i ve only been to milan a few times, and always in passing. i ve never stayed here long enough to really get a sense of it. the first thing that strikes you about milan is its dynamism. grazie. no wonder espresso was invented here. i think i might need a few of these, just to keep up with the rhythm of the city. but do the hardworking milanese bring as much to the italian table as they do to the country s economy? 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. that s delicious! here in milan, the menu is nothing like you expect. up here in the north, forget about pasta and pizza. oh, my god. that s so beautiful. perfetto. this is the land of rice and polenta. polenta, in the ancient time, it was like the bread. people from south of italy call it polentoni. there isn t even a tomato in sight. this is amazing. and olive oil plays second fid
of streets. you can only get there by boat. incredibly, they built it. over a millennium or two, venice becomes the center of a world trading empire. six, spices, ideas and money. lots of it. the venetians lived between earth and water. it shaped their character. salty, wise, and of never seen anybody do that before. i am stanley tucci. i am italian on both sides. i m discovering how the foods in each of these is unique as the people in the past. how are you? good. surrounded by wetland. these beepers are hunters and gatherers. that is perfectly balanced. wow. wow. vc the c brought him to the venice is the capital of the region. it is flat, versatile and damp. sheltered in the west by the dolomites, and in the east, by the sea. 117 islands sit in the salty back, the lagoon. venice is the largest. no food is grown here. it all comes in from the outside. i want to eat what venetians eat in the places they go to eat it in. a friend from here says
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us now from new york. good evening, connell. good evening, bret. the dow after four downed days in a row now finds itself at lowest level since november of 2020. now, investors have pretty much concluded at this point as interest rates rise that the economy will have trouble growing. not just here in the u.s. but all around the world. one of those days on wall street where it was sell first and ask questions later in a friday session. all the worries seem to be magnified right now in the minds of investors from the war in ukraine to the energy crisis in europe. but, really more than anything, it s the higher interest rates that we are seeing in the u.s. but also in places like britain, sweden, switzerland and norway. the day started with a report showing a sharp decline in european economic activity, which raises the risk of recession over there and the new government in the u.k. led by prime minister liz truss now unveiled a plan for tax cuts that really was not well recei
township of soweto. voters injapan are choosing members of the country s upper house of parliament in elections overshadowed by the assassination of former prime minister, shinzo abe. and in the tennis defending champion novak djokovic faces nick kyrgios in the men s final at wimbledon later today. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the battle to become britain s next prime minister is intensifying. the international trade minister, penny mordaunt, has become the ninth candidate to enter the conservative leadership contest. most candidates are focussing on their plans for the economy with the former health secretary, sajid javid, planning to bring forward the 1p income tax cut to next year. both mrjavid and the former cabinet minister, jeremy hunt, are also pledging to reduce corporation tax. our political correspondent, jonathan blake reports. the two newest entrants to the race are the first to set out detailed plans and both focus on