the two brothers and alan weisselberg. those are the three that run the company, the only people with any real authority over its money. we don't know who the two the executives are. presumably the southern district of new york knows and michael cohen knows. there's indications in the plea agreement there's quotes from e-mails within the trump organization. they've interviewed trump organization people and gotten trump organization documents. the question for me is what they do with those things. is the michael cohen plea the end of this or will they try to prove the trump organization knew it was participating in something illegal. >> alan weisselberg is a key figure. there was reporting he had been called in to testify before a grand jury. we don't have independent confirmation. he shows up in the michael cohen, donald trump conversation where they say, he says i'll talk to alan weisselberg. >> that's right. there's a couple figures. one of the things about donald trump we now know is that he liked to commingle all the p

i'd like to know. >> we will talk more about alan weisselberg. have you on, the subject of alan, you said you thought the this is a bigger threat in your mind than the russia investigation. weisselberg is the guy that knows where all the financial bodies are buried. should the president be more concerned about him? >> he should be and especially concerned if he thinks enough if he thinks weisselberg said anything incriminating. that's not the issue. did he say anything that builds gaps in the prosecution's case. you can have a long or short interview. if you say, i said nothing, that will hurt the president. you don't know what gaps there are. weisselberg may have told about a meeting or encounter, something they didn't know, which could lead to other issues. the president should be concerned about weisselberg and cohen. i would expect his legal team is concerned he may be putting forth a positive face on this but he should be deeply concerned. i've always said he should be more concerned about the southern district where he doesn't have constitu

and in terms of the money trail, donald can be hurt a great deal deal by alan weisselberg. >> donald trump trusted him. he was almost a family member. >> but you don't have to take his word for it. donald trump wrote himself in his book "think like a billionaire," coat, alan weisselberg is so tough that most banks would rather i negotiate the deal than him. he's a loyal employee and he's the ultimate master at a business deal. the news comes after the "national inquirer" david pecker told prosecutors what he knew about the payments. so to review, you now two two long-time trump allies granted immunity and three other former trump associates cooperating with special counsel robert mueller. so is it any wonder that this is what president trump has to say about people, quote, flipping? >> i've had many up friends involved in this stuff. it's called flipping and it almost aught to be illegal. you get ten years in jail, but if you say bad things about somebody, in other words, if you make up stories, they just make up lies. >> cnn's randi kaye has more. >> reporter: allen weisselberg know

jeffrey toobin, we're talking about alan weisselberg. he's worked there for 40 years.ars. he knows a lot about donald trump and his business, his personal life as well. what is the significance of the federal prosecutors granting him immunity in exchange for his testimony? >> well, certainly he was brought in as a witness to build the case against michael cohen. the question is, what else are the prosecutors interested? getting? and also from david pecor, who was also immunized, the chief executive of the national enquirer company. we don't know yet, but certainly after they speak to michael cohen and debrief him, there will be more questions, and we'll see if they can bring any other cases. >> they've got to get something major in return. how much do you suspect weisselberg is giving them right now? >> federal prosecutors don't grant immunity unless they need the testimony in question. when they threaten to assert the fifth amendment, the prosecutors have a choice to may. they decline the testimony or offer immunity. so it's significant that they are people they want

. >> i've spoken to alan weisselberg how to set the whole thing up with funding. >> reporter: he appears to reference pecker, weisselberg an with trump. the conversation, the president insisting he didn't know about the payments at the time. >> did you know about the payments? >> later on i knew. later on. >> reporter: so nothing today from the president on michael cohen but that's not the case for jeff sessions as that feud escalates after the attorney general's declaration of justice department independence, the president today seemed to sarcastically encourage him saying he should investigate corruption on the other side. >> how about the news to north korea, the president pushing pause on further talks. >> reporter: he is. for the first time the president is acknowledging the high-stakes negotiations hit a major hurdle, a lack of progress on denuclearization. the president's now asking secretary of state mike pompeo not to travel to pyongyang and he partly blamed china for not turning up the heat enough on kim jong-un. >> hallie jackson, thank you. >>> let's turn to the flood disaste

