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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

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

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

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it really has been a long time coming for many of these alleged victims, both of jeffrey epstein and of ghislaine maxwell. so today what's under way right now is jury selection. both sides, the prosecution and maxwell's attorney, have selected 12 jurors and 6 alternates. one of the jurors has an issue with an employer, so the judge is trying to work that out. once that is resolved, they will move forward, the jury will be sworn in and opening statements will get under way. prosecutors saying they need only 25 minutes to lay out their case. of course they have accused maxwell of helping jeffrey epstein recruit, groom, and sexually abuse girls, some as young as 14 years old. this conduct was alleged to have occurred between 1994 and 2004 in both new york, florida, new mexico, and maxwell's london home. maxwell's lawyers will have about an hour they said they will need to present their opening statements in the case. we haven't heard a lot from her side of what they're going to argue here, but one thing is clear, i think we'll see that they'll make lot of the fact that jeffrey epstein i

she's not anything like jeffrey epstein. maxwell was present in the courtroom and not in handcuffs 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 arrived this morning she claim to be one of the 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 will take the stand in her defense. she does face life in prison if convicted. >> valerie, thank you. >>> nearly three years ago, jussie smollett claimed he have the victim of a racist attack on the streets of chicago now he's going on trial, accused of making the whole thing up the jury selected and seated today. opening statements have begun. smollett has pleaded not guilty s

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

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this is not about, you know, the enigma of jeffrey epstein. it's really about whether maxwell groom and lured these four girls who are women now, girls underage at the time, tone game in sexual activity knowing that they were minors. the prosecution has a burden beyond a reasonable doubt to prove that she was a co-conspirator and she participated in this traffic scheme. what's really interesting this indictment, ana, that you pointed out, you know, it's very picturesque. page 2 has a picture of the two co-conspirators being epstein and maxwell not something that you've seen in an indictment and followed by the properties that is the crime scene and the government has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that epstein did these bad acts with minors and maxwell lured and groomed them into the trafficking, right, for him to do that. the government's exhibit number 52, ana, is really sort of interesting. it's maxwell's black book. i'm not sure if we actually will see the book or if it's black, but it contains information that the prosecutors believe

sex trafficking trial, the woman accused of recruiting underage girls for sex offender jeffrey epstein faces up to 80 years in prison if convicted. remembering lee elder, the golf great who broke down racial barriers as the first black goll barriers as to play at the masters. and a heart warming story about the world's most premature baby who survived and thrived -- tonight, his story of strength. ♪ ♪ ♪ this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening, to our viewers in the west and thank you so much for joining us. we're going to begin with that new covid variant that the world health organization poses a very high risk around the globe. the omicron strain hasn't turned up in the u.s. but dr. anthony fauci warns it's likely already circulating here in america, and that has the biden administration responding. the new omicron variant was first discovered earlier this moth in south africa. it has since spread to more than a dozen countries around the world, and as a precaution, the u.s. joined other nations restri

on monday prosecutors described her as central to jeffrey epstein's network. she trafficked the girls before serving them up to epstein so they would feel more at ease. he was unable to get justice after his death by suicide in 2018. the defense's first witness operated the so-called lolita express, which allegedly brought teens across state lines and to epstein in the caribbean. stephanie, what have we heard today? >> we have some breaking news, because there are four accusers in this case, and one of those accusers just took the stand. she is being called jane by the prosecution, and she alleges she was 14 years old at a summer camp when she first met epstein and ghislaine maxwell. according to the prosecutors, she went on to be sexually abused by epstein at the age of 15 and the age of 16. it's important also, because earlier in the day we heard from jeffrey epstein's pilot to his private jet. he talked about transporting the glitterati, kevin spacey and prince andrew on this jet, but he also says he remembers meeting this young woman jane. at the time he t

i think we're going to find out more about jeffrey epstein and about other powerful people involved the prosecution , arguing maxwell recruited and groomed girls as young as 14. to perform sexual acts with epstein and in some cases, even taking part in the abuse. i think her stances i did nothing wrong. i had no idea this was happening. it had nothing to do with me expected to testify at least four women accusing the now 59 year old victimizing them as teams from 1994 to 2000 and four and in a show of solidarity, some of epstein's other accusers showing up for the trial. i think the victim's testimony here is going to be very compelling. i think it's going to be. i think it's really going to tell him really compelling story about what happened and what they went through, and i think that will likely be enough for the jury. epstein killed himself inside a federal prison in august 2019 a month after the financiers arrest on sex trafficking charges. maxwell pleading not guilty to all six federal sex trafficking charges . now it's up to the jury to determine if the british socialite was an

the sex trafficking trial of jeffrey epstein, ghislaine maxwell accomplice of new york. she is accused of recruiting several underage girls the epstein allegedly abused, she could face up to 70 years in prison if convicted. brian llenas is live with more on that case. >> good evening ghislaine maxwell the former girlfriend a billionaire offender jeffrey epstein has been sitting in a brooklyn federal jail sale for 17 months awaiting the start of her trial which begins tomorrow. after epstein suicide in 2019 while awaiting his own trial, epstein sexual abuse accusers see this trial against maxwell as an opportunity to get justice. at least four women are expected to testify against maxwell who was accused of being epstein's madam, recruiting and grooming minors as young as 14 years old for epstein to abuse. the 59-year-old faces six sex charges if convicted. they say maxwell would encourage the girls to give epstein sexualize massages arranged epstein's homes in palm beach, new mexico and new york. in some cases maxwell allegedly took part in the abuse herself. she is the

