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Anything right now. but he just looking and run away. and we are looking for something for him. and then he has run away. it is not good. he didnt like, people like this prime minister. we need to change right now. prime minister -- [ indiscernible ] >> palpable frustration there. now the official death toll from saturdays quake is more than 5,400. at least 19 of the deaths were climbers killed in an avalanche on mt. everest. we have new individually to show you. we are revealing the moment it s...

Hundreds of climbers remain in whats left of the long and narrow tent city. the storied staging ground for the assent of everest. claimed because its there. >> we decided to go up to camp one at 2:00 in the morning. >> reporter: this man from washington was leading his group up the mountain. but one man chose to stay behind. american documentary film maker tom tap lin. we tried to convince him to come with us. he says he was worried about leaving the safety of base camp. >> everything was shakin...

Welcome back to "way too early." lets turn to the nation of nepal where the search for survivors continues five days after a deadly earthquake. images are just now surfacing including video showing the base camp on mt. everest as the earthquake hit. that triggered a massive avalanche. richard engel is one of the first journalists is reach everest and has our report. >> through the window of a rescue helicopter we finally saw it. that is ef lets. >> the tallest mountain in the world, and the site...

This pilot. every other rescue helicopter was grounded. he was on his own, transporting victims to an aid station mountains and miles away. how many times did you go back and forth? >> 49 40 times back and forth. >> reporter: base camp is lowly emptying out. no climbing season this year. >> if the mountain doesnt want you to be here you shouldnt be here. you have to respect it. >> most want to walk down now out of respect for the mountain and those who died there. >> lets go to domestic politics...

Camp killing at least 15, maybe 17 people, maybe more. they havent been able to go through all of the snow banks, and there is still some efforts under way to locate the remains of climbers or sherpas in the area to assist them. we did see some bodies coming out. there was one body marked in a body bag, it said unknown body. so clearly the identification process must go on. but it was really only when we were there today that we actually understood what happened. how this long base camp which is...

Many places in this country. when the earthquake happened around noon on saturday an avalanche broke off from the mountain overlooking the base camp. the base camp is long and thin and has several hundred people staying in it. and when the avalanche came crashing down with ice and snow and rocks, it tore through the center section of the base camp destroying the only medical facility at the base camp tearing up tents, sending some of the climbers hundreds of feet. we dont know exactly how many p...

Out. >> they persevere in the most difficult of times. deep inside i know nepal will bounce back. now all of the climbers stranded on mt. everest after the quake have been air lifted to safety. helicopter pilots took advantage of clear weather to pick up the climbers and guide, two at a time from the camps on the mountain. and bring them done to base camp. the quake caused a massive avalanche which killed at least 17 people. making it the worst single disaster on the worlds highest peak. their...

Of the 1,700 homes in the village have been flattened. but amid the devastation, there are signs of hope. this nepalese man was rescued tuesday after being stuck under a collapsed building for over 80 hours with three dead bodies and nothing to eat or drink. in katmandu vendors have begun to return to the streets, and on mount everest, nbc news captured these exclusive images of the peaks base camp. officials believe they have rescued all the climbers from the cliffs upper reaches, but many are ...

These rescuers say theyve now located someone still alive. theyre drilling down and theyre going to try to pull him out shortly. the teams peered through a hole in the floor and rescuers worked to free the victim pinned down by a large beam. they slide him out. now free and smiling. >> yes. >> reporter: this 28-year-old rushed through the piles of debris to a waiting ambulance, alive more than 80 hours after the earthquake as cheers went up from his rescuers. but with so much of this country lyi...

Why do you have that insurance company? with liberty mutual new car replacement, well replace the full value of your car. see car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutual insurance. . in other news the death toll continues to rise in nepal, 5,000 dead and four americans are among those killed. they died at the mt. everest base camp. richard engel became one of the first journalists to make it there. >> reporter: on saturday around noon when the earthquake struck a large piece of ice and ...