. >> subina joins us from kathmandu. but the darker it gets, the later it gets, can you tell me the feeling there among people who have been through so much in the last few hours. >> most people are very scared. it's not surprising it seems that we are on shaky ground. we're getting aftershocks and just outside of my house there are a bunch of people who are setting up tents. >> what are you seeing and in terms of rescue efforts. are they more organized or not quite yet. >> it looks like the community which had been preparing for earthquake mobilization, they're trying to help to remove the rubble and that's what i see from where i am. they have, however the apple in nepal are working in various arrests that weather they have been mobilized. >> we see some of the buildings leaning, and it's clear how dangerous the situation still is. i think it bears repeating subina take us back to the moment when this quake hit. on the main row road a lot of people are in strong. there is a lot of devastation that has happened. we're s

kathmandu. >>> crossing over to faiz jamil joining us from the historic square in central kathmandu.o world heritage site, faiz where you stand. tell also what going on behind you, what you see. >> reporter: well, this is just a small section of the square, one of the many heritage sites in this area, as you can see the rubble how bad it is. this is only a small faction. about a block on the other side there is a rescue could you operation going on there. officials have said quietly they don't expect to find anybody but the first 48 hours since the earthquake is crucial and the most likely time to find survivers, so they are giving it their best efforts. people are in a well struggle. it's a battle against the element. people are living in the square ex-they can't go inside because of the after short then the rain comes and they go inside and then another aftershock so they come back out. it's al jazerra actually really hot as well. it's really been a struggle. they are just doing whatever they can to cope with all the different circumstances and elements being thrown at them. >> wha

. >> faiz jamil reporting to us from kathmandu.aiz, thank you. >>> saudi arabia's ruler is reshuffling his cabinet in a move that sets up a new generation to assume power, the king put two men under 60 line for the thrown. the ruler's nephew and the king's son are first and second on the succession list. caroline malone has more. >> reporter: this is the new heir apparent in saudi arabia. at 5 -- 55 the appointment makes him the most powerful man of the nation. >> translator: heiness was selected as head of the political and security affairs council. >> reporter: nayef studied in the united states and maintains good relations with the u.s. u.s. embassy cables appear to show him as being hawkish on iran. he has overseen the recent military action in yemen. that has involved multiple saudi-lead coalition air strikes. al-qaeda fighters tried to assassinate him six years ago when he was the head of security services. since then he has remained tough on internal security. there have been many arrested of suspected al-qaeda and more rece

sabine shrestha joins us from kathmandu. good to have you with us. it's been 48 hours now, are conditions in the city improving at all? >> as much as they can. the sun is cleaning. people are getting straight. aid has not reached them. we were in the outskirts where people were desperate. ready to attack government figures. relief and aid has been coming in. the cabinet made a decision to do something about it but they haven't gone on the field to distribute aid. there is anger and desperation that is building up. having lived through a major earthquake myself, and knowing what it's like to live through the after shocks. has the strength and intensity diminished. is the here diminishing itself? >> well i think because of that big after showing of 6.7 that we had the other day, people are fearful, and there has been lots of rumours before larger earthquakes, so there is no scientific evidence to that. these rumours are putting fear in people, and they are not willing to go back to their houses or resume their lives. because of the multiple aftershock

. >>> and joining us now from kathmandu is the united nations rez -- resident chord chord -- coordinatorll us about the relief and recovery efforts first, and is aid finally able to get into the country? can you hear me? okay. we seem to have lost our connection there with the u.n. resident coordinator in nepal. hopefully we'll get him back on to further speak about the aid effort after this earthquake -- this devastating earth earthquake, a lot of aid not being distributed because there is an issue with the airport there, and flowing aid into the country. now meanwhile the history of the country has been devastated by this earthquake. century's old temples and monuments now lie in pieces. unesco has described the damage as extensive and irreversible. this is the square in kathmandu in 2010 and this is how it looks now. the square was home to nepal's royal family until the 19th century. this is another view of the square and you can see the nine story tower on the right. you can also see how its top tiers have toppled. the media estimates that 80% of the temples in the square have been d

arwa joining us on the phone from kathmandu. pdate us on what you know about this search and rescue effort that's clearly under way. >> well, it's still very intense and difficult, wolf as you saw in that piece. it's quite overwhelming even though you have all of these international teams that are arriving from nations around the world sending quite a bit of support, but it's still not enough at this stage. they need the heavy machinery on the ground that they would use to move the large pieces of rubble and it's just so time consuming and painstaking of a process. it really takes quite a lot of manpower and so while everyone on the ground is doing the best they can, it's simply not enough. more concern wolf is not just the search and rescue effort happening here in the capital but what's happening in the far-flung areas that teams have not been able to reach just yet. these are places that are so remote in normal times it can take days to reach them so imagine how difficult it is going to be to reach them under these circumstanc

