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Through the Olive Branches . Theyre hard to avoid in puglia, a region thats home to 60 million olive trees. Thats one olive tree for every italian in italy. This region is italy at its most elemental simple fresh cuisine thats 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. Im stanley tucci. Im fascinated by my italian heritage, so im traveling across italy t...

>> hello, im in puglia, which is the heel of -- can you see me through the olive branches? >> theyre hard to avoid in puglia, a region thats home to 60 million olive trees. thats one olive tree for every italian in italy. this region is italy at its most elemental -- simple fresh cuisine thats 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...

through the olive branches? >> theyre hard to avoid in puglia, a region thats home to 60 million olive trees. thats one olive tree for every italian in italy. this region is italy at its most elemental -- simple fresh cuisine thats 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. >> im stanley tucci. im fascinated by my italian heritage, so ...

In new york city, the famous waterford crystal ball was tested, and it works. >> two, one! >> reporter: ready for the first new years eve celebration in times square with no covid restrictions since the pandemic began. this family flew in from brisbane, australia. >> its very intense with the amount of people that are here this year. >> its kind of come back to life? >> yeah, yeah. >> definitely come back to life. >> reporter: officials keeping a close eye on public safety. ♪♪ across the cou...

Base is goat milk. yeah. so we break like this. what made you think to do this? >> i live in california for a while. >> oh, you did? >> yeah, in pasadena. >> oh, in pasadena. and i love surfing. so, you know, the blue of the ocean, so i want to do blue cheese. >> while vitos brothers were open-minded about creating new cheeses, a puglian blue was a step too far for the family. >> what did you think? >> i thought, he is crazy. what is he doing? >> my father shouted, its too salty. >> my father sa...

Yeah. so we break like this. what made you think to do this? >> i live in california for a while. >> oh, you did? >> yeah, in pasadena. >> oh, in pasadena. and i love surfing. so, you know, the blue of the ocean, so i want to do blue cheese. >> while vitos brothers were open-minded about creating new cheeses, a puglian blue was a step too far for the family. >> what did you think? >> i thought, he is crazy. what is he doing? >> my father shouted, its too salty. >> my father said to tell him, don...

Coverage tonight from new york. elise. >> reporter: nikki, new york just hit a record 85,000 daily new cases. the omicron variant is also partially to blame for the states highest hospitalization total since february. >> happy new year! >> reporter: this is how they rang in the new year in key west, as florida reported 56,00w new covid cases, shattering its single-day record. >> its going off! >> reporter: from the fireworks and revelers in las vegas, to the scaled back celebration in times squa...

And i understand that they had kids. they could have lost their lives. its a blessing to have people like that who step out and do the right thing because that day that officer, he didnt do the right thing. a mistake can be made right. my brother was tortured to death, and this is the day that will always be remembered around the world forever and i should have been make sure we continue his legacy. thats one of the biggest reasons i started my institution called if philonise institution for soc...

The death toll up to at least nine right now. that baby said to be in extremely serious condition tonight. back here at home, some tense moments at the rose bowl parade in pasadena. a float catching fire on the parade route. heavy smoke billowing out of that display honoring chinese-american railroad workers. no injuries reported. the cause is still under investigation. and a new year, and a new milestone for nasa. >> new horizons is on departure. >> scientists celebrating the most distant f...