. >> i am lynn jordan and i have lived in san francisco for 47 years and currently residing in supervisor yee's district. and i have spent 44 years focused on as a founding member of metropolitan community church of san francisco and sovy been participating in the full span of all of the lgbt history since 1967 and i continue to recognize the importance especially as i age of continuing to be finding ways to be active, engaged and supportive in the full spectrum of the definitions that are becoming my community, and my families of choice and many of who have lost to aids, and the inner personal relationships that i have established, my aging is increasing and it will require that i try to maintain my independence, and while i recognize my growing need for inner depent ans for the various services needed in this task force report. for over two years, i have been a volunteer for the open houses and the caring program and i bring with me as a journey of living into the now age 70 to the life affirming and life celebrating of lgbt senior community members who are often living in their invisib

ross lynn jordan, aljazeera, the state democratic. >> a sports update, including action from the traditionalurtain raiser, the annual par three contest. details coming up. al jazeera america. >> in the u.s. state of louisiana now, a coalition of environmental groups accusing it is oil industry of continue to go pollute their state. the coalition known as the green army hopes its lawsuit will hold big industry responsible. in part two of our series or climate change, we report from louisiana. >> for more than 30 years, retired lieutenant general served in the united states army but now fights a new bat toll save his state's environment. >> because of the impact of the oil extraction companies that have come here and basically had their way in the state of louisiana, they have hung their flag over the state capitol. >> he has watched for decades as state politicians turned a blind eye to pollution he says caused by the oil and gas industries in the gulf of mexico. he said it's easy to spot the abandoned wells and uncapped pipe lines. >> it took nature thousands of years to build we had lands b

and debit cards to refugee families that are registered in jordan and lebanon and turkey, those are branded and as i noted earlier, nancy lynn burgess sat with a group of women who said this represents our dignity and an environment where we have lost their homes and we have osterhaus and so we have lost or asked a ton of kids are not in school. so thank you to the american people. in other contexts. >> how are they branded? >> they have a grandfather from the american people, which is part of our branding effort, which has been actually studied and is also quite effective and is sometimes represented in both locally which as well as her own. and so anytime we provide cash assistance or food items or nonfood items like the plastic sheeting, those fingerprinted and identified her as we have expanded over the last two years efforts to use podcasting and other tools to help people see what we are doing and also to kind of learn what the needs are so that we are both projecting an american image that is more effective from a public diplomacy perspective and gathering information and helps us improve our response. communities in