i'm poppy harlow joining you from new york. >>> you know what that music means. we're talking politics. it is official. hillary clinton is running for president. the former first lady u.s. senator, and secretary of state has just announced her 2016 plans in this video released on social media. >> i'm running for president. americans have fought their way back but the deck is still stacked in favor of those at the top. everyday americans need a champion. i want to be that champion so you can do more than just get by. you can get ahead and stay ahead, because when families are strong, america is strong. so i'm hitting the road to earn your vote. because it's your time and i hope you'll join me on this journey. >> that is part of about a two-minute video just released a few hours ago. even though she is the first democrat to officially announce hillary clinton joins a lengthy list of possible 2016 contenders. here is who has already officially in the race. republicans ted chris and rand paul have announced their running, eight oth

poppy harlow joining you from new york. >>> you know what that music means.olitics. it is official. hillary clinton is running for president. the former first lady u.s. senator, and secretary of state has just announced her 2016 plans in this video released on social media.

poppy harlow is in the newsroom with the very latest? >> people who survived the initial shock, the ground shook and rolled violently for roughly a minute knocking down buildings burying people inside. the death toll very early now stands at more than 1450 people. officials say it is the most destructive earthquake to hit nepal in more than 80 years. on the phone with me from kathmandu melody sleever. she's in nepal with an international reporting project, a group of reporters from john hopkins university. melody, thank you for being with me. i'm glad you are okay. is everyone who was traveling with you already all right? >> reporter: yes. thankfully, everyone is just fine. we really lucked out. >> i'm glad to hear that. can you tell me what you went through, what it was like. >> reporter: yeah. i was walking across the lobby of the hotel. i was actually about to get on the elevator thank goodness i didn't get on it or else i would have been struck there. the floor just began rocking very violently. ways sort of thrown toward a pillar. m

i am poppy harlow in today for carol costello. it's 9:00 here on the east coast. good morning, and we begin with a city on edge. baltimore bracing for more protests in the angry demand for answers. protesters calling for transparency in the death of freddy gray a 25-year-old man detained under murky circumstances and suffering a fatal spinal cord injury before arriving at the jail and new cell phone adding new questions. this shows the police van stopped less than a block away from where gray was arrested and it may be the last time he was seen before the fatal injury. suzanne malveaux joins me this morning with the latest. what do we know at this point, suzanne? >> reporter: the protests have grown day by day, and we expect a rally where freddy gray was first apprehended, and then at 3:00 we expect thousands of people to be here outside city hall, the pastor as well as the mother and stepfather of freddy gray all of them asking the question of what happened to that young man just a week ago. protests continuing into the night in baltimore. after another tense sta

much more straight ahead in the newsroom with poppy harlow. >>> good evening, everyone i'm poppy harlow us from new york. we begin with the earthquake that was a tragedy and now the aftershocks are making even worse. this is nepal, the capital city kathmandu. this man is one of the lucky ones. he is alive, rescued from the building that collapsed right around him. aftershocks nearly as powerful as the initial quake. they have been rattling the country, making rescue work even more dangerous. survival stories are a relief but the death toll is incredibly high and it is rising. as of now, more than 2500 people in nepal, india and china are dead. those injured double that number. and it happened mid-saturday, a 7.8-ma magnitude earthquake center in land

i'm poppy harlow with you this afternoon from new york. this just into us at cnn. tulza, oklahoma where an armed reserve deputy shot and killed a man earlier this month. so far the sheriff's department had not been able to provide the paperwork that showed that this reserve deputy or volunteer police officer was properly trained, had all of the hours that he needed to be able to be on the streets policing with a gun. well hour ed lavandera is in tulsa. he has just obtained some of those training documents, 64 pages worth from the attorney that is not representing robert bates. ed are you with me? >> reporter: i am poppy. as you mentioned, 64 pages worth of documents and this is the most detailed picture we've got goten so far of robert bates' training background. this is information that has been requested of the sheriff's department in tulsa since just after the shooting. the sheriff's department citing investigatory reasons for not releasing them. now clearly the attorneys for robert bates going on the offensive here in starting to provide a lot of the documentat

