the lawsuit demands that marlis munoz be immediately disconnected from ventilators and that her body o the family for proper burial. >> we were told she was brain-dead november 26. >> reporter: marlis's body is still in the intensive care unit of john peter smith hospital in ft. worth, with a lawsuit now filed hospital officials have said they're encouraged by this development because the courts are the appropriate venue to provide clarity, direction and resolution in this matter. the hospital spokeswoman has said this is not a difficult decision for us. >> officials at john peter smith hospital say they are simply following the texas law that overrides a woman's end of life wishes if she is pregnant. marlis's family calls that decision absurd. they say because she is brain-dead, the law does not apply to her. tom mayo, a law professor at southern methodist university helped write the law 15 years ago. he says the hospital is wrong because marlis cannot be brought back to life. >> i don't see how we can use a provision of the law that talks about treating or not treating a patient in

the lawsuit demands that marlis munoz be immediately disconnected from ventilators and that her body to the family for proper burial. >> we were told she was brain-dead november 26. >> reporter: marlis's body is still in the intensive care unit of john peter smith hospital in ft. worth, with a lawsuit now filed hospital officials have said they're encouraged by this development because the courts are the appropriate venue to provide clarity, direction and resolution in this matter. the hospital spokeswoman has said this is not a difficult decision for us. officials at john peter smith hospital say they are simply following the texas law that overrides a woman's end of life wishes if she is pregnant. marlis's family calls that decision absurd. they say because she is brain-dead, the law does not apply to her. tom mayo, a law professor at southern methodist university helped write the law 15 years ago. he says the hospital is wrong because marlis cannot be brought back to life. >> i don't see how we can use a provision of the law that talks about treating or not treating a patient in a

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. >> reporter: marlis munoz was removed from a breathing machine at 11:30 this morning at john peters smith hospital in fort worth. the hospital said it would not appeal a judges order to have that woman removed. the hospital had said it was following a texas law prohibiting the prohibiting of life sustaining treatment from a pregnant patient but the attorneys said that did not apply to ms. munoz because the doctors already determined she was braindead, a family attorney said the family will now finally be able to complete what has been an unbearably long and arduous journey. anna werner, cbs news, dallas. >> maryland police are putting together a profile of darion marcus aguilar, the 19-year-old gunman who killed two people in a shopping mall outside of baltimore yesterday before killing himself. jeff pegues is there tonight with the latest, jeff. >> reporter: jeff, investigators who have been trying to pin down a reason for this murder, so far they don't have one, they have gone through evidence in the suspect's home including a journal. late today bill mcmahon the police chief lead

marlies munoz was declared brain dead, but because she was pregnant, texas law required her to remain on a slantor. her husband said she was always clear she did not want to be kept alive by machines, doctors have until 5:00 p.m. monday to remove her life support. no word on whether the hospital will appeal the decision. president hamid karzai said he will not sign a deal with the u.s. until peace talks resume with the taliban. that announcement coming one week after americans were killed in a terror attack in kabul. they will not be able to keep troops in afghanistan as long as they want. i'll send you back to cavuto on business only on fox. . >> call it the billing chill. i'm not talking about the winter blast gripping most of the company. a report from the united nations saying rich nations are fuel close global warming. here's our argument. they are producing more gdz for a developing country and compounding their sins. charles payne, i think that means they are blaming pos spert. >> no, but they're blaming global prosperity, too. noon of those countries are getting to a position

the munoz attorney arguing that marlies munoz has been dead 8.5 weeks. the husband saying every time he touches his wife, he bones crack. he smells death coming off her and when he looks in her eyes, she is solace, no longer there. the family can't understand wipe the hospital wouldn't abide by the wishes, i should say, but again i reiterate, the hospital saying they feel they've done the right thing abide big the state law. they have until 5:00 p.m. nond appeal or that ventilator will be shut off. >> nick valencia, thanks so much in fort worth. >> you bet. >>> eight people dead and more than 20 missing after a massive fire at a nursing home in canada. authority say it's unlikely any of the missing escaped alive. search efforts are complicated by ice that coated the collapsed building when firefighters tried to battle that blaze. police officials spoke to reporters earlier. >> the total number is 32 neem are currently missing. eight of which are confirmed dead. when you conduct an investigation of something of this magnitude you have to determine all the

central time, marlies munoz's body was disconnected from life support.usband, eric, found her unconscious on the kitchen floor. she was rushed to the hospital but two days later was pronounced brain dead. the family, citing her wishes machines not keep her alive, requested to remove her from the ventilator. the hospital's interpretation of the law led to a court battle that was finally resolved on friday when a state district judge ruled that the law was only applicable to a living patient and ordered john peter smith hospital to remove munoz from the ventilator. >> this was a sad situation all the way around. we are relieved that eric munoz can now move forward with the process of burying his wife. ♪ i once was lost >> on sunday afternoon protesters held an impromptu memorial service for the fetus. >> we can empathize but we disagree with their decision to let the baby die needlessly. the plug was not only pulled on his wife but the plug was pulled on this innocent, unborn child. >> reporter: even if the munoz family had waited two more weeks, there was

. >> marli s munoz was 14 weeks pregnant when her husband eric found her unconscious in their kitchen on november 26th. two days later the 33-year-old was declared brain dead by doctors. her family wanted to disconnect the breathing machine, but the hospital refused fighting a 1999 state law. testing found the fetus now at 22 weeks is deformed with fluid on the brain. >> we are relieved that eric munoz can now move forward with the process of burying his wife. >> stocks closed out their worst week since june, 2012. investors are worried about a slowdown in china's economy. the profit outlook for u.s. companies and a possible currency crisis. >>> this week we escaped the anchor desk and found a much cooler place to do our job. you can never unsee that once you've seen it. we were loving it until something happened. you've got to stick around to see wh >>> the grammys are here sunday night on wusa9 and we want to congratulate a local musical professor who has been nominated for the new music educator award. glen mccarthy teaches at george mason university. before that he spent 30 years

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munoz. a family's private tragedy couldn't be more public now. marlies a 16 month old son, was 14 weeks pregnant with her second child when her husband found her unconscious in their home in late november. doctors believe she suffered a pulmonary embolism. an artery blockage in the lungs, she was rushed to john peter smith hospital in fort worth, she's been on life support there ever sense her husband and parents went to court asking to let her be allowed to die with big at this and have the machines turned off. the hospital argued texas law won't allow it since she is pregnant. the law states a person may not withdraw life sustaining treatment from a pregnant patient. but it also states if a doctor declares the patient to be irreversible brain dead the patient is legally dead. that's why a judge was asked to interpret a state law that is less than clear. after the ruling, the munoz family attorney talked briefly to reporters. >> this is the decision we sought. there is nothing happy about today. it's a sad situation all the way around. we are relieved t