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>> do you think he should have been let out? >> almost 200 criminals, some convicted murderers, hardened by mississippi's outgoing governor. the public now in fear for their safety, even their lives. that and more, right here and right now on cnn. more than 4,000 people are no doubt celebrating life like they never have before. they escaped death by drowning in a cruise ship that nearly became their floating coffin when it suddenly ran aground off the coast of italy. just a short while ago, we learned that rescuers pulled two more survivors out, more than 24 hours after the ship hi...

share their stories. >> free at last? >> do you think he should have been let out? >> almost 200 criminals, some convicted murderers, hardened by mississippi's outgoing governor. the public now in fear for their safety, even their lives. that and more, right here and right now on cnn. more than 4,000 people are no doubt celebrating life like they never have before. they escaped death by drowning in a cruise ship that nearly became their floating coffin when it suddenly ran aground off the coast of italy. just a short while ago, we learned that rescuers pulled two more survivors out...

free at last. >> do you think he should have been let out? >> you need to do time. >> almost 200 criminals, some convicted murderers, pardoned by mississippi's outgoing governor. the public in and out now in fer safety and even their lives. that and more right here right now on cnn. good evening. i'm don lemon. thank you for joining us. as we go on the air tonight, more than 4,000 people are no doubt celebrating life like they never had before. they escaped death by drowning if a doomed gigantic cruise sthship that became their floating coffin when it ran aground off the coast of ita...

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 ga...

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 rep...