child sex trafficking and sex trafficking conspiracy charges after prosecutors say she groomed and trafficked underage girls to be sexually abused by her close friend and former boyfriend jeffy epstein. some of the girls were only 14 years old. during the more than two weeks of testimony here in manhattan the court heard from four women who were underage when she coerced them. they said she would sometimes watch the abuse and even take part. if convicted she is facing life in prison. she has pled not guilty to all of the charges. back to you. julie: alex, thank you very much. trace: omicron driving new cases to record levels creating a major challenge as state and local governments across the u.s. struggle to maintain critical services amid growing staff shortages. welcome to a brand-new hour of america s newsroom, i m trace gallagher. bill and dana have the day off.
to fall and begin this fire. as of right now 14,654 people are without power as the utility company works to try to prevent more fires as the strong santa ana winds whip through this area. sandra: oats a developing situation there. a lot of people in danger in harm s way. bill: they expect the winds to kick up late last night and they have in the northern part of the state. in the meantime chaos in southern california. halloween party, three people dead after gunfire broke out. a manhunt is underway at this hour. 6:00 in the morning the sun hasn t come up. we ll get the latest on the investigation what happened there. sandra: plus was jeffy epstein s death a suicide or murder? one prominent forensic pathologist saying the evidence points in one direction only. dr. baden s bombshell claims coming up.
most democrats, regard as noxious, they ll be in trouble. play to your strength, mr. president. you ve done a lot. you have only spoken about a third or half of what you ve done. stick to that. push them on the policy issues. point out what the leading candidates for the democrat nomination stand for and that s a winner. that s a 45-state winner. bill: another rally in cincinnati ohio coming up in a few days. thanks for coming back today. 27 past. fox news alert. jeffy epstein is back before a judge today. federal judge expected to decide whether to grant him bail. we re live in the courthouse on that. heather: we ll meet the republican challenger stepping up to run against alexandria ocasio-cortez in 2020. her name is scherie murray. she says the narrative on the national level needs to be dialed back and she will join us live to explain what she means up next. i do believe that aoc has
looking to campaign for them. can they get more into the house and win? absolutely not. i ll tell you why, bill. there is a dysfunction here in new york state politics both on the democratic side and under the new leadership of chairman langworthy, the new york stay republican party is retooled and ready to go out and win races. bill: we ll see how you do. thank you for your time. heather: good luck. bill: queens, new york, nice to see you. heather: we ll switch to fox news alert now. later this morning a federal judge will decide whether jeffrey ep stone will be released on bail. we re live outside the courthouse. good morning. good morning. we should know shortly after 11:30 this morning whether the judge will release jeffrey epstein on bail. the prosecution and epstein s
accusers are urging the judge not to release them on bail calling him a danger to girls and they re also calling him an extreme flight risk. the government is pointing to a passport discovered in a locked safe inside his new york city mansion that has his picture and fake name as evidence he will likely flee the country before his trial. the austrian passport had stamps and listing a saudi residence is from the 1980s. defense says the passport expired 32 years ago and the only reason he had it was to protect himself in case he needed to conceal his jewish faith because hijackings in the middle east were prevalent in the 80s. his lawyers have also refused to release more information about his finances but they promised the judge he will see more if he is granted bail. now epstein s lawyers argued he is being discriminated against because he is worth more than $559 million. meanwhile epstein s conduct during his 13-month stint in a