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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 ....

Because theres no pressure against them. theyre a small group, pretty much decentralized and scattered. without a local partner with whom to work and cia sources on the ground, were flying a little blind. >> will they be targeting u.s. individuals, u.s. troops, the taliban? what do you see? >> their principle target is us that, es why theyre such a rival who sees them as a threat for their own resources and manpower. i think theyd try to stage the most simple attacks as they could which might lo...

>> useful information and there has to be a person, the person whos getting immunity whos not your major target because if you give someone immunity you cant prosecute them. those two things, useful information and not a principle target. thats what you can conclude about anyone who gets immunity. >> we know that this interview happened a few weeks ago. not called back since. anything to read into that? >> well, certainly the fact that both david pecker the head of american media and weisselberg...

It contains 12 counts, conspiracy against the united states and conspiracy to launder money. judge napolitano is our senior judicial analyst. we have the benefit of having you on first after this just came out. first of all, you anticipated this paul manafort? >> yes, i didnt want to speculate because its dangerous to speculate. over the weekend and early this morning but it is clear that paul manafort was very much in their cross hairs. it is clear from the early morning raid on his home as wel...

Definitely stop terrorists. your thoughts? >> we have learned enough to understand where mr. bashar al assad comes from. this has been from the beginning of this war. he claimed those people fighting against his regime were terrorists. he opened his prisons and allowed all the prisoners and others that may have been taken in for various criminal reasons out and to wage war against the opponents. the ordinary civilians men and women that came out and children at the height of the arab spring to d...

>> reporter: it shouldnt come as any splice to us. weve had a lot of incidents in the last couple of years. everything from the times square bombing attempt to major hasan down in texas who shot those people at fort hood. weve got a growing problem of islamist extremists in the united states, particularly young islamists taking action on their own. jenna: any significance, this being a national from saudi arabia. >> reporter: you have to remember that bin laden was from saudi arabia. weve had a ...