paul wertheimer, welcome to "prime time." >> thank you, chris, for the opportunity. >> what's your takeo far? >> well, it was a preventible tragedy. it followed the path of some of the very incidents you just mentioned, and others too, i might add. 1981, ac/dc concert, salt lake city, three dead, crushed in front of the stage. two 14-year-olds and a 19-year-old. and of course you mentioned pearl jam in denmark in 2000. nine fans crushed to death in front of eddie vetter. you mentioned the who concert. let's not forget, woodstock '99. rapes and thousands of injuries in front of the main stage. and at that time, i publicly said, prior to the festival, that this is where the problem was, not on the perimeter, but in front of the stage, in the mosh pit festival seetating. you see, the one thing they have in common is festival seating, the same configuration used at this festival. it's the most dangerous and deadly crowd configuration in the history of concerts and festivals. >> why do they keep doing it the same way? >> well, you can ask that to the promoters. but my assessment is because i

useful tips for us, paul wertheimer founder of the crowd management strategies consulting firm, thank you for having this conversation with us. take care. paul: my pleasure, kristin. kristen: our big news today, as international travel restrictions these, we have some kristen: the u.s. is relaxing border restrictions for international travelers. that means international travelers can come to the u.s. if they are fully vaccinated, and have a negative covid test within three days of travel. joining us to answer questions is an air travel industry analyst at atmosphere research group, based in san francisco. thank you so much for joining us. henry: good afternoon. kristen: i want to be clear about the rules of interest, is it proof of vaccination plus a negative covid test? henry: whether you are coming for business or leisure, you need a negative covid test and be fully vaccinated. that means all produces of your vaccinations must be done at least two weeks before your trip to the u.s. and you have to comply with other rules such as wearing a mask on the airplane and at the airport. kri

paul wertheimer, thank you. >> my pleasure. thank you. >>> for president biden and democrats, no rest for the weary. after months of obstruction, the democrats finally passed the infrastructure bill. now they can focus on the other half of his agenda, the massive build back better package. the plan to pass both bills failed when they demanded concrete numbers on its costs. arlette saenz is at the white house. arlette, that number crunching could take up to a couple of weeks. how will the white house capitalize on that time? >> reporter: well, pamela, the white house is hoping to build off the momentum of passing that bipartisan infrastructure proposal to get that larger social safety net spending bill across the finish line. one of the issues at hand is that upcoming cbo report that moderate democrats have demanded. they want to see this nonpartisan analysis of the pay-fors for that larger spending package before they have a vote. now, they have agreed to have a vote no later than the week of november 15th. once it does pass th

really appreciate your expertise, paul wertheimer, thank you so much. >>> we have more coverage including latest day or night at cnn.com. >>> the u.s. is condemning a brazen assassination attack at iraq's prime minister. images on iraqi tv show the damage left by the attack. the military says a drone rigged with explosives was used to attack the prime minister's home, interior minister says three drones were involved but two were taken out by security forces. what more can you tell us about exactly what happened and more importantly maybe who might have been behind it? >> reporter: kim, clearly very dangerous, unprecedented sort of development in the situation in iraq overnight as we understand from the iraqi security services, this attack, this attempted assassination took place in the early hours sunday. the prime minister was returning to his residence inside the 45 green zone, that's where you've got several embassies including the u.s. embassy and the iraqi government headquarters. he was out visiting troops, guarding the green zone, when he returned to his home. that is when this st

to play. >> wertheim: as you listen to all the recordings for this project, what impressions did you arrive at, in terms of their chemistry? >> giles martin: my impression of it is that paul a marriage that's failing, and they want to go back on their date nights again. >> wertheim: compounding matters, george harrison-- restless in his role and bristling under paul mccartney's driving ambition-- leaves the band after a week. >> jackson: it's the most low- key walk-out that you've ever seen in your life. it's just-- "i'm leaving now." "what?" "i'm leaving the band now." and then he goes. there's no fight, there's no argument, there's no disagreement. >> wertheim: john was in love with yoko and, in his words, he was mistreating his body. the band was competing for his attention-- not always successfully. >> lennon: when i was younger, much younger than today, i never needed anybody's help in any way. but now my life has changed in oh-so-many ways, a wop-bop- alooma, a-wop-bam-boo.>> mccey:n likehis indefinitelytney: seem can't. see, what you need is a serious program of work, not an aimless rambling amongst the canyons of your mind. >> wertheim: paul had, grudgingly, becom