farris was always there. very quiet man. very nice man. and you would never think that he was a billionaire. >> what made you want to break away from the christian values summit? >> when i began to put it all together. being theologically trained and having been in politics for so long, in texas, i'm going to say this because i don't know how else to say it. we know shit from sugar in texas. they really believe that they have been given a mandate by god to take dominion over society and run all these areas, and they call it the seven mountains or the seven pillars. government, religion, education, the family, business, media, and arts and entertainment. they believe that they have been given that mandate by god in genesis 128 when god says i give you dominion over the earth to have dominion over the fish and the sea and the birds and the air. >> by dominion you mean -- >> take control. >> establish the rules by which we live and work and play. >> yes, that's dominionism. >> have you heard farris wilks talk like that? >> yes, yes. they real

. >> for people who don't know farris wilks and tim dunn, what are they like? >> mr. dunn is super down-to-earth jeans and like a button-up flannel shirt kind of guy. i did go to western texas and talk to them, because they wanted to see what i was about. >> did you get put through the gauntlet of questions? >> absolutely. they want to make sure i am who i say i am. i have the christian values. asked me about my childhood and morals and what i believe in. on your mark, get set -- >> go! i >> i like to do swamimming, kare and i used to play soccer. >> what do you want people who are passing these bills to know about transgender kids? >> we're just normal kids that want and need normal lives. >> with the last bill in texas that passed, hb-25, she's unable to play sports at her school. >> a texas bill targeting lgbtq+ children. >> it bans transgender youth of participating on the sports team which they identify. >> this is a time where kids are trying to figure out what sports do i really enjoy playing and what sports am i really good at and it promotes a healthy lifesty

and they have a prime location next to the big farris wheel. >> they loved it because they don't have anything like this and they have never had anything like this in the fair. >> reporter: also, new at the fair this year is a giant sun fla flower. >> it's the national flower of ukraine. >> with the world seemingly spinning out of control. people may be ready for a fair. advanced ticket sales have broken all records. >> i don't know, maybe this skinny green one? right here? >> reporter: and back at the bead booth, they are getting ready for a crush of kids. >> yeah, kids can -- >> reporter: for nicole and her daughters, this fair is like a flashback. >> oh, my goodness. >> they would never wear a pony but were right here. so funny. >> reporter: the memories, the smiles, then and now. a family using a thousand of beads to string together new memories at the marin county fair. >> looks like they head fun. still ahead and streaming on cbs bay area news. >> we will introduce you to this week's stern grove festival headliners with bay area roots. >> you may have seen the smoke over east co

. >> in all of your time in the texas senate, you never received any money from tim dunn, farris wilkes> no. >> and someone who says, look, i have a hard time believing that a couple of guys who are donating across the state can have this much influence, i don't buy it? >> i had one senator literally open a book and said, i think i can vote for that because i haven't voted against them on anything so far. what kind of public policy -- i'm not going to name him. you know, someone -- someone that's still there. >> cnn's ed lavandera joins me now. one person told you it's shaping up to be like a russian oligarchy down there. who are these people, and what are viewers -- what else are viewers going to learn in this special report? >> the purpose of this is to try to like peel back the curtain a little bit on exactly how texas politics works right now. as you heard us mention there in that clip, there are a couple of west texas billionaires, tim dunn, farris wilkes, they donate millions and millions of dollars to state offices all across texas. and they have been extremely effective and smar

. >> judge jeanine: o'leary, o'brien, and me and farris. >> greg: jessica, can you name them like the. >> jessica: i was tall. >> greg: i bet you had a key chain that said i'm tall. >> jessica: we really have to let go with the key chain. >> joey: i was just like people, so whatever group, the football team and end smart kid classes. at those were my three groups. >> kennedy: we called stoners and nuggets, they had the levi jackets with the colors and i thought the nuggets were great, and all of the political people, legislature, student government, all of that stuff. girls nation, yeah. i was girls nation. it's a big deal, joey. >> greg: i want to see her high school, so i hung out with barry bonds and tom brady. and all of the other jocks. i actually helped train tom brady to throw the football, a lot of people don't know that. art, where do you consider your ideal paradise, joey, don't say my apartment. >> joey: i live there, small-town georgia, i have my family there. >> jessica: maui, and might be kennedy's too. it >> kennedy: i love maui, but i'm going to have to say costa rica.

a i know each one of you ladies, and we talk about the farry tale, first comes love and then comes marriage close my eyes and think about all of my friends, more than half of them are having problems and we've never, we never saw it coming. tell me now, when you are by yourself, and you're laying your head down on the pillow at night, do you allow yourself to grieve for a second and then snap out of it? >> for the long im time, i used to rely me on my will power to get me through and say just keep focused on the destination and at the time the destination was you're going to get the baby, i'm a problem solver, i can bear it if i get there. but then it's ten years and i'm like i'm tired. and there's loss. there is loss and infertility. there is pain and grief like you would never understand unless you endured it. >> i had worn this dress only one time. this was the dress i had on when the doctors told me that they couldn't find my little boy's heartbeat. >> when she said could you hold on a second, i'm going to get the doctor, i just lost it. i was so sad. and i was so broken. i have not bee

obviously there's a large number of se, farris that come from ukraine or but we are an international industry if we can guarantee the safety of seafarers and then i'm sure that we will be able to crew these ships. but the safety is paramount. firstly, from the mind threat and also from collateral damage. let's just talk about that security because the ships involved wherever these ships come from. what has to be ironed out is that less than 24 hours after the deal was signed on friday. for example, there were missiles that hit odessa. this is not going to have been ignored by ship owners and by merchants see men and women who might even potentially, as you say, from a global market, a global employment market. might even consider this task which is the dangerous while at the end of the day in indeed the strikes against the desk on saturday. i think reinforce the, the risks that me see fair as will be taking in going into ways and active conflict . so however, we hope that the formation of the joint coordination center will give some confidence that security and safety will be guarant