palm beach county has one of the lower vaccination rates in the state at 63%.es are affecting your industry and visitors? >> well, chris, thank you for having me. certainly we have seen, according to forecasters, that there's been a dampening of travel intentions up to about 25% of folks are postponing trips, but the good news is that only 10% are cancelling. for us here in florida, and particular in the palm beaches, we're looking to buck the trend and receive as many visitors as we proudly had in 2019, which was a record year. that has to do with the wonderful attributes that we have in the palm beaches with less congestion, smaller cities, lots of open spaces, and great parks and beaches to spread out and be safe from activity. >> so you just put forth one of the things you can obviously tell people. look, this is not like going on to necessarily a super crowded beach, like you said, some beautiful small towns. there's a little more room. >> right. >> i'm wondering what the conversations are like with other tourism officials you're talking to. what can you d

i'm joined by my guess, martha barnett to in palm beach. she is president a boat america 1st in atlanta. we have d dawkins, hagler. she is a political strategist and a former georgia state representative. and in boston, we cross a rory riley topping she is an attorney, a conservative commentator and a contributor at the hill. hard ladies, cross talk, rules and effect. that means you can jump anytime you want. and i always appreciate martha. your, this is your 1st appearance on cross box. so i'd like to go to you 1st. i'm calling this program angry nation. what is the mood? because, you know, i'm a media attic, so i watch everything from cnn m. s. nbc fox. everything you know, and i get the impression people are angry, but angry over what i'm not really sure. go ahead, martha in dc. listen, most americans, regardless of what side of the aisle you are, republican, democrat, independent undecided. most americans with their pocket books. and at the end of the day, we care about the kitchen table issues. and right now, the cost of gas at the pum

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she said she went to the palm beach estate over 100 times, two to three times a week epstein paying her as much as $600 for each other. carolyn said maxwell would sometimes set up the appointments herself. the defense pointed out that carolyn never mentioned maxwell when she gave a statement to the fbi in 2007 while she sued epstein and another associate, she never sued maxwell. the prosecution is blazing through their case after predicting it would take four weeks. now they say it could take less than two, wrapping up as soon as tomorrow, lester. >> stephanie, thank you. >>> the committee investigating the january 6th attack is moving ahead with contempt proceedings against mark meadows, a former chief of staff against president trump. pete williams is here, and, pete, what challenges would the justice department face in deciding whether to indict meadows? >> this will be much harder than deciding to prosecute steve bannon the justice department has long maintained that it would be unconstitutional to bring contempt of congress charges against a white house official who claims executiv

she agreed to go to ebstein's palm beach estate. she recalls seeing a girl come out of the bathroom with epstein. both were in towels. >> she was very closed off, hold herself like this, and walking out with her head down. i know that look. >> she says that epstein was inappropriate with her she gave him a massage. she refused when he tried to take it further. she said epstein then offered to pay her $200 for every girl she brought to him. >>> california has been dealing with an influx of refugees from afghanistan, and the charities that support them are putting out the call to help. madison tv has the story. >>> in addition to the refugees, just a huge increase of need at the food banks for california residents, as we help those who are coming to california. we also need to help those in california currently. >> reporter: there is a demand for help right now, at food banks and refugee resettlement organizations, like opening doors. >> in july, opening doors welcomed 42 individuals, and in august, 160. >> reporter: the nonprofit is

she said epstein invited her and her mom to the palm beach house.she started to spend time there alone. he teen started too groom her where the massages turned into orgies with maxwell joining in. maxwell's defense team questioned jane's credibility saying she told the government in 2020 she didn't remember all the encounters and pointing out that she received $3 million as part after victims' comp fund. epstein's former house manager took the stand. he claimed epstein would receive two or three massages a day. and he was the one picking you have the girls. females were there all the time and the majority of the time they were topless by the pool. he did not witness anything happen in the massage room, but part of his job was to clean up after the epstein massage orgies. washing sex toys and returning them to a basket in epstein's closet. jeffrey epstein visited the white house 17 times during the clinton years. after a freedom of information act the log showed epstein would normally visit the west wing. a good indication he was there to see the pre

