. >> reporter: this is what it looked like this afternoon at the dolan law firm, christopher bowman,jahi grandmother all beer and her mother of this type: the 45 minute press conference. we sought a new reason pitcher of her. >> reporter: it was back in december of 2013 when doctors at children's hospital would declared her brinded shortly after undergoing a tonsillectomy. the years the family and their attorneys have been fighting to keep the 15 year old on a ventilator. her mother has been living in the new jersey area where the laws allow them to do that. >> reporter: bay art hoping by filling the federal lawsuit it will allow them to show evidence from the doctor who examined berkeley she does not meet the branded criteria for the state of california. today the christopher bowman and the girl's grandmother talked about the progress they say that she has made. >> reporter:jahi's smother it is holding this lawsuit will allow her and her daughter to move back to oakland. she tells me the insurance has been covering the cost of the medical care and that the home nurse with the ventil