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peter file jeffrey epstein. gabriel is on the joins us live now a from new york. he has been following the trial, so i gave for the 1st time in this trial, we've actually heard from an alleged victim. what did she have to say? and she's actually still testifying. the court is expected to go on at least for another half hour or so, and it is quite frankly, very dramatic testimony. it's the 1st time delay maxwell has come face to face in person, in this trial with one of her accusers. this is a girl that they're naming jane that's her pseudonym. she's a woman now. she's no longer a girl. but when she says she 1st met gillian maxwell and jeffrey epstein, she was a girl. she claimed she's only 14 years old. she said she was at a summer camp in 1994 and sitting on a bark park bench, eating ice cream with some friends when she was 1st approached by glen maxwell. they struck up a conversation, exchange some contact information, and that led to more than 3. that was a beginning of what led to more than 3 years or more of what she says was sexual abuse at the hands of jeff

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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

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

she's accused of enabling the crimes of the late sex offender jeffrey epstein, who took his own life 2 years ago, while awaiting trial. maxwell has paid him not guilty to the charges. gabriel, alice, 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 and several of epstein homes in florida, new mexico and new york. that was just one of the accusations that prosecutor made an opening statement of maxwell's trial. they accused maxwell of their words, serving up young women for epstein abuse. she put them at ease and made them feel safe. also 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 adel, is say, prosecutors over the next few weeks will need to show how she recruited, groomed, and particip

the 59 year old is accused of enabling the crimes of convicted p to foul jeffrey epstein. she denies any wrong doing. the caribbean aisle nation of barbados will become a republic in a matter of hours when its cuts ties with the british monarchy. barbados gained independence from britain in 1966, but retained queen elizabeth as its head of state. a monarch will be replaced by barbados and president elect sondra mason. the country will remain a member of the commonwealth group of nations. several towns in northern spain have been flooded after 2 rivers burst their banks. they spilled over following heavy rain and snow brought by storm allan across the weekend. at least 4 people have been killed in the turkish city of east amble. author, i was struck by a powerful storm with gale force winds. at least 19 others were injured in the storm. those are the headlines right now. it's back to witness. ah, [000:00:00;00] me . hi. my name is hi nicole. hi, there. any, any, any image i call into a home queen on a new home. hi of hon. i, newman, purelife, co, co appeared up. hi, wendy,

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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

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

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

the major roadblocks it still faces >>> the sex trafficking trial of jeffrey epstein associate ghislaine maxwell getting under way. >>> and our nbc news exclusive first look inside gm's new factory zero as america's biggest automaker goes electric >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. there is late word as we come on the air that the fda is on the verge of authorizing pfizer covid booster shots for all adults regardless of risk status, a decision that could come this week the move would put the agency in the unusual position of appearing to take its cues from states that have leapfrogged the government and are already making booster shots available to all. some medical experts remain unconvinced that healthy adults need boosters and the cdc has only so far endorsed them for those deemed to be at higher risk, but with all signs pointing to a winter holiday surge of new infections, government regulators find themselves under growing pressure to okay the extra shots anne thompson now with the breaking details >> reporter: tonight, the federal government playing c

and that she was used as a pawn by jeffrey epstein. now the jury will have to go through several major questions in the case. and one of the things that we're waiting to see if it's going to happen in it's trials. if maxwell herself will testify in her defense also will prosecutors pull evidence or uses evidence the quote unquote little black book that both. 5 deal and match well and jeffrey epstein had listing the names, the numbers, the contacts of jeffrey epstein and given maxwell, now the judge and the case. allison nathan is a very prominent. she's very well respected federal judge. she's overseen other high profile cases, and she was just actually nominated by president biden to serve on the 2nd court. second circuit court of appeals, which is essentially one step from the u. s. supreme court. she's already ruled against maxwell several times, and maxwell's pleased to be released on bail siding with prosecutors who contend that she is a possible flight risk. now the trial is expected to last at least 6 weeks, basically stretching

