guilty on five out of six charges here in federal court in manhattan. it was six days of jury deliberations in about 40 hours inside of those of that room, rather, here in manhattan as the jury continued to deliberate even asking for a white boards and pens and paper as they went through those counts bit by bit. so when the verdict was read, maxwell sitting in court pretty much motionless, didn t have much of a reaction there then she left the courtroom. maxwell facing six federal charges child sex trafficking and it sex trafficking conspiracy charges. prosecutors say she groomed and trafficked underaged girls as young as 1 years old to be sexually abused by her former boyfriend jeffrey epstein. the jury then requesting copies of the testimony from all four of her accusers after a long holiday break and asking the judge to clarify the definition of enticement, which is part of two of the charges maxwell was facing. during the more than two weeks of graphic testimony here in m
ghislaine maxwell faced six counts in her federal trial in new york related to what prosecutors say worker efforts to groom and traffic underage girls to be sexually abused by her then close companion jeffrey epstein. she has pleaded not guilty to the six federal counts. sex trafficking of a minor, enticing a minor to travel to engage in criminal sexual activity, transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, and three counts of conspiracy. the charges all relate to testimony from four women who say that maxwell facilitated their sexual abuse and sometimes participated in it as well. more than a decade ago, as far back as 1994, when they were under 18. is 83 page jury instructions and plan, some of the more the mike women are more important and the others age at the time because of the specific allegations. ghislaine maxwell s defense bought the entire time to undermine the accuser s memories and motivations during cross-examination as well as thr
More than 12,500 known got-aways just since october. meanwhile in del rio sector, the second busiest, there have been more than 800 migrant apprehensions in the last 24 hours. there have been almost 89,000 apprehensions since october 1st. that s up a staggering 238% over the same time last year and just over the christmas weekend, the del rio sector saw more than 2700 migrant apprehensions including the arrest of three sex offenders, bret? bret: you know, bill, after all the months you spent on the border and i know you are heading back that way in a few days, seeing all these challenges this year firsthand, what s the morale like for the border patrol down there? bret, it s absolutely rock bottom. and we talked to them every time we go out there on these trips. we talk to then out in the field. their biggest frustration right now is they feel like they have essentially been turned into social workers, always having to do paperwork or processing of a family unit. sometimes they fee
bret: among other things, president biden s first year in office was marked by a growing crisis on our southern border. authorities recorded more than 1.7 million migrant encounters in fiscal year 2021. correspondent bill melugin had a front row seat for months there on the border. bill joins us now from our west coast newsroom. good evening, bill. bret, good evening to you. the border crisis certainly has not taken a break over the holidays. we have got some brand new numbers, courtesy of a dhs source and we will get into those now. take a look at this. just in the last 24 hours, just in the rio grande valley sector alone, there have been more than 1100 migrant apprehensions since october 1st, the sector has seen over 136,000 encounters. that is up 160% over the same time period last year. on top of that, the rio grande valley sector has already seen
Going to be made? well, as it relates to the chicago public schools, they just said that they favor the shift to remote learning. they said that they have favored it, not necessarily that they are going to take that action, bret. bret: there s a lot of school districts that are pending that decision, probably in the next couple of days, mike, in chicago. thank you. the travel nightmare meantime in america s airports stretching into a sixth day, listen to this. more than 975 flights have been canceled so far today. that s on top of nearly 100 cancellations yesterday. travel experts say the situation could get worse as millions are expected to travel before the final busy days of the holiday season after the new year. airlines have blamed the mess on staff shortages on the omicron variant, vaccine mandates, and scattered winter storms. stocks were mixed today, the dow gained the 90. marking a record close for the first time since november 8th. also gave the dow a 6 day