alan weisselberg, cfo of the trump organization, granted immunity a long-time ago, want to be clear along time ago, before michael cohen pled guilty to those charges, ned ryun. i wonder if this is something that the trump administration or the president needs to be worried about? what is he saying? when you're the cfo, you have all the numbers, the books in front of you, a very powerful position to be. >> there is a lot of things to be looking at. we can disabuse notion this had anything to do with russian collusion. there is that at same time i would be concerned. talking about the cfo as you point out. they didn't get al capone on murder. they got him on racketeering because they got his bookkeeper. i think when you have bradley smith, used to be the chairman of the fec, alan dershowitz, regardless how these payments took place, between donald trump and through cohen to stormy daniels anybody else, there was no campaign violation, there is no felony, no crime. i would point out the recent case with john edwards a million dollars campaign fund were used, no sec violations or convictions.

i've spoken to alan weisselberg how to set the whole thing up with funding. >> reporter: he ap ars to reference pecker, weisselberg and the payoff. the president insisting he didn't know about the payments at the time. >> did you know about the payments? >> later on i knew. later on. >> reporter: so nothing today from t president on michael cohen but that's not the case for jeff sessions as that feud escalater the attorney general's declaratio the president today sealed to sarcastically encourage him. ow >>bout the news to north korea, the president pushing pause on further talks. >> reporter: he is. for the first time the president is acknowledginthe gh-stakes negotiations hit a major hurdle, a lack of progress on denuclearization. he asking mike pompeo not to travel to china. >> hallie jackson, thank you. >>> let's turn to the ood disaster in hawaii. a state of emergency as hurricane lane slams the islands where some places have seen nearly three feet of rainfall. in a moment, we'll be joined by al roker but first, our national erorrespondent miguel almas in honolulu tonight with th

you said alan weisselberg knows where the bodies are buried. i heard that phrase a lot a month or two ago. it was not about allen weisselberg. it was about michael cohen. you take a look at mike cohen. did he get immunity or did he plead guilty and maybe he'll cooperate. i think there's a chance he may still cooperate even though he's not presently cooperating. that's possible, too. the government did what the government likes to do a lot more with a lesser quality witness which is get a conviction, get him to plea, and then dangle that 5 k 1 substantial assistance motion in front of him until they give him what they want but if you are a vip, if you have just critical information, that's when the government will actually go through the hoops it has to to give that person immunity. you have to be very, very important. i would love to ask glen the ratio of people that he convicted, cooperated as a witness and then maybe they got a substantial assistance motion versus the number of people he gave full on immunity to. glen, it's got to be, it's got

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alan weisselberg was subpoenaed as well several weeks ago. so everybody mentioned in that recording has been subpoenaed in some fashion in connection with the michael cohen investigation. this is an example of the walls closing in. everyone that was mentioned was implicated either explicitly or implicitly. >>> it's interesting the president talked about something in the interview. the president's attorney made his name on corruption, by flipping people, is how he got the cases solved. i wonder what the president's own attorney would say about that. i'm talking about rudy giuliani. we'll be right back. is not a b. it's a revolution in sleep. the new sleep number 360 smart bed is on sale now, from $899, during sleep number's 'biggest sale of the year'. it senses your movement, and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. it even helps with this. so you wake up ready to put your pedal to the metal. and now, all beds are on sale. save 50% on the new sleep number 360 limited edition smart bed. plus, 24-month financing and free home deli

including former attorney michael cohen, chief financial officer for the trump organization alan weisselberg, and publisher ryan howard, and now cnn has exclusive reporting on a former trump doorman making accusations about the president's past. including an alleged secret affair with a former housekeeper. ryan nobles is at the white house. another nondisclosure agreement coming to light. this one with startling allegations. >> the allegations may not be as important as what it represents for the president and his legal situation going forward. they are pretty serious organizations that come from a former doorman. that worked at the trump world tower. he struck a deal with ami which of course is the parent company of the national enquirer in 2015 where he would not reveal this information in exchange for $33,000 and a follow up penalty of $1 million if he did reveal what he claimed to know. that was he believed he knew of an affair that took place with president trump outside of his marriage with the housekeeper that resulted in a child. now, the national enquirer never reported this informa

