Americans head to the polls to cast their vote in the mid-term elections, which will decide whether Republicans or Democrats will control the Senate.

Results & Returns; Retiring Insults & Preventing Falls

The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 5, 2014

On the day after Election Day, TIME’s Michael Scherer looks at the national returns, and a panel from the tri-state area takes the local angle. Plus: a closer look at U.S. foreign policy under George W. Bush and President Obama; how our aging population can prevent debilitating falls; and a call to retire the “…like a girl” insults.

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