Yesterday I lost a mentor and close friend. America lost a legend. Dr. John McLaughlin. Host of the 34-year-running television show The McLaughlin Group, John passed away after a battle with cancer.

John McLaughlin is Chief Meteorologist for NewsChannel 8 and joined the KCCI team in 1985. John McLaughlin grew up in Glidden, Iowa, and forecast his first tornado while in junior high school.

Hari Sreenivasan speaks with John McLaughlin, a former deputy director of… McLaughlin was a conservative political commentator and host of the namesake long-running television show that featured ...