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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. we're live in oakland childrens hospital from there. adam. >> reporter: good morning, bill. a deadline does loom here in oakland, california...

Jahi. >> adam, thank you. watching the clock in oakland. what does this law say about this young woman's fate? defense attorney david wool with me now. david, good morning to you. >> good morning, bill. how are you? >> i'm doing fine. it's 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 once there's a declaration of brain death, the insurance coverage is cut off. there's not a carrie...

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. she's being kept -- essentially being oxygen nated by the ventilator. and that's keeping her alive. but she's not getting any nutrition. the brain does not function. there are no brain waves. there's no blood flow to the brain. while i'm not a doctor, i know that much and i know there's no legal way to have this child saved under the law, under insurance coverage. it's not going to cover anything she's going through right now. so it's tragic, but...