♪ judy: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight... the end of roe -- legal challenges to state abortion laws move forward nationwide in the wake of the supreme court decision to overturn roe v. wade. then... crackdown -- china's president visits hong kong to celebrate the anniversary of the end of british rule and consolidate control over the city. >> he's telling the people of hong kong that the central government cares about hong kong. he's also telling the officials here to implement this new central government agenda. judy: and it's friday... david brooks and ruth marcus weigh on the supreme court's history-making term, the battle for abortion rights, and the revelations from the january 6

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newshour." ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. stephanie: i'm stephanie sy with "newshour west." we'll return tohe full program after the latest headlines. russian missiles pounded a quiet coastal town in southern ukraine today, killing at least 21 people, including two children. it happened in the early morning hours, about 50 miles from the port city of odesa, far from any front line. the shelling battered a nine-story apartment building and a resort as residents slept. rescue workers scoured the rubble for human remains with help from locals. ramov: we heard the strikes. we live close by. we came here to the site, and together with emergency workers,

we helped those who survived. and those who unfortunately died, we helped to carry them away. stephanie: meanwhile in russia... the trial for u.s. women's basketball star brittney griner began 4.5 months after she was arrested for possessing cannabis oil. griner entered the courtroom in handcuffs. she's been charged with intentionally importing narcotics into russia. a u.s. diplomat spoke to reporters after attending the opening session. ms. rood: i did have the opportunity to speak with miss griner in the courtroom. she is doing as well as can be expected in these difficult circumstances, and she asked me to convey that she's in good spirits and is keeping up the faith. stephanie: if convicted, griner could face up to 10 years in prison. today, u.s. secretary of state antony blinken tweeted that he has "no higher priority than bringing her and other wrongfully detained americans" home. it's been 25 years since britain returned hong kong to chinese

rule. in a speech, china's leader xi jinping emphasized the "one country, two systems" framework for the former british colony, now under beijing's control. and he also rejected claims that china is curtailing its political and civic freedoms. we'll have more on this later in the program. at least 19 people in northeastern india have died in mudslides triggered by weeks of torrential rain. soldiers joined the rescue effort to find dozens still missing. many were swept away in a sea of mud. this year's monsoon season has left hundreds of thousands of residents there homeless. a new tropical storm formed over the caribbean today as it barreled toward central america. the u.s. national hurricane center said tropical storm "bonnie" is on track to hit the nicaragua/costa rica border region, bringing 40 mile-per-hour winds and up to eight inches of rain. it's projected to intensify and cause significant flooding over the weekend.

monkeypox cases across europe have tripled over the past two weeks. that's according to the world health organization, which called today for urgent action to reverse the spread. europe now accounts for about 90% of the more than 5000 monkeypox infections worldwide. in economic news across the atlantic, inflation hit a record high last month for the 19 countries that use the euro currency. it rose to 8.6% in june, the highest level of inflation since recordkeeping for the euro began in 1997. the surge was driven by a spike in energy costs, fueled in part by russia's invasion of ukraine. back in the u.s., in more corporate reaction to the overturning of roe v. wade, the internet search giant google says it will delete location data for women who visit abortion facilities and what it calls "sensitive places" such as fertility centers and addiction treatment facilities. the change will take effect within weeks. the white house announced today that olympians megan rapinoe and

simone biles will receive the presidential medal of freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. fifteen other recipients include actor denzel washington and senator john mccn, who will be honored posthumously. the awards will be presented july 7. still to come on the "newshour"... weather forecasters increasingly address climate change in their daily reports. supply chain issues put a damper on plans for fourth of july fireworks. several members of the "newshour" staff discuss new books they have written, plus much more. >> this is "the pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. judy: when the supreme court overturned roe v. wade, the battle over abortion rights shifted to the state level. now, abortion services are banned completely in seven states, and bans will soon go

into effect in four others with so-called trigger laws. president biden -- in a meeting with nine democratic governors this afternoon to discuss all this -- said, "i think people are going to be shocked when the first state tries to arrest a woman for crossing a state line to get health services. i don't think people believe that's going to happen. but it's going to happen." legal battles over state laws have already begun. courts placed bans in three states on hold this week. and in some states, abortion providers have been left confused over conflicting laws and shifting guidance from leaders. joining me now to discuss the nation's new patchwork of laws is cary franklin. she's faculty director of the center on reproductive health, law, and policy at the ucla school of law. welcome to the "newshour." i think a number of people look at what they think may happen

