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Things popping up across the government. >> think about it this way. i can't think of a president who's had a worse six months of his second term. it's been utterly heinous. every day brings more bad news. those numbers are high now. but they're going down now. the question is how far down and how long can he roo id this out? >> nixon? he had a pretty bad six months, didn't he? >> it was the last six months that got him. >> you remember it that well. great to see you. >> you bet. want to bring in this fox news weather alert and the first topical storm of the atlantic hurricane season gaining...

Lung transplant. the subject of a heated exchange between kathleen sebelius the secretary of health and human services and lou barletta, a republican who represents pennsylvania where sarah lives. >> i would urge you to allow the lung transplant to move forward. it simply takes your signature. >> reporter: family and supporters say the transplant rules are based on age instead of need. under u.s. guidelines, a lung from an adult donor would first be offered to grownups in the region. secretary sebelius was full of compassion. >> i can't imagine anything more agonizing than what murnaghans are ...

The race to save a 10-year-old girl. we introduced you last week to her. she was born with cystic fibrosis and needs a lung transplant immediately. she's first in line from a child donor, which are extremely rare. national transplant rules also put her at the very end of the line of people waiting for adult lungs. i'm joined from philadelphia by pat meehan, a congressman. you asked the federal health secretary essentially to bend the rules for sara. you want the board to address this tragic unfairness and act to give sarah a chance at life. and an adult lung from the next available donor, sayi...

With them and hear from them about sarah and about all of this in what they're trying to do right now. again, our thanks to them and our thoughts with the entire family and with sarah. again, the family has set up a petition at change.org. you can search her name at the top of the page. also her mom has a facebook page devoted to her daughter's fight for survival. you can also find out more information about these transplant rules, how they work, why they work this way. it's at www.unos.org. coming up next, we're going to take you to a new jersey town still feeling the effect of superstorm san...

I'm just going for possible. >> the possibility of living maybe one day realizing her dreams. ♪ if you try it >> well, sarah's parents are urging transplant officials to change the policy that they believe limits young children's access to adult donor lungs. they have set up a petition for that at change.org. search sarah murnaghan at the top of the page and she also has a facebook page at facebook.com/janet.murnaghan and learn about the transplant rules at www.unos.org. at 8:15 we'll be joined by sarah's parents who will talk to us about their fight to save their daughter. and just ahead,...