epstein claiming that he had sexually assaulted her along with jeffrey epstein as well. there was an article that i read in the newspaper where they were sort of taking the mainstream media to test for not looking into this whole story about epstein and trump and this woman you know, i had already known about the case and i thought this does seem weird. maybe i should take a look. as i was picking away at the case, trump had elected in any nominated his labor secretary and i knew that he was a person that signed off on this sweetheart plea deal that epstein received. i thought at the time, i wonder what these victims who were young, you know, 13, 14 years old at the time, now they are in their late 20s, i wonder what they think about the fact that pretty much let their predator off the hook was now in charge of a large agency with oversight on human trafficking and child labor laws. my initial goal is just to try to see if the victims would finally come forward and talk to me. as i started digging more and more into the story, i found, you know, there was so much more to

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epstein. kumasi: she's in a new york courtroom to face -- jobina: she is in a new york courtroom facing sex trafficking charges, accused of helping her former boyfriend recruit and groom underage girls for sex. they found -- if found guilty, she could spend the rest of her life in jail. several women are expected to testify against her. the only alleged minor victim in the case to publicly identify herself, annie farmer, spoke to abc news, describing an incident where epstein allegedly gave her a massage at his ranch. >> i was on the table and a very aware that the door was open and i could be seen getting this massage. and then at some point she just takes the sheet down, exposing my breasts. i feel uncomfortable. jobina: epstein never stood trial, he died by suicide in his jail cell in 2019. sources close to maxwell say she plans to take the stand because she "has never shied away from the truth." kumasi: thank you. an important decisions -- decisions later this morning for the sharks forwar

peter found jeffrey epstein. gabriel alleys on the joins us live now from new york from where he is following the trials for the 1st time in this trial, we've actually heard from an alleged victim. what did she have to say? yeah, that's right. the court has just adjourned for the day, and this was the 1st time we're now on day 2 of this trial. the killing maxwell has come face to face with one of her accusers. the accuser is going by the pseudonym jane as she's being referred to in court. she says that she was 1st approached by gay lane maxwell, when she was sitting at a park bench, eating ice cream with friends. she was 14 years old at the time. she said it started a simple conversation, but then ultimately it was the start of years of sexual abuse at the hands of geoffrey epstein. and at some point, jane testified even gillan maxwell, prosecutors in a very dramatic moment in the court room asked jane if it was so bad at any points after all this transpired, did she consider taking her own life? and her answer was yes. there were times on the witness stand that she broke down briefly in tear

she's accused of enabling the crimes of late sex offender jeffrey epstein, who took his own life full of wasting trial. maxwell insists she's innocence and claims. she too was a vixen gabriel. alan thornton has been following the story from new york create a how much did gillis maxwell know about geoffrey epstein to alleged sexual abuse of under age girls? that will be the central question. in the trial of the 59 year old british socialite, facing charges of sex trafficking and other crimes. and he is going to be the invisible presence hanging over this. and that is why i think that she is going to have to explain something that everybody really wants to know . what was his hold over her? what was that relationship? a big unknown on the trial is how far the judge will allow the prosecutors to probe and epstein and maxwell's high profile social circles that included many household names from politics, industry, and entertainment. one being britain's prince andrew and his accuser, virginia roberts, who says she was trafficked by maxwell to the prince per sex. when she was a teenager is

i think elaine maxwell prepares to go and trial accused of helping late billionaire jeffrey epstein abuse underage girls another attempt to resurrect the iran nuclear deal gets underway in vienna and on the front line in eastern ukraine, where the government says a russian invasion could be launched in the blink of an eye, ah, countries around the world are shutting down their borders to keep a new corona, virus variant out even more cases emerge and scientists race to figure out how dangerous it actually is. meanwhile, anger is growing in south africa where. busy the on the con variant was 1st detected, several countries have banned travelers from that region. although there have been no deaths linked to omicron so far the world health organization has warned that it poses a high risk of infection surges. meanwhile, experts in south africa are predicting cases could rock it the 10000 the day by the end of the week. that's up from just 300 a day, only 2 weeks ago. but they also believe that existing vaccines are probably effective at preventing severe illness. while despite calls from sou