they started talking to her, and when they all realized they were from palm beach, florida, area, they in the fact that they were asking her for her phone number. and then later she told the court that when she got back to florida, that she was contacted by maxwell and epstein and that maxwell began talking to her about sex. she was inviting her over to jeffrey epstein's home, his mansion there in palm beach, florida, and she testified that jeffrey epstein told her that he could introduce her to talent agents and that then next thing she knew he was taking her to his pool house where she says he took down his pants and pulled her on top of him while he was -- she testified she was terrified and ashamed. she had never seen anything like what she saw on that day. she described similar incidents as well, saying he touched her in her private areas and that she was also forced to touch him. she said it included oral sex and intercourse. so obviously, anderson, this is very disturbing. the defense in this case for ghislaine maxwell said that none of this was true and that they said -- they t

then we take a visit to president trump's stomping ground in palm beach, the mar-a-lago club.exclusive interview with 45 on covid, china and the potential rematch with hillary clinton in 2024 as president trump reacts to the crime spree plaguing our country. >> they have to be met with force. we have to give the police back their dignity and their respect. maria: then, confusion and in-fighting. more questions about who is running the country. even joe biden cannot seem to get straight who is the president, and he refers to the vp once again as president. >> now, when president harris and i took a virtual tour of the center in arizona not long ago -- maria: plus, the democrats' massive tax and spend boondoggle is pushed into the new year, but questions about joe manchin's pushback forced kamala to explain away once again who's running the country. >> the real prime minister of this country, is it joe manchin or joe biden? >> come on, charlie, it's joe biden. no, no, no, no. it's joe biden. and don't start talking like a republican about asking whether or not he's president. an

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since i lived in palm beach. they lived in palm beach. i wish her well. whatever it is. >> brown is the reporter, brought it back into the light. author perversion of justice, the jeffrey epstein story. now the cohost of the sisters in law podcast. joins us now. as i said, truly let start with you. before we want to break, you are single-handedly responsible for us being at this point. thank you to your very tenacious reporting. in terms of the verdict, where the cases presented here. were you surprised by the outcome. given the difficulty of cases like this. >> it took quite a long time. it was 40 hours of deliberations. they asked for about 13 different transcripts of testimony. a various people. we knew that they were plotting through this. it was a very much a complicated charge. with the six different charges. different elements to recharge. they really had an enormous task ahead of them. we expected this morning. we asked whether they were going to be able to. whether the judge was going to ask them to stay over the holiday weekend. we start, i thin

>> en los ángeles , las hospitalizaciones han aumentado un 31% las últimas dos semanas miami y palm beachl control y prevención de enfermedades) , en la ciudad de new york el alcalde anunció una campaña de 10 millones de dólares para incentivar el refuerzo ha afectado a los restaurantes >> es difícil quedarnos sin trabajo porque no tenemos con qué pagar renta cómo mandar el sustento de la familia en méxico >> este restaurante de comida mexicana es una de una docena que cerró por coronavirus (covid-19) la semana de navidad también >> duro doloroso , pero creo que tenemos que ser responsables e inteligentes con nuestro personal con nosotros mismos >> pese que la mitad de casos positivos en el estado en la ciudad de new york el alcalde bill de blasio dice que no habrán cierres masivos maría noticias telemundo >> la ola de contagios atrapó dos senadores son los demócratas elizabeth de massachusetts y (nombre en inglés) de nueva jersey ambos dijeron haber contraido el virus a pesar de haber recibido la dosis de refuerzo ambos dicen que sus síntomas son leves y gracias a la vacuna no han empeor