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poppy harlow up next. you're in the cnn newsroom i'm poppy harlow joining me from new york. we begin this hour with very dangerous weather wreaking havoc for millions of americans, the threat is far from over. severe storms stretching from texas to the carolinas bringing damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes this a day after a circus act in texas had to end early when a strong storm hit, hail the size of baseballs forcing those crowds to quickly evacuate the tent. >> [ bleep ]. >> come here baby. >> somehow, that tent did not collapse. luckily no one was injured. and then in colorado lightning forced some denver-bound planes to reroute to colorado springs and land there. some of those passengers were left sitting on the tarmac for six hours. in neighboring wyoming blizzard companies caused a human pileup on interstate 80 blizzard

i'm poppy harlow. have a great easter sunday.ac -- www.vitac.com >>> an ancient burial box inscribed with the name james son of joseph brother of jesus. a box that might actually be a connection to jesus christ himself but who was his brother james? >> the gospels are very clear that jesus had siblings. >> from doubter. >> can you imagine if your brother said i'm the son of god. >> to leader. >> james ran the whole show in jerusalem. >> but why has james been lost to histor

i'm poppy harlow joining you from new york. it is official, hillary clinton is running for president. former senator and secretary of state has announced her 2016 plans in a video released on social media. >> everyday americans need a champion and i want to be that champion so you can do more than just get by. you can get ahead and stay ahead because when families are strong, america is strong. ♪ ♪ >> so i'm hitting the road to earn your vote because it's your time and i hope you'll join me on this journey. >> but even before clinton's announcement today, republicans were on the attack. here senator rand paul. >> what path will america take? will it be a path to the past? a road to yesterday to a place we've been to before? hillary clinton represents the worst of the washington machine, the arrogance of power, corruption and cover-up conflicts of interest and failed leadership with tragic consequences. >> that is from a website liberty, not hillary that rand paul set up and it just went live this morning. jeb bush also not wast

i'm poppy harlow in new york. we begin with president obama and raul castro meeting right now. certainly a historic moment. this informal hello if you will follows an apology of sorts earlier today from castro to the president. making his first appearance at the summit, he used the occasion to really lecture the assembly on what cuba has been dealing with for more than 50 years. his rhetoric grew heated. afterwards though he said this. >> translator: so it is fair that i apologize to president obama, but i am one of those who thinks, and i have told this to several heads of state and government that i see around this table now, i have told them in private meetings that i have had with them in my country, i have told them that in my opinion president obama is an honest man. >> our rosa flores is covering this story for us in panama city. she joins me now. what a stunning moment when you had him say, look, what you and other countries, the united states have done to cuba is

i'm poppy harlow with you. we begin with this shocking story. the fbi made a startling admission, it is about crime scene evidence and how some of it was used to send people to prison and to death row for more than 20 years in a report published this weekend in the "washington post," the justice department admits that almost every fbi hair expert that took the stand in a courtroom over a long period of time maybe gave the wrong information. flawed forensic testimony that helped prosecutors, and some those trials ended with the death penalty. take a look at this. this is a quote from the "washington post." it reads, "fbi experts systemically testified to the near certainty of matches of crime scene hairs to defendants backing their claims by citing incomplete or misleading statistics drawn from their casework. in reality, there is no accepted research on how often hair from different people may appear the same." jonathan gilli a,am former fbi special agent. also joining me in los angeles, criminal defense attorney brian, and tom fuentes, former f

i'm poppy harlow in new york. have a great night and a good week. calling 844-824-2424. or visit your24info.com. >>> mary magdalene. the woman tradition calls a sinner but who becomes the most devoted follower of jesus. >> i see mary magdalene as one of the most compelling figures in the entire gospel. >>

all the glitz, glamour and jokes start at 7:00 with poppy harlow only on cnn. >>> well the speculation is over. last night former u.s. olympian turned reality tv star bruce jenner revealed to the world that he's transitioning to a woman. here's part of his emotional interview with diane sawyer. >> we see the -- you see what? >> a confused person running away from who i was. >> with fear? >> big-time fear yeah yeah. scared to death. didn't know what my future held at that time. >> help everybody struggling with what this is. >> that is me. that is her. >> jenner says he will decide later whether to have sex reassignment surgery, but that -- this is the last interview he will do as bruce. jenner watched the interview with members of his family including ex-wife kris jenner who had been largely supportive. >>> bruce jenner has no doubt already experienced a roller coaster of emotions all in front of a national audience. someone who may be able to relate zoe turk. for three decades he flew a helicopter in the skies over los angeles capturing some of the most dramatic news stories from the

