today we are celebrating the international day of the girl. promoting the empowerment of millions of girls including afghan girls who face an uncertain future under the taliban rule. this morning savannah guthrie spoke with nobel peace prize laureate malala yousufzai, an advocate for afghan girls as part of the today show s special coverage. there are a lot of young girls who look up to you. what s your message to girls who want to make a difference in their own communities? believe in yourself. believe in your voice. believe in the dedication and determination that you hold for the things that you believe in. but we begin today with the coronavirus. joining me now, nbc s kerry sanders in florida and dr. vin gupta, pulmonologist and affiliate assistant professor at the university of washington. welcome both. dr. gupta, first to you. i want to talk about what the former fda commissioner and current pfizer board member scott gottlieb had to say about the timing of merck
this sp cnn breaking news. hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m bianca nobilo with our continuing coverage of the war on hamas. some 80 egyptian ambulances entered rafah border crossing this morning to receive injured palestinian patients, and an egyptian reporter told that at the crossing. if the patients crossed into egypt, they will be the first palestinians allowed out of gaza since the war began more than three weeks ago. cnn s scott mclean is covering this live from london. what more you hearing about these ambulances? the fact that there are 80 or so ambulances at the border is about the same number of palestinians that we had been told yesterday by the medical director of the al shifa hospital in gaza that would be leaving gaza for egypt. he said there were 81 badly injured palestinians who would be able to or would be transported to the rafah border crossing with the understanding or with the plan
olivia jordan is the new miss usa. the 26-year-old was representing oklahoma and aced the essay questions. pageant co-owner donald trump wasn t there and wasn t mentioned. those are some of our top stories on this monday july 13th. from abc news this is world news now with t.j. holmes and reena ninan. good morning, everyone. we begin this half hour with a major manhunt under way right now for one of the world s most mo know taurus drug lords. a mexican official once said the joaquin el chapo guzman ever seeing the light of day didn t exist. now we know that risk very much did exist. we get more now from abc s michele franzen. a drug lord reportedly worth more than a billion dollars has disappeared from one of mex koes most secure prisons. joaquin guzman is believed to control most of the major crossing points for drugs along the border for years sending cocaine, marijuana and meth north to america. he s sometimes called the osama bin laden of droug trafficking
trump s controversial comments on race. it s monday, july 13th. captions paid for by abc, inc. from abc news this is world news now with t.j. holmes and reena ninan. hey, good morning, everyone. a massive manhunt now going on in mexico following the brazen prison break that freed one of the world s most notorious drug lords. joaquin el chapo guzman was last seen saturday night. by now, he could be just about anywhere. details from chuck receive theert. and mexico s most wanted man again. these maximum security walls proved no prison for joaquin guzman nicknamed el chapo who pulled off a storybook jail break for a second time. this is a huge failure. he s one of the most powerful drug cartel leaders in mexico if not the most powerful. guzman slipping through a small hole in his cell into a tunnel complete with ventilation, lights and a motorcycle on rails apparently used to help dig him out, escaping to freedom through a covert tunnel nearly a mile long that conn
welcome our distinguished guest for today s commemoration program. nancy ruso. michael moor r, superintendent of the little rock school district. the director of hutchins senter for african american research at harvard university. the honorable mark, mayor of the city of little rock. cameron shawly midwest regional director, national park service. the honorable asa hutchinson, governor of arkansas. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 42nd president of the united states, william jefferson clinton. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, please give a special welcome to the little rock nine. dr. patila bills. elizabe elizabeth egbert. earnest green. gloria ray, carlata renear. dr. terrence roberts. mini jane brown tricky. thelma mothershed, wier. and join us in remembering the late jefferson thomas. ladies and gentlemen, the little rock nine. [ applause ] please welcome to the podium our mc for today. an educator and community leader and the first african american to attend l