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Policing DNA, Digital Government, "Super Gang" Trial


Coming up on today's show:
<ul><li>Yesterday in Washington D.C., a group of former top military leaders warned that climate change is a direct threat to military infrastructure and the security of the nation. Here to comment are retired Navy Admiral <a href="http://www.met.psu.edu/people/dwt12">David Titley</a>, an expert in the field of climate and national security, and <a href="https://www.newamerica.org/our-people/sharon-burke/">Sharon Burke</a>, senior adviser for the <a href="https://www.newamerica.org/resource-security/">Resource Security program</a> at think tank <a href="https://www.newamerica.org/">New America</a>.</li>
</ul><ul><li>Two years ago, Detroit barely survived the nation's largest municipal bankruptcy ever. Now, the city's downtown is booming with new construction, and some long-time residents in outer-lying, mostly-abandoned neighborhoods feel left behind. WDET’s <a href="http://wdet.org/author/56/">Quinn Klinefelter</a> reports.</li>
</ul><ul><li>The biggest street gang trial in recent history has begun in Chicago. It is expected to include months of testimony that shed new light on the violence plaguing the city. <a href="https://twitter.com/seidelcontent?lang=en">Jon Seidel</a>, Federal Courts Reporter for the <a href="http://chicago.suntimes.com/">Chicago Sun-Times</a>, talks about the Hobos gang and how this trial relates to the rise of gun violence.</li>
</ul><ul><li>We teamed up with PRI's radio program American Abroad to host a global town hall discussion about what the world expects to hear from the next president of the United States. Our panelists included <a href="https://ninakhrushcheva.wordpress.com/">Nina Khruscheva</a>, professor of international affairs at The New School, and <a href="http://sps.nyu.edu/academics/departments/global-affairs/about/faculty/michael-oppenheimer.html">Michael Oppenheimer</a>, professor of international relations at New York University.</li>
</ul><ul><li>Local police jurisdictions have increasingly been creating their own DNA databases, which exist outside of federal regulation. Our guest <a href="http://bensalempolice.org/about/command-staff/director-fred-harran/">Frederick Harran</a> is the director of public safety of the <a href="http://bensalempolice.org/">Bensalem Police Department</a> in Pennsylvania, and his department began creating a DNA database in 2010. Also joingin us is <a href="http://www.opd.state.md.us/opd/Divisions/Forensics/ForensicStaff.aspx">Stephen Mercer</a>, chief attorney for the Forensics Division of the Maryland Office of the Public Defender, to discuss issues of consent and predictive policing associated with the practice.</li>
</ul><ul><li>We're teaming up with our partners at PRI and WGBH's <a href="http://blogs.wgbh.org/innovation-hub/" target="_blank">Innovation Hub</a> to explore some of the most pressing innovation challenges that will likely face our future president. <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ostp/about/leadershipstaff/smith" target="_blank">Megan Smith</a>, U.S chief technology officer at the <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/08/30/president-obama-host-white-house-frontiers-conference-pittsburgh-pa" target="_blank">White House</a> and a former Google executive, weighs in on the future of digital government and considers how best to harness the power of data for good.</li>
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