Mexican Mayor in Trouble for Missing 43 Students
HARLOW: An ex-mayor has been implicated in the disappearance and possible massacre of 43 college students in Mexico. The charges include attempted murder and CNN has learned that he's accused of also having drug cartel members on his payroll. Our Rosa Flores has more.</s>ROSA FLORES, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): In Iguala City, they are dubbed the imperial couple for their exercise of power and influence in cartel territory. The power couple's throne came tumbling down when they became suspects in the disappearance of 43 students from a teacher's college who arrived in Iguala on September 26.</s>HARLOW: And Rosa and CNN will continue following that story very closely. Thank you for that, Rosa. Meantime, falling oil prices are putting a huge dent in Russia's bottom line. And western sanctions are also taking a toll, but Vladimir Putin has found a new economic friend in China. What does that mean for the U.S.? We'll talk about that, straight ahead.