this morning with this live look at civic center plaza where the giants parade will end. enjoy the day, go giants, congratulations. gop gop landslide. just two years after president obama's triumphant win, angry voters hand the democrats a stinging defeat as republicans sweep to victory and gain control of the house. it's clear tonight who the winners really are. and that's the american people. >> another big winner the tea party which capitalized on voter frustration and staked its claim to power. >> tonight, there's a tea party tidal wave and we're sending a message to them. >> as the democrats barely manage to hold on to the senate but vow to never give up. >> the fight is far from over. the bell that just rang isn't

the end of the fight. it is the start of the next round. >> we'll tell you what president obama had to say about the gop's historic night and what these big changes will mean for washington and the american people, early this wednesday morning, november 3rd, 2010. captioning funded by cbs good morning. it is a new day in washington. literally and figuratively. a new batch of republicans will report for duty in this building as the party now in control of the house and with a number of gains in the senate, as well. welcome to "the early show," everyone ft i'm maggie rodriguez. we have complete post election coverage for you this morning. >> i'm harry smith. if you're a political junkie or just like to watch, it was fun to see history unfold last night. >> as a regular person this will affect you. >> let's get right to it now.

campaign 2010 proved to be a historic election for the republican party and a decisive defeat for president obama and many of his fellow democrats. angry voters flocked to the gop which will take control of the house of representatives. cbs news estimates that the new congress will have 235 republicans and 181 democrats. some races are still undecided with the gop gaining at least 58 seats. the democrats will keep control of the senate just barely with a much smaller majority as republicans gained at least six seats with three races still undecided. cbs news estimates the senate will have 49 democrats, 2 independents and 46 republicans come january. and there's a new speaker of the house in waiting this morning. republican john boehner. here to take us through last night's big gop victory is cbs news congressional correspondent nancy cordes. good morning nancy. >> reporter: good morning, harry. house democrats of every stripe

voted out of office last night. veteran democrats, liberal democrats, moderate democrats an ens first-term democrats. it was a better night for republicans than they had even hoped for and they see it as a repudiation of the president and his policies. >> the american people have sent an unmistakable message to him tonight and that is message is change course. >> reporter: after that stern warning, republican leader john boehner turned emotional speaking to supporters. >> and when i saw how out of touch washington had become with the core values of this great nation, i put my name forward and ran for office. >> reporter: the woman he'll replace as speaker, nancy pelosi, chose not to address cameras after it was clear her party would lose control in the biggest wipe-out of either party since 1948. ♪ one bright spot for democrats --

senate majority leader harry reid managed to hold on to his senate seat beating back tea party favorite sharron angle. >> we are going to bounce back stronger than ever. i have never counted nevada out and i'm not about to start right now. >> reporter: other tea party candidates fared better. rand paul won kentucky's open senate seat by a wide margin with a tough message. >> we have come to take our government back! >> reporter: and marco rubio won florida's con ten jous senate race. >> what americans are looking for desperately are for people to go to washington, d.c. and stand up to this agenda that's taking us in the wrong direction. >> reporter: but his foal he enthusiast christine o'donnell lost as expected to democrat chris coons in delaware. >> our voices were heard and we're not going to be quiet now. >> reporter: republicans have independence to thank

independents to thank. in 2008, president obama won 52% of the independent vote. that's flipped. this year, democrats won just 39% of independents. republicans won 55%. in a stinging loss for democrats, president obama's former illinois senate seat went to republican congressman mark kirk. but california remained solidly democratic as jerry brown took the governor's seat and incumbent senator barbara boxer beat back a challenge of former hewlett-packard ceo. >> i want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for this victory. after the toughest and roughest campaign of my life. >> many candidates felt that way. exit polls show that americans by a wide margin 62% considered the economy the most important issue in these elections. followed by health care at 18%, the war in afghanistan, 8% and illegal immigration 8% as well.

and speaking of the economy, expect to hear more from republicans today about what they want to do about extending those bush tax cuts which expire at the end of the year. harry? maggie? >> nancy, thank you. president obama was not on the ballot but as nancy noted, millions of americans voted against him anyway. according to our exit polls, 52% of voters say the president's policies will hurt the country in the long run. let's get president's reaction to the election and the strong showing of republicans across the nation from cbs news senior white house correspondent bill plante at the white house this morning. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, maggie. well, last night the president made the phone call. he called john boehner who will be the speaker of the house to tell him that he looks forward to working with him and with the republicans. later today, the president will have a news conference. he'll tell the nation that it's time to put partisanship aside and move on. but he'll be asked some tough questions, like how much he's to blame for the disast in which the democrats suffered.

the president says that he will look forward to places to cooperate with republicans on things like energy and education and deficit reduction. but cooperation will be very difficult. because the leader out senate republicans mitch mcconnell has said that his first priority is to make sure that president obama remains a one-term president. so look for the next two years to have the president focusing on finishing what he's done in the first two and making executive appointments. bill plante cbs news the white house. now here's harry. >> maggie thank you. virginia congressman eric cantor currently the republican whip easily defeated his 0 poeopponent last night and joins us from washington. mr. cantor, good morning. >> harry, good morning. >> it's interesting. i'm watching the talking heads into the wee hours of this morning. and, you know, the big headline is the republicans have taken control of congress or at least

the house of representatives but i'm not sure if it's the republicans or the tea party has taken control. as far as you're concerned, who is it? >> well, harry, the people of this country spoke out loudly and clearly last night. and what they said is they want a government that starts to listen to them again. and first order of business has got to be a congress that focuses on the number one priority which is more jobs for more americans. that's what last night is about. a rejection of the policies that have been going on thus far in this administration. because it just hasn't done the job. >> so the equation then is lower taxes, lower the deficit and the jobs will come flooding in? >> no. the equation is certainly that people want to see results. and they understand sustainable job growth comes from the private sector, from small businesses. they also are seeing that this government has grown too big and they want to see washington go on a diet just like they have. >> one of the things that the tea party talked about so much

over the last couple of months is that their number one priority would be repealing health care reform. are the republicans and the tea party of one voice on that? >> yes, harry. we want to repeal health care but let's remember for a second what tea party stands for. it's taxed enough already. folks about the tea party are interested in seeing fiscal discipline restored in washington first. they like everyone else want to see a limited government so that we can see the private sector kick back into gear and jobs grow again. >> always still talking about the tea party, one of the tea party folks last night, early this morning i should say was talking about the republican establishment, and he said we are not the ones on probation. it is the republicans. it is the old guard who's going to be tested here. they're on probation. do you feel the heat? >> listen. there's no question. there isn't a lot of confidence focused on the republicans yet.

