there are 20,000 children living on the streets just here in mexico city. almost all of them are locked into a cycle of drug addiction and prostitution and they're also extremely vulnerable to be recruited by the drug rtels. sophia works at a center to help mexico's street children. but she ys she has to compete with drug dealers who use children as runners, messengers, or just customers. "there are kids growing up to be assassins because they have nothing else to lose." 25-yr-old avi knows how that can happen. at a rehabilitation center outside mexico city, she said she became addicted to cocaine by dating a boy in a gang. now shaking uncontrollably in withdrawal, she says the gang linked to a powerful cartel, used her to seduce a rival, so it could kill him. "i loved the feeling of adrenaline, to be in the thick of it, the power. went in too deep." do other young people le you want to be drug dealers, i ask? yes, she says. in therapy, she sits next to 17-year-old daniella, also an addict involved in gangs is on tranquilizers because she cuts herself with

>> mexico city. >> rose: what is the population of mexico city, 20 million? >> they say between 20 million and 40 million. so give or take 20 million. >> rose: the next is ignacio lopez. >> a great actor from the golden age of mexico. very luck tow have him in this book. >> rose: father and daughter. >> next is two boys on the pedestrian street. >> this is-- this-- i think what these images try and show is something we've really lost in this country, and that's the appreciation for the beauty of simplicity. >> rose: right. >> and mexico is full of that sort of simple life, and it's amazing the people who go down there, especially americans, who go down there and come back leaving saying they either see poverty or desolation in simplicity, and then there are those who see the butte of it. i've always found sort of for gringos those two sides of the spectrum. >> rose: what kind of camera were you using. >> a leica. >> rose: all black and white. >> all black and white. i think color is-- first of all, the bookmark for mexico is saturated with color folklore, and

. >> couric: mexico is a country deep in crisis. the drug war has turned its citiesto some of the most dangerous on earth. murder is rampant, battles between the mexican army and cartel gunmen are commonplace. mexico's president rarely grants interviews, but our peter greenberg was given exclusive access to his drug-fighting operations-- including his top-secret war room. >> reporter: president felipe calderone tours an army base in the border city of mention cal ya. with 10,000 plus drug-related murders this year, he views his soldiers as his best hope in a blood soaked clash that critics on both sides of the boarder are starting to call unwinnable. a conclusion calderone will not accept. >> we are kicking them and kicking them really hard. >> reporter: he has deployed 45,000 troops to 18 mexican states in an aggressive offensive against the cartels. on this day, he's honoring soldiers killed fighting the drug cartels by giving awards to their families. >> i know that mexican soldiers are put in place, are risking their own lives. actually, we lost more than 80 sold

diego and freda allow trotsky and natalia to reside in the oven suburb outside mexico city, now of course it has been incorporated into the city. rivera was a vital source of funds for trotsky in the first two years, selling off his paintings, and at one point even mortgaging his house nearby in order to help raise money for trotsky for two things: one to support the household, just putting food on the table; but also, and of increasing importance, money for trotsky's protection, to pay for guards, to pay for weapons and so on. diego and freed the were at trotsky's side during the dewey commission hearings held up the blue house in the spring of 1937. the dewey commission being of the independent inquiry into the veracity of the moscow trials led by the american philosopher and public intellectual, john dewey. the dewey commission eventually by the end of 1937 issued a verdict of not guilty. in other words, that the outrageous charges against trotsky in moscow had not been proved. it was after the departure of the dewey commission in the spring of 1937 that trotsky and freda began their a

. >> sarah palin, the world cup and the >>> a bull storms th stands in mexico city. >>> and d.c.'s snowmeggedan is sealed in history. >> a bull ran into the ring at this bullfht in mexico city, then leaped over the bench. take a look at this. it landed in part of the stands where bullfighters, sportsmen and other staff were standing. no spectators were hurt. but one of the horse men was injure the bullfight went ahead as planned. >>> young sweethearts in louisiana were separated 60 years ago, and now they are finally tieing the kno they were in love when he was cen is the to fight in the korean war in 1950. they lost track of each other. they reunited recently a sparks flew. this time they are making sure nothing comes between them. >>> snowmaggedon. it's become part of our lexicon. snowmaggedon and snowpocalypse are put at the top of the list, along with spillcam and vuvuzela. and refudiate. sarah palin's combination of refute and repudiate. >>> how well does one associatiowork in prince georges county? that story coming up. >>> what's new for 6:00. >> there's been a deadly pileu

