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

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

and now deceased financier, jeffrey epstein, while also according to a number of the alleged victims in the case providing them tab steam circle of wealthy and powerful friends among the names that had come out as prince andrew, the duke of your car, former new mexico governor bill richard, also famous side defense attorney allen dirty with all of whom have denied the allegations leveled against them. the alleged victims and other witnesses will reportedly testify under pseudonyms, but their identities will be revealed to the jury's. now, maxwell has pled not guilty to the charges against her arguing along with her defense team that she's essentially being scapegoat. and that she was being used as a pond by jeffrey epstein. epstein was found dead in his presence in his jail cell . shortly after his arrest back in august 2019 of nam city medical examiner here, new york said, died by suicide by hanging as the jury basically, the jury's been picked and their civil questions really calling about the trial among them will gillan maxwell testifying the case that's a very risky proposition

she is accused of dreaming under age girls for convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein, who died imprison back in 2019 reporting from outside the court. his art is john hud, 59 year old. and galen maxwell has been in jail nearly 17 months since being charged with several counts of federal charges, including the sex trafficking of miners. now prosecutors including by the way, maureen, coney, who is the daughter a former f b. i director james comi. she's among the federal prosecutors on the team. they maintain that melts maxwell essentially help recruit and groom young women some as young as the 14 years of age, to essentially perform sexual acts and massages, that kind of thing on disgraced and now deceased financier, jeffrey epstein. while also, according to a number of the victims, a v allege victims in the case providing them tab seeing circle of wealthy and powerful friends among the names that had come out as prince andrew, the duke of york, ah, former new mexico governor bill richard, also famous side defense attorney allan gershwin, all of whom have denied the allegations leveled ag

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

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

and that she was being used as a pond by jeffrey epstein. epstein was found dead in his prison in his jail cell. shortly after his arrest back in august 2019 of nam city medical examiner here, new york said, died by suicide by hanging as the jury basically, the jury's been picked and their civil questions really calling about the trial among them will gillan maxwell testifying the case that's a very risky proposition by the defense for many reasons. also will jury see, and what we're hearing is that the answers, yes, prosecutors will bring possible evidence from the quote unquote little black book that maxwell had. and also that actually had of all the, basically the names, the numbers and contacts, including those wealthy and powerful friends. as i mentioned now, judge alison nathan, who has pres headed over many other high profile cases here. and i've also been nominated for the circuit court of appeals by president biden, which is next step, one step from the u. s. supreme court. she's already ruled against maxwell several times in maxwell's bid for bail saying, agreeing with prose

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

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

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. ♪♪

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

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

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

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

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

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

jeffrey epstein's friend and alleged accomplice. she's accused of recruiting underage girls for epstein. what prosecutors said today in making their case. maxwell's attorneys tonight calling her a scapegoat. >>> this evening, the new interview here with tiger woods on the accident and on playing again. what he reveals. >>> tonight, authorities are now investigating what they say was a fraternity fight night. a young college student dying, reportedly collapsing soon after his fight. >>> also tonight, we remember an american golfer who made history. >>> and it's hard to believe our tenth year, our made in america christmas is back. what's your one thing? >>> good evening and it's great to be back with all of you at home after the thanksgiving holiday. i felt just like you did when we saw those headlines over the holiday, the alerts on our phones, this new variant. the world health organization calling it a variant of concern and tonight, they're now saying the global risk is very high. very little is known, of course. it is believed t

then the infamous jeffrey epstein black book. federal prosecutors are trying to get this black book boo evidence. they say they will have a way of authenticating it. the defense doesn't want it in there but say it will help to prove the charges against maxwell. that's just some of the things we expect the prosecutors to show in the trial to try to convict ghislaine maxwell. >> in the past week we saw barclays bank ceo jeff staley step down under revelations he had 1200 emails with jeff epstein. stunning to think that the ceo of a major bank has been sitting son in his post knowing that a major investigation and thought, no, i'm okay in this job. besides jeff staley and a move like this what other investigations should we be aware of that could impact other people, besides maxwell? >> reporter: right, obviously the staley investigation which as we saw reported by our colleagues at cnbc, he's being subpoenaed by the u.s. virgin islands. on top of that, it's been reported that the manhattan district attorney's office is taking a loo

