and new life for 10-year- old sarah murnaghan from pennsylvania.. (sarah) "woo!" (:24-:26) er mother >>> today marks the start of a new beginning and new life for 10-year-old sarah murnaghan from pennsylvania. >> whoo! >> that's what her mother posted on facebook following a judge's decision to let sarah have a lung transplant. sarah suffers from severe cystic fibrosis and today, she received a new set of adult sized lungs. she had almost been barred from getting the lungs because of her age. >> it was a hard thing to have the courage to come out and put us in the spotlight and put sarah in the spotlight but i needed to do it to save her. >> sarah was among 1700 other americans waiting for lung transplants including about 30 children her age. doctors say the transplant could add six to seven years to her life. >>> follow-up surgery today for a 2-year-old antioch boy who survived a double transplant last week. on june 4, doctors spent 13 hours replacing matthew ouimet's liver and kidney. today doctors checked for signs of infection. so far, matthew is showing stead

>> reporter: we are hearing from janet murnaghan, sarah murnaghan's mother.asically what happened, john, the family got the word late last night at about 10:30 that a donor lung had become available. just about 30 minutes ago, we got word that sarah murnaghan will go into surgery this morning and also now, john, i have a statement from janet murnaghan, that's sarah murnaghan's mother, she says, quote, god is great. he moved a mountain. sarah got the call. she will be taken into the or in about 30 minutes. please pray for sarah's donor, her hero who has given her the gift of life. today their family experienced a tremendous loss, may god grant them a peace that surpasses understanding. once again, we have been covering the story as you know for some time about sarah murnaghan, ten years old, suffering from cystic fibrosis. her family desperate for a year and a half, two years, trying to get her a lung. they basically challenged the system. they sued the system, department of health and human services, because she is under 12 years old. they felt as though she

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doctors say sarah murnaghan underwent a six-hour surgery here at the children's hospital of philadelphiaand because this was a double lug transplant, they had to open up her entire chest. the good news, though, the doctors say they had no problem reshaping and resizing the adult lungs to fit into her 10-year-old body. 10-year-old sarah murnaghan is in recovery this morning following a successful double transplant of two adult lungs into her tiny body. >> wow, what a night. >> reporter: doctors will be watching for any signs of rejection or infection. she could get off the machines that help her to breathe as early as tomorrow. >> we expect her to be doing some things within the next couple of days and taking her first breath, so we can't wait for that. >> reporter: the transplant was the first step in the process. >> her lungs were in such bad shape it's going to be harder for her than if she had gotten the transplant six months ago, so we do have a much harder road than you would see in most situations. >> reporter: sarah murnaghan's surgery was only possible because her family went to

>> it may be the last legal hurdle for sarah murnaghan. but certainly she has a lot of challenges still ahead of her. first, it's this legal challenge, and now that this judge has lifted that and said, you know what, children like sarah should be put on this adult list, they should have access to adult donors, as well. in fact, let me read you part of the order here, because i think it spells out. it says, "to immediately cease application of the under 12 rule as to sarah murnaghan so that she can be considered for receipt of donated lungs from adults based on the medical severity of her condition." so anderson, a huge emotional victory for the family. although the secretary of the health and human services department points out that there are still 40 other adults who are very sick in the region. this is a six-state region, approximately, that sarah has to now compete with, with other sick adults, other sick children. approximately three children who are also sick who may also need a lung transplant. but at least when it comes to this lega

the 10-year-old girl from pennsylvania whose family fought to change organ donation rules sarah murnaghan is out of surgery and according to her family has successfully undergone a double lung transplant. coming up in the program we will exclusively speak with sarah's mom. you do not want to miss this interview, some good news tonight. >>> always on capitol hill, they tried to get answers about the controversial nsa spy programs that were exposed last week. now the agency's director general keith alexander was grilled by politicians on both sides of the aisle. he promised to provide as much information as he could about the secret surveillance operations but also insisted that they were necessary, and since you were not able to watch all of today's hearings, well, we did it all for you. here are the highlights. >> has the intelligence community kept track of how many times phone records obtained through section 215 of the patriot act were critical to discovering and disrupting terrorist threats? >> i don't have those figures today. >> wait a minute. we've talked to tin tell community abou