and in fact last night's results are indicative that people in this country just are outright rejecting the agenda of president obama. it is not a vote of confidence for the republican leadership. we have a golden opportunity to prove that we as republicans are committed to a constitutionally limited government. >> wow. would that include a balanced budget amendment? >> well that would include, certainly, a commitment for us to get the budget balanced. you know, a constitutional amendment takes years and years to happen and i don't think the american people are going to wait that long because, you know what? they're not given that kind of time in their own finances around their own kitchen tables so we have to get right to work and i think what you will see out of a republican-led house is a regular diet every week, of bringing bills to the floor that begin to cut the federal deficit.

>> sure interesting to watch. congressman eric cantor congratulations. thanks very much for taking the time to be with us this morning. >> thank you harry. >> here's maggie. >> thanks harry. also in washington cbs news political analyst john dickerson going over the exit polls for us. good morning. >> good morning, maggie. >> independent voters made up 28% of the electorate and supported president obama in a big way back in the presidential election but 8 out of 10 said that they're now angry or dissatisfied with the current government. and 63% feel that the government should be doing less. so is it increasingly clear that this is the bloc of voters that candidates dwoont ss want to go after? they decide the election? >> yes. they went after the independents and you saw the role played in the house victories. you know republicans didn't just win in district that is traditionally go to republicans. they went in to democratic territory and in order for republicans to win in those kinds of districts, to run up the numbers as they did, they had to win independents.

>> we talked so much about the tea party during this election inspired so much passion, so much discussion and in the end 40% of voters said that they support this tea party movement. is the tea party in our opinion the future of the republican party? >> well, it's future and in a lot of ways it is the past. the tea party is the core of the republican party has gotten a new name a new message, a lot of energy in this election. absolutely. it was amazing to listen last night to various tea party representatives say the republicans are on probation. >> president obama was hoping that the young people would come out. we saw him in the last days of the election trying to rally this group once again. yet, only 11% of the people that voted yesterday were under 30. were there any states where you saw that the youth vote was of significant importance, john? >> not that i saw that it was important. more to the point is the one you made which is that they -- the

president made this appeal particularly in a state like ohio. he worked very hard multiple visits to ohio targets. they thought would talk specifically to the voters turned out for him in 2008. this was the group to go after and they didn't show. >> did not work. and that's because a lot of people are, you know dissatisfied with the economy and it was the number one, issue, 90% of the voter haves a negative impression of the economy. but it's interesting that most voters said they still blame wall street and george w. bush more than barack obama. so are you surprised, john we saw the big repudiation of barack obama and the democrats even though they don't necessarily see him as the root of the problem? >> the determination it seems that voters made is that while they may blame somebody else for getting the economy into the current rut, they were looking to democrats and the president to do something about it. and so that appears to be what motivated their vote in voting

for these republicans but the exit polls showed that people disapprove of republicans more than democrats which is why republican leaders are so tentative not claiming a mandate, being very careful about recognizing that the voters gave them the keys maybe but it was a temporary gift. >> yeah. let's see what they do with the keys. john dickerson, we'll speak again in the next hour. thank you. >> thank you maggie. erica hill at the news desk. good morning. >> yes. not just elections this morning, harry and maggie. good morning to you at home. u.s. officials say whoever initiated last week's mail bomb plot could not have known where the bombs would have exploded. the communication cards were removed from the cell phone attached to the bombs and a timer intended to detonate the bombs. they included a chemical detonator similar to the one in the failed christmas day underwear bombing. meantime, there is no evidence that the crash of a u.p.s. plane near dubai last september was caused by a bomb.

the so-called hiccup girl with a case of unstoppable hiccups but this time in court. it happened during her bail hearing yesterday. her attorney says she suffers from tourette's syndrome. she allegedly lured a victim to a vacant house. proposition 19 voted down in california. well over 50% of the voters rejected the measure and would have made california the first state to legalize pot. and a pretty decisive measure out of san francisco, as well from the city's board of supervisors. which approved yesterday a measure that bans mcdonald's from offering a free toy in children's meals. it only oi plies to meals high in call ris and fat. this morning the indonesian volcano with the biggest eruption of eight days. ash as you can see there blowing

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ght to downtown san it's 7:25. time for news headlines from cbs 5. i'm juliette goodrich. let's go right to downtown san francisco, where anne makovec and a lot of people are gathering for a victory parade that will happen this morning for the giants. good morning to you, anne. >> reporter: good morning. 5 hours away from the ceremony here at san francisco city hall, and already hundreds of people are lining up. they have their signs, they have their fake beards on. there is the crowd behind us actually police just moved us back because they were afraid that our truck was going to be overrun with fans. definitely a large police presence here. but people have been camping out since last night. we had some sleeping bags, some tents, and they are going to be all along the parade route as well as take a look at the map, the parade is starting near montgomery and washington streets at 11 a.m. the parade is going to travel down montgomery to market then west to civic center plaza. and you can watch the parade

of course on cbs 5. we are going to have two hours of live coverage. i can tell you, the atmosphere here is absolutely electric! everyone is so excited. the first world championship win for the san francisco giants. can't beat it. >> you can't beat it. i'll be stuck in the middle of the parade. you will be at the end of it and we'll describe to talk to each other in between if we can hear. >> reporter: yes. we are going to have a lot of fun. i'm going to be at the beginning of the parade route on montgomery. so come out and see us and say hi, wearing your orange. >> elizabeth will have an update on problems at the caldecott tunnel coming up and tracy will have our giants forecast in just a minute. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] the turn changes everything. ♪ ♪ the turn will make you think. ♪ ♪ make you re-examine your approach. change your line.

