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It has not been made public but tonight the trump lawyers in their submission reveal the most important point they intend to make to the special master tomorrow at 2 pm. in the process they revealed with the special master has already asked of the trump lawyers. the trump lawyer filing said it requires that trump disclose specific information regarding the classification to the court and government. respectfully submit the time and place -- it specifically alleges declassification as an argument...

>> reporter: we have parallel tracks of activity in court tomorrow. we have a deadline, a hearing and all around the mar-a-lago special master situation. the focus right now is still on 100 documents with classified markings on them found in the search. the justice department cant work with those right now, an their criminal investigation is on hold while special master judge raymond dearie out of new york starts his work. while hes working the justice department is pursuing that appeal. they wa...

Lied or he and his team lied about the documents in the first place whether they were classified or not, first he said he did not have them at all and now concerns that there still more supposedly missing and that is where they have a criminal charge, where you think it goes? >> i think ultimately where it goes, the justice department investigation is going to move forward, may be delayed because of the special master process, it is not going to get derailed, i think what will probably happen th...

The national security team. theyre saying these things are not separate. we need to be able to work together with the intelligence agencies. and the judge really isnt buying it. shes saying, im not buying that the damage assessment to national security is going to be impeded. she said, first theres the no actual suggestion by the government of any emergency or imminent disclosure information arriving from donald trumps allegedly unlawful retention of seized property. the unwarranted disclosures ...

Classified markings on it it is. and i think were giving credence to this mid frankly that trump is given that he class declassified things, he told norman in the doj or, that doesnt -- that to me is a very risky precedent that has been waded into right now. i can speak for legality, but if something is classified, the same way my party, was when hillary clinton allegedly mishandled classified information, we need to be concerned about the former president who did that. >> as the deadline of nov...

Investigation and filter through the documents. >> it pauses the criminal investigation into the materials taken from trumps florida home. eli hoenig is here to explain. >> we finally know exactly how this special master process will play out. fbi seized about is 11,000 documents from mar-a-lago last month. those documents will filter through the parties and then the special master. it is senior judge raymond dreary. she was put on the bench by ronald reagan and transcends politics partisanship ...

Vastly different proposals for how this special master process should work. so lets break it all down for you. on the left side of your screen here, this is what prosecutors are asking for. they say the special master should not what -- with taxpayers covering half of the expenses, and he wants a longer review period taking up to 90 days. it will now be up to a federal judge to decide the way forward. district judge aileen cannon, a

And they specifically point out the fact they cant chase down the whereabouts of those documents because of the red tape with the special master. that sounds like a concern to ensure concern all americans. >> absolutely. thats a very serious violation. everybody knows documents like that have got to be handled in a pristine way. everyone where i work in the, government those things are very christine. yet to be very, very careful. and not take those things home, obviously. if there are other mis...

Tonight. so this, the revelation about nuclear secrets to begin the cattle documents seats in august, it seems would add great urgency to all of those questions, right? how do you think that informs the justice department decision about what to do here? >> its a great question. i think it must mean that they have to act with urgency and has got to put a big thumb on the scale that they appeal their or her decision immediately, and that the ask a court of appeals for an urgent sensational parolin...

>> okay and with that to stop the process as it is, or sorry, stopped the special master process as it is, and allowed them to move forward given the sort of implication of national security? >> they can do it one of two ways, you can still use the material while the special masters going on, or they can even say stop the special master as well. because its such a bizarre notion of a special master to be reviewing documents for executive privilege. we never had that in this country. so they coul...