after roe v. wade being overturned, they think of the coasts of the country largely being open to abortion but the middle of the country and the south will not. is that roughly what the country will look like now? cary: that appears to be what it will look like. we are seeing roe pull red states and blue states further apart. we knew they would enact more legislation and more restrictions. in blue states we are seeing a lot of lawmaking as well to amplify protections and increase funding for care. where you live in this country is extremely determinative of your rights and will be even more so moving forward. judy: within the states that have conservative republican leadership ithe governor's office and legislatures, many of these states have trigger laws. abortion bans were to go into effect.

we now see, as we mentioned, challenges in three of them, kentucky, louisiana and utah. what do you see unfolding in these states? cary: i think it remains to be seen. i would describe the situation nationwide now as chaotic. we see laws going into effect, we see laws being enjoyed, -- enjoined, we see clinics canceling and then rescheduling appointments. i think judges are scrambling to figure some of that out. have they been superseded by the new laws? do these trigger laws comport with state constitutions? because what happened on friday is the supreme court said the united states constitution does not protect your right to abortion, but now we have 50 other constitutions under which we will have to decide which rights are available. a lot of these constitutions have protections for privacy, liberty, equal protection. we will have to work out on the state level what the state

constitutions award. judy: and then you have states with a democratic governor or democratic state legislature. they will be seeking to protect women's access to abortion. what do you see unfolding there in terms of challenges? cary: i see a lot of laws being passed in terms of increasing funding and increasing the number of providers. i think some of the challenges will involve lou states -- blue states trying to insulate providers and those people seeking care from attempts by antiabortion states to reach across borders. states like california and massachusetts are passing laws saying we will not use our state courts or state law enforcement to extradite people or enforce your judgments when they are contrary to our constitutions and commitments. judy: i want to ask you about what president biden said today.

that he will be on the lookout, we all should be on the lookout for states that essentially will be going after women who try to cost -- to cross a state line to get an abortion. what you see in that regard? cary: the law is very unclear in this regard. i think that was a very important note where justice kanaugh said if a state tries to prosecute an abortion seeker from leaving the state to get care, he said that would clearly violate the constitutional right to travel. he said there are some limits on how much red states can try to project their laws across their borders. i will just say that there has been commentary from the right for a long time that overruling roe would get the courts out of the abortion umpiring business. i don't think that will happen. we are seeing a flood of

lawsuits and will for a lot of years about these complicated questions, states trying to apply laws outside of their borders and a lot of messy and complicated legal questions. judy: in regard to some of those, what about any laws with regard to medication-induced abortion, which we now know constitute over half the abortions in this country? cary: i think that will be a big area of litigation moving forward. the fda has found medication abortion to be safe and efficacious up to 10 weeks. there is a possibility that the fda determinations that these medications are safe may preempt some state rejections that go beyond what the fda have said is necessary. i do think medication abortion will be a big part of the puzzle. think we will see a lot of lawsuits about it. only time will tell how strong the fda rulings about the safety

of this medication are and trying to restrict it. judy: i know you are telling us you are also looking at the effect all of this could have on women's access to health care broadly speaking. cary: yeah, i am seeing some reports that doctors, providers and pharmacists have been hesitant to prescribe or fill prescriptions for certain drugs, which are used for ectopic pregnancies or involved in miscarriage care, but also used in medication abortion. some of these laws are so broad and vague that providers are afraid that even if they are treating ectopic pregnancies and miscarriages, overzealous prosecutors may come after them. we are seeing doctors already pulling back from care. i think there is a real concern that this new regime will affect not just people seeking abortion but may affect the health of

lots of women and pregnant people. judy: what i hear you saying among other things is we are looking at a lack of clarity for some time to come. professor franklin, we thank you. cary: happy to be here. ♪ judy: chinese president xi jinping visited hong kong to lead official celebrations for the 25th anniversary of the territory's handover from britain to china. over the last three years, beijing has cracked down on hong kong's once vibrant political scene, amid global criticism. hong kong's authorities now say it marks the start of a brighter future for the city, after years of social unrest and covid-19 challenges. but many locals say it highlights how much hong kong

has changed, for the worse. special correspondent richard kimber sent this report, on how the day's celebrations are leaving the city divided. richard: a fanfare and a flyover to consolidate hong kong's future under chinese rule. presiding over it all, the man in charge. pres. xi: after experiencing ups and downs, everyone can painfully feel that hong kong cannot be chaotic, and must not become chaotic again. i feel more deeply that the development of hong kong cannot be delayed any longer. we must eliminate all interference and concentrate on development. richard: it's the first time president xi jinping has left the chinese mainland since the start of the covid-19 pandemic. it was a short journey but symbolically huge. prof. burns: i think he's telling the people of hong kong that the central government cares about hong kong. he's also telling the officials here to implement the new central government agenda.