she's accused of enabling the crimes of sex offender jeffrey epstein, who took his own life 2 years ago while awaiting his trial. maxwell insist she is innocent and denies any wrong doing. well, let's be to gay with alexander. he is in new york watching that child for us, gabriel, after epstein's death, can you talk us through the significance of maxwell's trial now? well, to get an idea of how significant it is, i can tell you it's a little after $8.00 to 8 am here. local time in new york, and there were dozens of people lined up outside this court room behind me more than 2 hours before even sunrise here. so it's, this is a trial, it's getting quite a lot of attention. the significance is, is that prosecutors had hoped to put jeffrey epstein on trial, but when he committed suicide in a jail here in new york city 2 years ago, prosecutors had to go to plan b essentially and are now putting glean maxwell on trial for 6 trafficking charges the significance is, is that prosecutors say that she was the enabler, that groomed and recruited young women for epstein and that his crimes are alleg

she's accused of enabling the crimes of sex offender jeffrey epstein. you took his own life 2 years ago while awaiting his trial. maxwell insist that she's innocent and denies any wrong doing. let's speak to gabriel. as under he's following that trial for us in new york. gabriel, after epstein's death, can you talk us through the significance of maxwell's trial now? yeah, it's very significant for multiple reasons. and just to give you an idea of how much interest there is in this trial, it's a little after 9 am. were expecting opening statements momentarily. but people started lining up to get a seat in the court room more than 3 hours ago. about 5 am. well, before sunrise here, journalist observers just interested people in the case, there won't be enough seats in the court room, so there's an overflow room for any extra people that want to want to try to monitor the trial as it goes on. it's significant because prosecutors had hoped to put jeffrey epstein on trial for his alleged crimes. but since he committed suicide 2 years ago in new york jail, th

she is accused of enabling the crimes of light sex offender jeffrey epstein took his own life 2 years ago while awaiting trial. maxwell insist she's innocent and denies any wrong doing. opening statements have begun in a closed courtroom. gabriel elizondo is covering the case for us and is live from new york. gabriel. what's the background to this strong well, the background is that prosecutors wanted to have jeffrey epstein on trial today. that's what was planned a, but when he committed suicide in a new york prison, they had to go to plan b and plan b was to look at his alleged co conspirators in his lead crimes and front and center of that was elaine maxwell, who is a long time girlfriend and associate of jeffrey epstein and prosecutors say that she helped enable him to commit the alleged crimes that he did. this is a trial that is just getting underway here in new york. and the trial of maxwell is expected to have a lot of drama create a. so how much did the lane maxwell know about geoffrey epstein alleged sexual abuse of under age girls? that will be the central question. in the

she's accused of enabling the crimes of light sex offender jeffrey epstein, who took his own life 2 years ago while awaiting his tramp. maxwell insists she's innocent and denies any wrong doing. gabriel elizondo has been covering the case for us and joins us live now from new york. gabriel, what's the latest from outside the court for the latest is that it's been a slow process so far, or they've had some delays this morning here in basically seating the jury. there were some sort of issues that the judge had to work out with the jury pool. there ultimately now are 12 jurors. 6 alternates and they are at this very moment actually getting their instructions from the judge. and we expect that after they go to a lunch break, that opening statements will begin. it gives you an idea on how complicated this trial will be. they initially had a pool of over $600.00 potential jurors. they will that down slow waves by slowly over the last couple weeks. but this is such a high profile case. elaine maxwell, jeffrey epstein, who's not on trial but nevertheless tied to this case. and it's gotten so muc

well, in new york, she's accused of enabling the crimes of light sex offender jeffrey epstein, who took his own life 2 years ago while awaiting trial. returning to our top story now, and news of the ami kron very in his trigger, a global tightening of travel restrictions. let's take a look at those is round japan. i'm a rocker of all shot. they borders to foreign visitors for at least 2 weeks. several countries including the u. k and india, have re imposed strict entry rules like self installation and pays the artists even fully vaccinated travelers. the restrictions have seen a lunches tumble. the international transport association has called for data driven alternatives, rather than borders shut downs. and the un tourism buddy says cove and obtain related travel restrictions in 2021. of course the industry 2 trillion dollars world wide. john strickland is an independent transport consultant and director of j. l. s. consulting. he joins us live from london. thanks for joining us. and john, i mean it's no surprise, the travel industry has absolutely been decimated by the pandemic. it c

