marlise munoz on their legal battle that had no victory, only the comfort of knowing they could finally follow her wishes that she be allowed to die with dignity. they are breaking their silence tonight. we begin tonight keeping them honest with the snowstorm that crippled a major american city and what looks like a blizzard of blame shifting in the wake of it. this is what just 2.6 inches of snow 2.6 inches of snow and ice did to the atlanta metro area when it hit yesterday afternoon. as you look at the traffic jam, consider this. some of those people down there are just now getting home. still others are return now to the highway to retrieve cars that they had to abandon after 6, 12, even 18 hours stuck behind the wheel. some people slept in their vehicles in the cold, others took shelter in stores and churches and public buildings wherever they could find a warm place just to lie down. thousands of area children slept at school, some got home only a few hours ago. officials in
are switched off and her family is finally able to lay her to rest. for all that coverage the story has gotten the most painful details were intensely private. the loss is still very raw for the family. the munoz s 15-month-old son is too young to understand what happened. for now at least he s spared from that heartbreak. earlier, eric munoz and marlise s mom told me they want their story to be heard to keep other families from going through the same nightmare. let s go back to when he first had the embolism. at that point, she was 14 weeks pregnant. yes. once we got to the hospital and after the doctors do their initial procedures that they do to try to determine what cause what s causing the problem, they showed us a c.t. of her cranium, and just her
used to be our daughter and to know that nothing about her was there. and you could even you could see deterioration? very much. very much. and you could smell it. really? you could smell the deterioration. i said when i go by if i m close to her head, i smell death. i understand you learned that you were going to have a daughter, is that they had done several sonos throughout the process and they couldn t determine. so after the court hearing, i said, you know, i would like to know the gender to give my baby a name. i know it s nothing legal. what did you name her? nicole. it was my wife s middle name. rand you were saying you feel that marlise was in heaven to
rest. for all that coverage the story has gotten the most painful details were intensely private. the loss is still very raw for the family. the munoz s 15-month-old son is too young to understand what happened. for now at least he s spared from that heartbreak. earlier, erick munoz and marlise s mom told me they want their story to be heard to keep other families from going through the same nightmare. here s our exclusive interview. let s go back to when she first had the embolism. at that point, she was 14 weeks pregnant. yes. once we got to the hospital and after the doctors do their initial procedures that they do to try to determine what cause what s causing the problem, they showed us a c.t. of her cranium, and just her brain, and i m not a doctor, but you take enough stroke patients
off the ventilator. the hospital refused citing a little known texas law. we ll talk to erick and marlise s mom. about fighting to honor her wishes to die with dignity. farmer: hello, i m an idaho potato farmer. and our giant idaho potato truck is still missing. so my dog and i we re going to go find it. it s out there somewhere spreading the good word about idaho potatoes and raising money for meals on wheels. but we d really like our truck back,