she's accused grooming under age girls for convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein, who died in prison back in 2019 is a look at what could be expected from these legal proceedings. coming up then khomeini's daughter. yep, the one and same x f b i director james comi, x special assistant to obama and ex girlfriend of convicted peter file, jeffrey epstein. they all are meeting in one courtroom. is all you need to know about delane maxwell trial. accused of sex, trafficking, and grooming underage girls for epstein denies the charges faces decades in prison . if convicted alison. g. nathan judge x special assistant to barack obama rejected maxwell's bail application. 4 times allowed prosecutors to refer to accuses as victims of recruiting word is based, unnecessary, and impractical. it is appropriate to use the times as a representative of its litigation position. busy allowed accuses to testify anonymously. marine co, me, one of the lead prosecutors, daughter of x, f b. i directed james co, me revealed that video of epstein's 1st suspected suicide trying had been destroyed . the requeste

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jury selection is under way in a new york courtroom in the case of ghislaine maxwell, a jeffrey epstein confidant. we're also on white house watch this hour, because about 15 minutes from now president biden will leave for new hampshire to tout the freshly signed bipartisan infrastructure law. later in the hour, i'll talk to not one, but two mayors of major american cities who were at the signing yesterday. dayton ohio mayor, nan whaley and david holt, a republican. we'll talk about the hope this new law can bring to their home cities and does it signal real bipartisanship? >>> we start with the latest in the kyle rittenhouse trial. i'm joined by maya wiley. how would you expect a jury to approach deliberating a case like this? we saw the judge, both legal teams go into excruciating detail with those jury instructions yesterday. what do you think is going to happen in that jury room? >> it's great to be with you. look, you know, the jury was really handed two separate stories yesterday, one from the prosecution, which said kyle rittenhouse is a chaos tourist and an active shooter, and o

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she laid out how she met jeffrey epstein and ghislaine - jeffrey epstein and ghislaine maxwell when her father had just died and herfamily were maxwell when her father had just died and her family were struggling financially and she said they befriended her. at first she looked at ghislaine maxwell as an older sister figure at ghislaine maxwell as an older sisterfigure but at ghislaine maxwell as an older sister figure but then she said she started talking about six and started talking about six and started appearing topless in front of her. she said that is when the alleged abuse began, and she said it happened for years, at least once or twice a week, and she talked about being frozen in fear, terrified, ashamed, disgusted, the abuse. she said ghislaine maxwell also allegedly arranged for her to travel to epstein�*s properties in new york and new mexico. the defence has accused jane of changing her story many times and ghislaine maxwell has pleaded not guilty and sat there listening attentively as the woman spoke. listening attentively as the woman soke. a , listening attentively as

she's accused of grooming underage girls for the convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein, who died in prison in 2019 allowed to america correspondent john how he is outside the courthouse. hi, john kaylee anticipated trial this. get us up to speed on. well right. 59 year old and gillen maxwell has been in jail nearly 17 months since being charged with several count on federal charge, including the sex trafficking of minors. now prosecutors, including by the way, maureen, coney, whose the daughter a former f b i. director james told me she's among the federal prosecutors on the team. they maintain that malcolm maxwell essentially helped recruit and groom young women some as young as the 14 years of age to essentially perform sexual acts and massages, that kind of thing on disgraced. and now the fif finance here jeffrey epstein, while also according to a number of the victims of the alleged items in the case providing them tabs being circle of wealthy and powerful friends among the names that had come out as we reported quite extensively. prince andrew, the duke of your former new mexic

and i think the general public is frustrated because we don't know who jeffrey epstein was tied to him were this would be the best chance get, but you're right. that is not what is best for the law. that's the best for the press, not the law. we obviously want this to be legally bass, so it won't get thrown out. so when it comes down to it though, what it does lanes at best defense as to why she was involved in the different actions that she was a part of we're seeing right now by virtue of this very aggressive look at wanting to cross examine the victims prior confidentiality agreement, settlement agreement, and now we learn later on today that the court has allowed her to call a false memory witness. so what it seems to me is that she glaze maxwell and her defense counsel planned to go full, bore full frontal, wrong turn, perhaps, but full attack on the victims on the people. now this can be catastrophic because if she tries this, if she dares to say and how much did they buy and what did you do? all this does is allow a potential the jury actually to hear how this woman is brow beat