a wall of snow and ice buried the base camp. we'll monitor the efforts at nepal and efforts here at home to aid the victims. a call for peace. the white house is sending three people to join the thousands expected to remember the man who died in police custody. all this after a week of protests turned violent over the weekend with looting, smashed windows and damaged police cars. freddie gray's sister makes a powerful plea. >> can y'all please please stop the violence. freddie gray would not like this. a book that claims hillary clinton was influenced by large donations to the clinton foundation. does he have is a smoking gun? >> have you proven quid pro quo? >> i don't think quid pro quo needs to be the standard.

and good monday to you. i'm kristin welker in washington filling in for andrea mitchell. rescue teams in nepal aren't giving up on finding survivors after the devastating earthquake saturday. the escape center of the earthquake was located 50 miles north west of the capital. those numbers are are expected to rise as rescuers reach remote villages outside the city. richard engle is there and filed this report earlier today. >> reporter: officials here tell us any death toll at this stage is an estimate. they're coming to terms with the scale of this disaster. the aftershocks are continuing.

the entire citykathmandu. people try to keep their children fed clean, and away from buildings. the sent secenter of kathmandu is the most popular area. a nine story tower over 150 years old now just a stump. a temple compound that was older reduced to a pile. volunteers dig with their hands. they don't expect to find survivors, just bodies. police have found around 150 of them in this area. she used to come to this same spot. >> why are you here today? >> i used to come every day, sit here. it's my place, my country, my people. >> this is also the height of tourism system. an american visitor captured this of guests huddled in front of the hotel after the

earthquake and aftershocks. >> a huge crowd and aftershocks afterwards. everyone was saying get down get down. >> what's happening on the east slopes of mount everest is far less clear. there were more avalanches sunday. trails and camps swept away. at least three americans have died on the mountain. a few dozen survivors have been rescued. it's unknown how many people are trapped on mount everest. >> reporter: teams are heading to remote parts of nepal that difficult to access under normal circumstances that may be now completely inaccessible. >> moments ago secretary of state john kerry announced the united states is sending $9 million additional in aid to penalpe nepal on top of $1 million

that's been pledged. thank you for being here. >> let's start off by describing this team that has been deployed. tell me how difficult it is going to be for them too reach the people they need to. >> we're sending out a team of search and rescue specialists. those are teams we partner with and trigger a situation like this to support the rescue and search effort. >> we're getting reports that some aid teams are actually turned away at the airport because so many people are trying to get there to help. is your team going to actually land and get to where they need to? >> we've been working closely with the embassy. the airport while not as badly damaged as we initially thought it might be it is not doing

night flights. >> talk to me about their strategy once they land. where do they begin? there's so much devastation. >> this is a well-oiled machine. they will plug into that system once they hit the ground. they will be oriented in very short order to specific sites prioritized for search. >> tell me what the biggest challenge is. we know that the death toll is already staggering expected to rise. one of the reasons for that is that it's been difficult to reach people in some of the most remote areas. >> that's right. the biggest challenges we see now. obviously shelter is one. a t lot of people are camping out in the streets. they're afraid to go back the buildings because of aftershocks. that's a huge priority. we're mobilizeing emergency shelter for 35,000 people we're

in the process of shipping in now. this is going to be a huge challenge. we're working with search and rescue teams and talking to u.s. military about what assets we might be able to bring in. the world food program and other partners have logistics capability. we're working with them. we don't have great visibility yet on areas in kathmandu. close to the epicenter, there's not been a lot of coverage. >> you mentioned aftershocks. i imagine that's one of the big concerns. >> absolutely. >> talk a little about that level of concern. >> big challenge of aftershocks is things that are still standing. we're seeing they're causing avalanches. road routes that are passable may not be. it's making logistics more difficult. >> you talk about the fact so many people want to help but don't know how to. what is your advice for those

sitting at home watching. >> the best way to help is provide monetary donations to reputable relief organization. cidi.org. there are a list of organizations you can help and tips on giving. >> thank you for being here. we appreciate it and good luck to you and your search teams deployed. >> thank you. aaron williams joins me from kathmandu. he's back from surveying the area. ian, how bad is the devastation? >> reporter: i should tell you first kristin we had an aftershock a few moments ago. not a strong one, but it still had people running out onto the streets here. people are still very nerveous. many many spending the night in parks or open spaces because they're too fearful to go back

to their home. today we went to a town which is not far from kathmandu. it sits on the rim of the kathmandu valley. a little bit of altitude. we went there because we wanted to see what had happened outside the city. what we saw were some areas of complete devastation. particularly in the alley ways and lanes near the top of the town where the buildings are very old and fragile. perhaps a kwatquarter of them collapsed. rescue teams were digging through the rubble often with bare hands looking for people they know to be buried there. not optimistic about getting them out alive. at the foot of this village, there was a large burning area a cremation area. there were many funeral piles where people braulthought the dead now.

