Challenging those popular cameras at intersections. Will it lead to millions of busted drivers across america getting their money back . Pop quiz. Jimmy fallon tests our knowledge on the tonight show. 1989 oh, my gosh. Find out which one of us was left high, but not very dry today, wednesday, november 5th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Feeling better . Are you all dried off . Oh, yeah, yeah. All i have to say is justice was served. Im not so sure about that. All right. Were going to get to that jimmy fallon thing in a little while. Lets take a look at politics this morning and where things stand. Republicans picked up senate seats in seven states, one more than they needed to take control. Over in the house, nbc news is projecting that republicans have added 13 seats, making it the republicans largest margin there in 80 years. As we said, we will be talking live to new Jersey Governor Chris Christie in a moment. First, lets go to Peter Alexander at the white house this morning. Peter, good morning to you. Reporter savannah, good morning to you. Make no mistake this wasnt just a republican wave last night for the gop. It was more like a political typhoon crashing down on democrats and those here at the white house. Senior adviser to the president this morning tells me that president obama is clear eyed about the results. Will he hold a News Conference this afternoon. Speech writers better looking up s synonyms for the word shellacking. Call it a republican rout. For the first time in eight years, the gop controls the senate with joni ernst, promising to cut pork. I grew up castrating hogs on an iowa farm. We are going to make them squeal. Reporter in conservative kansas. Well, we did it, kansas. Reporter senator pat roberts overcame accusations that he lost touch with his home state, holding off independent challenger greg orman, riding a wave of voter frustration. In all, the gop snagged seven new senate seats from colorado to west virginia, basking in the glow, the presumed new Senate Majority leader, kentuckys mitch mcconnell, winning a sixth term. Its time to turn this country around reporter one Silver Lining for the president s party, New Hampshires jean sheheen fending off scott brown. Thank you, New Hampshire the gop also expanded its strength in the house, now holding more seats than at any time in more than 80 years. Among the new faces, new yorks elise stefanec, at 30, becoming the youngest woman ever elected to congress. Among the losers, clay aiken, knocked off in his bid for the North Carolina seat. It reached governors mansions in reliably blue states like illinois and maryland and helped republican governors hold on in florida, ohio and wisconsin. Already fueling 2016 buzz. One other milestone for the first time ever, there are now 100 women in congress. Overnight, the president may have revealed a postelection willingness to work with republicans. He called winners from both parties, were told, even invited congressional leaders to the white house that. Meeting will take place on friday. Theyll look, the president s aides say, for places they can Work Together in his final two years. Matt, savannah . Peter, thank you very much. Governor Chris Christie is the republican governor of new jersey. Good to be here, matt. Are you surprised . No. Not at all . A little bit but not much. I thought we were going to have a good night last night. The world changes in washington, republicans have control of the house and senate for the first time in eight years. In january, voters are going to say what are you going to do with the power . Opposing the president s policy is not a policy. Specifically, what can republicans do with this power . Senator mcconnell and Speaker Boehner will have to sit down and decide what their priorities are and sit down with the president. People want to get things done. Thats why republican governors were elected last night, reelected and elected because governors get things done. Thats what the country want. Tell me specifically one area where you would like this republican majority to compromise, real compromise with president obama. Listen, i think what the republican majority first needs to do is grow jobs in this country and have prosperity. The first things they need to do is tax reform and National Energy policy and the president needs to sit down and get that done with republicans in congress. It should be able to get done. Your travel over the last several months on behalf of these republican governors in tight races, eight trips to, three in maryland, four in michigan. You know where im going here. How much credit do you personally deserve for the success of these republican governors across the country . The candidates deserve the credit. Its always about the candidates. You raise money and you raise awareness and the candidates have to do with that what they will. But, you know, listen, this is about my candidates across the country. They did a great job. However, youre sitting here this morning and it seems youre willing to be one of the faces of this republican rout. So, do you think that the success that these governors had in these tight races boosts your credentials nationwide, especially two years out from a president ial race . I have no idea. I got elected by my fellow