but late wedael ayylson issued0t to: "immediately cease application of the under 12 rule as to sarah murnaghane can be considered for receipt of "what the judge is allowing to happen today is allowing with the other folks, the adults." the past few weeks, the murnaghans appealed to health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius to change the policy. sebelius said it was not in change the guidelines. >> "the worst of all worlds, in my mind, is to have some individual pick and choose who lives and who dies. i think you want a process science and medical experts." secretary sebelius also saying there are 40 adults currently in murnaghan's transplant. but the murnaghans say sarah is so sick it's likely she'll still be at the top of the adult list. pennsylvania senator bob casey says federal guidelines have to ensure fairness to both children and dole >>"you've gotta be able to work within the rules but also be able to make the case when you believe that children could be adversely impacted by a policy." >> time for sarah still running out--but the murnaghans now believe she has a fighting c

sarah murnaghan is getting those lungs today. as of now, sarah is still in the operating room.rson says the surgery is expected to be completed around 8:00 or 9:00 tonight. a reporter from our fox affiliate in philadelphia caught up with her mom, janet, earlier. >> we are just breathing a sigh of relief, just awesome and exciting and we're just so thankful for the donor. i know for their family it is a huge loss, it is a great day for me, a tragic day for them. just a blessing interefrom god. it came at the last minute and we wouldn't have made it much longer. >> this clearly is departure from the historical regulations. eric, what do you think? is this the right thing to do to give this girl a chance at adult lungs or dangerous precedent? >> the ethical debate will follow. right now, she had days to live. we contacted dr. siegel, and i agree, he said put the kids first, kids deserve to be at the top of the list, at least the list of the sickest, include them in that list. i am in favor of from ruling. >> dana, what about you? >> i think it is amazing what her parents were able

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anderson mentioned sarah murnaghan.ws, a new shot at life tonight. 10-year-old sarah murnaghan who needed a new set of lungs in order to survive is just out of transplant surgery. that is just into us here at cnn news. we talked about on the show murnaghan's family has fought long and hard to change the rules that kept those under the age of 12 from receiving adult organs. after appealing they went to a federal judge who last week temporarily waived the rule. jason carroll is outfront. you are at the hospital. she is out of surgery. how is she? what do you know? >> reporter: that is what we are hearing from a family spokes woman who sent me an e-mail saying that sarah had come out of surgery. that right now she is in icu and apparently is doing as well as to be expected. she is still not out of the woods yet. this was a very difficult surgery. there could be a lot of complications. at this point we are hearing she is doing well and she is out of surgery here. just before 5:00 when 10-year-old sarah was still in surgery

with so few pediatric lungs available, sarah murnaghan's family has appealed to the government.pend a rule that bars children under the age of 12 from joining a waiting list for adult lungs. but on tuesday, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius said she will not intervene. >> reporter: sarah murnaghan is on a ventilator in children's hospital in philadelphia. the 10-year-old is at the end stages of sis stick fibrosis and is in desperate need of a lung trant plant. her family says sarah doesn't have much time left. >> her doctors told us they thought we had weeks, not months. >> reporter: sarah has been on an organ transplant list for 18 months. she's at the top of the list, but with few pediatric lung donors, sarah's parents urged the government to change the a rule barring children younger than 12 from being on an adult transplant list. health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius ordered a review of the regulations last week. on tuesday she declined to suspend the rule. >> this is an incredibly agonizing situation where someone lives and someone dies.

