these contestants here tonight, but it turns out he s had a change of heart. fred. so what is the feeling there, whether he s there or not? reporter: well you know a lot of the folks, the organizer of the pageants here the president of the miss universe organization tells me the focus really has been on the contestants. they learned the same day that nbc released the statement that they weren t going to be airing it they quickly scrambled and within two days were talking to reelz, the cable channel this show will now air on tonight. that s of course a much smaller audience than you would have had on nbc or univision. it reaches about 67 million homes. but they say reelz, it s been a mixed blessing. they have been doing a lot more promoting of the show than you would have seen on nbc. so it looks like they re trying to move beyond the hoopla and the controversy that trump brought to this event and really focus on the women, who s going to win. all right. athena jones in baton roug
and ventilation. guzman is the head of the sinaloa cartel considered one of the most powerful and violent in mexico. it s also known for being a major heroin supplier to the u.s. but he is also known as being a sort of robin hood having that reputation in his hometown. cnn s sara ganim joins me now with more on who he is. sara. reporter: good afternoon. good afternoon, fred. yeah he is no doubt a very notorious and dangerous criminal in mexico known his cartel well known in the united states for supplying much of the heroin and cocaine that makes it here. guess what a lot of the way that it s transported here is through tunnels. his cartel is known for tunnelling drugs underneath the u.s./mexican border into the united states and now officials believe that that is the way that he escaped for the second time from a prison in mexico. they call him el chapo or shortly for his small 5 6 frame. but his legend is enormous and
we heard today from one of his opponents, senator lindsey graham on state of the union. here s what he had to say. i think he s hijacked the debate. i think he s a wrecking ball for the future of the republican party with the hispanic community and we need to push back. reporter: and graham says that this is a defining moment for the republican party, fred and he continued to call on others within the race to step up and really hit back against this redhetoric from trump. so while donald trump was in arizona, how did some of the lawmakers, like senators john mccain or jeff blake respond to the events happening there? reporter: it was really interesting because this event was hosted by the local branch of the republican party, but the state branch was really very much in opposition to this happening. you heard from senators mccain and senators blake that they believe that trump s rhetoric is offensive.
more than 90 people including at least 11 children have been executed by isis fighters in palmyra, an ancient city located 130 miles from the syrian capital of damascus. meantime in anbar province in iraq, coalition forces launched new air strike at isis dark threats. the goal to keep terrorists away from a key iraqi military base and the country s capital of baghdad. isis has been on the tear matching east toward baghdad since capturing the key city of ramadi last weekend. and in a cnn exclusive interview, u.s. ash carter said the fall of ramadi was proof the iraqi military lacked the will to fight. joining me now, cnn correspondent, athena jones, at the white house. carter offered a harsher assessment than what we have heard from other members of the obama administration. hi fred. that s right. very tough words from the defense secretary, of since the fall of ramadi in iraq and the
he didn t have so hot aof a season either. last contract $3.25 million. the worst part though for him, timing of all of this. he becomes un restrictrestricted free agent july 1st, which means another team could have offered big bucks and now this looming over his head. might they wait and see a little bit? right. let s talk about the nba playoffs. high hopes for at least one team the atlanta hawks, but one of the players who is unable to deliver. yes. what s going on? it s tough we in atlanta we want to sago hawks. top seed in the eastern conference, but owe sefolosha watching from the bench. indiana pacers player stabbed outside nightclub at 4:00 a.m. in new york city and then two hawks players, who just arrived in the city after playing a game in atlanta hours before, arrested at that scene, fred for interfering with officers trying to establish the crime scene. one of the players, sefolosha, says police broke his leg and