richard: top of that agenda, announcing that the one country , two systems policy of governing hong kong will stay in place. and inaugurating hong kong's former security chief as the city's new leader. mr. lee: with the enactment and implementation of the national security law, hong kong has been able to restore order from chaos. and the improvement of the electoral system has enabled the implementation of the principle of "patriots administering hong kong." richard: lee was the only candidate in the chief executive race, and was voted in by a committee stacked with pro-china loyalists. he'll take charge of a legislature with almost no political opposition after beijing imposed sweeping changes after months of anti-government protests in hong kong in 2019. widespread arrests of democracy activists followed. then, the introduction of a controversial national security law and increasing social division.

andrew: i think we have seen this story before when hong kong was first handed over. for some it is a period of instability to stability, looking forward to a brighter future. for others there is still a sense of foreboding. richard: the government says that stability will bring prosperity and opportunity for all. that's being welcomed by many in the business community. but not everyone shares that optimism. the recent political changes have become too much to bear for many families. though they've never been to the united kingdom before, this family will emigrate there in a few weeks. they wanted to remain anonymous for this report. >> everything we have -- family, friends and work -- are all here. it took a lot of struggle to make this decision. richard: one concern is their son's education. officials in beijing have blamed hong kong schools for fostering dissent among students. under new rules, children must take classes on national

security, and sing china's national anthem to mark important holidays. new textbooks will claim that hong kong was never a british colony, regardless of the history, and that the protest movements were caused by foreign forces. >> i studied in hong kong myself, and what is happening now is that the authorities have changed everything we learned in the past into something new. they only teach you what they want you to know. it's brainwashing the kids, they won't teach you the real history. richard: almost a hundred thousand hong kong residents left here in 2020. many took advantage of citizenship programs offered in response to beijing's political reforms. that's led to concerns about a brain drain in the city. but local pro-government groups say there's nothing to worry about. innes: some people are not happy here, so they move and go to other countries. it means there is less conflict in hong kong. so that will make everybody happier, and more stable, and more focused on making life better in hong kong. so it's not a bad thing, i think

it's good for everybody. richard: but that's not the only reason hong kong is facing a potential exodus. international finance groups say the government's continued insistence on maintaining strict covid-19 policies including mandatory hotel quarantine for new arrivals in the city, is making the process of doing international business here increasingly difficult. a survey from the american chamber of commerce found more than half its business-leader members were considering leaving hong kong because of the covid rules. hong kong'new leader john lee says he's working on a strategy to reopen the borders. but there are concerns china's own zero-covid policy will mean he won't have the power to call the shots. prof. burns: he has very little autonomy. john lee is the creature of the central government when it comes to this. he is highly dependent on the central government for other things as well, but on the covid thing, i think he will take

orders from the central government. richard: the beijing government says the best way to solve the city's problems is for society to remain united under chinese rule. but while the anniversary festivitiecontinue in this once-freewheeling metropolis, some hong kongers are still wondering what exactly they should be celebrating. for the "pbs newshour," i'm richard kimber, in hong kong. ♪ judy: even before this summer began, there were extreme heat waves -- and new heat records -- throughout the northern hemisphere. extreme heat took a heavy toll in the u.s., europe, russia, japan and china. india and pakistan endured blistering conditions this spring, leading to a loss of life. and the forecast calls for a hotter than normal summer in much of the u.s. scientists say climate change is

accelerating and intensifying these kind of he waves. it's taken a while for some tv weathermen and women to make these connections. but that is changing, apparently. science correspondent miles o'brien has the story. miles: it is a little past 5:00 in tampa and jeff beradelli's climate classroom is on the air. jeff beradelli: there's new research into how hurricanes are changing in a warming world. miles: he is the chief meteorologist and climate specialist at wfla, and at least twice a week, he makes important connections for his viewers between local weather and the global climate emergency. jeff berardelli: i do what any good newsman like yourself would do. i look for a hook. miles: unfortunately, the hooks are easier and easier to find. record heat waves and historic flooding. droughts, wildfires and tropical

