July 23, 2021

PBS News Hour • Season 46 • Episode 146

About this episode

Friday on the NewsHour, the Olympic Games begin with an empty opening ceremony amid the pandemic and recent COVID cases among athletes. Then, how the Chinese government's banning of a children's book in Hong Kong is emblematic of larger repression. And, David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart break down the politics of the January 6 investigation and the infrastructure negotiations in Congress.