Ed Chung guest hosts today's show. He is the Vice President for Criminal Justice Reform at American Progress.

Below are the topics he discussed, along with the guests he was joined by.

1. Gun Violence Prevention

Guest 1: Stasha Rhodes, Director of Advocacy for the Guns and Crime Policy team at American Progress

Guest 2: Nico Bocour, State Legislative Manager, Americans for Responsible Solutions
Tweets: @bocour

2. Trump Justice Department Wants to Return to Failed 'War on Drugs'

Guest 1: David Kennedy, Director for the National Network for Safe Communities, a project of John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Guest 2: Michael Collins, Deputy Director at the Drug Policy Alliance
Tweets: @DrugPolicyNews

3. The latest update on Trumpcare

Guest: Patrick Gavin, Reporter with Talk Media News
Tweets: @pwgavin

Ed's Twitter handle is @EdChungTweets. Before working at the Center for American Progress, he served as senior adviser on criminal justice, policing, and civil rights issues for the Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Justice Programs at the U.S. Department of Justice.

In that capacity, Chung coordinated a national initiative for building trust between the justice system and the communities it serves, as well as the Obama administration’s violence reduction and second-chance efforts under the My Brother’s Keeper initiative.

Chung also held positions in the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, including special counsel to the assistant attorney general and federal prosecutor with the Criminal Section, where he received the John Marshall Award for successfully prosecuting the first case under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009.

The website for "The Center for American Progress" is www.AmericanProgress.org and their Twitter Handle is @amprog.