storms. all becoming more numerous and gaining strength. plenty of grist for the mill. jeff berardelli: well, the world's on fire right now. we have a t of problems. we are trying to save the world. i mean, that's essentially what we're doing by educating people on climate change. miles: times sure have changed. sonny eliot: good evening on a dry and delightful day tonight. miles: this was the weatherman i grew up with in detroit. sonny eliot: combination of cloudy and chilly. chilly kind of weather is what it is, right? miles: but that was then. jeff berardelli: meteorologists are in a key place. we're scientists. we're a trusted messenger of information in local markets, and we're good communicators and we have a platform. put all that together and there seems to be no one better than a local meteorologist to tell the story of climate change. miles: with more than 40 years of experience as a tv weather forecaster, nbc's al roker has lived the transition. you're really a very trusted source in people's living rooms.

you're probably the only scientist they've ever seen at any level. al roker: which isn't that sad? what kind of a world are we living in when i am the trusted source? [laughter] miles: all kidding aside, today, he too explains the climate science behind the weather whenever he sees a hook. al roker: 90 plus days, five more per year for portland. so we're watching climate change make things hotter in the pacific northwest. miles: like the climate, the change has been gradual. in 1997, roker joined several other meteorologists at the white house for a summit of sorts. pres. clinton: i hope you will think about how your work has been affected by what we believe is going on in the climate. miles: president clinton and vice president gore urged them all to use some of their airtime to educate americans about climate change. but nothing came of it. try to explain for me the reluctance of meteorologists in general to tackle this issue

early on? al roker: i would argue that it wasn't so much meteorologists as it was probably news directors who felt, oh, nobody cares. it was like putting in broccoli in the mac & cheese. miles: collectively, tv meteorologists were die-hard climate deniers for a long time. john coleman: my frustration is that the national media never seems to question the global warming scare. miles: as late as 2010, a george mason university poll showed 54% of them were not convinced the climate was changing. bernadette placky: there was still a lot of misinformation in in the world about -- well, there still is a lot of misinformation in the world about climate change. miles: bernadette woods placky is a former local tv meteorologist now with climate central, a nonprofit focused on science communication. bernadette placky: as the science evolved and the people who were aeady in these roles as tv meteorologists were

evolving also, they were trying to keep up with the science, but they were also being really hit with the misinformation campaigns. miles: meanwhile, the evidence has become much harder to deny when superstorm sandy hit the new york city area in 2012. the atmosphere chang. al roker: i think people were just blown away by how this system behave and what it did. most people are looking at this going, what the heck's going on here? and looking for answers. and the answers are, by and large, climate change. miles: at about the same time, climate central and george mason university developed a service called climate matters. it provides tv meteorologists a weekly package featuring the latest vetted climate science along with broadcast-ready graphics. jeff berardelli is one of about 1100 tv forecasters now using climate matters content. jeff berardelli: we have a choice to how much warmer we get.

and that depends on how inflated we let greenhouse gases get. bernadette placky: i do think that climate matters had a role in changing where the tv meteorology community was bringing them along, helping them understand the connections between weather and climate change and helping them inform their communities. the needle has been moved in the tv meteorology community. it absolutely has. miles: in fact, the latest george mason poll conducted in 2017 shows 95% of weathercasters now agree the climate emergency is happening. the science makes it untenable to conclude anything else. amy freeze is a meteorologist at fox weather. amy freeze: i mean, just kind of this mind-blowing explosion of information is out there that lets us know a lot more about what is happening. so that right there in itself, being better at science of meteorology then has brought on the added responsibility of talking about climate. miles: but on her sister network

fox news, the climate denial persists. tucker carlson: the science is not settled. we can all agree that the climate is warming. temperatures are going up, but we are not sure why. miles: still, freeze says her bosses have not asked her to pull her climate punches. amy freeze: just out a new , federal report analyzing the impact of up to a foot of sea level rise over the next 30 years. no. i don't feel any pressure to do anything other than give peoe the forecast and have great conversations about what's happening with our climate. i've never felt uncomfortable at all. miles: jeff berardelli says his viewers are very interested in climate stories, especially the younger ones, a demographic local stations covet. jeff berardelli: if we are going to make positive change in thi world, we have to start doing it soon. politics hasn't followed suit