of bulls gives spectator a scare at a >>> and by the horns of bulls gives spectator a scare at a mexico city bull ring. captions paid r by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. i'm lynn berry. today we begin wth changing course. kicking off a lame duck session of congress yesterday, one key player did an about face on a long-held political policy. and a b deal is said to be on the works on bush era tax cuts. tracie potts joins us from washington with more. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. good morning, everyone. the lame duck session is generally not very exciti, but yesterday it started with a surprising announcementrom the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell saying that he is reversing course on earmarks those pet projects that are often packed in spending bills allowing for those projects to be done back home. he is now versing his position suggesting the should be a ban on these earmarks. tea party influence said to be huge here. mcconnell said on the floor yesterday that old habits aren easy to break but the gop caucus will be voting on that today. now, the other big i

. >> i was born in mexico city. i spent a few years in l.a. and have lived in san jose for the a few years now. >> reporter: he came to california at the age of six. >> we have been in the system for 12 or 13 years now. >> reporter: by california law, he and other illegal immigrants can qualify for in-state tuition. today the california supreme court ruled against a lawsuit challenging that could it was filed by a group of out-of- state students. they argue that the tuition law violates federal law and encourages illegal immigration. a law professor says attorneys for california argued that in- state tuition is not based on residency. >> california say we do not make them available on the basis of residency. we made them on the basis of the california high school,. >> reporter: california law does not violate federal law that weighed illegal immigrants can continue receiving in-state tuition. >> i think that is a good idea. i think everybody should allowed. berkeley is a public school. >> reporter: just this hour i got a call back from the att

a bull gives spectators a scare in a mexico city bull ring.aptions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. welcome to our viewers across the nation, including the pick time zone. i'm lynn berry. today we begin with a royal engagement. after an eight-year on and off romance and months of speculation, royal officials announced prince william will wed his longtime girlfriend kate middleton. according to the office of england, prince charles, the couple got engaged last month during a vacation in kenya. no official date has been set, but royal officials say a wedding will be held sometime next spring or summer in london. william and kate's relationship has been a subject of worldwide speculation since they met more than eight years ago while both are students at saint andrews university in scotland. a royal statement said prince william has already informed the queen and other close members of his family of the engagement and it appears the prince is old-fashioned. according to royal officials, he first asked permission to

we don't have any contact for mexico city.d to get the information from the ones that are dealing with the investigation. but, no, it hasn't hurt anything for us to be here. >> tell me where your expectations lie now. have you given up on the notion that someone will be arrested and prosecuted for killing your husband or is your focus now on just getting his body back? >> it's just mainly getting david's body back. i don't really think they are hfr r ever going to find the person who did it. you have three boats and minimum of three people probably in each boat. i think it will be pretty difficult to pin down who did it. we just ultimately want david back and i'm very frustrated that mexico, you know, hasn't really stepped up and neither has our government stepped up to get it done and just, you know, it seems so easy to me. i know there's legal stuff and everything. it seems they are not doing enough. >> it continues to be a difficult time for you. we appreciate you taking a moment to speak with us, tiffany. we appreciate it.

i invite her to be groped at an airport as i was coming back from mexico city recently.shocked and i have to tell you outraged. i think it is unbelievable what they think they are entitled to, just because they think you might be carrying plastic explosives in your underwear. as far as scanners, apparently from all the science i've read there is no way they can actually put together that the scanners keep -- can identify thin plastic explosives that can be carry. first of all they are ineffective. there's no proof they work. secondly, they might be dangerous to people who fly a lot because you are getting radiation waves. third, the only way to make sure that no one is carrying explosives in their underwear or inside a cavity of their body is to do a more thorough exam. i'm wondering when the federal government is gonna invite for that if we want to fly. >> paul: dorothy? >> i can only say they've always come up with the notion it doesn't work any way. what we are dealing with is a kind of psychological outrage. that's the thing that we've been accustomed to an indulgenc

a bull gives spectators quite a scare at a mexico city bull ring. i'm lynn berry. those stories and more straight ahead. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> we begin this morning with changing course. kicking off a lame-duck session of congress yesterday, one key player did an about-face on a long held political policy and a big deal said to be in the works on a bush era tax cuts. tracie potts joins us from tog with the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the lame-duck session is generally not very exciting, but yesterday it started with a surprising announcement from the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell saying he is reversing course on earmarks, those pet projects often packed into big government spending bills, allowing for those projects to be done back home. he is now reversing his position, suggesting there should be a ban on these earmarks. the tea party influence said to be huge here. mcconnell said on the floor yesterday that old habits aren't easy to break, but that the gop caucus will be voting on that today. now the other big issue tha

