york times" takes a look at air travel and how it deals with those who are sick onboard, this is matthew walden writing that historically the airlines have been most concerned with passengers who are sick so they might force a flight to divert. the airlines are authorized to stop sick passengers from getting on planes but not required to do so. under department of transportation rules the united states and foreign carriers flying to this country cannot exclude a passenger simply because a traveler has a disease but can do so if the disease poses a direct threat. guidance issued by the department says if the disease is serious it constitutes such a threat it cites sars and that about your cue closes as examples. herbert is from georgia, democrat line, hello. caller: hello. how you doing? i got no problem with me, because i'm not going to vote republican anyway, being a black individual, rush limbaugh, voting republican is not serving my best interests. host: what do you think about those? caller: and like i'm saying, abortion, same-sex marriage, isis, they believe in those same issues, too. they