clinton and other members of the u.s. cabinet are meeting with mexican leaders to plan new strategy in the war on drugs. the delegation's trip south of the border comes a year after president obama promised to be a full partner with mexico. and two weeks after an american consulate worker, her husband, and the husband of a mexican employee were killed. nbc's charles hadlock joins us live in texas. this is a very tight rope that the administration is walking right now. we have so many ties with mexico, but this drug war is out of hand. what can you tell us, charles, about how the administration -- what do they expect to accomplish on this trip? >> reporter: well, that meeting, ed, begins later today in mexico city between hillary clinton and her delegation and the president of mexico, felipe calderon. but it's happening in the backdrop of a major violent