nbc's richard engle is in kathmandu. communications even by satellite have been very difficult today and tonight. so we've asked richard to file this tonight from his reporting today. >> reporter: rachel what's amazing about this story, even three days after this earthquake when we speak to medical officials, military officials, they have no idea of the scale of the problem. they are all concerned that they are going to eventually reach some village or town that has been cut off because the roads are blocked, because it's inaccessible because of avalanches or landslides, and they're going to find that the town is destroyed and all the people killed. so they are very cautious about the death toll. now they talk about 4,000. but they are very worried that in the coming days, as they learn more that the number could rise dramatically. this is the moment nepal was brought to its knees. the quake left thousands dead and much of this already poor country without power. short of clean water. centuries-old temples fell. here in k

nbc's richard engle is in kathmandu. communications even by satellite have been very difficult today and tonight. so we've asked richard to file this tonight from his reporting today. >> reporter: rachel, what's amazing about this story, even three days after this earthquake when we speak to medical officials, military officials, they have no idea of the scale of the problem. they are all concerned that they are going to eventually reach some village or town that has been cut off because the roads are blocked, because it's inaccessible because of avalanches or landslides, and they're going to find that the town is destroyed and all the people killed. so they are very cautious about the death toll. now they talk about 4,000. but they are very worried that in the coming days, as they learn more, that the number could rise dramatically. this is the moment nepal was brought to its knees. the quake left thousands dead and much of this already poor country without power. short of clean water. centuries-old temples fell. here i

our chief foreign correspondent richard engle has more for us. >> reporter: the yarmouk refugee camp in damascus, or what's left of it, blockaded and bombed back to the stone age, punishment for those that rose up and demanded democracy. no power, no food or water let in two years as the u.n. describes conditions as beyond inhumane. and now, it's gotten even worse. isis moved in earlier this month, releasing this video, claiming to show how they've pushed out local rebels and taken over. the u.n. has now launched a hashtag campaign, #saveyarmouk. its website shows residents burning clothing and furniture to stay warm. this week the security council met. it is said it has become a death camp. one human rights activist told us his group was forced to evacuate yarmouk. >> the children inside yarmouk are hungry. they're eating from the grass of the street. there is no clean water. there is no medical help. there is nothing there. >> yarmouk's 18,000 residents are palestinian refugees driven here long ago by war. now they could become refugees again. >> nearly 10 million syrians have alre

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our chief foreign correspondent richard engle takes us to nepal tonight. >> reporter: flying into kahn katmandu today on a plane full of turkish aid workers, it was clear after saturday's massive earthquake nepal is bracing for worse to come. in the hall, we felt an aftershock, a big one, 6.7, immigration officials ran away from their station. outside the airport tensions turned to scuffles. people here want out before the next quake hits. katmandu is a poor and crowded city built of brick and cement. the nepal ease are staying as far away from buildings as they can. with the aftershocks still coming people here understandably don't want to spend time indoors let alone spend the night in their homes. so they are camping out on the sidewalks and in the parks. any bit of green space is being occupied. to today, violent aftershocks triggered more avalanches and land slides. a british army climbing team pinned down. >> you can hear the rocks crashing down around us. but unfortunately you can see them coming. >> reporter: a few dozen have been rescued from the mountains. but at least 17 hav

. >> i'm joined by nbc chief pentagon correspondent and chief foreign correspondent richard engle. when did the u.s. learn it made this tragic mistake? >> according to senior officials, there were two separate drone air strikes conducted by the cia in the rugged hindu area along the pakistan border. we're led to believe it was most likely across the border these two strikes occurred january 14 january 19. in one of the strikes, the american warren weinstein and the i tal can, two aid workers killed in that strike along with the american who became an al qaeda operative. we learned from our counter terrorism expert evan coleman a short time ago that he was a deputy commander in that region. the second air strike it killed an american who was the chief spokesperson the propaganda for al qaeda in that region for some time. although it's likely that he could have been considered as a prime target we heard from the president today and other officials that the u.s. was unaware that the americans and the italian aid worker were actually in those locations when those drone strikes were con

