tower the russell such as times i try to rush to phobia the porch. russia talk about jeffrey jeffrey george, everybody. i mean you, i, we were all in agreement. it's ubiquitous. i mean, it's everywhere. ok, i mean, so, i mean, even, even if it's not it's, you know, more it no more than skin deep. i mean, it is always with us. i mean, with the us went through this russia gate nonsense here and it continues here. so, i mean, we could talk about, you know, how disturbing or dangerous it is, but it is ubiquitous. and i think that i find it very, very curious because, you know, it may go to la vladimir here in mosque. i mean, it's like a one size fits all of your problems. are because of and then you point the finger . a great piece piece are great. you big, you ubiquitous, of my argument is that many respects it's quite superficial and how it lacks purchase at the society. so as i to live at some point, i'm trying to bring a gun to your question about yes, i'm rushing to the western politics on that down. there are kind of i dancing until i touched on russia. i stay aggression and themselves on

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helping convicted peter fall. jeffrey epstein abuse underage girls on the front line in eastern ukraine, where the russian forces have been gathering at the border. and george's former president faces court after years in exile as hundreds of protest her as a show their support. ah, more countries are shutting down their borders to keep a new corona, virus variant out even more cases emerge. and scientists raised to figure out just how dangerous it actually is. anger is growing in southern africa where the only crone variance was 1st detected. now several countries have banned the travelers from that specific region, although there have been no deaths linked to on the crown so far, the world health organization has warned that it poses a very high risk of infection searches. meanwhile, experts in south africa are predicting cases could rocket the 10000 the day by the end of the week. that's up from 300 just 2 weeks ago. but they also believe that existing vaccines are probably effective at preventing severe illness. however, despite calls for to make sure that i have already know that as the infections arise, people will get sick. some will good severe, espec

george? >> okay, alex, thanks. >>> we're going to get the latest on ghislaine maxwell. she'll be back in court today charged with being part of jeffreyex trafficking operation. erielle reshef is tracking the trial. good morning, erielle. >> reporter: good morning, george. no cameras were allowed inside that federal courthouse where today could be pivotal where the prosecution continues to lay out their case today against the socialite they claim was a willing accomplice to jeffrey epstein's sexual abuse of young girls. prosecutors claiming that ghislaine maxwell recruited and groomed these young women, some as young as 14 to have sex with epstein. maxwell is charged with six counts including sex trafficking. she has pleading not guilty to all of them. late yesterday we heard from the first prosecution witness, epstein's former pilot who tried to paint a picture of the two as a couple. everyone is waiting to hear from maxwell's accusers and we could see the first of the minor victims testify as weearly as ts week. maxwell's defense team claiming that she has been a scapegoat since jeffrey epstein's suicide while he was awaiting trial.

still waiting to see whether that deposition of jeffrey clark, the former-doj official is going to take place, and if the committee plans to subpoena georgeat was thought to be the roadmap to vice president pence attempting to object to the election results. those are all people the committee's interested in hearing from and they are still attempting to do so, wolf. >> ryan, we will stay on of it together with you. and to our viewers, thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> outfront next. the blame game. democrats trying to make sense of tuesday's election results. now, pointing the finger at each other. as the white house warns the party needs to shift its messaging or risk a lot more losses. >>> plus, defying joe manchin. speaker nancy pelosi putting paid family leave back into biden's massive spending bill. the price doing going up, despite joe biden saying he is still against it. so, where does this leave biden's agenda? and was it sabotage? the attorney for the armorer on the set of alec baldwin's film is making a shocking new allegation and this is shocking

george," "into the woods," and "sweeney todd" passed away today. it happene >>> ghislaine maxwell's brother says authorities are targeting his sister because they are desperate to blame somebody for jeffreytein's sex crimes maxwell is the convicted sex offender's exgirlfriend and long time associate her trial comes more than two years after epstein allegedly killed himself in his manhattan jail cell. prosecutors say maxwell recruited underage girls for epstein to abuse they say she groomed them and ultimately sexually abused them herself. maxwell faces six felonies tied to sex trafficking, conspiracy, and enticing minors. she faces two felony perjury charges that will be tried separately she has denied all of them here's valerie castro with the details. >> reporter: ghislaine maxwell will now stand trial for what prosecutors say was her role in recruiting and grooming minors for jeffrey epstein's abuse. >> maxwell was among epstein's closest associates and helped him exploit girls who were as young as 14 years old. >> reporter: maxwell was arrested at this new hampshire home in july of 2020 and has spent the months since locked up in brooklyn awaiting her day in court. maxwell denies all

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, georgetrial 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 maxwell. her accusers now say this is their last chance at seeking justice. >> maxwell was a really important part of the grooming process. >> reporter: four of her accusers expected to take the