chance at ri. >> welcome to joorms. i'm stephanie sy. here are the stories we're following for you. relief for west virginia residents. water is turned back on for designated areas. former israeli prime minister ariel sharon is laid to rest. the motor city shows off the latest cars and trucks at the detroit auto show. if the supreme court is looking at a potential landmark case concerning president obama. the high court will examine whether or not the president

overstepped his authority when he unilaterally declared the senate was in recess and appointed three members to the national labor relations board. libby casey, good afternoon. why is this case so important? >> we'll watch for the decision made by the supreme court late july when they round out their term and at the heart of this case is whether or not a president in this case, president obama can make appointments when the congress is out of town. the white house says if the congress is gone the president can move forward and not only nominate people to serve on boards to serve as judges but also can go ahead and install them. senate republicans have a very different interpretation. they say if the senate's out of town doesn't necessarily mean it's on an official recess. recesses technically only happen twice a year, in between sessions. senate republicans are pushing back and saying those

appointments were out of bounds. after oral arguments, one of the senators mike lee of utah a lawyer by training addressed reporters in front of the supreme court. he says the days of horse and buggy are gone. it's no longer necessary for the president to make appointments so quickly. >> it has been altered to some degree by virtue of the modern reality, that the senate can be brought back into session at really a moment's notice within 48 hours or so it can be brought back in. but again it's -- a lot of it is a procedural question. it relates to whether or not the senate has acknowledged that it is not in session. >> the republicans say it's up to them to declare that they are not in session. a very different argument stephanie saying 14 presidents have made necessary appointments

over the years. this is part of what the president needs to do when the senate is out of town. >> is the balance of power really what is at stake here? >> absolutely is a question of where the authority lies. in the executive branch in the white house or in the legislative branch in the senate. and the solicitor general argued today that a key component of the white house's ability, the president's ability to put into office who he deems appropriate, is being able to use these recess breaks as a time to put folks in. it comes down to politics though stephanie because senate republicans have been accused of obstructionism, of block even basic nominees that the president has put forth. that's why the white house has said it needs this able to go ahead and act even if the senate won't comply. on the other hand republicans the key group here in the senate say that it's up to the senate to decide if they're in session or not and that they don't want the president extending his power when they are not in town.

but of course the senate is the one that sets the schedule, stephanie. they go into a pro forma session, the fact is do they actually need to be here in person or about a technicality. >> it is a fascinating case, libby casey, thanks. residents in some parts of west virginia can open their taps again. the state is liftings water restrictions for designated areas, thursday's chemical spill left 300,000 people without tap water. governor earl tomblin made the announcement after the contamination levels had fallen. >> the do not use order has been lifted in some areas. >> jonathan has the word from

the area. >> use their tap water zone by zone, they really don't want the system to be overrun so they're notifying customers when they can use their water again. now we do know the process involves them flushing out their pipes for about 20 minutes. the governor told us today the government has been testing over 200 samples and they now pleat federal standards. the company responsible for the chemical spill, freedom industries, investigators want to know how it land from the storage containers and wanted to know mowg it took to notify the authorities. >> jonathan martin, reporting from west virginia. the moral monday protestless are spreading to georgia. the demonstrations are in response to what some call extreme right wing demonstrators are scheduled to gather during these pñññññ?ç

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georgia they are talking about denying medicaid expansion where they will deny thousands of people, over 6000,000 people are u at 4:00 eastern just how effective it is, stephanie. >> robert ray reporting to us from washington, thank you.

