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federal debt. we also offer lots of services for central banks and governments around the world. for example, deep in the bowels of the federal reserve there's the federal reserve vault which is the largest repository of golden world. if you combine vineyard that you can, it is interesting and encourage you to do that. finally, as i mentioned earlier with a pretty diverse district compared to some of the other federal reserve banks. we have manhattan, which is pretty dense, ranging all the way to upstate new york which at times is quite sparse, and the caribbean islands and puerto ri...

live picture of washington as we start off on a wednesday morning. good morning, everyone, i'm matt lauer. >> and i'm meredith viera. resounding victory for republicans on election night. disappointing outcome for democrats following a bruising campaign season for sure. the gop needed to pick up 39 seats to regain control of the house. as of right now, they gained 59 and that number is expected to rise as more results filter in. so here's how things stack up in the house this morning, 242 republicans, 193 democrats. and while democrats did hang on to power in the senate, republican...

>> republicans have made a pledge to america, and our plenty is to listen to the american people. and the focus on their priorities, and that's exactly what we're going to do. >> lehrer: and we'll have excerpts from president obama's news conference at the white house. that there's no doubt as i reflect on the results of the election, it underscores for me that i've got to do a better job, just like everybody else in washington does. >> ifill: then, jeffrey brown examines the federal reserve's latest action to jump start the troubled economy and how politics will play its part. >> le...

>> republicans have made a pledge to america, and our plenty is to listen to the american people. and the focus on their priorities, and that's exactly what we're going to do. >> lehrer: and we'll have excerpts from president obama's news conference at the white house. that there's no doubt as i reflect on the results of the election, it underscores for me that i've got to do a better job, just like everybody else in washington does. >> ifill: then, jeffrey brown examines the federal reserve's latest action to jump start the troubled economy and how politics will play its part. >>...

republican. president obama called it a shellacking, as i said, and conceded today that voters unhappy with the economy and with his own failure to change the way washington works. but the president also said the republican tax cuts alone won't solve the problem. can he turn things around, as bill clinton did after 1994? that is our top story, of course, tonight. the biggest story of the campaign was the rise of the tea party did they help republicans win with the house? did they cost the gop the senate? can they go from throwing tantrums perhaps or protesting simply to governing? th...