klm, the malaysian air leans has something called mh buddies.h starter has been doing this since 2010. >> you might@as well. you're on a plane, you're on there together. >> you've been speaking about privacy and you said privacy is going to away commodity of great value. it will be interesting to see if it takes off in this country. >> absolutely. nadya, thank you so much. now i'm thinking who i'm sitting next to when you go back to new york. >> thank you. >> i'll have my dark glasses on. thank you so much. appreciate it. >>> how young should someone be to receive plastic surgery? we're going to introduce you to a father. he is defending his choice to operate on his two young adopted daughters. >>> plus, with so much debate about birth control coverage in the news, one doctor is here to tell us why the pill is used for more than preventing pressies. >>> and good morning, washington, d.c. you're looking at the white house there. it is now 47 minutes past the hour. welcome back to cnn's saturday morning. so glad you could spend part of your mornin

that's klm. only certain routes., what you do is opt into the program where you look at the facebook and linked in of other people who opted into the program. go on to the website. then, through that, you decide who your seat mate is going to be. why isn't this private? if i'm flying on a plane, why is the airplane allowed to give out my name that i'm flying? >> only if you opt into the program. you can do it like that, which is anonymous or you opt into the program. if you opt into the program and the person sitting next to you and you decide you don't want them sitting next to you, you can't reject them. that's what's interesting about the process. what you can do is request another seat and become anonymous. it sounds complicated. if you go on to the klm meet and seat website, it's very self-explanatory. only 200 people have used it. it's certainly interesting to say would i want my facebook or linked in revealed to the person sitting next to me and i wonder how many people have met and done business this way? >>

god bless dutch airline klm.n a flight based on social media profiles from facebook and twitter. our question today is, complete the following sentence -- if you could pick who sits next to you on an airline, it would mean worrying that "blank" would never plop down? anyone from occupy wall street. couldn't hold my breath that long unless they occupied a shower before boarding. and another tweet, it would mean never worrying that gerard depardieu would plop down and get me wet. rick santelli, you probably have some ideas on that, too, rick. >> if i'm an on airline, the person i don't want to be sitting next to is the pilot. i want somebody in the cockpit, i guess. listen, i enjoyed your interview, as many did, with mr. rattner, the car zar. a lot of us remembered things a little different, carl. we remembered the bondholders were negotiating in good faith in the presence of the government seemed to alter that. i don't know. we all lived through it. i don't know that i agree with that rendition. i think if the gov

. >>> klm is working on a new service that lets passengers pick their seat mates.d meet and seat. they can see other people's profiles and where they are sitting. the airline is testing flights from amsterdam to san francisco and sao paolo. >>> well we got the rain, it was very little. it was certainly not enough to get us to where we need to go. now we're drying out. the ground is wet overnight fog back in the forecast. here's the satellite loop just taking you through the last hour. there's a ridge of high pressure that's building in and it's a big wide one. a fat one, when they're wide like that it's hard to break down. as that low goes off it leaves a little vacuum. tomorrow warmer, thursday temperatures perhaps into the upper 60s. maybe some low 70s. the first thing you notice tomorrow morning is the fog, it'll be valley fog you already have it in santa rosa. we're going to see it in many inland valleys. we have a high surf advisory that goes into effect tonight. it'll stay in effect all day tomorrow. the swells peak tomorrow. it'll be pretty big. we have some

. >>> klm is working on a new service that lets passengers pick their seat mates.and seat. they can see other people's profiles and where they are sitting. the airline is testing flights from amsterdam to san francisco and sao paolo. >>> well we got the rain, it was very little. it was certainly not enough to get us to where we need to go. now we're drying out. the ground is wet overnight fog back in the forecast. here's the satellite loop just taking you through the last hour. there's a ridge of high pressure that's building in and it's a big wide one. a fat one, when they're wide like that it's hard to break down. as that low goes off it leaves a little vacuum. tomorrow warmer, thursday temperatures perhaps into the upper 60s. maybe some low 70s. the first thing you notice tomorrow morning is the fog, it'll be valley fog you already have it in santa rosa. we're going to see it in many inland valleys. we have a high surf advisory that goes into effect tonight. it'll stay in effect all day tomorrow. the swells peak tomorrow. it'll be pretty big. we have some beefy

