it's this place i keep saying why haven't i been here before? i'm on my phone texting everybody i know in the food scene going dude, you got to come to toronto. dealt is a is a word we use pretty often. often to explain blues music. but i don't think most people know what the delta is. the delta is arguably the most significant agricultural area in america. this area alone is single-handedly responsible for the economy in the u.s. for a very long time, and that's because of this river. and it still continues to be this sort of powerful force that dictates a lot of how america operates. the concept of southern hospitality still exists here. no matter what color you are, what political party, there is a warmth here where people want you to come in. they want to show you a part of

their culture they're proud about. they call it the mighty mississippi for a reason. i think that goes beyond the current. it's about the impact this river has had on what we become as a nation and what we decide to become as a nation. i'm carlton mccoy, raised in inner city d.c., educated in kitchens around the globe. these days i make a living as a master sommelier. i'm a nomad, driven to move in and out of different cultures, different worlds. to celebrate diversity by embracing what makes us both unique and the same. after all, we carry our travels with us to our next destination. that's what life is all about. let's do this. i grew up in washington, d.c., raised by my grandmother who is from virginia. so i always felt i had one foot in the south. but as a young child, i was taught to fear the south a little bit because of the deep

scars of our family's past. it's very easy for someone who was raised in the black community to come here and feel very negative thoughts about driving through cotton fields. you know, i know how i'm supposed to feel looking at the cotton field, but i don't feel that way. i quickly switch to i'm really intrigued about how these people live here. you know, so to me, i have turned that into curiosity. what's your life like? where do you shop? where do you go for a beer? when you want to connect with the family, where do you go? the mississippi delta, a huge incredibly fertile region that sits between the yazoo and mississippi rivers. this is the birthplace of american culture. the food, the music, deep religion, it all started here. much of it created by my african american ancestors. i think most black americans, including myself have a deep sense of connection to the south. so i'm here in mississippi as sort of a pilgrimage, to find the roots of the things i hold most sacred. i'm starting out in the middle

of nowhere, lorman, mississippi. here at the old country store author davis is cooking up his friday chicken and getting ready for the afternoon rush. >> they call me mr. d. i am the chicken cooking king. this old building is over 100 years old. it's old country style. i bought this old building for a song and a dance, and i've been dancing and singing ever since i bought it. >> the buffet is very dangerous. there is no portion control. >> i'm ready to dive in. >> this is my first meal in mississippi. so i'm going with the classics, fried chicken and collards, cornbread and sweet potatoes. >> you know you're in the right spot. there is no marshmallows or yams. >> i'm felling right at home. this is the food my grandmother passed down to me. are those pig's feet? >> right down to the pig's feet.

>> cow time. this looks incredible. >> this is going to be imagine tall times for in mississippi for us. >> this is nick wallace, a prominent mississippi chef, who much like myself learned to cook from his grandmother. you have your accouterments right here. do you need anything? >> just some vinegar. >> i have heard great things about nick and i'm eager to swap stories and get his take on mississippi. >> you know, when i went to culinary school, my sister used to overnight me chitlins. the first time i warmed them up in the dorm room, they thought we had brought some live dock. >> i'm sure. >> into the dorm room. most people are like how can you eat something that smells like that? but if you go france, you eat some of the cheeses they eat, and the same thing. >> i grew up cleaning them. >> ah, the worse. you grew up in mississippi? >> i grew up in evers, mississippi on a farm. >> now you and i were really blessed to be raised around our grandmothers. >> yes. >> who gave us that inheritance of cuisine.

