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Just in texas, but around the country in a way that was really quite remarkable. could he do it? does he have the experience to do it? does he have the national profile to do it? we really dont know. i think what hed like to do probably, if he does lose this race, is go back to el paso for a while and chill out and well entertain the conversation at that point. is it possible? sure, its possible. who knows. >> thanks, evan. >> evan smith with texas tribune, we "press:here" -- appreciate you bein...

To me by republicans as an absolute disaster for republicans. sessions is the largest nesting doll. inside the sessions doll are texas senate and texas house seats, and everybody is going down in dallas county if theyre a republican tonight. dallas county has gotten progressively more blue over the last several election cycles. sessions was the most endangered republican. it is not a surprise that hes lost. >> evan, i was talking to a king maker in the democratic party today who was talking abou...

The political environment becoming more favorable to democrats. a lot of talk every four years how texas is going to turn blue. mostly thats been hype. theres been no evidence of that up until this cycle. he is a singular candidate. he is so much more articulate and empathetic. talented as a campaigner, connects with people, energetic. i think its very hard to come behind him and replicate what hes done. not to say its impossible, but if you held me at gunpoint and say who is the candidate that ...

Understand republicans win by 15 or 20 points. the fact beto orourke got it this close was the news today. getting it to a point where two or three, whatever it ends up being is really an kboerd feexty feet that has not been hospitable going back to ann richards. he will lose, but democrats will have a fantastic night. theyll pick up a double digit number of seats in the texas house. theyll win some congressional seats. there are statewide races that have no business being close that are tight a...

Is a clear case of white supremacist in the republican party and unless you stand up to that, the republican party is going to be severely damaged with it. >> alice, i will give you a quick response. >> that is absurd and irresponsible to use such rhetoric like that. >> for him or for evan. >> at the end of the day, he is strong, he is a strong republican represents his district well and to go attack him in this way just because you dont like trump is not the way to go about it. >> this is not a...

And happened over time. look, steve king is a bona fide member of the international white nationalist white supremacist movement. he promotes candidates in europe that are in the far right white nationalist movement. they promote him. hes endorsed by white supremacists in the united states. this guy is part of the white supremacist movement in the west both in europe and in the united states. there is just -- this isnt a grey area, this is a clear, this is a clear case of white supremacist in th...

. okay. now to my favorite story of the day. newly discovered letters are revealing that not only did oconnor and rehnquist date but rehnquist proposed to oconnor. oconnor rejected his marriage proposal as they had broken up and she was already seeing someone and and that man, john, would later become her husband. joan, i heard that this even stumped you and you wrote the book on oconnor. you didnt even know about the proposal. >> i didnt, brook. youre right. its such a sweet note that evan th...

Platonic ideal of the texan? the american hero? lone rider on a horse. big empty spaces, mexican music, mexican food. >> ty: its still where the punchiest cowboys in the 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 gen...

You guys been riding together? >> bodie: me and him? >> anthony: yeah, you and him. >> bodie: 35 years. >> chuy: its an awesome way of life. ♪ >> shelly: jalapeno cheese 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 sta...

Go through law school, finish, but i want to come back out here. there are kids that are my age that will never see this, never 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