she's accused of enabling the crimes of late sex offender jeffrey epstein, who took his own life 2 years ago, while awaiting trial, maxwell has pleaded not guilty to the charges. gabriel is on the reports from new york. jeffrey epstein and glen maxwell met a young girl in a park bench, befriended her, and then later sexually abused her to protect her identity. prosecutors called her jane. she was 14 years old and the abuse went on for years and occurred in several of epstein homes in florida, new mexico and new york. that was just one of the accusations. a prosecutor made an opening statement of maxwell's trial. they accused maxwell of in their words, serving up young women for epstein abuse. she put them at ease and made them feel safe, all so they could be sexually abused by a middle aged man, prosecutor said, and also called maxwell, a predator who prayed on vulnerable young girls, and manipulated them. but epstein committed suicide. so he isn't on trial. maxwell is an adult, say prosecutors over the next few weeks, will need to show how she recruited, groomed, and participated in the

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she's accused of helping convicted peter fall. jeffrey epstein abuse under age girls on the front line in eastern ukraine, where the russian forces have been gathering at the border and just hours to go until history is made in the caribbean. as barbados prepares, the cut ties with the british monarchy and becomes the war and become the world's us that republic. i'm devin ash, with sports at lino massey has in the last few minutes. one a record, a 7th of volunteer reward is the best of football in the world. and as a new man in charge at manchester and i say that they've hired a german coach. rafa run into the end of the season. ah, more countries around the world are shutting down their borders to keep the new corona virus variant out even more cases emergent scientists race to figure out just how dangerous it actually is. meanwhile, anger is growing in southern africa where the army on variant was 1st detected, several countries of band, the travellers from that region. although there have been no deaths linked to on the cross. so far, the world health organization has warned that po

she's accused of helping convicted peter fall. jeffrey epstein abuse underage girls on the front line in eastern ukraine, where the russian forces have been gathering at the border. and george's former president faces court after years in exile as hundreds of protest her as a show their support. ah, more countries are shutting down their borders to keep a new corona, virus variant out even more cases emerge. and scientists raised to figure out just how dangerous it actually is. anger is growing in southern africa where the only crone variance was 1st detected. now several countries have banned the travelers from that specific region, although there have been no deaths linked to on the crown so far, the world health organization has warned that it poses a very high risk of infection searches. meanwhile, experts in south africa are predicting cases could rocket the 10000 the day by the end of the week. that's up from 300 just 2 weeks ago. but they also believe that existing vaccines are probably effective at preventing severe illness. however, despite calls for to make sure that i have

epstein as her trial gets on the way in new york. plus we report from the front line in east, in ukraine, where the russian forces have been gathering at the border. ah, but the new is covered 19 variance. alma crohn is likely to spread around the world and poses a very high risk of a search in infections that is, the latest warning from the world health organization on crohn was 1st detected in southern africa last week. and the un chief, antonio. good, ted, i says, the region cannot be blamed for lack of vaccines. well, health organization is stress. the need to accelerate vaccines across the globe to stop more mutations with countries from japan to israel are focusing on risk frictions as alma kron infections are being reported across europe. the u. k is offering boost the japs to tackle the spread of the new variance in the us. president joe biden is urging vigilance, but it's asking people not to panic. their off is this could add to the supply chain disruption. white house correspondent, kimberly how kit has more from washingto

so she like elaine maxwell is accused of praying on young girls for jeffrey epstein as her trial gets underway in new york. and barbados prepared to cut ties with the british monarchy, become the world's newest republic. ah . hello, the newest cove. 19 variance on the corner poses a very high risk of a search in infections. that is the latest warning from the world health organization. the un chief says he is concerned about southern africa's isolation. tony gutierrez says the region cannot be blamed for its lack of vaccines. a countries from japan to israel are focusing on restrictions as on the current infections are being reported across europe. the u. k. is offering a boosted jobs to stop the spread in the u. s. president joe biden is urging vigilance, but it's asking people not to panic. biden says no new measures or locked downs are needed to tackle the new variant. this period is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic. we have the best vaccine in the world, the best medicines, the best scientists, and we're learning more every single day, if needed. my team is already worki

