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Join us this thursday for live coverage of the white house state dinner for justin trudeau. Beginning at 6 15 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Participants include federal judges, advocates and state attorneys general. Good morning. Welcome to the alternative sentencing key stakeholder summit. My name is aaron lipskar. Im the director of the institute. Along with our many partners that have collaborated, worked with us by producing this event today. We are privileged and honored you have joined us here as we take some time over the next few days to talk about and share our experiences and ideas regardi...

Inefficient system. There were, i think, a couple of months ago somebody looked at the Baltimore City jail and found that there were over 100 people there who were incarcerated for awaiting trial because they couldnt make bond of 100. The money bail system discriminates against poor people. It fails to take into account the most important criteria, the most important things we want to know when thinking about deta detaining somebody before trial, is the person likely to show up for trial, number within. Number two, is the person going to offend while he and i say he advisedly, its almost alway...

Stopping them from airing their views. Seems to me that smart people would realize that and that they have started to kind of make , either republican or democrat, but in name only. I mentioned donald trump on the republican side. Bernie sanders on the democratic side. My point is that if you boil it , they areenough coopting their party and airing their view on the ballots to get in the face. A party that welcomes independents will be more successful than most. Thank you. Guest thats an interesting point. I think it is in the partys interest to attract and incorporate as many as they can. We ...

Class or lower income, you know what happens to her relationship to her baby . What happens is that in a week or two weeks after birth, she is forced to separate herself from that baby and go back to work and earn enough income to take care of her family. That is wrong. A mom and a dad have the right to stay home with their newborn baby. [applause] and that is why together, we will pass legislation now in the congress guaranteeing three months paid family and medical leave. [applause] when we talk about what goes on in this country and billionaires buying elections and wall street putting all ...

Specialist four duran stood tall. And learning that two seriously wounded troopers were helplessly pinned down under fire, specialist four duran assaulted the enemy position on the run. He fired into the enemys foxhole, eliminating for and cutting down several others as they fled. You specialist four duran then again to poor effect fire on the fleeing enemy. His extraordinary heroism and selflessness above and beyond the call of duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States army. [applause] and accepti...