[Bianca Nobilo, Cnn:] Hello, everyone. Live from CNN London, I'm Bianca Nobilo and I'm sitting in for Hala Gorani tonight. Another former Trump loyalist turned on the U.S. president as a top Trump Organization official has been granted immunity in the investigation of hush money payments. Also, ahead, the family of John McCain says the senator will stop medical treatment for brain cancer. And bad news for people who love a good drink. A new study says no amount of alcohol is safe. Another day, another massive headache for the president of the United States. Yet again, a top figure in his orbit has been granted immunity in the investigation into hush money payments made to two women who alleged affairs with Donald Trump. Now, you may not know Allen Weisselberg well. But he is a huge part of the Trump administration, Organization rather. Working as its chief financial officer. He was granted immunity by federal prosecutors for providing information about Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen. So, let's take you right to the White House. Jeremy Diamond is there for us. Now, Jeremy, this administration is no stranger to controversy. But even by its own standards this has been a particularly tumultuous week. What is the reaction from the White House to this string of new flippings and disloyalties to the president?
[Jeremy Diamond, Cnn Correspondent:] Yes, it certainly has been tumultuous. And we have heard the president vent frustrations and express some of his concern frankly, not doing a good job of hiding the extent to which he appears to be concerned by the legal developments that happened this we can, particularly with his longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen. We heard him lamenting this practice of flipping right after Michael Cohen pled guilty to aid felony charges and implicated the president in a felony, a campaign finance violation. And now we have the news that Allen Weisselberg, the chief financial officer for the Trump Organization, also currently still the comanager of the president's trust since he came into office and put his business interests in a trust, we learn that he got an immune deal. There is a lot of questions remaining unanswered. One of those is the extent to which Allen Weisselberg spoke about the president, offered incriminating information about the president, and the extent to which this goes beyond the hush money payments that Michael Cohen set up. And we don't know yet if it goes beyond that. But we do know he did discuss his role in the hush money payments. Remember, when we had the audio recording from Michael Cohen about those payments we had the president on tape. Michael Cohen on tape discussing the payments before they were made. And Allen Weisselberg's name was mentioned because he was involved in the transactions. And so, it appears likely that Allen Weisselberg would have corroborated Michael Cohen's account that the president knew about the payments beforehand. Of course, we know that already from the audio recording despite the president's recent denials.
[Nobilo:] And Jeremy, in your opinion, why does Weisselberg's connection to the financial element of the Trump organization present such a danger potentially to the president?
[Diamond:] Well, he as some sources told us know where the financial bodies are buried. He has been around Donald Trump and his business life for many, many years. And we know the president expressed some concern in the past about the possibility that the Mueller investigation or federal prosecutors could move into looking at his finances. One of the episodes when he considered taking action to regain control of the Mueller investigation was when there was this report that turned out to be false that Mueller was looking into a loan that the president got from Deutsche Bank. We know the president is concerned about looking into finances. He called it a redline in the past but again, we don't know at this point whether Weisselberg is getting into that or his testimony and cooperation with prosecutors is really limited to those hush money payments to two women who alleged affairs with the president.
[Nobilo:] Jeremy Diamond at the White House. Thank you. Now Donald Trump demands loyalty. But right now, wherever looks he sees former allies turn on him. So, is Trump feeling a sense of betrayal? Let's get more with the White House reporter, Steven Collinson joining me from Washington. Now Steven you have written an interesting piece. This has seen a string of betrayals for a president who prizes loyalty. How do you think he reacts? And is there increased sensitivity to the fact gnat legal circle might be tightening around President Trump.
[Steven Collinson, Cnn Correspondent:] Yes, Bianca, I think there is. These are people, Michael Cohen, Allen Weisselberg and other people around the president, including Attorney General Jeff Sessions and David Pecker, the owner of the organization that publishes the "National Enquirer." These are people he thought were on his side, particularly in the cases of the people that worked for the Trump Organization, Cohen and Weisselberg. These are people that not only know a great deal about the president's personal and financial life. They have information that potentially could be very, very valuable to prosecutors and to the special counsel Robert Mueller. And that is why it's not just about the Cohen case, which we have seen exploding over the last week. The president has to believe now that when people who he believed were loyal to him and close to him come under personal either political or legal jeopardy they are starting to look out for their own futures and their own sort of legal exposure rather than worrying about the impact of their actions on the president himself. As the president sits in the White House and watches these sort of the crumbling legal walls around him, that must be very, very worrying and isolating. I think it helps explain some of his volcanic tweeting and interviews of the last few days.
