And abused by the prince. A jury in new york has found the british socialite Ghislaine Maxwell guilty of having helped the late financier, Jeffrey Epstein, sexually abuse teenage girls. The jurors found the sixty year old guilty of another four charges connected with procuring the victims and facilitating the abuse. She was found not guilty on one other charge. The defence team is expected to appeal against the verdict. The convictions mean maxwell faces the possibility of spending the rest of her life in prison. Im joined now by our correspondent nomia iqbal, whos outside the courthouse in manhattan. Just talk us through what happened in court. The just talk us through what happened in court. ,. , in court. The ury had been deliberating in court. Thejury had been deliberating for in court. Thejury had been deliberating for nearly in court. Thejury had been deliberating for nearly six. In court. The jury had been i deliberating for nearly six full days on the fate of Ghislaine Maxwell.
Been signed. Experts say those tests are weeks away if not longer. Mike peter doocy gets us started from the white house northline. Good afternoon, peter. Good afternoon. A lot of questions here at the white house today about backing up this big promise for half a billion tests by next month. The government telling us theres going to be a new website where people can go to request a test for free to be sent to their house, but so far we dont have much on timing. We dont know how many tests each person is going to be able to order for free. We also dont know exactly how they are going to back this up. Because, as the New York Times is reporting today, and as jen psaki confirmed in the clip youre about to see, they still havent signed the contract yet. Why is it you guys are promising 500 million tests next month if you havent even signed a contract . We have no concern about the contract being finalized. We are working to finalize the contract. If it is so easy to get tests, why dont pe
Mistook her gun for her taser. The courts website says there is an outcome in the case, which is somewhat vague, but all indications are that it is a verdict. And well bring it to you live as soon as its read in the courtroom. First, though, on this Christmas Eve eve, millions of families are making lastminute decisions as the Omicron Variant explodes and for some it is a wrenching choice. Get together and risk spreading the virus to elderly relatives or kids too young to get vaccinated, or spend another christmas apart. For some the choice is either when all of the adults getting together are vaccinated and boosted, or families in which some or all people are not vaccinated, though, its not hyperbole to say that the gathering could end in severe illness or look. Wherever you live, theres line after line of people waiting to be tested, trying to be safe and be sure they test negative. But rapid tests can be unreliable and pcr results could take days to come back. The Testing Apparatus
Leader Mitch Mcconnell while he was answering questions from reporters. How his team is responding to growing concerns about the republicans health, including from some leading republicans. Also ahead, Rudy Giulianis lies about the 2020 election are catching up with him legally and financially. Well explain yesterdays ruling by a judge. Meanwhile, two of Donald Trumps codefendants in the Georgia Election interference case now are requesting separate trials. Well have the latest on a possible timeline in that case. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is thursday, august 31st. Im willie geist. With us this morning, the host of way too early, White House Bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. We do begin again this morning with Tropical Storm now idalia. It weakened overnight but still making its way through the carolinas, dropping massive amounts of rain, flooding streets, causing widespread Power Outages. Charleston, South Carolina, recorded its fifth highest tide ever as the s
and msnbc contributor who has extensively covered the hunter biden case and barbara mcquaid, former u.s. attorney who is now a professor at the university of michigan law school, also an msnbc legal analyst. so, mike memoli, bring us up to speed on what is happening as of right now. reporter: well, jose, this proceeding is now been under way just shy of an hour. the judge proceeding over this courtroom at 10:03 p.m. and where it appears to be on the latest information handed to me a moment ago, they re now going through the particulars, the prosecutors are detailing some of the aspects of hunter biden s personal finances that led to two of the charges that he s agreeing to plead guilty to today involving the failure to pay federal taxes. the two biggest headlines, the two potential wild cards that could have made what would be a routine hearing more complicated. the judge appears to agree with the prosecutors in terms of the plea agreement itself, that the charges are appro