what do you say are the key parts of what makes a plate of food like this is mississippi? >> mississippi food identity to me is eclectic. the soul is there. we have french techniques. honestly, i taste trinidad flavors, but it's so many eclectic bites and bits about this whole plate of food right here that i completely love. i know i'm in mississippi. >> mr. d is well-known for his fried chicken. but man, these pigs feet are the real deal. i rarely have had them this good outside of my grandmother's kitchen. at what point do you have to say you know what? i really want to focus on the food i was raised on and cooking that? >> you know, when i started getting outside of mississippi and started cooking my food and letting mississippi ingredients travel with me, i had no idea that mississippi was, you know -- >> that they gave a shit. >> it was just so awesome. mississippi is still not noticed as a food state. >> why ask that? why do you think that is? >> i think maybe for some of the

bruises and all we have received in our past, you know. we're right next door to new orleans. >> yeah. >> it's great. it's a food state. >> maybe if you all just had a couple of streets where you served really tall blended drinks and black out on the streets. >> that may work. >> hello, sir. how are you? >> i'm better now. that i see you. you brought your appetite with you today? >> we got it. >> i bring it everywhere i go. >> let me tell you, i hate taking advantage of a guy bigger than me. but today is your day. love to give you something special today to remember me by. it goes like this. ♪ my mama was a cornbread cooking queen ♪ ♪ grandmama was a cornbread cooking queen ♪ grandmama, grandmama, grandmama was my cornbread cooking queen

hey hey, two piece chicken and a biscuit, get it while it's hot ♪ ♪ two porkchops and a biscuit, get it while it's hot ♪ ♪ my grandmama, grandmama, grandmama, grandmama, grandmama ♪ ♪ grandmama was my cornbread cooking queen ♪ >> thank you. thank you. [ applause ] >> good job. >> love it. >> so you know that thing you do when you land in a new place. you're excited and you go a little hard on the paint on night one, forget to pace yourself? yeah, that's what i'm doing right now, jumping in with both

feet. nick and i head over to natchez, play a little cards on the river. >> my name is kevin darnell mcknight jr. from natchez, mississippi. i was born and raised here. me personally, i go to the casinos, it feels like i'm walking into the coliseum. the romans used to right before the big battle, they kind of rushed. you walking in and the blood start pumping and adrenaline because i feel like tonight is the night. i'm going to make that happen tonight. everything is the enter races i have with my cousins. people have so many different vocal animations when they win or lose, it feels like to you that you're in a boxing match with them. they had 20, you had 21. oof, it feels like i did a left hook on them. y'all want to get in the game too? >> y'all want to see professionals now? >> sure. show us how that's done. >> you're hyping yourself up.

because i'm about to lose all the money that i've made on this episode. >> all right. >> good luck, everyone. >> good luck, everyone. >> ahead of you here. >> all right. we got an 8. 14. too many, too many. >> there is nothing worse than losing money. >> see, i don't feel like when y'all lose, i feel like i borrow it for an extended period of time. >> do they keep you those lines in orientation to keep you motived? >> a lot of times it's more of an experience. >> yes. it's about the experience, man. >> you may not be able to pay that mortgage. >> but you had a great time. >> you're having a great time right now. so calvin, you from mississippi? >> born and raised. >> in this town? >> born and raised. i ain't going nowhere. >> what do you love about it? >> family. everybody close, you know what i'm saying? 13. >> grandma is here as well? >> yes, sir. >> this is what happens when i distract you. keep talking.

everybody from mississippi and look at their chips and look at my chips. >> it's the experience, man. >> casinos are part of mississippi culture now. >> it is, yeah. >> this is the best place to come when you want to take somebody out to relax, get something good to eat, you know what i'm saying, have a good time. >> where do you tell them to go to eat? >> well, mainly to our buffet, you know what i'm saying, the bistro. >> he's on camera. >> the bistro, you know. it's this. it's this. >> this guy is such a great bullshitter. calvin, i might have to hire you, man. put him in a tasting room in napa. sell the hole vintage in one day. >> taste a moscato all year. can all risk it a little bit. we're going all in. >> all in, we going all in. >> this is very much going against every instinct of my body to save this chip. >> scared money don't make no money. let's go. give me your best card.