so coming up british social life, elaine maxwell is accused of praying on young girls with jeffrey epstein as a trial gets underway in new york. casting off the queen barbados, prepared to cut ties with the british monarchy and become the world's newest republic. ah. hello, the newest covered 19 variance on kron poses a very high risk of a surge in infections. that is the latest warning from the world health organization. the un chief says he's concerned about southern africa isolation. antonio gutierrez is saying the region cannot be blamed for its lack of vaccines. the countries from japan to israel are focusing on restrictions as ami con. infections are being reported across europe. the u. k. is offering boost the jobs to stop the spread in the us president joe biden is urging vigilance, but it's asking people not to panic. button says right now, no new measures are needed to tackle the new variance whitehouse corresponding, kimberly, how could reports? good morning, folks. following a briefing by his coven response team given us president joe biden addressed the american public, urging

the 59 year old is accused of enabling the crimes of the convicts pay to fall jeffrey epstein. she has denied any wrong during the covert. eggs will soon be handed to me animals to pose the dogs on suit. she. the trial over incitement is the 1st in a series of charges against her journalists have involved from the court room, and a lawyer is on pan from speaking to the media. so she was detained in february when the military seized power to go found the jack to see a step down as a see, he's face internal pressure to resign and survived and invest a bit to oust him last year. you will be replaced by the chief technology officer. and as he had a lot sneeze continues. here now, does air of the studio be our scripted? the listening post cuts through the noise. we're talking about competing narratives . we're seeing modern day tools being used to perpetuate those competing narratives, separating spin from fuck all 3 versions of the story and then some elements of the truth. but the full story remains and content on the parking the stories you're being told. it's not a science story

for to socialize delay in maxwell as the keys, praying on young girls for jeffrey epstein as her trial gets on the way new york channels with directions on its way report from the front line nice and ukraine, where the russian forces have been gathering up the border ah, the caribbean island nation of barbados has just become a republic. also cutting ties with the british monarchy. celebrations on the way in the capitol bridge town. barbados gained independence from burson, in 966, but retained queen elizabeth as its head of state. the monarch has been replaced by the bob ady and president sandra mason, who has been sworn in the last hour. the country will remain a member of the commonwealth group of nations. we now turn our vessels bow towards the new republic. redo this so that we may seize the full substance of our sovereignty. for decades, we have had discourse and debate about the transition of bobby and us to a republic. to day debate and discourse have become action. madam president, as your constitutional status changes, it was important to me that i should join you to reaffirm

she's convicting of assisting at a file jeffrey epstein. she denies the charges. u.s. president joe biden has held talks with ceos of several major retailers to talk about how best to tackle the nation's supply chain problems. the federal reserve chairman has warned the new variant could slow the economy recovery and add to inflation worries. let's talk more about this with the associate director and member of the economics research group moody's analytics. he joins us from west chester, pennsylvania in the u.s. to what extent -- these supply chain problems have been around for several months now. to what extent is this new omicron variant of covid going to potentially add to that? guest: thanks for having me. it is a significant risk factor. we have seen from previous waves , the delta variant, closures, factory closures can have a significant effect on the supply chain issues we are seeing today. in particular, should the report closures in china as well as other manufacturing hubs all around the world due to spikes because of the omicron virus, that would pose a cha

ghislaine maxwell was the confidant of convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein. now she's accused of helping him recruit and abuse underage girls. nbc national correspondent gabe gutierrez has the latest. >> reporter: alex, for years ghislaine maxwell's role has been under scrutiny, now we're expecting to hear at least some answers in this courtroom, but this trial will only focus on four alleged victims. >> ghislaine maxwell is behind bars in brooklyn just hours away from the start of her trial. opening statements scheduled for monday. >> maxwell played a critical role in helping epstein to identify, befriend, and groom minor victims for abuse. >> prosecutors say she was the ring leader in securing girls as young as 14 for jeffrey epstein. >> she was one of the co-conspirators. she was right there with him. i mean, in my opinion, she might have been just equally as bad as he was. >> reporter: jennifer o'rose has accused maxwell and others of helping facilitate epstein's abuse. maxwell has repeatedly denied the allegations against him. rose is not one of the wome

