and ashton kutcher is there. the school admitted it has a political slant and issued a long apology saying it s a mistake and would not be used in the district again. i m concerned about ashton kutcher s sweater vest. and hair. and one fight escalate quickly and literally. whoa! that was a brawl that broke out between rival swedish soccer fans at the top of the escalator when all of a sudden it sped up and everyone fell down like dominos. fans blamed police for the fall saying they pushed a button causing the escalator to accelerate. police say overloading actually caused it to malfunction. the guy was surfing the escalator. aren t they supposed to be neutral or is that switzerland? hey, here s rick. that is such a nightmare.
army, congress, the european union. we need to learn from this ability to fix our own errors. too often we h any. that assumption is always proved wrong. imogen? well, hello, another british voice, overloading now with brits. you talk in your book about iraq and success and failure there. i m wondering if you could expand on that for us now. absolutely. it would have been let s leave the decision to go into iraq. i think everyone has strong viewes about that. what interests me about the situation in iraq was you add large organization, professional organization, very brave men and women, trying to do the job that they had been given. and they had been given a strategy that wasn t working.
examples from seattle. each day tens of thousands of washington state residents ride to work or play on a ferry. while there has never been a major accident because of too much weight on board, the u.s. coast guard took an extraordinary step to make sure it doesn t happen. it lowered the number of passengers allowed because americans are getting fatter. this is a change for safety. we want to minimize any potential risks of overloading and capsizing. the last time the coast guard had passage in 1960, the average passenger weighed 150 pounds. in 2004, the center for disease control reported the average was 185 pounds. and growing. the rule change affects not only ferries but every commercial passenger vessel in the country. impacting recreational fishing, whale watching and boat tours. the coast guard is in good company adjusting to if expan expanding race line. they trained eng nearing standards for buses apes
with america s widening girth, and it s not just ferry riders who are going to see some changes. dan springer live from the seattle ferry terminal in washington state. dan? reporter: yeah, jon, we re seeing all kinds of changes, and it s really an extraordinary step taken by the coast guard out of fear of passenger boats capsizing under too much passenger weight. some of the ferries that traverse the puget sound behind me actually are having, allowing 250 fewer passengers per trip, and that s on a boat that used to be able to carry 2,000 passengers. the reason is simple, america s weight gain. when the old regulations were set in the 1960s, the average adult weighed 150 pounds. now the typical adult weighs 185 pounds. that poses health risks and a threat of passenger boats sinking. this is a change for safety. we don t, we want to minimize any potential risks of overloading and capsizing. reporter: and the new weight capacities apply to all
examples from seattle. each day tens of thousands of washington state residents ride to work or play on a ferry. while there has never been a major accident because of too much weight on board, the u.s. coast guard took an extraordinary step to make sure it doesn t happen. it lowered the number of passengers allowed because americans are getting fatter. this is a change for safety. we want to minimize any potential risks of overloading and capsizing. the last time the coast guard had passage in 1960, the average passenger weighed 150 pounds. in 2004, the center for disease control reported the average was 185 pounds. and growing. the rule change affects not only ferries but every commercial passenger vessel in the country. impacting recreational fishing, whale watching and boat tours. the coast guard is in good company adjusting to if expan expanding race line. they trained eng nearing standards for buses apes