just a bunch of spoiled brats, i invite her to be groped at an airport as i was coming back from mexico cityy. i was shocked and i have to tell you pretty outraged. i think it's unbelievable what they think they're entitled to just because they think you might be carrying plastic explosives in your underwear. now, as far as the scanners go, apparently from the science that i've read, there's no way that they can actually put together that the scanners keep-- can identify these very thin plastic explosives that can be carried. so, first of all, they're ineffective. there's no proof really they work. secondly they might be dangerous to people who fly a lot. you're getting these radiation waves and third, you know, really the only way to make sure that no one is carrying explosives in their underwear or inside a cavity of their body is to do a more thorough example and i'm wondering when, you know, the federal government is going to invite us for at that if we want to fly. >> paul: dorothy. >> this is not a question i can answer. i can only say, they always have come up with the notion, hey, it

thousands of luxury goods seized from drug lords extravagant items an offer of a two day sale in mexico city range from diamond rings to private jets the auction is expected to fetch millions of dollars which will then be funneled into a combat in crime mexico's drug industry has a turnover of around forty billion dollars a year and has been responsible for over thirty thousand deaths since two thousand and six. the terror novel disaster may have been the worst nuclear accident history but scientists are warning of an even greater threat only a fraction of the nuclear material the reactors contain was expelled by the explosion back in eighty six massive amounts of lethally contaminated debris remain buried at the site as a next year she asked finds out almost a quarter of a century since the chernobyl fallout a special confinement structure called the circle for gas is still preventing more radioactive emissions into atmosphere this structure the circle for this was built in nineteen eighty six just months after the disaster that you know build nuclear power blog back then experts predicted

the landing was much less smooth for 104 people aboard a flight from mexico city.curity video shows the global air flight coming in without its front landing gear. the 737 skidded down the runway, but the pilot managed to bring it to a stop and nobody was hurt. a flight over the pacific had quite an affect on the appearance of one passenger. he boarded an air canada flight in hong kong last friday looking like an elderly white man, but on the way to vancouver he went into the bathroom and came out as a young asian man. canadian authorities say it was an elaborate disguise to try and get refugee status in that country. the passenger, who's been detained, reportedly got through security by switching boarding passes with another man. and coming up next, these runners say "even if the shoe fits, don't wear it." bone strength. e your like bone-healthy exercises that are easy to do. boniva works with your body to help stop and reverse bone loss. and myboniva gives you calcium-rich recipes... monthly reminders... and even a month of boniva, free. so call or go to myboniva

la familyia near mexico city, and another cartel in eastern mexico. they broke away creating their own cartel earlier this year. the zettas are former mexican forces who went rogue. they were trained in fort benning, georgia, in the early 1990s. >> they were trained in operations, special operations, by our best of the best, and then they went back to mexico. what happened was they didn't stay with the military. they defected because the drug cartels paid more pin. >> the head of the settas uses tigers to scare his enemy. one made last year's forbes list of the world's wealthies people, but the lifespan of a kingpin is getting shorter. one was called two weeks ago by the mexican military. and another was arrested in mexico in august. texas governor rick perry requested 1,000 national guard. he got 254. even those could be pulled out as early as next year. in mission, texas, jennifer griffin, fox news. >> this is a fox news alert just in. a federal judge calls the ballot dispute in alaska's senate race a state matter and is conditionally halting certif

near mexico city and once the armed wing of the gulf cartel in eastern mexico. zetas broke away creating their own cartel earlier this year. he can electric particular bunch they use tigers to scare victims. 5-foot tall shorty guzman heads the sinaloa made last year's foocious list. a king pin the's life can be short. leader nicknamed for blond hair now faces mexican lockup. tone tormenta was asan sin nateed by the mexican military. former special forces gone rogue. 200 of them were trained at for the benning, georgia. >> they went back to mexico and left the mexican military, basement enforcers for the gulf cartel. then in february of this year they started their own cartel. >> a new interrogation tape from the mexican authorities reportedly of a cartel member saying that the head of lafamila is tired and may be seeking a truce of the calderon government. no other sign that the others are willing to give up tonight, shep. >> shepard: thanks. ever get bored waiting in line 20 minutes at the post office, half an hour at the bank. a week and a half at best buy? 10