ariel sharon was put to rest saturday. robert ray has more from outside sharon's home in the desert. >> an exceptional soldier, a commander who knew how to win. a leader who growthed a dream, a man who charmed us all. even during the most difficult hours. >> they remembered his long military career, his dramatic political fall and return to power and the nickname he used all life, arc. >> translator: arik understood that in matter matters of security, we need to stand firm. >> he had a north star that guided almost. a north star from which he never in my observation, never are deviated. his north star was the survival

of the state of israel. >> the man once dubbed king arek for his battle field victories, sharon loved this land. it's israel's largest private farm and before the funeral, we met visitors the his burial site which is next ohis wife's. soldiers who fought for him, brothers,. >> translator: he developed the gaza settlement and then sunlt disengaged she said, it made no sense. >> within range of militant rockets, so police employed a security blimp. >> a full security umbrella taking place. 800 border police working on a

security level. >> the funeral wasn't interrupted. his sons read the hebrew is prayer for dead. the plan who people here called a war hero, who some palestin palestinians called a criminal. >> landed within a few miles of sharon's burial site. a reminder, the sharon family farm is within rocket rake of gaza. >> today an important meeting ahead of talks. secretary of state john kerry met with the arab league envoy and russia's prime minister. some of the possibilities are pushing for prisoner exchanges in the country and ultimately a cease fire.

around the embattled syrian city of aleppo. that is focus of the strongest fighting. >> we talked about the possibility of trying to encourage a cease fire, maybe a localized cease fire beginning with aleppo. and both of us have agreed to try to work to see if that could be achieved. the opposition has already agreed that if the assad regime was agreeable to do that. >> focused talks on syria is expected to be held in switzerland later this month. >> the government rebel forces say a cease fire would be signed if they were freed. a u.s. special envoy and other mediators continue to try to broker a deal in neighboring ethiopia. senator john mccain showed

his support of the journalists in egypt. producers mohamed fahmy, baher mohamed, and peter greste, al jazeera says the allegations are fabricated and is demanding their release. the other two journalists are from our are th sister channel. they have been detained for five months now. first day of the international car show in detroit.

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target ceo says the company will take significant changes following the massive data breach that hit the company over the holiday shopping season. the company is working with law noarmt issues but didn't go into detail on how to prevent such attacks in the future. the me men's warehouse, calg on joseph a. bank, men's clothing retailer has been trying to block a $1.6 billion hostile bed from men's warehouse. lulu lemon the upscale clothing maker, company has said it has seen a meaningful reduction of business last month. lulu lemon had to recall some of its popular yoatio yoga pants ar customers claimed they were too

sheer. north american auto show in droi, the model of the f-150 features an all aluminum body. bisi. >> showcase all of theirs products to the public which in turn could generate sales. now it wasn't that long ago back in 2009 when the recession hit, these auto makers were hit very hard but they've come a long way in a short time. u.s. auto sales have rebounded, plants are hiring again, and the global appeal of american made cars is rolling. the u.s. auto industry is riding high. last year, auto makers are sold

more cars than ever before. vast improvement compared to just four years ago, when the recession hit, vehicle dropped to 10.4 million. >> the auto industry has come back to fight another day. today is thriving. a professor recalls the days of 2009 when general motors, chrysler and ford were running on empty. the u.s. government under the obama administration bailed out both gm and chrysler and ford found financial relief in federal loans. >> that had to happen to help extricate themselves, and the problems were found by management and by union organizations. >> next major restructuring which included job losses, plant closures and union concessions. gone were the days of generous health benefits and the $25 an

hour factory job. >> people in the industry knew there would be another day. >> i think it's a come back year and it's just the beginning. >> in a dazzling display of hot wheels and new innovations, the international auto show is kick off the 25th year in detroit. >> today's marketplace was a lot different than when we were young. i grew up with the big 3, ford, gm and chrysler. there's hyundai, toyota, and honda. and this is a global market plate. >> the auto makers wouldn't be investing in the kind of money to build any of these exhibits were the business not there. and you could feel the confidence, you could feel the

optimism, it's a very, very exciting time. >> reporter: they are back on the road to recovery but in a short time the u.s. auto industry has traveled far. >> and we are expected to see about 50 or more vehicles unveiled dural the auto show. stephanie, this is the f-150 pickup truck, as you mentioned, made of aluminum, lighter than more vehicles and a whole lot more fuel efficient. this is one of the most popular vehicles so far this week or today, here with the auto show back to you. >> great to see some optimism coming out of detroit, bisi bisi onile-ere, thank you. >> in the world of social

network, a reality. on techknow, our scientists bring you a sneak-peak of the future, and take you behind the scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life. on al jazeera america assault. afghan president karzai is long accused the united states of