. >> jeff: holy williams joins us from kathmandu. you were actually at the airport when one of these big aftershocks hit. what was that like? what was the reaction? >> well jeff it was quite a jolt to the city. remember that this is a place very much on edge. the big aftershock in the middle of the day today was 6.7 on the richter scale which is quite a big quake. i was at the airport as you say and it felt as if the ground was buckling beneath my feet. many people ran for the exit clearly fearful that the building might come down. we've had a couple more smaller aftershocks this evening and we expect more in the days to come. >> jeff: holy williams in nepal, thank you very much. >> there is also a search for survivors from the quake-triggered avalanches on mount everest. a mountain-based camp packed with hikers at the start of spring climbing season was buried. charlie d'agata has this dramatic footage captured by one climber. >>e lika nuclear explosion one survivor put it the moment the powerful earthquake shook the world's tallest

al jazeera's correspond joins us from kathmandu. the death toll is growing. is the situation getting better? >> we are here in the square in kathmandu. the sense we are getting from people is one of rising frustration and anger. even though more relief workers are getting into the country, more aid and ply supply is coming in it's not getting back. a lot due to infrastructure and political issues in nepal, even before the earthquake. if you look in the square with so many beautiful temples reduced to ruins, behind me you see the tents. it's literally a tent city. it was quiet overnight. in the last hour hundreds of people men, women, children emerged, and really it's a rising sense of frustration because they are saying here in the middle of this city, they are not getting the aid they need. they are having to do much on their own. women are serving coffee to the children and other adults. we saw some. folks cleaning the sidewalks in the last hour trying to keep some kind of semblance of normalcy amongst the ruin they are concerned for all the people in the co

us from new delhi. let's cross over to nepal itself now on the ground there is joining us from central kathmandu to tell going on exactly behind you and ask you about some of the aids thataids -- aid we are hearing now is getting for nepal. where exactly is it going and who needs it the most? >> reporter: indeed, door lean, what you do see behind me is one of the many pam asses and temples, one of the focal points for any of the visitors coming to at can knew. iyou can hear the sirens of one of the emergency vehicles coming by us now. they have been coming through periodically through the square, a because as we say there is ongoing rescue operation rescue operation, we have lots of foreign rescue and recovery personnel here sifting through the rubble to see if there is anybody still alive. this is still a rescue operation for the moment. it will be for the first 72 hours. so what you have here is not only just the residents coming to see those rescue operations and all being core donned off by the security services but also residents of kathmandu who themselves have been made homeless or decided not to

nepal's minister of communications joins us now from kathmandu. it's such a difficult time. can you tell us the latest you know about casualties. >> the situation has not calmed down yet. the hospital has been crowded. putting together. i'm sure it will take a little while. it will begin with search and rescue and then we'll concentrate on the search and rescue operation until more can be done. many have helped to support the operation. this is a calamity of tremendous proportion. tremendous magnitude. we ask people to stay calm so that immediate relief wherever it is needed can be sought. if rescue is needed. whatever is possible at this hour. >> where do things stand with establishing communications? because at a time like this, that is so necessary for coordinating rescue efforts to get to people who have survived this. obviously communication is broken down at a time like this. where do things stand when things are up and going. >> we ask people to use text messages and to make telephone calls only when needed. the reason being the backup system can work for a limited num

he is on the phone with us from kathmandu. explain to us now 24 hours after the fact what are conditions like? >> situations have not really improved since yesterday because we are getting aftershocks, one after the other. there is still panic among people. still a lot unaccounted for. the sense of fear has grown deeper among people with this uncertainty. the weather is not favorable at all. we've had downpours for the last three hours. so the situation has not really improved in nepal that much. >> sanjay we are looking at pictures of the early stages of that make-shift camp and now it's become a city within a city with so many people living in the camp overnight. water clearly is a big need especially with the prospects of cholera spreading. what are the greatest needs that make-shift camp area where people embedded down last night and again are tonight? >> well i had an opportunity to go around 16 evacuation camps that nepal has set up. there are a growing number of people coming in and out in those camps even like temporar

us. >> let's get over to kathmandu. now the country director from thank you for joining us, does this effort gauge momentum? what other things are needed the most? >> good morning. we have been up and running since the day after the earthquake hit kathmandu and the valley on saturday. we are looking at a very dire situation here. the weather is not helping. because of the number of tremors and aftershocks, many people are reluctant to go back into their homes into the streets and open areas. the heavy rains from last night on making it more difficult for them. everyone is advising caution, to make sure that the aftershocks will not bring a further loss of life from what we already had. the point of power brings pumping to the communities and is another source of concern. the airport is functioning and we have more details on the landing and taking off of commercial planes bringing assistance and the manpower needed to respond to the crisis. the major road networks, major roads and highways connecting to india, it's very important that the roads are

