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When police responded to the 911 call of a burglary at the mother of mercy mission church. they found the man that placed the call father joseph beaten within an inch of his life and father kenneth walker shot. amid his own suffering, he offered walker his last rites. walker later died at the hospital. he was just 28 years old. >> just willing, loving, good, holy priest. >> reporter: this community in a state of shock. >> why would someone come in and do this kind of thing? here these two priest...

They certainly want to know if thats whats causing the trouble here. >> and one more quick question for you. the most chilling thing that you said was that you saw a priest at the tracks there. did he appear to be giving last rites? what was actually happening there? >> reporter: there was a chaplain who was on the tracks down here near the area of the wreckage. to be clear, authorities have told us at this point, there were four fatalities. four people killed. that is information that weve been...

>> did you say anything to them? >> well, i talked to her. i talked to her. i certainly didnt say anything to ms. kennedy. i talked to her because i knew the press would be there in a minute. i wanted to know what happened. i wanted to report what occurred. she was calm, even under the stress. and knew he was inside in hands to save him, hopefully. >> and he did, thankfully. >> he did. >> he did survive. >> the president obviously did not survive. he was read the last rites i think by two cathol...

Outside of trauma room two, the president was in trauma room one. she was sitting outside there and right across with jackie kennedy, two women, not a sound spoken, thinking about their husbands and whether they could survive. >> did you say anything to them? >> well, i talked to her. i talked to her. i certainly didnt say anything to ms. kennedy. i talked to her because i knew the press would be there in a minute. i wanted to know what happened. i wanted to report what occurred. she was calm, e...

Both men, these powerful presidents were weaklings as children who willed themselves physically to get through a day, get through -- and get through a campaign. >> absolutely. >> and become tough guys that could get shot at during -- im talking about t.r. here. get shot. finish the speech. then go to the hospital. >> thats right. i mean, t.r. had this life threatening asthma. he was a timid kid. he was afraid of everything. he read all the time. he looked at birds until finally his father says t...

control the damage. >> obviously i stepped in it. but again, i go -- i have my moment of humor with it and press on. >> if perry can have his moment of hume, i guess maybe we can, too. im not sure if youre a monty python fan but i am. watching perry reminded me a lot of this -- >> he said hes not dead. >> yes, he is. >> im not. >> he isnt? >> he will be soon, hes very ill. >> im getting bet. >> no, youre not, youll be stone dead in a moment. >> sorry, guys. my experience tell me voters...

We loved were moments away and were suffering and were dying. >> reporter: well, it wasnt long that they stood there. they immediately went to work. they began helping with the triage of caring for those who had been gravely injured and administering last rites to those who were on deaths door. the death toll in this community now 15. perhaps not as significant as other death tolls in other places, but remember, this is a very small town, only 900 people. everybody knows everyone who died, every...

Up, get it to the virtuous circling, weve been spiraling the opposite. >> thats a good point. ill keep that in mind. thanks so much, steve liesman. rescuers have ended ait temts to save a man who fell down the air shaft of a deep ab abandoned mine in nevada. 31-year-old devin plunged nearly 200 feet into that mine wednesday. a video camera lowered into the shaft friday showed that he was still breathing and moving his hands but rescuers said it was too risky to send someone into that unstable ...

>> well, i want to first of all congratulate john for using oncology because that is the funniest word in medicine. >> i thought an uncle was an ole con gist. >> you dont even know what you are talking about. see i am not a up soar religious person. if i go to israel i come back with a beard. you know, i am very into the idea of religion. and after reading this, i want every religious -- i want a rabbi helping me, a priest to come in with last rites, tom cruise, suri, muslim cleric, a blacked ou...

Plug the damaged well in the gulf. astronauts are hoping todays spacewalk, the third in ten days, will be the final one needed to install a new coolant pump on the international space station. and border patrol has seen the largest spike in suicides in 20 years. 15 asians have taken their own life since february of 2008. 93-year-old zsa zsa gabor received her last rites, doctors say the hollywood legend is in extremely serious condition. well keep you up to date on her. president obama is ze...