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good morning. chopper 5 is live over some breaking -- a breaking situation. a construction accidents we are hearing about on westbound 24. right there in the caldecott tunnel in the orinda side. this is a site of where that newest bound bore is being drilled. a piece of the tunnel we have learned collapsed. it is not impacting traffic on the freeway on westbound 24. if anything it might be more of a visual distraction right there at the site of the construction. here's tracy. >> hey, thanks, liz. today's highs in the mid-70s around the coast and the bay, 80s inland. more sunshine, cooler temperatures with a chance of showers friday and sunday.

you can hear the phone ring at moving companies across the country. >> the republicans are on the way. >> the furniture will be a changing. welcome back to "the early show," a new day in washington after a smashg victory by the republican party in the 2010 election, here is a quick recap of the main results from yesterday's vote. the gop gained control of the house of representatives, picking up at least 58 seats in the new congress. it is the biggest single gain since the election of 1938. but the democrats keep control of the senate in spite of losing six seats so far. right now the margin is 49-46, plus two independents.

senate races in alaska colorado, and washington still too close to call. but first, this morning at 7:30, the power of palin. former alaska governor sarah palin endorsed dozens of tea party candidates. our national correspondent jeff gloer is here to tell us how they did. good morning. >> good morning to you. the short answer pretty well. she backed 43 candidates for the house, 30 won, nine remain undecided. her roshd in senate races was closer. she endorsed 12 candidates and 7 won so a very busy season for her. she says the work isn't done yet. though she's been out of elected office for 15 months sarah palin was very much in this election. how is that hopey changey stuff working out for you? >> reporter: skewering president obama, aggressively endorseing candidates across the country. >> my observation of sarah palin is that she is one of the shrewdest political figures in our country at this moment. she's also one of the most electric. >> reporter: of all the races

palin got involved with perhaps the most personal was in alaska her backing of tea party favorite joe miller propelled him into the ballot in a primary, past republican incumbent lisa purr cow ski whose father palin beat for governor. the outcome of the highly unusual senate race could take days. >> when the results come in, people will look at that and see that as a reflection of her clout. >> reporter: among the winners she endorsed already announced, the new governor of south carolina, pat toomey for senate in pennsylvania and john bozman senator in arkansas. all year palin and re-elected senator jim demint of south carolina were kingmakeres in the tea party courts. also supporting rand paul in kentucky. >> tonight there's a tea party sideal wave and we're sending a message to them. >> reporter: there were some allows, too. christine o'donnell of delaware forced to spend part of her campaign for senate convincing voters she wasn't a witch.

but overall palin was pleased punctuating a big night by tweeting, as always proud to be american. thanks, common sense constitutional conservatives, you didn't sit down and shut up. you refudiated extreme left. following success behind the scenes in 2010 palin considers whether to retake the stage and run herself in 2012. as to whether she'll run for president, palin told "entertainment tonight" just last week, she would if there's nobody else to do it. maggie? >> jeff gloer, thank you very much. republican senator jim demint also supports the tea party and won re-election by a huge margin over democrat alvin greene and senator demint joins us from greenville, this morning. congratulations and good morning to you senator. >> well, good morning. it was a good night for conservatives around america and this'll give republicans a second chance. >> let's start where jeff glor just left off, sarah palin running for president. can you see that happening? can you see a maybe palin-demint

ticket or vice versa in 2012. >> well, i agree with her, i would only consider if no one else was willing to do it at this point. sarah palin's done a lot of good for the country. she's gone out front and taken a lot of the slings and arrows from the critics, when women or minorities get involved in politics as conservatives, they take a lot of hits from the press. and she's done a lot of good for the republican party, for our country. and obviously, i'm glad to see a lot of these limited government conservatives win elections yesterday. >> you both have done a lot of good for these tea party republicans and when they come into capitol hill, you predict that they will receive a less-than-warm reception n. today's "wall street journal" you say people will try to co-opt them immediately. co option is coercion you write, but someone can't be bribed if they aren't for sale. do you think, senator, these new untried politicians can survive in that kind of cutthroat environment? >> oh, yes they can.

every republican that i supported in this race is committed to banning earmarks which is that parochial interest i think gets the focus of interest off national interests onto paving local parking lots. we can't have 500 congressmen and senators who think it's their job to bring home the bacon and that's what's going to change. one of the first thing we'll do in the house and senate is ban earmarks and republicans and that'll get our eyes back on fixing our tax code social security and medicare, getting america back to work so. i'm excited about what's going to happen. it's going to be particularly in the house, it's going to be even more exciting than 1994. >> exciting is one way to put it probably. we've talked a lot about how the old republican guard will have to find a way to work with these new tea party candidates. but, it's largely because of the tea party that the republicans rode back into power. so, senator, who needs to adjust to whom? >> well i think republicans are going to work well together

even democrats this cycle ran as conservatives and i think most people see that america's moving back towards a constitutional limited government and the party that carries that mantle i think, will be in power for a long time. this is really not so much about the republican pa

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the political landscape suddenly shifted overnight after millions of voters took their anger out on democrats, republicans now control the house after picking up at least 58 seats. in the senate the gop gained at least six seats. that's not quite enough to take control from the democrats, but here with some insight on what this means now for both washington and as well as the rest of the country our cbs news democratic strategist jamal simmons and cbs news republican strategist dan bartlett.