governors to be chairman in a year when we had to defend twothirds of the seats. Remember, opposite of what went on in the senate. We didnt have some great map in our favor. Nine of the states we defended, the president won twice. We won eight of those nine. Its about our candidates, matt. Its not about me. I was happy to help. Im glad to have their confidence but thats all it is. First time ive had you here since youve had another runin with a heckler at an appearance, second anniversary of Hurricane Sandy and the guy wouldnt sit down. You said, sit down and shut up. That kind of response is something your staunch supporters love. It makes other people queaziy q. Are you going to have to control that side of your personality to be seen as president ial outside the rough and tumble world of politics. First of all, youre assuming i wasnt controlled. I sat and took it for a while and other people hundreds of people that were there deserved to hear what we had to say that day. That person had had their say. I sat and listened to it. It was time for them to sit down. Im not going to change, matt. This is who i am. Instead of controlling that, do you have to hide that side of your personality outside of new jersey . Theres no hope of that. Four years ago, you said famously, i dont feel ready in my heart to be president. Four years later, do you feel ready in your heart . Ill have to figure that out. When do you think you might do that . You know, in the next number of months. Mary pat and i have to Start Talking about it in earnest and make a decision. But today is the day to celebrate what my fellow governors have done and im glad just to have played a small part in it for them and i look forward to working with new governors in massachusetts, in maryland, in illinois. If a blue state governor like me is chairman of the rga, i work to make the decisions to spend the money in states like that and we get victories, thats a great day for a guy who is a blue state governor. Governor Chris Christie, thank you for joining us live this morning appreciate it. Thanks, matt. Always good to see you. I have chuck todd here. Governor christie, is he rung . I think hes certainly someone well see in iowa. We knew republicans would have a good night. It was a great night. It is. The important r word is repudiation. Republicans ran against president obama not just in senate and house races but in a lot of these gubernatorial cases. Maybe more so than what he faced in 2010, savannah. Whats his state of mind this morning . Will he say all right, lets deal . Or is he going to say i have more gridlock than ever . Theyre not in acceptance when you look in the five stages of grief. Theres anger inside the party, finger pointing between Congressional Democrats and president obama. Theyre trying to put on a public face of con sciliation. Hey, weve heard. Theyve done this before. Are we going to see a shakeup . Are we going to see him truly say im going to table issues over here that will start an ideological fight and instead focus on taxes and energy. Governor christie is right. If those are the two issues that republicans choose to focus on and the white house chooses to focus on, they can can get something done. But immigration can stoke the fire. More gridlock or less gridlock because of this. I think thats right. I think Congressional Democrats are ready to fight. I think some democrats are going to be ready to basically put obama in the past, focus on the clintons and focus on 2016. President obama, i think, doesnt want gridlock. I think i think. But well see. Again, his state of mind, white house state of mind is not at full acceptance of what happened. Losing in what were battleground states for them in 2008 and 2012. Bad sign for them last night. Five of the last six elections, the party that won right before that next president ial also won the president ial. Democrats can sit here and think this is just a mid term. When the president ial happens and all young people show up and they win again i think they better be careful. And they better reread these results. Late night for you, chuck todd. You can go to bed now. Meantime, we are taking a turn, learning about a tragic accident involving a commercial spacecraft. Natalie has that. Thats right, savannah. Good morning. The focus now is on exactly what went wrong over the california desert and how to make sure this never happens again. Nbcs jacob rascon has the very latest. Reporter sources close to the investigation into virgin ga lachlt c. Tics failed test flight tells nbc news at 45,000 feet after Michael Alsbury opened the feathers and they deployed, spaceship disintegrated around the pilots, launching them faster than a speed of sound into an atmosphere of no objectioxygen. Only pilot Peter Siebold was tiebl deploy his parachute. Either his parachute failed or he blacked sbout was never able to deploy it. Ntsb investigators are leaving the mojave desert, turning their focus to analyzing data and considering new industry recommendations. We have a lot that we dont know. This was one fact in the several links of a chain to determine the totality of what caused this mishap. Reporter Richard Branson has vowed to push his program forward, borrowing a line from Nelson Mandela when he tweeted the greatest glory in