so here we are in milan, the fashion and industrial powerhouse of italy. i ve only been to milan a few times and always in passing. i ve never stayed here long enough to really get a sense of it. the first thing that strikes you about milan is its dynamism. 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 the hard-working milanese 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 and 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. 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. perfecto . this is the land of rice and polenta. -polenta in the ancient time, it was like the bread. -people from south of italy call us polentoni . [tucci] there isn t e
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defending their country from russian aggression . u.s. president joe biden is headed to japan after wrapping up a three-day visit to south korea. he left owe sawn air base just outside seoul a short time ago, expected to arrive in japan in about an hour to mark his first trip to asia as commander in chief. while biden has tried to focus on bolstering america s economic ties in the region, the shadow of potential conflict is never far away. saturday the u.s. and south korea announced plans to hold joint military drills. blake essig is in tokyo with a preview of what to expect from the japan leg of biden s trip. let s start with paula hancocks. so the headline was the resumption of joint military drills, but there were important economic issues at stake here too. what headway did president biden make while he was there? reporter: kim, the headlines that he really wanted to see was about the economic ties that he had. he had developed here. and president biden was in the reg