>> this is aljazeera america. i'm thomas drayed in new york with the stop stories at this area. in new york, two police officers beena equitied in the death of a homeless man of the at the died after a struggle with several officers. chris christie facing several questions today. authorities are looking to see if the new jersey governor misused hurricane sandy relief money on television commercials for his family. christie will give a state of the state address on tuesday afternoon. a boeing 737 landed in a

wrong mace and was stranded on the small runway. the pilot has been grounded. >> west virginia said that tap water is safe again in this state. they contaminated it. the chemical is still in the water, but it's diluted to federal safety levels in most areas. a volcano in indonesia has been erupting for four months now. before this, it had been dormant for 400 years. 25,000 people have been evacuated. consider this is coming up next.

>> th welcome back to inside story. i'm ray suarez. we're talking about the president's ability to make nominations when the senate is at recess. in the nlrand ma oer departments were of longstanding but unable to either get a hearing or unable to pass the relevant committee. the question is had the advice and consent power been used to make the nlrb non-functioning as an agency of government? >> i think that was the plan. there was, the nlrb, the supreme court previously held unless the agency has a quorum, three members, they're not able to

junction, and they dip below that. they are not able to decide matters properly before them. and notwithstanding that the senate was refusing to take nominees before them. this was a case of holding up nominees was very much by design, intended to slow or halt functioning of the agency. >> and it was defeated because ultimately the president did nominate and the senate confirmed the full roster of nlrb commissioners and they're moving on. if these particular rulings were invalley, the new board that is

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>> th welcome back to inside story. i'm ray suarez. we're talking about

the president's ability to make nominations when the senate is at recess. in the nlrb and many other departments were of longstanding but unable to either get a hearing or unable to pass the relevant committee. the question is had the advice and consent power been used to make the nlrb non-functioning as an agency of government? >> i think that was the plan. there was, the nlrb, the supreme court previously held unless the agency has a quorum, three members, they're not able to junction, and they dip below that. they are not able to decide matters properly before them. and notwithstanding that the senate was refusing to take nominees before them. this was a case of holding up

nominees was very much by design, intended to slow or halt functioning of the agency. >> and it was defeated because ultimately the president did nominate and the senate confirmed the full roster of nlrb commissioners and they're moving on. if these particular rulings were invalley, the new board that is

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>> th welcome back to inside story. i'm ray suarez. we're talking about the president's ability to make nominations when the senate is at recess. in the nlrb and many other departments were of longstanding but unable to either get a hearing or unable to pass the

relevant committee. the question is had the advice and consent power been used to make the nlrb non-functioning as an agency of government? >> i think that was the plan. there was, the nlrb, the supreme court previously held unless the agency has a quorum, three members, they're not able to junction, and they dip below that. they are not able to decide matters properly before them. and notwithstanding that the senate was refusing to take nominees before them. this was a case of holding up nominees was very much by design, intended to slow or halt functioning of the agency. >> and it was defeated because ultimately the president did nominate and the senate confirmed the full roster of nlrb commissioners and they're moving on. if these particular rulings were invalley, the new board that is

check check >> two californian cops acquitted of killing a homeless man. a jury finding them not guilty in a violent struggle caught on camera. >> after five days without water because of a chemical spill in virgin -- in west virginia, the taps are back on. >> many forced to flee in indonesia after a volcano erupts. >> people in the central african republic returning to their villages to find little left after intense violence.