john mclaughlin is former deputy director at the the c.i.a. and matt bradley, middle east correspondent for the "wall street journal." john, you've written two columns over the past few weeks that are frightening. the first you say iraq is potentially going to cease to exist as we knew it, created in 1920, and that the redrawing of the borders could result in a middle east atritic of a full-scale regional war. and in the second column, you talked about the echos from 2014 and 1914, of course, the beginning of world war i. >> in my career, in my experience, this is probably the most complicated and dangerous time that i've seen in that part of the world for all the reasons i mention in those columns. you know, i think one of the problems that we have now is that everyone in the area is linked to someone else so that, for example, if you look at iraq, the kurds in the north have brethren in iran, syria, turkey. if you look at i.s.i.s., the group rampaging through the central part of iraq and seeking to establish and consolidate territory bounded

john mclaughlin. >> it's a more existential threat to neighboring

you have seen him as a talking head, a commentator on television frequently, he is on john mclaughlin's show, on fox frequently, and will be here on july 21, speaking at 7:00, and tickets are available in the gift shop. now, those of you who follow us frequently know that we have a tremendous schedule of speakers all the time, and we do now. so, i want you to go to the web site, nixon foundation.org, and see what is coming up, because we have great speakers, some very interesting engagements with our friends in the people's republic of china who will be here three times with interesting programs, include july 23rd, a program where they will oan exhibit that the chinese have done, thanking america for the country's support during world war~ii. and it will be a great exhibit and we'll display it for ten days and i hope you'll come to the reception on the evening of july 23rd, at 7:00. i always want you to help us and to join us and to be with us all the time, year-round, thus i hold in my formerly nicotine stained hands an application to join our associates club. how many of you are membe

as former secretary of defense, the other day on charlie rose john mclaughlin, the former cia directorn the world today is -- do you know what he said? south china sea. do you agree? >> well, it's certainly a dangerous place. i don't know if it's the most dangerous. >> put aside pakistan, what would you say is the most dangerous place? >> put aside pakistan -- [laughter] well you've got to remember in the middle east its national boundaries increasingly don't mean that much especially given the ideology of the rising threat of the groups like isis. you've got to start looking at it on that basis. and i believe that the most dangerous threat is what is now developing as i would describe it in the middle east but, you know, it slops over into north africa. but i really, i believe in pakistan, in developments in iran, north korea's prior involvement. you've got to remember what north korea do? well, they provided a nuclear reactor to one of the worst terrorist sponsors in the world, syria. the israelis, thank god, took it out in '0 7. when we took down saddam, as i mentioned before, gadha

he is on john mclaughlin show.he is on fox frequently and he will be here on july 21 speaking at 7:00 and tickets are available in the gift shop. now, those of you who follow less frequently know that we have a tremendous schedule of speakers all the time and we do now. so i wanted to go to the web site www.nixon vows nation -- foundation.org because we have great speakers and interesting engagements with our friends in the people's republic of chin china -- republic of china who will be here three times with interesting probe into including july 23 a program you are welcome to wear they will open an exhibit that the chinese have done thanking america for the country support during world war ii. it will be a great exhibit. we are going to display for 10 days and i hope you will come to the reception on the evening of july 23 at 7:00. i always want you to help us and to join us and to be with us all the time, year-round. .com i hold in my formerly nicotine stained hands an application to join our associates club. ho

mclaughlin. >> that's right, john. very much a country in mourning of the 280 passengers that were on board that flight, mh17. 173 were dutch nationals. today, in holland, the flags are flying at half mass. i'm here at the airport, the very airport that that plane, yesterday, originated from. flights are leaving as usual, including that same flight, flight mh 17 from here to kuala lumpur. it's expected to take off in a couple hours. now, meanwhile, the relatives, friends of the victims that were on board the plane are being cared for in a hotel not far from here. officials here in amsterdam are being protective of their privacy, their security blanketing the entire hotel. we understand from an airport official malaysian airlines is trying to arrange from for a chartered flight so some of the relatives can see the crash site. we are trying to reach out to malaysia airlines for more on that. it's difficult to imagine the shock, the pain, the suffering of the relatives and friends of those victims. we also have heard from

mclaughlin is live in amsterdam. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, john. a development will be welcome to the families in the netherlands. so many of them want the bodies of loved ones to bury them with dignity and respect. i'm here outside schipol airport, meters away from where the victims of mh17 checked in. let me give you a sense of the scene. there's a makeshift memorial that is growing by the hour. people have been taking pictures, leaving flowers and candles. children have been leaving drawings and toys. there's a condolence book they have been signing. people have been leaving notes. one reads, we cannot comprehend how this could have happened. we share your deep anguish and despair. we pray for those who have passed to another place. now, i spoke to a family that lost two boys to mh17. the mother and the grandmother told me how they are struggling to come to terms with this tragedy. >> everybody is crying. everybody is losing something that belonged to them. but we feel like we have lost ourselves as well. >> why didn't they take my life? they st

erin mclaughlin, thank you for joining us from the airport from amsterdam. >>> and we'll have more can with johnrry, joining candy crowley on "state of the union" today, 9:00 a.m. eastern. >>> we need to turn back to the crisis in the middle east, two israeli soldiers were killed overnight. >> now, the ground offensive in gaza has escalated. and the body count is growing. c'mon, you want heartburn? when your favorite food starts a fight, fight back fast, with tums. heartburn relief that neutralizes acid on contact. and goes to work in seconds. ♪ tum, tum tum tum... tums! dust irritating your eye? (singing) ♪ visine® gives your eyes relief in seconds. visine®. get back to normal. we're changing the way we do business, with startup ny. we've created tax free zones throughout the state. and startup ny companies will be investing hundreds of millions of dollars in jobs and infrastructure. thanks to startup ny, businesses can operate tax free for 10 years. no property tax. no business tax. and no sales tax. which means more growth for your business, and more jobs. it's not just business as usual. see

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john? >> nic robertson live for us. we'll check in with you soon. >>> it took off with 298 people on board and more than half of the passengers were from the netherlands. let's bring in aaron mclaughlin is live. we seem to have lost aari erin. we will continue to follow the latest developments. >>> what is going on in gaza? israel invading gaza with troops and tanks after ten days of deadly air strikes. we are live with what's happening after the break. per, never bitter taste of gevalia. we do it all for this very experience. [woman] that's good. i know right? gevalia. >>> give you a sense of other news going on around the world right now. anti-immigration activists launching protests with demonstrations in 250 locations across the u.s. today and tomorrow. protesters are expected to gather at street corners, state capitols and mexican consulates. activists have been turning away bus loads of immigrants, many unaccompanied children. john boehner called on the administration to speed up the deportation of children crossing the border illegally. >>> the judge ruling same-sex couples can marry in the florida keys and the rest of monroe county, the state's most gay friendly location. sam