a lot of people knew jeffrey epstein. bear stearns, ace greenberg brought him in, he was well-known on wall street, just because you know him, doesn't mean you engage with activities. liz: absolutely but when you know that i guy has plead guilty to child prostitution -- charlie: i agree but i talked to one person that knew him and said why were people still engaging? they believed it was a one off thing. liz: oh, please. charlie: i'm just telling you what they said at the time involving a 17-year-old and they thought that was, he made a mistake. i'm telling you what they told me. not saying i agree. liz: it's sticking to people years after he's dead charlie thank you very much we are coming right back don't go away. i promise - as an independent advisor - to put the financial well-being of you and your family first. i promise to serve, not sell. i promise our relationship will be one of partnership and trust. i am a fiduciary, not just some of the time, but all of the time. charles schwab is proud to support the independe

things to do sexual favors for jeffrey epstein. so we'll get more details about the inner workers including hearing from six of the alleged -- rather four of the alleged victims throughout the trial. on the government side we're expecting opening statements to start momentarily and they should last before we get to the government witnesses. but their argument is that maxwell -- i'm sorry, is that the alleged victims don't remember everything that happened. of course all of the alleged incidents happening decades ago. so we're waiting to hear more about how the opening statements go before we start hearing from the witnesses. but as you said, this trial expected to take six weeks, go through the holidays, ghislaine maxwell is going to turn 60 during that time behind bars and remember this is a pivotal mom moments again for the me-too movement and this is one where we have women as a defendant and the makeup of the jury will be perceiving this women throughout the aftermath of this movement. >> brynn, thank you so much. let's bring i

epstein had listing the names, the numbers, the contacts of jeffrey epstein and gillen maxwell. now the judge in the case, allison nathan is a very prominent. she's very well respected federal judge. she's overseen other high profile cases, and she was just actually nominated by president biden to serve on the 2nd court. second circuit court of appeals, which is essentially one step from the u. s. supreme court. she's already ruled against maxwell several times, and maxwell's pleased to be released on bail siding with prosecutors who contend that she is a possible flight risk. now the trial is expected to last at least 6 weeks, basically stretching through the christmas holidays in the same court house by the way, that other prominent high profile defendants have appeared and trials among them. law boss, john gotti, and bernie made off. but this is a case that has been followed for years and it's just day one of many more days to go outside federal courthouse here, lower manhattan for news views whose john? honey. okay, to discuss further we bring it very loving author of the sp

did jeffrey epstein rape you >> yeah. no he raped me, forcefully raped me, knew exactly what he was doing and i don't think cared. >> reporter: maxwell denies the lawsuit's allegations. at court today, her family made a public show of support. sister isabelle arrived to a crush of cameras this morning maxwell's siblings have publically lobbied for her to be released on bail. >> the court is starting to feel under the pressure either their own pressure because they lost the man and they're feeling under the public's pressure. >> reporter: the judge denied multiple requests for maxwell to be released the trial now underway is expected to last six weeks. >> stephanie, the prosecution has their first witness a pilot who flew epstein's plane. what did he say? >> reporter: well, lester, he worked for epstein for over a decade he said maxwell was often on epstein's private jet. look, this is someone who got a close look behind the scenes. his testimony has only begun. he'll be taking the stand again tomorrow, lester. >> all righ

a former pilot of jeffrey epstein. and that is after we heard the opening statements from both the government and the defense in this case. the government taking about 35 minutes to lay out its case in front of these jurors in this federal trial. essentially saying that ghislaine maxwell knew very well what was going on behind closed doors in jeffrey epstein's multiple homes. she was the lady of the house is what the government was calling her, saying that she recruited these underaged women for jeffrey epstein to multiple locations where he lived. even took part in the massages that were sort of a cover of this abuse. so lots of details there about sort of the conspiracy that they are alleging that ghislaine maxwell was all a part of. for the defense's part they spent about an hour or so talking to jurors essentially saying that she's taking the fall for the crimes that jeffrey epstein committed. so that is one of the first defenses that they are going with. also saying this trial is all about memory, manipulation and

