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prosecutors, jack smiths investigation of the documents continues right now. this is a special, live edition of the last word. the new york times is reporting tonight that the charges include willfully retaining national defense secrets and violations of the espionage act. making false statements, and an obstruction of justice conspiracy, according people familiar with the matter. donald trump has been ordered to surrender for arrest in processing an arraignment in the federal court in...

here is what donald trumps criminal defense lawyer, james trusty, said on television tonight. >> this is not publicly accurate because im not looking at a charging document, i am looking at a summary sheet. so theres ones that might actually be reflecting on single counts too. but i think there was a conspiracy count as well. >> that means that there could be other indictments, have you been told that anyone else is indicted here? >> we werent in fisa of anyone else being indicted. and...

Look at. >> some classic misdirection there from president trump trying to shift the focus back to hillary clinton. obviously, hallie as he prepared to leave, this is on his mind. hes been tweeting about what his administration, his pentagon is doing against isis. this is the president who clearly wants to shift the conversation, although he cant help himself in trying to defend what is his role and what precisely he knew about the suggestions that they have a meeting with russian counterparts. ...

Lower premiums. that is classic misdirection. you can have coverage with lower premiums. the way you do that is to cut benefits and the value of those policies and to make sure that people are not having to pay more. it means that it will be far less also have it doesnt do much for employers. ere year, year after year, continuing cost increases that predated balm care and continues on. they have to shift more of the premiums to their employers. that is not sustainable. a lot of employers are com...

Effectively respond. >> i thought mike pence was a genius, the way he handled it. your thoughts? >> look, i think that free speech, it should be everywhere, right? it applies everywhere. whether its on twitter, to broad kay, to the streets, to the white house. and donald trump lecturing anyone on bullying is just a joke. and so whats happening here is that hes using this as a classic misdirection. its a diversion to talk about the real issues happening right now with his transition campaign. and...

Offer snowden suggestion of things to do in russia. the snowden question raises serious questions about -- wait a minute. why am i talking about snowden, we should be talking about privacy, reach of government, its been easier to talk about snowden. classic misdirection. the other cant tear your eyes away from the screen, anthony weiner. not only is he bold enough to run for mayor months after he resigned his congressional seat, he continued sexting after getting caught. he raises questions abou...

Isis is a classic misdirection. isis is sunni-led group, the stepbrother of al-qaeda that bombed the world trade center,, against france, belgium, against germany, against u.s. interest. you cant lose sight of who the prime enemy is. assad is a monster, but not my monster. >> meghan: i think megans was trying to make two different points. can we be bedfellows geopolitically with the russians, and the answer is weve done it in the past. weve jumped in the trenches with people who were our enemies...

Classic misdirection. its a diversion to talk about the real issues happening right now with his transition campaign. and also, him going to twitter, he uses twitter like a jedi mind trick, right? its like, heres a shiny object. im going to distract you, im going to manipulate the media, so were not talking about whats happening, actually, which is, the conflict with his business, when it comes to his administration. >> your thoughts on this, robert? youve covered this guy for a year at least, n...

>> they are working their butt off to make that cast. >> it doesnt mean they are not in a cultural bubble of new york ci city. i think it is important. >> no. >> and whether youre in an bubble or elite or not, if you hold the -- imagine going to church on sunday and having the preacher or priest call you out. he said it was a conversation. thats one way. thats dictation. thats me calling you out and you have no ability to effectively respond. >> mike pence was a genius the way he handled it. >> ...