yet. you can only hope that you keep telling the truth and that people see this stuff unfolding in front of them and that things do eventually change. miles: the public is finally hearing about climate research from scientists they know and trust. but will that lead to political action to address the crisis? that one is hard to forecast. for the pbs newshour, i'm miles o'brien in tampa. ♪ judy: it has been a remarkable and busyeek here in waington. the supreme court caps off a consequential term even as the fallout continues to the decision to overturn roe v. wade. there was a surprise hearing of the january 6 congressional committee to present testimony from inside former president trump's inner circle. that rings us to the analysis of brooks and marcus, david brooks

and ruth marcus. jonathan capehart is away. llo to both of you. hello, ruth, welcome back, david, from your well-deserved time trying to do something, i hope it was civilized and relaxing. let's talk about the supreme work term. whether you liked it, loved it or hated what they did, it has been historic. david: certainly. let's focus on the regulatory stuff. a series of decisions involving osha, the epa, the cdc. the supreme court took power away from agencies and said congress has to deal with this. arguing the agency's head overstepped congressional mandate. i have a lot of sympathy in theory for the idea that as much as possible it should be decided

in legislatures and not by unelected representatives. the problem right now as we have a broken congress. if it's not gonna be settled by an agency, it probably won't at all, and that is especially true for climate change. our political dysfunction undermines what i think is a sound principle that the court should push back against overreach by agencies. judy: so pushing at a time when agencies are not so, our legislatures are not so. david: as they say, people want power. in my career, i find people do not want power. they don't want responsibility for anything. the agencies are not being permitted to do anything. ruth: this term was -- blockbuster is not a strong enough word. i would love to talk about administrative law until the cows come home. but it is so much bigger than that. it really underscored the huge

difference between six and five, six conservative justices can do whatever they want because they have a justice despair -- to spare and still keep the majority. that's what they did this term. they got rid of the right to abortion, they expanded the second amendment right they , further dismantled the wall of separation between church and state. you can hardly see it. they really did change the regulatory landscape. such that from my point of view, just to argue with you a bit, congress cannot now delegate and say you are the experts, fix this problem. now they are requiring congress, which means, as you say, no one can things done. judy: what about this notion that it was a blockbuster? that it changed things in a way we have not seen in decades? david: absolutely. i saw a graph today of how many decisions of the court over the decades were conservative. it is a little like this.

then this year is way up in the ceiling. there clearly was the culmination of a fifty-year development of the federalist society and all of that -- they now control the court. the one thing that has peeved me a little, and ruth will argue with me a little bit -- ruth: i would never. [laughter] david: we had all these decades of liberal decisions and suddenly we get conservative decisions and now politics is entering the court. that is not true. there were liberal decisions for a while. now there are very strong conservative decisions. ruth: now there are very strong conservative decisions reached in ways that i would argue are deeply unconservative, without due regard to the importance of keeping precedent. cherry picking history when it suits your purpose and a mooring it when it doesn't -- ignoring it when it doesn't. justice kagan in the regulatory decision you cited said we are now textual lists now except

when it doesn't suit us, then we just read words out of statutes. i have problems not just with the outcomes but with the way they did it. also this term was the culmination of this battle for conservative control. but it wasn't the end of it. next term also looks to be shaping up to be a blockbuster. i think we will see the end of affirmative action in higher education. we will see religious liberty prioritized over gay-rights. we will see further shredding of the voting rights act. buckle up. judy: there is a big decision coming on redistricting. at the state level. david, you said setting aside abortion for the moment. it is the big one out there. [laughter] the repercussions are coming by the day. we talked about it at the beginning of program. states are trying to figure out what in the world they are going to do. what about the political repercussions of this?

how do you see it changing the landscape? david: i don't know. that is what is interesting to me. opinion on abortion has been stable for decades and this happens, and as we heard earlier, there will be a period of intense flux. joe biden commented earlier that people will watch a woman get arrested for crossing state lines. that will be shocking to people. because most people are in the middle in abortion. when they see that, what the heck is going on here? i think that and all of the flexibility, what we are seeing, has the possibility of shaping what has been a very stagnant public opinion in narrow political terms, it has clearly helped the democrats. it has motivated voters. if you look at the polls, who do you want to control the next congress, before it was light republican and now it is light democrat. whether that is long-standing, i'm not sure. it clearly has had some mobilizing effect. judy: same? ruth: some mobilizing effect.

