will watson, american legion post and john gallagher, senior america's reporter, trade fair play magazine. [applause] i also want to welcome our c-span and public radio and online audiences on press.org. i want to remind you you too can follow the action on twitter using the hashtag npclunch. as 25th commandant of the united states coast guard, admiral paul zukunft leads the largest component of the department of homeland security. the non-retired coast guard those some 80,000 personnel including active duty reserve civilian volunteers with a budget of about $8.1 billion, down a bit from last year. members operate icebreakers in the arctic ocean and help medicaid recent events like the migrant crisis coming over, the greenpeace blockade protests against the royal dutch shell, execute counter drug operations in the caribbean and provide security in the u.s. and in some places as far a way as the south china sea. they respond to natural disasters such as hurricane katrina, and human caused disasters such as the deeper rise in oil spill in the gulf of mexico. the coast guard rescues more tha

well watson, deputy commander of the national press club's american legion branch and john gallagher,enior america's reporter for maritime and trade fair play magazine. [applause] i also want to welcome our c-span and public radio and online audiences on press.org. i want to remind you you can follow the action on twitter using #ncc lunch. lunch. leads a large component of the department of homeland security. the non-retired coast guard boasts 89,000 personnel including active duty, reserve, and civilian volunteers with a budget of $8.1 billion. down a bit from last year. members of the coast guard operates in the arctic ocean and mitigate recent events like the crisis coming over. the greenpeace blockade protest against shell. andations in the caribbean providing security and the u.s. and some places as far away as the south china sea. they respond to national disasters like hurricane katrina, we are marking that event a little later, and human causes such as the deep horizon orioles bill -- oil spill. the coast guard rescues more than 3000 people each year and searches for boaters w

gallagher, al jazeera, new orleans, louisiana. >>> protest over young men at the hands of police. some are calling an epidemic of police violence. john hendren reports. >> reporter: on chi's most storied streets, the demonstrators feign death. the state of recent deaths of young black men in police custody have focused world attention on places like baltimore and ferguson, missouri. but here in chicago they say police abuse and unjustified killings have gone on for decades. ♪ the whole damn system is guilty as hell ♪ >> the chi theater pass a facade owned by a presidential candidate to protest killings of black and poor by metropolitan police. >> you don't seize anyone higher, sexually assaulted by police but you do see that often for black and brown citizens. >> the city has paid $85 million to victims of torture and it settle aside a $5.5 million fund for others. commanders john burge was convicted of overseeing torture of inmates. >> i listened to the victims of torture and it's literally outrageous. i don't know how you can listen and not get involved. >> they want to elect a civilian oversight board because 220 people have been

let's go to trace gallagher who gives us background on this from our west coast news room. >> the wisconsin supreme court has put a stop to the johngh investigation saying law enforcement was investigating crimes that were not crimes. under the law prosecutors had authority to seize documents and compel people being investigated to stay silent. critics say this is a partisan prosecution searching for evidence to discredit republican governor scott walker. the investigations included series of predawn raids by heavily armed police. in 2011 she says when police pounded on her door she was completely undressed and was afraid police would shoot her dog. she has filed a civil rights lawsuit challenging the prosecutor's action. another walker associate claims her kids were frightened to death when police stormed her house and she was not read her rights, was told to not mention the raid and to not call a lawyer or she would be hit with contempt of court charges. the same scenario allegedly took place eight more times. critics call it bullying by people with badges and law degrees saying the targets were guilty of nothing more than their