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 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

. >>> the trial of jeffrey epstein's associate set to begin. >>> the nba player taking on china with us tonight. >>> plus the new fight over canned cocktails >> announcer: live from cnbc, the facts, the truth, "the news with shepard smith." >>> good evening concerns about a new covid variant rattling markets and triggering new travel bans around the world tonight we'll provide context and clarity. we'll break down what scientists know about this variant and explain why health experts say people should not overreact just yet. researchers first identified this new strain in south africa earlier this week. today a world health organization panel named the variant omicron and labelled it as a variant of concern. health experts admit there are a lot of unknowns about this variant. they don't know if it's more contagious than delta. they don't know if it causes more severe disease. and they don't know how it stacks up against our vaccines the white house is taking action out of an abundance of caution the united states will restrict travel starting monday reporters asked president biden ab

. >>> jeffrey epstein, new documents reveal what the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender was thinking and feeling just days before he was found dead in his cell. >>> brian laundrie's cause of death finally revealed. >>> some employers begin paying workers every day. >>> and wildfires burning up america's christmas trees. >> announcer: live from cnbc, the facts, the truth, the news with shepard smith. >>> good evening, everybody, a 6th person has now died after police say a man intentionally drove an suv through a crowded christmas parade in wisconsin. a prosecutor has confirmed the victim was a child and that more than 60 others were hurt in the tragedy. the suspect darrell brooks made his first court appearance late this afternoon he's facing five charges of intentional homicide he didn't enter a plea a prosecutor said they plan to add a 6th homicide charge later this week or early next week in the hearing the judge said after decades in law he was still surprised by some of the details in this case >> the nature of this offense is shocking, actually, the detail i was not ex

she is facing up to 65 years in prison of jeffrey epstein's abuse of girls in prison. >>> united states is now reporting more daily infections than at any other point during the pandemic the nation averaging 265,000 cases a day according to johns hopkins. >>> tomorrow president biden and russian president vladimir putin are speaking on the phone. it comes as russia amasses troops along ukraine's border and now you know the news of this wednesday, december 29th. >>> it is 5:00 a.m. hoar at cnbc global headquarters and here's your top five at 5:00 stocks holding onto their record breaking rally with the s&p notching the 70th record close of the year. talk about hitting the skids, didi is under pressure after the latest figures and crackdown from beijing >>> with tensions on the rise between russia and ukraine, president biden is stepping in with a call to russia's vladimir putin today. fred camp is here to weigh in. >>> first it was

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all tournaments are extended one of jeffrey epstein accusers cross examined in court. >> she took the stand again today. the alleged victim using the pseudonym jane in court. she's accusing jeffrey epstein one time girlfriend of cougroomg her and forcing her to engage in sex acts with epsspe epstein the lawyers pressed her to recall exact date and facts from decades ago. jane said at one point in testimony that epstein flew her to new york on his private jet to see the lion king on broadway in 1994. max well's lawyer questioned her on how she could have done that when the lion king didn't debut until 1997 jane testified she had been incorrect in her time line the lawyer also tried to suggest jane was unreliable and might be telling her story for money. she pounced on the fact that the alleged victim acts in soap op operas requesting whether she's accustomed to memorizing lines and cry on demand. the lawyer questioned why she didn't come forward much earlier but jane testified i was sitting in a room full of strangers and telling them the most shameful, deepest secrets i had been carry

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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

today, jurors heard from a third woman allegedly abused by the convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein. she testified using only her first name, carolyn. she says she met ghislaine maxwell and jeffrey epstein when she was 14 years old carolyn testified that she was introduced to them by her friend, virginia giuffre she's become one of epstein's most vocal accusers. carolyn says mr. giuffre asked her if she wanted to make money by giving massages to epstein at his palm beach, florida, home. when they got there, carolyn testified that ghislaine maxwell told them to go to epstein's bathroom carolyn said she kept her bra and underwear on, but that ms. giuffre got fully undressed. she said epstein then entered the room and lay on the massage table. carolyn testified that 45 minutes later, epstein turned over and that he and ms. giuffre had sex. she said she watched from a nearby couch carolyn testified that she then gave hundreds of massages over the next four years. she testified that jeffrey epstein would, first, lie on his stomach while carolyn gave him a massage. she said that he would

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authorities had seized it from jeffrey epstein's palm beach, florida, ansion, and prosecutors brought it to the manhattan courtroom today. they say the massages were often just a ruse to get the girls to touch epstein. jurors also got a look inside epstein's mansion from a video of officials searching the state back in 2005 prosecutors say inside that house a large and sexually suggestive photograph of an underage girl. there it is hung in the foyer in the master bedroom, it's obviously blurred. prosecutors also say another photo showed an underage girl pulling down her underwear to show her behind. the judge also allowed into evidence school girl costumes that officials say they found in epstein's new york city home the prosecution said it was important for jurors to see just how small the costumes are the trial is set to continue on monday >>> a mostly white jury is now seated in kim potter's manslaughter trial she's the now ex-cop accused of shooting and killing daunte wright it happened in april during a traffic stop in the minneapolis suburb brooklyn center opening statements set

