trading empire. silks, spices, ideas and money, lots of it. the venetians live between earth and water. it s shaped their character, salty, wise and ingenuous. i have never seen anyone do that before. i m stanley tucci. i m italian on both sides and i m traveling across italy to discover how the food in each of this country s 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. may i? thank you. how are you? good. good. surrounded by wetlands, these people are hunters. you re a great shot. and gatherers. it is perfectly balanced. wow. wow! the sea brought the outside world to the venetians and fed their appetites. mmm, so many different cultures right in a bowl. venice is the capital of the venito region. it is flat, fertile and damp. sheltered in the west by the dolomites and in the east warmed by the adriatic sea. 117 islands sit in this salty bay, the lagoon. venice is the largest. no food is grown here. it all comes in from the outside. i want to
United nations. The Doomsday Clock indicating how close the humidity is to at 2. 5ophe has been set midnight, the worst since 1953. Worse than the other time, even at the height of the cold war. Amy more than 120 nations have begun drafting a u. N. Treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons but the United States is leading a boycott of the talks. Well find out why. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A federal judge in hawaii dealt another blow on wednesday to President Trumps attempt to ban refugees and travelers from six majoritymuslim countries. District judge Derrick Watson extended a nationwide halt on trumps executive order, which would bar citizens of iran, libya, somalia, sudan, syria, and yemen from entering the u. S. For 90 days and all refugees for 120 days. In his ruling, judge watson said trumps executive order ran afoul of the first amendments establishment clause, which bars discrimination on religious
Tattered playbook. And that is attack, attack, attack, especially women who speak out against their moneymakers. Amy more than 50 advertisers showoycotting oreillys over his history of sexually harassing women, but the fox host has picked up the support from one big fan President Trump. He says he does not think oreilly did anything wrong. We will get the latest. Plus, we will look at u. S. China relations. Pres. Trump we cannot continue to allow china to rape our country. And that is what theyre doing. It is the greatest theft in history of the world. Amy that was donald trump on the campaign trail. Today, he is hosting chinese president xi jinping at his maralago golf resort. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President donald trump said wednesday a chemical weapons attack in syria this week that left at least 86 people dead had altered his position on syria and its leader bashar alassad. Speaking a
Guide. Fred was biggest political everything that came to trump came to political connections. Goer, the karenna daughter of al gore arrested with protesters including many members of clergy who lied down in a pipeline trench. Mr. Dechristopher it commits us to burning fossil fuel for decades. We know every new fossil fuel infrastructure will lead to another masquerade somewhere in the world. Amy but first we go to turkey where the death toll has risen to 42 from tuesdays triple from the multiple suicide bombing at istanbuls international airport. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. Senate has passed the socalled promesa bill, which will establish a federally appointed control board with sweeping powers to run puerto ricos economy. The bill is intended to help the island cope with its crippling debt crisis, but it has also been widely criticized as a means of removing democratic control from the
Over the killing of alton sterling, shot to death by police early Tuesday Morning after they penned him to the ground. Sterlings son began weeping uncontrollably on live tv wednesday while the boy mother addressed the media. Then to st. Paul, minnesota, where a woman broadcast live on facebook from the car moments after her boyfriend, Philando Castile, is shot to death by police. Stay with me. We got pulled over for a busted tail light in the back and the police he is covered. They killed my boyfriend. My we will go to minnesota here in new york, we will speak with the author of nobody casualties of americas war on the vulnerable from ferguson to flint and beyond and mychal denzel smith. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Hundreds of protesters are gathered outside the governors house in minneapolis following the Fatal Police Shooting of africanamerican man Philando Castile during a traffic stop for a br