You just know there are more great things to come. Hello and welcome to our viewers here in the United States and Around The World. Im Michael Holmes in atlanta. Appreciate your company. With just hours to spare, the u. S. Senate late saturday averted a Government Shutdown by a vote of 889. Senators passed the house bill that will keep the money flowing for another 45 days. The white house sent out a photo of President Biden signing the shortterm measure into law shortly before the med night deadline. The deal came together with surprising speed in the end with u. S. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy abruptly changing course and asking democrats for help. The result was a resounding bipartisan passage of a shortterm bill. But many lawmakers on both sides are very unhappy the final bill did not contain additional aid to ukraine, especially at such a critical moment in the war. Still, Senate Leaders were relieved to have brought this showdown to an end. Its been a day full of twists and turns
Around 400 years ago, a Spanish Nobleman Set Sail for the new world. His name . Lorenzo longoria. My ancestors arrival, along with millions of others through is centuries, changed history, creating Modern Mexico and a gateway between it and the rest of the world. This is the cradle of mexico, everything started here. Its also the cradle of mexican gastronomy, because all ingredients landed in this spot, and all the ingredients from mexico left from here. Chocolate, vanilla, the tomato. Can you imagine italian cuisine without the tomato, or french pastries without chocolate and have a vanilla vanilla . Impossible. The people here created a whole new cuisine. Wow. Im eva longoria, Born And Bred in texas, with mexicanamerican roots, which makes me a texican. Im exploring mexico to see how the people, their lands, and their past have shaped a culinary tradition as diverse as its 32 states. The ports strategic position saw them fight off repeated invasions right into the 20th century. But t