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>> despite the efforts of rescue workers, 347 people are killed and hundreds are injured. >> the overwhelming cause of death, according to the hospital authorities, were people suffocating in the sheer crush or broken bones and people having their bodies crushed in the crowds, or in some cases, throwing themselves into the river and drowning. >> while the number of casualties is staggering, it could have been higher if it werent for those who jumped from the bridge. >> one of the survivors was t...

He is not prepared for what he is about to see. >> they asked and tried to call, please give me water. im thirsty, or please help me. and i really shocked. the people under, i really thought they must be dying. >> rescue workers desperately try to dislodge people one by one from the crush. it is pinning them down with incredible combined forces. >> think of it like dominos. and as you start to knock them over, they gain momentum, but its the momentum of the entire mass. it only takes five people...

Language that will be abused if it is -- if the language isnt curbed. >> the bill now head to the french senate where it is expected to be approved. >> police in thailand say they have found another human trafficking camp near the malaysian border. they say it is close to the one they found last week. what authorities discovered there. >> reporter: a grisly find in thailand. deep in the jungle authorities say they have uncovered a mass grave at a suspected camp for human trafficking. dozens of p...

Nepal government is urging rescue workers from around the world to head home. thats because hope of finding more survivors is now starting to fade. they say experts in clearing the rubble can say otherwise local workers are expected to handle the remaining operations. the quake has killed more than 7,500 people. many remote areas of nepal say theyre still not getting aid quickly enough. theres been a lot of criticism of the government which says its doing the best it can. >> for the first 72 hou...

Misses the collision. >> i heard the whistle blowing and i spun around and caught it just at that instant. i kind of had a sinking feeling because i thought, oh, man, this guy could be dead. >> the train engineer and conductor check on the truck driver. he survives. rescue workers arrive quickly and take him to the hospital. hes released the next day. >> he was fortunate that the train wasnt going any faster. it could have been much worse. [ horn ] >> and in the southeastern united states, anoth...

With our don lemon there and we do expect that the autopsy on freddie gray could be released as early as today. >> and a lot of people will be watching for that. on to another big story that we are following in nepal where the death toll from that devastating earthquake now stands at 6200 people killed, close to 14,000 people injured. >> rescue teams still finding people alive, buried in the debris for five days. this 24-year-old woman was pulled from the rubble of a hotel where she worked in ka...

Celebration and cheers there. this is what it is about for the rescue workers, christine. all of this work and effort to bring out one survivor one life. they said this is worth it for them. >> they are working so hard and using the technology they can. the sniffer dogs and different countries cooperating together. there is the picture of the woman. the picture of the 5-month-old baby pulled from the rubble earlier this week. these are the images we cling to because we want some good news. the i...

Pain, frustration in kathmandu. along with that come moments of hope. as the the desperate search to locate more survivors pushes on. on sanjay gupta has more. >> reporter: we know the official death toll here in nepal went up by at least one to day. neighbors watched from nearby windows. still clinging to hope. after all, this 4-month-old baby was rescued after more than 22 hours under the rubble. alive with no apparent injuries. this man, was buried for up to 80 hours. rescue workers administe...

An 18-year-old has been pulled from the rubble of the building in nepal some five days after that massive earthquake. the man says when the quake hit he hid behind a motorcycle which kept him from being crushed. the death toll from the earthquake is more than 5,400 with at least 11,000 injured. >> more now from our dr. sanjay gupta reporting from kathmandu on the desperate ongoing search for survivors. >> reporter: we know the official death toll here in nepal went up by at least one to day. nei...

Dramatic and saddening images there. the death toll from the devastating earthquake in nepal has climbed above 4800. but the government says search and rescue efforts certainly remain a top priority. >> some of those efforts are paying off. ivan watson reports now from kathmandu. >> at the end of the tunnel, carved deep in the debris, a ray of hope. rescue workers flown in from turkey reach a man trapped by the earthquake in kathmandu more than 60 hours after a seven-story building came tumbling...