>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. here are today's head lines. >> and we're timely at a point where the do not use order has been lifted in certain areas. and these specific areas flushing can begin. we've made a lot of progress but i ask all west virginians to continue to be patient as we work to safely restore service to the affected areas. >> west virginia has begun lifting distributions affected by last week's chemical spill. 300,000 people have not been able to use their tap water for cooking bathing or watering. diplomats discuss goodwill gestures ahead of are syria's

peace talks. foreign dignitaries including vice president joe biden paid their final respects to ariel sharon. the controversial leader passed away at age 85. he was honored in jerusalem during a state symphony. allowing you to buy twitter followers or facebook friends, for a few dollars. it sounds odd but according to social network being, it may make sense. stacy tisdale has the story. >> like many middle class entrepreneurs starting a business was a financial challenge to say the least. >> you have to boot strap and you spend absolutely no money. you ration your ramen noodles this is how you live.

>> with few resources to attract new customers, heddy turned to a company called fiveer. one of dozens of websites that sell bot, computer generated fake users. a thousand twitter bots cost $18 on average. the practice is gaining in popularity, helps businesses and people create the illusion that their opinions are valuable. >> those fake followers might help you attract real followers and real customers. >> by some estimates the market for fake social are media followers has skyrocketed 52 a more than $300 million industry. social media customers are not taking this lightly. facebook estimated as many as 12 million of its more than 1 billion users were undesirable accounts. a spokesperson for facebook told

al jazeera, "we built a combination of automated and manual systems to block systems for fraudulent purposes, help shut them down. there's nothing illegal about creating buying or selling a fake following but it does raise serious ethical questions. high profile names like mitt romney or lady gaga have distanced themselves from fraud. >> there's always been lots of ways that companies or individuals can make themselves look bigger than they really are with a little marketing savvy and a little prmplet savvy so is that really that differently from that? i'm not so sure. >> heavy is sure. she is no longer living on ramen noodles and says my tab is now valued at $4 million. the followers she purchased helped her attract real

customers and a bigger network. >> we've now got 2.5 thousand, real followers on twitter and 8,000 real likes on facebook. >> in a social media world where size does matter. stacy tisdale, al jazeera, new york. >> the best way to gain followers is to share interesting content. capsized coants cruise ship, d costa concordia, off the island of giglio. residents laid a wreath for the victims, the body of one victim still has not been recovered. >> bands of rain locally heavy have been working their way across the gulf coast from

mobile, alabama, to pensacola, as it's sweeping up to the north we've got some spots of freezing rain. freezing rain advisory impacting parts of mainly maine. continuing overnight into early tuesday morning. icy roadways and even now we're getting a light icing in a few spots. sidewalks and porches could easily become slippery with this kind of cool weather in maine. minneapolis a cool 28 but most of us are warming up nicely. temperatures have been anywhere from 15 to 20° above normal for some places around the south. houston 69°, you're getting awfully close to the low 70s. but it is a different problem that that warmer weather is bringing to place he around for instance plimen plymouth state. the ice started to break up on the rivers and ride the current down the river. of course it does exactly what

it says, jams up and then because the ground is frozen that water really has nowhere to go and it's difficult to predict exactly where, if you have rain on top of that flooding river you're going to have areas of standing water easily but dangerous situations. farther to the mid weathers the northern plains you see there's rain coming up for the great lakes, except for upper peninsula of michigan. we are watching for the winter storm moving through, definitely the winds have been blast through, 60 to 80 miles per hour for the mountains but even impacting some of our cities like great falls. so a high wind warning in addition to the winter weather, billings, montana just reported a 62 mile-per-hour wind gust. we'll keep you up to date what's going on in the u.s. weather-wise, you can follow us at ajam weather. >> i'm stephanie sy, "techknow"

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