a few hours ago. those are just some offer top stories on this monday, november 10th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. we begin with president obama and his efforts to strengthen economic ties with asia. abc s mary bruce is traveling with the president and joins us from bejng. mary? reporter: good morning, tai and t.j. i should say good afternoon from here in beijing. president obama touched down here last night kicking off a dizzying week of summit meetings in asia. the president coming off those bruising midterm losses is trying to shift his focus to foreign policy. it s just been three years since the obama administration announced it would pivot its focus to asia. then it got distracted by a host of international and domesting crises. this week in many ways, presents the best final chance for the president to cement his foreign policy legacy. in beijing, president obama will meet with president xi of china and the two largest economies colliding
this is world news now. good morning, everyone. i m tai hernandez. hi. welcome back. how are you? things well? things are well. good to see you. speaking of small talk, the weather is coming up. going to be a big topic of this is a big deal. a really big deal. it is. we love to talk about it anyway. now it s making the news. enjoy the mild weather while you can. it s going to get much colder nearly everywhere in the u.s. polar air dropping further south than usual. only the swefts, south florida and hawaii and alaska are the only ones escaping these plunging temperatures. this is what s blasting towards the u.s. right now. a massive front of arctic air freezing canada s prairie forcing feem take shelter indoors in edmonton and calgary. the winter onslaught barreling right into america s heartland. in wisconsin, salt trucks and plows already on standby. in minneapolis, full homeless shelters are bracing for an onslaught of even more people. we have one ro