from katmandu's district. once the dust clears rescuers crowd around to help the man who appears to be injured but alive. let's go to mohammed jon june who is joining us live from kathmandu. what is being done? it's a difficult situation to get more aid to more people. >> well, elizabeth first i should tell you sadly we've received new casualty numbers from senior police officials here. as of now 5,400 and 91 people killed as a result of this earthquake and they expect that death toll will rise in the days to come. and the number of injured 11,440. that really gives you a sense of just how awful the situation is here and how fearful people are that it will get worse. as far as aid more aid is getting into the country but it still is a bottleneck situation because there are only a limited number of planes that can come into the airport. aid teams have been able to get here. because their infrastructure issues after the quake has been very hard to get that aid distributed throughout the country, not just in kathmandu but also the outlying parts of the country that have been even harder hit. now we've heard some survival stories, some that seem near miraculous. but it's rea

let's bring in our correspondent faiz jamil who joining us from central kathmandu. hearing of a new avalanche north of kathmandu, and as many as 200 people missing. what more can you tell us about this? >> reporter: details are sketchy so far. this area itself has 200 people missing, as you said but we don't know if they are trekkers or villagers. that has been one of the big problems getting information outside of the capitol. but if these areas have been made inaccessible by mud slides and landslides and have been completely blocking roads. everything we know right now, the death toll the number of people affected this is mainly coming from estimates. anything outside of this area we're only getting bits and pieces of information. >> what about relief and recovery efforts, and also the aid getting into the country? is that getting better now? >> reporter: it is getting better. today actually we saw locals take the initiative. they were blocking off the roads to anow emergency crews and ambulances in. and we saw search and rescue meme -- teams from other countries.

a native of nepal joins us from kathmandu. ones and what are you seeing around you? >> reporter: we are in the center of the kathmandu. it's a tourist destination. people come here because of the cultural heritage of this area. behind me you can see nepali police. you can see volunteers the nepali volunteers sifting through the rubble with their bare hands. some are using steel plates because they don't have anything else. they say they're not using heavy duty material or equipment here because they don't want to cause further damage to what is, what are priceless objects. this used to be a three-story pagoda-style temple. dedicated to the hindu. this is dating back to the 16th century. adjacent to that also in complete ruvenlt other temples to the hindu gods there are six or eight temples here dating from the 12th century to the 18th century in complete ruins. people are amazed. they are too scared to go back to their homes because of the continuous aftershocks. they are sort of hanging around here looking at the complete los

patrick fuller from the international red cross joins us from kathmandu via skype. the red cross has dozens of staff in nepal leading the response to the earthquake. can you tell us how much progress is being made at this point with getting aid to places that are so remote? >> every day the red cross has supplies going out. we have a strong community based footprint. you have branches in every affected distribute and volunteers in every affected village. so the big issue for us is giving clear information about what the needs are which are the worst affected areas, we are all in the same boat scrabbling for information, and the big challenge is getting access to some areas. you have to bear in mind it's trekking countries, himalayas, and getting into the places you can only reach by helicopter. taking relief requires trucking it and carrying it out. it's a change, but more relief is coming in international flights, international emergency appeal has been lodged to get funding. we have over 2,000 volunteers for the red cross involved in the operation. >> obviously wa

become >>> let's talk to the nepali minister of information and communications joining us from the nepalese capital kathmandu. let me ask you - can you give us an update on the deaths and injuries so far? >> there's information we have so far. 2,260 deaths. many are missing. we are still in the stage of rescue operations. in many villages there are helicopters, helicopters developed in our country coming from india and other countries. a report comes from the hospitals. we have information from them. >> how difficult has it been getting information from the remote areas outside of the capital? >> yes, it has been difficult. more importantly, all the people surviving the rescue operation, government officials are busy. doctors in the districts are busy. officers are busy. every military official are busy providing providing what they need to >>> we know that... ..let me get a final thought from you, minister. we know that so many people have been displaced by this earthquake they have lost their homes, what is the government doing to help those people with nowhere to live and sleep? >> the prime minister came

us the latest on that terrible situation in the nepalese capital. >> now we can speak to jay from the alpine rescue service, joining us on the line from kathmandu. we understand that there are at least 100 climbers missing up in the mountains. >> yes, it's a sad fact that a lot of people are missing in the mountains. a lot of - there has been a massive avalanche yesterday, which is the reason why most were embarking on the journey, the trekking journey. some have fallen and some people were up to camp one, which is safe. camp two where trekkers are safe. climbers which are safe. there are some trekkers who are stranded in the space camp area and the numbers - we don't have the best numbers yet, but the numbers are increasing every time we gate on update. >> this is the start isn't it, of the peak season for trekking and mountaineering. >> it's quite a... >> all right, i'm afraid we have lost the line there to jay from the alpine rescue service. we'll try to get him back. you understand what the difficulties are with communications and nepal today. we can turn our attention to the situation in india, because, of course, india affected by this mas

