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Policies are on the ballot. >> americans from coast to coast casting their ballots and rejecting president obama's policies. >> with me the buck stops right here at my desk. and so whenever the head of the party doesn't do well, i have got to take responsibility for it. >> it was a total republican landslide. the g.o.p. adding nine seats in the senate plus 13 more in the house. and republican governors rising to power across the country. even in blue states like maryland, illinois, even massachusetts. now that republicans are in charge. what are republicans actually going to do? >> we can have...

That is evident in georgia and north carolina. >> i say look. i think charles makes a point. he thinks president obama is a man to talk if obama creates a shape for the electorate favoring democrats but doesn't repeat. tonight the white, 75% of turneded out in u.s. house places were white. only 12% black. that is different than what we saw in 2012. it's mostly, plus 13 among men plus seven among women for democrats if you dig in, you know to a lot of the numbers strong turn out for republicans tonight. >> democrats that is the

You know, this is a special election. this is not, you know, a big election in a regular year. this isn't even a midterm. this was a march special election in a midterm election. so the fact of the matter is we started out 13 points behind in an off-year election, where republican voters are the most animated, and we got it to within two. i'm a mets fan. i never want to lose by two, and i'm sorry that we lost. it was disappointing. but the fact of the matter is we got it from 13 points behind to two points behind, and that makes us feel good about the prospects for this district and other dist...

Nationally? >> well, chuck, you know, every district has its own unique dynamics and terrain. this is a very tough terrain for us. here's why. in a typical election, a federal election, it's a fairly competitive democratic district. and in special election, in an off-year, it is an r-plus 13 discorrect. 13 more republicans in turnout. it's a tossup. >> sounds like you're nerve -- >> no, i'm realistic. i'm realistic. we always say, this is a tossup district, but the turnout is r-plus 13 district, so it's on the ground. >> a win gives you some wind. but does a loss send a message nationally if y...

This is 6,000 miles from the city of lights, luxury development, in the outskirts of shanghai that was constructed in 2007 to attract china's new wealthy. but according to the developers, it is currently on the 20% to 30% occupied. location, location, location is part of the problem. the luxury development sprouted in an area surrounded by farmland and dead end roads. it is also a symptom of china's property bubble. ghost towns, even entire ghost cities, are increasingly common sites in china. in this case it seems instead of going to fake paris, the chinese are going to the real city of light...