richard engle reports from italy. >> reporter: so far, just a few dozen bodies have been recovered frommediterranean, but there may be hundreds more. an italian prosecutor told nbc news a survivor from bangladesh told him 950 migrants were packed on to a wooden fishing boat headed for europe. the maltese prime minister says 200 of them were women 50 children. survivors claim hundreds of the migrants were locked below deck when the boat capsized. an official suggested their weight could have quickly dragged the ship to the seabed. europe has experienced a migrant crisis. >> it's a european emergency. so not the problem -- a problem to help europe. >> there is no magic solution but there is a responsibility that we have to exercise together as europeans. >> reporter: warmer weather has brought an increased number of ships. italy rescued 8,500 migrants just this weekend. even before the latest tragedy, 900 had died this year. ten times as many as in the same period last year. why? libya mostly. this is a migration center in libya. nobody here wants to stay. they all want to make their way

>> our chief foreign correspondent, richard engle, thank you very much. >>> let's stay overseas withdon school of economics. thanks for joining us today. >> it's a pleasure. >> we just heard richard talking to us about some of the reaction on the ground in italy. we know, unfortunately, this terrible tragedy involved an italian citizen. what is the reaction coming from our western allies? most of them are not using drones. how are they feel being this news today obviously and then the program more in general? >> well first of all, we have to wait and see. we have not seen any major public pronouncements on the part of america's european allies. but for our american audience, the drone wars so-called the unmanned drone attacks are very unpopular. not just in arab and muslim countries where most of the attacks take place, but also worldwide. the united nations, european civil societies, human rights organizations. american had the organizations view the drone attacks as illegal. as immoral. as you've said more than once on the show hundreds of civilians have been killed in pakistan in

richard engle has the details. the target of terror reportedly pope benedict himself. a plot to target the vatican, italian prosecutors say, by a major al qaeda-linked cell spanning italy a cell broken up today with police raids in seven areas, recorded on police video. 18 arrest warrants nine suspects detained nine others still at large. the suspects are pakistanis and afghans. a key figure prosecutors say, this preacher arrested outside milan. it was a fund-raising cell for al qaeda in pakistan investigators say, in direct contact with osama bin laden's inner circle. italy has been following this group for years, recording thousands of their phone calls. one investigator said that's how that 2010 plot against the pope was finally uncovered. >> this is a series of guys who are involved from sometime back. in some ways we're seeing a historical network being disrupted now. >> r italy days is on edge, and it's not alone. since the paris terror attacks in january, there have been dozens of police raids across europe. in france germany, belgium, great britain and italy. w

richard engle has the details. r the target of terror reportedly pope ben dibts himself. a plot totarget the vatican by a major al qaeda-linked cell. they were broken up and recorded on police video. 18 arrest warrants nine detained and nine still at large. the suspects are pakistanis and afghans. a key figure prosecutors say, this preacher arrested outside milan. it was a fund-raising cell for al qaeda in pakistan investigators say, in direct contact with osama bin laden's inner circle. italy has been following this group for years, recording their phone calls. that's how the 2010 plot against the pope was finally uncovered. >> this is a series of guys that were involved in a plot sometime back. >> reporter: italy these days is on edge. and it's not alone. since the paris terror attacks in january, there have been dozens of police raids across europe. france germany, great britain and italy, with fears of terrorism, anger and anti-immigration se are growing. and now in italy there's more concern than ever with migrants arriving by the thousands every week on boats from l

