[Campbell Brown, Cnn Anchor:] In the ELECTION CENTER tonight, big news that could be the beginning of the end for Senator Hillary Clinton's campaign for president. We're going the hear what she had to say about that today. But there's even bigger news tonight, a shocking headline 100,000 people could be dead. Conditions in Myanmar after Saturday's cyclone have gone from a crisis to an absolute catastrophe. I'm going to take you there right now to the site of this massive disaster. CNN's own Dan Rivers is one of few international journalists that have made it inside Myanmar. There's going to be a slight delay here, but Dan is joining us live now. And, Dan, the numbers go up each day. First, we heard thousands. Then it was tens of thousands. And now we're hearing as many as 100,000 people dead. Is this an accurate estimate?
[Dan Rivers, Cnn Correspondent:] Well, this has come from the most senior U.S. diplomat in Myanmar, Shari Villarosam who has access to information, to sources within the regime that probably we don't. And, so, one would guess she knows that this disaster is just growing in scale and tragedy every day. I mean, it's getting to point now where it's just difficult, impossible really to comprehend that number of people who have died. We have traveled extensively throughout the damaged area, through this disaster zone. It's a river delta. It's very difficult to get around. It's crisscrossed by rivers and waterways. But what we have seen has been heartrending, house after house completely flattened. In some places, almost 100 percent of the houses have been destroyed. People, those that have survived, are living on very, very meager supplies. A few places, we have talked to people who have got two, three days of rice left before the food runs out, and all this as the international aid effort to get in here is frankly frustrated by red tape and bureaucracy from the regime here.
[Brown:] And, Dan, let me show people some of the stunning satellite images we're getting in, what part of the area looked like before the cyclone, and then now after washed away. And let me ask you to address that. Is the government there doing anything at all to try to lessen the restrictions, to get aid in there a lot faster?
[Rivers:] Well, the United Nations is now saying that they have been given permission to get some of their emergency response teams in. But a lot of other international NGOs, aid agencies, are just not getting the help. The American government has a couple of warships in the Gulf of Thailand. They have got helicopters in neighboring Thailand. None of those important assets can get anywhere near here, because they're not being given permission to come in. So, it's pretty frustrating. The international community wants to help. They want to come in and bring supplies. They want to get down to the most hard-to-reach
[Brown:] Right.
[Rivers:] And there's no high ground to go to for safety.
[Brown:] And, Dan, I just want to point out to people that a cyclone is basically the same thing as a hurricane for our viewers here, so they understand, and to also add that this looks to be worse than the devastation caused by the tsunami almost four years. But we should let people know that the reason you are not hearing as much about this, or it's taken time to get information to you and to get pictures like this from Myanmar is because of the restrictions that Dan was referencing. Explain why it's been so difficult and particularly for journalists, Dan.
[Rivers:] It is, yes. The government has made it very clear it doesn't want international journalists reporting on this story. Other international journalists have been turned away as they have arrived. It makes getting there, reporting this difficult, to say the least. But you're right. There are some parallels with the tsunami. The scale is not quite there yet. But it's growing day by day. And 100,000 dead I think it was something like 270,000 in the tsunami. But the scenes are terrible down there, you know, some communities just completely and utterly destroyed. It will take years to rebuild. And it is already an incredibly impoverished country, a country really which has now has to
[Brown:] All right, Dan Rivers for us. Dan, we really appreciate it. Thank for your time tonight. And we know that you watch CNN to connect with the news. If you want to take action to try to help the victims in Myanmar, go to CNN.comimpact. We have links there to news on the recovery and the humanitarian efforts. There are also links to organizations that are helping in Myanmar right now. So, go there to check it all out. And we do want to turn to the other big story, the presidential race. And there is one big question tonight. Given the blow to her campaign that these numbers brought, does Hillary Clinton have a chance to win the Democratic nomination? Well, Senator Clinton no backing down from her. We're going to hear from her and Senator Obama after last night's primaries. And let bring you now the "View From 30,000 Feet" night. Obama's taking the night off in Chicago, after his victory in the North Carolina primary. Hillary Clinton's staying on the campaign trail with daughter, Chelsea, in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, the next primary state next Tuesday. Clinton then went to Washington for a Congress fund-raiser. And John McCain appeared in Rochester, Michigan, near Detroit, before going to New York City for a TV appearance and a series of fund-raisers. But all eyes are on Senator Clinton tonight. With only half-a- dozen contests left, her path to the party's presidential nomination has become nearly impossible, but she's still in it. And she made that clear today. She wrapped up a meeting with superdelegates just a short time ago. Senior political correspondent Candy Crowley is in Washington with the latest on the Democratic race Candy.