i'm a little bit of a skeptic on how much mobilizing effect. for years, it has been clear that republicans have done a better job of mobilizing their voters on single issues like abortion and gun rights. much better on mobilizing them about the courts than democrats. but we are in new territory. as you say, not just the first woman who is arrested crossing state lights but the first woman who is prosecuted. women who die because they cannot get appropriate care. if you are a democrat talking about abortion on the ballot, that is a lot better than talking about gas prices. were the border or crime on the ballot. will that be enough for democrats to change the tide of what has historically been a bad midterm outcome? i am doubtful. judy: you are not sure it is going to stay the issue it is right now? ruth: it may stay but it might

not that motivating force. there are still motivations on the other state. -- other side. it is a state-by-state issue. we have sorted ourselves geographically. you may turn out in a state where your turnout doesn't matter much. judy: i am asking you to predict how much sying power does this have? david: i agree it is limited. it has motivated some voters. ruth: i want to be wrong. just to be clear. david: the election will be about the economy. a 3% the economy is in bad shape, that is an unprecedented number. i think it will be a dominant issue. one thing that will happen because of this is the further bifurcation of americans into two different countries. we will have different abortion regimes. we may, because of the other supreme court decisions, have more state regimes. we could become a country with two different kinds of economies, two different sets of

total values and two different sets of government policies held together by string. judy: it really does divide further what is already divided. ruth: it does. to the question of staying power among democrats, as much as they are energized, they are understandably frustrated. there's not much they can do now. there's a lot of pressure on president biden but there's not much you can do. judy: let's talk about something else equally divisive. the january 6 committee. david, the last time you were on the program, it was early june, you said the committee was a fundamentally ill pointed. that it should have been focused on preventing another one. david: revised my remarks. [laughter] the point i was try to make is we need a committee to focus on the future. what happened this week -- it is amazing we are talking about the indictment of a former

president as our third topic. ruth: when it happens, it will be the lead. david: what we really saw was something i did not think we would see. which is there really could be a casemate against donald trump for inciting insurrection. we saw cassidy hutchinson's comments crucial comment was , take out the metal detectors. that is clearly a guy who knows their is violence, armed people cable of violence -- capable of violence and he wants to make it easier for them. if other people testify that he said that, that is pretty damning. ruth: very. i think it has always been critical that we look both forward to prevent another generally sex, but also backward to find out not just -- january 6, but also backward to find out not just precisely what went on but -- the testimony about that date was riveting.

judy: let me stay with you. is what the committee is finding going to have a material effect on the former president and his political standing? david is saying he may be in legal jeopardy. but he may also be running for president. [laughter] ruth: pretty amazing. he may be in legal jeopardy. the political jeopardy, minds are pretty well made up. there is a core of people who are trump supporters. trump true believers who will not be shaken by anything cassidy hutchinson or anybody else has to say. there is a group of republicans , the remaining rational republicans and republican leaning independents, who will be shaken by this and think, do we really need to stick with this guy? can we not get something like trump without the baggage? they are increasingly being presented with more options. ron desantis, maybe the governor of virginia, when youngkin. there is a group of people like me who watched the hearings who have been extraordinarily squeamish, still am, about the

notion of indicting a former president, the current president's chief opponent but , look at this testimony and say how can we close our eyes this? judy: how are you looking at that? david: i think there wl be a lot of republicans say thank you for your service, let's go to the next chapter. there was a poll in new hampshire that ron desantis was leading donald trump. that is a significant poll. i do think it is an excuse for people to say nice job, let's move on. i do think it weakens his grip on the party. judy: it raises qutions about the number of republicans who are still defending him. you are saying we don't believe the election was legitimate. we think it is an open question. ruth: what a witness. judy: she is one of a number of others who could come forward but have not. we are still waiting to hear from pat cipollone.