richard engle, nbc news everest base camp. >>> now alarming moment in the skies over dallas when pilots spotted a flying object coming way too close for comfort and realized it was a drone. all it would take was a collision with an engine or window and a drone could cause a jordy saster in the air. >> it's a danger rowly close call. >> some sort of lighted drone. >> an airbus landing in dallas from new york tuesday night narrowly missing a drone inside controlled air space. >> it was a lighted drone? >> it appeared to be. maybe just a hundred, 200 feet above us. >> the flight was on the final approach to the runway at love field. 600 feet above the ground. that's when the faa says pilots noticed the drone lit with red and green lights below the plane. they watched as it climbed straight up passing a couple hundred feet above their plane. immediately notifying air traffic control. >> airbus reported a drone passing over the top of them right around your present position. >> dallas police launch add search for the copter. >> if they end up colliding with an airliner it's going to be simil

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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 avalanch

nbc's richard engle reports from the worst-hit parts of cass man you do -- of kathmandu. >> reporter: the entire city seems to have moved outside. families live on curbs trying to keep their children fed, clean, and most of all, away from buildings. the historic center of kathmandu is the city's most popular attraction by far with ancient temples and palaces that bore the pursuant to brunt of the earthquake. where a nine-story tower happen over 150 years old now just a stump. a temple compound even older reduced to a pile. volunteers today were digging with their hands. they don't expect to find survivors, just bodies. police have already found around 150 of them in this area. this man used to come to this spot. why are you helping out today? >> i've been here every day, used to come here and hang out, to sit around here. it's may country my people. >> reporter: this is also the height of tourist season. an american visitor captured this video of guests huddled in front of their hotel during saturday's earthquake and aftershocks. >> a huge crowd and we had a couple of big aftershocks

let's go to richard engle. >> reporter: it is now a city where people aren't living inside their homes. every green taste space has been taken over. people are afraid to go into their homes, to sleep inside their homes. behind me is one of the biggest parks in the city. but it is not just this park. people are sleeping and cooking with their feels on the sidewalks, in the middle of the streets. they are afraid there could be another major earthquake or just more of the aftershocks. we felt today one of the aftershocks when we arrived. it happen just as we land at the airport and we were going through immigration. suddenly the building started shaking. the immigration officers ran outside for cover. then they came back. i think people have been amazingly calm in the several hours we've been here. we've seen people quite resilient, taking it with a take it as it comes attitude. there are still foreigners in the city and they don't have -- their situation isn't much better than the people who are living in the parks behind me. the hotels are operating at a status of kind of semievacuation

. >>> in a few minutes, we'll get a report from more than's chief foreign correspondent, richard engle. he's just arrived at a makeshift camp of earthquake survivors trying to cope with the disaster. >>> a new report claiming president obama's e-mail has been read by russian hackers. "the new york times" was told by senior official that some of the president's electronic correspondence was swept up by the hackers in a breach of the white house's unclassified computer system. nbc's kristen welker is at the white house on this sunday. what too we know about the security breach? >> reporter: well, according to "the new york times," russian hackers swept up far more information from the white house's unclassified servers during a cyberattack last october than originally thought, even gaining access to some of the president's emails. it's important to stress these were unclassified emails. still, the hackers could is gained access to sensitive scheduling information, e-mail exchanges with diplomats even discussions about legislation. when asked about the "times" story, the white house told

nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engle reached base camp, he is back in kathmandu this morning. describe what you saw for us. >> reporter: good morning. first of all a bit of news. we spoke to three rescue pilots, all of them have told us that they do not believe that there are any climbers who are still trapped or stranded on mount everest. that most have made their way down to the base camp, the place where we visited today. and are making their way off of the island -- off of the base camp, or they have already been evacuated. the base camp is where the main avalanche occurred and when we were able to visit it today we got a sense of what happened. on saturday around noon when the earthquake struck, a large piece of ice and snow and rock broke off of a mountain overlooking base camp. it fell with incredible speed, that avalanche swept through the middle section of the base camp, taking away tents, sending some climbers hundreds of feet in the airment of it also wiped out the only medical facility on the base camp, killing at least 15, maybe 17 people. maybe more. they haven'