. ♪ >>> 3:00 eastern here in the cnn news room, i'm poppy harlow. with us beginning with this, the world again hearing from a brutal terrorist organization claims responsibility for a massacre on college campus in kenya. al shabab based in somalia, but has a history of violent attacks outside that country. today, the group promised more bloodshed in kenya, just two days after 147 people, mostly christians and mostly students, were gunned down on a university campus. four of the terrorists were killed. police arrested five others believed to be conct

cnn's poppy harlow is on the streets of philadelphia for us joining us live. what's it like there, poppy? >> reporter: what it is is a very vocal, as you can hear, but very peaceful protest. the police here tweeting at least 600 people have descended here on city hall right at 15th and market right in the middle. pan out to see what we're talking about here. again, gathering of people of all ages all races, coming together and telling me wolf, this is about a lot more than freddie gray. one young woman angela telling me this is about equal treatment for all people of all races, under the law, and saying they want answers about freddie gray, but they want answers about a number of different african-american men they believe were unjustly killed in police custody. i did have a chance to speak with the police inspector here one of the top guys in it's police force who told me we know this is going to be peaceful. the city has a long history of peaceful protests we're prepared for whatever happens, there are marchers in another location but told me this, wolf. prot

i'm poppy harlow. stick with us for d.c.'s most glamorous night of the year. tonight hollywood's hottest celebrities are sharing the spotlight with washington, d.c.'s biggest star. >> hello, mr. president. >> we're giving you a vip invitation to the most exclusive party of the year in the nation's capital. >> so you're partying. i was impressed. >> join a-list celebrities and hollywood stars as they wine and dine with america's power players. >> it's sort of the clash of hollywood and politics. what am i going to regret i said tomorrow morning? >> it's a nice of all-out glamour and lots of laughs with snl's cecily strong headlining the night. >> it's sort of known as a tough room. >> but the best punch lines may come from the president as he pokes fun at the top names. >> the house of republicans actually gives john boehner a harder time than they give me. which means orange really is the new black. >> now the red carpet is out for a star-studded celebration. this is cnn's coverage of the white house c

. ♪ ♪ >>> 3:00 eastern here in the cnn news room i'm poppy harlow.nk you for being with us beginning with this, the world again hearing from a brutal terrorist organization claims responsibility for a massacre on college campus in kenya. al shabab based in somalia, but has a history of violent attacks outside that country. today, the group promised more bloodshed in kenya, just two days after 147 people mostly christians and mostly students were gunned down on a university campus. four of the terrorists were killed. police arrested five others believed to be connected to the attack and shooters separated muslims from nonmuslims and proceeded to kill as many as the nonmuslims as they could. kenya's president called them an existential threat and vowed to continue to fight terrorism today on national television saying quote, our forefathers bled and died for the nation, and we'll do everything to defend our way of life. today, a survival of that horrific attack on campus told cnn how she hid when the attack started and stayed there for two days. >> and

i'm poppy harlow. have a great easter sunday. have a great week. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> an ancient burial box inscribed with the name james, son of joseph, brother of jesus. a box that might actually be a connection to jesus christ himself but who was his brother james? >> the gospels are very clear that jesus had siblings. >> from doubter. >> can you imagine if your brother said i'm the son of god. >> to leader. >> james ran the whole show in jerusalem. >> but why has james been lost to history? >> james really is the forgotten man. embroiled in one of the longest forgery trials ever. could this box be the first physical evidence of jesus and his secret brother james? ♪ ♪ ♪ >> fall 2002. the royal ontario museum in toronto, canada, opens its doors to what may be the most significant discovery ever in biblical archaeology. ♪ ♪ a lime stone burial box known as ans an ossuary. on its side, in arumaec. james, son of joseph, brother of jesus. >> it came just as we crossed the millennium threshold. we'd had the y2k