i've met her numerous times over the years since i lived in palm beach. her well, whatever it is. >> whatever it is. investigative reporter take your word is the chasing ghislaine, streaming a documentary and discovery plus. been in the courtroom every day of the trial and joins me now. i guess first start with your big take aways from the first week of testimony vikki as one in the courtroom every day. >> chris i think the real shocking story of the week is the that the defense for ghislaine maxwell has really effectively knocked down the testimony from the government's main witnesses. you know, as you rately pointed out, jane, the pseudonym for accuseder number one, whose testimony was really shocking about being abused for many years by jeffrey epstein and so she said with ghislaine maxwell in the room, from the age of 14, was then, you know, the -- the defense really poked a lot of holes at that in their cross-examination by bringing up notes from interviews, the fbi had taken in the last two years with in accuser be, which directly contradicted what

host: fred in west palm beach, florida. independent. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i have been trying to get through, and, regarding the pandemic, i am retired right now but i worked for 70 years in the medical field. i am appalled at certain percentage of the population still not vaccinated. when that has been proven over -- host: what does this have to do with congress and the presidency? caller: well i just wanted to get back to -- they should get together and really work for the american people rather than being parshall on trying -- par tial on trying to keep their jobs. host: is there a way to judge the rate of partisanship in congress? guest: it is hard to capture with numbers empirically. i think it is worth noting that many large pieces of bills past due get bipartisan support. we have been talking about the bipartisan inver structure bill. that is what we called it, and that did get votes for members of both parties in both chambers. the big defense policy bill that passes every year, that will get bipartisan support. it is ce

any of these hospitals nationwide of which i think the last one that was built was down in west palm beach is a nightmare. and then on the other hand, i could watch over 10,000 criminal illegal aliens come into my country every single day. a quarter of a million a month, and they're being flown to the cities -- president biden: before i start, i want to report i will be signing a bill funding the government operations for the next few months. funding the government is a great achievement. it's a bare minimum we need to get done. bipartisan cooperation is worth recognition. i want to thank senator schumer and mcconnell and speaker pelosi for getting this done. i want to thank a substantial bipartisan vote in the senate for sending this bill to my desk today to avoid disruptions of government operations. i want to urge congress to use the time this bill provides to work toward a bipartisan agreement on a full-year funding bill that makes the needed investments in our economy and our people. from public health, education, to national security. now, for today's news. every year december brings

when an alleged victim testified this week she told the court she had been to epstein's palm beach home there? carolyn said maxwell and epstein were often there, but also testified that epstein brought two male friends on different occasions into the massage room. she never said who they were, nor was she asked by the prosecution to elaborate. she also haired how at other times older women joined in and how a different woman came another time. and there was more apparent equally last week. this time in the form of a video. in court prosecutors showed a 40-minute video taken in 2005 during a search of epstein's mansion. the video was hidden from public view and just shown to the jury. ghislaine maxwell's defense attorney argued it sent the impression his home was, quote, a domicile of debauchery, arguing 39 minutes of the video should have been in the public domain. the judge agreed with the defense, ruling that several photos from inside the home and a redacted version of the epstein palm beach house video can be published for the public despite being filed under seal. >> why would the

in palm beach. i wish her well, whatever it is. >> julie kay brown is "the miami herald" investigative reporter who brought the crimes back into the light, author of "perversion of justice: the jeffrey epstein story." joyce vance, former u.s. attorney of the northern district of alabama. julie, as i said before we went to break, you are i think single-handedly responsible, in some ways, for us being at this point thanks to your tenacious and dogged reporting. in terms of the verdict, what were the cases presented here? and were you surprised by the outcome, given the difficulty of making cases like this? >> well, you know, it took some -- quite a long time. it was 40 hours of deliberations. they asked for about 13 different transcripts of testimony of various people. so we knew that they were plodding through this. it was a very -- very much of a complicated charge with the six different charges and different elements to each charge. so they really had an enormous task ahead of them. so we expected,

