executive producer casey dolan, and not to be left out here with me in our d.c. studio is none other than jason neil, jason, the camera over here, son of our executive producer jasper, jasper i used your daddy s name and i am so sorry. this is jasper neil, son of michelle perry neil and jason neil jasper is bilingual in english and spanish, an ace math student, and he s going to be taking over the show one way or another in about 20 years. so thanks to all of you, jasper, eleanor, and daphne, and that does it for this edition of andrea mitchell reports. follow the show online, on facebook, and on twitter @mitchellreports chris jansing reports starts right now. good day, i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. ron desantis is halfway around the world but still feeling the heat back home, from donors, supporters, and of course donald trump. is it enough to get him to finally commit to launching a presidential campaign? our new reporting that he s r
fight terror but americans are swept up in the surveillance and former president donald trump just weighed in all of this. i am john roberts in washington here we go for another jam-packed our. sandra: could be with you, john i m sandra smith and this is america reports. right now lawmakers seem divided on this, listen. speak of those individual saying this is a warrantless search for american s data is not telling the truth. it s a disservice to the americans for a member of congress to vote against a simple warrant requirement. if you want to track terrorists are bad guys in russia or china you have to have fisa. sandra: david is a compromise in the works? is all over the place right now. i wish i could tell you more. it is literally changing by the minute on capitol hill. the deadline, sandra, is friday april 19th at the debate is coming to a head this week with a potential vote tomorrow. the fbi and cia use fisa a lot. the controversial section 702 allows intell
Turning now to the gulf coast where wild weather has been wreaking havoc. in texas, violent storms caused so much massive hail to rain down, it completely covered the ground and as the mississippi river rises to historic levels, nearby communities are cut off from gas, and we re still days away from peak flooding dozens of households finding themselves suddenly without hot water, without heat or a stove to cook food as those gas lines have been cut off. with some houses and farms already sub memerged and roads turned into river, the only way to get essential supplies or even evacuate is by boat let s bring in nbc s maggie vespa from davenport, iowa, what are you seeing there reporter: yes, we ve been seeing the river kind of you know, that forecast of this being a slow-moving disaster really come to fruition.