The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday morning from Todd Jeffries. 

• The Department of Homeland Security is ramping up operations in Minneapolis and New Orleans 
• Admiral Frank Bradley is expected to testify before Congress today regarding a military strike on alleged survivors of a previous strike on a drug boat 
• One of the largest suppliers of fentanyl to drug dealers in Hays County has been sentenced to 40 years in prison