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Happening now, breaking news. The jury just found Galane Maxwell guilty of five counts related

to her role in Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse of young girls. Our experts are standing by to break down the verdict.

The other major story we're following a new CDC forecast for rising COVID deaths in the

coming weeks as new cases hit an all-time high. This comes as the Biden administration is on the

defensive over its new isolation guidelines and growing confusion. Also tonight

public schools in the nation's capital are taking a dramatic step to stop the rapid

spread of COVID requiring negative tests before students and staff can return

next week. I'll talk live with Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser.

Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world.

Will Flitzer is off today, I'm Jim Acosta and you're in the situation room. This is CNN breaking news.

And let's get straight to the breaking news.

And let's get straight to the breaking news, the verdicts and the sex trafficking trial of

Delane Maxwell. CNN National Correspondent Jason Carroll is working the story

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