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
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.