john: to say the least. the supreme court deciding whether president biden could ignore congress or go on one of the biggest spending sprees in u.s. history, wiping out student loan debt for millions of americans. and over on capitol hill, lawmakers are holding hearings on both the china threat and the border crisis. sandra: that s where we start a border bust netting enough fentanyl to kill 50 million people. and one mother who knows the drug s devastation all too well. we have a weather balloon from china going across our country. nobody died, and everybody is freaking out about it. but 100,000 die every year and nothing is being done, not enough is being done. you talk about children being taken away from their parents. my children were taken away from me. john: just some of what we heard during today s house hearing on the border crisis. mother who lost two of her sons to fentanyl poisoning not only grieving but also getting downright angry. sandra: and just now
attacks as vladimir putin marks the new year with a combative speech. [ cheers ] plus, the world welcomes 2023 from the land down under to asia and beyond. new york getting ready for its biggest celebration in years. oh, i ve always seen it on tv, so i decided to be here today. and later, the rubik s cube fast approaching 50. why the color-matching puzzle is showing no signs of aging. whenever i m bored and i don t know what to do, i just play with this. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york with adriana diaz. good evening. there is only one pope today. benedict xvi died today ending an unprecedented decade in which the catholic church had two living popes, one reigning, one retired. in 2013 benedict became the first pope in 600 years to resign saying that at age 85, he was no longer up to the job. his successor, pope francis, is 86. the path could be clear now for him to step down. cbs chris livesay is in rome tonight with more on the death of
exclusive report reveals federal investigators are looking into whether 50 children were vitims of human trafficking amid allegations they were illegally employed to clean slaughter houses. we begin with a high stakes fiscal fight now underway here in the nation s capital. the treasury secretary said today could be the day the u.s. reaches its borrowing limit. once that happens, the treasury department will start taking extraordinary measures to make sure the nation pays its bills, but those measures could run out sometime in june. now it s up to congress to raise the debt limit. many republicans say they will not do so unless there are cuts in federal spending setting the stage for an economic showdown with democrats and the white house which insists the debt ceiling increase is nongauchable. it s something that should be done without conditions. we should not be negotiating around it. it is the duty, the basic duty of congress to get that done. so we re not going to neg
cinematographer. miguel a ma gator is interviewing the special prosecutor right now. we re listening. we ll share everything we learn in realtime. plus president biden is putting 3,000 miles between himself and the growing political headaches in washington. the white house and some top democrats trying to down play concerns about whether the special counsel will derail his reelection bid. but are other democrats sensing a 2024 opportunity? and more proof of egregious lies from george santos ares exposed, including a claim about his mother and september 11th. alec baldwin is now facing serious charges in the shooting of a cinematographer. he will face two counts of involuntary manslaughter. here he is back in 2021. all of what happened on that day leading up to this event was precipitated on one idea, and that is that we had something profound in common. and we both assumed the gun was empty. the da writing if any one of these three people had done their jobs, she would
happening now, breaking news, police officially announce the arrest of a suspect in the killing of four university of idaho students. the 28-year-old is in custody in pennsylvania right now and charged with four counts of first-degree murder. our correspondents are getting additional details on how the suspect was tracked down. also tonight, former president trump paid zero in income tax during his final year in office, held foreign bank accounts and claimed huge financial losses. we re breaking down the revelations in trump s tax returns now that a house panel has made them public. and as russia launches a fresh round of drone strikes in ukraine, vladimir putin vows his ties with china s president can withstand all tests. is there a connection, a show of strength or sign of weakness? welcome to our viewers around the united states and the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the breaking n