poppy harlow is out front in philadelphia. poppy, what are you seeing right now?er: we're seeing this big crowd. police said at least 600 strong. looks bigger now. they've been marching for an hour and a half. but i want to show you the police. this is what we've been seeing as well. is real strong police force but they have been allowing these protesters to protest. there have been absolutely no clashes between protesters and the police at all. i spoke with the chief information officer for the philadelphia police who said to me this is going to be a very loud a very large and a very lawful protest. these are people that need to be heard. and our job as police in this city is to protect them and their right to vocalize what they need to say. he said protesters are citizens not suspects and that is how we're going to treat them. so what we've continued to see is very peaceful protests. a mother who brought her daughter her telling me i am bringing my daughter and i'm here because i believe this is bigger than freddie gray. this is about a lack of economic opportun

all the glamour and jokes start at 7:00 with poppy harlow.re on cnn. >>> let's talk more politics now. ben ferguson and mark hill are back with me. so hillary clinton is already soaking up the spotlight among democratic presidential hopefuls but she's facing questions about money donated to the clinton family foundation by foreign governments at the same time she served as u.s. secretary of state. now clinton has not addressed claims in a new book that the donations were designed to influence u.s. policy but her spokesman called the reports utterly baseless. this is obviously on top of this private e-mail controversy that hillary had to g through as secretary of state. mark let's start with you. do you think the allegations are going to haunt hillary? >> i think everything hillary clinton does will haunt her. the bur ree toe bowl will also haunt her next year. people are look for excuses to bug out on the clintons. it's unfortunate. there are plenty of reasons not to like the clintons. i wish they would use the legitimate ones instead of drud

now the ceo told poppy harlow said several employees asked for transfers.is supplying relocation packages. >> i just got an e-mail from another employee who said, look i don't feel comfortable living in this state. you have to move me out. i gave him a $50,000 relocation package and said great. you are clear to go. >> a $50,000 relocation package. putting your money where your mouth is. he says the law has cost the state tens of millions of dollars. that could grow to hundreds of millions of dollars if nothing changes. >> that is something. thanks alison. >>> we are following breaking news. hundreds of prisoners linked to al qaeda escape prison in yemen. >>> gunmen storm a university in kenya. a hostage situation. we are told that terrorists are cornered. all of the developments after the break. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> breaking news this morning. 200 al qaeda linked prisoners escaping in yemen. we are live with that story. >>> also breaking this morning, gunmen storming a university in kenya. gunshots going off like fireworks. live with

. >> and joining me now to talk about the good, the bad and the ugly is poppy harlow who will be leadingturday night's dinner comedian cecily strong. is she nervous? this is a tough gig. >> it's incredibly tough gig. i think she's a little nervous to stand next to the leader of the free world and point some jokes at him and others. if she's nervous, she wears it very well. >> people are angry, seth. society is angry. and sometimes it's not angry enough. open your eyes people. war, hunger diseases it's like pick one. >> hosting the white house correspondent's dinner is a job some have turned down. it's a job of awkward moments. >> the launch of healthcare.gov was a disaster. >> and biting words. >> i believe the government that governs best is the government that governs least and by these standards we've set up a fabulous government in iraq. >> you said some people encouraged you not to do this? >> uh-huh. >> why? >> no eoffense. it's sort of known as a tough room. when it was made public people were like congratulations and i think i would go like uh-huh thank you. >> let's face it fox.