a former house manager testified that many, many, many females went through the palm beach home.ou see nothing, hear nothing, say nothing except to answer a question. maxwell denies any wrongdoing. julie brown uncovered the scandal years ago. was at the courthouse today. she's the author, a perversion of justice. particularly the testimony and the atmosphere in the home. >> well, i think it was a good move calling alessi, this houseman today, because it follows after they had one of the victims testify yesterday, jane, and alessi to some degree corroborated what the victim said yesterday in that she was at epstein's house with maxwell when she was only 14 years old. and alessi recalls seeing her, so i think part of that was to corroborate what she had testified to the day before. >> and the house manager specifically recalled not just her. he specifically recalled two girls coming to the house he of them, jane, just mentioned, testified. defense tried to undermine jane's testimony from 20 years ago. did the house manager's testimony change much other than placing her there? >> it

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he also initiated a $100 million lawsuit against palm beach county for allegedly directing air trafficgested trump's mother may have made the with an orangutan. >> the color of his hair. [ laughter ] and the color of an orange orangutan is the only two things in nature of the same color. >> reporter: maher had promised to give $5 million to charity if trump provided a birth certificate. trump later withdrew the lawsuit. trump once sued author timothy o'brien for reporting in his 2005 book that trump was worth millions, not billions as trump had claimed. >> he sued us on the notion that i had lowballed his net worth and had somehow libelled him. >> reporter: trump's lawsuit was dismissed. donald trump also once filed suit against the government of scotland for allowing a wind farm to be built next to his golf course. the supreme court of the united kingdom ruled against him and trump still seemed to hold a grudge years later. >> if you -- if you have a windmill anywhere near your house, congratulations, your house just went down 75% in value. and they say the noise causes cancer. you te

ben in west palm beach, florida. yahoo! news offering assessment yesterday.hey say they are still over one million people out of work and the leisure and hospitality business. the labor secretary told yahoo! finance he was surprised by the total number of the jobs reports showing only 23,000 payroll gains in that sector on a seasonal basis. adding that is not where we wanted to be. employment in leisure and hospitality crater during the depths of the pandemics at bars, restaurants, museums and casinos closed. total payroll in the sector nearly halved, losing 8.2 million jobs. in missouri this is carol. good morning. caller: good morning. i watched all your c-span programs and biden talks about all these jobs he created over the past year makes my stomach turn. most of these jobs he created was jobs that was there before the pandemic. i keep hearing him say he is going to create jobs with this new bill. when he does then he can brag about it but these other jobs going right now, jobs that opened thanks to the rich states who pushed them to open up, finally ope

kate said she would later see epstein and maxwell several times a year in london, new york, and palm beachell asked her to come to her home after a masseuse canceled. kate said she was pressured into giving epstein a sexual massage in a dimly lit room. another time, kate found what she described as a schoolgirl' outfit laid out on her bed when she was staying at epstein's palm beach home. when she asked maxwell what it was for, maxwell allegedly said that it would be fun for kate to serve epstein tea in that outfit she said she later went to see epstein at the pool and that there he sexually abused her when the prosecution asked kate why kate had put on the outfit, she said she didn't know what the consequences would be if she refused. during cross examination the defense asked whether her history of drug and alcohol abuse affected what she remembered she said it did not. kate testified her contact with jeffrey epstein and ghislaine maxwell ended when she was in her early 30s. >>> a country run by its military it's killed hundreds of people since a coup earlier this year today in myanmar,

christmas but can they hit the deadline and will include tax hikes during the top women conference in palm beachown with the libby cantrill, she told me what the investment firm is expected in the final bill. >> a key party your job is to predict what is going to happen in washington, d.c. since there making multibillion-dollar decisions based on your outlook you can't let politics get in the way you have to call it like you see it. handicap the build back better plan, what will it look like and can it pass? >> that's a great point we emphasize what is likely to happen not what should happen so we don't overlay our political beliefs. we do think it will happen and may happen by year end or may slip to january or february with a high conviction that this will get done. the democrats are too far along politically to let it unravel. the price tag may go down. right now it's 1.9 trillion and it may land at 1.6 or 1.7. but an investment perspective this will get done. >> i want to talk about the inflation application but what are the tax increases that might make it. >> this is something super import