the former legal counsel. and others. ruth: we need to hear -- one of the things that this testimony underscored was the degree to which we need to hear testimony from others. from mark meadows, from pat cipollone, from other members of congress, from people who were at the willard hotel plotting the insurrection in the days leading up to it. need to hear that testimony, either compelled by the committee or the justice department. judy: we are waiting to hear from the committee. we will see what they do when they come back. ruth marcus and david brooks, thank you. ♪ judy: as we've been watching, problems with the global supply

chain have affected nearly every sector of the economy. now americans prepared to celebrate the fourth of july may find increase prices on the fireworks i'll or their cities canceling fireworks displays altogether. stephanie sy has that story. stephanie: the booms of july 4th fireworks have gone bust in many american cities. >> so we're not doing fireworks this year basically due to supply chain issues. stephanie: mayor corey woods of tempe, arizona says they realized a few months ago that the city's marquee fireworks extravaganza would be a no-go. >> we actually checked with several suppliers and none of them could actually guarantee that we would have them in time for the show. stephanie: fireworks displays around the country are the latest casualty of a combination of economic problems. with fuel prices skyrocketing, importing fireworks has gotten very expensive, says president of the national fireworks association steve houser.

steve: it honestly costs, in a lot of cases, more to ship the goods here than it does to buy the goods. so where it used to be that freight was a percentage or a fraction of the cost of the item, now it's half of the cost of the item or more. stephanie: most professional-grade fireworks come from china, which was until recently, still in the grips of pandemic lockdowns. this spring the american pyrotechnics association warned the industry to prepare for a challenging season. since 2019 shipping costs have risen from $8,000-$10,000 to nearly $45,000 per shipping container. across the fireworks industry, overall costs have increased by 35 percent. and that's as demand for those backyard fireworks, like sparklers and bottle rockets, have increased since the pandemic. steve: that huge demand came in while we were still struggling

through the international shipping issues. so really, it is kind of a function of demand exceeding supply. and that's really why they're seeing some empty shelves and also why they're seeing some of those prices go up. stephanie: stephen pelkey is the ceo of atlas pyrovision entertainment, a family-owned fireworks company in new hampshire. he says in the last year, he's thought about how to cut transportation costs. stephen: many of those things are making adjustments for how we deliver our products, how many trucks we use when we deliver. coming up with the most cost effective way of the routing of these trucks so we're not having to consume as much fuel. stephanie: another problem facing pelkey's business is a shortage of pyrotechnicians. stephen: we lost about 15% of our technicians that were highly qualified that are no longer in this industry. stephanie: in tempe, arizona, the mayor says even in the

absence the fireworks, the show must go on. mayor woods: we're doing a flume show instead at tempe beach park on july 3rd. stephanie: what's a flume? mayor woods: a flume is really kind of awesome. it's a sort of display of massive lotus flowers that will float in tempe town lake, and it will shoot flames about 30 feet into the air, sort of accompanied with music. stephanie: he sayst may even be the start of a new july 4th tradition, but at least this year, expects a fraction of the usual crowd to show. for the pbs newshour, i'm stephanie sy. ♪ judy: if by chance you're looking for something good to read this summer, you might start with the books written by our very own newshour staff. three of our colleagues are out now with a memoir, a novel, and

a non-fiction book -- all in very different styles. jeffrey brown spoke with them for our arts and culture series, canvas. jeffrey: the title is irresistible -- you cannot resist me when my hair is in braids. a book of short essays, prose poems, and sketches, in which frances kai-hwa wang writes of raising multiracial children after a divorce, and navigating the current cultural and political climate, especially as an asian-american woman. wang is based in the greater detroit area, as part of the newshour's communities initiative, a reporting project to bring undertold stories from around the country. frances: it's a collection of stories inspired by the wisdom of my multiracial children, the feistiness of my bossy asian-american aunties, and the humor of ueliable suitors. and it's all set against the backdrop of kind of an uncertain

political landscape that we've had for the last few years. jeffrey: each one of these is a highly personal take, but i can see that you are also exploring your own life in history and our political and cultural moment. frances: se of the stories are, you know, i want to say mundane, everyday stories like teaching my son how to drive. that is something everyone goes through. but then, how do you teach a multiracial boy how to drive the summer after george floyd was killed? and then having to also deal with teaching him, how do you deal with police? and how do you teach your children about this? how do you teach them to be safe? how do you teach the community about this and help other folks know? how do you navigate forward? jeffrey: you are writing about serious things, but i note that there's always some humor. frances: when you have a roomful of teenage girls sitting around

your kitchen table complaining about boys and you find these -- there's a lot of humor and joy in that. but it also connects. and so we have the most amazing conversations and that i try to capture as much as i can, or it's inspired by the wisdom of all the people around me. jeffrey: who do you see this book as being for? frances: i think of it as a love letter to the task of constructing a life, raising children, taking care of elders, finding your identity, finding and creating a home and a community, and finding your place in the world. jeffrey: boys come first is also a story of twists and turns in relationships, with plenty of humor. but aaron foley has written a novel, his first, about three black queer friends in detroit, where foley himself grew up. he's now the senior digital editor for the newshour's communities initiative.

