and several remain unaccounted for this morning. we re going to continue monitoring this news conference and let you know how that goes. i want to go to breaking news out of nepal. the country is digging out from yet another massive earthquake registering 7.3. the quake hit the region within weeks of that 7.8 quake that killed more than 8,000 people on the 25th of april. tremors sent students at this kathmandu running for safety fearing for their lives. death toll from today s quake, at least 42. tragically expected to rise. the quake that was felt as far away as new delhi. nbc s foreign correspondent richard engel has more. reporter: it was another big earthquake, 7.3 magnitude and it sent people in kathmandu running for their lives. they were in a state of panic, people running out of their homes, looking for open spaces being carried out of hospitals. there was a concern the earthquake, an even bigger one over two weeks ago, it had
damaged buildings and those cracked buildings could come tumbling down, so people wanted to get out of buildings and into open spaces. this time however, the epicenter was nowhere near kathmandu. it was in the high mountains, in the himalayas, not far from a town called namche bazaar namche bazaar is one of many stone sherpa villages in the valley, and, jose it will be well known to people who have gone trekking in nepal, hiking or those who have attempted to climb mt. everest. we re in the region now, where this earthquake took place, a very high elevation, namche bazaar around 10,000 feet. there are no roads whatsoever in this area. it is not a heavily populated place. there are a series of these small sherpa villages where people mostly live from the trekking industry. they sell supplies to backpackers backpackers, they provide lodgings, and it is a stop on the way to everest base camp.
it is an almost impossible place to conduct a rescue operation. there s only one airport, it s not very close by. anything that any transportation needs to be done by helicopter there aren t that many helicopters in the area but because it is not nearly as populated as kathmandu, it is not anticipated that you re going to have a death toll in the thousands, in the many thousands, like that earthquake that struck not far from kathmandu just over two weeks ago. jose? richard engel thank you very much. joining me on the phone, emergency spokesperson for unicef. i understand you re doing damage assessment from the last quake when this one hit? hello? let me sorry i understand can you hear me this morning? i can hear you. thanks for being with me. i understand you were doing damage assessment from the last
five things sold. you do not want to miss some other interesting items that have been sold at auction. coming up on the rundown, i m going to take you back to nepal, where another earthquake rocked kathmandu, triggering landslides and destroying more of the already fragile capital. plus, in the middle of a historic drought, california is somehow producing millions of bottles of water a day. how important is every drop? we re going to get a live report from that. and tom brady s suspension do you think it s fair? we re going to talk with msnbc s francis rivera and more going to have the results of our bing pulse survey. that s coming up next right here on the rundown . (woman) you want to eat. .you want to eat, who wants to eat. (dog) do i want to eat? yes, i want to eat. (woman) do you want to eat? (dog) do i want to eat, yes. that s like nine times you ve asked.yes. i mean it s beneful. i can actually see the meaty chunks and carrots right there.look at it. it s beautiful. mm
right to protest. the fact people exploited that does not mean that i do not have an obligation to protect people s right to protest. i never said nor would i ever say that we are giving people space to destroy our city. my words should in the be twisted. our other big story in nepal where rescue and recovery continues. a 7.8 earthquake rocked kathmandu. and the death toll is at 4300 and americans are among the dead. richard engel is there with more. reporter: this is the moment nepal was brought to its knees. the quake left thousands dead and much of this already poor country without power. short of clean water, centuries old terms fell.