living lies not in never falling but rising every time we fall. After spaceship two fell back to earth the question now is just when and how Space Tourism will finally have liftoff. Jacob rascon, nbc news, mojave, california. At least eight people were injured today when a suspected terrorist drove their car into a crowd waiting for a train in jerusalem. According to reports, police shot and killed the suspect after a short chase. It happened hours after crashes erupted at the citys holiest site. The compound was briefly closed earlier after palestinian demonstrators scuffled with police. Hes back, this time without a cane, north korean state media releasing these photos of kim jongun walking without his cane there, awarding prizes to military officers. Kims health has been the subject of rumors after he was not seen for nearly six weeks. According to south korean intelligence, he had an ankle cyst removed recently. Pizza Shop Employee having a very bad day decided he was in no mood to be robbed in Washington State when a gunman ordered up cash, jordan rodhambush refused and shoved the wouldbe robber out the door. He thought the gun was a fake and didnt realize a single gunshot was fired in the midst of that struggle. Bullet hole was later found in the ceiling. The suspect meanwhile still on the run. Speaking about close calls, take a look at this one. Very close call for people trying to cross the street in russia. Surveillance video. Group of nine people standing by, waiting to get across when two cars collide right in front of them, sending that red sports car ka reasoning out of control right at them, as you see it again. They all manage to get out of the way unscathed. No doubt, though, very shaken up after that. Scary stuff. Back to that pizza shop. You look and say, wow, what a brave guy buchlt that could have ended so badly. Do not do that. Do not mess around with a guy with a gun. No doubt. Little shock probably more than instinct. No doubt. A lot of wet weather to talk about again down south. Texas may have been suffering through recordsetting drought, seeing a lot of rain over the last couple of days. San antonio and dallas, more heavy rain coming in. That rainfall is going to last during the day. This is a massive system that extends all the way from texas and then a secondary system develops into the northeast by friday. And look at this. Snow developing two weekends in a row. So we start off down south from del rio to houston, up to four inches of rain possible. We move to the north one to two inches of rain generally through the northeast. Take a look into northern new england, especially into maine. Parts of caribou could see up wards of nine inches by friday morning or friday afternoon. Were going to continue to watch this. Were going to get to your local forecast coming u good morning. Im meteorologist bhiill henley. A mild start and it will be in the 60s this afternoon. Clouds, some breaks of sunshine during the day today. Clouds thicken up tonight and rain late tonight and tomorrow. Rain will be on and off, but still mild. 63 degrees thursday afternoon. Showers continue into friday, but the wind picks up. That brings in colder air, just 54 friday. And a chilly one saturday, 48 degrees. A chance of a shower sunday. Dry monday and tuesday. Have a great day. And all is right with the world. Thats right. Carson daly took off more time for the voice than savannah took off for maternity leave. Wow it provides 80 hours of prime time on this thet work. We are always shooting the voice, chairs are always turning. Welcome back. Thank you, guys. Welcome back to you, savannah. You look beautiful, by the way. Thank you so much. Sorry. We just hurt the ones we love. I missed you guys. I watch every morning. You guys do a hell of a job. You should show up. Inside the bubble. Ive been shooting the voice and its been fun. Lets get into our first orange room item today. 85 posts, comments and likes about the midterm election. And our favorite topic, mr. Tom brokaw. A not so subtle noise filled the studio. Take a look. Could that be me . No, its not you. Its something ambient. No, im afraid it is, unfortunately. The alarm goes off and there you are. I thought that was i thought you were a fire. Yes, i will remember to bring home the milk and dont worry about it. And ill feed the dog in the morning. Just sleep in. Its going to be okay. Im sorry. That was a funny moment last night. Social media having some fun. Our own luke russert writing in, cell phone ringer is a fire alarm lourd enough to clear out a building. Patrick writes in it was too early to call, mr. Brokaw, that is. Pat, youre hilarious. I vote tom brokaws phone 2016. Handled it like a pro. Guys, back to you. I always wondered who picks that alarm ring. Its the most annoying ring in the world. I actually had used that and then that was it. Wake up. Fire, fire exactly. Carson, good to have you back. Thank you very much. Coming up, new video and evidence in that disturbing abduction of a young woman caught on tape. The latest on the search and the emotional plea from the victims parents. Plus, have you been busted by one, the new fight to have those red light cameras illegal and your money reimbursed. First this is today on nbc. 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