aaron: this is something that is a lifelong dream come true to just tell a story about my hometown, tell a story about black identity, queer identity that i hope resonates with folks that live in the intersections of those two things. it's a story about three gay black men in detroit that are all at a different crossroads in their life, being in their mid-thirties, where, you know, in sometimes in black communities, that's when a lot of pressure starts to hit, and so these three characters are struggling to get to those places with good relationships, getting their career on track. but also the city of detroit is changing around them. jeffrey: it is important to say this is a funny book. aaron: a lot of queer literature, too, can be a little bit self-loathing, a little bit, you know, just kind of wallowing in a particular kind of sadness. i wanted something that was a little bit more joyful a bit , more funny, something that

poked fun at certain elements of queer culture and sexuality. because a lot of my friends, we are out of the closet, where we're we're trying to figure these things out. and we have a lot of fun and a lot of mistakes and a lot of mishapalong the way. jeffrey: this story that you're telling, as you've described it, of black queer boys to men, a kind of coming of age. you're familiar with it. i wonder if you felt like it exists in much in literature. aaron: if you look at the vast majority of queer fiction, you don't often see black characters centered. i wrote this so that many of the gay black men i've known over the years and friends with acquaintances with, could go to a bookstore and see part of their story. i wanted, you know, three strong black characters right in the middle. jeffrey: in week ohio, -- we go high, nicole ellis tells two

stories of others. she profiles 30 influential women of color who overcame barriers in their lives or careers -- activists; scieists; cultural, business and political figures. nicole is the newshour's digital anchor and a correspondent. nicole: the general premise of the book is focusing on not only the accomplishments of different women around the world of color, but how they got there through the lens of the different types of challenges and adversity that they've had to navigate, really, and it is intended to be the kind of book that validates the challenging experiences that we all experience and also give you a few of the tools to figure out how to move forward. jeffrey: and you felt all this personally? nicole: yeah. i'm a woman of color who also has to deal with a lot of, you know, different challenges and challenges that sometimes feel unique to to myself and to the women that are profiled. jeffrey: is there an example you can give us in brief, somebody that stood out for you? nicole: one of the profiles that really stood out for me is

stacey abrams, because it goes back to her high school days when she was valedictorian of her high school class and was basically turned away at the door for a dinner for high school valedictorians at the governor's mansion. and it follows her journey of being told no and being told she doesn't belong in certain spaces all the way up to her run for governor. and how she navigated failing in that instance and is now obviously in the running to run again r that office and having explored different ways to bring more voters to the polls in the meantime. jeffrey: when you went through these stories and put them together and went back to look, is there a common thread that comes through? nicole: perseverance. hands down, perseverance. and i'd also say that something that my grandmother used to say that i also attribute a lot of the idea for this book coming from is coming from a southern black family of southern afro

texans is that success is not a zero sum equation. you see a lot of these specific instances of women hitting a wall and how they navigate that, you know, stems from a relationship to themselves and to seeing the playing field as big enough for them and for other women like them, and not operating from a space of scarcity. jeffrey: we go high... boys come rst... you can't resist me when my hair is in braids. congratulations to our newshour authors. for the pbs newshour, i'm jeffrey brown. judy: nicole, aaron and frances, so proud of the three of you and congratulations. on the newshour online right now, the rollout of covid vaccines for children under 5 is well under way, but a recent survey found that pediatricians in rural areas appear less

likely to recommend children get the vaccine than doctors in urban areas. we dig into what that means on our website, pbs.org/newshour. for more analysis of the supreme court and this week's explosive january 6th hearing, join moderator yamiche alcindor and her washington week panel. that's tonight on pbs. and join us again here tomorrow evening for pbs news weekend, when we will explore the legal obstacles to any new federal protections of abortion access. with that, that is the newshour for tonight. i am judy woodruff. thank you, stay safe and have a good fourth of july weekend. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by -- ♪

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