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

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epstein. maxwell was present in the courtroom and walked in without handcuffs but was escorted by two marshals also her sister came to support her in court, ignoring any questions. a woman named sarah ransom arrived for the trial. she claimed to be one of the victims and is set to release a memoir titled, silence no more surviving my journey to hell and back 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 and is still unclear if ghislaine will take the stand in her own defense she's pleaded not guilty to all the charges in this case but she does face life in prison if convicted. >> thank you >>> nearly three years ago, jussie smollett claimed he was the victim of a racist, homophobic attack in san francisco. now he's going on trial, accused of making the whole thing up the jury selected a

jeffrey epstein's friend and associate is accused of trafficking underage girls for sexual abuse. erielle reshef is outside the courthouse with the latest. good morning, erielle. >> reporter: good morning to you, george. maxwell spent more than 500 days in jail in anticipation of this trial which gets under way today on those sex trafficking charges. this morning, more than a year after her dramatic arrest, socialite ghislaine maxwell on trial, accused of helping former boyfriend, jeffrey epstein, recruit and groom underage girls for sex. prosecutors say the misconduct allegedly took place between 1994 and 2004. for years maxwell was one of the disgraced financier's closest confidants, but prosecutors say there was a dark side to the globe-trotting pair. >> maxwell played a critical role in helping epstein to identify, befriend and groom minor victims for abuse. in some cases maxwell participated in the abuse herself. >> reporter: epstein, a convicted sex offender, never stood trial. he died by suicide in his jail cell in august 2019. since then investigators have focused on maxwe

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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

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'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

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

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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

here 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 we reported quite extensively . 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, several of whom are here today at the court house, and other witnesses will reportedly testify under pseudonyms, but their identities will be revealed to the jury's. however, over the several years of this, the identity of those victims have come forward. we do know some of the most prominent ones, virginia roberts, frey monk, several others. 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 geoffrey epstein. epstein, of course, was found dead in his presence in his jail cell. shortly after his arrest back in august 201

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

maxwell is accused of grooming girls for sex with her former partner the late jeffrey epstein. she's pleaded not guilty to all charges. >>> a 26-year-old man is found alive inside the landing gear of an american airlines plane at miami international airport on saturday. the flight was traveling from guatemala to miami and u.s. customs says he's been taken to a local hospital for assessment. >>> matthew mcconaughey announced he is not running for governor of texas. in a video message on twitter, we'll focus on the private sector. mcconaughey is not ruling out a future bid for office calling it a humbling and inspiring path to ponder. ♪ i left my heart in san francisco ♪ >> tony bennett in a moving final concert. the tv special was filmed in august, one last time and evening with tony bennett and lady gaga. bennett and his family revealed he is suffering from alzheimer's. >> that was great. ♪ to be where -- ♪ >> those are the five things to know. more on the stories at cnn and cnn.com and download the 5 things podcast, go to cnn.com/5things. >>> the transportation securit

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 is accused of grooming, under aged girls for convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein, who died in prison in 2019 or 2. john hardy reports from outside. the courthouse. 59 year old galen maxwell has been to 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 we reported quite extensively . prince andrew, the duke of your car, former new mexico governor, bill richard, also famous side defense attorney allan gershwin, all of whom have deni

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

she is claiming that she also was a victim of jeffrey epstein. that she was manipulated by him and much of his life was compartmentalized, so she was unaware, allegedly, of what he was doing. based on that preview from her defense team, it would be reasonable to expect her to testify. as we know, the burden of proof is on the prosecution. there's no obligation for her to testify at her own trial, and what's interesting about this case, unlike the ahmaud arbery and kyle rittenhouse cases we saw public sized for the world to see, this trial is not televised. we are relying on people like tom winter to give us all the facts and details transpiring and progressing while inside the courtroom. >> katie, you see ghislaine will likely testify because of what her defense set up. do you think she should, though? >> no. i don't think she should. i don't think she should expose herself to what would be anticipated to a blistering cross examination. it's a very fine line to walk and say you were unaware when there are direct allegedly there's direct evidence

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

but they say, trump was going under cover to take down jeffrey epstein. the amount of rationalizations they find to have this undying loyalty to trump apparently never ceases. >> i feel like somebody outside this looking in on it, the one thing that it always seemed to me is a cultish manifestation of trump support rather than being a cult this exists on its own that happens to attach itself to trump. it does feel endemic to the phenomenon, but that will be tested over time as all of these things have been. will summer, reporter for the daily beast. thanks for helping us understand this weird moment. pressure you being here. >> thanks for having me. >> much more news ahead. stay with us. stay with us we were alone when my husband had the heart attack. he's the most important thing in my life. i'm so lucky to get him back. your heart isn't just yours. protect it with bayer aspirin. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. imagine having someone else do your books for you. as your quickbooks live bookkeeper, i'll categorize expens