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♪ ♪ walk with me ♪ ♪ walk with me ♪ ♪ walk with me, lord ♪ ♪ please walk with me ♪ >> we're in mississippi. we're here in the delta. it's a really dark history of slavery, racism. you know, the question is can we continue to solve those problems and still make progress by reinvesting in these areas.

can i celebrate part of the culture and still deal with social issues, not let the gas off the pedal there. and i think we can. ♪ walk with me, lord ♪ driving through the delta, the difficult history of mississippi is all around you. but look beyond the vestiges of the past, and you'll find people creating a bright future. i'm meeting a mississippi native who has made it his mission to revitalize and restore the area, and have a little fun along the way. >> carlton! >> meet tate taylor, the hollywood director behind "the help," "ma" and "get on up". >> come on in. >> i'm honored to be invited to one of his house parties at loyola, his lovingly restored house. >> we have a slushy, house made margaritas. hey, fancy pants. >> you have a great haircut. we'll trade glasses later and see if anybody knows the

difference. >> i made fried rabbit. >> it's like chicken fried rabbit. >> no. >> okay. so definitely not chicken fried rabbit. it turns out tate's actually a pretty damned good cook. let me know if i can do anything. >> you can hand me a margarita. i'm not gotts going to get drunk yet. >> the chair is there to keep me out of the way. >> john norris, tate's life partner and producing partner. but he is sort of getting in the way of tate's kitchen magic. >> i stay there and read. >> you're in the way now. >> tate kungs a storm. his rabbit is dusted in seasoned flour and deep fried to a golden brown delicious. or as we like to say in the kitchen, gbd. you want a sip? >> yeah. frog's legs. clean, trimmed, soaked in buttermilk until tender and cooked with butter, lemon and parsley. another classic. >> you got to have this. >> and this is a tate taylor party.

so of course a little caviar. an acquired taste that i have undoubtedly acquired over the years. he skipped the fancy-assed bellini, with potato chips. >> i'm glad you do it with something socially acceptable. >> guys, this scarlett on the. >> hi, carlton. >> hi, guys. >> his impression is impressive. in addition to preserving multiple buildings throughout the natchez areas, they also convinced hollywood studios to let them make their movies in mississippi. it's a culmination of work bringing attention to the state they love. >> when we came here and started to do what we do together, make movies, all of that economy you bring in and jobs has an impact on this community. suddenly was oh, wait, quo we don't need to be in new york and l.a. we can actually be here and have an impact in a way that spiritually resonates. >> so what was sort of the driving force behind? you could have filmed these stories anywhere. >> what happened was i fled mississippi like anybody in a small town thinking you've got

to go chase big lights, big dreams. >> yeah. >> and i went to lived in new york and l.a. and then when i was making "the help," i wanted to film it in this state since it was the stories on the backs of a lot of men and women who were from here. >> yeah. >> and legacy was here. and also, you can't fake mississippi. >> sure. >> and the actors could just feel being in the mississippi z delta, you could feel the history. when there is thick history, you feel it. >> wjyola was built in 1836 at the height of slavery in the south. by meticulously restoring the entire property, tate and john have recreated a piece of living history, passed along along the way. i got to ask, was this an actual plantation? >> this was a showoff doctor's house. >> okay. sorry. i can breathe easy now. >> no. a doctor is an irish immigrant.

>> okay. >> and that was his office. so irish immigrant isn't taking care of this house by himself. >> no, nobody was taking care of any house this size in america by themselves. >> so obviously there were, if not slaves, there were definitely domestic workers who were -- >> they would have all been slaves. >> yeah. >> why yola is one of the most intact places of its kind in the south which includes all the original outbuildings, and there are two slave cabins. they were in such disrepair i had to make the decision do you keep it or do you erase history. and a lot of people said that i should just mow them over and plant bushes. but i thought it was the honorable thing to do to restore them because those are the hands that built this place. it's about 20 people living in each one. it's women and children.

and if you'd like to, go on inside. >> i've never seen a slave quarters before. so many people from where i come, they never come here. they think think the stigma of dealing with something like this face-to-face is very difficult. but it's who we are. i'm very proud to be american. and any part of that is accepting it's part of ow history and moving on. i think that's what will make us a better country. so what's the response you get when people come to your home for the first time and see this? >> the misconception is by doing this you're glorifying the past. and really, what it is to show where we've been, what we've learn and where we need to go. i'll let school kids come here from the state to see it, see what it is.