he's with us from kathmandu. seth, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. as you drive around kathmandu, you see these search and rescue teams working across the city and as the number of days go up you begin to wonder how they don't lose hope. today we found out why they keep searching. it was controlled chaos. rescue teams from america, nepal, and around the world responded to the sound of a voice. we waited through the long operation and then this wearing a yankees t-shirt, a teenager named by police as pembilamba. he's finally free 21 hours after the earthquake. this is what the search and rescue had been hoping for. just a few hours earlier we were alongside andrew olvera of the los angeles fire department. they were using dogs to try to detect earthquake victims who might be still alive at a nearby site. is there really a chance that someone is still alive under this? >> you know what? until the person is found and we can confirm they are not, we will give it every shot and we're hoping they are. >> reporter: moments later they get that shot when a te

three-week expedition to everest, also tom taplin from california died on the mountain while filming a documentary. ian williams joins us now from kathmandu. ian, what can you tell us you saw today regarding this rescue attempt that continues there? >> hi tamron. well, the attention now is beginning to turn to what's happened outside kathmandu, and today i went out of the capital here to take a look at a town on the rim of the kathmandu valley. and what we found there was devastating. the town has been very very hard hit, particularly the old part of the town where narrow alley ways and streets have collapsed. perhaps a quarter of the buildings completely. few of the buildings have been untouched. there were rescue workers there still going through the debris by hand. down below the village, a large area has been turned into a cremation site littered with funeral pyres, as they burned the dead. a small hospital there was overcrowded, overwhelmed, they said, they've had hundreds of injured coming through, trying to send the more serious ones down to kathmandu. shores water with only intermittent electricity because of a faulty generator. t

he's with us from kathmandu. seth, good morning. >> good morning. as you drive around kathmandu you see search and rescue teams across the city and as the number of days go up since the earthquake you begin to wonder how they don't lose hope. well, today we found out why they keep searching. it was controlled chaos. rescue teams from america, nepal and around the world responded to the sound of a voice. we waited through the long operation and then this. wearing a yankees t-shirt, the teenager named by police as temba lama. he is finally free 120 hours after this earthquake. this is what the search-and-rescuers had been hoping for. just a few hours earlier, we were alongside andrew olivera, an 18-year veteran of the los angeles county fire department. he's part of an elite u.s. aid disaster assistance response team. they were using dogs to try to the detective earthquake victims who might still be alive at a nearby site. is there really a chance that someone is still alive under this? >> well, you know what until the person is found and we can confi

for more on what is happening at this moment, let's bring in orin lieberman joins us live from kathmanduin, we are waiting to know what has taken place in more remote areas, initial reports, some communities were wiped out. what's some of the new information we know today? >> remote areas are the hardest to get information from. and they're making their way to the areas. some suffered devastation beyond what kathmandu suffered. they're small villages. that makes it difficult to withstood the power of the earthquake. many are in ruins. get sag pla getting sa mriz upplies to them difficult because of the terrain and infrastructure here. we have seen that at the airport which isn't cape bum of handling the aid coming in in one shot. continues to be a problem. we are here in the park. in kathmandu. how much work there is to do here. the green tents. they're military tents. and these people have no where to go. they have nothing to do right now. there is little hope at this moment of rebuilding. way wait for food, water, supplies, and medical help. slowly coming in. but slowly. a challenge. a

from the government face off with police. these people say they are desperate to leave the capitol, but the buses they were promised never turned up. let's speak to faiz jamil who yoins us live from kathmandunot only is there little hope of fining more people who have survived the earthquake but the people who have made it are increasingly frustrated. >> reporter: that's true because they are not receiving any help here in the capitol. even when they are getting aid there are so many countries willing to donate it is not reaching here. we have talked days about the problem with the single runway. now a lot of people want to leave the capitol. they hadn't before because there weren't buses available, and they were worried about after shocks. we went to the main bus station here today in kathmandu, and the people said they are worried about diseases. and since they are not getting help here there's no reason for them to stay. >> if aid is not reaching kathmandu, faiz what about the more remote areas near the epicenter of the earthquake? >> reporter: those areas are still largely unknown how big the devastation is there. we have heard some reports as you mentioned close to the epicenter, peop

