making news in america this morning, preparing to speak to putin. we just learned when president trump will talk with the russian president for the first time since taking office, the diplomatic standoff. the upcoming meeting between president trump and mexico's president abruptly canceled as confusion grows about who will pay for the border wall. a scary scene in an american city. flames shooting from the roof of a high-rise hotel. guests forced to evacuate. what may have caused that fire. caught on camera, a swollen river eating away its bank. watch this. eventually gives away dumping a hotel into the water. was there anyone inside? and president trump's air force one, inside the flowing oval office and what he says is different about this plane compared to his own.

maybe it's the gold plated toilets aren't there. who knows. good friday morning. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm erielle reshef in for diane today. we begin with president trump poised to have his first direct conversation with russian president vladimir putin. still, the kremlin overnight confirmed that the two leaders will speak by phone tomorrow. president trump has said he wanted to develop a better relationship with russia and suggested lifting the latest sanctions imposed by the obama administration. in the meantime, there is this, the president is squaring off with mexico over his promised border wall. the mexican president abruptly called off a visit to the white house after refusing to pay for the wall. >> now there's talk of a possible border tax and abc's stephanie ramos has the latest from washington. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: good morning. president trump already signed an order to start building the

boa border wall. president trump insists the border wall will go up with american money. but mexico will eventually pick up the tab. >> i've said many times that the american people will not pay for the wall. and i've made that clear to the government of mexico. >> reporter: white house press secretary sean spicer suggested slapping a 20% import tax on products out of mexico as payment. >> right now our country's policy is to tax exports and let imports flow freely which is ridiculous but by doing it that way we could easily pay for the wall just through that mechanism alone. >> reporter: mexico's government against the idea when it was a campaign promise. >> who's going to pay for the wall. >> reporter: and still against it under a trump presidency. >> exports from mexico into the u.s., that's going to be paid by the american consumer. >> reporter: hours early in mexico's president taling the

mexican people, i said it once, i will say it again, mexico will not pay for any wall. he later tweeted his upcoming meeting to the white house was house and telling lawmakers at a retreat in philadelphia, president trump says it was a mutual decision to cancel. >> unless mexico will treat the united states fairly with respect, such a meeting would be fruitless. >> reporter: a meeting between trump and british prime minister theresa may is still on the books for today despite their differences on torture, trade and nato. aside from today's meeting with may, mr. trump will also head to the pentagon to sign more executive orders and to attend the ceremonial swearing in of his new defense secretary-general james mattis. >> a lot going on in that city right now. >> we should mention abc plans live coverage of that joint press conference at 1:00 p.m. later today. now, president trump as you know clashed with the media quite a bit and after his first week in office it doesn't look

like that's going to change any time soon. >> innant interview with fox news, sean hannity asked president trump about his relationship with the press. >> i've seen major newspapers, two cable networks that used the word liar and my question to you is does that make you want to rethink entirely how this administration will deal with the media. >> well, they're the liars. let me give you an example. when sean got up he talked about the audience i had the largest audience. i did. i had the largest audience if you add the television and all the sources, the largest audience in the history of inaugurations. i did. they try and demean it so much. >> the president also went after "saturday night live" saying it's a failing show. president trump's chief strategist steve ban none is launching his own salvo. bannon said it should keep its mouth shut and listen tofor awhe

and considers the media the opposition party whose members don't understand why donald trump was elected president and summed up by saying, quote, the media as zero integrity, zero intelligence and no hard work. learning new details about president trump's efforts to disprove media reports about the crowd size at his inauguration. according to "the washington post" the president called directly calling the acting director of the national park service the day after his swearing in. "the post" reports he asked for more photographs of the national maul hoping to prove the media lied about the size. the white house cut about $5 million inearmarked for advertising to promote sign-ups in dot gov. they have spent $60 million on efforts to bolster enrollment. before a new secretary of state is sworn in six senior

staffers have resigned. an unusually large ex-dust during a change in presidential administrations. they were told they would not be asked to stay on during president trump's tenure. rex tillerson is expected to be confirmed by the senate next week. a federal grand jury has indicted the suspect in that deadly shooting rampage at the ft. lauderdale airport. charges against him include five counts of causing death at an international airport. five people were killed during the ram page earlier in month in the baggage claim area. he has a history of meant tall illness. powerful stores that much somewh somewhated california, an upside, they're almost completely drought-free and none is falling under the exceptional or worse category but state water officials warn that until reservoirs are fully replenished they'll continue to impose restrictions. on the other side of the country, the front that brought frigid air to the midwest is moving east which means

lake-effect snow is expected over the next several days, parts of the interior northeast could accumulate between two and three feet of new snow. still ahead, how facebook just made it virtually impossible for someone to hack your account. plus, mysterious murder in paradise. one of our abc news colleagues killed in belize, what the fbi is now saying about who might be involved. and flames shooting from one of the city's largest hotels. people in all 750 rooms evacuated. the new video coming in this morning. dear fellow citizen,