>> being able to walk through slave quarters, being able to see how these people lived in our country and what happened here, i think it's a necessity to move on. so i think it's incredible that you did this. >> thank you. >> i know there has been controversy around tate and his film "the help," but i have to tell you, after spending time with tate and john, it's clear their efforts are having a positive impact on mississippi. we all know there is an enormous amount of work to be done in this country concerning race. basically, america needs some therapy. by confronting our dark history, we can set the stage for future progress. another place worthy of a second look is the state capital of jackson. as i'm learning on this trip, mississippi has no shortage of hometown heroes cheering it on. >> we're passing the alamo theater right now. i have just a special connection to this place as a stand-up comedian, i've done all four of

my stand-up comedy specials here at the alamo theater. >> rita brent is a force. born and raised in jackson, she believes a city with soul has a bright future. rita grew up playing the drums in her church, went on to be an army corps drummer and a musician, only to give it all up for stand-up comedy. >> you're at work and you're doing number two, you got to hurry your ass up. you got to get in and get out before somebody see your shoes. can i get a witness? >> you're a hometown hero. >> yeah, the last show i did at the alamo was september 29th. it was called sip on this tea. i have some tea to share. the tea was i'm moving to new york, but also i'm coming out of the closet. >> one of the reasons we got divorced, y'all, and i'll be completely honest, i forgot to tell my husband that i like women. >> we're on ferris street, once the hub of black entertainment and commerce, the signs of neglect are obvious. but the recently renovated

johnny t's bistro is a beacon of hope. hosting live music upstairs and serving fantastic food down below. >> oh, that's me. >> a specialty of mississippi and a stable here at johnny t's is fresh wild caught gulf shrimp. on the menu today, rita's favorite, the house special, atlantic salmon, gulf shrimp, sated spinach over a bed of mississippi-grown rice, topped with a house-made crab sauce. and for me, shrimp and gritz, local andouille sausage, button mushrooms, and those famous gulf shrimp. heavy cream and spices make up the sauce. heat that over some cheese gritz and you know you're in the south. >> i'm a total fan boy of comedy. i love stand-up comedy. it's one of the hardest careers in the world. decide i'm going to be a comedian. >> in mississippi. >> in mississippi. walk me through that process. >> there is a place called sweet 106. and there was a comedy show. while the other comedians were up there and i started getting chill bumps. and i swear, a guy poked me

sounded just like barry white, you can do this. >> i would love to have a god with a voice that sundayed like barry white. this isn't uber traditional southern. it plays on it. >> one thing, it's good, period. >> it's good. >> what's your perception on sort of the difference between how people perceive mississippi versus what you know as someone born and raised here and has a lot of roots here? >> i think people believe the narrative instead of actually coming here and developing their own reality. >> and what's that narrative? >> that we are obese, uneducated racist people. >> do you feel an obligation to be a cheerleader? do you sort of go around mississippi explaining people you know what i mean? >> yeah. when i moved to new york, the first thing roy wood jr. told me is don't change. keep your mississippi flavor. keep talking about where you're from because people want to learn about where you came up.

>> so mississippi in 20, 30 years? >> mississippi has some good. we're progressing. we just took the rebel flag down that is a huge deal. >> so you're optimistic. you think things are moving in the right direction? there is momentum? >> absolutely. the steps are small, but they are going in the right direction. >> now, look, racism exists in mississippi much like it does everywhere in the country. to some extent, everywhere in the world. but what i've seen here is people who are committed to pushing back on the closed minded good old boys trying to find the future of mississippi.