with so few pediatric lungs available, sarah murnaghan's family has appealed to the government.sday health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius said she will not intervene. >> reporter: sarah murnaghan is on a ventilator in delve philadelphia hospital. her family says sarah doesn't have much time left. >> her doctors told us they thought we had weeks, not months. >> reporter: sarah has been on an organ transplant list for 18 months. she's at the top of the list, but with few pediatric lung donors, sarah's parents urged the government to change the rule barring children under the age of 12 from being on an adult transplant list. secretary contakathleen sebeliu ordered a review and last week declined the rule. >> this is an incredibly it would be successful despite her age. lawmakers pressed sebelius on the issue during a hearing on capitol hill. >> a study you have ordered, and i appreciate that, a study will take over a year, and this young lady will be dead. >> why wouldn't we do it. >> why do we do so much bull crap around this place and we have a chance to save this

. >> reporter: 10-year-old sarah murnaghan is in recovery this morning following a successful transplant of two adult lungs into her tiny body. >> wow! >> reporter: doctors will be watching her closely for any signs of rejection or infection. she could get off the machine that's helping her breathe as early as tomorrow. >> we expect her to be, you know, doing some things within the next couple of days and taking her first breath so we can't wait for that. >> reporter: the transplant was just the first step in the process. >> her lungs are in such bad shape, the recovery is going to be harder for her than if she got the transplant six months ago so we have a much harder road than you would see in most situations. >> reporter: sarah murnaghan's surgery was only possible because her family went to court to battle for her life. >> without adult lungs, she would have died. >> reporter: they fought to change the rule that children under 12 have to wait at the back of the list for adult lungs. last week a judge ruled in their favor. she went from 440 on the list to number 1. her new lungs arriv

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doctors have put a tube down sarah's throat to help her breathe. janet murnaghanthe step means most likely sarah would have three to five weeks to live without a transplant. around midnight she posted, "it's been unimaginably awful here." and this all comes a day ahead of an emergency meeting of the group that sets national rules for lung transplants. members could change the policy that puts kids at the very end of the waiting list for adult organs no matter how sick they are. a federal judge last week intervened against sarah and another little boy, javier acosta right here, equal access to donors right now. cnn national correspondent susan candiotti sat down with javier's mother susan. >> reporter: pamela, good morning. cnn spoke exclusively to milagros martinez, the mother of 11-year-old javier acosta, and what makes this family's story especially heart breaking is that in 2009 javier's brother jovan died while waiting for a lung on the children's transplant list. he was the same age javier is now and also suffered from cystic fibrosis. >> it's hard for me to

sarah's father, fran murnaghan, joins me live outside of that philadelphia hospital where sarah has beennder care in the pediatric icu. fran, welcome back. we just wanted to continue to update everyone on your story and your fight. and, first, with regard to secretary sebelius and this response, this was not the answer you wanted. what was your reaction? >> we were devastated. we had the opportunity last thursday to speak to her on the phone, and she seemed to understand the situation we and other children, our families are in. and friday with our statement, when she decided not to take any action and then even stated she did not have the authority, where clearly we do believe she does. we were devastated because now we're left with very few options to save sarah's life. >> so i remember the news on friday was the fact that i guess the action, which is not good enough for your situation is that now the organ group is reviewing the policy but that could take up to two years and your daughter doesn't at all have that kind of time. you, fran, you hired this attorney to fight this. i have th

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the ten-year-old safer air -- sarah murnaghan is not doing well.g the right to be placed on the adult waiting list. now to the new york city newsroom. >> this is a case we have been following closely, sarah murnaghan was intubated yesterday afternoon so she now is breathing with the help of a haven't late. her mother moments ago just posted another update on her facebook payment saying sarah murnaghan is under heavy see see dangerous but her numbers are trending in the right direction. >> the fact that she was intubated and a bad time with limited amount of time in my opinion because of the lung pressure that builds up. >> sarah murnaghan is battling for her life with end stage cystic fibrosis at children's hospital of philadelphia and on a children's waiting list for 18 months and doctors have told her parents she only has weeks to live without a transplant. she now is on the adult waiting list after a federal judge suspended the under 12 rule which previously limited her options for a lung transplant and made a similar ruling for an 11-year-old o

