. >> 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