good morning, gentlemen. >> good morning, harry. >> what will this look like come january? the republicans tea party guys have already said our number one priority to repeal health care reform. the president is sitting there with this big pen, great big pen and all he has to do is say no thanks, i'm vetoing this. what will that look like. >> unfortunately, it will look a lot like paralysis in washington, unfortunately. the republicans have they think, not only their base behind them, but they feel they have the majority of independents right now saying put the brakes on the obama agenda. if that requires them to take early symbolic votes they know they will won't repeal health care but if they want to take early votes to put snats on the next cycle on public record once again voting in favor of health care reform so there's a lot of politics still in play. >> right f. the democrats feel this wind of change that's blowing out there, will any democrats flow closer to the

middle? will they say, you know what maybe we made a mistake with this? maybe they'll get along with their republican counterparts and say this health care thing was a mistake. >> i don't expect rose petals to come falling from the sky anytime soon. but, in fact in the house, probably left with a bit more of a harder-core liberal house than you had yesterday. >> right. >> because a lot of the people who are moderates lost people like hoout shuler. but a lot of people lost. instead, i think what you will have, a president looking to find ways to reach out to the republicans to make sure that the independents understand that he understands what they depend yesterday. but, at the same time, he's going to have to find some way to define himself so he doesn't look like he's just falling in with the new crowd. >> which brings in the question. the exit polling looks like this clearly was a referendum on the white house. if it you're in the white house this morning it's interesting because i was texting back and forthwith some people there last night. my question was, well what lesson, this is the question we

asked you guys yesterday and i didn't get an answer back. i got other answers but i didn't get an answer back to the lesson for the white house. what is the lesson for the white house. >> i've been in the west wing on a morning like this after a very long night. what they have to do is really accept what the results are. they can either read it and say, hey, we didn't turn out our base enough which will take you down one path which would be maybe doubling down on the obama administration agenda, which i think would be counter productive. or another thing which i think you will find with the president, more importantly as they deal with these issues going into next year the big issue is taxes. what are the democrats going to do on taxes? if they do nothing during this lame duck session taxes will go up for many americans come january. >> some. some. >> many in that bracket. >> the top percentage. >> look, his own budget director peter orszag suggested he ought to freeze that. that's the first big debate in which the obama administration --

>> which our other exit poll number, the economy, it was about the economy, stupid. you saw david ax kel rod engineer this amazing victory for barack obama but even as they were elected they talked about how phenomenal the flood of unemployment was. was it a miscam lation on their part to push through some of these agenda items when in fact, it was as bill clinton suggested all long it was the economy stupid. >> what the while house will do you they did a $800 billion stimulus package -- before they ever did health care. the mistake they made though maybe it wasn't enough then they went to health care and stopped talking about it so people lost faith they were actually focused on the economy. >> all right. so many other things we'd like to talk about but also headlines this morning in the paper that president bush's book is coming out and one of the things he talk sz about is almost deciding to jetisson dick cheney as his vice presidential running mate

in the second cycle and one of the lines he says people look at dick cheney and they look at him like he's darth vader. were you aware this was going on? >> yeah. it's an interesting gesture on behalf of vice president cheney he went to the president and said -- >> you can dump me if you want. >> in some respects the vice president took pride in the fact he was taking a lot of arrows on behalf of the president but understood and said hey if you think i'm a liability going into the next election cycle, the president thought about it, we discussed it with of his aides and felt like no for reasons he'll explain in the book next week which i won't get in front of, he'll explain why he kept dick cheney as his runningmate. >> you never did. jamal, appreciate it very much. this is "the early show" on cbs.

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it was a big for republicans it's 7:55. time for news headlines from cbs 5. i'm sydnie kohara. it was a big election day for republicans on a national level. but democrats won the two biggest races in california. jerry brown will become governor returning to a job he left in 1983. and barbara boxer was re- elected to the u.s. senate. another democrat, congressman jerry mcnerney will have to sweat it out for a while. he leads by just 121 votes in the 11th congressional district. it includes parts of alameda, contra costa and santa clara counties. crews right now on the scene of a construction accident at the caldecott tunnel. a construction worker was injured and has been brought by ambulance to a hospital. we'll keep you posted on that. and a parade set for this morning in san francisco for

the world series champion giants. it starts at 11:00 this morning on washington and montgomery streets. live coverage begins here on cbs 5 at 11:00. traffic and weather around the bay area in just a moment. stay with us.

we have up to 20-minute caltrain delays especially northbound trains. they had to take northbound train 217 out of service due to some signal issues. bart by the way is running

longer trains this morning. from you planning on heading to the victory parade for the san francisco giants. the larkspur ferry is a good option. they are adding extra departures. if you are hitting the road the silicon valley commute jammed up on westbound 237. an earlier milpitas accident, everything out of lanes but slowed up the commute. san mateo bridge looking good in the westbound 92 commute direction. also 20-minute drive time to take you towards the peninsula and at the bay bridge, it's backed up from the maze all the way to the tunnel. that's your traffic. here's tracy with your forecast. hey, thanks, elizabeth. forecast for the morning, more sunshine expected today and speaking of sun, here's a look at it coming up across the bay bridge. plenty of sunshine in today's forecast, more mild warm temperatures. seven-day forecast breaking it down, coastal highs mid-70s and also for the bay. mid-80s inland. more warm weather thursday, cooling down though friday, saturday, sunday. monday and tuesday. also a chance of showers friday and sunday.

good morning. it is wednesday november 3rd, 2010, and change has arrived in washington again as voters welcome back a republican majority to the house of representatives, and the democrats manage to hold on, though barely, to the senate. >> i wonder if this day is almost as historic as election -- the day after election day two years ago? from the standpoint of sweeping change breathtaking change the kind of historic shift that you know people maybe 6012 months ago would not have anticipated. >> certainly reminiscent. the latest on this also historic

election, a big win for republican, though not a clean sweep. a decisive turn away from obama and the democrats. republicans now control the house of representatives in january after picking up at least 58 seats. as of this hour, the margin is 235-181 with more than a dozen races still undecided. in the senate, where the gop gained at least six seats, democrats and their independent ally, sure to have 51 seats keeping them in control at least for the next two years. cbs news congressional correspondent nancy cordes is here with more on last night's results. nancy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, maggie. it was a grand night for the grand ole party in both the house and the senate. not only did they score wins in swing districts but made huge in-roads into territory that's traditionally democratic. as republican wins mounted, the man who will be speaker, john boehner, delivered this advice to the president. >> the american people have sent an unmistakable message to him