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the ex-girlfriend and long-time associate of a convicted sex offender, the late jeffrey epstein, made the announcement herself as her trial winds down in new york. ghislaine maxwell is accused of recruiting underaged girls and grooming them for epstein to sexually abuse she pleaded not guilty authorities say epstein killed himself in prison two years ago. maxwell's lawyers say she's being used as a scapegoat for accusations against him. the defense rested their case today, setting the stage for closing arguments to start on monday cnbc's valerie castro live outside the courthouse in manhattan. valerie? >> reporter: shep, maxwell was given about an hour to decide if she wanted to take the stand in her own defense. she eventually stood up and told the judge "your honor, the government has not proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt and so there's no reason for me to testify." the defense wrapped up its portion of the case this afternoon after calling witnesses over the last two days today one of those witnesses included one of jeffrey epstein's former girl frerngsds ava dubin, who rem

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the former assistant testified she worked for maxwell at jeffrey epstein's company for six years. she insisted she never saw any abuse of underage girls and maxwell and epstein appeared to have a loving relationships. the false memory expert told the jury, people more exposed to -- sometimes adopted as that i own memory, and their memory becomes inaccurate maxwell's defense team told the judge they might rest their case tomorrow that means closing a. could begin on monday. >>> after less than one season in the nfl, urban meyer is out of a job tonight, how it all went to hoarably wrong >>> telecom companies are set to expand 5g towers in the next couple months. so why are the fcc and faa fighting now about whether the network will you trouble for airlines >>> and millions of homes, schools and child care facilities getting their drinking water from lead pipes now a plan to replace every single one of them all across america. o dianne. i got the awesome new iphone 13 pro and airpods, and t-mobile is paying for them both! and this is for new and existing customers. upgrade to the iph

♪we are farmers♪ ♪bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum♪ >>> jeffrey epstein's long time housekeeper on the stand today he worked for epstein for a decade and said he saw women at the house hundreds of times. he said they were topless three quarters of the time he testified they were usually in their 20s or late 20s he recalls two under age girls one of them he identified as jane he was on the stand the past two days and described being sexually abused by epstein and maxwell. he estimated she was 14 or 15 years old at the time. he described remember you see nothing, hear nothing, say nothing. you should never look at especially teen's eyes and never disclose their activities. julie, you have been covering this trial from the courthouse this testimony today showed really how intertwined maxwell and epstein's lives were >> right i think today we got sort of more of a narrative of exactly how his household ran and what kinds of visitors they had and how maxwell ran this household she did the hiring and firing and seemed to pull a lot of strings even at up with point directing employees to complete t

former assistant and a false memory expert the former assistant testified she worked for maxwell at jeffrey epstein's company for years and never saw abuse of underage girls and seemed to have a loving relationship a false memory expert testified that sometimes they adopt it as their own memory and their memory becomes inaccurate. marx maxwell's defense team told the judge they could rest their case tomorrow, that means closing arguments could begin monday >>> urban meyer is out of a job. tonight, how it all went so horribly wrong telecom companies are set to expand 5g towers in the next couple months. so why are the fcc and faa fighting now over whether the network will be trouble for airlines >>> and millions of homes, schools and child care facilities get their drinking water from lead pipes. now a plan to replace every single one of them, all across america. then i realized something was missing... ...me. my symptoms were keeping me from being there for her. so, i talked to my doctor and learned humira is the #1 prescribed biologic for people with crohn's disease. humira helps people ac

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epstein's employees who introduced her at 16 she recounted an outing to a movie in new york where she says epstein sat between the sisters. she says it was a little weird we held hands and he caressed my arm, gave me a weird feeling farmer said it wasn't until epstein invited to her his property in new mexico she met maxwell. she claims they took her on a shopping trip and later at the property maxwell encouraged her to give epstein a foot massage she says i felt very uncomfortable. i wanted to stop and i hoped it would be over quickly. then she claims maxwell directer her to room told her to get undressed and maxwell massaged her groping her chest. asked by the prosecution why she was in court today farmer applied i'm here to be a part of helping maxwell be held accountable for the harm she caused in cross-examination the defense zeroed in on farmer's testimony that maxwell was not in new york when she initially met epstein and also focused on the fact that farmer says she did not document what happened in new mexico in her journals instead relying on memory for that testimony. kelly