Nepal Quake Death Toll Rises to 2,263; Wake Scheduled Today for Freddie Gray
VICTOR BLACKWELL, CNN ANCHOR: Right at the top of the hour now. Good morning. I'm Victor Blackwell.</s>CHRISTI PAUL, CNN ANCHOR: And I'm Christi Paul. So great for your company.</s>BLACKWELL: We have new information from Nepal this morning. More than 2,200 people now have been killed and thousands injured after a deadly earthquake, 7.8 magnitude here hit the capital of Katmandu. And this morning, a new after shock of 6.7 magnitude rocked the nation.</s>PAUL: Rescue crews are digging in the hopes of finding survivors. Hospitals, though, are struggling. They're just trying to accommodate the thousands of people who are injured and looking for care right now. The U.S., India and China sending basic supplies such as food, water, tents, blankets and medicines to the victims. CNN correspondent Mallika Kapur is near. She's talking to us about the fact that you felt the 6.7 magnitude aftershock, and I'm wondering how that is affecting rescue efforts?</s>MALLIKA KAPUR, CNN CORRESPONDENT: That is having a serious impact on rescue efforts. You know, I did feel it. You're right, I am in the city of Kolkata in India. Just to give you a sense, it isn't that close. It's 900 kilometers away from Katmandu. If I had to take a flight from here to Katmandu, it could be more than an hour's flight, but still we felt the tremors in Kolkata this afternoon, people left their buildings, ran outside. They were so fearful of what could happen here. So, you can imagine just how strong it must have been in Nepal itself, yes, it's really scaring people over here, and people are nervous, of course, understandably, after what happened yesterday. A lot of people spent the night outside, and yesterday they were too scared to go indoors or into their homes, or whatever was left of their homes. Many people spent the night in an open football field and they said they will do the same again tonight because it's not safe to go back in there. Of course, those tremors are affecting rescue and relief operations. In the last hour, I learned of two flights that were supposed to land in Nepal but they were forced to turn back. Our colleagues were on some of the flights, and one of them actually reached Nepal and circled Katmandu for half an hour before they were told it was too unsafe to land there because of these aftershocks and they had to come back. This was an Indian government flight, it was an empty flight going -- carrying just a couple journalists, and the goal was to bring back some of the India citizens stranded in Nepal. And another flight, also an air India flight, a commercial flight was going in there and carrying a whole group of international aide agency workers. They sat on the New Delhi tarmac for three hours before their flight was cancelled because of these aftershocks. And this is hampering relief efforts. People in Nepal and Katmandu desperately need as much help as they can get, but these aftershocks are making it difficult for people and emergency personnel to reach Nepal.</s>PAUL: You just feel for those people. I was listening to one man who said, he had talked to his family and they're just sleeping on the streets because they're afraid to go into a building. Mallika Kapur, thank you so much.</s>BLACKWELL: Two Americans were killed in the avalanches on Mount Everest after that earthquake. Dan Fredinburg, a Google executive, and Eve Girawong, a base camp doctor from New Jersey, both families announced their deaths on social media. Now, I know you are watching and wondering what can I do? Well, you can log on to CNN.com/Impact for more information on how you can help the victims there.</s>PAUL: And thank you so much for doing so. Back here in the U.S., we need to point out, family and friends are going to be saying goodbye to Freddie Gray, the Baltimore man who died a week ago after suffering a fatal spinal injury while he was in police custody. Now, a wake is scheduled for later today, and funeral services are expected tomorrow. This is protests over Gray's death yesterday turned violent. I mean, look at some of what we are seeing here. Dozens of people were arrested.</s>BLACKWELL: Now, as a result of the escalating tensions, and we showed this to you a moment ago, officials forced fans to stay inside the Orioles ballpark there at Camden Yards. We've got Polo Sandoval for us in Baltimore. What are police saying about those protesters who were arrested? Do we know if the 12 who were arrested were the people we saw stomping on those cars and using the cones to break the windshields?</s>POLO SANDOVAL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Victor, at this point, it's 100 percent -- at least we're not 100 percent sure exactly who those 12 people are, or at least the extent of their involvement. We do know they are some of the local officials here, some of those outside instigators, the bad apples, so to speak. We did begin to see them just moments after that scheduled protest. But at this point, it's very quiet on the streets of Baltimore. Freddie Gray's family hoping it stays that way, especially the next two days as they get ready to say goodbye, Freddie Gray's funeral scheduled for tomorrow morning. Now, back on the investigation that is on going. But we did get a chance to speak to the reverend expected to deliver tomorrow's eulogy, to give us insight. He says he will walk a delicate line here. He wants to take the tone calling for activism, but at the same time, also calling for peace and healing, and I can tell you, Victor or Christi, that's going to be extremely crucial especially after last night's demonstrations. Looking ahead, we are told there are plans for another protest which is scheduled to happen next Saturday. In fact, some of the organizers of the initial peaceful protest from yesterday were handing out some of the flyers, and there are efforts to schedule a town hall meeting between some of the demonstrators and city officials, which is obviously an indication here that there is the dialogue that continues between the people calling for justice and answers, and the city officials who continue to push forward with the investigation, guys.</s>BLACKWELL: All right. Polo Sandoval, reporting live from Baltimore. Thank you, Polo.</s>PAUL: You know, the question is still fresh this morning, was he trained or not trained? New details about a Tulsa reserve deputy who fatally shot an unarmed man.</s>BLACKWELL: Concerns several years ago that Robert Bates was not properly trained and was receiving special treatment. His attorney joins us live to answer some tough questions.