i m stanley tucci. i m fascinated by my heritage, so i m traveling across italy to discover how the food is as unique as the people and their past. the creations of famous tus cans are known the world over. michelangelo, come back today, he d walk around florence, it hasn t changed. but it s the hands of the ordinary people that have crafted the incredible food here. it s like christmas in your mouth. yeah. this is a place built on human ingeniuty, mind boggling riches, and an insane amount of bread. i really don t know how they eat that much bread. all great love affairs start somewhere. [ speaking foreign language ] and for me, my love of italy started right here in florence when i was just 12 years old. like this tartlet or rice pudding. come on. there s always something wonderful to discover in florence. the city is the capital of tuscany. 500 years ago it was the playground of some of the richest families on earth. in the countryside, they used their land to cultiv
significant escalation in a criminal investigation stemming from giuliani s dealings with ukraine because it means a judge would have had to approve a search warrant on the basis that it is reasonably likely a search would turn up evidence that a crime was committed. this obviously is a major developing story. we re going to bring you the latest on what we know, the facts in just a moment and try to keep the punditry to a minimum. in the meantime we are just hours away from president biden s first address before a joint session of congress and his 99th day in office. this news will obviously kind 6 at least overshadow things here in the district a bit if you will in official washington as everybody sort of hand wringz and speculates about giuliani s future. here s what we can tell you about the speech tonight. nbc has learned the president is planning to focus on racial justice among other things. he s also going to tout his administration s success in his goal avenue cheefg
president biden. it could add, this is very good news, millions more vaccines to the market just at a time when new worries are surfacing about covid variants and the risks that they could push the number of new cases back up again. we cannot be resigned to 70,000 cases a day. 2,000 daily deaths. please hear me clearly, at this level of cases with variants spreading we stand to completely lose the hard earned ground we have gained. let s get right to it and bring in dr. michael osterholm. doctor, what is your reaction to this news? have you ever seen two major competitors merck and j&j join forces for one mission? well, i haven t seen anything quite like this, stephanie, and it s very good news. i congratulate the companies and the administration for helping make it happen. we also have to realize it will still be months before these vaccine doses will be rolling off the assembly line from merck but it s very good news. what could that mean for vaccine supply? well,
significant artworks of the 15th century gets a new state of the art housing in belgium. the leader of myanmar s military has repeated a promise to hold elections following february s coup. general min aung hlaing was speaking at a large parade in the capital, naypyidaw, to mark armed forces day. the display of strength comes almost two months after the army seized power. anti coup activists have called for a huge show of defiance, but the authorities have warned that protests will be met with deadly force. the annual military exercise involved hundreds of soldiers, as well as tanks and other military hardware. the event marks the anniverary of burmese military resistance to japanese occupation in 1945 led by the country s independence leader aung san the father of aung san suu kyi. our correspondent nick marsh says much of the military general s speech was him repeating the lines he s been saying to justify the military takeover. yeah, general min aung hlaing came out w
these involving stories. reporter: good afternoon, mike. two former male aides to the above are telling the post that he used to use expletives to berate them on top of two new female aides who are speaking out about what it was like when they worked for the governor. now, one of these women s name is karen hipton, and she says two hinton, and she says two times the governor called her back to his dimly-lit hotel room trying to hold on to her longer. the governor s office telling fox that this did not happen. quote: hinton is a known antagonist of the governor s who is attempting to take advantage of this moment to score cheap points with made-up allegations from 21 years ago. another former aide, anna liz, telling the wall street journal that cuomo would ask if she had a boyfriend, called her sweetheart and once touched her lower back and kissed her on the hand. she says at first she saw this as harmless flirtation, but later she started to see the actions as a patroni