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♪ i think a lot of people look at the south and see a monolith. easy to generalize and encapsulate. but being here and looking beneath the surface, i'm excited to see so many unexpected subcultures. ♪ ♪ why don't you fly with me, fly with me ♪ >> take cowboys, for example. most people conjure up the marlboro man or john wayne. but here in tilatoba, there is a strong tradition of african american cowboys going back hundreds of years. i tend to try to keep my feet on

the round. i'm a very accident-prone man. so things like horseback riding are typically out of the question for me. >> you ready to ride? >> i don't know if i'm ready to ride. i'm going ride. >> all right. >> joe is the definition of the word character. he is a third generation cowboy and founder of the delta hill riders, a loose collection of black cowboys and cowgirls that ride, train, and show horses all over the state. he's convinced me to take this tame mare out for a trail ride, assuring me i'll be in good hands. >> no let's get you a cocktail or cold beer or something. >> you're going to be all right. you're going to be all right. >> you think so? >> you'll get to where we're going. >> hold on. i need a second. i need a second to decompress. all right. do it how you want me to do it. not how the pros do it. okay. hold on. he is going to start moving like

that right away? all right. a gas pedal. >> we'll hold him until you get in the sad. we won't let her go until you get in the salad. >> that's the brake pedal. >> how do you press the gas? i don't want to press the gas. i'm going to be a pro of whoa today. >> jump. >> oh, you have to jump up? >> come on. you're all right. you passed it. you're an official cowboy. >> just whoa. >> that's all you need to know. >> she is all right, can i get someone on who knows how to ride this thing. ♪ >> that's how you make it go? i've never heard of any black man being a cowboy. >> let me tell you something about black men and cowboys. back in the day in the 1800s, black men tended to the cows and the horses.

were slaves. >> it turns out there is a long history of black cowboys throughout the state, which makes sense given that it was likely slaves doing most of the work tending to the horses and fences. the most notable were the buffalo soldiers, a caller havery regiment. >> where did you learn this? >> i've been doing this all my life. i'm 61 years old. >> whoa, whoa, whoa. i got to be honest with you, at this point i'm sort of freaking out. >> whoa, whoa, whoa. >> i mean, i got the whole whoa thing down, but i'm sort of using it for everything. >> whoa, whoa, whoa. >> stop, turn, go slow. it's sort of like my catch-all. >> i'm good with the slow pace. i see a lot of young people on horses as well. what age do you get them started on the horses? >> i start most of the young kids at 5 years old. they big enough to walk and

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no trip to mississippi is complete without a visit to the river. we're on lake ferguson, which connects directly to the mighty mississippi. it's been a while for me, but i remember fishing being pretty chill, and i'm looking forward to kicking back, drinking a little cold beer and catching my lunch. you know, a nice easy day on the river. >> when you grab a fish, you pull him in and into the guard. >> big greg is a sixth generation mississippi fisherman and self-appropriate proclaimed mast other telephone fish jit sue. >> you have to say here fishy. >> his son little greg is taking up the tradition. >> accentses. do they know i'm a tourist? >> they don't hear that redneck sound. >> here comes a fish now, the buffalo right here coming up. >> that's the buffalo fish? >> the gregs primarily catch something called buffalo fish. i've never heard of them, but

man, these fish are massive. buffalo are plentiful around here, and according to the greggs, absolutely dishes. >> man, you must have a strong back. >> it's a lot of work. >> this is not the chill day on the water i was expecting. apparently what i need to do is get my finger around the gil soy hold the dam fish still and pull the net off. easier said than done. >> here, fishy, fishy, fishy. >> you're the seventh generation fisherman. do you take any of your kids out on the fishing boat yet? >> my 9-year-old loves it the most. she picks the fish out of the net and everything. >> so you think she'll be the eighth? >> i hope so, but you know, it's pretty much a dying breed, the way we all are. >> this is awesome, man. here in the delta, buffalo fish is mostly eaten by black folks. about 85% of greg's customers

