by the covid pandemic. but i ve arrived during a brief moment of normality when lockdown has been lifted restaurants are filling up and masks are optional outside. bologna is an ancient university town the oldest in the western world brought to life by students flaunting their youth. this bread is an aphrodisiac. i m all alone in a hotel. why would i want to do that? this place is rich and its food is famous. some bold souls whisper that it s the best in italy. [massimo] smell, smell, smell! the smell is unbelievable. 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. anger, religion, and death in one pasta. it has everything in it. i m here to discover why this place is home to the gastronomic superstars of the nation s food. [nicola] this is made with love. .and how an obsession with perfection. [woman] every cut is perfect. .drives its producers
I get to work here. And itjust makes me like show up more. You feel happy being in this space. I can see that. And im actually quite. When i cook, im quite manic about cleaning up as i go along, unlike my husband, who leaves a sort of minor nuclear disaster. Thats me iam. How can you cook like that . A total disaster. And then ijust Throw Everything in the sink and its a big pile of dishes. And then wejust. We work our way through it. By the way, you have so many cookbooks. I have a few. Out of the corner of my eye. I collect cookbooks, but nothing like on the scale that you do. Im obsessive. Can we have a peek . Can we have a look . Come on. I love that. This is my collection of things that i use almost all the time. If im looking for. Like, what would a good french bavette, like a flank steak be . Ill just start looking in french cookbooks and just say, oh, thats interesting. Julia child would do this and Patricia Wells would do that, and just kind of collect information for myself a
re-election bid. rich edson live at the white house with the latest for us. good morning. president biden begins second day in california in san francisco meeting with those artificial intelligence experts as the white house says to seize the opportunities and manage the risks of a.i. technology. yesterday was all about climate. president biden touring a march land in palo alto, california. announced $600 million in funding to help mitigate the effects of climate change. the president took the opportunity to rip republicans for trying to reverse climate initiatives like this as biden has started campaigning for re-election. we re investing in the people and places that have been hit the hardest. but who are also on the front lines of leading us forward. unfortunately, some of our maga republican friends in congress are continuing to try undo all the progress we have already made in the first two and a half years. they were holding the country hostage over the debt limit
moments ago, democrats on capitol hill just pulled a political stunt. was it to save, a, joe biden, hunter biden, hunter biden crashed the house oversight committee hearing. and they were considering contempt of congress charges against hunter biden. so he didn t want to show up for a subpoena but he wanted this circus. he wanted the cameras. make no mistake about it. democrats knew it was coming. secret service was in place over an hour ahead of all of the stunt that went on in that hearing room. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. it was a crazy move. hunter biden walking in unannounced to an oversight committee hearing about him. the committee had just begun considering legislation to hold hunter in contempt of congress for defying a congressional subpoena. a taste of how wild it got. my first question is who bribed hunter biden to be here today? that s my first question. second question, you are the epitome of white privilege coming into the oversig
minor nuclear disaster. that s me! iam. how can you cook like that? ..a total disaster. and then ijust throw everything in the sink and it s a big pile of dishes. and then wejust. we work our way through it. by the way, you have so many cookbooks. i have a few. out of the corner of my eye. i collect cookbooks, but nothing like on the scale that you do. i m obsessive. can we have a peek? can we have a look? come on. i love that. this is my collection of things that i use almost all the time. if i m looking for. like, what would a good french bavette, like a flank steak be? i ll just start looking in french cookbooks and just say, oh, that s interesting. julia child would do this and patricia wells would do that, and just kind of collect information for myself and then i ll put them all away and just start cooking. and you still refer to cookbooks? i do. yeah, i do. yeah. i mean, there are so many great cookbooks. why not? ok, let s go and sit. so, we re going to have a dri