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Mass Invasion Force Swarms Border AGAIN – US Forces ATTACKED, Fire GAS - Duration: 6:04.
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About 150 migrants attempt to climb over US-Mexico border, clash with border agents - Duration: 1:24.
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Admiral warns U.S. that China's navy could sink two aircraft carriers - Duration: 6:06.
A Chinese Admiral said recently that his country's military is capable of sinking American aircraft carriers in the East and South China Seas
Rear Admiral Luo Yuan's comments were made in a speech on Sino-U.S. relations which he gave on December 20, according to News Corp Australia Network
Luo said that sinking American ships would resolve the ongoing territorial disputes in that part of the world
'What the United States fears the most is taking casualties,' Admiral Luo said.He estimated that sinking an American carrier would result in the deaths of 5,000 servicemen and women
Sinking two such ships would double the casualty toll to 10,000.'We'll see how frightened America is,' he said
Luo, 67, holds the rank of rear admiral in the People's Liberation Army Navy, though he is acting in an academic capacity rather than as an active service member
He is the deputy head of the Chinese Academy of Military Sciences.An author, social commentator, and military theorist, Luo has been known to express hawkish, anti-American views in the past
In his remarks to the 2018 Military Industry List summit in Shenzhen. Luo boasted of China's weapons capability, which includes anti-ship ballistic and cruise missiles that could hit American carriers
Luo said that the U.S. was vulnerable and that China should 'use its strength to attack the enemy's shortcomings
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S. have been at odds for years on a number of geopolitical issues, including Beijing's pressing of territorial claims in the South and East China Seas
In the South China Sea, the United States has criticized China's construction of islands on tiny reefs and shoals and its installation of military facilities on them, including air strips and docks
China claims 'irrefutable' sovereignty over most of the South China Sea and the islands in it, and accuses the United States of raising military tension with its navy presence there
Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam all claim parts of the waterway, through which about $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes each year
Taiwan also claims the waters.Taiwan is another sensitive issue that divides the U
S. and China. In Beijing, the island is considered a breakaway province that must be unified with the mainland, even if it means using military force
But Taiwan, which is formally known as the Republic of China on Taiwan, insists on autonomy
The democratic province, which receives American weapons and aid, does not want to come under Chinese rule
Luo warned the U.S. not to intervene in the Taiwan-China dispute.'If the US naval fleet dares to stop in Taiwan, it is time for the People's Liberation Army to deploy troops to promote national unity on (invade) the island,' he said
'Achieving China's complete unity is a necessary requirement.'The achievement of the past 40 years of reform and opening-up has given us the capability and confidence to safeguard our sovereignty
'Those who are trying to stir up trouble in the South China Sea and Taiwan should be careful about their future
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Police search for shooter after US Postal Service worker shot in Elk Grove Village - Duration: 1:56.
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Nuclear envoys of S. Korea and U.S. discuss Kim Jong-un's New Year's speech - Duration: 0:37.
Nuke envoys of Seoul and Washington started the year working closely together.
According to the nation's foreign ministry, Special Representative for Korean Peninsula
Peace and Security Affairs, Lee Do-hoon, spoke on the phone with his American counterpart
Stephen Biegun early Wednesday for about thirty minutes.
The two diplomats exchanged views on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's New Year's speech,
discussed the latest developments in America's communications with the regime and planned
their strategy for denuclearization and peace on the Korean Peninsula.
The duo last met in person just over a week ago when Biegun was in Seoul for the 2nd round
of South Korea-U.S. working-level talks.
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U.S. Border Patrol Overwhelmed Dealing With Rampant Migrant Illnesses - Duration: 3:49.
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U.S. Exits Corrupt U.N. Agency, Fed-Up Nikki Haley Shows Them Who's Boss - Duration: 5:15.
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Why fixing the US bail system is tricky - Duration: 6:22.
This graph shows local jail inmates in the United States.
In the past twenty years, that population has shot way up.
And there's something surprising about that rise.
You can see it if you only look at inmates with convictions.
Around 1999 that population leveled off, meaning most of the rise came from this group: non-convicted
prisoners.
Every day in the US, nearly half a million people sitting in local jails haven't been
convicted of anything.
Why are most of them there?
Because they can't afford cash bail.