i'm poppy harlow live in new york. we'll get back to carol in just a moment.thquake and avalanche. we have dramatic video of a rescue of a man trapped in that rubble for four days. it is incredible. it's remarkable that he made it out alive. for many others the situation remains perilous. you can see how bad the devastation is. these are drone images shot over the capital of nepal, kathmandu. the death toll is expected to go higher. torrential rains triggered landslides north of the capital. 200 people now feared missing from one of those landslides. our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta joins me from kathmandu. you have seen it all first hand. unicef is saying a million children there need help but amid all of the chaos, all of the death, there are some miracles. >> reporter: there really are. i think unicef has now upped that number to 1.7 million children. this is a young country. a lot of young children. children under the age of five that need help and special nutrition. there are remarkable recoveries. a 4-month-old baby, i don't know if saw t

more with poppy harlow. >>> hi everyone thanks for joining me. it's 5:00.rayer from the lead or of the catholic church plea for peace in every corner of the world. pope pranfrancis mentioned the conflict in his easter sermon, nuclear nuclearia deal with iran sudan, the horrific college massacre by extremists in kenya. >> we ask peace above all for beloved syria, iraq, that the roar of arms may cease and that peaceful relations may be

i'm poppy harlow in new york.with news. president obama expected to hold a news conference any moment as he prepares to leave the summit of the americas being held in panama. it has already been full of historic firsts as the u.s. and cuba officially work towards burying the cold war hatchet. a short time ago when the two men sat down for an informal one-on-one talk you're seeing it right there, we're going to talk about what was said. this was castro's first appearance at the event. for many years he and the former leader of cuba have not been invited. castro used the occasion to lecture the assembly on the long list of grievances cuba has with the united states. among them he said the u.s. holds onto that naval base at guantanamo bay without any legal right. he also said 77% of the cuban population grew up under the economic hardships of u.s.-imposed embargoes of goods and trade. he also referred back to the failed cia mission at the bay of pigs in 1961. he called the people involved bandits. but then this was j

i'm poppy harlow joining you from new york this morning.in baltimore in just a moment. we want to update you on the latest on how nepal is coping after that devastating earthquake. the number of confirmed deaths is now at 5,031. about 10,000 people are believed to be injured as well. a drone shot this footage right outside the capital of kathmandu. you can see how much is flattened there. 200 people are now missing after the heavy rains triggered landslides just north of the capital. cnn senior international correspondent arwa damon joins me now. a mountainside village was almost entirely destroyed from the earthquake. as i understand it you're about 15 miles from where the epicenter was. how hard is it to get there and to get aid to the people that need it most there? >> reporter: poppy, we left the capital about eight hours ago. we had to stop because night fell and so the last four hours we've been driving on mud and dirt roads. very very slow going. we're right now camped out next to a grocery store. about three miles from where we're b

i'm poppy harlow. thanks for being with me tonight. smerconish is next. >>> i'm michael smerconish. welcome to the program. the battle between religious rights and gay rights exploded this week. and in an attempt to quiet the uproar the governors of arkansas and indiana signed fixed versions of their state's religious freedom laws. potential 2016 presidential candidate and ordained baptist minister mike huckabee is taking a hard stance on the issue saying the gay community won't rest until, quote, there are no more churches. governor huckabee thanks for being here and happy easter. >> michael, great to be with you. thank you very much. happy easter to you. >> thank you, sir. so the question of the week -- should the baker have to bake the cake for the gay couple? >> well i think the question is really whether or not a person of conscience is able to say no to something. this is not about discrimination. it's about discretion. the fact is if the baker said no you can't come into my shop you can't eat a cupcake, i'm not going to serve you a doughnut that's discrimination. but if the b

lesbians and you don't think that sis the case, but i want you to listen to this, because this is poppy harlow who got an interview with warren buffett and what he has to say about the indiana law. >> reporter: the governor of indiana mike pence says he will move to fix the law, and not discriminate against anyone but however, when he was asked about the weekend if asked to add sexual orientation as a protected class in the state of indiana he said that it is not something that he is working towards right now. what should be done to fix this? >> i am so suspicious. i think that if people can exercise discrimination based on sexual orientation, then it is wrong. i dont noe't know how the law reads exactly, so i don't know what words you would change, but when you get through it and the dust settles, and if you can read the law and you can discriminate based on sexual orientation, then i would say that somebody better do something as it. >> should sexual orientation be added as a protected class in the state of indiana? >> generally, yes. they are entitled to equal rights and equal acceptance. 0

