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The senate. >> all right. all predictions. thanks for both sides there in balance. happy new year. >> happy new year to you too. the deadline now only hours away for the family of a 13-year-old girl doctors have declared brain dead. jahi mcmath is on life support in a hospital in california after complications after a routine tonsillectomy earlier this month. a court order expires at 5:00 local time and then the hospital has permission to pull the plug. were live in oakland childrens hospital ...

Jahi. >> adam, thank you. watching the clock in oakland. what does this law say about this young womans fate? defense attorney david wool with me now. david, good morning to you. >> good morning, bill. how are you? >> im doing fine. its the afternoon here in new york. force of habit on that, my apologies. what can the family do, if anything, at this stage? >> well, bill, you know, adam referred to the facilities that were prepared to take the young lady, but the reality is, bill, in california o...

The brain is not an organ that can be regenerated or can be regenerated by, you know, physicians or any other type of medical procedure. she is dead. shes being kept -- essentially being oxygen nated by the ventilator. and thats keeping her alive. but shes not getting any nutrition. the brain does not function. there are no brain waves. theres no blood flow to the brain. while im not a doctor, i know that much and i know theres no legal way to have this child saved under the law, under insurance...