will be some degree of protection. news tonight the fda panel has voted of authorizing merck's anti-viral pill for covid. it's the first anti-viral pill approved? >> reporter: the pill was found to be 30% effective. advisers questioned whether it would be safe for children and pregnant women. the final decision now goes to the fda, but this would be the first anti-viral covid pill you can take at home with a prescription. david? >> another tool perhaps. stephanie, thank you. we turn to the difficult testimony in the sex trafficking trial of ghislaine maxwell, jeffrey epstein's friend and alleged aye co alleged accomplice. the witness claiming epstein began assaulting her when she was 14. here's abc's erielle reshef. >> reporter: tonight, socialite ghislaine maxwell, close associate of convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein, face