he told our poppy harlow the legislation is wrong. >> the governor of indiana, mike pence, has said this week that he will fix the law, that he will move to make sure that it does not discriminate against anyone. however, when he was asked over the weekend whether he would add sexual orientation, be in favor of adding sexual orientation as a protected class in indiana, he said that is not something that he's working towards right now. what should be done to fix this? >> well i think if people can exercise discrimination based on sexual orientation, then it's wrong. i don't know how the law reads exactly, so i don't know what words you would change. but when you get all through, when the dust settles, if you read the law and you can discriminate against people based on sexual orientation, i would say that somebody better do something about it. >> do you think sexual orientation to be added as a protected class in the state of indiana? >> i think generally, yeah the answer is i think they are entitled to equal rights and equal acceptance 100%. in the eyes of the law. >> it's so interesting

. >>> good evening, everyone i'm poppy harlow joining us from new york. we begin with the earthquake that was a tragedy and now the aftershocks are making even worse. this is nepal, the capital city kathmandu. this man is one of the lucky ones. he is alive, rescued from the building that collapsed right around him. aftershocks nearly as powerful as the initial quake. they have been rattling the country, making rescue work even more dangerous. survival stories are a relief but the death toll is incredibly high and it is rising. as of now, more than 2500 people in nepal, india and china are dead. those injured double that number. and it happened mid-saturday, a 7.8-ma magnitude earthquake center in land-locked nepal it shook the ground far into india, far into china and across the towering himalayian mountain range. back in the city nearly surviving is just one hurdle. finding medical care shelter, food and water is another. thousands of families their homes destroyed, are spending a second night out in the open air. and kathmandu's hospitals are overflowin

i want to bring in cnn's poppy harlow. governors and legislators are one thing.usinesses changes the metric for everything. >> every governor of every state wants big business to operate and headquarters in that state. >> and not leave. >> nike say they oppose this, it's bad for business. walmart coming out against the arkansas law. you name a big business, starbucks, eli lily, they are speaking out about this. i sat down in new york last night with warren buffett whose berkshire hathaway owns 70-plus different businesses that operate all of them in indiana, some of them are headquartered in indiana. i asked him what he makes of the law. and he said he hadn't read the fine print but he knows all about it. he said, to the extent it could in any way be prejudicial to gays or lesbians, he opposes it. here's more. the governor of indiana, mike pence, said this week he will fix the law, that he will move to make sure that it does not discriminate against anyone. however, when he was asked over the weekend whether he would add sexual orientation, be in favor of adding

let's go to cnn's poppy harlow in the great city of philadelphia where a demonstration just started. out this rally, poppy. >> reporter: right, jake. i mean via social media, they're expecting about 2,000 people here at city hall 15th and market street right in the heart of philadelphia. we know police have tweeted there are 500 people here so far. it has just gotten under way. expected to grow. about 100 people in another location are marching. talking to people here about why they're marching and they say this is not just about baltimore. this is not just about freddie gray. this is about a national problem. one girl i just spoke with a young woman named angela told me this is about police ignoring the cry for treating everyone equally. she said we want answers, and we want them now. there is a sense here that they're not getting answers. i know the process takes time, but they want answers from baltimore and they say nationwide they're seeing this happen. i did have an interesting conversation jake with a chief inspector of the philadelphia police here. joe sullivan. here's what he

you got to take in all of the stuff that's out there, but you don't digest it. >> reggie, it's poppy harlowrk. >> hey, poppy. >> joining the party from afar. i wanted you to look at these videos, because we know you're pretty good at shooting hoops and we know the president likes to shoot hoops. so here's the first video released by the white house. >> i better be not getting my shot blocked. >> shocking, nothing but net ore and over again. so he makes every shot. and there he makes another. but reggie, here's the video where he's open to the press. >> we don't actually have the video, poppy. >> sounds awesome. >> so we need an accurate description of it. [ laughter ] >> this next video, he made 2 of 22 when it wasn't edited by the white house. so how good actually, a, on a funny note, was the president at basketball and b, how many times did videos like this that you released get edited to make everything look kind of perfect? >> oh, come on, there's no fooling the media. one, the president is a very good basketball player. he probably can't keep up with lebron james, but i'm pretty sure h

