. >> a secret service member identified himself and said i need to call j edgar who haver and tell himhe condition of the president. right behind him was the secret service. he said i need to call joseph kennedy and tell him the condition of his son. right there, i realized that joseph kennedy was going to get bad news, the whole world was going to find out kennedy was dead. >> in that moment, jones faced a dilemma. jacqueline kennedy asked the doctors to delay the press announcement until after her husband received his last rites. >> i told them he was not doing well, but knew he was dead. >> moments later, a priest arrived. >> he said if you live close to the president's left ear, and i couldn't hear him say anything else. >> after that, mrs. kennedy entered the room. he witnessed her farewell to her husband. >> she stood there, very self-contained, stood there for a moment and exchanged the ring from her finger to the president's finger and a ring from his finger to her finger. she leaned over and hissed his right foot and then walked out of trauma room one. >> less than 48 hours la