carmel and deena major jim brainer, and from houston texos, mayor parker, and rick, the director of climate science watch, a project of the government accountability project. >> how do you navigate the politics to get things done? >> it's important to point out that everybody should want to live on a cleaner planet, breathe clean air and drink clean water. i point out to conservatives that the word conserve is the root of conservative, that it was republicans, teddy roosevelt, republican president set aside millions of acres of land for the national parks system, and thin president richard nixon that signed a bill establishing the e.p.a., started earth day, signing the data species act. clean water drinking act. traditionally if a party is involved with protecting the environment, it's been the republican party. it's important to point out the history to the republican party. it's something to engage. there's valid arguments about how much business regulation, how quickly it's done, whether it mandates. they are valid discussion points. obviously the republican party need to quit saying no,

actions met the legal definition of torture, but on thursday am a "new york times" executive order deena k wrote that since no one is facing prosecution, the current debate is less about the legal terms and more about whether the techniques were effective. "so from now on, the times will 'to the word 'torture describe incidents in which we know for sure that interrogators inflicted pain on a prisoner or an effort to get information." >> i am amy goodman. >> i am juan gonzalez. we turn now to iraq. president obama authorized airstrikes in an attempt to halt the sweeping advance by fighters from the militant group now known as the islamic state. obama becomes the fourth u.s. president in a row to order military action in iraq. the islamic state has captured large swathes of northern iraq and has advanced to more than half hour drive from the kurdish regional capital, erbil. >> up to 40,000 people, many of them immerse of the yazidi religious minority, it remain trapped in the sinjar mountains near the border with syria, surrounded by iraqi rebels and slowly dying of thirst. united states h

>>reporter: frank and deena made the trip from portland. >> we couldn't wait to get here so it was likeot going to let that stop us. >>reporter: it's also not going to stop the napa high indian from taking the field against riffal montgomery high on saturday. while the band practices fight song. >> when we my football we feed off all the energy of the crowd. >>reporter: napa wide receiver austin head varsity coach and troy and center longer? and king aren't only talking about team strategy. they are hoping to use tomorrow game to give the community an opportunity to forget about the pain of last sunday. >> we are a family and these moments it's really when it comes through. >>reporter: community shaken but not defeated. >> t-shirt like this and other mir chap dies they sell tonight and hope to raise fund and proceed help napa food bank.so they are asking that anyone who wants to help out they go to one of the sites that are sanction and you too can play a part in helping napa recover and stay napa strong. this is 7 news. >> unusual sight where banners hung in support of the visiting tea