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
Major moves in two of the myriad cases against former president trump, first the former president s legal team losing its bid to block mike pence from testifying in a special counsel s investigation. that s the one into trump s role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election in the classified documents probe, they re taking the extraordinary step of asking congress to intervene. nbc news senior legal correspondent laura jarrett is with me along with andrew weissmann, former fbi general counsel and an nbc news and msnbc legal analyst. so laura, you ve got this washington appeals court refusing trump s request, right? so when might we see the vice president? well, the former president could theoretically still appeal this to the u.s. supreme court i say theoretically because in the past he hasn t taken it that far. when the d.c. circuit has allowed other senior aides to testify, hasn t blocked lower counts on that, he hasn t fought it, and so he could try on