it is back to work for everyone including myself here in washington, d.c., today. at the top of the president s agenda is a meeting with the mexican president enrique pen yet tow. up to 43 students disappeared in mexico. on that subject, a group human rights watch is asking president obama to press the president for answers on those missing students. for more on the bilateral meeting i m joined by telemundo correspondent. good morning, jose. happy new year. good have you back. thank you so much. an the subject of the missing students. it s something i asked the president about last year last month. do we expect president obama to press president pena nieto on the topic? it was posed yesterday to a senior administration official who basically said the issue
and we go to the new york stock exchange live. representatives from the nonprofit only make believe are ringing the opening bell. the organization performs theater for chronically ill children in hospitals. we re keeping an eye on the market following the 300-point drop in the dow yesterday and what s fuelling the continued drop in oil prices. but from the start of the day on wall street to the start of a brand new congress, it s one of the reasons i m here in washington, d.c. members of the 114th congress will be sworn in later today. speaker john boehner will officiate on the house side including swearing in members of hitz his own party who are vying for his job. let s bring in one of the members of the 114th congress. congressman, pleasure to see you again.
consolidation. but even that gas, that s moving down as well despite the cold snap that we re feeling across much of the country. i can see behind you it s a snowstorm in washington. in other corporate news watches of aol are looking to gain because we got a report late yesterday that verizon communications approached aol reportedly about a potential acquisition or joint venture. that s certainly something to watch as well. we ll be opening up in just a few minutes time as well. mandy droourury, thank you so much. coming up in the next half hour of the rundown. two lawmakers from each side of the aisle. we ll talk about the start of the new session and some of the key issues including u.s. relations with cuba and the president of mexico s visit today. plus, more on this first big winter snow. here s a live scene over indianapolis where a jackknifed truck has caused miles of
that s a larger conversation than just pinpointing one issue in mexico that i think has been a very hot topic political button within their government. congressman duffy, thank you for meeting with me this morning. what a pleasure. thanks, jose. and turning to the dangerous cold across the nation. cities are experiencing temperatures way below zero. take a look at this map. it s all cold in florida. all that cold brings snow. chicago already deployed 300 plows to try to keep the roads clear. the windy city will be spared more snow today. but one place they will not be spared columbus ohio. that s where we find the weather channel s mike psi del. good morning jose. what time did you get to work there? i think i got here at 6 something in the morning. didn t get to see the snow when i came in, but boy, whew. wait until you walk outside. d.c. is a mess.
on. not boats like this in the majority of occasions. and the coast guard is saying the boats they re seeing currently are worse than normal. they re made very quickly to get people out. smugglers are facilitators down there. that s a special concern. they re bad enough normally. now they re not as good as they used to be. there s no safety gear. a bad sea will take one of these boats down quickly, and that s what they worry about. mark potter appreciate your time. after the break, more on our top story this morning, the shooting of two police officers during a robbery. officials say the cops were not targeted. but we ll talk about how this comes at a time when tensions are running high in new york city. and next hour a massive amount of rain triggered a mudslide in washington state. collapsing buildings, houses affected, and more. with the storm dumping up to nine inches of rain in some parts, neighborhoods are