are african american, and business is brisk. without me here slowing them down, these two would haul in over a thousand pounds of fish in a single day. how old are these fish? >> buffalo is the oldest fresh water fish there is in north america. and they live to be over 100 years old. like that big fish you just pulled in, that's probably a 50 or 60-year-old fish. >> what? >> oh, that one's got a fight in him. hold on. jesus christ! >> shoot him, shoot him! >> shoot him. >> i was sweating on this boat. that was a lot of work. i did a little manual lane were my dad, but never like that kind of labor as a career. >> time for a spa day. >> that was hard. you guys weren't spett swetting. greg, how come you're not

sweating? >> i haven't done nothing yet. we're just getting started. >> this is the ease yaes day i've had in a long time. it's like a vacation day for me. >> watching greg process fish at lightning speed is unbelievable. i'm taking a step back because he is swinging that knife around like a madman. not exactly the precision i learned in culinary school. but what you end up with is incredible. buffalo fish bones so big you can eat them like pork ribs. >> that's your ribs right there. that's the money shot. you eat it off the bone. >> like a fish rib? >> that's what it, basically a rib. >> it's a really nice fatty fish. >> yes. >> the simplest and the best way to cook the ribs is a fish fry. i mean, look at these ribs. they are humongous. so normally in a fish fry, i'd wash this all down with a cold beer. but today we're having a beautiful brindel rose. this rough fish is making me feel fancy.

>> thank you. that's really good. >> uh-huh. >> this is a really good fish. >> the name and the reputation it's gotten is ridiculous, you know, because people never gave it an opportunity, never tried it. it's considered a trash fish or a lower bottom official for years. really, it's a filter feeder, not a bottom feeder like catfish. >> i was expecting something murky tasting like catfish, and i do love catfish, but it's super clean. >> buffalo is better than catfish to me. >> i think you need a rebrand. it has the flakiness of halibut. >> that's like a fillet mignon of fish. >> the fillet mignon of the mississippi. >> yes, sir, sure is.

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>> i had to walk miles every day just to have water. ♪ the world can be so cold ♪ >> and so i watch mid big daddy just work his tail off, morning to night. he would get on the tractor. he was a share crop. >> and you felt that through his music. ♪ you got to be strong ♪ >> and i'm so glad he instilled that in me, because the man i am today come from me hauling that water, you know. going out there and chopping wood to keep warm in the winter. >> have you written songs about hauling the water? >> oh, man, all of my songs. >> you mentioned hauling the water twice. traumatic? >> have i written songs about it. >> mississippi is the birthplace of blues. today we're hanging with some blues royalty, cedric burnside, grandson of legendtary musician l.r. burnside.

we're an in holly springs, an h north of oxford. on the menu, fresh rabbit. no, i mean very pressure rabbit. seasoned, stuffed with peppers and onion, and then a long rest on a slow grill. also part of the spread, pulled pork and baked beans. do you know if this is the black one or the white one? >> i don't know. it's one of 'em. >> it's interesting. people always sort of joke around about blues where it's sort of like my dog died, my wife left me. i ain't got no money left. >> it happens. it happens. >> but blues does have its roots in talking about difficult times. >> i would say it started through slavery. you know, slaves in the field wanting to talk to each other, but they can't. so they had to find ways to do it without being noticed, you know. and that might be an old spiritual song or just a word that they come up with, you

know. that started the blues. >> i am by no means an expert on blues. but here's what i do know. you've got delta and you've got hill country. delta is the one that everyone's most familiar with. made famous by muddy waters and one of my parent favorites, howlin' wolf. hill country has more complex rhythms, more of a driving groove to it. and cedric's grandfather pretty much wrote the book on it. >> my heart and my soul is with the old, old school music, like muddy waters. >> yeah. >> i love the delta sound as well as the hill country sound. you know, i really love the hill country because it's who i am, you know. >> at this point in your career, you're well-known all around the world. you could live anywhere in the u.s. why do you still live in mississippi? >> mississippi just does it for me. it's me stepping out in the moderns on the porch, you know, looking at the fog or just smelling the mississippi air. i can -- i can pick up my guitar