tonight, and that message is, change course. >> reporter: republicans made huge gains and so did the tea party. rand paul winning his race for senator in kentucky and conservative marco rubio doing the same in florida, handedly defeating independents and former republican charlie crist and democrat kendrick meek, in a race that captivated the country's attention, senate majority leader harry reid kept his job in a close and bitter fight against tea party favorite sharron angle. >> i'm not finished fighting. in fact, tonight i'm more determined than ever. >> reporter: california was also kind to democrats. attorney general jerry brown defeated republican meg whitman for governor even though the former ebay ceo spent $140 million of her own money. incumbent senator barbara boxer also held on to her senate seat helping democrats maintain control of the senate, but exit polls so they're wipeout in the house was direct result of

independent voters' frustration with the economy and with some of the president's policies. in this election, 59% of independents said they disapprove of president obama compared to only 40% who approve. it was such a bad night for the democrats that even in the president's home state of illinois, democrats could not hold on to his former senate seat. it went to the republican congressman mark kirk. maggie, harry? >> nancy, thank you so much. joining us now from las vegas is the newly re-elected senate majority leader at least for a little while, harry reid. good morning, sir. >> hi. >> let's talk a little bit about why this race was so close. this is clearly the most difficult campaign of your career. why was it so hard? >> harry, it wasn't the most difficult campaign in my career. i've had some tight races. this wasn't one of them. while it might not sound like

very many votes by new york standards, my winning by 41,000 votes is a big victory in nevada. so i feel comfortable where we are. i'm confident that the people in the state of nevada have spoken and what they've said to me is go back to washington and continue working together. i'm a consensus builder. that's what my reputation is and i'm going to continue to do that. >> will that be possible? you've been a student for a long time of this is it possible will that be that old-fashioned word we used to use once an a while comity? >> that's what we have to have what the senate has, that's how we get things done. the shus different body. the founding fathers set up two different programs. our program is you've got to work together. we have rules that require that. i know mitch mcconnell.

we've worked together for many many years. i've worked with john boehner. he and i are friends and i see no reason in the world that we should not work together. this doesn't mean we have to capitulate on any strong beliefs but legislation is the art of compromise consensus building. i don't see why in the world we can't do that. >> but you know what you have -- you have heard the republicans say over and over and over again the last few months no compromise, no compromise, no compromise. they want to reduce taxes, reduce the deficit. is there really in terms of those kinds of issues anything you can agree on? >> you see, we've done that. during the clinton years, we balanced the budget. we reduced debt. in fact, we were criticized for reducing too quickly. this didn't get out of control because of democrats. it got out of control because of eight years of the bush administration, and that was all republicans. i want to forget what went on with president bush. i want to work together but

question do that. we've done it before but we don't need to be lectured on thousand balance the budget how to create jobs. we've done that. >> you're going to get lectured though, and it sure feels like the tea party folks are the ones pulling the wagon. >> well, they're not pulling it in nevada and i was elected from the state of nevada. i have great respect for our system. i'm going to washington again. we're going to finish this lame duck and then we're going to start a new congress and work together to move this country along. >> with passing health care reform, was that a mistake? >> of course not. think about what we did with this. we have 50 million people that had no health insurance. what we did is reduce the debt by $1. 3 trillion. we extended the life of medicare 12 years. we did all of these wonderful things that we had to do. the insurance industry was breaking america. breaking america.

>> well but -- >> of course we had no choice. we had to do this. >> but you also understand that the republicans agenda item is to dismantle health care. so we shall see what happens. harry reid thank you very much for taking the time to be with us this morning. do appreciate it. maggie? >> thank you, harry, and harry. joining us once again from washington, cbs news analyst john dickerson. good morning. >> hello maggie. >> let's talk about what voters expect from these new lawmakers begin wig the tea party. 40% say return. a couple things unfolding with the tea party. they could either stay in the republican party and more moderate republican license have to adjust or do what charlie crist did in florida and become independents or the tea party could become its own political party, or the tea party could just fade away. which do you think is most likely? >> i think we can agree the latter is not going to happen. they are incredibly energized. last night's results make the

tea party a real force and they'll be watching as you suggest, the other two options, watches republicans and keeping score. where we'll really see that play out, obviously in pieces of legislation as they bounce along as tea party activists give the thumbs up or thumbs down, we'll see them in the 2012 presidential candidate who will court those core conservatives of the republican party. always been there, but a new name and new energy. that's where we'll really see the sort of next chapter of the tea party movement. >> the economy was priority one in this election as we expected. 90% of the voters say they're unhappy with the state fof the national economy but interestingly blame wall street and george bush for the current economic problems more than they do barack obama. if the economy picks up now john who gets the credit? the republican congress or the democratic president? >> well that's the fight we're going to have. i think the president will get some of the credit and just as he got lots of the blame.

and the question is when and how the economy picks up but that will be the big debate over the next couple of years, if, in fact the economy does turn around, and we'll just have to -- you know, the president basically la to hope for that for his fortunes to rebound the way they did for ronald reagan after his midterm losses and bill clinton when he also had the same. >> we asked voters what the priority should be for the new congress. they were almost equally separate. reducing budget deficit, 39%. spend to create jobs 37%. >> it's a model. one hand they want spending and, to create jobs. on the other hand deficit reduction. in a way, that was the obama plan, spend now and then we'll reduce the deficit. well the new house republicans are coming in and they're going to reduce spending and reduce the deficit, and they're not going to do any spending for new jobs. so the 37% or so are going to be

disappointed. this is part of the texture of this outcome. lots of support for republicans, but when you look underneath the number, it's complex and not that clear. certainly that there is a mandate. that's why republicans officials were smart to not claim a mandate for anything in particular, but instead to frame this as a

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we continue our dre j we continue our dream job series with the story of one viewers who spends her days crunching numbers. she wrote to us saying she dreams of a job that includes less math and more mammals. that's just what she got. ran deanny spends most days behind a desk in her north carolina home working as an kthant but from an early age has had a passion for all things fuzzy and furry. when she told us it was her dream to work an an assistant o animal expert and "early show" friend jack hanna we were eager to made it happen. >> you have no idea what you're doing, do you? >> no, sir. >> as director emeritus of the columbus zoo he is responsible for more than 800 animals. the assistants help with the care of each and every one. >> i was going to tell you, you

passed 50% of the test. >> that's, good halfway there. >> her first task feeding a baby penguin. this chick needs constant attention and eats up to 12 times a day. >> whoa! >> pretty much everybody at the zoo is your assistant. how crucial is what they do every day? >> they are the ears and ears for the veterinarian. unless that keeper knows, the veterinarian can't do any g. can you talk? no. >> can you feature coming to work here every day at the zoo. >> i think i could. >> so far, so good let's see how she handles this face to face encounter with this black rhino with less than minty breath. >> actually, kind of cool. >> some people come from all over literally the world to see this. >> meeting the zoo's kaola bear was fun until -- >> that's koala poop i'm sorry.

