situation yesterday where you had 208,000 new cases in france, another record set. it was the third in about five days that was set. that s how quickly it s going. if you look across the border in germany, max, it is just 1/6 of the i.c.u. beds currently available. that gives you an idea the pressure hospital systems are coming under. it is a matter of weeks the case loads we re seeing in so many european countries, max. melissa in paris, thank you. after five days of deliberation, a jury in new york has convicted ghislaine maxwell of helping jeffrey epstein sexually abuse teenage girls. maxwell now faces up to 65 years in prison. she was convicted of recruiting and grooming four girls for her former boyfriend and associate. justice has been done. i want to commend the bravery of the girls now grown women who stepped out of the shadows and into the courtroom. their courage and willingness to face their abuser made today s result in this case possible.
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maxwell s family left the courthouse without comment, but her brother later issued a statement saying they firmly believe in her innocence. no date has been set for sentencing. randi kaye has more on the testimony at the trial. reporter: a british socialite on trial focused for her twisted behavior. now guilty of the five of the six counts against her. the trial included key testimony from four women who alleged jeffrey epstein sexually abused them, and maxwell not only helped facilitate, but in some cases participated in that abuse. between 1994 and 2004. the women at the time were younger than 18. maxwell was among epstein s closest associates and helped him exploit girls who were as young as 14 years old. reporter: maxwell was found guilty of the most serious charge of sex trafficking a girl named carolyn between 2001 and 2004 when she was a minor and
they didn t remember or were lying for personal gain or adding maxwell at the government s suggestion. epstein s former pilots also testified. larry visoski flew for nearly 30 years. he called maxwell epstein 2, his go-to person. he testified he flew maxwell and epstein and high-profile passengers, but never saw any sexual activity on board the aircraft. in court, the defense tried to paint maxwell as a scapegoat for a man who behaved badly, that man being epstein who maxwell dated in the 198 the 90s. the two remained close after the relationship ended. he faced charges after running a sex trafficking ring. he took his life in prison while awaiting trial in 2019. so now it is ghislaine maxwell s term to answer for the crimes. and having just celebrated her 60th birthday in prison, she could spend the rest of her life behind bars.
other countries to its ever-expanding red list because it wants to cut off the main source of omicron in the country, which has been people returning to israel from overseas. the majority of the 175 identified cases of omicron in israel so far have been traced to people who have come back to israel from overseas, and that goes also for the 380 suspected omicron cases so far. jim? understood, elliott, thank you so much. we ll be staying in touch. still ahead this hour i ll speak with the ceo of a michigan hospital system who says its admissions are higher than at any other time in the pandemic, impacting staff as well as patients who need care for non-covid issues. plus this is officially a no. senator manchin single-handedly sinks the build back better plan. fellow democrats are saying they re going to make him go on the record with that no vote. this hour, closing arguments begin in the trial of ghislaine maxwell, the woman accused of helping jeffrey epstein abuse
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