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Base camp area following the devastating nepal earthquake. dan was also there. a mountain climber among the three americans killed on mt. everest and many of you who may be watching at home may want to know how to help. go to cnn.com/impact for more. carol? >> all right. nick valencia reporting. thanks so much. still to come in the "newsroom," 300 hillary clinton e-mails investigated looking into the benghazi attack. what do they say? well talk about that next. ♪music continues♪ [announcer...

Impact and tells those around him to stay together. a terrifying few moments there. many climbers and sherpas survived but many did not. national reporter nick valencia has more on the two climbers from america who perished. >> reporter: we want to give you meaning to the numbers and bring you personal stories of the victims of the earthquake. we know at least 17 people lost their lives as a result of the avalanche that was triggered by the earthquake when they were hiking on mt. everest. dan fr...

Quickly, we would probably also be in that pile of rubble. >> the streets of kathmandu are virtually impassable at this point. the streets are piled with rubble, bodies and shell shocked victims too afraid to go indoors. >> incredible images. on mt. everest a deadly disaster is playing out on the slopes during the peak of climbing season, that earthquake triggered a massive avalanche that killed more than a dozen tourists. and hundreds more are still stranded. abcs hamish mcdonald has the latest...

Frightened by the aftershocks, to dare to go inside so they are sleeping and resting out into the streets, shops, schools, closed here. back to you. >> all right. ivan watson reporting. cnns nick valencia joins me now. three americans died as a result of this earthquake. tell us about them. >> yes, carol, thats right. we know that at least 17 people were killed on mt. everest. among them at least three americans. we want to try to bring meaning to those numbers. bringing some very personal sto...

Murore survivors rescued, pulled from crumbled buildings after a huge and deadly earthquake. this is kathmandu, capital of nepal, the center of saturdays tragic earthquake is just a few miles from there. the number of people killed has now reached about 2,500. most of them right in nepal. that number will very likely rise when those search and rescue teams get started again as the sun comes up. the earthquake and aftershocks rattle the worlds highest mountain. were talking about mt. everest. whe...

Rock. >> reporter: thousands outside nepal spending the night outside and a concern for a humanitarian crisis. power is out to much of the country and communications limited and food and water and shelter are running scarce. >> that was cnns robbie agowal reporting for us. 17 people died on mt. everest. this is what climbers at the base camp there saw. can you imagine? snow and debris hurdling everywhere. we have on the phone with us a person from catholic relief services in nepal. give us an id...

Scenes of chaos with patients overflowing into the parking lot outside. the 7.9 magnitude quake shook katmandu before noon at 11:56. houses collapses, roads bugled. this 200 year old tower, crumbled to the ground. rescuers are desperately trying to dig people out from under the rubble. more than 50 maybe trapped. on mt. everest there are reports the quake triggered an avalanche. from camp one and camp two swept away by avalanche. many climbers missing. climbers also missing from nort side as per...

Historic monument in kathmandu crumbled to the ground. rescuers are desperately trying to cig people out from under the rubble. more than 50 may be trapped. on mt. everest there are reports the quake triggered an avalanche with climbers from around the world preparing for a push to the summit. from northmen pk camp1 and camp 2 swept away by avalanche. many climbers missing. mountaineer alex gavan tweeted, everest base camp huge earthquake. then huge avenue landment from pumori. running from my t...

There have been chaotic scenes there as people search for survivors. and of course also looking now for those climbers that have been caught on mt. everest. >> all right, david, thank you very much. were going to continue to follow that story as it develops. back in this country, there are some big questions surrounding the clinton foundation funs and hillary clintons actions as secretary of state. one of the most anticipated books of the presidential cycle about to hit store shelves soon. it ...

Several others are in one tangled mess heading right for selena. >> i put my head down because all the ice was coming down on us and just prayed that we didnt get hit. but i was fully expecting an impact. >> then the bodies just started sliding into the crevasse. you could hear them thump. >> selena is somehow spared from the fall, but her boyfriend, jeremiah, is not as lucky. cleves son cole, too, gone with several others. >> there was just dead silence. and i remember just sitting there lookin...