ian williams joins us now from kathmandu. ian, obviously, the situation as i said dire.hout shelter, by the thousands now. >> reporter: that's right, andrea rescue teams relief is now beginning to pour in here but one of the problems they face is trying to get a proper assessment of just how bad things are closer to the epicenter, where many villages do remain cut off. now we visited one of the worst affected towns, which sits on the -- which is perched on the rim of the kathmandu valley. this is what we found in the small town amid grief and shock, people here are burning their dead in a vast cremation ground on the rim of the kathmandu valley. the destruction here is immense. some of the worst damage is around these narrow alleyways, where there are a few buildings which haven't been impacted by the quake, this one propped up precariously by pieces of wood. as many of a quarter of the buildings have been completely destroyed. this was your house. >> i lost my son. 21 years old. >> reporter: rescue workers are still searching for the body of his mother-in-law. they find

mercy corps joining us on the line from kathmandu.cial on the earthquake later this morning, the human and economic costs and the aid effort getting underway, coming up at 11:30 hong kong and singapore time. 1:30 in sydney. nations are being urged to stand up to china in the south genesee -- south china sea. potentially valuable parts of the south china sea. certainly, in the south genesee there are islands were nations other than china are making territorial claims -- where nations other than china are making territorial claims. the minister is attempting to push out a joint communique which will have the usual rhetoric surrounding how asean should not have counterproductive action towards these type of actions so as not to unsettle ties with china which is the biggest single trading partner for the region. given as well the china led infrastructure investment bank closing the gap for infrastructure investment in southeast asia. there is a lot to contend with four asean -- for asean. rishaad: let's have a look at the other stories we

we are joined live from kathmandu. bring us up to date with the rescue operations going on around you. >> the rescuers have been working night and day as the nepal army and police and the armed police force were on full force out, as well as local volunteers who have been key to rescue and recovery efforts, especially since the roads are narrow, and it's difficult for many of the larger vehicles to come into the main core city area where most of the damage occurred. >> there's many many injured people. are hospitals coping with them? >> the hospitals are barely coping. a lot of people are outside. a lot were injured, trying to run away from the earthquake as well. a lot of broken limbs. hospitals are overflowing. the army is denning in help and medical teams are coming. hopefully they'll be able to help out. i'm talking mostly in kathmandu. help is coming but there is a lot of areas outside in the rest of the country where it's still unknown how many people are still buried in the rubble. there has been rescue efforts in other

from our london news center next. stay with us. ♪ >> cut off from kathmandu, and immediate help.m rural nepal where entire villages have been flattened by the earthquake. >>> but rescues do continue. this teenage boy pulled from the rubble of a hotel in kathmandu just a few hours ago. ♪ >>> very good to have you along, i'm david foster with al jazeera live from london. also in the next 30 minutes, at least 50 protesters have been hurt in clashes with police in burundi.

from new delhi. sabrina joins us live on the line from kathmandu. you said it was getting dark also bad weather coming in just to further complicate an already channelic situation. how are things developing right now? >> it's quite dark. a came from an area where a whole bunch of people are setting up camps to stay the night. everybody is scared to go inside. for a while, recently we feel a small tremor. a lot of people are so scared right now. not quite able to think about what to do very clearly. where are people getting help getting medical aid? are medics coming to them? what is the state of the hospitals, as you know? >> some are have closed them. it's locally it could be the local police they have been taking them to the hospital. there have been complaints about some phone lines are jammed. trying to figure out exactly what's going on. devastation around. >> sabrina, was there any type of warning that something like this was coming? obviously, it's difficult to predict these things but sometimes, there is word that you should -- that somethin

like this places like kathmandu are more likely to be badly impacted than places in say rural united states. or europe. >> thank you so much for bringing us the latest there from kathmandu and from the region. we're going to obviously continue to monitor this as it's a developing situation and we'll keep you posted throughout the day. >>> back in the u.s. now, in just a few hours, protesters will fill the streets of baltimore, demanding answers and justice, vowing to shut down the city their words, over the death of freddie gray. >> the new demonstrations are coming on the heels of police officials conceding that they made mistakes. and they spoke about those mistakes. listen. >> we know he was not buckled in the transportation wagon as he should have been. no excuses for that period. we know our police employees failed to get him medical attention in a timely manner multiple times. >> want to bring in joe johns. joe, are you getting any indication that the fact that police came out and are admitting to problems and to mistakes that they made -- is that making any sort of a difference in the vibe in the feel that you have there on the streets? >> i mean there'

ly gelmiguel almaguer with a with rescue teams as they continued the search and he joins us live from kathmandu >> reporter: rescue crews from all across the globe pouring in for the reason we saw today, a miracle rescue that the entire city is rallying around. this is where the cry for help came from buried deep beneath massive pit of twisted copncrete and metal, the teen's withering voice finally heard by search teams. he's been here five days say locals trapped inside a hotel. the los angeles rescue squad a block away with search dogs when get the call and scramble to assist. the rescue was fraught with danger. buildings everywhere here are on the brink of collapse. search teams will risk lives to save one. six perilous hours in to the rescue the 16-year-old boy pulled from the rubble carried away by the men and women who saved his life. how can you survive six days in those conditions? rushed to the hospital by ambulance, his injuries are said to be minor. the boy with two collapsed floors for 120 hours. >> floor after floor after floor. >> pancaked in between two floors. >> so amazing that

