host: anne kim is our guest this morning. we're talking about her piece in in thegton monthly." eastern time zone, call 202-748-8000. in the mountain and pacific time zones, call 202-748-8001. a few jurisdictions have with riskail money assessment which helps judges to decide whether a defendant should be let free. can you explain how that system works? guest: pretrial justice reform is something that is in the works since 1960's. robert kennedy mentioned the injustice of cash bail back in the late 1960's when he convened a conference on the terrible consequences of deciding whether someone should go free based upon their wealth. been a few years that states have been able to come up with evidence-based tools to help judges decide who is a public risk and who is not. the gradual deployment of those tools is what is happening now. in alaska and colorado and kentucky and the district of columbia has not relied on cash bail since the 1960's, uses a risk-based system. host: you point to a study that suggests the longer low-risk d

anne kim wrote the article. she joins us now. good morning. can you explain how the cash bail system works and what exactly it is? guest: the purpose pretrial justice system is twofold. first, there is public safety. you arrest someone you think is dangerous, bail is intended to keep someone locked up. a threat toot public safety, you want to make sure you just show up in court. with the cash bail system does is fail to meet either of those goals. it reduces the question of someone's freedoms down to one thing, how much money you have. host: you tell the story of a 31-year-old man who lives in east baltimore. behad the bad luck to walking by as the police were getting ready for a raid. he was in a part of baltimore where police activity is not all that uncommon. house inking past a the police grabbed him, they thought he had come from the house and they took his car keys and searched his car. they told him they had found a gun. he had never owned a gun in his life. never an arrest that should have happened. it took the jury less than half an h

and washington monthly with senior writer ann kim. her article looks at cash systems the u.s. and the impact it is having on communities. be sure to watch washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on saturday morning. now, a discussion on russian hacking and the 2016

housing priorities for the donald trump administration and later washington monthly senior writer anne kim talks about the u.s. cash bail system and impact on communities. ♪ with the stroke of his pen through executive order, president donald trump has dramatically if not temporarily changed u.s. refugee policy for seven predominantly muslim nations. welcome to "washington journal" for this saturday, january 28, 2017. we will talk about that executive order for the first hour which could limit the entrance into the u.s. based on religion and our question for you this morning -- should the u.s. limit refugees based on religion? here is how to join the conversation --202-748-8000 for. republicans, 202-748-8001. independents and all others --202-748-8002. we welcome you to comment on twitter, we will read as many tweets as possible and post your comments on facebook.com/c-span. we hope to have the entire text of the executive order up and available on our facebook page and also at c-span.org. a headline from the new york times this morning, their front page is a picture of the march in washin

and washington monthly with senior writer ann kim. her article looks at cash systems the u.s. and the impact it is having on communities. be sure to watch washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on saturday morning. now, a discussion on russian hacking and the 2016 presidential election. taking part in the conversation is kansas senator pat roberts and paul saunders and george beebe, former george w. bush officials. >> welcome to the center for national interest. we will have an important conversation about russia and the issues with moscow and america's response. it is an important topic and something that a lot of people, a lot of journalists, a lot of people in congress are talking about so hopefully we will be able to shed some light in addition to a lot of noise we should find around town. this sadis -- this is a distinguished group. i will introduce chairman of the board, charles byte who has distinguished experience. and also with us the congressional commission on u.s. nation interests. the commission which actually made the recommendation before september 11th. r

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kim jong-un if there is a war. it is set to counter north korea's nuclear and missile threats. larry: some annerundel county students are set to return to a brand-new school. the school is located at 60 robinson road in severna park. the new school can hold more than 2100 students, 600 more than before. the old severna park high school is slated for demolition and will be made into a new set of athletic fields. atria: take a look at this -- scary ride for some 65 students in texas. bus, swerving to avoid a crash, careens off the road and slams into a ditch. >> we were scared. we started screaming. we w to turn over. autria: all 65 kids on board were taken to the er as a precaution. only 10 of them and the driver were treated, but none of the injuries were serious. larry: a consumer alert -- macy's is closing at least 70 of its stores, eliminating 10,000 jobs. this news comes after a disappointing holiday season for sales. the only store that will be closing in our area is at the landmark mall in alexandria. autria: we want to take you live with a look outside as a little snow is headed our way,

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anne hathaway, sandra bulk and rihanna. al. >> look at that cast. >> amazing. >> i mean, so now some rumors about all-star cameos, kim kardashian and her sister, kendallng the set for a scene that may take place at the met gala. interesting enough, art imitating life. the scene involve as jewelry heist. >> no? >> that's what we hear, which is interesting because kim k was recently held up in a paris hotel room. >> i don't -- i was in an entirely different country at the time. there's been some rumors, but i can put those to rest. >> you had no -- >> i was alone in the woods of british columbia. >> we were worried. >> how do we know you were, you said you were alone? >> i carved some things into a douglas fir tree when it comes i can lead the authorities to. >> do you find yourself tempted to carve your name? >> it's a balance between romance and >> if there was one item of clothing your spouse would throw out of your closet. what would it be? we'll tell you why we want to know in a few minutes. carrie underwood on her newest nomination, what fans can expect at next month's awards program after these messages. awards pr these [002:11:17;00] ♪ at whole

housing priorities for the donald trump administration and later washington monthly senior writer anne kim talks about the u.s. cash bail system and impact on communities. ♪ with the stroke of his pen through executive order, president donald trump has dramatically if not temporarily changed u.s. refugee policy for seven predominantly muslim nations. welcome to "washington journal" for this saturday, january 28, 2017. we will talk about that executive order for the first hour which could limit the entrance into the u.s. based on religion and our question for you this morning -- should the u.s. limit refugees based on religion? here is how to join the conversation --202-748-8000