sarah murnaghan suffers from cystic fibrosis with a new pair of lungs yesterday from an adult donor inix-hour operation in pennsylvania. a federal judge ordered sarah murnaghan be put on the adult recipient list rather than the list for children. her parents say adult lungs were her only chance. critics are concerned other parents may sue to be on the list and judges are making medical decisions rather than doctors. >> what is old is new again, the car theft device that an east bay police department is giving away for free. >> a 13-year-old threw out the first pitch at the oakland game yesterday from kansas city! >> coming up at 6:00, wal-mart is hiring. there is a catch in how they are saving money with the new employees. >> breaking news in the east bay where a fire on a big rig with cars it was carrying on highway 24 westbound is causing a big traffic mess. you can see the fire is out and the damage is done to the only commute. look at that backup that extends to 680. leyla gulen will have the latest. >> we have been talking about our gas card give away and this morning we will reve

. >>> we're just now learning how touch and go sarah murnaghan's life has been since she had the lungnsplant. this is the first picture of the 10-year-old girl from pennsylvania since the operation became national news. sarah's parents, you know the story, they fought this, they went to court so she could get those lungs from an adult donor. it was a move that ended up changing the organ donation rules for all kids under the age of 10. her parents have just now rev l revealed they have not just one, but two donor families to be grateful for today. cnn's national correspondent, jason carroll, joins us to explain. wow, i've been wondering how she is. >> incredible. >> tell me everything. also, this is news to all of us -- two lung transplants? >> two lung transplants. >> wow. >> an incredible story. you remember it was back on june 12, we were all reporting on this incredible story about sarah murnaghan, 10-years-old, suffering from cystic fibrosis. how she got the lung transplant, it was touch and go. she received so much media attention. we're finding out how touch and go it really wa

an update this morning on sarah murnaghan. hose story touched off a national debate over lung transplant rules. sarah, who suffers from cystic fibrosis had to wear a breathing mask before she got new lungs and her mom just revealed new details about her surgery. cnn's jason carroll has the latest. jason? >> reporter: alison, murnaghan's mother said doctors told her it was a miracle she survived two lung transplants. it got so critical doctors told the family sarah had a 50% chance of dying in the second surgery but they had a 1 in 1 million chance of surviving with the first set of transplanted lungs. her parents telling everyone who had been following the story that things went well. later that night a code blue. the donates lungs were not working. sarah's family said doctors told her she would not survive the week. she was put back on the transplant list and because she was so sick and because of the change in rules, a change that happened because of her and her family, she was approved to be listed for adult lungs. so on jun

it says in part to immediately cease application of the under 12 rule as to sarah murnaghan so that she for receipt of donated lungs from adults based on the medical severity of her condition. sarah has late stage cystic fibrosis and for the past 18 months she's been on the donor list children not adults. her parents say she will likely be put at the top of the list based on her critical condition. this all comes after they filed the lawsuit in an attempt to prevent secretary sebelius from enforcing that policy which basically prevents children under the age of 12 from being put on that adult donor list. >> so jason, the secretary sebelius has been -- she's wanted to stay out of this and we got -- >> she tried. >> 75,000 people on this list once you get involved in one case every one is heartwrenching. what is she saying now? >> yesterday she was at the budget hearing in washington, d.c. and then everything changed and she was actually asked about the case. she's basically saying she doesn't have the authority to change the policy. but, obviously, she also said that her heart goes out t