kathmandu is jammed. helicopters will have to be used more traditionally. the government will have to move more swiftly. >> reporting from kathmandu. the french military has been hit by allegations of rape and section wi -- and sexual assault in the central african republic. published by "the guardian" after being linked by a u.n. a worker. mark: french soldiers in the central african republic one year ago. some 1600 troops were dispatched after violence following a coup. during this time, it is alleged children were sexually abused at a center for internally displaced people. a leaked u.n. report says in one case a nine-year-old boy and his friend were forced to carry out a sex act on two french soldiers. the accusations published by "the guardian." after being passed on by paula donovan. >> many officials they interviewed told the team of experts commissioned by the secretary-general that they knew there was a tremendous amount of sexual violence occurring against the civilian populations that was never being reported. mark: the french defense ministry saying show the facts be proven, the strongest penalties will be im

on the phone from kathmandu for us is alina, the communications manager for world vision. she has the latest on the situation on the ground. she also has new photos for us. you are an aid worker but you are also a survivor of this earthquake. you have been talking about this aftershock. our reporter in india said they felt it there. what did you experience? >> yeah. it was around 1:00. we experienced an aftershock. i think it is 6.17 on the richter scale. we were running in all different directions because we actually it was lunchtime. suddenly the earth started moving. it was quite unexpected and felt like a major earthquake. >> because it was. where are you staying? where are people around you staying? what's the situation as far as getting food, water and having some shelter? >>. >> i think i mentioned this before in most of my interviews. i have a lot of people, more than 50 people now who have come to take shelter in my garden. there's a lot of people trying to go to open spaces and gardens and wherever they can find some place of shelter because of the fear of afters

joining us on the phone from kathmandu is a grn reporter who is joining us with an update of what isning at this hour. thank you for joining us. tell us what you are experiencing and seeing there in kathmandu at this hour. >> well it's almost 10:00 -- it's 10:30 at night here so people i think -- most people are outside their houses, like camped outside their houses under makeshift shelters because there's still a lot of fear and terror that a larger quake might hit, we've been experiencing aftermaths and tremors just within the last hour. i've already experienced two. earlier on in the evening i was at one of the major hospitals of kathmandu, and it was quite, you know chaotic because there were more patients or more people coming in that the hospital actually has the capacity. the emergency was overflowing with serious cases, but what i saw outside was, like, makeshift, you know, immediate emergency service centers being set up people giving saline drips, people beinged a ministered first aid because there's no place inside. i saw a gentleman with a broken back who was lying on a t

. >> donna is joining us on the phone from kathmandu. set the scene you are in your car. >> reporter: it was before noon. i was with my son. we were driving down the hill. i initially thought i had a flat tire. it is like you were in the ocean. almost like the road was going in waves. everyone else was driving erratically n brakes. motorcycs falling in front of us. people screaming. trees completely bent in two. we did what we have been trained to do. go to the center of the road and turn off the engine. keep your seatbelt on and crouch down in the car until you think you can get out. we had more than 11 aftershocks since then. i managed to drive back to my house. i live in the suburbs of kathmandu. on a ridge. it is not the old kathmandu with the old buildings which have been badly hit. e are reports of overflowing hospitals with injured and dead on the sidewalks and streets leading up to the hospital. the main big white tower in kathmandu was toppled the same way in the 1934 earthquake. this is the land of earthquakes. everyone is sayi

from kathmandu in nepal. thank you. earlier we spoke with a nepalese reporter. he told us about the challenges in his hometown near the epicenter of the earthquake. >> we have heard one or two helicopters have rescued wounded people from the village where the--near the pep center. but because of the increment weather it was raining yesterday there. even if there is some kind of relief and because of the weather and infrastructure it has been difficult to reach those efforts to the people who are seriously injured. >> there were mass cremations today for earthquake victims. some taking place at one of the holiest shrines. this is the worst earthquake to hit nepal in 80 years. we will hear more from the spokesperson for the world food program. thank you for your time. tell us what the organization is doing to help. >> the interesting thing we have we're already on the ground. we've been there for 50 years. we've been helping people who don't have good nutrition. now people many people are homeless many are sleeping in the sleeps. now we're bringing people to help with logist

from kathmandu. >> working their way through the ruins. using their hands or anything other tool available. it's a precarious and dangerous task. they stop for water and then continue. these historic sites once stood proud for hundreds of years in the center of kathmandu. then they fell like a pack of cards on saturday. small groups of personnel volunteers sift through the rubble painstakingly hopefully trying to find any survivors that they can. it's a difficult task, and it's only stopped when there is another tremor or when the sun sets. the rescue and relief effort continues around the clock to help the injured or to stay with the wounded. it's a tough job. the death toll is already in the thousands, and that's just in the capitol. from the air the destruction is clear. while hundreds are still stranded at the airport. it's peak tourist season, and many will be returning home with horrific memories. the problem is aid being flown in to kathmandu airport. it only has one runway while the world helps the logistical challenge is getting it out to the people who need it most. >> the u.s. as

