history here? i read a lot about him taking on, for instance, the former vice president, al gore. is there a lot of just rehashing the people who took strong stands against the bush administration? >> reporter: there seems to be a lot of rehashing going on. look, karl is an important voice in the conservative movement, obviously in the bush administration. and if he had used his enormous brain more fully, maybe the book would be more enlightening. it's not about saying people are right or wrong, but explaining some of those decisions, why they couldn't move quicker than they did, either in new orleans or the run-up to the war. that would have been a useful book. >> richard, thank you. >> reporter: thank you. two of the oldest people in the world died on the same day. mary josephine ray died at age of 114 years, 294 days. ray died hours before daisy bailey of michigan, who was 113 years old, 342 days, oldest living american now lives in