LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: Less than an hour from now, President Bush is due to touch down in Mexico in his first presidential trip outside the country. Mr. Bush is going to spend much of today meeting with Mexico's president, Vicente Fox; they'll discuss issues of mutual concern to the neighboring countries. CNN Mexico City bureau chief Harris Whitbeck joins us now; he's got the very latest. Morning, Harris.</s>HARRIS WHITBECK, CNN MEXICO CITY BUREAU CHIEF: Morning, Leon. One of the main issues to be discussed today has to do with illegal migration from Mexico to the United States. Both countries have been talking about putting together a temporary work visa program for the millions of Mexicans who cross the border every day to work in different parts of the country. Mr. Fox, President Fox, says that that is a good idea because he wants to try to find a way to make border crossings safer for migrants, and he also wants to make sure that there's a way to protect their right when they are in the United States. President Bush wants to talk to President Fox about energy. The energy crisis in some Western states has prompted him to ask Mexico to consider ways of opening up regulations so that more power plants could be built around the border that could provide power to the United States. So, a couple of very important issues that will be discussed today. But officials here and in Washington are saying that this meeting is basically just to start building a friendly relationship -- start building, you know, closer ties between the two countries; ties that will be based, you know, from now on, at least, on this personal relationship between the two presidents -- Leon.</s>HARRIS: Thanks much; Harris Whitbeck reporting live this morning from Leon, Mexico.
President Bush to Meet With Mexican President Fox