Music the rise and rise of dua lipa well hear from her about her new album and Headlining Glastonbury this summer good morning. We have some heavy, thundery good morning. We have some heavy, Thundery Downpours across parts of southern Thundery Downpours across parts of Southern England and south wales. The driest Southern England and south wales. The driest and brightest conditions today the driest and brightest conditions today will the driest and brightest conditions today will be in the north and west and the today will be in the north and west and the low cloud and mist and the murkihess and the low cloud and mist and the Murkiness Across Eastern Areas is turning Murkiness Across Eastern Areas is turning back to the coast. I have the details turning back to the coast. I have the details later in the programme. Its thursday 2nd may. Our main story. Britains biggest Indoor Arena Co Op Live In Manchester Has postponed its opening yet again, and called off this weeks concerts by The Gr
rules so she could get an adult organ. that likely saved the little girl s life. the girl is not out of danger. far from it. more with some hurdles ahead. there are shep. the biggest hurdle is the possibility that her body might reject the donor lung and that s why she is on medication to prevent that but this really will be a life-long problem for sarah. we spoke to a lung transplant surgeon who says over the years doctors have gotten very good at replacing vital organs but he also cautioned that in these types of surgeries something always comes up. listen. swelling of the lung. lung being slightly too big or too small in this case it may be a lower lobe that s put in. so there have a variety of things that can happen with the way that the lungs are sown in. that s getting to be less and less common it does happen especially swhu a advise mismatch lung like this. that doctor says when they
philadelphia area where sara and javier are. does that mean the judge s ruling gives them a better chance of transplants given how dire the situation is with sarah as we just heard. how sick is the potential recipient who would be receiving the donor lung. and sarah just gets on that list. in fact, we learned yesterday that sara moved to the top of the list because of the severity of her illness and javier is somewhere down on the list because he isn t as ill right now. there s a process that we go through. it s scientists and physicians and transplant surgeons who are involved in all of this. it ought not be washington d.c. that s the point we were trying to make. on that note, what do you make the transplant board to do at the emergency meeting on monday? i think it s absolutely imperative that we listen to the science, listen to the professionals involved and the rules. we need to be flexible and nimble in our health care systems. we don t need to have arbitrary rules. the rul
gab procurement and transplant network, to immediately cease application of the under 12 rule as to sarah murnaghan so she can be considered for receipt of donated lungs from adults based on the medical severity of her condition, as compared to the medical severity of persons over the age of 12. now, wolf, this basically means for the next ten days, sarah will compete for a donor lung based on how sick she is, not her age. she does have late-stage cystic fibrosis. for the past 18 months she has been on the donor list for children, but not adults. her parents now say she will likely be at the top of the list for adults based on her critical condition and blood type. this comes after the murnaghan s filed today. kathleen sebelius was in this
intervene. somebody needs to stand up and say this isn t right. this is a human issue. this isn t politics. this is a human issue. reporter: even though sarah s at the top of the child s transplant list in her region and has been waiting for 18 months, federal guidelines disqualify her for an adult lung until she s 12, unless every other adult on the waiting list turns down a donor lung. in an e-mail obtained by cnn, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius told sarah s parents, she s not authorized to intervene, but is ordering a transplant policy review, adding, quote, i know this is not the answer you were hoping to receive. my prayers are with you. she says i m so sorry, i know this isn t what you wanted to hear. it is in her legal authority. we re going to let a kid die over red tape. reporter: it s a battle sarah shares with other children,