sarah murnaghan has been in the hospital for three months.ts told her recently if shedy not get a lung transplant, she would only have weeks to live. that was sarah murnaghan yesterday after she found out she could get on an adult lung transplant list. she would have just weeks to live and no time for a pediatric donor. >> we reached out to our friends. >> reporter: last month sarah's parents took action, filing suit. >> we didn't realize it would become this. >> reporter: this was congressman pleading with u.s. secretary of health and human services kathleen sebelius at a capitol hill hearing tuesday to step in and change the law. >> why wouldn't we do it. >> why do we do so much bull grab around this place and we have a chance to save someone's life and because of some kind of -- >> 40 people in your home state are waiting on a -- sir, there are 40 people in the highest acuity list waiting for a lung in pennsylvania. >> reporter: the ruling grants sarah a 10-day exemption. >> i can't be sure how quickly she'll get a lung but she has a high

breaking news on a little girl, 10-year-old sarah murnaghan. she has new lungs. she is out of surgery. we'll have the latest on her condition ahead. plus an update on the growing wildfires in colorado. #%tia[ çñ >>> welcome back. we have more breaking news to report tonight, 10-year-old sarah murnaghan has new lungs. the new lungs came from an adult donor. we've been following the story closely. her parents challenged the policy that makes it nearly impossible for children younger than 12 from getting adult donor lungs no matter how sick the child is. it's a life and death issue because pediatric donor lungs are so rare. last week a federal judge intervened and sarah was put on the adult waiting list. when sarah heard about the ruling, she cheered, listen. >> wooo, wooo, wooo. >> it has been a very tough battle for this little girl. she has cystic fibrosis. her condition declined sharply, got even worse over the weekend. earlier today, the family waited so long. jason carroll joins me. you're outside the hospital where sarah got out of the surgery. what do you kn

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i'll talk to sarah murnaghan's family. >>> and the teacher who saved a roomful of children, including her young daughters from the tornado in moore, oklahoma. suzanne haley joins me exclusively. >>> and michael jackson's 15-year-old daughter tries to commit suicide days after she shot this video in her bedroom. >> i need serious help. i'm crazy. i am crazy. >> was it a cry for help? and is it the first time? >>> plus, who is on the grill tonight. gun control, politics, the state of the catholic church. everything from the irs to the shakeup in the white house in a circle. are republicans part of the problem. could chris christie be the solution? >>> also, my exclusive with a fisherman who reeled in what may be the biggest shark ever caught in america. over 1300 pounds. the video they have given us exclusively is unbelievable. think jaws in 4-d. >>> i begin with hope for 10-year-old girl sarah murnaghan, has cystic fibrosis and needs a lung transplant that could save her life. until now, federal rules have barred her from receiving an adult lung. a judge has issued a temporary restrain

inside children's hospital of philadelphia it was a long evening for the family of 10-year-old sarah murnaghanaited to hear updates about the double lung transplant. that could save her life. after six hours in surgery, doctors say sarah's new lungs fit almost perfectly. >> the first doctor that came up, he said it was flawless. it was a fantastic set of lungs, that it looked beautiful going in. that was an enormous relief. >> reporter: quite a journey for the newtown square girl who suffers from severe cystic fibrosis. her case turned into a national one when her parents sought to get her on an adult 12 and over lung transplant list. they won. and tuesday night with doctors only giving sarah days to live, her family got that call. a donor match was found. during the surgery we spoke with sarah's mother. >> the perspective of sitting in that room with that little girl since saturday, paralyzed, intubated, feeling like we were going nowhere and today being in the operating room with a chance for a new beginning is amazing. >> reporter: sarah's case sparked a public debate over the policy which

the parents of sarah murnaghan are revealing she's now had two lung transplants. first set of lungs started failing just hours after her surgery. three days later she got a second set of lungs that became available, but they were infected with pneumonia. her parents hold out hope. i'm jamie cole. we'll be back in 30 minutes. here's james caruto. >>> the new health care law is creating a data hub of the number of books that charlie plans to sell. even the size of your family. ben stein, this worry you? >> the government knows entirely too much about us already. this goes across the whole breadth and width of the government. they know too much about good people and bad people. they knew about the terrorists before 9/11. they knew they were having flying lessons and not learning how to land the plane. that's the problem. the government knows too much about people. they don't do anything about the bad, just the good people. >> they're going to have the same information that the irs already has, that other departments already have. a lot of people now have it. >> a lot

