Means unlike public companies, the books arent out there for the public to see. When federal prosecutors get someone to talk about them and grant them immunity, they can see all of it. Jeff toobin, thank you. We are staying all over this Breaking News. Allen weisselberg granted immunity to talk and testify in front of a federal grand jury. We continue our coverage with at this hour right now. This is cnn Breaking News. Hello. Im ryan nobles in today for kate bolduan. We begin with Breaking News. What could be a disastrous development for President Trump. Sources telling cnn that federal prosecutors have granted immunity to Allen Weisselberg, the longtime cfo for the Trump Organization and someone who has been with the company for decades. Kara is here to explain. This information just coming in. Explain to us what you are reporting. The Wall Street Journal is
Kate Bolduan gives a fresh take on todays top stories. Surpassed expectations for his survival. The progress of the disease and the advance of age render their verdict. With his usual strength of will, he has chosen to discontinue medical treatment. Our family is grateful for the support and kindness of his caregivers over the last year and the outpouring of concern and affection from johns friends and associates and the thousands of people who are keeping them in their prayers, god bless. Thank you all. Certainly, a significant statement about the future of john mccain, the future of his health. Notable, they note not only the aggressive form of cancer that he is suffering with but, of course, his age. Thats playing in. He has not been up here on capitol hill for quite some time. He is, of course, while he is receiving treatment, at his home in arizona, chimed in from the sidelines, potentially sometimes writing tweets. His office, of course sending
out statements to all the goings on. But it has not been some time which we have been seeing up here in the halls of congress, casting the vote one of his last votes that was decisive when he notably gave the thumbs down on the senate floor, casting the fate of that bill, certainly one of his last potential legacies up here on capitol hill. For the moment, many folks up here likely sending their support and love during, of course, what is an incredibly hard time for the family at this moment. No doubt. Thank you for that Breaking News that senator john mccain discontinuing treatment for an aggressive form of brain cancer. Lets bring in dana bash who covered senator mccain for some time. She has been tracking his prognosis. Your initial reaction to this news that senator mccain will no longer be receiving cancer treatment. Ryan, this is a moment everybody knew would come. But it doesnt make it any easier. John mccain, his m. O. Has been to be the fighter, and to not give up. This is everybody who has had a Family Member or friend or known who have had cancer, especially this kind of brain cancer that John Mccain Has, knows that this is just one that you cant beat. Even John Mccain Has known that. He has been home. His happy place, his cabin for quite some time. He has been with his family. He has been looking out at the birds and the creek that runs through that for months and months. Trying as much as he can to take in his what he knew, knows are his last months of life. The fact that he has chosen to
terminate treatment tells you a lot about how aggressive this is. The john mccain we have known and loved and covered for so long when i say love, i mean people who have covered him for a long time and have had his wrath and his jokes and All Of The Above and even those who are his political enemies have come to love him and love him for this reason. But he doesnt give up. You mention the fact that he made this decision to discontinue treatment says a lot about what the future has in store for senator mccain. A few months ago, he was still patrolling the halls of capitol hill with that vigor he has had throughout his career. He and his family have been coy about exactly what his prognosis was. They promised he was working to get back to his job here on capitol hill. What does it say from your perspective about how engaged he has been about the big issues of the day . He may not be here in president but his presence has been large. No question. He has weighed in, obviously, with the help of staff and his family around on him on big issues and has made an impact even from afar. Its not the same and has not been the same without john mccain to put it bluntly in the face of people. That is how he has been so successful as a politician, as a length l legislator. The fact that he is so aggressive with what he believes. It has been hard with him home. My understanding is that at least until somewhat recently, he was given a schedule every day as senators get, as you know covering congress. They get a schedule of what they are doing every day. He had a schedule to keep him in the groove of everyday life. But it got harder and harder as
he got sicker and sicker. Look, not only is the disease something that is beyond horrible, the treatment for the disease is also something that always takes a toll. He had really aggressive treatment for a while. As the statement from his family says, at his age and given the disease he has, that matters. Dana bash, thank you for weighing in. Stick close. We will come back to you in a moment. Lets go to David Challion who covered senator mccain for a while. David, your reaction to this news about the next stage of john mccains battle with cancer . Well, you know, inevitable moment in this terrible disease that we all wish was never going to happen and yet we all knew that we would get some indication that this is the
last year if indeed john mccains voice was a part of it . Time and again, somebody who ran his president ial campaign in 2008 under the slogan of Country First and having an entire sort of Life Body Of Work supporting that slogan, what he would have been speaking to over the course of the last year, it is impossible not to wonder. On a day like this where you read this statement, your heart immediately goes to his family that he has come to this decision to no longer receive medical care. To your point, even though we havent necessarily heard john mccains voice, he has made it known through statements, still weighing in on some of the biggest issues of the day, despite battling this aggressive form of cancer, not left the political arena. We want to read for you a tweet from megan mccain, his daughter, who has been public about her fathers struggles
