In the dining room. Ive spent the past 13 years experiencing the unique cultures and unusual foods of people all over the world. Those experiences reveal the deeper truth. Now are you doing making me cry . Food is much more than sustenance. Its how we find common ground. Cheers. Sharing a meal reveals that there is more that unites us than divides us. Hes so crazy. I believe that applies here at home. Now more than ever. Join me as i explore our country looking at the biggest social and political questions of the day through the lens of food. I mean, there is no one solution. Sharing a few good meals along the way. Minty, hot and fresh. And trying to figure out whats eating america. Immigration is fundamental to who we are as americans. Ive spent 40 years in the food business, and i can tell you, without immigrants and Migrant Workers, our food system would collapse. The truth is, these hardworking men and women put food on our tables. Im heading out across the country to share the Ins
One volunteer we know has already quit because of it. Cnn National Correspondent ed lavandera is in las vegas with more details. What are you hearing from voters, ed . Reporter well, i think the voters have been speaking rather loudly here over the last week as about 75,000 voters have already cast their ballots in the nevada caucus and to give you a sense of what that means is that thats roughly a little less than the number of people that voted in the last caucus back in 2016, so the question of what the turnout will look like today is something that the campaigns will be looking at very closely, just how many people will they be dealing with in person as they start tabulating those votes, the polls here open in about five hours, noon pacific time here in las vegas, thats when the voting starts. We are at the East Las Vegas community center, this is a predominantly low income working class latino neighborhood, there is a great deal of focus on how latino voters will turn out in this
Far, and in new york city the scene for last night continuing to unfold throughout the morni morning. Weve had a significant number of stores broken into. We have still out there, actually, as we speak, making arrest. This is one of the most challenging times are seen in nearly 30 years of policing. I can tell you we have thousands of officers deployed last night. Melissa meanwhile, on the west coast, cleanup efforts are underway in Southern California the morning after looting and the santa monica area. Thats where we find william la jeunesse. What do you sing on the now right now they are cleaning up and boarding appear in the the santa monica business district. Behind me these were broken windows, no they are preparing for potentially round three. Santa monica, long beach, huntington beach, san francisco, l. A. , all areas where police were overwhelmed and outnumbered by protesters. They were protecting buildings along with the National Guard. In the meantime, the looters and thugs
Floyd, the man who died at the hands of Minneapolis Police officer one week ago. We have seen looting and police vans on fire and clashes between protesters and we have seen scenes like this in queens, officers joining and taking a knee to show solidarity with those protests. I want to show you that image here at the front page of the daily news of the officers leaning down with the new york post. You know the city conflicted by this taking a different position they want focusing on more of the violence. Whats the latest today . Reporter yeah, thats it, john, you mentioned these moments where there were unity and Police Officers were joining in with protests. There were a lot of peaceful protests the entire weekend and into the night. As the commissioner said when it got dark out, it got ugly quick. I want to show you whats behind me. The end of the highend shopping area. You can see dolce gabani, looters came and tore this wood down and went into the store and stole a bunch of items.
Plowing into a crowd of protesters. It is unclear if anyone was seriously hurt in that incident. The mayor addressed the situation. I didnt like what i saw one bit. I did not want to ever see Something Like that. I dont want to ever see it again. And clearly, we need to do a full investigation and look at the actions of those officers and see what was done and why it was done and what could be done differently. But i also want to emphasize that situation was created by a group of protesters blocking and surrounding a police vehicle. In nashville, demonstrators set fire to the Historic Courthouse and city hall. Meese are looking for the suspects. And in minnesota, the governor activated the National Guard to bring order back to the streets. Local leaders called for calm and said more needs to be done to address the underlying issues. If we do not get to that systemic problem, eventually this will get us back to a point that led to our communities on fire. The our security and safety in