[Nobilo:] Stephen that's what I was asking about next. If we look at the interview on fox and friends he had harsh words for anybody who flipped. Do you think he is beginning to give away a sense of trepidation surrounding the betrayals recently from your observations of the president's behavior over the last few months and years? Do you think his behavior yesterday was particularly significant?
[Collinson:] Yes, I think that Fox interview that he gave after the conviction of Paul Manafort and the plea deal by Michael Cohen was especially interesting because it seemed as though he was testing various different ways to rationalize what happened and to sort of navigate out of a very difficult political spot. I think it's you know, if you watch the president, he has always been this domineering figure in Washington ever since taking office. What you see now for instance, in the row between the president and Jeff Sessions. The president repeated by berating Sessions because he recused himself part of the Russia investigation. Because he was part of the campaign. It's clear that the president of the United States does not have a first duty to the constitution and administration of justice but he believes he should have a first duty to the president and protecting him in the legal sense. And it's sort of the president learning that the assumptions he had when taking power that he was going to be all powerful, tell people to do what they wanted them to do just as he did when he was the head of the Trump organization, that doesn't necessarily work out in Washington. And that is I think a very grim realization, especially as week by week list hell problems seem to grow and translate I think in political problems too. As you wanted at the beginning there, it's been a really, really tumultuous week for the president. He seems in less control of his own political and legal destiny than at any point in his presidency.
[Nobilo:] Indeed, that does seem to be the case. And I wonder, what are your thoughts on the fact that I think it's fair to characterize the president's circle at the beginning of his administration was incredibly loyal and close-knit almost at the expense of the individual and their own exposure. What do you think is changing that these betrayals are now occurring?
[Collinson:] I think one of the issues is that loyalty is always pretty much of a one-way street for President Trump. He seems to demand unusual amounts of loyalty and from people below him and working with him. You see during the presidency periodic cabinet meetings where cabinet officials seem forced to almost pay homage to him as though more of a king than a president. I think that's part of it. He hasn't shone loyalty to the people below him, willing to criticize him and loyalty doesn't flow upwards as much as it did.
[Nobilo:] Stephen Collinson in Washington thank you for your insight. Now a somber update on the health of John McCain. His family says he will no longer continue treatment for cancer. The 81-year-old was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer last year. The senator is considered a powerful voice in the Republican party. One that's respected on both sides of the political divide. For more on John McCain's medical condition, let's now speak to our chief medical correspondent dr. Gupta who is at CNN center. Sanjay, thank you for joining us.
[Sanjay Gupta, Cnn Chief Medical Correspondent:] Thank you, Bianca.
[Nobilo:] What do you think prompted this decision by the senator to end the treatment.
[Gupta:] Well, at some point when you go through therapy like this and in Senator McCain's case almost 13 months, he had an operation, chemotherapy and radiation. And it's tough therapy. Can be hard on the body and constantly making a decision, is the therapy doing enough? Is the benefit of the therapy outweighing the risk and the toll it's taking on his body. I think that decision really has been made now, that he doesn't think that it's working well enough to justify continuing the therapy. I also think over the past couple weeks hearing from people close to Senator McCain, he had a tough seizure, for example, something not unexpected with brain cancer. But that's been debilitating for him as well.
[Nobilo:] Now the senator chose you specifically to break the story of his illness to last July. What do we know about this kind of tumor that Senator McCain has been suffering from and his treatment and prognosis at this point?
[Gupta:] Well, this type of brain cancer is something called glioblastoma. People may know it as GBM as well. It's often called. A type of cancer originates in the brain as opposed to somewhere else in the body appear spreading to the brain. It's an aggressive cancer. I can tell you I've either been training or practicing surgery for 25 years. And with this particular tumor we just haven't made great strides in terms of improving survival. Average survival, median survival is about 14 months. As I mentioned Senator McCain is 13 months since diagnosis. It's not a tumor that spreads outside of the brain but it's aggressive and hard to treat as a result.
[Nobilo:] And that being said, what is now next for the senator and his family?
[Gupta:] Well, you know, what we have heard from Senator McCain and certainly heard from his family in the past is he very much wants to be at home. Again, we know he is not going to go undergo further therapies. He may have what's called essentially a home hospice type care, which will be medical professionals who will help him be comfortable, do the things he needs to do. But therapy to treat the cancer. We know that that's no longer going to continue.
