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i m not sure what it was, but it sounded urgent. anyway, do not pretend you re not glad to see me. it s almost 2023, which means two things. one, i will build enough to rent a car. and to joe biden will be halfway through his presidency. [cheers and applause] so, before the ball drops like joe following up biker bicycle. let us talk about how he is finishing 2022. on wednesday, president biden president biden welcome ukrainian will relay to the white house, assuring him u.s. support in the fight against russia. so thanks he gave friday and a ukrainian cross from interior merit which biden called undeserved much appreciated. which, i think is the same thing joe said after he got elected. [laughter] bought, might ve been the most normal movement of the administration that having in the past week. take for instance the citic court or a job support. they claimed that they added more than 1 million jobs between march and june. and that s not including the hundred and 40 replacemen
people here do things their own way. take the energy of new york and mix in the gritty elegance of new orleans. add 3,000 years of history and cook it all up in the heat of the world s most famous volcano. that is napoli. 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. in the south we are very used to fight. this place may be looked down on as the poverty-stricken underdog of italy. but the people who live in this region have their own way of doing things. for me this is our philosophy. this is our style, our tradition. they ve given the world its favorite food. pizza margherita. just don t forget where it was invented. if pizza was going to be born anywhere, it would be here in naples. the city is hot, fast, and a feast for the senses. naples is situated in campania. it s the unofficial capital of the italian south and is even older
there s a story that goes when god created the world, he took all the leftover bits and wanted to make something beautiful with them. so he made sardinia. and there s something to that. sardinia is really an island of bits and pieces in the best possible way. each local community is like an island of its own with widely varying geography, languages. you also caught lobster? yes. and food. wow. put together, you get a region with a ferocious independent streak. women have the power here. cheers. a little bit italian and a little bit something else entirely. man, it s incredible. i m stanley tucci. i m fascinated by my italian heritage so i m travelling across italy to discover how the food in each of this country s 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. oh, he s between my legs. sardinia is italy s wild west. [bleep] it! and although they respect tradition, things here are never dull. argh! out here, nothing stands in the way of t