the arrest say jeffrey epstein died by suicide in prison awaiting a trial on sex trafficking charges. her legal team will likely challenge the credible of four accusers, set to testify about events that took place roughly two decades ago. maxwell repeatedly asked to be released on bail her lawyers arguing she was kept in terrible conditions the judge agreeing with prosecutors that maxwell is a flight risk. opening staples in the trial are set to begin after thanksgiving. stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york >>> still to come, on the road to the future. we'll take you inside the new electric factory for the next generation of nel geramotors >>> breaking the barrier he auction block. frida makes history again. per cycle? while a running sink uses that, every two minutes. that means even small loads can save water. so why not do it? run your dishwasher every night wi water.ade plati m.the surprie with mucinex nightshift you've got powerful relief from your worst nighttime cold and flu symptoms. so grab nightshift to fight your symptoms, get your zzz's... and get back to your rhythm. ♪♪

no matter where they're from. nicholas hawk al jazeera de carr, a jeffrey epstein and hugh lane maxwell were once among the world's wealthiest and best connected people. but if there glamorous lives k crashing down when epstein killed himself while in jail and 2019 facing federal sex trafficking charges. and on monday maxwell will go on trial for her alleged involvement. busy gabriel elizondo reports from new york create a how much did elaine maxwell know about geoffrey epstein 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. 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. o

with jeffrey epstein, though, certainly, a much bigger name. is that going to make seating a jury something that's going to be long and arduous process and fraught with peril >> yes look for the court to go through about 50 jurors, a day and you are going to see a lot of people that are going to be dismissed for cause, for example, they simply cannot hear this case because they've already formed opinion about jeffrey epstein and what he did. and if this is a trial by proxy, that opinion about jeffrey epstein will probably spill over into ghislaine maxwell, which is why her attorneys will be making a lot of requests to dismiss jurors for cause. >> danny cevallos, thank you >>> the journalist danny fenster detained in myanmar for the past six months, facing years more after a trial. but today, suddenly, freedom what he told reporters on his long-awaited trip home >>> and beef maybe, it's not what's for dinner prices are soaring at a rate we haven't seen in decades. why cattle ranchers say they're not seeing a penny of that win fall so you only pa

she's accused of enabling the crimes of life, sex offender, jeffrey epstein, who took his own life in prison. max file insists she's innocent and claimed she too was a victim. gabriel. alexander reports from new york on the background to the case a how much did you lane maxwell know about geoffrey epstein 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 to keep his accuser. virginia roberts, who says she was trafficked by maxwell to the prince for sex. when she was a teenager is likely n

the prosecutor painting her as a key figure of bringing a spring of young girls to jeffrey epstein for sexual abuse >> in my opinion, she might have been just equally as bad as he was. >> reporter: jennifer told nbc news she was 15 when jeffrey epstein raped her, though she won't be one of the women to testify with allegations mostly from the '90s. will we see her testify? >> i don't know. there's a risk of testifying but i think they'll make it a game-day decision based on how they believe the government's case has gone in >> reporter: maxwell insists she's innocent, awaiting her trial from behind she described it as a living hell, saying i am weak, i am frail. her siblings pleading with the united nations for help to get her out, calling this unprecedented discrimination >> she's treated as guilty they are hoping, no doubt, the authorities, that they are going to be able to put her away for 20, 30, 40, 50, 80 years well, let justice decide how that's going to be >> reporter: the trial is expected to span six weeks but will leave a lot of unanswered questions around her and jeffrey ep

the 59 year old is accused of enabling the crimes of convicted peter fall. jeffrey epstein. she denies any volunteer and talks to resurrect the 2015 nuclear deal have restarted in vienna. iran's top negotiations said he was optimistic after the 1st meetings were held on monday. iran will. all us sanctions dropped before agreeing to any deal. activists in lebanon have been blocking roads in protest against deteriorating living conditions caused by the economic crisis. the local currency is in free fall, and the government has failed to provide a social safety net for the poor. after scrapping subsidies on essential goods said a 100 reports from beirut. these young men say they've run out of options and that's why they've returned to the streets. lebanon's economy has all but collapsed . now, we are hungry and buying meat for our children and that is a dream. we are living a life of emily and i read in there is no end in sight for the financial meltdown. the country needs international financial assistance, but politicians are not reforming. a state riddled with corruption. i

