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A look at Breaking News, politics and reports from around the world. Will be word of mouth. Reporter the president declined to speak to reporters before leaving for ohio this afternoon but the image of his departure did speak volumes even amidst the questions of porn stars and payoffs this week. The president was joined by the first lady right at his side. Wolf . Jim, thank you. Jim acosta over at the white house. More now on truly stunning news that the chief Financial Officer for the Trump Organization in new york, Allen Weisselberg, given immunity. Lets bring in cnns kara scandel. How significant is this . Reporter wolf, when he was subpoenaed last month for testimony in the investigation of Michael Cohe ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20180824:21:12:00

And show definitive crimes that the president conducted, we should not be afraid of going down that road. but it is i think a little premature to just assume right now that we could impeach the president until the investigation is done and talking about it i think potentially discredits the investigation that mueller s doing currently. the president and his attorneys say they won t consider pardons until after the mueller probe is over. is that a signal to you, congressman, is it a signal to manafort that a pardon could be coming? well, they could but, you know, if they start moving in that direction for me that s a clear red line. essentially engaging in obstruction of justice and though it s legal for him to issue a pardon i would consider that obstruction of justice and that itself is an impeachable offense and, you know, i think the president has to tread very carefully if he wants to play that game but right now the deck is really stacked against him ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20180824:21:35:00

Final point, wolf, not only should we be talking about this but talking about the manhattan district attorney s office investigation. i ll tell you why briefly. former office, number one, in the event they investigate to the extent that trump has no part and power over state crimes, what would be of interest to me is to know how people would crack under knowing that, look, tell me what you want. we won t prosecute you. if they know the president doesn t have their back as it relates to pardons so therefore that investigation is going to be critical in terms of gathering intel and prosecutors saying you want a deal or go to jail? trump with no authority to protect. weisselberg not a household name but michael cohen recorded the president discussing that $150,000 payoff payment to karen mcdougall, michael cohen said i m going to work out the ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20180824:21:08:00

Concern for the trump administration right now. talk about that. reporter: last night the new york times reported that the manhattan district attorney s office led by vance considering a criminal investigation of the trump organization related to hush money payments and saw in the criminal information of michael cohen pleaded guilty to this week the trump organization facilitated the payments a ennow an area that according to the new york times the manhattan district attorney s office is considering pursuing. they have not returned a call for comment. we do know from the trump we know from a source that a trump organization is not contacted yet by the manhattan district attorney s office and the lawyer for the organization declined to comment, wolf. thank you very much. joining us now democratic congressman reuben guillgo. thank you for joining us. thank you for having me. how significant is this immunity deal for allen ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20180824:21:34:00

Return? talk a little bit about that. so one thing, wolf. it comes down to we talk about the is. investigations, impeachment, indictment. this is something that s significant and that s information. that the end of the day prosecutors have to make a decision and that decision is who do you want? who s more important? who do we really want to focus our attention on? and the event that someone has critical information to lead to the target of that investigation, prosecutors protect you, a deal made, to get to who they want. so what do they need? they need information relative to what they re looking for. this is all about finance. you follow the money. you get the money trail and you get to where you need. he knows everything. deals that were cut. taxes that were done. bank loans. bank information. assets. liabilities. balance sheets. so this is significant. and apparently he does know enough to mark s point that prosecutors said, hey, let s make a deal. ....

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