Aftershocks: Only two days after a devastating earthquake, residents of Nepal are already running short of food and water as aftershocks continue. Many are sleeping in the open while doctors and hospitals are overwhelmed with the number of injuries to be treated. More than 3,800 people are reported dead.

Helicopters are pulling climbers out of Camps 1 and 2 on Mt. Everest after the system of ropes and ladders over the Khumbu ice falls was destroyed by avalanches. With 18 deaths reported so far, it is the worst single disaster on the mountain where nearly 200 adventurers have died in the past century.

With a weak and fractured government and a struggling economy, Nepal is having a hard time responding to its own disaster. Isolated by its own mountainous geography, the country has 127 ethnic groups and 125 spoken languages among a population of 27 million that has a hard time agreeing about anything.

Nepal will be dependent upon outside help which will have to make its way past rock slides and nearly impassible roads in some areas.

Money and Power: The Clinton Foundation admits that it made mistakes reporting its donors to the IRS, lumping in government grants with other donors. The organization that has collected millions from influential donors has been accused of being less than transparent about who gives them money, particularly in light of Hillary Clinton’s run for president.

The scrutiny has revealed the foundation’s close partnership with a Canadian non-profit called the Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership, named in part for the Canadian mining billionaire Frank Giustra. Under Canadian law non-profits cannot reveal the names of donors without the donor’s permission.

Black Lives: Thousands of people are expected to attend the funeral today in Baltimore for 25-year-old Freddie Gray, who died April 19^th of injuries suffered while in police custody. Demonstrations over the weekend turned violent with 34 people arrested.

Legal Beat: The trial of accused Colorado movie theater shooter James Holmes is scheduled to begin today in Denver. Holmes is accused of killing 12 people and wounding 70 in July, 2012 inside an Aurora movie theater.

>The defense is expected to make its case today for why Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should get life in prison instead of death. They follow some tough testimony from victims who were hideously injured and families of the people killed.

>Indonesia is preparing to execute nine death row inmates including citizens of France, Australia, and the Philippines who were convicted of drug trafficking. The convicts have been given 72 hour notice, which means they could be executed by firing squad as soon as tomorrow. Appeals by the home countries are falling on deaf ears. Indonesia believes it has a drug crisis and death is the only way to deal with traffickers.

Unhappy Meal: Italians are in a cultural dudgeon after McDonald’s started an advertising campaign suggesting that Italian kids prefer Mickey D’s to pizza. A burger and fries is American food but in Italy pizza is culture. In Napoli, pizza must adhere to strict specifications to be considered true Neapolitan Pizza. Italians say McDonald’s doesn’t understand their culture, let alone what’s considered edible.

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