we got news that the trump's organization alan weisselberg had been granted immunity, there was no reactionff. they had no reaction. later on, we get the idea that things are intensifying and getting worse between the president and his attorney general. now they're sending nasty tweets to each other. no market reaction. reports that the president has stopped his secretary of state from going to north korea for a fourth time because he's dissatisfied with the progress the north koreans are making on denuclearizing. any one of those or all of those events would have torpedos stocks or interrupted them. nothing. what does that tell you? heather, what do you think? >> i think this week has politics and money on steroids, neil. the market is up and the s&p 25%. despite the political turmoil, the strong underpinnings of the fundamentals of retail sales are off the charts. the economy is doing very well. the president's economic agenda still remains in the forefront. >> neil: jonas, it's weird but markets can be wrong. they sort of, you know, slough off the original investigations and inquiries in

trump organization cfo alan wieseisselberg weisselberg was also granted immunity. kenneth mouton, abc news washington. >>> tech companies are getting together to discuss the upcoming midterm elections. buzzfeed reports it obtained an e-mail about a private meeting in san francisco. facebook, google, microsoft and snapchat plan to gather at twitter's headquarters. facebook and twitter have faced public scrutiny over how they reacted to reports of foreign intelligence, manipulating users before the 2016 election. >>> muni is running test trains inside san francisco's twin weeks tunnel. the agency hopes to resume all service tomorrow. the crews have spent two months creating a major overhaul. they've replaced tracks, communication systems, drainage pipes and other key safety equipment. the twin peaks tunnel opened 100 years ago. muni believes the work will make the commute faster and more comfortable for tens of thousands of commuters. >>> minifraiansc ons up itscose there will be no golf balls hit into clown noses here. >> i can't wait to see that. hi, everybody. i t

alan weisselberg is the guy that is the books guy.-- >> for decades. >> fair point. we have to wait on that fact. >> we don't know. >> i am short on the clock. duncan hunter, the california representative, did he really say my defense is simple. ask my wife? >> he basically said he doesn't interview with fox news and he said my wife is campaign manager. as a rule to ask her about it. he is trying to throw her 100% under the bus. i read the 47 page charging indictment. it is remarkable. they had $37,000 in overdraft fees over a seven year period. 1100 times they were penalized, 1100 times in seven years. she once had him buy hawaiian shorts at a golf pro shop and say that it was golf balls for wounded warriors. this is the stuff why people hate washington, chris. and sometimes when i read this stuff, i understand why. spl i would say there is a lot more good people than what duncan hunter is alleged to have done. >> true. chris, thank you, brother. have a good weekend. thank you for wearing that. >> thank you. >> before we go, a word a

because the "wall street journal" is just now reporting something else related to all of it, that alan weisselberg, has also been granted immunity by prosecutors. the walling stre"wall street jo citing people familiar with the matter say he was granted immunity by providing information about cohen into the criminal investigation into the hush money payments. the wall stre"wall street journ also talking about how previously as they reported weisselberg testified before a federal grand jury. now, explain for a second, we know who allen weisselberg is. he is a guy that knows everything about everything about this organization. you are shaking your head. what do you think of this? >> it is huge news. i mean, it depends on what they have granted him immunity to talk about, whether cohen or other things related to trump. i talked about how the trump organization didn't have internal boundaries in terms of the different parts of the empire. and part of that was it allen weisselberg was basically the money man for all of it, for trump's personal expenses, for some campaign expenses, for trump's charity, t

