adding to the more than 532,000 deaths and more than 29 million cases so far. five hours from now, the president will give his first prime time address to the nation from the white house. we have special coverage spanning two continents throughout this entire hour, beginning with nbc news correspondents, kelly o donnell covering the white house, sarah harmon in munich, germany, and joelene kent in los angeles. i ll begin with you at the white house. the president signed the american rescue plan moments ago. one day earlier than what was scheduled. did the white house realize waiting two days did not reflect the urgency of the crisis that millions of americans need that had money? reporter: well, the white house decided to act as quickly as they received the bill from capitol hill. so that s a standard part of how it works. it takes a few days to turn even a just passed piece of legislation into a document for the president s signature. so they hurried it up. by doing so, it
have much of a future, in donald trump s republican party. welcome to tuesday, it is meet the press daily, i m chuck todd. president biden approaches the halfway mark in his first 100 days in office. facing a prior of different crises that s going to test his presidency in different ways, facing tremendous pressure to keep the momentum going on what is clearly an improving covid outlook. to hold the positive trends that we re seeing. cases going down, deaths going down, hospitalizations down, and most importantly vaccinations up, up, up. but health officials continue to urge caution and there s already a bit of brewing confusion over the cdc s recent guidance, which okays a fully vaccinated americans to potentially see their families but discourages the kind of travel required for many to actually see their families, diving into that coming up. and there s biden s signature piece of covid legislation, $2 trillion in relief that he is expect today sign into law this week a
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 they 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. i am traveling across italy to discover how the food in each of the 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. this is the land of rice and polenta. polenta, in ancient time, it was like the bread. there is not even a tomato in sight. this is amazing. and olive oil plays second fiddle to butter. butter? jesus, whoa, jesus. warning, irresponsible amounts of butter were used in the making of this program. i hate to say it, but we need more butter. milan is the second biggest city in italy, it s the capital of lombardy, the region of the north pe
A song in. Death thank you very much. Lawmakers in argentina and you to vote today to decide whether or not to legalize abortion its a controversial decision with fiercely polarized campaigns for the for and against the proposed bill the Catholic Church has been campaigning to get the upper house of congress to reject the measure but there has also been strong support for the poor choice lobby especially amongst the Younger Generation in june congress is sponsored Draft Education by the narrowest of margins but this time its widely expected to port sort off the votes necessary to pass it into real. Now for more on this very divisive issue im joined by our ethics and religion correspondent has been closely following this story on Abortion In Argentina Welcome Martin as we mentioned this proposed bill will spot in the law house but
its expected to fail in the house what is your assessment when this afraid no there are thirty eight against thirty one senators that have a clear their vote
Country just last month desperately in need of water. The searing temperatures calm as a new study warns that the earth could be entering a period in which its ecosystems are irreversibly disrupted. Its been more than fifty years since the state of New South Wales in australia has seen a drought like this farmers Pray For Rain as their crops and livestock die some are forced to shoot starving cattle well others face the prospect of having to simply abandon their land. On the other side of the world a similar story the french of those mountains are simply too dry about half of this Farmers Corn Crop has already died in the us record temperatures are fueling the worst wildfire in california history the twin blazes dubbed the mendo sea no complex have exploded to cover an area the size of los angeles in less than two
weeks. Scenes like this are likely to become the new normal according to an International Research teams latest study they call the trend hot house earth i said. Its when the