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173 people from the netherlands were confirmed on board the flight. is the emotion am palpable there? >> reporter: hi. this has been described as a black day for the one tri. its very much a nation in mourning. the flags across holland are flying at half mass. malaysian officials saying 173 dutch nationals were on board mh17. im at the airport. flights are leaving as usual. behind me, passengers are checking in for the same midday flight to kuala lumpur. as the family and friends on board are be...

>> we dont have a great connection there with matthew chance. we are going to move on. he was talking about the international bickering, the finger pointing that is over the situation in ukraine and how this flight may have been shot down. the fact remains, there were 298 people on board that flight. 298 souls and more than half were from the netherlands. we want to bring in erin mclaughlin. >> thats right, john. the netherlands is very much a country in mourning of the 280 passengers that were ...

Buckles at half mass. >> tnt i tell you about bumbles? bumbles bounce. >> youre the only human being in the world who would would. >> thank you for the pleasure. >> i understand what happens here. >> public policy polling. ppp. im going to read the questions, miller is going to comment. lee harvey oswald? did he act alone or was there a larger conspiracy? a couple things i couldnt answer id put myself into not sure here. there are things, i still cant answer. >> i think he shot lincoln, garfield...

A couple of gatherings for friends and foreign dignitaries to honor the memory of barrmarg thatcher. she will be cremated at a ceremony today. bells will be silent through out the day and flags are at half mass. >> what a life she led, certainly. you mentioned the issue of security that brings to mind the london marathon is coming up this weekend. what additional precautions are they taking to prepare for that? >> security has been reviewed for that but those in charge yesterday said there will ...

>> eric: the one who stepped foot on the moon. >> bob: of course. >> eric: can you imagine the fear, i mean didnt know what to expect. if i hit this, am i going to fall? its amazing the courage and the guts the guys had. with families, by the way. >> bob: they landed in a rock field that nobody knew was there. going over woul boulders and had landed it. almost ran out of fuel and brought it coun. the famous line, to houston? houston, we landed. >> more importantly, what about the space food and ...

>> eric: the one who stepped foot on the moon. >> bob: of course. >> eric: can you imagine the fear, i mean didnt know what to expect. if i hit this, am i going to fall? its amazing the courage and the guts the guys had. with families, by the way. >> bob: they landed in a rock field that nobody knew was there. going over woul boulders and had landed it. almost ran out of fuel and brought it coun. the famous line, to houston? houston, we landed. >> more importantly, what about the space food and ...

They smell like butterflies. >> kimberly: no, they dont. that is one of those things. by the way, what do you think? christie had the right thing on the flags at half mass? >> eric: i am not going there. i live in new jersey. if you want to fly the flag at half mass, i get it. people are outraged. military families outraged over the hoopla and outraged that christie would lower the flag for native, newark, new jersey. >> dana: you can -- [ overtalk ] >> kimberly: were sliding out of this block. ...

martin frost is a former texas congressman. and connie rice is a civil rights attorney. nice to have you joining us this morning. lots to get to including conversations about whitney houston and i really want to talk about whether it is religious liberty or are we really talking about contraception. first, though, the headlines. christine romans has that for us. good morning. >> good morning, soledad. workplace dispute between two im immigration custom agents went into a shootout. left...

They smell like butterflies. >> kimberly: no, they dont. that is one of those things. by the way, what do you think? christie had the right thing on the flags at half mass? >> eric: i am not going there. i live in new jersey. if you want to fly the flag at half mass, i get it. people are outraged. military families outraged over the hoopla and outraged that christie would lower the flag for native, newark, new jersey. >> dana: you can -- [ overtalk ] >> kimberly: were sliding out of this block. ...

Hitler gassed people. kim jong il killed people through starvation and some ways people died in more misery. >> andrea: i dont think its funny. >> eric: not funny at all. in some estimates a million people died of starvation, forced labor, et cetera. this came out today. secretary general of the u.n. ban ki-moon decided to fly the u.n. flag at half mass in honor of the fallen war leader kim jong il which is a slap in the face to the million of people who died and the south koreans who are petrif...