sessions, three of his close associates, former fixer michael cohen, trump organization cfo alan weisselberg "national enquirer" publisher david pecker all cooperating with investigators in a campaign finance probe. whit? >> all right, tara palmeri at the white house for us, thanks so much. a lot of questions about how all of that will play out and how it relates to the mueller investigation in the future. >> it is a dicey and very interesting time, and it definitely looks like jeff sessions is taking the brunt. >> absolutely. >>> in the meantime here, coming up, the former vatican official calling for pope francis to resign. we'll be right back. investigation in the future. >> it is a dicey m for college. fvatican official calling for pope francis to resign. we'll be right back. ovatican of calling for pope francis to resign. we'll be right back. rvatican of calling for pope francis to resign. we'll be right back. mevatican o calling for pope francis to resign. we'll be right back. rvatican of calling for pope francis to resign. we'll be right back. vatican of calling for pope francis to re

the reporters who broke the story about alan weisselberg decade with the trump family and what he mights. that's top of the hour on "shepard smith reporting." we will see you then. >> ed: nancy pelosi remaining defiance, despite being the point of attack ads, 50 democrat candidates saying that they would not support every election. her reelection bid as part of the leader, the california congressman saying "i have a following in the country unsurpassed by anybody unless they are running for president. this is not anything to make a big fuss over it. it is politics. i can take the heat. that's why stay in the kitchen." eric cook, the principle of her strategies from the left, and republican, former communication director for marco rubio. good to see you both. does that pass the smell test, the idea that nancy pelosi has a reservoir of support around the country that is unsurpassed by any politician? >> it is not surprising to see republicans attack nancy pelosi, because she was very effective. she was instrumental in passing big things like the affordable care act, dodd-frank, the stimul

from david pecker of "the national enquirer," and the man who knows more than anything else, alan weisselbergthey both got immunity, and felonies will continue. just one of several legal actions now confronting president trump. the new york attorney general has filed suit against the trump foundation which could lead to a criminal referral, and the manhattan district attorney also considering charges against the trump organization. trump facing lawsuits in maryland and d.c. over the emoluments clause, and of course, robert mueller investigating possible collusion with russia and obstruction of justice. the big question going forward, will any of these investigations going forward lay the ground for impeachment? let's go to eric swalwell. that's where any of the charges would begin, and harvard law profe professor, alan dershowitz, the author of the book "the case against impeaching trump," and congressman, let me begin with you right now. is the campaign finance -- if there were evidence to show that president trump with involved with conspireing for a campaign finance violation, would that b

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we found out the trump cfo, a fellow named alan weisselberg, apparently he made a deal and spilled asgation? >> well, i've said from day one that the greatest risk to president trump, his presidency and his businesses are in the southern district of new york, not with mueller. remember the mueller investigation all involves issues that have constitutional defenses. you have the right to fire to fire comey. he had the right to customer his presidential authority. there is no collusion. he was entitled to have dealingses with foreign countries if in fact he did. the problem is that with the southern district there are no constitutional defenses. these are business investigations. of course the president can not be indicted but his businesses can be indicted. they can look into loans that he may have secured, foreign investments, foreign involvements. he has fewer defenses. that is why from day one i said we never needed a special prosecutor or a special counsel. the u.s. attorney's office can do all the investigations that are necessary and if i were trump's lawyers, i would be focusing

long-time trump organization cfo alan wweisselberg raising questions ndout what he could say about the organizationhe president himself. >> gallons to squeeze from weisselberg and not just the accountant, he is the cfo and all the going on. >> reporter: a growing team of talker. long-time trump friend and publisher of "nationa enquirer" also granted a weisselberg signed off for legal services that wasactually reimbursement for hush money paid to adult film actress stormy daniels. >> you don't goodive the cfo of a corporation or any sort of business entity immunity in order to prosecute the who worked for him. you're going for bigger fish. >> reporter: the associated press reporng h kept a safe filled with negative stories on celebrities, including donald trump. >> the publication would basically pay for dirt that it did not intend to use. >> reporter: "the enquirer" protecting candidate trump in 2016, while repeatedly bashing hillary clinton on the front page. and president trump just moments ago took the stage at an event in ohio. no comment about any of this today ased reporters sho questions for him when he left the white house earlier. leon? >> thank yo