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0 is nuclear energy good for the planet? a passionate debate between two men who couldn t disagree more. that s it for us. landslide victory. the new jersey and new york. plus a nail biting finish in a major swing state. what last night s election results mean for you. and president obama s approval rating is nearing an all-time low. is it obama care or the spying scandal? what s behind the 52-week plunge? new jersey s newest mall will reopen its doors after the gunman opened fire monday night. new details on the note that authorities say the gunman left behind. good morning, miguel marquez. very nice to have you. i m zoraida sambolin. it s 4:00 a.m. in the east. welcome to this election day edition of early start. one very tight race if a critical swing state topping the headlines this morning. in new jersey, a possible, possible preview of 2016. republican chris christie sweeping the victory for a second term. and democrat terry mcauliffe is the next governor, surviving a stiff challenge from republican ken cuccinelli. and the bloomberg era is over in new york. for the first time in 20 years, the big apple has a democrat in charge. liberal bill deblasio easily becoming the city s 109th mayor. let s bring in political director mark pressen who has been up and watching this all night long. what s your take on last night s results? the big win, stability, in many ways because they won a big contest in alabama. a huge win for chris christie the fact of the matter is, today begins his run for the white house, even though he won t say he s actually doing it. and a big win for the democrats in the state of virginia. terry mcauliffe taking back the governorship from a state trending blue. a lot to portend in the election for certainly 2016. let s start with new york city. deblasio won. he s much more liberal than any mayor the city has seen for a long time. do you believe he s going to have the same national influence as bloomberg? he ll be certainly with influence because he ll be the mayor of the city that one would argue of new york, and bloomberg pushed his pet causes such as gun control and other issues. bill deblasio certainly walking into gracy mansion. you heard miguel talking about his son s hair. we see that prominently displayed there. let s go to virginia now. a so-called purple state voted for a democratic governor but the state also swung toward obama in the last two elections. is this a trend and has virginia become a blue state? well, it s certainly trending blue. we saw bob mcdonald, the occur governor, there were two democrats in the governor s mansion. but where i live across the river in washington, d.c. very influential part of the state. and most democratic part of the state. and that s why terry mcauliffe was able to eke out a victory here in virginia. it is trending that way. it will take a few more election cycles but certainly, republicans have concerns. there was no surprise in new jersey. chris christie won. he s a republican. can he carry this national race to 2016? i want to read the exit polls. it says christie took 56% of the african-american vote and 45% of the latino vote. what do you think this means? it all means that he s trying to trap the populous message. i followed his campaign in 2009 when he first ran, he was not a good candidate. the national republican party did not like him. they thought he was going to lose. he surprised everyone. right now, it s very hard to argue that he s not the front-runner for the republican presidential nomination at this moment in time. that will change. there will be others as they come along. chris christie in his speech last night gave all the clues that he s looking to run for president. and he s going to reach out to voters beyond the republican party. it s really nice to have you with us, mark. we ll check back again. in the much-awaited obama care enrollment numbers are coming, medicare chief marilyn tavenner overseeing the plagued website say the figures will be released next week testifying before a senate panel tuesday. she said the end of november is 800,000 signups. and president obama is nearing an all-time low in his approval numbers. according to the latest gallup poll, 39% of americans approve of the job that he s doing. the majority, 53%, disapprove. the president s lowest rating was 38%, and that was in 2011. problems with the obama care rollout are likely to blame for these plunging numbers. as for obama care, chris christie has some advice for the president, speaking exclusively with cnn s jake tapper aboard his campaign bus. the new jersey governor offered a suggestion to the president about backtracking on a promise that americans who like their health insurance would be able to keep it. here s what my suggestion would be to him, don t be so cute. and when you make a mistake, admit it. now, listen, if it was a mistake in 2009, if he was mistaken in 2009, 2010 on his understanding on how it would operate, then just admit it to people. say you know what, i said it, i was wrong. i m sorry, we re going to try to fix it and make it better. i think people would give any leader in that circumstance for owning up for it. don t lawyer it. people don t like lawyers. i m a lawyer. they don t like them. people don t like lawyers. good advice for a political candidate. christie went on to say that americans are forgiving people. and if the president would just admit he was wrong, americans might say, okay, just fix it. let s get an early look at our weather with meteorologist chad myers. good morning. hey, good morning, guys. d.c., metro, some fog. pittsburgh, same story. we re going to see some winds in st. louis and detroit. really windy across parts of florida, dallas, seattle, gusty winds, low clouds and seattle and portland. i know this looks like a mess, really short delays there. not a real big trouble ugly day. warm air across parts of the east coast. rain showers all the way from canada, texas, ontario, quebec, get wet again. the cold air is kind of coming into the west, warming air in the east. 70 for atlanta today. 51 in denver. it doesn t make to-t to 40 degrees in minneapolis today. back to you. all right, thank you very much, chad. new jersey s largest mall is set to reopen this morning. it s been shuttered since a gunman opened fire there monday night. police now it say the 20-year-old was not out to harm anyone else except himself. richard shoop committed suicide in the corner of the massive mall this morning. we re learning new details about the incident and what may have sparked it. cnn s jason carroll has the story. reporter: a picture of happier time, richard shoop with his brother kevin but now kevin is trying to explain what went so terribly wrong with his brother. why he went to the plaza state mall armed. why he fired at least six shots with a modified rifle. why he took his own life. my brother intended to harm nobody else but himself. he just sadly decided to make an act of an act of self-indulgence by taking his own life publicly, and it s a tragedy to us all. shoop called authorities last night after hearing about the shooting, concerned his brother might be the one responsible. my brother, this was a sporadic act, this was something none of us saw coming. we re not sure exactly what caused him to do this. we re always devastated. reporter: the bergen county prosecutor said a note from shoop was found inside the family home where he lived in new jersey. it was a note that you could definitely interpret as such. it made reference to the fact that the end was coming. that could mean going to jail, getting arrested. or it could mean suicide. reporter: shoop worked here at victor s pizza in teaneck. robert gaga shoops manager and strend said th friend said that the last time he showed up for work was last saturday. i tried call him 50 times. reporter: he believes something or someone set off shoop the weekend after halloween. were there any signs that he was troubled to you? no, lately. i mean, the past two weeks, he was a little bit quiet. but we thought just tired because working together. reporter: in the four years shoop worked at the pizza place, shoop had developed a reputation for cleanness. really sweet guy. always helpful, went out of his way with our 5-year-old. reporter: but police say they were wear that shoop had a history of drug abuse, specifically mdma, ecstasy. he was going through a difficult time, family members tell us, perhaps that would be the reason why he did what he did last night. reporter: while he did not shoot anyone, some say they were hurt in another way, so say sheri maddox who saw shoop last night just before she ran for safety. i think that s always going to play in the back of my head for the rest of my life. i don t think that s something i can forget. reporter: jason carroll, cnn, param paramus, new jersey. new u.s. intelligence suggests that u.s. could not fully prepare for massive 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