where you didn't have to be physically anywhere and people like ken griffin approving being in west palm beache just effective as in other parts of the country. that has created an effect, of fear of missing out. we have made it probably a 10 year progression in about 10 months. is, and it is him on that, he said that actually, it is hard to directly accept your paychecks in bitcoin. you have to accept it in dollars and then transfer it. how does the progression of how you are accepting your first paychecks? mayor suarez: you know, mayor elect adams has become a friend. we joke with each other and hit each other all the time. maybe it is difficult for him to do it. is easy for me to do it. i don't know if it is a generational thing. we use an app called strike. that allows us to convert it instantly. it is like a direct deposit feature. it directly deposits the money into a digital wallet. it is very easy for us to do and i'm doing it with a variety of different cryptocurrencies on my mayoral salary. we are the first city to do that in the country. paying our employees in bitcoin, we already h

afternoon, primary threat will be damaging wind gusts, a few tornadoes and isolated hail across west palm beach all the way to tampa also, charleston, south caroli can nade northeast feels like temperatures in some spots, tucson today toasty, 75 everyone is looking forward to that christmas eve and christmas day forecast coming up >> can't wait to hear it thank you. up next, conspiracy theorist alex jones is doing all he can to avoid the january 6th commission. >>> californiaui sng walmart for dumping nearly 1 million toxic items no landfills simply shake and spray to unlock the breakthrough power of touch-activated scent technology.no landfils that lo landfills.!ino landfil. that's because to landfillsess so you get bursts of freshness with every touch. your whole world will come alive. welcome home to fresh with febreze touch. la, la, la, la, la one role of a lifetime...one sore throat. but she had enough. she took new mucinex instasoothe sore throat lozenges. show your sore throat who's boss. new mucinex instasoothe. works in seconds, lasts for hours. most bladder leak pads were similar. unt

five times in the office but other prosecution questioning espinoza says she never worked at the palm beachbused the most and says she met them at age 14 before being taught personally by maxwell how to sexually satisfy epstein espinoza says she thought there was a loving relationship. maxwell charged with six sex-related trafficing counts pleading not guilty to all of them jane along with several of the prosecution's witnesses testified maxwell groomed them to have sex with epstein and engaged in orgies. the prosecution saying maxwell was a key part of learning teenagers into his orbit maxwell handed out a 58-page manual, distributed by staff with strict and specific rules, like never disclose mr. epstein or miss maxwell's activities or whereabouts to anyone and remember that you see nothing, hear nothing, say nothing. staffers were also ordered to keep a gun placed in a bedside table drawer legal experts believe the prosecution's visual evidence may be key >> they have been showing how close these two were, all of the inner personal dynamics. we've seen photos together of them kissing, tr

we traveled to palm beach, florida, this weekend to catch up with president trump, and i asked him about the virus. >> i think the origins are so obvious. they came out of the wuhan lab, and i think if anybody thinks anything differently, they're just kidding themselves. so you can ask -- china hasn't paid. they have to do something. they have to pay reparations. and china doesn't have the money to pay those reparations. i believe that worldwide -- i'm not just talking united states, worldwide -- $60 trillion of damage. 60 trillion. china doesn't have $60 trillion. but they have to do something to make up for what they've done. what they've done to the world is so horrible. it's been horrible. all over the world. and it doesn't stop. remember, biden was going to do a wonderful job on covid, right? he was going to do a wonderful job. he's done a horrible job. look at what's gone on. today we set a record on cases, a record. this was supposed to be a -- this would have been gone. and one of the reasons people don't take the vaccine is they don't trust biden. if you remember, they did the p