. >>> to mexico city, it's finally happened. bulls are evolving. they're trueing to kill off the market for bull fighting by killing off the spectators and the participants. bring them all on. the gate was eventually open and the bull returned to the ring to finish out the match. that is the biggest load of bull i've seen flying since sarah palin debuted her tv sereries. hey-oh! time marches on. >>> bill maher next on "countdown." >>> our third story tonight, these are the quiet times for my next guest. bill maher will appear add the civic center in peoria, illinois, december 1st. it's the star plaza theater in indiana on december 4th, on the 10th the brady theater in tulsa and reno december 11th. mr. maher survived another first half of the season on the television from fake joints smoked to that little reminder it's always worth it to keep the tapes of old, old shows of yours because you never know which parts might be useful later on. much, much later on. the battle that is "realtime with bill maher" begins anew on january 14th. i welcome him wi

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. >>> to mexico city, it's finally happened. bulls are evolving.'re trueing to kill off the market for bullfighting by killing off the spectators and the participants. bring them all on. the gate was eventually open and the bull returned to the ring to finish out the match. that is the biggest load of bull i've seen flying since sarah palin debuted her tv series. hey-oh! time marches on. >>> bill maher next on "countdown." r at berkeley asked me if i wanted to change the world. i said "sure." "well, let's grow some algae." and that's what started it. exxonmobil and synthetic genomics have built a new facility to identify the most productive strains of algae. algae are amazing little critters. they secrete oil, which we could turn into biofuels. they also absorb co2. we're hoping to supplement the fuels that we use in our vehicles, and to do this at a large enough scale to someday help meet the world's energy demands. if cars didn't need keys? if you could talk to them with this? if you turbocharged this little guy? if old water bottles became new s

the city was founded over 200 years ago. that connection in mexico and the relationship with spain, all the challenges that are good and bad. this is more positive with an engaging future. this is something that is indelible in the minds of the people of san francisco. particularly those who served as custodians of this great city. she is right to say that what makes san francisco special and what makes the bay area special, and the state of california so remarkable is the ability to attract people from every conceivable walk of life, regardless of race or ethnicity or sexual orientation. this is a region and a state that prides itself on its diversity. i say this often because this deserves to be repeated often. we did not tolerate our diversity, we truly celebrate this. it is right to celebrate all of these differences. at the end of the day, those fundamental aspects of our lives are what we all show. what we are doing today is sharing the values of the region and the state. we pride ourselves in being the most diverse state in the most perverse d

check out the scene in mexico city, that bull bursting into the ring making a wee line for a -- beelinence and leaping into the stands. terrified fans and matadors running for their lives. the second attack happened at rodeo in edmonton, this bull also attacking everyone within reach. staff eventually roped that animal but not before four people were injured. >>> we are awaiting a republican conference meeting this afternoon where the issue of earmarks is expected to be a hot topic. if you were with us yesterday, you remember breaking news with this announcement from senate minority leader mitch mccobble. -- mccom. >> today i'm announcing that i will join the republican leadership in a support on a moratorium on earmarks in the 112th congress. over the years i've seen president of both party seek to acquire total discretion over appropriations, and i've seen president waste taxpayer dollars on meritless projects and programs than every congressional earmark put together. shannon: president obama said, quote, i welcome senator mcconnell's decision to join me and member of both party who

la familia near mexico city, and the save thats, once the armed wing of the gulf cartel in eastern mexicobroke away and created their own cartel earlier this year. an e eclectic bunch uses tigerso scare his rivals. a kingpin's life span can be short. captured in august, an american around cel leader nicknamed for his blond hair now faces a mexican lockup. one leader was assassinated earlier this month by the mexican military. former mexican special forces gone rogue, about 200 trained by u.s. special forces at fort benning, georgia. >> they went back to mexico and then left the mexican military, became the enforcers for the gulf cartel, and then in february of this year they started their own cartel. >> reporter: texas governor rick perry has asking for 1,000 national guard to be deployed along the texas border here, but now he's receiving word from the obama administration that they plan to pull out the national guard from california, new mexico and texas in february even though they just arrived in september. if you have any doubt about how an increased presence along the border makes a

i want to thank the city for this wonderful work that they have done for the immigrants, and we celebrate this 15th of september with our sister countries, and also with mexico. and again, we would like to thank the city of san francisco. thank you. [speaking spanish] >> mexico. >> thank you very much. we're very proud to be here today, on the celebration of the bicentennial. and the continuation of the mexican revolution. these are very important days for mexico and mexicans. and in northern california, this is a special meaning. we have contributed to build this great state. and i think that one more important element is an extremely complex relationship that makes it so happy, is the by cultural family that we support. for that reason, this is a special occasion for me to be here. and to celebrate with all the friends of mexico. we will continue working with the elected officials with a different representative because we believe that we are part of this the first community. and we can continue contributing with hard work, for the future and the next generation. and i held that the next 100 years -- we will be celebrating the same. thank you very much. [a

