This Morning from CBS News, Nov. 5, 2014
What's next?
With Washington even more divided than before, is compromise possible? Both President Obama and Republican leaders say publicly that they want to find ways to compromise now that the elections are over. But CBS News' correspondent Bill Plante reports history shows it may be easier said than done, but the White House says progress is still possible.
Congressional control
Republicans are projected to grab the reins of the Senate for the first time since 2006, according to the CBS News decision desk. Republicans also increased their majority in the House to the largest margin since 1949. In Kentucky, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is projected to defeat his Democratic challenger. Now that he's secured a sixth term in office and Republicans have taken control of the Senate, McConnell is likely to be the Senate's next majority leader.
Youngest ever
Thirty-year-old Republican Elise Stefanik just became the youngest woman ever elected to Congress. As a "millennial" who won the GOP nomination at the tender age of 29, Stefanik reaped the benefits of a year in which young voters who were expected to turn out at the polling places suggested a lean toward Republicans.
Winning edge
While the GOP came out on top in today's national vote, there was good news and bad news for both parties, relatively speaking, in yesterday's election according to CBS News exit polls. Overall, the Republicans' advantages abounded.
Little help
Did the president ultimately hurt the nine candidates he campaigned with in the lead-up to Election Day? That's hard to say. He certainly didn't help much: Five of the nine lost their races, and that number could rise to six if Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy does not eke out a last-minute win in his re-election bid. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did 45 events for 26 candidates in the two months before Election Day. Her win record was ever so slightly better than Mr. Obama's.
Defective legislation
The federal government is investigating whether Honda failed to report deaths and injuries caused by defective airbags manufactured by the Japanese company Takata. By law, carmakers have to report major problems so they can be fixed. But that can often take years, and by most accounts that law is not working.
ISIS origins
According to CBS News correspondent Clarissa Ward's investigation, at least 12 of the top leaders of ISIS served time at Camp Bucca, an American prison in Iraq, including the man who would become the group's leader, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi. CBS News obtained photos of 10 of them in Bucca's yellow prison jumpsuits. Ward reports that this is where intelligence officials believe ISIS got its start.
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Fleetwood talks
He's been the leader of Fleetwood Mac for nearly five decades. Drummer Mick Fleetwood talks about his highly anticipated memoir looking at his legendary career, his affair with bandmate Stevie Nicks, and reuniting with bandmate Christine McVie for the first time in 16 years.
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