that means it s the green heart of italy. not a jealous heart but a fertile one. arriving in early fall, i chart a course through umbria s ancient forests and misty mountains. this is italy before the romans. a place where families live close to the land. a land of saintly legends, impossibly perched hilltop towns and rustic cuisine. wow. stop filming and just eat it. cheers. 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. umbrian food isn t about expensive restaurants or tricky techniques, it s all about the skill and hard work that goes into producing its precious raw ingredients. from innovative farmers to noble hunters. and let s not forget the chefs and the butchers, preserving the traditional ways to cook these treasures of the land. and a note for any vegetarians watching, umbrians eat a lot of meat, particularly pork, like a lot of it. h
that valona today was his 94th birthday, he dedicated his life to make sure that this nation s founding ideals and principles applied equally to african americans. and as a nation honors in this holiday weekend we are reminded just how far we ve come and how far we still have to go. the country remains deeply divided on many important, issues of factor flecked it by the new congress. in their first full week as a majority in the house republican zeroed a in the last week, republicans have been given a free path to a theater e. you are under cut to the draconian budget plan that will lead to, cuts to, medicare and social security. even though it might seem like we are headed for two years of unrelenting chaos, we should heed the message doctor king delivered. the now peoples overwork and how to creation culture with the mines turn to me now is the chair, neutral, of the congressional black caucus. hum. on the foot traffic gun was completely eroded? made no mistake ab
the january 6th investigation later this hour. but we start tonight with a major political battle taking place across the country. as of today, we are just six weeks out from this year s midterms. despite economic and historical trends that could she should favor public, and this election is shaping up to be closer than anyone expected. thanks in large part to republican extremism and states across the country. from the supreme court s decision to overturn roe v. wade and subsequent state abortion bans, to election denialism, to a cruel political stunt using s a silent seekers, to book bans and censorship in the classrooms, republicans are executing on a radical agenda. those efforts are being led by red state governors. governors like texas greg abbott in florida is ron desantis. men who are pushing this extremism while they raise their own political profiles and jockey to inherit trump s mantles as leaders in the next generation of republican presidential hopefuls. on the
but we start tonight with a major political battle taking place across the country. as of today, we are just six weeks out from this year s midterms. despite economic and historical trends that could she should favor public, and this election is shaping up to be closer than anyone expected. thanks in large part to republican extremism and states across the country. from the supreme court s decision to overturn roe v. wade and subsequent state abortion bans, to election denialism, to a cruel political stunt using s a asylulm seekers, to book bans and censorship in the classrooms, republicans are executing on a radical agenda. those efforts are being led by red state governors. governors like texas greg abbott and florida s ron desantis. men who are pushing this extremism while they raise their own political profiles and jockey to inherit trump s mantles as leaders in the next generation of republican presidential hopefuls. on the other side of that fight our handful of democ
lam i am outside where the event will be taking place this afternoon but there has been growing opposition from protesters, citing the legitimacy and at the cost. and work begins to remove the tens of thousands of floral tributes left to honour the queen in central london. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. within the last hour, scientists at nasa have crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid destroying itself in the process. the mission was designed to test whether space rocks that might threaten earth could be nudged safely out of the way. i know we bring you a lot of harrowing news so have a listen to this. my my goodness! seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. my cosh! four, three, two, one. my gosh! awaiting four, three, two, one. my gosh! awaiting visual- gosh! awaiting visual confirmation. - gosh! awaiting visual confirmation. we - gosh! awaiting visual confirmation. we got gosh! awaiting visua