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coverage of a historic federal indictment of a former president of united states begins at this hour with the dramatic full statement made by special prosecutor jack smith this afternoon when he, in effect, introduced himself to the american people, speaking publicly for the very first time in his six and a half months of investigating donald trump. >> good afternoon. today an indictment was unsealed. charging donald j trump with felony violations of our national security laws as well as participating in a conspiracy to obstruct justice. this indictment was voted by a grand jury of c...

>> john: we are awaiting the first white house briefing of 2024 as president biden begins the new year blaming congress for the chaos happening at our southern border. and while the white house takes to the podium, house republicans are in texas in what is expected to be the largest congressional delegation to visit the border. welcome back, hope you had a great holiday. >> sandra: good to be back with you. house speaker mike johnson and more than 50 republicans will be in eagle pass, where they have been sidelined by failed policies. instead of the president pivoting on those polici...

prosecutors, jack smith's 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 miami on tuesday at three pm. here's what donald trump's lawyer said on television tonight. >> thi...

here is what donald trump's criminal defense lawyer, james trusty, said on television tonight. >> this is not publicly accurate because i'm not looking at a charging document, i am looking at a summary sheet. so there's 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 weren't in fisa of anyone else being indicted. and i have a theory that some of the outrageous misconduct has affected in some other case. potenti...

our country is going to hell, and they come after donald trump. >> in all of my years of public life, i have never obstructed justice and i think too that i can say that in my years of public life, that i welcome this kind of examination. >> they're trying to destroy our reputation so they can win an election. that's just as bad as doing any of the other things that have been done over the last number of years and especially during the 2020 election. >> people have got to know whether or not their president is a crook, well, i'm not a crook. i've earned everything i've got. >> so i j...