it was a moving scene. a lot of grief, a lot of shock. at a small hospital nearby they were overwhelmed. the doctors said they had several hundred come through there with broken limbs, head injuries. they were trying to get the more serious ones down to the hospital in kathmandu city. the scene there was one of far more devastation than we have seen here in kathmandu. and aid agencies officials fear that as they go further down the kathmandu valley as they go to places they haven't reached nearer to the epicenter, they're going to find this sort of devastation and the casualty figures seem certain to rise quite significantly kristin. >> and ian, just very quickly. it sounds like the community to the extent they can, the community is coming together to try to help each other. >> they are.

this was one of the remarkable things we saw today. self-help groups. people had cooked meals. in one case huge bowls serving 700 in one square in the old part of town. we also heard tales of incredible bravery, people coming together to clear the debris in the immediate aftermath of the quake. a lot of stories of people helping each other. of course the other side of that. there's been criticism of the pace at which aid is reaching. they said they hadn't received outside help. that was one of the reasons why they were having to come together as a community and help themselves. of course given how much has been destroyed, there are limits as to how far you can go with that before the need for outside help to come. i should point out the airport here was clogged today, congested with planes coming in.

a lot of them carrying aid. it's a challenge to get to outlying areas. back to you. >> ian, incredible reporting on what is a devastating devastating story. thank you so much. >> we want to take a live look from baltimore where thousands have gathered for the funeral of freddie gray. gray died after suffering a spinal cord injury in police custody custody. peaceful protests turned violent over the weekend. we'll take you live after the break. this is kristin welker on "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. stay with us. and prevent plaque, early gum disease and bad breath. sfx: ahhh listerine®. power to your mouth™!

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incredibly difficult day in baltimore as mourners gather at this hour as freddie gray is being laid to rest. baltimore police received a dangerous threat. gray was arrested 15 days ago and died saturday from a fatal spinal injury he received in custody. since then there's been daily protests as the community looks for answers. over the weekend, the riots grew violent. 35 people were arrested including two journalists who were detained. joining me is brian moore and jane miller. thanks to both of you for joining me this afternoon. brian, i want to start with you. this breaking news. we're getting word there's a credible threat against baltimore police. this is coming from gangs in the area. what are you hearing about this? >> reporter: yeah kristin the, ominous disclosure by the baltimore police department.

they say the notorious gangs, crypts bloods and other gangs have made a pact to quote, take police out on the streets. the police department is categorizing this as a credible threat and says officers are taking the appropriate protective actions. not saying what those may be. the department says it's so concerned it's telling other police departments in this area and around the country about this once again what they call a credible threat. >> jane to you. what are you hearing about this threat? what are police departments to brian's point doing to brace themselves? >> well kristin, this is not the first time police departments, not just baltimore but other law enforcement agencies have received information this kind of gang co eslessing is going on.

there was concern saturday with big demonstrations that did end with some trouble. there was some gang related activity involved in it. but you know law enforcement gets information like that all the time. they are -- you know take appropriate steps as necessary. i do know today there's a lot of planning going on in the event we have another day of demonstrations that may go -- start out peacefully but then you get splinter groups that splint per off. it becomes much more antagonistic and destructive which is what happened saturday. there's planning going on making sure the city is prepared. >> freddie gray's family has called for peace. i want to play what his sister said over the weekend and get your reaction on the other side. >> please, please stop the violence. freddie gray would not like this. freddie gray's father and mother does not want this.

violence does not get justice. >> how is the department responding to this powerful call from freddie gray's sister? >> there's no question the local organizers in baltimore all last week were insistent they be peaceful orderly demonstrations. there was growing concern as the week went on when they knew this protest was planned on saturday organized by an outside organization. they were very concern had the that might take a different tone. in fact part of it did. everybody saw the ugly pictures. now of course the concern is that the debate and the discussion that surrounds all of the elements involved in freddie gray's death in police custody have now been distracted from by the destruction of property by the vandalism, confrontations that went on with some protestors that were really

agitated. that's why the city is trying to take a steps now. i can tell you the leadership of the city and in communities -- this is a well-organized city. these are strong organizations in this city. there's a lot of participation from this city. the naacp has a news conference scheduled tomorrow. i assume this is part of the topic. on the local level here in the city of baltimore, there's a real desire to not have a repeat of what happened saturday with ugly pictures. that became the story. that's an impressive showing to that. >> i think that's a great point. brian, to that point, i want to go back to you. you're there outside from freddie gray is laid to rest. set the scene there. how are people coping? >> i was inside a couple of minutes ago. to jane's point, billy murphy,

