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Grits. >> anthony: nice. >> shelly: of course theyre buttermilk biscuits. >> anthony: this is an area of texas that is legendary for whatever you mightve thought you were going to do here, nature wins. >> all: always. >> anthony: always? >> bodie: itll not rain for 20 years, and you just stay as long as you can and it just starts raining. >> anthony: so, how do you make a living? >> bodie: basically, dig in. >> gentleman: work like hell and dont spend any money. [ laughter ] >> evan: this table,...

United states are. it dont get no rougher. >> shelly: i mean, were 120 miles from the nearest walmart, 40 miles to a tank of gas or a loaf of bread. >> evan: out here, pretty much everything is five hours away. ♪ >> anthony: and the property has been in the family how many generations now? >> shelly: this is the fourth generation. >> bodie: fifth. >> shelly: fifth generation. my granddad came here in the 30s. bodies family came out here in 1880. >> anthony: not a lot of people left get to do t...

♪ >> anthony: how old were you when you learned to ride? >> evan: oh gosh, um -- i had a horse when i was like 3. >> anthony: 3! [ laughter ] >> shelly: evan shows horses all over. she is top five in the world right now. >> evan: in the cow wars, you have to show how well your horse can do different maneuvers. >> shelly: here comes levens. >> anthony: how old? >> shelly: hes 10. watch this. [ cheering ] >> anthony: damn. [ laughter ] >> shelly: is that hilarious? >> anthony: its killing me. >>...

>> evan: there we go. [ laughter ] ♪ >> shelly: the cabrito that were eating, yesterday was a live goat. ♪ >> shelly: we like it spicy -- jalapenos and onions and fresh tomatoes. >> man: if youve got a bunch of gringos, its perfect. [ laughter ] >> anthony: how mexican is west texas? this is where it is. >> shelly: on the other side of that mountain, 20 miles as the crow flies. >> anthony: those flavors, those sounds. thats yours also. right? >> bodie: oh, yeah. i learned to talk spanish nea...

Have this, never be able to know people like this. and thats, i mean -- >> anthony: priceless. >> evan: yeah, how can you say no to that? >> bodie: if you get to eat three good meals a day and be happy. being happy is more important than anything. ♪ ♪ >> anthony: so how else is the area changing? i drove for three hours through

Conversation. >> the employees are comfortable talking about almost everything. >> we have conversations about ptsd and war probably every week that would make other companies call their h.r. departments. its not something thats this dark story you have to bottle down and never talk about. its like lets be open and transparent. >> evan and matt love telling people about their culture. theyre not only irreverent, but theyre key with their customers. >> were hypertransparent with our customer. for...

>> jon: more ahead on our top story. wildfires engulfing northern and southern california. the condition fire crews are dealing with and whether the winds will die down. the wildfire forecast is coming up. plus, two major florida races are still up in the airport. evan or rick scott now charging senator bill nelson with fraud is a controversy will races underway. >> i understand governor scotts frustration that there are people who are breaking the law violated the constitution of florida in bro...

Encouraged. employees are comfortable talking about almost anything. >> we have conversations about ptsd and war probably every week that would make other companies call their hr departments. >> its not something thats this dark story that you have to bottle down and you can never talk about it. lets be open and transparent with each other. >> evan and mat love telling people about their culture. theyre not only irreverent. but the key is, theyre authentic with consumers. >> we exist on so many ...

The first time in eight years while shattering glass ceilings and ushering in the most diverse congress in u.s. history with more than 100 women elected to congress. the new house majority will take over in january, which means that a large number of committees like judiciary where the power of impeachment resides, intelligence where devin nunes and republicans did the most to protect the president, including releases sensitive intelligence. ways and means, where the power of the purse lies, soo...

Tonight is the latinos turned out in greater numbers than they have of late. there was a lot of concern coming out of the primary that beto orourke might not be energizing latino voters in a way that wendy davis did not exactly energize latino voters four years ago. well have to take a look at the numbers and see. the reality is the latino vote has been so small in texas the last couple of cycles. if youre a democrat and you overperform, the numbers are not enough to overcome the embedded republ...