>>> martha, mexico city folks running for cover when a bull jumps in the stands. have you seen it?. he might have been going after someone in the bleachers, following the man whose job it is to get the bull revved up for the fight. one man was injured when the bull fell on top of it. meantime in edmonson, alberta, canada, four people hurt when a 600 -- 1600-pound bull jumps the fence there. they managed to throw a rope around the bull to get the animal under control. martha: i just cannot -- you know, can you blame him? they know what's about to happen and they want to get the heck out of there but thank goodness, they went in there because they're the people who know how to handle the bulls, not just innocent bystanders. >>> a cell phone call, a text message, innocent enough activities until you combine them with driving. now a new campaign hopes to save countless lives by telling the stories of those who have been killed by these situations. laura ingle is live in our newsroom with more on this. the goal of this campaign is to put a face on the victims of distracted driving. real

basically it's considered very cheap and efficient it's a model being transferred globally from mexico to new york city and we're here for the first time arguably in its history the walls separating rich from poor don't look so set in stone. lauren lyster r t so paulo brazil now to some other world news of this hour more than thirty people have been killed in a police operation to release hostages from a catholic church in baghdad militants took over the church after attacking the country's stock exchange where they killed two guards they were reportedly demanding al qaeda members held in iraq and egypt to be set free. an explosion in istanbul's main square has left at least thirty two people injured authorities say a suicide bomber was targeting police officers the blast occurred close to an area where riot police are stationed in case of protests after the blast more explosive devices were found and the few. authorities in yemen have released a female student suspected of sending explosives to u.s. synagogues earlier qatar airways said one of the two parcels posted from yemen last week had been trans

basically it's considered very cheap and efficient it's a model being transferred globally from mexico to new york city and we're here for the first time arguably in its history the walls separating rich from poor don't look so set in stone. or in mr r t so paulo brazil. the european union is facing a shake up after leaders endorsed plans to enforce tougher budget rules on friday the deal which amends the controversial lisbon treaty was spearheaded by germany and france alterations include reigning in the excess of overspending nations it's all an attempt to shore up the euro after it came close to collapse last year the new system will be in place by twenty thirteen but m.e.p. gerard says the single currency should be scrapped to save europe's economy. their problem is always that there isn't enough european union not with us too much of it but they don't have enough power so they see every crisis as an excuse for demanding more power to solve the problems that they've created in the first place economically in a terrible state because of the european single currency greece portugal spain all these co

basically it's considered very cheap and efficient it's a model being transferred globally from mexico to new york city and we're here for the first time arguably in its history the walls separating rich from poor don't look so set in stone lauren lyster r t so paulo brazil germany is reevaluating its multicultural society after the chancellor said efforts to build it have utterly failed angela merkel says immigrants need to do more to integrate and learning the language of their new homeland should be a priority as their first reports more and more germans feel foreigners are taking over. and yet we. learn the language of the next. week taint have a place. the message to immigrants in germany integration and tough talk from the german chancellor his controversial speech recently branded multiculturalism the failure of the furtive debate on an extremely sensitive issue. which is also called gaza strip because from my blood up to the yes ban he becomes more and more arabia with high immigration if the past few decades germany has seen the developments of monocultural communities such as new clothes in w

the pilot reported some sort of problem on his way from mexico to the city of thank you. firefighters followed that plane and found it right there upside down in the water. they tried to perform a rescue there but the pilot and two passengers did not s are beginning a new program call alert. two programs are planned and two teachers at three middle schools are being trained to teach students how to resist drugs. a higher rate of marijuana use and drinking at berkeley high than at other schools. >>> bart is hoping to make holiday travel easier for riders. starting wednesday bart will be running longer trains along the pittsburgh bay point line. also more long-term parking spaces will be available. and bart service to oakland airport will also get a boost with extra air bart shuttles. bart is planning to run longer trains on sunday november 28th for all of those folks coming back home. >>> let's check in with sal for traffic issues. sal. >> if you go to ktvu.com you can go to the traffic page any time and get traffic information. you can get my twitter page. we are followin

