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his wife taken off life support. he says it was her wish. but under texas law, he can t because she s 18 weeks pregnant. cnn s pamela brown has more on this story. reporter: it s a crushing decision texas paramedics hoped they would never have to make for one another. we talked about it. we were both paramedics. we ve seen things out in the field. you know, we both knew that we didn t want to be on life support. reporter: but last month, he found his wife collapsed and unconscious on the floor inside their home. she was rushed to a hospital, but it was too late. doctors suspect she suffered from a pulmonary embolism. we reached the point where, you know, you wish that your wife s body would stop. reporter: but the hospital won t let him honor his wife s wishes and remove her ventilator. the reason, she s 18 weeks pregnant and texas law specifically protects the life of a fetus in its health and

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CNN CNN Newsroom December 24, 2013 19:53:00

he wore dark sunglasses so no one could see if his eyes twinkled or not or his jolly crime spree. and he dashed away, dashed away, dashed away all. speaking of dashing, the beautiful jennifer gray, our cnn meteorologist with our frigid christmas temps. yes, it is cold. you know, finally feeling like the holidays. we were worried for a little bit. we were in the 60s just a couple days ago. it looks like a few folks in the north will wake up to a white christmas. we could see 2 to 4 inches in places like minneapolis, green bay, milwaukee, detroit even picking up a little bit of snow during the next couple of hours. we re going to see temperatures dropping down into the 20s across much of the country. memphis at 27 for tonight. atlanta, 26. new orleans waking up on christmas morning at 36 degrees. temperatures in the single digits in minneapolis. most of christmas day, though, looking very, very calm. mostly sunny in the south. we could see a little bit of snow around the great lakes.

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CNN CNN Newsroom December 24, 2013 19:13:30

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CNN CNN Newsroom December 24, 2013 19:52:15

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CNN CNN Newsroom December 24, 2013 19:02:00

this point. but clearly they need more people involved. yeah, otherwise this could not be a good thing. i think that s probably the delicate way to put it. mark preston, appreciate it. thanks. well, there s only ten hours left until the christmas shopping season is, i guess, retailers, bankers, last-minute shoppers got to boost their bottom line. a lot of stores have opened their doors around the clock in the last couple of days, slashed prices, hoping that all these power shoppers will rush in and be ready to spend because frankly, the state of the holiday retail season could use a huge boost. americans outlook on christmas has taken a massive hit thanks to the sluggish economy. a new cnn poll shows that fewer people are giving gifts as well, and charitable contributions steadily dropping. in fact, the poll shows several years of tough economic times may have caused a shift in how people even view the holiday. in 2005, nearly half of all americans said that christmas was a great

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