the family attorney, brought the crowd to its feet to not focus on half of a percent of people that didn't know how to acts. this is a legitimate concern he has. he's calling on people of baltimore to bring down what he calls blue wall of justice, officers protecting officers. you walk inside this service. it's a cathedral here absolutely packed to capacity. people standing room only inside to hear this message. when you walk through the door literally the temperature jumps up about 15 degrees. there's so many packed in there. it's also symbolic of pressure inside of people waiting to see what happens next on the part of demonstrators but more importantly on the part of officials here in baltimore. they're waiting to see whether justice will be done here and what exactly that means. >> jane we are basically out of time. just very quickly update us on

the investigation. do you have a sense of when it's going to be completed? how much urgency is there? >> i can guarantee this is urgency with a capital "u". this is an active investigation. not just the homicide unit but the independently elected in baltimore. this is a 24/7 investigation. no question about that. >> thank you both for your reporting today. appreciate it. a desperate search is going on now in alabama's mobile bay where four sailors are missing after a weekend storm capsized boats participating in a recombatrecomba -- regatta. we'll talk about the clinton political impact next on "andrea mitchell reports." got your back. but who's got your back when you need legal help?

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we had no idea it was going to be that severe that fast. >> unbelievable video. today coast air crews on the bay and in the air are working to find the four still missing after the sailboat regatta was hit by storms that left at least two people dead. here's what the storm looked and sounded like for the men and women caught in the deadly weather event. take a look. joining us now by phone is carlos vega public information officer for the alabama coast guard. thank you for joining me. start off telling me the latest for the search. describe the weather conditions today. are they helping or hurting? they definitely are not helping.

we are aware that the weather conditions could possibly have a severe thunderstorm and scattered showers. we have precautionary methods if it does. we have a current search and rescue effort now. we have two boats on scene. the patrol boat sting ray and 45 foot response boat from coast guard station dauphin island. we have a helicopter crew on scene as well. so far throughout the search we've heavily saturated the mobile bay area searching from the islands and gulf shore, 27 miles south of dauphin island. covering more than 3,000 square miles. >> we know there are four people still missing. is there hope you're going to find survivors? >> well the coast guard only

searches for survivors. there's still hope. we managed to find one of the five that was missing. there's four confirmed missing. the one person was located by a mobile police officer. he called in to report himself unaccounted for. he was found at home. so currently our main priority is trying to find these four missing people. >> talk a little if you will about how this happened. this is the 57th year for this event. certainly they know how to prepare and take the proper precautions. it was my understanding winds got up to 80 miles per hour. >> i'm not sure how this could have happened.

i'm sorry -- i really don't know how this happened. >> and how is the community coming together there? i know this is a difficult time. >> i haven't directly gotten the chance to interact with the community. i've been working here out of the coast guard mobile. my partner in public affairs has been on dauphin island directly dealing with the families. i haven't had the chance to interact with them. >> carlos thank you for your time and information this afternoon. we appreciate it. coming up is there a smoking gun? the conserveative author behind the claims she benefit ed from the state department. is this the only evidence he has? we'll tell you next on "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. ♪ ♪

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let's put it bluntly. are you hoping this book and issues you raise in it torpedo her candidacy? >> this is not motivated to her candidacy. we're interested in transparency. >> peter telling savannah guthrie his new book isn't all about politics but political impact many the past week has been clear giving the republicans new lines of attack against the front runner. joining me michael steele political an insist and anne lewis, senior advisor to hillary clinton in her presidential campaign. michael, i want to start to you. just react. he's essentially saying there's not really a smoking gun but instead a pattern he's detailing in this book. what are broader political implications here? does he have a problem with his argument? >> i think there's a little bit of a problem with the argument as when you throw out so much as

he has in this book that is not substancetiated with facts. a smoking gun that shows hillary clinton traded her office of secretary of state for money. it becomes a problem for hillary obviously. in making a credible argument this is something the clintons have engaged in. you've got to show a pattern of behavior. in some proceedings they may do that. in politics you can't. once you put that narrative out there, it sticks. if it later shows there's no proof and this was unsubstantiated, it becomes a problem in the political process. >> do you think it's irresponsible given there isn't a smoking gun to make these connections. >> he's written a book. the book is going to drive sales. he's on show this is weekend saying well no there isn't proof this is true but i'm looking at