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

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

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

she's not anything like jeffrey epstein. maxwell was present in the courtroom and not in handcuffs but escorted by two marshalls. also in the courtroom, her sister who came to show her support quickly making her way into the courthouse and ignoring any questions. a woman named sarah ransom also arrived this morning for the trial. she claims to be one of th victims and set to release a memoir entitled silence no more. she is not expected to testify the first witness to take the stand this afternoon was a pilot who testified he was hired by jeffrey epstein to fly private planes his testimony is expected to continue tomorrow. this trial is expected to last about six weeks. it's still unclear if ghislaine herself will take the stand in her own defense. she has pleaded natural gas to a -- she has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges in this case she does face life in prison if convicted. >> valerie, thank you. >>> nearly three years ago, jussie smollett claimed he was the victim of a racist attack on the streets of chicago no

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that is a former pilot of jeffrey epstein. this was after a full day of jury selection and opening statements from both the government and the defense. and in those opening statements, of course, both sides were laying out their cases to the jurors in this federal court room. and essentially the government alleging that ghislaine maxwell recruited these women and groomed them to exploit them to jeffrey epstein, essentially saying anything that happened behind closed doors on jeffrey epstein's properties ghislaine maxwell knew it. she was the lady of the house and she played a part in the manipulation of these women and, in part, was very much aware of what was going on with jeffrey epstein. now, the defense says that she herself is a victim, and that she is being vilified for the crimes that jeffrey epstein committed. so we're getting really a sneak peek of what both lawyers are going to layout in this what's supposed to be a six-week trial for the six federal charges that ghislaine maxwell now faces. and, again, testimony wil

they say maxwell is not like jeffrey epstein and not like any of the other men. powerful men, moguls, media giants who abuse women but prosecutors sketching a different version of maxwell who was accused of recruiting and grooming underage girls for epstein from 1994 to 2004. they say maxwell participated in abuse of the girls. the assistant us attorney saying in her opening statement, quote, maxwell was epstein's best friend and right hands. she knew exactly what she was doing. the lawyer representing eight of epstein's accusers, one of whom has an accusation against maxwell spoke to fox news about the trial. >> they were not able to seek jeffrey epstein, they are seeing it come down from ghislaine maxwell. we will find out more about jeffrey epstein and powerful people involved. >> reporter: maxwell faces 80 years in prison if found guilty. the trial is expected to last six weeks. carley: another high profile trial in chicago, jussie smollett. >> reporter: prosecutors accuse the 39-year-old of faking a hate crime the grab the nation's attention in 2019. >> i of

jeffrey epstein is still very much an enigma. we know he was a sex offender, but there's a great deal we don't know. we know it was a con artist, criminal, embezzler, possibly a spy, an arms dealer, and a math teacher. he was able to lure not just young girls but powerful men into his mansions where there was some sort of powerful kind of concierge club happening. what they were doing, we still don't know. and so therefore, i think a lot of people have reason to be nervous for ghislaine maxwell's trial. >> absolutely. and let's play another clip from your special. this one focuses on epstein. >> he was a mr. fix-it. he was a sensitive in a certain manner. he was careful, eloquent. he's very intelligent. he knows if he's going to be trapped. he traps you more than he's trapped. >> there's this idea with epstein out of the picture that maxwell has to be the so-called fall guy in all of this. do you buy that? >> well, it doesn't matter what i think, jim. it's what she -- whether or not she can convince the jury. i think you're going

if you're jeffrey epstein, your limo driver is a jet driver. they seen maxwell coming and going and who they were with and where they go. he may not go into the mansion when they arrive but he can talk about a lot of stuff that he saw in the course of his employment. >> and i think the obvious answer, i mean, jeffrey epstein had a lot of information, clearly. he took a lot to the grave including a lot of high profile alleged clients' names. here is one of them. here is donald trump. this is what he said after maxwell's arrest back in 2020. >> maxwell is in prison so a lot of people want to know if she'll turn in powerful people. >> i wish her well, frankly. i've met her numerous times since i lived in palm beach and they lived in palm beach. i wish her well, whatever it is. >> they were friends. there are lots of pictures of them being friendly and friends, et cetera. i take it from just what i'm reading we shouldn't expect to hear high profile names like that one come up in this case, no? >> probably not. presidents have a long history of open