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Severe back pain, jack kennedy finally makes a momentous decision. >> he was having an operation that could cost him his life. >> the surgery goes very badly. he develops a life-threatening infection. >> his father wonders, am i going to lose now my second son? >> he's actually given last rites. and yet miraculously he pulls through. >> the doctors had inserted a steel plate to try to settle his back, and jackie has to take over the job of trying to change the dressings on this gruesome wound. >> jack recovers with jackie's support, but he believes his days may be numbered. >> if you think you...

In boston. the kennedys are now the most powerful family in the world. >> as a catholic it was something quite remarkable. but john f. kennedy was an inspirational figure, whatever your faith. >> it is the climax of one of the closest, most dramatic elections in american history. >> we were there, smiling and hugging each other. here's a guy who wasn't favored to win, and he won. what a result. >> the election may have been a close one, but i think that there is general agreement by all of our citizens that a supreme national effort will be needed in the years ahead to move this country safely...

And there's more good news. jackie is expecting a baby. by the mid-1950s, the kennedy dynasty is growing. bobby has four children. jack's younger sister, patricia, has one. and eunice has two. jack wants children of his own, and it would be the icing on the cake for a young man seeking the presidency. >> jackie had already had a miscarriage, and in 1956 was thrilled that she was pregnant again. she went to stay with her mother and await the birth of her child. >> john f. kennedy went to visit his father in the south of france. he then went on a cruise with his buddies. >> while he was incommun...

>> bobby rallies the doctors to lie, to say that jack is healthy as can be. >> will bobby's damage control pay off? >> climactic moments of the democratic convention. before the first ballot is completed, wyoming clinches the kennedy triumph with the deciding votes. >> john f. kennedy fights off strong opposition to win the nomination. he is now the democratic party's presidential candidate. >> we will carry the fight to the people in the fall, and we shall win. >> jack faces a tough decision. he must pick a running mate. >> when it comes to picking a vice president, the obvious candidate, in ...

>> jack gets daly on the phone, and mayor daly says we're going to win illinois with the help of a few close friends. >> there are stories to this day that dead people voted in chicago. there's no doubt that the daly machine helped the kennedys. but whether it engaged in massive fraud or not i think remains to be seen. >> back in hyannisport, the kennedys wait and wait. >> in the still of the night, the secret service moved in. and when they saw the secret service surrounding the kennedy houses, they knew that they had won. >> the president-elect received congratulatory wires. >> john fitzgera...