they drove from kathmandu on thursday and he told us thursday night was the last we heard from him they were leaving at 6:00 a.m. for the first part of their trek. so saturday they were going to hike from on their itinerary which is the day of the quake from their hotel to gora. since the quake hit around noon we're optimistic it would have meant they were on the trail between the hotel and gora so they would be out in the open. we haven't heard anything. i've been very active on social media. i've been getting contacted by tens of people. but the news out of the park that he's in there's very little coming out and very little communication. >> the challenge under the best circumstances to even communicate with people in this part of the world. so then you add in earthquake. i imagine it's pretty trying for you and your family. >> it is. it's very trying. but it also is a reason to be optimistic because we know it's going to be impossible to get communications out. so we're very optimistic -- >> so maybe no news is good news. >> yes. news of people who have been unaccounted for is trick

from the rubble after saturday us earthquake. the final toll is likely to be higher than the current poll. this report has been sent from kathmandu, and it contains disturbing images. >> this was once a guesthouse northwest of kathmandu. in the basement was a restaurant. remember, the earthquake struck around midday last saturday. the earth moved as people ordered lunch. this is one of the diners, and so are these. it is thought around 100 people were in the building, and the one behind it, at the time that they collapsed. with a handful of bodies recovered, others must be into tier -- others must be inside here. they hope that they may be lucky today, and pull out someone still breathing. there is no question there are more bodies down there. you can smell the stench of human remains. i was talking to one of the rescue guides who was saying they are never without help. there can always be an air pocket where someone is still breathing. this is a recovery operation, but it could also be a recovery operation for someone that is still alive. miracles do happen. this was the scene here yesterday when a woman in her 40's was liberate

. >> most of the pictures we've seen have been from kathmandu. but give usa sense of what it's like outside how difficult it is to get to these rural areas. >> yes certainly. inside kathmandu, there are many people living in the streets prospect and outside of their homes, afraid that even if their homes are still standing they're afraid they're going to collapse with the continuing tremor. getting around kathmandu is difficult but even more so. we have assessment teams outside the capital moving into the country side and they are reporting both landslides, roads blocked, and finding people that are in need of shelter and clean water. and oxfam is there responding at that time. >> what can people do if they want to help? >> i think the key issue is that what we're trying to do is support people immediately so we have teams there different organizations have been working in nepal for many years. like oxfam. the best way that people can help is by supporting those organizations that have a presence, already there are already responding. sending cash to those o

> for viewers just joining us, our breaking news this hour, a powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake has hit nepal, less than 80 kilometers or 50 miles from the capital of kathmandues say some buildings in the city have collapsed. two historic building among them. our cnn journalist on the ground in kathmandu is telling us the hospital he visited was a chaotic scene. there were several people with gashes to the head, broken bones, he also reports seeing dead bodies. tremors have been felt as far away as new delhi, prime minister modi says he is working to reach out to people affected. also we just learned that sherpas from mount everest have reported avalanches as a result of this earthquake. unknown whether any of the climbers have been affected by that, as well. but it looks like we are going to hear from the initial reports we're getting of more injuries, and damage to this area that has been rocked by a 7.9 magnitude earthquake. so we will continue to bring you anymore developments. >>> well, documents from a 2009 internal investigation show officers thought oklahoma reserve deputy robert bates was given special treatment during training. the 73-year-old has

live from the airport at kathmandu, really the center of a lot of the activity right now giving us theli perspective on some of the release, relief efforts. still to come here on cnn. hear from the mayor of baltimore and the governor of maryland as protesters set fires and looted businesses, in parts of that city. plus a chaotic scene in indonesia as desperate relatives make a final plea. an update on the bali 9 case. live. after this. >>> welcome back to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. i'm errol barnett. our top stories this hour -- indonesia's attorney general says the executions of the so-called bali 9 could take place in the coming hours. the families of two australians, arrived in indonesia to say their good-byes. indonesia's president denied all prisoners appeals for clemency late last year. after noon at this moment in nepal where rescuers and aid groups are working to find victims and survivors of the earthquake. right now the death toll is more than 4,300. 8,000 injured. the u.n. says 1.4 million people are in need of food. >> the captain of the sewol ferry