i'm poppy harlow in new york. >>> i'm michael smerconish. welcome to the program. campaign 2016 is already heating up. and right now new hampshire is the place to be. all the gop heavy hitters, 19 to be exact, are in town for the first in the nation republican leadership summit. jeb, marco, rand, they're all there. it's the first can't-miss event for the 2016 republican field, and there's no doubt several hot button political issues are on the table that could help decide who'll punch that gop ticket. let's dig right into it. joining me now is "the new york times" national correspondent jonathan martin and republican strategist and cnn political commentator kevin madden. so jonathan, when there are 19 names in the hat, who benefits? is it he or she with the strongest name recognition? >> i think it's who delivers the best speech, michael. it's not that complicated. yes, there's a lot of folks here. but the activists who are in attendance are not at their first rodeo. this is new hampshire. they're professionals. they know what they're looking for, and, when they're

poppy harlow joining you live in new york. we begin with breaking news from overseas. the number of people dead and injured in the hours since the huge earthquake that hit nepal is already staggering and expected to rise significantly. heart of the disaster is the city of 3 million people kathmandu. almost 2,500 people are believed dead in nepal, alone. more fatalities in india, china. even people on the side of mt. everest were not safe. >> [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> that is what it felt like to be inside of this. at least 17 climbers dead at the base camp when the earthquake triggered massive avalanches. it is the start of climbing season there. about 1,000 people were on the mountain when it started to shake. the initial earthquake was enormous. it measured a 7.8 magnitude and throughout the night and today, survivors have reported feeling more very powerful aftershocks. our team has just arrived in nepal. we're joined now from the capital of kathmandu where it's before 4:00 in the morning. if you can hear me what are you se

i'm poppy harlow in new york. this is our special live coverage as we await the president, president obama expected to hold a news conference any moment as he prepares to leave the summit of the americas in panama on a very historic day for this country. it has already been full of historic firsts as the u.s. and cuba move to bury the cold war hatchet pap short time ago the two presidents sat down for an informal 12 minute, one-on-one discussion. this was raul castro's first appearance at the summit of americas and he used his time to lecture many countries and their leaders of a long list of grievances that cuba has with the united states among them he said the u.s. holds on to that naval base in guantanamo bay without any legal right. he also said 77% of the cuban population grew up under the economic hardships of the u.s.-imposed embargo on goods and trade. and he referred back to the failed cia policy at the bay of pigs in april 1961. he called the people involved bandits. but after that this is what has every

i'm poppy harlow with you this afternoon from new york. this just into us at cnn.this month. so far the sheriff's department had not been able to provide the paperwork that showed that this reserve deputy or volunteer police officer was properly trained, had all of the hours that he needed to be able to be on the streets policing with a gun. well hour ed lavandera is in tulsa. he has just obtained some of those training documents, 64 pages worth from the attorney that is not representing robert bates. ed are you with

morning, and welcome to your "new day," and it's 8:00 in the east, and alison and miki are off, and poppy harlowrting supervisors were told to falsify the training records of robert bates. that's the 73-year-old reserve deputy charged with manslaughter for the shooting death of an unarmed man fleeing from police. >> cnn obtained the training records as the tulsa sheriff's office puts its entire deputy program under a close eye, under scrutiny. let's begin our coverage with brian young who is tracking the details for us. this is a big shift with the whole program under review. >> good morning, poppy. a lot of questions about this case and in fact we talked about this just yesterday, the idea roberts bates donated so much five cars and money to the re-election campaign, and the training hours are what are under question right now, and "tulsa world" are reporting that some supervisors were told to falsify the training records for bates, and they report there were supervisors reassigned after refusing to sign the training documents and the report does not say who asked the supervisors to falsify the

it's time for "newsroom" for poppy harlow in for carol costello. >> that is my favorite part of the showents in the streets. streets in baltimore compared to a lynch mob by the police union. they want to know how did freddy gray die in police custody. >>> another embarrassment for the secret service. does it take 14 months to fix the alarm system at the home of a former president? >>> and