[Candy Crowley, Cnn Senior Political Correspondent:] You know, Campbell, I have talked to a number of superdelegates today. The big question, do you think she will stay in? Do you think she's going to get out? And, in general, I got the same answer back. And that is, listen, this is Hillary Clinton's to decide. It's her campaign. And she says whether she's in or out. And what we learned today is, she is in.
[Crowley:] Hillary Clinton is gutsy, tireless and in West Virginia.
[Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton , Presidential Candidate:] West Virginia is one of those so-called swing states. Democrats need to win it in the fall. I want to start by winning it in the spring.
[Crowley:] She wasn't supposed to go to West Virginia today. But then last night the punditry pronounced her toast, and she needed to rewrite the headline. This one reads, not yet.
[Clinton:] So, it's a new day. It's new state. It's a new election.
[Crowley:] She leads in West Virginia, so it's not a problem. Most everything else is. Clinton had to lend her campaign more than $6 million recently. And a new e-mail urgently asks for donations. "We have never campaigned with the stakes as high or the time as short maybe shorter than she wants. George McGovern, whose ties to the Clintons date back to McGovern's 1972 presidential campaign, has switched his support to Barack Obama. It's worse than that. He called on Clinton to get out of the race.
[George Mcgovern, Former Democratic Presidential Nominee:] It seems that now is the time for us to think seriously about unifying the party behind a single candidate.
[Crowley:] McGovern says he talked to Bill Clinton about this, and there was no yelling. She put on her game face.
[Clinton:] Well, I respect him, and he has a right to make whatever decision he makes. I was pleased today to get Heath Shuler's endorsement.
[Crowley:] McGovern is a psychological blow, but he is not a superdelegate. Senator Dianne Feinstein is, and she is a Clinton supporter. She told reporters today, "I think the race is reaching a point where there are negative dividends in terms of strife within the party." It is a simple sentence and an ominous sign for Clinton. Clinton wants to try to close the delegate gap with Obama. She needs more time while she argues other equations...
[Clinton:] Look, if we had the rules that the Republicans have, I would already be the nominee.
[Crowley:] ... and other criteria.
[Clinton:] We should stay focused on nominating the stronger candidate against Senator McCain and who would be the best president.
[Crowley:] She met privately today with a group of superdelegates, pushing her case, asking for more time. Though not in that group, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is on board with that.
[Rep. Nancy Pelosi , Speaker Of The House:] I believe that the races must continue. The people should all have the opportunity to speak as long as two candidates wish to compete.
[Crowley:] By this evening, Clinton was at a fund-raiser in Washington. Headline? Still standing.
[Clinton:] The most common thing that you say to me and I heard it several dozen times as I came in was, keep going. Keep fighting. Don't quit. Stand up for us.
[Crowley:] Barack Obama took some time down in Chicago today, while, nonetheless, picking another three superdelegates. His campaign is beginning to put together a fall strategy.
[Brown:] And, Candy, is there anything that will convince Senator Clinton to get out, do you think, before the primaries are over in June?
[Crowley:] You know, anything or anybody. I mean, look, her criteria has been, well, as soon as one of has enough delegates, then I will get out or stay in the race. But, beyond that, the question I asked today to a number of people was, who? And they said, well, that's the interesting question. A party elder? You have got George McGovern. But she's not going to get out because he says she should. You look at what Teddy Kennedy he supports Barack Obama. So, you go through that list. Al Gore, he is certainly is seen as the senior statesman in the party. She's not going to listen to Al Gore. In the end, it really comes down to the Clintons. They have been the leading name in the Democratic Party for a decade now or more. And, in the end, it will be between her and her the former president.
[Brown:] All right, Candy. Candy Crowley for us tonight. Well, do the math, everybody. Does it sound like Hillary Clinton has any chance at all becoming the president of the next United States? Or does she? CNN's John King has been spending the day crunching the numbers. And he will have the latest on the battle delegates when we return.