there is nowhere on earth quite like tuscany. the land is idyllic. the art is divine, and the food is out of this world. >> oh my god. that just melts in your mouth. >> 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 these 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. the creations of famous tuscans are known the world over. >> mick anglo, i think if he were to walk around today, he would be able to 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 ingenuity, mind-boggling riches, and an insane amount of bread. i really don't know how they eat this much bread. >> it's delicious, but it's so hot. ♪ all great love affairs start somewhere. [ speaking italian ] >> and for me, my love of italy started right here in florence when i was just 12 years old. >> that's delicious. you have to taste that. >> like this tart

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like 63-year-old teacher roberto, who died of covid on april 3rd in tuscany. >> when they started the vaccination, for the people of his age, he was already with covid. >> reporter: his wife blames italy's delayed and disorderly vaccination rollout for her husband's death. >> they killed him. everybody of them. they killed him. >> reporter: by the first week of march, the region of tuscany had only vaccinated about 8% of people over 80. prompting a letter of protest from its residents. >> the organization of -- of all this. their decision of the government to open the schools without vaccinating. then, the -- the way how they started to vaccinate. they had to start with elder people, not with the younger ones. >> reporter: in march, prime minister draghi brought in a military general to head his covid-19 commission and clean up the mess. the general issued an ordinance to regions that they must toe the line. tuscany has since increased vaccinations for the elderly but a governor of the region in southern italy has said he is not going to obey the general's orders to vaccinate by age.

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he would have done a last supper akin to all of those that have been done primarily in florence in tuscany sienna for the previous 200 years but of course he did something quite different and that archetype showed christ breaking bread thus establishing the 1st eucharist but like a skilled film director leonardo picked a far more dramatic see the moment when jesus the players that one of the men in the room is a traitor. that news literally explodes from the center and hits the apostles in various poses of shock disbelief sorrow even anger the full panoply of human emotions is laid bare the same idea that had galvanized his adoration of the manager some 25 years earlier leonardo wanted action and he also wanted the emotion and the dramatic intensity of what happened in in those seconds in jerusalem and that of course is one of the magnificent things about the painting he brings that to life and we see that and instantly i think we can understand what's happening there is that hold for techs of human drama that's right where everyone is reacts. differently they're asking each other there's

everybody, them, they killed him. >> reporter: by the first week of march, the region of tuscany hadnly vaccinated about 8% of people over 80, prompting a letter of protest from its residents. >> the organization of all this, the decision of the government to open the schools without vaccinating, then the way, how they started to vaccinate, for me, they had to start with elder people, not with the younger ones. >> reporter: in march, prime minister draghi brought in a military general to head his covid-19 commission and clean up the mess. the general issued an ordinance to regions that they must toe the line. miscellaneous canny has since increased vaccinations for the elderly, but the governor of the region of campaign yeah in southern italy said he's not going to obey the general's orders to vaccinate by age. >> do something. >> reporter: in the meantime, olga wants justice for mistakes she thinks could have been avoided. >> he was brought here. >> reporter: for two weeks roberto's body has lane here in a cement block, awaitiing c cremation. another agonizing delay for a grieving h

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rome is situated, a region sometimesover looked in favor of its neighbors like tuscany.azio, every part of the sheep and pigs raised here is put to use in kitchens across the city to make deep flavors in food. i am catching up my old friend, claudia. she lives here her whole life. when in rome, eat as the romans do. >> are you okay? >> i am so happy to see you. >> it was a long time >> somehow almost 30 years have slipped by since we first became friends when we worked on a movie earlier. >> i think you came last time. >> the first time was '95. >> i think '93. >> really? >> i didn't know i was that old. >> mean neither. let's not mention it >> claudia wants to take me for a classic roman pasta lunch. with an hour to kill, we decided to get coffee and reminisce. >> that's where we went a long time ago. >> we were there every evening, you know? >> back in the '90s we used to hang out in a great cafe, very much on the wrong side of the river. >> here we are. i was pleased to hear it is still going strong. >> so you remember? >> yes, i do. the picture you gave them i in '93

i'm booking us into a converted castle in tuscany -for our anniversary. -does it have a moat?

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before the pandemic gaza's had a waste disposal crisis now mountains of medical waste are growing in tuscany mccourt's. a dented can of beans a scratched mobile phone case where some see rubbish the abate boys see money for food the brothers are 8 and 9 years old and admit they'd rather be playing football instead each day they help their unemployed father rummage through this mountain of filth. i am that. i'm going with my father to help him collect things like an 1000000 copies he needs me and my brother to help our kids other about hanna. this overflowing dump reached its capacity 20 years ago improperly disposed medical waste is among the rubbish putting at risk the health of the abate family and others who scavenge here and live nearby get imad abate doesn't think about that he is a father needs to find his family of 8 their next meal alone about globally all of god the bush picked me and my children from disease because my goal to fly to cells things to make money for my family i'm not afraid covert 19 has led to an increase in medical waste yet gaza doesn't have the staff for it there

annalisa, i mentioned at the start of the programme that you're in tuscany.taly's situation now on fighting the pandemic compare with a year ago? italy a year ago was a country that was worst affected in europe and things this year are still quite tough. they're tough but . they are improving. as you rightly say, the last year, italy was hardest - hit country in europe. now it's the seventh in the world. - it has been as dramatically hit as the uk, so it's not in that. unfortunate first place in the number- of deaths and so on. but things are improving. there has been a pick—up in the vaccination rate - and the great news is that, by the end of the month, l we will move from orange—red to yellow, which is the colourl code that says that - restrictions will be eased. restaurants will be open again to serve only alfresco but it's i going to be spring and lovely weather, so that is _ going to mean a lot, j also psychologically, that restaurants can reopen with tables outside. - schools have reopened. shops will reopen by. the end of the month. so the feeling is

he would have done a last supper akin to all of those that have been done primarily in florence in tuscany sienna for the previous 200 years but of course he did something quite different and that archetype showed christ breaking bread thus establishing the 1st eucharist but like a skilled film director leonardo picked a far more dramatic see the moment when jesus the players that one of the men in the room is a traitor. that news literally explodes from the center and hits the apostles in various poses of shock disbelief sorrow even anger the full panoply of human emotions is laid bare the same idea that had galvanized his adoration of the manager some 25 years earlier leonardo wanted action and then he also wanted the emotion and the dramatic intensity of what happened in in those seconds in jerusalem and that of course is one of the magnificent things about the painting that he brings that to life and we see that and instantly i think we can understand what's happening there is that hold for techs of human drama that's right where everyone is react. differently they're asking each other

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>> stephen: oh, tuscany is fantastic. i know ombrea pretty well.n: i love clooneyville up in lake cuomo. clooney junction i think they changed the name to. clooney berg. it's all just so good. any bowl of anything with anything sprinkled on it you weep. you weep. a gas station makes a better cup of coffee than you get-- than you get at a micli restaurant in the united states. unbelievable. >> jon: man! >> stephen: anyway. >> jon: i'm coming with you. let's go, man. >> stephen: we'll do it. jon, how about a little-- let's hear you play that piano for the last time before you come back with your gold. >> jon:o yeah! >> stephen: knock wood. >> jon: let's get it on! ♪ ♪ ♪ >> stephen: jon batiste, everybody. thank you, jon. folks, you know, i spend most of my time seeking out the finest, most topical integers and plugging them into the variables a, b, and c with the aim of using pythagorean models to demonstrate that there is no value where a to the n plus b to the n equals c to the n for any integer value of n greater than two to provide the elegant, b