paramount to us. let s suppose he stayed on the plane and he is overhang on the arm rest of the person next to him. now whose rights are being violated? it s a tough call. i m kind of feeling canadian right now. i think we should go with the canadian law where they say functional need, disabled, if someone is obese and they should be afforded protection. i don t think it was appropriate for the airlines to do that. some people can t help their sides. some people are skinny. some people are heavier and they do their best to control the weight. i don t know what his personal situation is but it doesn t seem fair they can treat passengers in this arbitrary and discriminatory way. megyn: he says americans are bigger and bigger. he says there was someone on the plane who was bigger than he was. pull them asighted before they
larry: kevin smith, noted director, very overweight. denied a seat on southwest airlines. we invited kevin on the show. he declined. southwest has a passenger size policy. if you can t fit in one seat, with the arm rest down you have to buy two seats. he was standby, weren t two seats available. who is right? i think like most americans, i would not like to be wedged between a window and kevin smith. but i also think there s an awful lot of americans smith s size. and i also think larry: what would you do? you know, i think first of all the airlines are big liars about what really is security risk. why is that a security risk, first of all? i don t get it. larry: i guess because the passenger next to for the joke you just made. that s different. the airlines have much bigger
tonight southwest airlines is scrambling to make amends after booting film director kevin smith from his flight on saturday. the reason, according to airline officials was for the, quote, safety and comfort of all customers. smith who perhaps not coincidentally has a film coming out soon, admits he usually buys two seats but when he decided to go standby on an earlier flight only one seat was available. he could fasten his seat belt and lower his arm rest, nevertheless he had to give up his seat. he turned to twitter. blasting the airline. he said, dear southwest air, i know i m fat. smith then went on the ask if the captain was, quote, really justified in throwing me off a flight in which i was already seated? southwest apologized twice, even while defending its policy. the question remains. can a person to too fat to fly? joining us peggy howl of the national association to advance fat acceptance. amy roth, president of national action against obesity. i appreciate you both being wit
we don t know how comfortable it was. nonetheless, there he was. southwest airlines has issued a statement and they say if a customer cannot comfortably lower the arm rest and infringes on the portion of another seat, a customer seated adjacent would be very uncomfortable and the timely exit from the aircraft in the event of an emergency might be compromised if we allow a cramped arrangement. they should let him sit. if the man fits, you must be allowed to sit. if the man fits, you must be that s right. but i guess not. nice to tweet, though. a lot of people have heard of him that never heard of him now. which is good. i guess. let s tell you what s going on this morning. secretary of state hillary clinton says iran is moving toward a military dictatorship. clinton who just arrived in saudi arabia was earlier speaking at a town hall meeting to arab students. she says iran s revolutionary
to fly. we feel you are a safety issue. a safety risk. well, there s an issue with the arm rest, they have to fit into a certain apparently, he had the arm rest down. so he started twittering. he s in his chair and he starts twittering. dear southwest air, i know i m fat. he twitters. but was the captain really justified in throwing me off a flight for which i was already seated? so he continues, in another twitter, tweet, southwest air, go [beep] yourself. i broke no regulation, offered no safety risk. was i going to roll on a fellow passenger? southwest says they take the tweets very seriously and they re looking into he got $100 voucher. it s all right. it s all right. he got $100 voucher. i don t think he accepted it, though. wouldn t take it. thank you, mr. lawyer. coming up on this monday ok. another challenger stepping into the race against congressman charlie rangel.