this dot and that dot. i'm making a connection. well that connection may be tenuous for some. >> how quickly or should hillary clinton get out in front of this address the allegations in this book? >> look i think as we saw this weekend and as you showed in your clip earlier, the author himself is doing a pretty good job of showing there's nothing there. he's acknowledged he's got no proof. to one interviewer over the weekend he said there's not a single piece of evidence. he admitted one of the clinton donors in the book he left out the fact this guy sold his shares in the company in 2007 years before hillary clinton became secretary of state. oh yes, he does admit he briefed republican senators on this

book. i think this is a smear job picking up anything and everything he can to throw at hillary clinton. it's not going to stick. >> over the weekend, clinton foundation admitted to mistakes on filing tax returns. i'll read the quote. yes, we made mistakes as many organizations of our size do. but we are acting quickly to remedy them. we're working responsively and effectively to continue the life changing work this is doing everyday. does this suggest is sloppiness? >> for all your viewers. i don't think any of us are accountants. we're going to try to play on tv. there were two mistakes ss they have to change. every dollar was reported. in some cases they were grouped incorrectly. they're refiling to make sure everything is in the same

category. one fact which i did not know is that canada has different rules on contributions. one of the partners to the clinton foundation is a canadian group. in canada if you go through this group, you do not list the individual contributors. that's their rules. the organization was listed not is sub contributor ss. >> is this something candidates are going to focus on. do they go back to benghazi? >> i think all of it. it's all in the soup for this. to be quite frank about it the foundation the clinton enterprise such as it is should have known better. >> hillary clinton didn't wake up six weeks ago and decide to run for president. the reality is they could have taken the steps to avoid some of the sloppiness and avoid the noise they're dealing with now.

it furthers the narrative clintons try to be cute and get away with other stuff no one else does. >> great conversation. we appreciate it. >> peter may not have evidence of hillary clinton intervening to assist donors but he believes a criminal investigation should be on the table. take a listen. >> have you proven quid pro quo? >> i don't think quid pro quo needs to be the standard. is there a pattern behavior and do people believe there was a pay to play arrangement? that's something i cannot matter. i can't look in hillary clinton's mind or her e-mails. the question is what is this pattern is this dough thoracics give lots to the foundation where they pay clinton a lot for a speech. there's benefit for the donor. >> joining me chris and jean.

thanks to both of you. chris, i want to start with you. does this book have legs and last into the general election or do people start to say -- the author himself says there's no smoke gun but instead a pattern. >> i think it's important as you know, the author says we do not have definitive proof of a quid pro quo. obviously if that existed i could make an easy projection this would continue to the general election. i would say broadly -- i would say the idea of the clintons operating by their own rules having too close relationships with donors, i think that wraps in the e-mail questions and server this book the clinton foundation more broadly. i don't think any one story particularly if there is no quid

pro quo. any one story defeats her in a way. it refindminds people of what they don't like about hillary clinton. >> does hillary clinton need to address this directly? >> absolutely. her campaign does. >> does she need to? >> yes. it would be helpful if she came out and said something strong. they are pushing back very hard a right now as a anne made the argument they view this as a political hiccup. one of the ways -- it indirectly helps the republicans that now they are out there taking big money too. so if they can tag her with big money donors it neutralizes the playing field. >> you lead me to my next point which is over the weekend jeb told his super pack donors in florida his organization has raised more money in first 100

days than any republican in modern history. he's still raising money for his pack which is legal. does he create a problem of optics and open himself up for criticism in the future if and when he declares? as a candidate you can't raise through a super pact? >> i think we're going to see complaints filed on the day he announces his candidacy. he more than anyone is sort of pushing the new boundaries here. they're going to try to find out, did he cross them or not? >> chris, over the weekend we heard from former -- i shouldn't say we did. form her president george w. bush spoke in a private setting and criticized obama's foreign policy, something he hasn't done yet. criticizing specifically he's working out a deal with iran and the nuclear problem and said

president obama was wrong to trust iran. does that help or hurt his brother? >> well you know -- you're right first of all, george w. bush whether you liked him or didn't as a president, he's been remarkably quiet and unwilling to criticize his successor. i would say these remarks are sort of neither here nor there in the broader sense. jeb bush's last name is a huge reason why he can tell a bunch of his big donors they're going to raise $100 million by the end of may. it is also going to be a problem not just because of the more negative connotations with his brother george w. bush, but also because i think there's a sense. people i talk to everyday say -- these are not political people not people i'm talking to for a story. people in my life who are non political pay ago a little attention say gah lee another bush and another clinton. it's also going to be an issue