sarah murnaghan has end stage cystic fibrosis. last week a official judge suspended a rule that prevented her from getting an adult lung. the hospital she is being treated is not releasing information but it could bring change for other children. another young patient at the hospital also went to court to be added to the adult donor list. >> meteorologist mike nicco has the forecast. >> how about all sunshine? >> no cloud cover or drizzle for the commute or flight arrival delays at sfo but we have warmer weather on way but nothing is as extreme as we have seen and when we get beyond that we have cooler-than-average weather on the way and we will try to find some summer heat. >> plus, dramatic images from los angeles, the serious concerns for accident victims after the treat corner is turned into a virtual geyser. >> also, the jaw dropping video of a stroll that nearly ended in disaster, and how a dog >> covering san rafael, south bay, pleasanton and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> a 35-year-old woman is in critical conditi

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national debate about organ donation is reportedly having a lung transplant right now. 10-year-old sarah murnaghange cystic fibrosis, needed the transplant to survive and her family petitioned the courts and sued health and human services secretary to make sarah eligible for an adult lung donation. but again the a.p. is reporting that transplant is happening right now. expected to take several hours. so we'll keep you posted on how that operation and procedure goes for little sarah. >>> back on the hill, the families of some of the newtown victims are meeting with lawmakers to renew their push for gun legislation. and the aclarence thomas, is he hypocrite when it comes to afternoon affirmative action? >>> sabrina, earl and igor join me. gang, great to have you all here. and i want to start with what we understand to be taking place right now and as we've seen this week the newtown families have returned to washington, d.c.. as we understand it, there is an 11:30 meeting happening with senator man chip achinmanchin. we all remember the manchin/toomey bill that failed back in april. sabrina, your ar

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sarah's region. secretary sebelius said she was full of compassion. >> i can't imagine anything more agonizing than what the murnaghans going through. >> reporter: but that she could not make an exception for sarah. >> unfortunately, there are about 40 very seriously ill pennsylvanians over the age of 12 also waiting for a lung transplant and three other children in the philadelphia hospital at the same acuity rate as sarah. >> reporter: far fewer pediatric lungs are donated each year than adult lungs. sarah's family added her name to the adult list to open up the donor pool as sarah took a serious turn for the worse last week. >> we're asking sarah like everybody 12 and over compete based on how sick she is. in a month sarah's not going to be alive. >> reporter: sarah's in stable condition but not very good condition at all, and her family continues to hope for some sort of last-minute mercy. john and diana. >> okay, susan, thank you. >>> now, frightening video caught by a florida police officer's dash camera. he was driving down i-95 hit from the left by a driver who had fallen asleep at the wheel. yikes. frightenin

her name is sarah murnaghan. doctors say she will die possibly within weeks. sarah has been waiting for more than 18 months for donor lungs from another child. it's a fact that pediatric lungs are scarce, scarcer than lungs from adult donors. here is another hard fact. children younger than 12, including sarah, no matter how sick they are, face a steep hurdle when it comes to getting adult lungs. the current transplant rules prevent them from being prioritized from being on the waiting list for adult lungs. sarah's parents filed a lawsuit. and a judge signed a court order removing that hurdle for sarah for the next ten days. here is exclusive video of sarah reacting to the news. >> woo! woo! woo! woo. >> she's a very strong little girl. jason carol joins me now. what does this ruling mean? is this the last roadblock for her to get a new lung? >> it may be the last legal hurdle for sarah. but certainly she has a lot of challenges still ahead of her. first, it's this legal challenge, and now that this judge has lifted that and said, you know what, children like s