. >> and miguel joins us live now from kathmandu. ials that you were showing us in your report show the scope of this it looks almost insurmountable. what are they saying about the death toll at this point? who is helping and is there enough help? >> reporter: mica good morning t. death toll still stands at around 5,000 out here. it's certainly going to rise over the next several days today we know bodies were recovered and the outlying areas, help has been difficult to reach. we know the death toll out there will rise as well. again, we have reported before that the death toll could rise to as high as 10,000. when you see the debris what we saw here today, you can certainly understand why many of these debris fields are two to three stories high that,ry compacted with brick after brick and there are certainly bodies beneath all of that rebel. it will be a long time before they are able recover all of the bodies here mica. >> nbc's miguel almaguer in nepal. thank you very much. coming up is it elizabeth warren, jim webb martin o'malle

us how the earthquake is touching people who may be from nepal who are going back to cover the story or help aid or organizations to get in there with help. >> reporter: as you mentioned, i'm from kathmandu. i was born here. our producer is nepali. it has not hit us what had happened. until we actually came here i don't think it hit us. these images are surreal. you know when you talk to nepalese they will say everyone expects an earthquake. everyone has been talking about an impending earthquake here. the u.n. the government officials have been going to schools and villages that a major earthquake will strike at any point. so people were aware for the past ten years, people were prepared. at the same time now it has happened i don't think people have actually processed it. now it is in front of our eyes and all over the city really. especially in the old parts of town. >> sumnima udas thank you for that. we will get back with you as the rescues are under way. governments are leaping to meet nepal's need for assistance. pentagon cargo plane in the air with 70 disaster relief and rescue specialists. 4,500 tons of gear. the u.s. embassy providing money in immediate assistance. many countyc

us. one of the many ngos at the joining usld vision, from kathmandu. poorest one of asia's countries, making this earthquake even more devastating. let's bring in zeb eckert. how big a humanitarian will sponsor -- humanitarian response will be needed? zeb: a huge response. 5 million people live in areas, and some of them have very poor infrastructure. and kathmandu has poor infrastructure. it is described as a village that grew into a massive city. what you have within that city is inadequate sewage, sanitation facilities. you talked about the risk of cholera, and that will be the big challenge -- making sure there is not a widespread health crisis. angie: when people think about nepal, they think about mount everest. absolutely. and foreign tourists are still trapped there. 19 foreign climbers were killed on mount everest as the quick triggered avalanches, and those aftershocks continue to have an impact. you hear some harrowing stories of them trying to reach out to their loved ones. some did not make it. it is a very tenuous situation. foreign right

we're joined now from nepal's capital, kathmandu. tell usicka, i was amazed when i saw that tiny space where he had been hiding. it was literally that big, smaller than a coffin. what happened is when the earthquake happened the nine-story building it's a hotel -- budget hotel building it collapsed, it pancaked and the motorcycle at some point tilted over so he had enough space to maneuver there, so he was found right next to that motorcycle. in an interview he gave to the local media just a few moments ago, he said that he had access to some butter. that's what he ate, because it was a supermarket in that basement and so he ate that butter and survived. he said he didn't think he would survive. he wasn't sure what was going on. he wasn't sure if he was alive or dead. and when he was rescued fredricka, it was quite amazing. there was this loud cheer. as they pulled him out, he was conscious. he you know, could tell the police what his name is his address is and he also thanked them for rescuing him. and the way these police officers found hi

. >>> a drone flying over the city of kathmandu gives us a first look today at the destruction from above. the u.s. government announcing a short time ago it's sending an additional $9 million in aid on top of the $1 million already pledged. countries around the world are sending people and resources to the devastated region. families are camping in the streets of the capital city, fearing more damage from the aftershocks. >> [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> this incredible video shows the intense moment the avalanche hit base camp on mount everest. right now, the only way to safely evacuate is by helicopter. crews arrived at everest this morning to rescue as many as 150 climbers from the face of the world's highest mountain. >> and the devastation in nepal hits close to home for some in the bay area. among the thousands dead, a google executive from san francisco. abc 7's news reporter is here with more. >> reporter: well cheryl the state department announced four americans are among those killed. including two men from california. many more are trapped in nepal, desperate to get home. these are

this shows the chaotic scenes from kathmandu let's go live now to al jazeera in kathmandu. tell us the biggest challenges for people right now. >> the biggest challenge is just surviving day after day. people have been living outside since saturday. and out in the open they have complained they have received such little relief from the government or anybody else. there has been a little bit. even the united nations saying that critical shortages are shelter, water and medicine and 1.4 million don't even have enough to eat. this frustration has caused some people, too, as we heard before you mentioned some people start having clashes with police. but other people say that they didn't want to take it any more. they don't want to be in the capitol, and they're leaving by the thousands. i went to one of the main bus stations in kathmandu to find out why. >> this is nepal's main bus station here in kathmandu. thousands of people are now trying to leave the city. since saturday's quake people have been too scared to leave with aftershocks hitting them on the highway. we have one gentlema