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Out to foreign counterparts as he continues to stay updated on this investigation. alex. >> thank you so much for that. >> thank you. >> the 298 people on board that flight came from 12 nations, the most from the netherlands with at least 192 dutch citizens. katie is there where the flight departed. katie, with a good morning. talk about how the community is dealing with this tragedy. >> well, it's been really hard for them. especially since a number of o dutch passengers just continues to rise. to put it in a little bit of perspective. in terms of loss of life compared to population size, thi...

>> nbc's katie turess in amsterdam with more. >> all the questions surrounding what's going to happen with the remains. family members, loved ones, wondering when and how they'll be able to get the remains of their loved ones so they can bury them, remember them. this country is in a state of shock. this country is in mourning right now. the majority of the passengers were dutch. now at least 192 out of the 298 on board. to put it into some perspective, in terms of population size, that's now on a scale similar to 9/11. and this country is really reeling over it. you're seeing memorials pop up...

Been moving back and forth. and more importantly, the sunni population in iraq has had a growing list of grievances over the last several years against the shia-dominated government in baghdad and have been protesting, mostly peaceful. but now in the last several months it's becoming more militant. when you look at the population size, it is a sizable part of the country, about one-third of iraq is sunni, but not all of the sunni population is supporting this militant insurgency. some of it is still very much in line with the iraqi government, so we're seeing fracturing within the sunni commun...

When you look at the indicators of power such as economy, population size, military spending and technology, asia is set to be larger than north america and europe combined. >> the rapid rise of other countries, and above all, the spectacular rise of asian economies is dramatically altering the context in which u.s. global power will operate. >> shepard: the report notes that the u.s. is likely to remain a major global player on the global stage because of how it's able to pull together coalitions to tackle global problems. today was pposed to be the start of the window in which north hey wo...

Anemic. our population size, we've had, it was a record low birth rate last year. people are not feeling that optimistic. military spending, they want you to spend more to think you will be more of a superpower. we're not spending as much. technological investment we're trying there. are these really criteria that make a superpower? >> they are some of them but i think you also have to look at what the report says about other countries and their projections forward are close to being straight lines from what they have seen in the recent past and i think that is very treacherous. take india whi...