Bobbi Kristina's Breathing Tube Removed
BLACKWELL: Coming up on quarter until the top of the hour. Sources tell CNN that Bobbi Kristina Brown has had her breathing tube removed but that's not necessarily great news here.</s>PAUL: Yes, the daughter of the late Whitney Houston and singer Bobby Brown, of course, is now ventilated through a hole in her throat. And CNN's Alina Machado gives us some more details here.</s>ALINA MACHADO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Two sources close to the Houston family tells CNN that doctors at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta performed a tracheostomy on Bobbi Kristina Brown this week. Those same sources say doctors are slowly trying to bring her out of a medically-induced coma. The tracheostomy was done to replace a breathing tube that had been in Bobbi Kristina's mouth. She will now be ventilated instead through a hole in her throat. And according to CNN's chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta this is a standard procedure and it is often done to reduce the risk of infection. Now, as you know, Bobbi Kristina has been hospitalized since January 31 after she was found unresponsive in a bathtub at her home just outside of Atlanta. The 21-year-old has been in intensive care and on a ventilator for three weeks now. We've also learned this week that her boyfriend, Nick Gordon, has tattooed her name on his forearm. Gordon's attorney says his client has been trying to see Bobbi Kristina, but is staying away from the hospital to respect the family's wishes. Alina Machado CNN, Miami.</s>PAUL: Alina thank you. So, still ahead, Rudy Giuliani is standing by his comments that the President doesn't love America.</s>BLACKWELL: And now the former mayor is making new claims about the President. You want to see what he had to say. That's coming up next.