with cancer. She has been forced to be a spokesperson on behalf of john mccain when he has been attacked by President Trump and others. My family is deeply appreciative of all the love and generosity you have shown us during this past year. Thank you for all your continued support and prayers. We could not have made it this far without you. You have given us the strength to carry on. Now we will go to wolf blitzer, a man who covered john mccain for a very extensive part of his career. Wolf, you have obviously probably knew this news was coming at some point. It probably still has to come as a shock to hear someone like john mccain say he is stepping back from a fight like this. He has been a fighter his whole life. I have known him for at least 30 years. Have interviewed him so many times, spent a lot of quality time with him over the years. Simply, a great american, a great patriot, a wonderful
politician. Someone who is clearly a conservative republican but always ready to work with democrats on specific issues, especially National Security issues. Someone who is willing to spend an enormous amount of time learning about all of these issues. I watched him up close during many very sensitive moments, especially when he was running for president of the United States. He was always a gentleman. He was a maverick. He was someone who didnt necessarily always go along with the establishment. But he was someone who was so committed to doing the right thing for our country that his voice this past year occasionally, he would tweet, he would issue a statement, he would say something. But it was so, so missed here in washington. As you know, he is the chairman of the Senate Armed Services committee. He believes in the military, the u. S. Military. He was a p. O. W. For more than five years. Its a sad moment. I think we can all rejoice in
remembering those wonderful times all of us had covering him, knowing him and seeing him in action. No doubt about that. Of course, the last Defense Authorization bill just passed by congress has senator john mccains name attached to it. Wolf blitzer, thank you for your perspective. Coming up, our other Breaking News. Federal prosecutors have now granted immunity to Allen Weisselberg, the longtime chief Financial Officer of the Trump Organization, and someone who has been with the company for decades. More on this Breaking News and much more. Stay here. You are watching cnn. Ont want Something Like meningitis b getting in their way. Meningococcal group b disease, or meningitis b, is real. Bexsero is a vaccine to help prevent meningitis b in 1025 year olds. Even if meningitis b is uncommon, thats not a chance were willing to take. Meningitis b is different from the meningitis most teens
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well as wieseisselberg it sos like its likely that those arrangements were done quite a while earlier. That may have caused cohen to have to plea because the walls closed in on him. Game of musical chairs. He was the last guy left standing. In terms of the continuing information, once you go down this road of cooperating, you have to keep going with it. For all we know, they have gotten other information that hasnt been public yet. Lets go over this. First Michael Cohen known as the president s fixer. One of the most loyal deputies of President Trump. He flips. David pecker, national enquirer, he has taken an Immunity Deal, presumably also to flip. Now Allen Weisselberg, who is mentioned on that secret tape that Michael Cohen took of President Trump talking about the payments. What must be going through the mind of President Trump right now to see three of these people who he thought were loyal to him now turning and cooperating with the government . I certainly cant guess whats in President Trumps mind. He cant be happy to have all of these people who he was very close with these were very Close Associates and people that worked for him for years. To have this happen, he cant be happy with it. I always think when things like this happen, its almost theres the question of what actually took place and then theres, what is going to be President Trumps response . Because that can be very important as well. It might not the significance of weisselberg cooperating, thats one thing. But the question is, how does President Trump response . Does he do anything extreme . His tact up until this point has been to try and to essentially rewrite history with some of the relationships. He suggested Paul Manafort was not involved in the campaign when he served as campaign chairman. Michael cohen was a Junior Lawyer on his staff and never dealt with big deals. Is it more difficult to continue to distance himself from these people that were in his orbit . When you have the cfo he worked for the Trump Organization for decades. Its going to be hard to disassociate himself from him. I wonder how much of this for President Trump is a political argument versus a legal argument. It seems le s clear the Special Counsel will not try to indict a sitting president. Does this come back to whether the congress can get the support of the American People to move forward with something as dramatic as impeachment . We have a couple of things going on. We have a State Prosecution or a state of new york investigation of the Trump Foundation and related matters. We have the Southern District of new york investigating cohen. Then we have mueller investigating the collusion and related matters. Only mueller has an obligation to file a report on his findings with the Deputy Attorneygeneral. Its a confidential report. But the Deputy Attorney general can release it. Thats really the political aspect of this. The Southern District of new york and the new york state prosecutors, theyre going to indict or not indict. Theyre not going to issue any report. As things drip out, as more people get implicated in criminal behavior, then perhaps its an Inflection Point with the trump supporters. We saw on reporting earlier that they said these spoupporters said if he begins pardoning people, that might change our point of view. If we see evidence of collusion. If we see additional indictments of people who surround trump, that may change our point of view. Thats how it plays out in some respects mr s politically. We have to go. Thank you for your expertise. Back to our other big Breaking News from today. John mccain, the onetime republic republican nominee for president , he is discontinuing treatment. Cindy mccain tweeting, i love my husband with all my heart. God bless everyone who cared for my husband along this journey. Joining us now, dr. Sanjay gupta for more on the next stage for senator mccain. Sanjay, just essentially from a medical perspective, explain what this means for senator mccain that he decided to forgo further treatment for his aggressive form of brain cancer. Well, its obviously its tough news. We know that he has been dealin