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Until now, federal rules have barred her from receiving an adult lung. a judge has issued a temporary restraining order this afternoon, making sarah available for a transplant. sarahs aunt joins me now. sharon, thank you for joining me. i know that sarah clearly is very seriously ill. so much so that her parents at her bedside tonight. and the condition is very serious. how important is it to the family that youve managed to have this legal success? >> it is incredible for the family. this is th...

So its not something i forget. >> okay. were you present when alberto gonzalez visited attorney general ashcrofts bedside? >> yes. >> and am i correct that the conduct of mr. gonzalez and mr. card on that evening troubled you greatly. >> yes. >> remember james comey? hes the republican who served as deputy attorney general in the bush administration. he is now a law professor at columbia university and also the person that sources close to the white house tell nbc news president obama will nomin...

Professional life. and that night was probably the most difficult night of my professional life. so its not something i forget. >> okay. were you present when alberto gonzalez visited attorney general ashcrofts bedside? >> yes. >> and am i correct that the conduct of mr. gonzalez and mr. card on that evening troubled you greatly. >> yes. >> remember james comey? hes the republican who served as deputy attorney general in the bush administration. he is now a law professor at columbia university a...

Intensive care at a washington hospital. two of the presidents top aides rush to his bedside, hoping to pressure him to sign off on a secret wiretapping program the night before its said to expire. this was real though and what happened that might march 10th, 2004, put james comey, president obamas next pick for fbi director in the headlines. >> i was very upset, i was angry. i thought i had just witnessed an effort to take advantage of a very sick man. >> reporter: comey was attorney general jo...

Episodes of the bush administration. like a scene out of a hollywood thriller, a critically ill attorney general is in intensive care at a washington hospital. two of the presidents top aides rush to his bedside. hoping pressure him to sign off on a secret wiretapping program the night before its set to expire. this was real, though. and what happened that night, march 10, 2004, put james comey, president obamas pick for next fbi director, in the headlines. >> i was very upset, angry. i thought ...

$32,000 each to dine with the commander in chief. new word this morning that president obama will nominate a former high-ranking bush official to run the fbi. james comey served as deputy attorney general under president george w. bush. he would replace robert mueller, whos stepping down as fbi director in september. cnns brianna keilar has more on comey, who nine years ago played a major role in one of the most dramatic episodes of the bush administration. >> reporter: like a scene out of a h...

Back in 2003. he says he considered resigning that position during a disagreement over a government wiretapping program. our story from brianna keilar. >> suzanne, james comey is currently a law pros professor at columbia university. nine years ago he was number two at the justice department when george w. bush was here in the white house. and during that time he was a major player in one of the most dramatic episodes of the bush administration. like a scene out of a hollywood thriller, a critic...

Bedside with andy card, alberto gonzales, john ashcraft in the hospital, and james comey. this is arresting stuff, soap opera-atic. he was holding the line saying this is not right. that john ashcroft is not in a state to make those decisions. but interesting, you know look, bob gates, chuck hagel. james comey at least proposed. you have a number of republicans that president, ray lahood. a number of republicans president obama has tapped to be members of his cabinet or sort of senior administra...

Professional life, and that night was probably the most difficult night of my professional life. so its not something i forget. >> okay. were you present when alberto gonzalez visited attorney general ashcrofts bedside? >> yes. >> and am i correct the conduct of mr. gonzalez and card on that evening troubled you greatly? >> yes. >> okay. let me go back and take it from the top. you rushed to the hospital that evening, why? >> im only hesitating because i need to explain why. >> please. give you ...

Be the next head of the fbi. he would replace the current director, robert mueller. he had a defining roll in the hospital room drama over a controversial eavesdropping program involving then white house counsel alberto gonzalez, attorney general john ashcroft and bush chief of staff andrew card. in 2007 comey testified before a senate hearing about that incident. >> this was a very memorable period in my life, probably the most difficult time in my entire professional life. that night was proba...