sarah murnaghan on the mend this morning after a life saving transplant is deemed a success. the little girl and her big story. >>> the hottest ticket in florida? a seat on the george zimmerman jury. the jurors are peppered with questions and just how much they have learned from television. but will the hot seat produce a fair jury. all business purchases. so you can capture your receipts, and manage them online with jot, the latest app from ink. so you can spend less time doing paperwork. and more time doing paperwork. ink from chase. so you can. a regular guy with an irregular heartbeat. the usual, bob? not today. [ male announcer ] bob has afib: atrial fibrillation not caused by a heart valve problem, a condition that puts him at greater risk for a stroke. [ gps ] turn left. i don't think so. [ male announcer ] for years, bob took warfarin, and made a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but not anymore. bob's doctor recommended a different option: once-a-day xarelto®. xarelto® is the first and only once-a-day prescription blood thinner for patients with afi

now thanks to a judge's order he and 10-year-old sarah murnaghan may get them.dren are now in line to receive donated lungs from adults, but that's not how the rules were written. trance pla transplant patients over the age of 12 children under the age of 12 can have it offered only to suitable candidates. both children are awaiting lungs here at the children's hospital in philadelphia. earlier this week health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius told pennsylvania congressman lou barletta that there were others who would also be eligible for donated lung. >> reporter: but lung surgeon johnson net says the rule should be for those most in need. >> the children should be able to receive adult lugs on a nonbiased scale. >> reporter: the court order expires ahead of a court hearing next friday. it's a date the children's attorney would rather not keep. >> what i would truly hope would happen is each of these children would receive a set of donated lungs before friday. if they ♪ the joint is jumpin' [ male announcer ] osteo bi-flex helps revitalize your jo

and for sarah murnaghan who has been struggling, trying to get a lung transplant. filed a lawsuit. let me back track. they filed a lawsuit in an attempt to get kathleen sebelius from enforcing this policy that prevents children under the age of 12 from receiving lung trance plats, being put from the children's list onto the adult list. they filed the lawsuit, and just within the past hour or so, they got the results of what the judge has said, the judge, they say, has ruled in their favor. we're still trying to get the exact language of what the judge is saying here, but i do have something to read to you here. it says federal judge michael bailson of pennsylvania has ruled in favor of a ten-day temporary restraining order, telling the secretary of health and human services to direct the organ procurement transportation network to cease application of the under-12 rule as to sarah murnaghan. and here's another part of this that is very important. if there's another child in this judicial district, he would consider and probably grant a temporary restraining order f

. >>> in philadelphia 10-year-old sarah murnaghan is recovering after having a lung transplant, cominghat they she should be placed on the adult waiting list. >>> we'll bring you a live update on nelson mandela as he spends the sixth day in the hospital. people join angie's list for all kinds of reasons. i go to angie's list to gauge whether or not the projects will be done in a timely fashion and within budget. angie's list members can tell you which provider is the best in town. you'll find reviews on everything from home repair to healthcare. now that we're expecting, i like the fact that i can go onto angie's list and look for pediatricians. the service providers that i've found on angie's list actually have blown me away. join today and find out why over 1 million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. new nelson mandela is spending his sixth day in the hospital where doctors say he's continuing to respond to treatment. his condition was described as serious but stable. many of his family members are back in the hospital with pretoria. joining us wit

the other is ten-year-old sarah murnaghan. >> as a mother and grandmother i can't imagine anything more agonizing. >> health secretary kathleen sebelius has a power to wave the 12 and older rule but has not. >> this week congress pressed her on the case. >> why would we do it? why do we do so much bull crap around this place when we have a chance to save someone's live. >> there are 40 people in the highest acuity list waiting for a lung. >> thursday a federal judge issued an order making sarah an >> thursday a federal judge issued an order making sarah an exception to the rule. that decision prompted javier's mother to contact sarah's attorney stephen harvey. he now represents both families and wants an exception for javier too. >> we are not asking to jump to the front of the line, we just ask in this case it be based on the severity of his condition. >> reporter: javier is one of 70 children nationwide waiting for a lung transplant. >> this is no reporting what he is going through and how he feels every day, his shortness of breath, i don't know what he is going through but he does.