he symbolized the ability that winners the bernie madoff michael and ivan, jeffrey epsteins, the winners are not necessarily the good and the people who wind up paying for those deeds are not necessarily bad. that message was wrapped up in the statues too and we may regret losing that in a dog eat dog world. there's one more parnght. monuments like statue change. now that sounds strange because monokwr50u789s made of granite or bronze are physical and material and they don't grow and they don't eat and we want what do you mean by change? what i mean by change is this, what monuments like richmond or charlottesville or other places when you put up -- this say memorials -- and it is where white supremacy message got attached. statues were there to remind people of what the confederacy was. over time, though, as generations passed, statutes changed they begin as memorials. but as generations pass, they decline into monuments. lee's statue became a remembrance of a chapter in richmond's history. more generations passed, and the monument declines still further into being simply a marker. peop

the winners, the michael filkins, ivan postfix, jeffrey epstein's. the winners are not necessarily look good. if the people who wind up paying for those are not necessarily bad. that message was wrapped up in the least and we may regret losing that in a dog eat dog world. there's one more factor. monuments like the statue change. i know that sounds strange because monuments made of bran or bronze or physical material and they don't grow and they don't eat and we wonder what will be changed. what i know i change his monuments like stature enrichment or other places, you put up memorials and here is the white supremacy messages got attached. the sectors were there to remind people what the confederacy was. over time as generations past, statues change. they begin as foils and as generations past, they decline into monuments. the statue became a remembrance of the chapter in richmond history. more generations past and the monument declines further simply a marker. they look up and say hi to robert e lee, some history dude. in fact, for become almost lit

epsteins, the winners, are not necessarily the good. and the people who wind upping are not necessarily bad. that message was wrapped up in leads status to. we may regret that in a dog-eat-dog world. there's one more factor. monuments like the statue change. i know that sounds strange because monuments made of granite, bronze are physical and material. and they don't grow when they don't eat and we wonder what you mean by changed. would i mean by changes this. when monuments like the least at you in charlottesville or other places were put up, they serve as memorials. and here is where the might supremacy's supremacy messages got attached. the statues are there to remind people of what the confederacy was. over time, though, as generations past, statues change. they begin as memorials. but as generations pass, they decline into monuments. the least that you became a remembrance of a chapter in richmond's history. more generations past and the monument declines still further into being simply a marker. people look up and they say and pas

>> sandra: another trial a long time in the making, jeffrey epstein's alleged partner in crime going on trial today. ghislaine maxwell set to face a judge and jury after epstein escaped justice by taking his own life. we are live on that story. ♪ ♪ why give your family just any eggs when they can enjoy the best? eggland's best. the only eggs with more fresh and delicious taste. plus, superior nutrition. which is now more important than ever. only eggland's best. earn about covid-19, more important than ever. the more questions we have. the biggest question now, what's next? what will covid bring in six months, a year? if you're feeling anxious about the future, you're not alone. calhope offers free covid-19 emotional support. call 833-317-4673, or live chat at calhope.org today. ♪ ♪ >> john: more than a year after indictment, ghislaine maxwell's trial kicks off in new york. maxwell is accused of running an elaborate sex trafficking ring involving minors for a former boyfriend, the late to financing. bryan llenas lives with the very latest for us. bryan? >> john, good afternoo

the socialite accused of recruiting girls for sex offender jeffrey epstein begins today. the key witnesses and wimaxwell's brother claims she's being used as a scapegoat. >>> cyber onday deals and scams. the new warning for online shoppers about store surveys. plus, the one deal that can apply to just about anyone on your list. >>> a fashion icon and trail blazer dies at age 41. the rare heart cancer that claimed the life of virgil abloh and the mark he's left on the industry. >>> caught on camera, a drawbridge rises with a pedestrian still on the bridge. >>> from trash to treasure, the eye-popping value of a drawing found during an estate sale. >>> good monday morning, everyone. i'm mona kosar abdi. >> i'm elizabeth schulze. andrew is off. we begin with global concerns about the omicron variant of the coronavirus discovered in south africa. >> dr. anthony fauci says it could be two weeks before enough data is available to know whether it's more dangerous. overnight japan became the latest country to ban foreign visitors as a precaution, and today new u.s. travel restrict