[Nobilo:] Well Doctor Gupta at the CNN center. Thank you so much for taking us through that sad news from the McCain family. We appreciate it.
[Gupta:] Thank you.
[Nobilo:] Both Republicans and Democrats have been paying tribute to John McCain. House Speaker Paul Ryan tweeted." John McCain personifies service to our country. The whole House is keeping John and his family in our prayers during this time." Mitt Romney said, "no man this century better exemplifies honor, patriotism, service, sacrifice and country first than Senator John McCain. His heroism inspires, his life shapes our character. I'm blessed and humbled by our friendship. And Mark Warner, vice chairman of the Senate Intel Committee tweeted, "Senator John McCain has served our country with courage and dignity. And we all owe a debt of gratitude to his life of service. A grateful nation stands with you, John." And now, to Yemen. A country around which a single deeply disturbing question is hanging. Are children becoming the deliberate targets of violence? At least 30 people, most of them children were killed by a Saudi led coalition air strike, according to the rebel-controlled health ministry. A warning, the report contains graphic images of the aftermath of the attack.
[Nima Elbagir, Cnn Senior International Correspondent:] Bundles in the sheets are what remains of a family. This man is gathering up the remains of his son and grandson children. He tries to show the cameraman but it's too upsetting. This footage was sent to CNN by Houthi officials. It shows the aftermath of yet another air strike in Yemen claiming the lives of dozens of children and their parents as they fled to safety. In the beleaguered port city of Hudaida. One of the pickup trucks miraculously survived the hit and was used to ferry back the dead and dying. He pulls back the sheets to show us the little feet sticking out.
[Unidentified Male:] These are all corpses some body parts were so charred we couldn't pick them up, so disintegrated.
[Elbagir:] In the hospital these images of the few remaining survivors were broadcast on Houthi backed TV. This man lost everyone in his family. Six children he says. Still in shock, his words are almost unintelligible. This morning on a tv they cast this the images of airstrikes continuing. CNN can't independently verify the images, supposedly of Saudi led coalition planes. But eye witnesses describe shouting and fear as strikes above the sky intensified. Hudaida is a strategic port and for weeks has been the sight of fierce fighting between the U.S. backed Saudi coalition and Iranian backed Houthi militias. Fighting that shows no signs of cooling down. Ali wants to find as much of his family as he can to give them a burial they deserve. It is the only dignity he says that he has left.
[Nobilo:] Nima Elbagir is here with more. Now Nima that's incredibly harrowing fantastic reporting. Have you had a response from the Saudi led coalition?
[Elbagir:] No. We have reached out to them. We haven't heard back. We haven't heard anything more on the investigation that was launched two weeks ago into the previous attack that killed children. It does seem like these incidents are beginning to pile up. And there is little forthcoming in terms of any kind of context or any explanation as to what the next step is.
[Nobilo:] And reference that attack on August 9th when 40 children died in the bus attack and more children dying in this attack. I mean can the two incidents be dismissed as accidental? What do you make of it from your investigation.
[Elbagir:] Also, these are the instances that make their way out to the outside world. We know from activists on the ground we know that there are myriad thousands of incidents of civilian casualties, it goes back to the point we have been discussing since the bus attack for the last two weeks. Which is both the U.S. and UK have consistently raised concerns about the targeting and the specificity of targeting. And at what point does the targeting and concerns over start to translate into concrete action? How sustainable is it to continue to sell weapons to a government whose targeting you have concerns over?
[Nobilo:] Do you think the U.S. and the UK, who currently sell arms to Saudi Arabia will have to address this at some point? What do you think it's going to take? Has there been a response from either of the governments to what we see here?
[Elbagir:] Speaking to activists and Yemeni civilians on the ground what's apparently there hasn't been a sufficient response neither to this incident or the prove bus attack. No condemnation which is strange because generally you expect a condemnation which there has been from the U.S. and U.K. is calls for investigation. But that does seem to be ratcheting up of the pressure both from U.S. lawmakers who are calling for greater congressional oversight of the these. And here in the UK where the arms treaty and the proviso around the arms treaty are embedded in national law.
[Nobilo:] Nima this reporting is incredible. Thank you for talking to us about it. Still to come tonight, the flags are out in Ireland for Pope Francis. But not everyone is welcoming him with open arms. We hear from survivors of horrific sexual abuse who are demanding answers. And two days ago, Australia's Malcom Turnbull said he wouldn't step down as prime minister but his political rivals had other plans.