're in that gy and doing all the stuff she has to do, i don't think you're thinking about dollar signs at the end, you're thinking about gold medals. >> let's talk about the book. you like writing about pressure on young athletes. here comes ben mccain again. what's going on with him? >> ben has just come out of the football season, thrown a doug flutie pass. >> a hero. >> this is what he would have been like at 11. all of a sudden he gets knocked down big time in basketball. a kid moves in that's a little bigger, a little louder. all of a sudden ben has to ask himself why do i play? bec

. >> i'm no lindsey vonn, i tore my acl skiing in colorado and let me tell you, that rehab is not fun, especially if it is your lifetime, your work, your career. christina mcfarland, thank you. >>> a group of spanish tourist were vacationing in beautiful acapulco, mexico, when the unthinkable happened. the middle of the night, sound asleep, a group of armed and hooded men burst into their rented beach bungalow, tied up the men, raped the women, and the details coming out about this attack, they're chilling. cnn's al goodman joins me from our madrid bureau. you talked to some of these -- we should point out these people were spanish, you talked to the spanish foreign ministry. what more are you learning about this? >> reporter: hi, brooke. madrid is giving few details about this crime. the mexican authorities are providing a bit more. six women were raped, all are spanish citizens, believed to be in their early to mid-20s. their friends, the men who were with them were tide up with the cables of cell phone chargers. this happened sunday night into monday morning in acapulco. it was a l

torn acl and mcl. february for college football programs across the country today. marks the first day high school seniors who have been offered a scholarship to play on the next level can officially put pen to paper, notifying colleges they are headed their way. heading into the morning, fife of the top ten recruits in the nation are still uncommitted. an exciting day for high school and college football. >>> and nothing like going to see your favorite team play and having them win and getting a souvenir. in denver, danilo gallinari with a spectacular shot, one that the harlem globetrotters could only think up. >> oh, that's great. >> he gave the nuggets their 109th and 110th points, and nugget fans get four tokyos for a dollar at a local fast food change. >> that's worth more than four tacos for a dollar. >> they got the win as well. a small sample of a wild tuesday night around the nba. for much more of what happened from the floor, as well as everything else you need to know. check out bleacherrepo

sheer to an acl, mcl and broke a bone during the opening day super g.he's done for the season but has her sights set on next year's olympics. she released a statement saying in part "i'm grateful to my fans for the outpouring of support which has really helped me stay positive. i can assure you i will work as hard as humanly possible to be able to represent my country next year in sochi." >>> an arkansas couple managed to win two lottery jackpots in one week. first steve weber hit it big on $1 million scratchoff and his wife then had $50,000 the next day. >> he feared a lot of lottery officials wouldn't believe him. >> my heart started going 100 miles an hour and we, you know, we kept looking back and forth, looking for something wrong. i thought we'd go into a room and get a lie detector test and have to put our hand on a bible. >> they're saving the money for retirement. >>> he's the first iranian president to visit egypt in 30 years but mahmoud ahmadinejad is not getting a warm reception. some protesters, well, yep, threw a shoe at him and if you're

i am particularly interested in this story because i have had what, three acl replacements.rtilage. i'm probably going to be a candidate for knee replacement one of these days. how does this work? this is obviously the model of the human knee but when this joint needs to go, you've got a new way to get it in more accurately. >> that is correct. at the moment the surgeon relies on skill, experience, and obviously a lot of instrumentation to shape the bones so that they will accept the components very accurately. but one of the more difficult parts of the surgery is getting the knee to move very, very smoothly after the components are placed. it is a very, very difficult job. jon: because every patient is different? >> every patient is different and you're dealing with structures which have been arthritic. the joint surfaces have been arthritic. you have to put the components in very perfect alignment to restore what the knee was like when the knee was healthy. jon: so, and if you don't get that just right, what happens? >> well, one of the things that can happen is, for examp

acle alina cho is in new york to talk about the sexy get-up. >> it was a sexy little get-up, wasn't itble moment for little known designer new york based designer rubin singer. i spoke to him just before he got to new york. talk about inspiration. singer told me the inspiration behindions's super bowl outfit was a warrior woman. found appropriate, doesn't it? the outfit itself took 200 to 250 hours to make. it is made of five different color leather, python, iguana, and two kinds of lamb skin. there's also lace. you saw that. you saw the beginning of her perfect form answer. beyonce was also wearing a matching motorcycle jacket. cropped one and a skirt. she shed that midway through. singer, who just 34 years old, with a 6-year-old namesake label, told me he beat out some of the biggest designers on the planet. why? he says because he and beyonce were just in sync in their vision of what she should look like on this big night. >> there's certain moments of designers have that define their arrival. and i -- i hope to believe -- i mean, i think that's what's happening here. you know. she

last night aid yee wran peterson, back from an acl injury, beat out peyton manning for the nfl's most valuable player award. right now, my story of the week. war and that other thing. thursday's senate confirmation hearing for chuck hagel was an omni directional embarrassing debacle for everyone involved. first there was the senate republican republicans. republican senator after republican senator threw questions at hagel that even by the debate standards of a nominating hearing were the cheapest kind of demagoguery and bullying. >> why do you think that the iranian foreign ministry so strongly supports your nomination to be the secretary of defense? >> to go on al jazeera, a foreign network broadcasting propaganda to nations that are hostile to us and to explicitly agree with the characterization of the united states as the world's bully, i would suggest is not the conduct one would expect of a secretary of defense. >> you continue to fold, i believe, extreme views far to the left of even this administration. >> if you were a visitor from another country and you just listen to hagel

, you know, every time a surgeon does an operation on one of these athletes and he puts the mcl the aclway, you know, the way it should be, it's going to be fantastic. he or she will be back. everything is going to be perfect. they always have a great outcome, and i just think it's a little trickier than that. i think she's got a year. she could be -- the olympics is set up a little bit differently on skiing. i believe she could -- you know, they don't really have a trial the way other sports do. so she could be -- she could compete in some events, you know, late in the year some of the ski season late in the year. possibly still, um make the team. i guess there is also a discretionary spot they could give her? >> i hope she makes it. surgery for the second one to add because they didn't get it right the first time. right? >> yeah. >> we hear, we do hear a lot about that. sand at this -- i know here we are expecting the biggest blizzard maybe in history this weekend up in the northeast. >> uh-huh. >> about you i -- this is february. we are not that far from the start of major league bas

a lot of the payment innovations really emphasize primary care has been the center part of the acl model that we have with the bundled payment going into effect. this is an effort to build a much stronger workforce and primary care workforce to respond to the greater need. we have other parts of the department focusing on ways to promote more nurse practitioners and other health care professionals to take a more central role in the delivery of health care and being tested through our center for innovation. so many of our payment activities help support a stronger workforce both in the medicare demographic changes but also the larger change going on to extend coverage to all americans. >> i had one additional comments on john's point. one of the fundamental questions for medicare historic way but four is now generally is the question of workforce and the utilization of non-providers in particular. there are initiatives in the ada and other work going on that wakefield and others are looking at in terms of how if one encourages the role that nurse practitioners and physician's assistance a