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
biggest debut out earning avatar. this highlights the ongoing appeal of 3-d movies. and lil wayne heads to prison. he was sentenced to a year on felony drug charges. in 2007 he had a pistol on his tour bus outside new york s beacon theater but sentencing was delayed twice. first so he could go to the dentist and then because of a fire at a manhattan courthouse. she lived long enough to have 114 candles on her birthday cake, but mary josephine ray certified as the oldest living person in the united states has died. her grand daughter said she passed away sunday peacefully at a new hampshire nursing home. the oldest living american is now neva morris of iowa. born in 1895, wolf. can you imagine what mary
what they did announce is they will be investigating and they expect to do interviews with both him and her over the next several days, and will come to some kind of determination to whether or not charges will be filed against big ben. we ll be all over this story. thanks so much for being with us. this is rick s list. now the situation room with wolf blitzer. rick, thanks very much. president obama injects anger into his final push for health care reform. and whether this new strategy is likely to get him across the finish line. a democrat congressman is resigning, and not going house leaders wants to get rid of him. and she was pulled from the rubble of the hatee earthquake just 2 months old. now she s been thrown into an international custody battle. we ll follow up on the story of a rescued orphan who may not be an orphan after all. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. it s hard to tell which he dislikes more. they were both prime targets of his re