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Him turn, its john mccain. i said what are you doing here? he said, im flying standby, im trying to catch a flight. >> we see cindy mccain of course with jack, one of her sons, and the other members of the family, jimmy behind with megan. you see andy who is going to speak. older daughter sidney whos going to speak. bridget in the front row. coming out of the church after greeting people inside we understand.

Tire rule. because they do realize that things happen. people get flat tires, they get stuck in traffic, they miss their flights. what that allows most airlines to do is put you standby on a later flight without charging you a fee. which is a nice benefit. now, heres what you have to know. airlines have different rules. some of them ask that you call at least ten minutes before the flight is due to leave and let them know this is happening. most of them require you to go to the airport anyway be...

The skinny passenger was only flying standby. and, therefore, had no right, right, to be on this flight, did she? >> thats right. >> no way. she purchased her ticket. they placed her on the plane, they put her in the seat, and at that point they waive any argument that she doesnt have a right to that seat. megyn, the seat is a commodity. if an obese person goes to the driven -- drive through of a mcdonalds, do they get two? no. she purchased her ticket, shes on there. shes doing the right thing,...

Them. >> absolutely. megyn: yeah. because the doj needs to prove to this judge that arizonas law does not mirror the federal law and that it actually interferes with or impedes federal law. stephen, go ahead. first stephen, then back to you. >> i have been saying for -- megyn: francisco, stand by. first steven and then you. >> look, you make a great point. just what it does is it makes now a state violation what is also a federal violation. and it gives the local police a way of arresting someon...

Required to buy another ticket, but we didnt want to live this girl stranded. >> three cheers for southwest. skinny minnie is saying they treated me improperly. they were trying to create it so as not to make a scene. do we want to demoilize 14-year-olds? we want them to fly -- megyn: what about, david, about the 14-year-olds parents? shouldnt they have forked out the dough for the extra seat? >> absolutely, megyn. youre going to know when a child is so large that theyre going to need two seats,...

Recover punitive damages. megyn: what about it, joey? if i show up on a flight and they tell me you cant have that seat because theres a heavyset passenger here and she bought two seats, id say, okay -- >> leave southwest alone. megyn: but this girl only bought one seat. >> megyn, listen to this. if we would all just lighten up, we wouldnt be here talking about this, would we? megyn: nicely done. >> easy for you to say. >> this passenger was on standby. what does that mean? she was standing by a...

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If were going to borrow $10 trillion over the next decade, youre talking about china maybe buying up, you know, several trillion dollars of that debt. and it just puts us in an economically unsettled situation. and remember, david, china is now looking at becoming a major military power. so its something we have to really worry about. >> stephen moore at "the wall street journal," thanks so much for coming in. great to see you, as always. >> see you soon. another u.s. airline has found a way t...

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