no matter how prominent or not prominent his older brother is. >> chris and jean always appreciate you joining me. >> and the long road to the starting line is over for loretta lynch. just over an hour ago, she was official sworn in as attorney general by biden at the justice department. take a look. >> ladies and gentlemen, it's about time. it's about time this woman is being sworn in. it's about time. [ applause ] >> little bit of humor there from the vice president. attorney general lynch was surrounded by family when the vice president made things official and then thanked president obama and vice president for their support throughout the process. in case you missed it president obama became the the comedian in chief once again for the white house correspondence dinner saturday. take a look. >> yeah after the midterm elections, my advisors asked me mr. president, do you have a bucket list is this i said well

i have something that rimes with bucket list. take executive action on immigration, bucket. [ applause ] >> after six years in office your a approval rating is at 48%. though the only that your gray hair is at 85%. your hair is so white now it can talk back to the police.

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spokesperson for the u.n. world food program. thank you for joining me. i appreciate it. just update me on your efforts there. you obviously have people on the ground. what is their strategy right now? >> these are the early days of course when big emergency operations are messy. we have been on the ground for many many years. just in the last month, we set up humanitarian staging area at the airport in kathmandu for exactly this kind of disaster. we have found that if you put money into preparing for disasters, you save money and time later on. so our storage place at the airport have survived the quake intact. now we are helping the incoming relief planes to off load, release supplies to warehouses and tarmacs so next planes can land. and work with with military

forces from all over the world to make sure that bottleneck at the airport can be avoided if any way at all. we're looking at ways to get relief material in. we're looking to road from india. the humanitarian heroes have been feeding people even before the quake. some colleagues have lost homes and family members. they're sleeping out on the street for safety reasons. now they're gearing up for a big aid operation. >> we know there's so many challenges. terrain is difficult, aftershocksaftershock s s. what is the biggest challenge on the ground? >> to see what we need. we don't know what's happening in the back country. we need to find out what's happening in remote villages and how to reach them. probably we'll use helicopters

for that. in the past, in other quakes in mountain areas, we used mountaineers to bring food to people. we're bringing in high energy biscuits. these keep you alive in a disaster. when people don't have homes ss anymore or scared to go in to cook. we're bringing in these high energy biscuits. a couple of these, and you're set for the day. >> we're almost out of time. quickly tell me your level of concern about aftershocks and also the spread of disease right now. >> that is of course a big one. when i was in the tsunami, we had aftershocks all the time. you lie on your cot in the tent and it's shaking. we worry about more roads getting destroyed, more bridges get destroyed. we see a ones on the street, hospitals overwhelmed.

there's fear of water shortage. if you want to help go and make a small donation. the world needs to come together to help nepal. >> thank you for joining us and all the work you and your teams are doing on the ground there. really appreciate it. the u.s. supreme court weighs same sex marriage this week. pete williams joins us on what to expect. you don't want to miss it. stay with us.

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so which story will make headlines in the next 24 hours? nbc justice correspondent pete williams joins me now. thanks for being here. we are watching the oral arguments at the supreme court whether or not they'll essentially legalize same sex marriage. what will you be watching for in the arguments?

>> if the justices tell us how they'll rule. you can sometimes tell by the questions, not always. sometimes justices ask questions of both sides. all eyes will be on justice kennedy. he's written the three pro gay rights decisions in the supreme court. number two, years ago the federal law that said congress banned the federal government from recognizing same sex marriages were legal, he wrote the decision striking that down. both sides take comfort in a that decision. the states say it's about how the federal government can't trump the states. the gay rights citizens say it's just as wrong for federal government to discriminate as it is for state. >> do you have any indication how they may rule based on past

things that have been said or discussed? >> there are a couple that are interesting to look at. one is last october, the court had the chance to take this issue and decided not to knowing full well that letting these decisions stand in the states where same sex marriage bans were struck down would lead to a lot more thousands of marriages by same sex couples. the courts stood back and let happen. you would think they would have acted then. secondly, since then since bans have been struck down in states. states that have lost came running to the supreme court saying you're going to decide this in spring any way. put this on hold and let us don't have the ban enforced. the state said no. thomas said we owe some difference to the states. we know how this is going to come out. in the state itself will

there's been tales. just suggestive. >> talk about the political a backdrop to this. you have 59% of persons that say they support same sex marriage. 36 states have legalized it. should that matter? does it matter? >> it's legal in 36 states. 11 states voted to legalize by popular vote or legislator. state courts have in five others. in most states it's legal because of federal court rulings. the state is aware of what's going on in the country. >> thank you for breaking it down. >> my pleasure. a special note about andrea. she's honored as one of the 2015 recipients of the matrix award. nbc savannah guthrie is presenting andrea with this prestigious award. no one is more deserving. we want to say a very big

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