go in there and see if you can find some. get in there and dick around ma'am how many people get to do this. >> angie, i want your impression of the day, you touched koala koala poop what was that like. >> actually cool. because not everyone gets to do that. >> a privilege? >> definitely a privilege. >> the columbus zoo one of the leading siouxs in the country, competition is fierce to become one of the 1400 employees and working closely with jack is not for the faint of heart. >> yi-yi-yi. >> the whole key is respect. we do in the tame animals. these are wild animals. >> cheetahs pose no problem for angie but meeting the zoo's burmese python was a challenge. she's had a life-long fear of snakes but to be jack's assistant, you have to work with every kind. >> pretty cool. >> you don't mind if i leave, do

you? >> you know what. >> let me go find somebody. >> don't i have to help you with somebody. >> don't get all wrapped up in your work okay? >> that's guys, that's great. are we done? >> jack hanna makes work fun but he still runs a tight ship between feeding these, brushing rhino teeth and making penguin food it was a full day of work. >> thank you for coming. it means a lot to us it really does. you're a dear. >> thank you very much. >> you both are hired. >> here's what's really xwool this dream job it could actually become an reality. she says her husband travels all the time to hi o and jack said, you know he really would make something happen if she was serious about it. >> wow! >> this could actually come true! >> she's going to keep you posted, i hope. >> oh absolutely. she and i had so much fun. it's such a cool place. >> she would move several states across the country to have the opportunity to brush

rhino teeth. >> and weigh koala poop. >> you wash your a lot on this job. >> you must use moisturer. >> she was unscaled. an education that jack hanna has made. >> what a fun experience for you, too. >> i know it was. >> i had a pretty funny experience last week went to kansas city whose dream is to write greeting cards. she has this life-long dream about hallmark cards saying they stand above all the rest. her dream for a day was to become a greeting card writer. this is such a difficult job to get, by the way. she did it for a day. let's just say, they were impressed. >> maybe another dream job that can come true. >> it would be amazing. she's such a wonderful woman. it was great to spend a day with err. she's going to fulfill her wish tomorrow her dream job and

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it's 8:25. time for news headlines from cbs 5. i'm sydnie kohara. jerry brown is headed back to sacramento. the democrat who was outspent heavily by republican meg whitman won by a double-digit margin last night in the governor's race. brown served as california's governor back in the early '80s. with 99% of the votes counted, california's closest race is in the 11th congressional districts. the latest numbers show democratic congressman jerry mcnerney leading republican david harmer by just 121 votes. and the giants preparing for their big parade today. parts of market street leading to the civic center plaza will be closed this morning for the world series champs and you can watch our special coverage on cbs 5 and cbs5.com starting at

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where the parade starts around the transamerica building. washington is closed down near montgomery street also grove is shut down between van ness and polk. the parade route starts there on washington, montgomery, they will continue southbound montgomery, westbound market street and end up at civic center plaza. use mass transit to get there. golden gate larkspur ferry is offering an extra departure at 9:45 a.m. bart will be offering longer trains. caltrain is a good option as well if you are coming from the peninsula. that's your traffic. here's tracy with your forecast. hey, thanks, elizabeth. our forecast for this morning, plenty of sunshine , here's a look out toward ocean beach along the coastline. coastal highs today in the mid- 70s. here's a look at our seven-day forecast. plenty of sunshine for the morning and also the afternoon. warmest spots in the mid-80s. more sunshine, warm temperatures tomorrow, cooling down though friday well through the weekend. and a chance of showers friday and sunday.

cr crowd making such a racket. >> uh-huh. a lot of college ten any players here. dave will explain n that just just a second. come up we'll meet a remarkable young man this morning. you know this story. this is one of the best stories in the last ten years. seven years ago aaron ralston became trapped in utah. after five days he made the unthinkable decision to amputate his arm himself. remember, he took pictures of this. all completely con kraled. this guy has one of the most amazinging attitudes of any human being you will ever encounter. well that story has been made

into a motion picture which is about to hit the screen. he's going to join us to tell us the story and tell how he helped in making the movie as well. also coming up this morning, a little taste of what's in store when we talked to amy. she's called the kooky comedian. she's proud of it. but she's funny in a different way. she's going to teach us how to do craft projects like dough news squirrel feeders and potatoes chips ships. >> with a cheese slice sail. if your kids won't eat that. >> if you want to eat something perhaps a little more refined that a potato chip from esquire to forbes. now michael is here to put some of his favorite recipes into a cookbook so you can enjoy them at home.

including, drum roll please, spaghetti cooked in zinfindel. >> let's go over to dave in the ad court. right, right, right. >> yeah! stop causing a racket would you? really. >> that's what i said. >> did you say that? did you say it owe camera. >> i just said it a few minutes ago. >> i didn't hear them. they were so loud. >> i couldn't hear them. they were so high strung. a check of the weather. ncaa tennis champions from some of the greatest

now, does everyone here remember our big trick last year called no way home? >> yeah! >> that's the right answer. i was abandoned at the santa monica pier and told to get back

home with just 50 bucks, technical equipment, a backpack and a cell phone. and we're about to do it again. we're going to hit the road. but the difference is this year you are going to decide where we begin the journey. here are your choices. the san diego zoo in san diego, california. fisherman's wharf in san francisco, california. up in this gorgeous lighthouse in newport, oregon which is absolutely spectacular. pike place market in seattle, washington. or anchorage, alaska. now all you have to do is call the numbers on your screen. pick up mobile phone, press star, star and the numbers you want to vote for from san diego to anchorage or logon to earlyshow.cbsnews.com and vote there. don't forget our special series "no way home" kicks off november 12th in one of those cities. and you can follow us on facebook, on our website, or on

twitter too. so look for all of that. go to the phones and vote and go to the website, too. harry, where are we going to wind up? >> i don't know. the tea party may send you someplace not on the sketchbook. all right. here we go. his story captured the world's attention back in 2003. aaron ralston was hiking in utah when his hand and arm became pinned between a canyon wall and boulder. after being strapped five days aaron saved his own life by amputating his own arm. his compelling story has been made into a new film stars james franco entitled "127 hours".

