in the, namche bazaar will be well known to people who have gone trekking in nepal. it is one of several stone sherpa villages in the area that cater to backpackers. namche bazaar is a place where backpackers will stop they can get food lodging there, buy extra equipment, then continue up through the valley until they eventually will reach everest base camp. it is high altitude. namche bazaar is at 10,000 feet. everything else it goes up from there. there are no roads. tamron, it would be an extremely difficult place to launch any kind of rescue mission. >> all right, richard engel live for us there. >>> developing now, president obama is about to speak at a major summit on poverty at georgetown university. in 2013, the census bureau reported more than 48 million americans were living below the poverty line. according to unicef 1 in 3 children live in poverty in this country. the summit is a three-day event in washington including more than 100 political, religious, and civic leaders. politicians from both sides of the aisle are attending, along with evangelical, cat

this is near namche bazaar. this is near mt. everest. we don't know if there are any deaths or injuries. this all comes as nepal is still struggling to recover from the april earthquake that killed 8,000 and injured 18,000. entire buildings were flattened. the first phase of reconstruction will be $2 billion. >>> the nfl has suspended patriots quarterback tom brady for four games for his role in deflategate. officials say brady was quote at least officially aware that two employees let air out of balls. the league said brady refused to cooperate by refusing to hand over personal e-mails and text messages. here's bob costas. >> i think it's a product both of the behavior and brady's unwillingness to fully cooperate with the nfl which they resented. >> now brady says he will appeal his punishment. the league has also fined the patriots $1 million and the team will lose draft picks during the next two years. at 5:00 a.m. "nbc 10's" vai sikahema will be joining us with a closer look at the significant can't significance of brady's 4 game sus

it was in the high mountains, in the himalayas, not far from a town called namche bazaar namche bazaarthe valley, and, jose it will be well known to people who have gone trekking in nepal, hiking or those who have attempted to climb mt. everest. we're in the region now, where this earthquake took place, a very high elevation, namche bazaar around 10,000 feet. there are no roads whatsoever in this area. it is not a heavily populated place. there are a series of these small sherpa villages where people mostly live from the trekking industry. they sell supplies to backpackers backpackers, they provide lodgings, and it is a stop on the way to everest base camp. it is an almost impossible place to conduct a rescue operation. there's only one airport, it's not very close by. anything that any transportation needs to be done by helicopter there aren't that many helicopters in the area but because it is not nearly as populated as kathmandu, it is not anticipated that you're going to have a death toll in the thousands, in the many thousands, like that earthquake that struck not far from kathman

the epicenter wasn't very far from a town called namche bazaar. we were there just a few days ago.ge, a series of sherpa villages that indicator to trekkers, to mountaineer, the people who go to not only hike in the himalayas, but also try to make their way to every restest base camp and to reach the summit itself. yak herders sherpas who provide services to the mountaineer, no road what is whatsoever. elevation starts at 10,000 people. so extremely difficult area to launch any kind of search and rescue operation. >>> back at home rand paul and ron wagner are threaten to go filibuster a vote to renew spaying pow are's first granted under the bill after 9/11. powers that a federal appeals court ruled i will will he just last illegal just last week. it's designed to push a vote on a bill that is an alternative. i just sat down with mike lee to discuss his view of the constitution and his role in the potential paul or rubio administration and why the way the ns after the currently monitors americans is wrong. >> they collect this on you regardless of whether you have any connection wi

the 7.3-magnitude quake struck the town of namche bazaar, near mount everest. it comes just over two weeks after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake killed more than 8,000 people. in bangladesh, another blogger who supported secularism has been murdered. ananta bijoy dash was reportedly attacked by men wielding sharp weapons. his death marks at least the third killing of a bangladeshi blogger in less than three months. dash wrote for free mind, a website moderated by bangladeshi-american blogger aivjit roy, who was murdered in february. in the united states the senate , is expected to hold a key procedural vote today on a measure to give president obama fast-track authority to negotiate the transpacific partnership, or tpp. the 12-nation pact would encompass 40% of the global economy and is being negotiated in secret. critics say the deal would hurt workers, undermine regulations , and expand corporate power. senate lawmakers who support the deal need 60 votes to begin a full debate. a swedish court has rejected wikileaks' founder julian assange's appeal of an arrest wa

it was near a town called namche bazaar. we were just in namche bazaar. sherpa villages where hikers and trekkers will stop and continue through the kumba valley as they make their way to the mt. everest base camp. a few roads, a small scattered village, yak herders, people who are involved in the mountaineering industry. the death toll is expected to rise but not expected to be in the thousands or many thousands like the earthquake we saw not far from katmandu two weeks ago. still, it is a very difficult, if not impossible region to carry out a rescue effort because it is so remote because it is at such high altitude and because there frankly aren't roads or medical facilities in the area. >> now also because it was already so severely damaged. 7.3 magnitude quake hitting again in nepal. richard engel, thank you very much. >>> good morning, everyone. joe, willey and i are here along with mike barnicle we have julie pace joining us from the associated press. we'll get back to foreign news. but first, willie i'll let you take the top story. we have great h

>> it's a town called namche bazaar and the exspa dishensbg exspa dishens, they are worried about the epicenter, and we have gotten accounts while people are frightened and people living outdoors and out into the open because they are afraid to go in their houses the initial reports are not of terrible loss of life again, and the sun is about to set in nepal, and a lot will depend on the next 12 to 24 hours. >> thanks so much for that. >>> for more information on how you can help the victims of the nepal quake, go to cnn cnn.com/impact. >>> among 13 officers that fired shots, so why he is the only one facing the severe sentence? we will talk with the leader of a group supporting the officer. i've smoked a lot and quit a lot but ended up nowhere. now i use this. the nicoderm cq patch, with unique extended release technology helps prevent the urge to smoke all day. i want this time to be my last time. that's why i choose nicoderm cq. >>> officers should still be held responsible for their actions, and the only way to do that in this case to hold the defendant responsible for his actions