their luck turned around in redwood city this, is the territory, graffiti and signs of drug dealing everywhere on the 200 block of dunbarton avenue. >> this is a little mexicoang down in the city. a very active gang. >> officer as rested a 17-year-old violating his probation. the november maintenance check resulted in a dozen arrests and a warning. they'll be back every month. >> let being them now we're out there, working with them. >> and coming up next, assignment 7. california farmers and a war over water. >> why they're blaming congress fororororororororororoÑ >>> parts of california turned into a modern day dust bowl. many blaming it on three years of drought. others blaming congress. tonight there is the latest war on the war over water. this orchard is dead z it's just feet from water, there wasn't enough to keep it alive. >> and we can't get a stable supply of water. >> curtis is a farmer and his business counts on water to grow almonds. he worries he, too, will have to let trees die. >> there has been a drought but this has been a political drought in, our opinion. >> many blame congress and environmentalists for creating a dust bowl in the san jo

i remember sitting in mexico city with some of the members of the cabinet and some of the membs of the mexican congress who would tell me, kind of off on the side, that they had had 2,000 federal officers, agents, troops that were killed in the drug wars trying to bring order and trying to bring the drug cartels underneath the enforcement of law to break them up. this would be three to four years ago, they would say, we've had -- we've lost ,000 federal officers. now what numbers do we hear? 28,000. 28,000 mtly civilian, but not all civilian casualties in the drug wars in mexico. 28,000. can you imagine the carnage? that's the size of one of the larger cities in my state. the number like 28,000 system of here we are, what border patr officers sending the national ard down there, thankfully, there are some guard troops showing up, it does help, every pair of boots on the ground helps and every bit of equipment we can put down there helps and every bit of barrier pe we build on the border helps. i do want to build a wall, i don't suggest we build 2,000 miles next week, finish it by the e

mexico. >> which you've made a show about, which is fantastic. you and your families traveled two two citiesent to puerto vallerta for almost ten weeks. >> it's a great time to visit there. >> it's a two-edged sword. there's never been a better time. you see that stuff in the news but it's been amazing. prices are rock bottom and the places are as beautiful and safe as ever. >> it looks that way. tell us a little bit about puerto vallerta. where did you stay? >> we stayed a couple of places. we show different properties. we showcase them an stay somewhere an have adventures. so we stayed at a partner of ours, via group. via dell pamar las flamingas. and then a spa. >> tell us about the adventures that you went on with your family. >> we did a lot of stuff. we had a very packed schedule. pleasant holidays. we just go. a lot of people don't realize that the sierra madre i lands are right up in the shadow of the mountains in puerto vallerta. jungles and mountains. we headed up on a lot of adventures. one on mules and then we came down on a zip line. some are a thousand feet long, it's amazing,

monterrey is the third largest city in mexico and the center of commerce for the country. think just five years ago it was named the safest city in all of latin america. now it has become a battleground for warring cartels. >> three of my friends got kidnapped in the past three months. >> reporter: we'll call her vivian. she's 22, the daughter of a prominent mexican businessman. she doesn't want anyone to know who she is. her american mother francheska worries she could be next. why would anybody target these students? >> because they know they have somewhere parents that are rich. this state and this city is for students of the rich. >> reporter: it's the reason why vivian lives here behind tall steel gates protected by security and cameras. >> it is scary because driving from here to my school, i always feel threatened. i'm always in fear. >> reporter: vivianne is a student at one of the most prestigious universities in the country. often called the m.i.t. of mexico. in march, right in front of the university gates, gunfire erupted between federal police and alleged carte

city .. le tengo un adelanto... //// ---iniciamos en mexico, en donde otro capo del narcotrafico cayo abatidoentos de la armada de mexic- mexico------se trata ezequiel cardenas guillen, mejor conocido como el 'tony tormenta', quien perecio en un enfrentamiento que se desaÓ en las principales calles de matamoros, tamaulipas--- ---'tony tormenta' ..dirigia desde el 2003 el cartel del golfo, uno de los mas violentos del pais, despues de que su hermano osiel fuera detenido y despues extraditado a los estados unidos--- ---y se dieron a conocer las primeras imagenes del narco-tunel que fue descubierto en la frontera de mexico y estados unidos, en el area de tijuana------el tunel tiene una longitud de poco mas de 400 metros y tiene en su interior un tren que podia alcanzar una velocidad de hasta 30 millas por hora--- ---por este tunel debieron de haberse transportado miles de kilos de droga, ademas de haber permitido el paso de personas sin documentos a este pais------los 14 detenidos, todos son de nacionalidad mexicana--- ---y ahora ariel rodÍguez... para que nos hable de las condiciones del clima