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pledge to america, and our plenty is to listen to the american people. and the focus on their priorities, and thats exactly what were going to do. >> lehrer: and well have excerpts from president obamas news conference at the white house. that theres no doubt as i reflect on the results of the election, it underscores for me that ive got to do a better job, just like everybody else in washington does. >> ifill: then, jeffrey brown examines the federal reserves latest action to jump sta...

and good morning, everyone. thanks for being with us. we begin with that breaking story, now, out of singapore this morning. qantas airlines has grounded its fleet of airbus a-380 jets. >> that came after one of them wound up losing an engine, six minutes into a flight from singapore to sydney. the flight had 459 passengers onboard when it took off for australia. moments later, witnesses on an indonesian island reported hearing a massive explosion. and wound up finding pieces of plane ...

>> that came after one of them wound up losing an engine, six minutes into a flight from singapore to sydney. the flight had 459 passengers onboard when it took off for australia. moments later, witnesses on an indonesian island reported hearing a massive explosion. and wound up finding pieces of plane debris on the ground. when the jet was safely back on ground in singapore, company ceo, allen joyce, said qantas wont fly another a-380, until they know exactly what went wrong. and he s...

lot. one is upright, the other on its side. both of the drivers have been taken away. they have been both been pronounced dead. the investigation continues with the oakland police as well as the california highway patrol. the first thing they need to determine is did this driver run a red light? what happened here? how fast were these drivers going? >> anne makovec, ann, thank you. that accident is certainly affecting traffic in the area. >> lets go to elizabeth wenger now with the c...

but its not all bad news for democrats. well tell you why. he keeps his seat. she loses her gavel. and he must face a divided congress. >> we just had a tough election. we will have another in 2012. i do hope to make progress on the very serious problems facing us right now. and thats going to require all of us, including me, to work harder at building consensus. >> so what happens tomorrow? but what about 2012? the kettle is whistling as tea party movement candidates win several k...

later today. 1:00 eastern. and were also hearing from the next speaker of the house, john boehner. lets talk about the senate for a second, though. in the senate, democrats held on to control but just barely. they retain control of the upper chamber despite some big losses. harry reid will be the majority leader of the senate but his majority will have dwindled to the bare min numb, 51 seats in democratic seats in the senate. harry hooed has his i dont know this morning. the senate maj...

the mall here, it is important to know that fourth to seventh streets here on jefferson drive has been closed down as well as seventh stret here on independence original to constitution. if you have plans on coming through the mall tonight, you want to make some plans to get around this area. weve learned that ts barricade might be set up here for the next hour or two while they continue to search this camper in front of the aiand space museum. back to you in the studio. >> thank you. ...

>> republicans have made a pledge to america, and our plenty is to listen to the american people. and the focus on their priorities, and thats exactly what were going to do. >> lehrer: and well have excerpts from president obamas news conference at the white house. that theres no doubt as i reflect on the results of the election, it underscores for me that ive got to do a better job, just like everybody else in washington does. >> ifill: then, jeffrey brown examines the federal reserve...

>> republicans have made a pledge to america, and our plenty is to listen to the american people. and the focus on their priorities, and thats exactly what were going to do. >> lehrer: and well have excerpts from president obamas news conference at the white house. that theres no doubt as i reflect on the results of the election, it underscores for me that ive got to do a better job, just like everybody else in washington does. >> ifill: then, jeffrey brown examines the federal rese...

work with us on thing like spending and debt. >> reporter: soono be speaker john boehnes first target, health care. >> we have to do everything we can to try to repeal this bill and replace it with common sense reform that will bring down the cost of health insunce. >> reporter: his democratic majority reduced, harry reid is talking cooperation. >> i welcome the republican ideas. i was begging for the republicans to help us. >> reporter: president obamas talking cooperation. >> there a...