>> and aaron ralston is with us this morning. good morning. >> good morning, harry. >> the odds of something like this happening have to be 1 in -- incalcuable, right? >> it was the last thing in my mind i thought that would happen. this is a walk in the park for me. it was definitely a shock, as it was pore people eating breakfast who just watched that on television. >> this is a hop, skip and jump. it's portrayed in the movie, you're so joyful. this is your element. you're a guy who is prepared for stuff. you know where you are. you know what the elements you're dealing with. as you're there and your arm is trapped, and at least in the movie's account, you're really

meticulously sort of taking stock of what needs to happen. >> uh-huh. >> is that really what happened? >> it's a major part of what i was going through while i was there. if i had to break it down, there were two trains of thought every moment. one is logistics of taking stock and problem solving and trying to figure out how to get out, how to keep myself alive, how to stay warm what can i do to ration the very little water i had, ultimately to end up recycling that water. but then the other was the emotional aspect of what i was experiencing connecting me with my family my loved ones. part of the time i used my qaavideo camera, i would hold it out and say good-byes to my parents, to my sister and my closest friends. >> to have this made into a motion picture was floating around for the longest time you basically needed to say, i okay this. >> uh-huh. >> why okay danny boyle? why okay this version of this

movie? >> because we shared a common vision for this. what was important to me was the authenticity of my story being shared with people. that we also inspire audiences instead of using it as a horror film or something that would have perhaps left people in a hole. i wanted people to be uplifted with it, to have that hope in the end. >> because we're showing pictures of you going back to these very locations. you were on location at least once a week to make sure it was awe ten particular it. >> was also have their invitation. that's the way danny made the film. i wanted my involvement. >> and there was this aspect in the point in which you need to make this life and death decision of cutting off your own people. and some of the screening people are getting sick. some were crying. >> i was crying. >> how many times have you seen it? >> ten times. last night i watched it. they are tears of gratitude

really. to be there watching it with my wife or with my mom. the closest people. those are the people who -- that's why i got out of there. >> right. >> was because of the love that i have with them. and you see it in the film these vignettes. in the end there's a scene around a couch and it's my actual family and my friends who are there supporting me as they did in my real life. and that was the power of love and the desire for freedom. and those two things put together are why i got out of there. >> i don't know how anyone could say it any better than the way you just did. i will tell you, what as you came in during the commercial break i said of the people i have wanted to meet in my life in the last ten year, you're number one on my list. and i really appreciate you coming by and sharing your story. >> i appreciate it. and i appreciate what danny boyle did to share this story. >>" 127 hours" is the name of it. aaron ralston, thank you.

>> thank you. >> now here's erica. >> she conquered the world of comedy and a best-selling author. she can add der ranged diy. it is called" simple times, crafts for poor people." amy since us this morning. it's destined to be another best seller. >> i don't know. we'll see. >> it's a lot of overwhelming stuff. you have to put the book down. >> oh, yeah. >> step back. >> do a craft and then go back to it. >> that's right. it's a process. >> why crafting? >> it's just something to do with my friends. it prevents me from biting my fingernails. everybody needs a hobby. you have a hobby. you have children. >> that's like 18 in one. >> it is. >> this gives us a lot of options to do. it's nice you haven't for again some of our friends in the wild. this is for the squirrels. >> take two jar lids drill a hole through it.

put a doughnut it thread it and put it in a tree. squirrels and birds love traditional doughnuts. >> it's a break from the seeds. >> it will attract cockroaches and mice too. just be careful. >> with thanksgiving coming up you have a little something on top of this. >> oh, yeah. the kitty cat. it's a pom pom. we turn it into a pilgrim hat. isn't that adorable? >> it is cute. your book cover actually turns into a hat. >> take the flap off. >> this is it right. >> turn it into a butch bonnet. >> it also reminded me of a pilgrim halt perfect for thanksgiving. >> perfect with your eyes, the fringe on the side. >> as you're waiting for the grandparents to arrive for dinner. the pot holder brings back my childhood. >> this is my favorite craft. just by the loom and cotton loops and they turn into these pot holders, ages 3 and up. and i discovered these in my early 40s.

and i make them every night and sell them. >> oh, and you sell them? >> i sell them and buy morakot ton loops. >> and recycle. >> cuckoo cuckoo. >> you take a little champagne corks and paint them into little mushrooms. >> there's not just one for somebody who may be under the influence but i love it too. you have an idea to use caps. >> yes. another one. that would be a good idea for a 4-year-old, right? >> for all the beer that he's drinking. these are good. >> this is good if you have extremely long fingernails. potato ships. you need really long nails to pittsburgh up the mushrooms. and make the sails out of cheddar cheese. this is a very difficult craft to make. >> i mantle it needs to be cold out of the fridge. if it's soft and sweaty you can't make a sail out of it. >> that's the way it was with

me. mine failed. >> you like to craft with long intricate fingernails. >> i'm tired of crafting now. to shake it up i'll apply fake nails and then everything is hard to do. >> this would be a challenge with long nails. >> this is one of my favorite crafts in the book. you take a toothpick and you paint it with glue roll it in glitter so it looks like this. and then you insert it into a marsh mallow. and then you string it up. then you just hang it in your window. i can't get enough of that project. i just love it. >> these are perfect especially with christmastime coming up. they would be great on a tree. can you use the decoration from year to year? >> sure. spray paint it with hairspray or something. >> i think it's worth a shot. >> these look good because your prop guy made them for us. >> you didn't make them yourself? >> they didn't look as good as they did in the book. >> what's next after crafts? now that you have master crafts. >> i don't know what i'm going to do after this.