we also have on the flip side, klm allows you to pick your seat mate via facebook. idea. great idea. why not? >>guest: so, we will be seeing a lot these new things, as social media, twitter, facebook, and more, google plus, as they enter into the game we will see more of the tools for airlines, an agree way for airlines to market to consumers. >>shepard: i was this a window seat the other day and a nice woman next to me her boyfriend in the mill seat, and he was like would you mind switching with my boyfriend, and i am like, are you out of your mind, you will be in new york in two hours. it wasn't that long ago, though, airlines were not giving anymore amenities and they paired everything back, and making you pay for sodas and stuff. this is a twist. >> us airways made you pay for soda for a while. what has happened is every airline is low cost, and used to southwest was no frill now they are the only ones with frill. >>shepard: thank you, rick.

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and finally tonight, klm airlines is testing a program it called meet and seat.ofiles from facebook or linkedin and pick the person you'd like to sit next to on the plane. you cannot, however, tell the airline who you don't want to sit next to. larry, a little social networking in the sky. >> aw, shucks. many thanks. kntv's scott budman. we appreciate it. next up on "kudlow," mitt romney in detroit. he taps his new 20% across the board tax cut. now the question is can he sell it effectively and will it push him over the winner's line in michigan? is this the mitt music republicans have been wanting to hear? our political panel coming up next. mber the day my doctor told me i have an irregular heartbeat, and that it put me at 5-times greater risk of a stroke. i was worried. i worried about my wife, and my family. bill has the most common type of atrial fibrillation, or afib. it's not caused by a heart valve problem. he was taking warfarin, but i've put him on pradaxa instead. in a clinical trial, pradaxa 150 mgs reduced stroke risk 35% more than warfarin without t

while some people say the trend is pointless, klm says it meets in a the seat could be good for those traveling alone, business travelers in and of those who like to network. it is not the only network that think so. according to the new york times, malaysia airways introduced a similar auction last year. the meat and seed program is still in the beginning stages. >>catherine: right now it is only an option on selected flights. it could be a while for the service becomes available on a widespread basis. >>pam: the google is facing lawsuits over privacy concerns and another nail in the coffin for blackberry. kiberlee sakamoto has a look at the latest social media headlines. >>kimberlee: google is being sued for violating users' privacy rights of the apples of our web browser. he came to light last week that they bypass control settings intended to protect safari users from being tracked are mined. now, users in delaware in kansas have filed separate suits against google for privacy violation. they also alleged that google knowingly violated federal wiretap laws and committed fraud by n

klm is the big airline doing this. it's in the very small stages. only two flights at the moment.n a flight and you look at the seat map, you can upload your profile off linkedin or facebook and someone can look at it and pick you as their seat mate. >> you have a person sitting next to you that could share your interests but you cannot reject someone. >> you need to go into your seat map, look at who they are and if you really don't want them you can actually move seats up to two days prior. or go back to the anonymous way and just pick a different seat completely. >> is there a social category for the do not even attempt to talk to me if i have my headset on people? >> i'm with you. i want to watch a movie, have a nap. >> you can say, i like to fly quietly. >> you would like air new zealand. they have a program where if there is an empty seat -- for $50 or $60 you can book an empty seat if it's not full and you get refunded if someone has to sit there. i would pay to have no one beside me. >> speaking of paying, the airline lounges are a convene vens for people who travel freque

klm is allowing who you can sit next to. pick a seat based their facebook profile or twitter profile if you think they are an interesting person which to me seems like the worst idea ever. the last thing i want to do when i get on a plane is talking to the person sitting next to me. >> think about the mile high club. think about what this will do. >> the mind of someone that goes right there. >> you know, you know, there are going to be people waiting outside the bathrooms, i'm just saying. >> this has been brought to you by andrew ross sorkin. >> think about what this is like. think about what is going to happen. >> i'm with becky. i would hope somebody would not -- i would pick an empty seat if at all possible. >> i always try to pick an empty seat. >> i am the person that i don't like to talk to people on planes. i am studying on planes and reading on planes and getting things done. >> thin is good, measurements. >> you can, if you can see their facebook profile you can see pictures of them. >> and do people put them ther