. >> bill: now the trial of maxwell, the british socialite tied to jeffrey epstein. it begins this morning. she faces a six-count federal indictment alleging they she conspired with epstein and aided in the sexual assault of underage girls. good morning, brian. >> good morning. the trial is underway. court began at 8:30 and finalizing jury selection and opening statements will begin in what is expected to be a six-week trial against maxwell. she is the former girlfriend of billionaire and sex offender epstein. he faced additional sex trafficking and abuse charges with minors but killed himself in a jail cell before the trial began in 2019. maxwell ayear later was arrested and now faces six federal sex trafficking charges which carry a maximum of 70 years in prison. prosecutors say between 1994 and 2004 she recruited and groomed minors as young as 14 years old for epstein to abuse. trafficking them between epstein's mansion in palm beach, new mexico and new york. in some cases maxwell allegedly took part in the abuse. maxwell has pled not guilty to all the charges. he

you heard about the conduct of jeffrey epstein. she is filling that hole and filling an empty chair. we're watching this careful life in new york. what did you think of day one? are you there? >> i'm here, can you hear me? i thought it was imminently disgusting and completely representative of this disgusting individual. as i wrote in one of my many columns on ghislaine maxwell the most sacred thing in this case is victimhood. if you look back at her 2016 deposition in which she was completely defiant when asked whether she ever procured females she would say i don't understand what you mean by female. when asked if she ever lurked around school yards to procure school yards she said i don't know what you mean by school yards. this is someone who actually used her gender, her womanhood, to lure these young girls in and make them feel safe. the other thing i wanted to point out, which i have also written about, is statistically speaking, when a child is in danger, a mother will say if you need help from a stranger, always go to a wo

this is someone who worked for jeffrey epstein for nearly three decades. he flew his helicopters, his planes, including a set of boeing 727 plane. he offered some really interesting details about the lavish lifetime that jeffrey epstein lived, including details about his island home, his private island in the u.s. virgin islands. the fact that the master bedroom had its own separate building, so did the kitchen. he was asked very pointedly if he had seen any sexual activity on that plane and he said that the cockpit door was always closed, he never saw any activity. interestingly, he was also asked if he recognized any of the accusers. he said he did recognize one of them who prosecutors have been referring to with a pseudonym jane, but then later was asked in cross whether he knew her age and he said he did not, that she looked very mature to him, kristen. so he's still on the stand now. >> i know you will continue to track that closely. great to see you, thank you. >>> overseas now with russia amassing forces on the border with ukraine. secretary of stat

. >>> still ahead, victims of jeffrey epstein are hoping for closure as the trial of his long time companion begins tomorrow. what you can expect, next. s tomw what you can expect, next. ♪ [laughing and giggling] (woman) hey dad. miss us? (vo) reflect on the past, celebrate the future. season's greetings from audi. ♪day to night to morning,♪ ♪keep with me in the moment♪ ♪i'd let you had i known it, why don't you say so?♪ ♪didn't even notice,♪ ♪no punches left to roll with♪ ♪you got to keep me focused♪ >>> trial of jeffrey epstein's confidant jill lane maxwell begins tomorrow. this comes more than two years after epstein's death by apparent suicide which left his alleged victims without a full chance at justice. but prosecutors say mackwell played a pivotal role in helping the convicted sex offender recruit and abuse girls as young as 14 years old. maxwell has repeatedly denied the allegations against her. here's nbc's emily ikeda. >> reporter: in just hours, opening statements set to begin in jill lane maxwell's trial steps from where jepts died in an apparent suici