i'm going to push this book for a few months and then relax. >> perhaps not as much working out as we have seen in some of these pictures. >> you have to stretch before casting. >> it's so strenuous. you have to be careful. anything you need to look out for in terms of your joints before you embark on these projects? >> your neck, eye strain, your wrist. it can really mess your body up. >> stretch. >> you have to stretch before or after. and then have a drink. >> amy, thank you. >> oh, that's so fast. thank you. >> pleasure. logon to earlyshow.cbsnews.com. maggie maggie? >> we have wine with michael who is having an amazing autumn so far. his restaurant in napa valley botega is one of the hottest tickets in town. and his new cookbook has been getting rave reviews. michael is back with us this morning to show us some great pasta dishes fort fall that

celebrate, what else wine. >> wine. it is wine country, napa after all. >> welcome back. >> thank you very much. >> we're going to use, i assume because you always come with your wines that you name after your daughters. >> you're right. i make zinfindel and caber erercaberney. in borollo in italy, they make risotto. what would that look like as pasta? >> we're good to get the answer. >> we have cooked it halfway. if it says eight minutes, cook it four. i took a bottle of zinfadel. you can use $6. it really doesn't dsht quality of the wine once it's reduced isn't -- >> isn't that important. >> give me a little pinch of sugar. >> this is sugar. >> exactly. that's perfect.

and you can put the pasta right in. >> okay. >> so the pasta will be cooking. >> that's going to soak up all the flavors of that bottle. >> soak up all the flavor. it's already been reduced. we're going to take and saute broccoli rub. >> when you're buying broccoli rub, what do you look for? >> you look for it to be bright. it doesn't have any yellow things to it at all. it's totally beautiful. it is a little bit bitter. pasta water that i cook the pasta in i also blanched this. if you give me a little bit of olive oil and sliced garlic. >> all of it? >> yep. >> go big or go home. >> you can stir that up a little bit with the tongs. i like my garlic to get light brown. >> between the aroma of the wine and garlic i'm about to have a

heart attack. so good. >> you can put in a little calabria chile. we are like our mexican friends in calabria. we like picante. >> all right. beautiful. we have all this going on. this is turning nice and purple. >> that's turning nice and purple. a little bit of gray salt. >> gray salt? >> gray salt. salt from britain. i really really prefer this salt. really, really quite nice. isn't that good? >> mmm. >> that's like an italian hug. >> can we hurry up and eat? >> absolutely. we'll plate this up. >> that's the coolest, most interesting looking pasta i have ever seen. >> when we're entertaining for the holidays people want to see -- a little cheese over the top of that. >> my pleasure. >> look at that. sheep's milk cheese.

give that a try. that's going to be delicious. >> that's say beautiful thing. all right. so i will taste. you show me the next pasta dish. >> now, when we're talking about wines, i have friends from duck horn. you slice some garlic. it gets light brown. calabrian salamy. >> by the way, spectacular. not too strong. i feared with the whole bottle it would be strong. >> vegetarian dish. >> love it. >> we put in little clams into the white wine and garlic. as soon as they open i take them out. they cook halfway. put the pasta inside. a beautiful finishing olive oil. again, the pasta is cooking in the wine. getting all of that. that's it. no cheese with that. >> so before dinner you put this out. what is this made of this dip? >> my kids call it glop. we glop it on this glop it on

that. garlic, olive oil, chili and crustini you make this for the holidays. >> so that can be your dip instead of butter. >> dip away. a little crustino you're going to die. you can make like a gallon of this. it's that unbelievable. >> you're rocking my world today. michael, graci. for these recipes, go to earlyshow.cbsnews.com or check out the book

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this. i know how much you love napa valley red. >> oh, man. >> the easiest thing to make in a world and can take it as a gift to parties. i love that idea so many are going to parties for holidays. >> harry taught me this an unbelievable cook and brings this every time he comes to napa. >> no kidding? he doesn't do that for you. >> smell this. smell this. stick your nose in there. >> ahhhh. >> there is one point i don't know if you heard this michael during the break we hear 30 hearing 20 all you hear from this row is hmmmmmmmmm. [ laughter ] >> we did our job. who wants to try the clam pasta? >> hmmm. >> thank you so much for sharing this lovely meal with us. >> i wouldn't have missed it. >> have a great day, everybody. your local news is next -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

headlines... the giants victory par it's 8:55. time for news headlines from cbs 5. i'm sydnie kohara. the giants victory parade starts just a couple of hours from now. let's go to downtown san francisco, where anne makovec and hundreds of fans are getting ready for the celebration. anne. >> reporter: it is unbelievable! the parade is more than two hours away, and still, you can see so many people lined up here along the parade route. this is the beginning. it's at market and montgomery. and you can see the streets lined with balloons. it is going to be raining confetti here later on. here's video from 4:30 a.m. outside the civic center where people were camping out sleeping bags, tent, all ready for the big celebration that was going on. here's a look at the route.

starting at montgomery and washington, down market then west to civic center plaza and you can watch the parade right here of course on cbs 5 starting at 11 a.m. judging from what we have seen here, it is going to be a big deal. >> how exciting! two hours from now! already, the big crowds. anne, thank you. anne makovec in san francisco. traffic and weather around the bay area in just a moment. stay with us.

good morning. all forms of mass transit heading into san francisco are pretty jam-packed right now. we talked to caltrain earlier and they were saying, expect delays on those northbound trains and some are standing room only. they had to take one train out of service earlier. so they decided to offer extra caltrain up towards san francisco. bart is running longer trains. we talked to some passengers and they are jam-packed, as well. expect those parking lots to be full. the larkspur ferry is offering an extra departure at 9:45 this morning. and at the bay bridge, jam- packed here, as well. backed up to the macarthur maze. that's your traffic. here's tracy with your forecast. hey, thanks, elizabeth. ocean beach coastal locations today, expecting more temperatures to top off in the 70s. yeah, the mid-70s. ocean beach looking really nice this morning. for the afternoon, highs today along the coastline, again mid- 70s also for the bay. mid-80s inland. another beautiful day on tap for tomorrow. cooling down though friday and a chance of showers friday and sunday.