Unlock all doors and i see the pride when they say i am an american. To see how florences program unlocks the doors of the american dream, go to cnnheroes. Com. Thanks for watching. Our coverage continues. Happening now. Hurricane lane battering hawaii with strong winds and deluge rain. Another ally appears to have broken with the president. The executive who helped kill stories about the president s affairs before the election cooperating with investigators. And a Predominately Black Georgia County could close most of the Polling Places before midterms. Critics say it is doing to muzzle the majority vote. Good morning. Im christine romans. Im dave briggs. Happy friday. August 24th. 4 00 a. M. In the east and 10 00 p. M. In hawaii. We start with Hurricane Lane on final approach to hawaii. It is now category three. Officials are warning the storm is a significant rainmaker. More than 19 inches fell on the big island. Governor david ige says some parts of the island could take 30 inches
Ami or at his direction. This is not a positive development by any stretch of the imagination for donald trump. Its obvious to me that these documents that are being referenced would already be in the hands of government prosecutors and investigators, and, again you think only a matter of time. Theres a concern that, well, theyre been moved and they may never be heard from or seen again. You think they already have . Well, i think they absolutely already have them unless they were destroyed before mr. Pecker was granted immunity but when the government grants immunity to someone, thats a big deal. The government just Doesnt Hand Out immunity that easily and they would have required any such documents at that time to be turned over. So, i want to play something for you, this is what President Trump told fox news about the crimes Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to. Listen to this, michael. What he did and they werent taken out of Campaign Finance. Thats a big thing. Thats a much bigger thin
The days top stories from around the world, from politics and money, to sports and pop culture. That conversation obviously referencing david pecker, as well. We reached out for comment and we havent heard back just yet. Thanks so much. Lets chat about this with our experts. Another ally of the president s talking to authorities, the walls seem to be closing in a bit. It gives an indication of why the document was so thorough. They had the cooperation of david pecker. We dont know what more that means, how much and what other Information Pecker has that cohen wasnt aware of. A trump friend reportedly told vanity fair quote holy s, i thought pecker would be the last one to turn. I have to say this is a powerful guy and the fact that he is cooperating with authorities i
find it is hard to believe he is doing it out of the goodness of his heart. It almost makes you think they put their pressure on david pecker. He is a powerful guy. He is covered as a media organization. You could put up
Welcome to the lead. Im erica hill in for jake tapper. We begin with the poll tiblitic. Another huge blow to President Trump. His financial gatekeeper Allen Weisselberg granted immunity, the highest ranking executive at the Trump Organization who isnt named trump. One source telling Cnn Weisselberg knows where all the financial bodies are buried. He is mention and the Inthat Moux Cohen trump tape. I need to open up a company for the transfer of all the info regarding our friend david. You know . So that im going to do that right away. I have come up to spoken to me. Spoken to Allen Weisselberg about how to set the whole thing up with so where are we . With the funding. The news after trump lashed
recording of last month of a conversation with trump two months before the 2016 president ial election about payments to former playboy model karen mcdougall. And ive spoken to Allen Weisselberg about how to set it up with where are we funding. Reporter another person on the tape . National en
Chris Cuomo asks the tough questions to newsmakers in Washington and around the world. Immunity in the federal investigation into trumps former Attorney Michael Cohen in exchange for providing information on hush money deals. Now, according to sources pecker told federal prosecutors what seems obvious to most of us. Trump knew all along of cohens payments to women who had alleged sexual encounters with him. Pecker also provided investigators with details about the payments that cohen made for the women. So lets get the white house reaction to this and a lot more. Counselor to the president , Kellyanne Conway, good to have you back. Welcome to washington. Hi. You literally just whisked in here as the show started. The president sends his greetings. Send him my best. I hope hes watching. And he said he always liked your mother and she liked him. Well, ive got that going for me. Dont embarrass her tonight. Ill try. She likes you too. So you follow the same advice. Let me ask you this. Let