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
today. opening statements were supposed to start at 1:30 so far though, neither side has spoken and no reason has been given for the now hour and a half delay while we are waiting, we have just learned judge davis has authorized a special master to investigate fox s handling of discovery. we re going to explain in a moment this trial, when it does eventually start again, is not being televised. and nor can it be photographed one person was already kicked out of the courtroom for a snap, which the judge has said was deleted. don t worry though, we ve got our own reporters inside the courtroom updating us with the details. how exactly is this trial going to go? well, at least there s this. the judge ruled from the start that the election was not stolen and that fox was wrong to report that it was. in fact, he said it was crystal clear his words that the statements put out by the network and its hosts were false. now it is up to dominion to prove that there was actual malice beh
absurd claims. since the fbi searched donald trump s private residence and members club back in august. the ex-president declassified all the documents that he could declassify them if he wanted to, quote, even by thinking about it. it is a claim that has been repeated over and over and over again by trump and his allies. the disgraced ex-president mentioned it in public and the media appearances so many times. not one single time has that claim been made in a court of law. now new reporting suggests that the question of whether there is an a proof that he declassified the documents is a major interest to prosecutors at doj. new york times is reporting that federal prosecutors and former president trump s handling of national security documents, what a question one of his confident ants about a claim that trup declassified the documents. that confidante is cash patel, one of trump s biggest defenders in the documents investigation. he is a trump loyalist who made a career o