s ve lost their homes, their family, their friends. i feel like i would like to use this experience to bring and raise awareness to nepal and the tragedy that has happened here to all these people. >> that's all for this edition of "dateline." i'm lester holt. thanks for joining us. thanks for joining us. this sunday, the new front-runner in iowa. ben carson surges ahead of the pack, shocking the pundits and getting under donald trump's skin. >> i'm presbyterian. i mean, seventh day adventist, i don't know about. >> my sit-down with ben carson, who isn't holding back. >> if people canme up with a reasonable explanation of why they would like to kill a baby, i'll listen. >>>>>plus, did republicans fumble their moment at that benghazi hearing. >> i don't know what y'all were doing thursday. i had a rough thursday. [ laughter ] >> we'll talk to the leading figures on that committee, republican trey gowdy and >>> and clinton'sig week. the democratic debate won, joe biden, out, the benghazi hearing over. the ten days that may have vaulted hillary clinton to the democratic nomination. >> it's been quite a week, hasn't it? >>> and joining me

know that buildings didn't really collapse in the big cities,s and perhaps that's why this earthquake may not be as severe as, for example, nepal'sn. >> and at this early stage, most of the deaths are in pakistan and afghanistan. what is the aid and recovery plan so far? has anything been offered up just yet? >> reporter: a lot has been offered up. india's prime minister offered going to help pakistan and afghanistan. even though they're often seen as enemies, both have a history of offering help to each other in times of nap rtural calamiti. he also said he spoke with his counter parts in both places and offered help. but today when we spoke with a national relief authority, they said no requests have been made yet so india is just standing by. it hasn't activated any help to either country. the damage on india's side of the border is limited. we heard there were power outages but power is back. only one person is reported dead in india. india is stopping by to help, but it hasn't been offered so far. >> an important time for nations to work together, and we'll get a better sense of the damage there in the next day. live in new