January 13, 2023 - PBS NewsHour full episode

DEADLY STORMS

In our news wrap Friday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Congress that the federal government will hit its debt limit next Thursday, Russia’s defense ministry issued a new claim that a small town in eastern Ukraine has fallen after weeks of fierce fighting and a New York judge ordered the Trump Organization to pay $1.6 million dollars for crimes including tax fraud.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams took office a year ago with a focus on driving down crime. His first year was marked by challenges from the COVID pandemic to a homelessness crisis and an economic downturn. Adams joined Geoff Bennett to discuss his $103 billion budget proposal for the city.

At the White House, President Biden welcomed the prime minister of Japan as he ended a tour of top industrial and military allies. Japan, like many nations in Asia and beyond, is wary of a rising China. The two leaders pledged to work closely together on military matters, which includes the remaking of a fabled American military branch in the Pacific. Nick Schifrin reports.

Rose Rustman has been the manager at Arrow Hardware and Paint in St. Peter, Minnesota, for 30 years. She has become a community observer and leader in the town of 11,000. Rustman shares her Brief But Spectacular take on helping people as a hardware store clerk.

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including questions about President Biden's handling of classified documents, the scandals around GOP Rep. Santos and an attempted coup in Brazil.