In 2009, the last year relevant federal data was released, the median bail was $10,000
for felony defendants, much higher than many Americans can afford.
And in a 2014 analysis of New York City jails, researchers found that only 14 percent of
people given bail were able to pay at their initial hearing.
Now, lawmakers and activists are trying to get rid of cash bail.
When bail is set unreasonably high, people are behind bars only because they are poor.
And I congratulate California to help lead the effort to do away with cash bail.
A bill to reform New Hampshire's bail system now headed to the Governor's desk.
Courts are starting to eliminate cash bail, but that's creating another problem: What
comes next?
Let's look at someone committing a minor offense, like breaking an open container law.
They are arrested and brought before a judge, who typically has three options.
Deny bail and keep the defendant in jail until trial,
release them without bail, which might include monitored supervision,
or set bail.
Cash bail is intended as collateral.
It's supposed to be used to make sure people show up for their trials — not as a punishment
or a way to imprison.
If the defendant pays bail, they can go free until trial.
And when they return to court and their trial ends, they get their money back.
But if they don't have enough money for bail, they go to jail.
In 2013, the average number of days detained pretrial was 28 for Philadelphia defendants
with bail of 2000 dollars or less.
During that time a person's life can fall apart.
If they don't show up for work, they can lose their job.
If they are a parent, a child loses their caregiver.
And if they live in a shelter, their housing is gone.
While in jail, it's likely they will be given the option of pleading guilty.
With so much on the line, many people choose to plead guilty instead of waiting for a trial.
That deal gives them their freedom, but a criminal conviction has long-term consequences.
Particularly for someone's ability to find work or housing.
Cash bail isn't fair.
For those who can't afford it, the system presents a series of problems that wealthier
defendants are often able to avoid.
The only difference between the two paths is how much money you have, not how guilty
you are.
So what's a better alternative?
D.C. courts effectively eliminated cash bail in 1992.
Instead, judges use risk assessments to inform pretrial release decisions.
If the person breaking an open container law had been arrested in DC, a court official
would enter data about them into a risk assessment.
Algorithms analyze the data, and the defendant is scored for their likelihood to commit new
crimes and return for trial.
In most assessments, those results are delivered to the judge with a pretrial release recommendation
that they can choose to follow at their own discretion.
Risk assessments are supposed to help ensure that a judge's decisions are accountable
to an objective standard, instead of just a hunch.
The data is encouraging.
In 2017, 94% of defendants were released pretrial, 88% of those returned for every single court
date, 86% weren't arrested during that time.
And overall the decision to remove cash bail saves D.C. courts close to $400 million a
year.
As more courts consider eliminating cash bail, it's likely that risk assessments will be
used instead.
But that's raising a concern that one biased system is being traded for another.
Risk assessments use data about defendants' criminal histories without always considering
other factors.
And social prejudices and over-policing make it more likely that low-income and minority
Americans will have prior convictions.
Reformers worry that relying on a score that doesn't acknowledge that bias risks perpetuating
it.
The ACLU even decided to oppose California's decision to eliminate cash bail, in part because
of the debate over risk assessments.
Let's say our defendant accepted the plea deal after being arrested for an open container.
Then they get arrested again, for another low-level offense, like shoplifting.
The conviction from their earlier guilty plea would increase their risk assessment score
— making it more likely that a judge sends them to jail this time.
But the assessment wouldn't show that they pleaded guilty because they couldn't afford
to stay in jail awaiting trial after being unable to afford bail.
On the plus side, judges also have other tools to inform their decisions.
Conditional release programs give judges more pretrial release options, including drug testing,
in-person check ins, and electronic monitoring.
Still, those programs cost courts money and can be invasive for defendants.
Less intensive support services like sending court reminders and providing transportation
can also increase the chance that people return for trial.
Providing additional pre-trial options and services can help reduce the likelihood that
judges become over-reliant on risk assessments — or resort to their first option: keeping
defendants in jail.
Because US judges are elected by voters, they're incentivized to keep people locked up.
When you're running to keep your job, you don't want to be the judge who let the violent
criminal go free before trial.
Using money to decide who goes to jail creates two very different paths: one for those who
have money and one for those who don't.
And while alternatives present their own problems,
having more steps in the process can mean
that fewer defendants overall are funneled to jail while waiting for their trial.
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