allies filled to do in 2020, through the electoral voting system into chaos and create a showdown with the next president by a vote in the representatives. history suggests democrats are on route to a midterms lacking, as president obama once called it. traditionally, glossy in congress. expect performed so poorly that it s almost a portland this point. yes, president biden s all-time low poll numbers are in helping his party and senate majorities. the true picture is more complicated than that. brand new, shiny reconciliation bill and the climate. there s also new polling this week, suggesting that things might not be is as the first seemed. despite biden s 33% approval rating, and the fact that 50% of headed in the wrong direction, recent polls also show a slight majority still want them in control of congress. democrats real opportunity is in the senate, where they have a chance to take several seats held by republicans. in wisconsin, the democratic lieuten
perched-up hill towns and rustic cuisine. stop filming and just eat it. i m stanley tucci. italian on both sides and i m travel across italy to discover how the food in each of this country s 20 regions are as unique as the people and their past. [ speaking foreign language ] ummian food isn t about expensive restaurants or tricky techniques. it s all about the skill and hard twhoork goes into producing its precious raw ingredients. for instance owe r from innovative farmers and chefs preserving traditional ways of cooking this food from the lands and a note for vegetarians watching, umbrians eat a lot of meat, like a lot of it, huge amounts of it. i surrender. so the pork umbria is named after the umry, one of italy s most ancient people. their landlocked homeland is right in the middle of the country. bordered on the rest by its more glamorous neighbor tuscany, it s often overlooked and while the landscape here is similar, the culture is very different. less fancy,
anything not to be in the projects. i grew up in one of the roughest neighborhoods in washington, d.c. now i m a master sommelier. one of less than 300 in the world, but i do it my way there is a lot in the wine industry to take seriously. the wine is one of them, i think. even though most kids like me don t have much of a chance, i got out. moved away to culinary school and left my old life behind me. this is my chefs table moment. but i wanted to come back to d.c. so this is like a very d.c. thing. that s what makes it delicious. to reconnect with my family. how many more eggs do you need? topaz mccoy, annoying me for 39 years. and seek out a side of the city just below its surface. that smell, huh? nothing like it in the world. i haven t been on this street in over ten years. this is nuts. am i the only person here from d.c., born and raised? it s a journey, man. i m excited how excited you are. i love eating great food. it s like a good old time. i m rea
Strategic maneuvers, the pentagon sending a major message overnight, the u. S. Is beefing up its Military Presence in the middle east to help defend israel if necessary. What this means for the ongoing israelhamas war, ahead in a live report. And Mission Possible veterans of a nonprofit going the distance to fly americans stranded in israel back home. We will talk to the ceo. Speaker scramble we are closing in on three full weeks without a permanent speaker of the house. And nearly a dozen republicans want that job. Can they get their chaos caucus on board inside the complicated search for a speaker ahead . Plus, gag orders, finds, and flips. The court hits, including a judge threatening to throw trump in jail, just keep coming for the disgraced ex president. And as nbc legal analyst and friend of the show, joyce vance joins us later to sort it all out. And a good Sunday Morning to you all. I am katie phang. It is still unclear when israel will act on the Ground Invasion into gaza as t
Time. Meanwhile, the United Nations says more than 800,000 people have now fled rafah in southern gaza. Many have been forced to head northwards to areas which the un says have little clean Drinking Water or sanitation as the Israeli Offensive continues. 0ur Diplomatic Correspondent paul adams sent this report. Street battles injabalia. Israeli forces have been fighting here for days. Gunfire. Hamas, they say, is back, and needs to be dealt with. This is dangerous urban warfare, at close quarters. The israelis were here months ago and moved on. These, some warn, early signs of an insurgency that could last for months. Israel has been attacking from the air too. Scenes today reminiscent of the war s terrifying early stages. Buildings flattened, bodies trapped under the rubble. Gunfire. More street battles, this time in the south. The israeli army still advancing on rafah, the only city yet to experience a full scale assault. But 800,000 palestinians have already fled the area, to the co