hello, i m in puglia, which is the heel of can you see me through the olive branches? they re hard to avoid in puglia, a region that s home to 60 million olive trees. that s one olive tree for every italian in italy. this region is italy at its most elemental simple fresh cuisine that s grown and produced here. fragrant olive oil, beautiful vegetables, cheeses renowned the world over. hello. hello. one focaccia. and durum wheat for pasta and bread. look at that. i m stanley tucci. i m fascinated by my italian heritage, so 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. you really want it to be like that? need to be like this. despite being such a fertile region, puglia is also one of italy s poorest. it was nicknamed the shame of italy. located in the south, a place the italians call il mezzogiorno, or high noon, because of the intensity of the midday sun, poverty a
through the olive branches? they re hard to avoid in puglia, a region that s home to 60 million olive trees. that s one olive tree for every italian in italy. this region is italy at its most elemental simple fresh cuisine that s grown and produced here. fragrant olive oil, beautiful vegetables, cheeses renowned the world over. hello. hello. one focaccia. and durum wheat for pasta and bread. grazie. look at that. i m stanley tucci. i m fascinated by my italian heritage, so 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. you really want it to be like that? need to be like this. despite being such a fertile region, puglia is also one of italy s poorest. it was nicknamed the shame of italy. located in the south, a place the italians call il mezzogiorno, or high noon, because of the intensity of the midday sun, poverty and hardship are very much a recent memory in this part o
newsroom. i m jim acosta live in washington. just 16 days to go until the midterm elections. we are now getting multiple reports of voter intimidation as millions try to cast their ballots early. take a look at these images from mesa, arizona, where armed individuals wearing masks and tactical gear were stopped near a ballot drop box. maricopa county officials calling them, vigilantes, who are disrupting the voting process. the state also getting reports of so-called ballot watchers, who have set up near drop boxes to film and take pictures of people who show up. joining me now, former democratic senator from minnesota and host of the al franken podcast, al fran nk, and cnn political commentator and former special assistant to president george w. bush, scott jennings. let s get straight to it. al, let me start with you. i want to show those pictures again. they are disturbing. this is what a lot of people anticipated, heading into this midterm election cycle, because of the
Then you can smell it. i didn t know it could be so complicated. we take this very seriously. then we have to taste it. okay. but there is a specific way to do it. i won t do it. what are you doing? in this way, the oil will aerate. yeah, it will aerate. aerate. yeah. wait. how do you do it? you put your tongue up. and then you yeah, but that s delicious, though. the reverence for the trees and what they produce here is akin to that felt towards community elders. with such mystical qualities, no wonder the oil is seen as key to unlocking the sublime flavors of any simple ingredients it happens to touch. and then you can put this oil in all this food. friselle being the perfect example. take a dry rusk of bread, throw on a few fresh tomatoes, a
It. show me how to do it. you have to make it a little warmer. all the flavor comes up. then you can smell it. i didn t know it could be so complicated. we take this very seriously. then we have to taste it. okay. but there is a specific way to do it. i won t do it. what are you doing? in this way, the oil will aerate. yeah, it will aerate. aerate. yeah. wait. how do you do it? you put your tongue up. and then you yeah, but that s delicious, though. the reverence for the trees and what they produce here is akin to that felt towards community elders. with such mystical qualities, no wonder the oil is seen as key to unlocking the sublime flavors of