covid-19 pandemic but also saying that he wanted to gather this group of people together to talk about how the federal government can help them continue to make efforts to stock up store shelves for consumers as we head into the holiday season. we re going to continue to monitor this meeting for you and you can expect to hear more about what happened there throughout the day here on msnbc. we turn now to developing news in new york city. opening statements under way in the high profile section trafficking case against ghislaine maxwell, the long time confidant of convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein, accused of playing a central role in his international sex trafficking network with dozens of alleged victims. she was arrested in july, nearly a year after epstein died by suicide in his jail cell while he was awaiting trial. in this trial maxwell faces a narrower set of charges, six counts related to the recruitment, transportation, and abuse of four teenaged girls in the 90s.