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the fbi saying it now believes more than one person may be behind the mysterious murder. >> the public believes may have information about the suspect or suspects. >> reporter: on the morning she was murdered she volunteered to stay behind from a horseback riding excursion because there weren't enough horses for everyone. when the group later returned, they reportedly found her yoga mat and other belongings on the waterfront deck but saw no sign of her. >> that's when we were alerted that her things were down at the yoga platform. >> reporter: linzie janis, abc news, new york. investigators in new hampshire say they may have solved a series of gruesome cold case murders. they've identified a drifter known as robert evans as the man responsible for the death of his then girlfriend denise bodin in 1981 linking his murder to children found in drums. he died in a california prison serving time for yet another

murder. criminal charges against a texas woman and her two daughters who called for help have been dropped thanks to the officer's body cam. this released image showing what happened when police arrived. jacqueline craig says the officer argued with her, eventually throwing her and her two daughters to the ground. you can see it there. now, police did not release the video and would not comment on it but dropped all charges against craig and her daughters. >> we have to recognize when we do something that's maybe legal but may not be the right thing to do. >> we're calling the community to continue to put pressure on chief fitzgerald to fire this officer. >> the officer was disciplined for ten days and underwent more training. that video was leaked. some incredible video as well from peru. that is what a hotel sounds and looks like as it collapses and falling right into a flood

swollen river. the foundation was eroded by the rushing water and luckily everyone inside evacuated before the collapse. no one injured there. we turn to sports. one thing we know about the australian open, women's final, is that it's going to be won by a williams. >> this is fantastic. 36-year-old venus williams is playing like she's in her prime. in her first major final since 2009 when she lost to her little sister at wimbledon. that little sister serena is trying to win her 23rd grand slam title which would be a new record. both say they're happy for each other. >> you have to control yourself and then you also have hopefully put your opponent in the box and if this opponent is your sister she's super awesome so it's wonderful. >> it's the one time that i really genuinely feel like no matter what happens, i can't lose. she can't lose. it's just going to be a great situation. >> if serena williams wins she'll regain her world number

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but this is a very special plane for a lot of reasons. outside of just being -- >> and some people noticed the president broke protocol when boarding by not turning around and waving. but when he did arrive in philadelphia, he did do a real stern salute before getting in his car. next a movement on what's known as the doomsday clock, end of days apparently happening fairly soon. not just a movie but maintained for 70 years by some of the world's leading scientists. >> they unveiled the clock and said that the minute hand had moved from three minutes to midnight up to 2 1/2, midnight on the clock rips global catastrophe. >> the scientists say it's due to comments from president trump and a darkening global security landscape. these guys are positive. police in india say they have 5 1/2 pounds of pot they need to give away. >> they tweeted this out of the bag of marijuana asking the rightful owner to come forward

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last night on abc donald trump gave his first interview since becoming president and said getting the nuclear codes whats a very sobering moment for him which is interesting because that's also the moment most people started drinking. >> many of president trump's staff members are using accounts running on the rnc's private e-mail server and when hillary heard that she screamed so loud all the trees around her died. a reporter from "the new york times" posted this photo comparing the crowd at his inauguration to the crowd at obama's in 2009. which looks like a before and after picture for rogaine, by the way. >> north korean leader kim jong-un wants to meet with president trump. you know things are crazy when kim jong-un is like, i got to see this for myself. let's -- warm up the plane. >> the president of mexico canceled his planned visit to the united states due to the announcement about the border wall. he is not coming.

when donald trump heard that the mexican president wasn't coming, he said, see, the wall is working already. that's one we kept out. trump claims enrique pena nieto did not back out on him. he said the decision to cancel was mutual. the foreign policy version of i broke up with her first. >> trump is attending a republican retreat in philadelphia and lawmakers received a welcome gift in their hotel rooms. this is real, yeah. trump socks, the perfect gift because right now they're getting cold feet about this whole thing. >> too easy for those guys. >> if you're going to take public office you got have to a sense of humor. >> that's what's making news in america. >> have a great day.

>> good morning, it is 4:30 a.m., friday, january 27. we're following breaking news, a shooting in delaware county's largest city sends bullets flying into a home. i'll have the details. details on the overnight crash that put a police officer in the hospital. a campaign promise to build a border wall creates a diplomatic riff with mexico one day after president trump visits philadelphia. >> let's get weather with david murphy and karen rogers has the