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one last stop. this neighborhood in greenville has seen better days, but hidden amongst these unassuming streets is a culinary institution, one that beckons food lovers from all over the state and the country. dough's eat place. i've been looking forward to coming here for a long time. >> hi, welcome to doe's. >> do you all know the menu? >> this is my first time. i'm going to let these guys order. you been here? i know you've been here have. you been here? i'm going to let y'all lead the way. i'm just going to eat. let's pour a little wine. cheers. all the folks at this table have

chosen the mississippi delta as the place to invest and build their businesses. >> cheers. >> let's do it. >> i'm here to find out why. josh and nick revived a long forsaken garment operation in northeast mississippi and turned into it blue delta jeans, a custom high-end jean company. a leader in art initial intelligence that is developing a high-tech in her hometown. a entrepreneur and farmer who has made investing in the south his priority. full disclosure, he is also my business partner our wine ventures. we're starting with tamales. you heard me right, tamales. it turns out doe's is famous for this mississippi twist on a mexican classic. a spicy minced beef filling surrounded by a soft layer of corn meal. these are rand wrapped in parchment and boiled for a few hours onthe stove. that's spicy, huh? it's actually very difficult

from mexican tamale. the outside massa is a little more neutral. the filling has all the flavor. here american style we season the hell out of it. delicious. >> you're actually from tupelo. >> why did you all decide to open your factory here in mississippi? >> we do business in mississippi because it's where we want to live and raise our family. so we built work around life, not the other way around. >> i get that question all the time. literally why mississippi, man? why in the world are you leaving new york? we got some great people. yes, we have a harsh past. we have a lot of stereotypes. but there are a lot of people working together, a lot of great things happening here. >> this is an inherent problem in the whole delta region. people see opportunity in the urban areas and they move off. and what is left is towns and communities that are missing a lot. >> there is nothing there. >> that's right. but there is so much here. just like this restaurant, doe's. this is an incredible place.

>> this is an incredible place. you can't beat the vibe. various dishes are bubbling and frying on the giant stove behind me. it feels like grandma's house. but don't let the home my decor fool you. the real reason to come to doe's is their world class sticks, hand cutted, two-inch porterhouses. cut to perfection, finished off with au juice. what do we finish off? perhaps a glass or a few bottles of classic california cabernet. . >> oh, wow, this is delicious. >> it's really exciting having you guys in the delta building businesses in the communities you were either raised in or really passionate about. this is what the delta needs. >> thank you for saying that. we're not trying to change the state and the way people are used to doing things. we're just trying to make it better. >> how do we improve and maybe get higher quality cotton in those jeans. >> we source our fabric from

georgia. we're sourcing our machines from tupelo. >> you need to be sourcing your cotton from us. >> got it. done. >> but we got to get some more wine going too. >> i'm a horrible sommelier. >> which one is this? >> this is heights. >> the cabernet. okay. >> this is the traditional style of napa. very classical, very balanced. not over the top, really elegant wine. >> you should sell wine. i'm telling you, i think you a future in it. i don't know if i told you. but the way you describe it makes me want to drink. >> i appreciate you having faith in me. >> cheers. >> cheers. >> to be honest, i knew the answer to the why mississippi question all along. talented people in authentic culture make this the perfect place to set up shop. i came to mississippi hoping to find something special. to understand a little more about myself and my past. to have an adventure. and this place embraced me with open arms.

it's easy to see its beauty all around when you look close enough. and the people i've met, once in a lifetime care groups. all holding on to a special piece of a complicated and complex region that is quickly trying reconcile its past while forging a new identity for the future. the war in ukraine is the largest conflict in europe since world war ii. the russian invasion to overthrow ukraine's government and take control has become a grinding war of atrying. attrition. tonight we want you to see the war through the eyes of one ukranian mother. her name is olena gines. she's 36 and lives in kyiv. she was a tour guide before the invasion and posted videos about her life and country on a youtube channel she called "what is ukraine?" when the war began, she