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Process of burying his wife. >> reporter: eric munoz, the husband, has not been talking to the media since very early on in this case. we are waiting to hear comment from him but at this point what he has said is that the hospital is essentially, in his words, conducting a science experiment on his wife and he doesnt understand why they refuse to remove her from the ventilator. victor? christi? >> nick valencia for us in ft. worth, thank you. we are less than two weeks now from the start of th...

Right here on cnn. still to come for you -- two days after a judge said that she should be removed from breathing machines, there is this brain dead woman in texas who is still on them. >> now her family is left waiting to see what the next step will be. [ male announcer ] this is the story

They have until 5:00 p.m. monday for the hospital to decide whether theyll appeal. the hospital has maintained all along they were simply abiding by a state law and that they did nothing wrong in their interpretation of the law. an smu professor who co-wrote the law says that the hospital got it all wrong. >> i dont see how we can use a provision of the law that talks about treating or not treating a patient in a case where we really dont have a patient. thats not a question of philosophical spe...

Building, or at least miami. his fans are still believers though. could is a possible deportation mean theyre going to have to idolize him from afar? good morning to you. if youre running around like a crazy person this morning, were with you there. im christi paul at 10:00. make sure youre on time. >> that sounds like a weekday morning, not a weekend morning. >> im victor blackwell. 10:00 on the east coast. 7:00 out west. youre in the "cnn newsroom." >> major development in a story weve been ...

Life support because thats exactly what she told them she wanted to do. >> this is a sad situation all the way around. we are relieved that eric munoz can now move forward with the process of burying his wife. >> reporter: yesterday a judge ruled that since munoz is brain dead, she does not have to be kept on life support just because shes pregnant. legally there is a distinction between being brain dead, which means youre legally dead, and being in a coma or a vegetative state. lets go back to ...

>> it was theecision we sought. theres nothing happy about today. this is a sad situation all the way around. we are relieved that eric munoz can now move forward with the process of burying his wife. >> we will continue to hope that the hospital will make a decision to appeal this decision by the court, so that the child will have a chance to live. >> small group of people came together outside the hospital last night to pray for munoz, at the same time the hospital john peter smith hospital co...

Is misinterpreting this law. that its applicable only to a living person. all of that was put to rest yesterday with the judges decision when they agreed on crucial facts. both the hospital and family of munoz saying that the fetus is not viable and that marlise munoz has been legally brain-dead since november 28th. this has been months of wait and see for the family, victor and christi. >> nick, let me ask you, what arguments specifically were raised in court? >> reporter: it was a very dramati...

Viable? >> t.j., the fetus is not viable because its not ready for a premature delivery at this point. the fetus is not -- would probably not survive. it is too early to deliver the fetus is why its not viable. the battle in this case has not really been between the munozes and jps. jps hospital said their hands are tied by the laws of texas, that the laws of texas say they have to continue to provide life support to the mother. and jps really had avoided any sort of antagonistic role with the f...

Legally brain dead. now, interestingly enough, victor and christi, one of the co-writers of this law who is now an smu professor said the hospital was misinterpreting the law all along. it was a very emotional day yesterday in the courtroom. lots of very graphic details emerging. some of the most, you know, really graphic details, well spare the viewer, but eric munoz saying that his wife is no longer alive, her eyes are soulless. when he grabbed her, the bones cracked. the smell of death was co...

Respirator, ventilator, citing a state law that forbids removing life-sustaining treatment from a pregnant patient. i corrected that because clinically and in all of the 50 states brain dead is dead. but even with this ruling, nick, i understand that this isnt necessarily over. >> no, and anguish was evident on the face of eric munoz, the husband, as he left the courthouse yesterday. this is a ruling that theyve been fighting for for at least two months now, since november 28th. thats when malis...