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these helicopters are loaded with food and water and medicine and other supplies. tarps so people have some sort of shelter. all of the houses for the most part have been destroyed. they fly the supplies in and pick up the injured and they bring them back here where they get health care. it is a slow process. there are a lot of people in need right now. nearly 100 people dead in the earthquake adding to 8,200 people killed in the two large everybodies. >> bureaucracy is a problem as well. will ripley in kathmandu, thanks. a u.s. citizen among 14 people killed in a terrifying hotel attack in kabul. three gunmen stormed the park palace guest house hotel wednesday trapping more than 50 people inside. there was a five-hour standoff at the end. afghan special forces killed the attackers. in the last few hours, the taliban claimed responsibility
difficulties with the government, food and assistance and medical aid is not getting to the people who are in desperate need right now. john. >> they need that assistance. will ripley in kathmandu, thanks. a u.s. citizen among 14 people killed in a terrifying hotel attack in kabul. three gunmen stormed the park palace guest house hotel wednesday night trapping more than 50 people inside. a five-hour standoff after afghan special forces killed three attackers. in the last few hours, the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. identities of the victims not released. a senior secret service agent implicated in the drunk driving incident at the white house is retiring. marc connolly is leaving the agency. that news comes just as an inspector general report on the incident is released. the report says connolly and
some sort of tracer device a beacon allowing u.s. officials to track its position? >> reporter: yeah. absolutely equipped with an emergency beacon and satellite phone, flares other devices to allow crew members to signal if they are in distress. because some of this terrain is so deep ravines so cut off, even if a beacon was flipped on the signal might bounce around on the inside of the ravine and not go out. why maybe they're having a hard time detecting it and can't understate the fact these landslides are continuing. a real possibility the helicopter could be buried. it's a tough situation right now. >> will ripley in kathmandu, nepal. thank you. follow me on twitter @jake tapper and at "the lead," check out the page video, blogs, extra, and subscribe to our magazine on this thing calmed flipboard. that's it for "the lead" today. i am jake tapper. i turn you now over to one mr. wolf blitzer, who is right next door in "the situation room."
kathmandu. a red cross team from canada captured the scene. this 7.3 magnitude earth quake, the second catastrophic tremor to hit this mountainous nationen just over two weeks. this quake struck in the middle of the day sending frightened residents rushing into the streets. in parliament. law makers rushed through flee the chamber. >> all of the buildings emptied. hundred of people. moms, kids close to them, men, young kids pouring out of the buildings. a lot of confusion. a lot of real anxiety. a couple of gentlemen i watched running become into buildings to try to rescue people. >> reporter: some weakened buildings crumbles like toy blocks. the epicenter was east of kathmandu a. but the same distance from the capital as
april 25th quake which was west of the city. latest one occurred about 9.3 miles deep. which dampened the power of ate cording to u.s. geological survey. the previous quake more than five times stronger. it killed more than 8,000 people. and left thousand more homeless. >> really scared this time. this time it was very big. i was afraid what happened to my house or something. i was scared. a spokesman for the ministry. expects the number of did to sharply rise at searchers reach remote areas and find more newly collapsed buildings like this. people here in nepal were just starting to feel safe, just starting to feel like they could sleep therein home. now thousands back out on the streets sleeping in tents. living in fear of when the next aftershock may come. will ripley, cnn, kathmandu. nepal. and for more on the
>> mr. kerry met with vladamir putin and the foreign minister tuesday. kerry says cease-fire terms must be met before sanctions are rolled back. >> turning to nepal now where the country is being rattled by aftershocks from a 7.3 magnitude earthquake. the second quack to hke to hit n 17 days. killing 38 people. >> the u.s. military searching for a helicopter like this one here, huey, six marines and two nepalese soldiers on a relief mission in nepal when it went missing. the tuesday's quake, east of kathmandu. all are too afraid to return to their home. we get more from will ripley in kathmandu. >> reporter: the earth shakes. a mountain crumbles. sending rocks and rubble towards this village 30 miles north of