to bring the virus under control. so, the president is planning to tackle that by bringing in vaccine mandates for federal workers and government contractors. no doubt he will welcome a decision taken by the los angeles school board, the second biggest in the country, to mandate vaccines for all children over the age of 12. that said, there is already a fairly high take up of the vaccine among teenagers in los angeles county, with 60.8% of the 12 15 age group having had at least one dose, though still a fair bit lower than the number of parents vaccinated. 73% of 30 49 year olds in la have now had at least one dose. let s bring in our senior north america reporter anthony zurcher. good to see you. is this perhaps part of a pattern? does that big a school board introduced a mandate and others follow? i school board introduced a mandate and others follow? and others follow? i think that definitely could and others follow? i think that definitely could be and others follow? i think t
virginia that has republicans so panicked. let s stretch out the map. yes, virginia is a blue state. yes, the democrat is supposed to win in places like fairfax and places like arlington but look at there margin. 0% to 19%? what does that tell you about democratic turnout, republican malaise, intensity was here for the democrats yesterday. it was here, as well. 67-31. yes the democrats supposed to win. it is the margins so stunning. over here, this is what speaker paul ryan be worried about today. lowden county once a reliably republican suburban county. 209 points margin of victory. the same ed gillespie ran for senate three years ago and won this county. last night it swung the other way. pull out the map, come down here. prince william county, virginia, right here, again a suburban area that used to be republican now people call it a swing county. forget about it. it s a democratic county. 60.8% to 38%. again, just a few years ago, ed
i think no matter who wins tonight that we will see both parties probably make quite a big deal out of this. if you re an incumbent or somebody thinking about jumping in one these congressional races that are going to be critical to watch in 2018 were you re going to be looking to read the tea leaves here and see what your chances are given as david noted the electoral history. this not been considered a swing district but the numbers were so close in the election. let me put those up and david will discuss in the 2016 election donald trump got 48.3%, hillary clinton got 46.8%. four years earlier, that s 48, 47 you can see he barely squeaked out his win in that district. and 2012 mitt romney, the republican nominee got 60.8%, president obama s 37.5%. . so 23-point swin a lot bicker than a one-point win. it is. and therefore it s the kind of voters that have proven had the the kind of republican voters that have proven elusive for donald trump.
numbers. at one time gm was nicknamed government motors by critics. some people like me said as gm goes, so goes the obama presidency. the government stake in the auto giant totaled 60.8% at the height of the bailout. about 912 million shares. treasury began selling those shares to gm when gm went public. again, post bankruptcy some 2010. now, on monday treasury secretary jack lew said the government has recovered $39 billion of the original $49.5 billion investment. that s a $10 billion loss. twlech 2011 the treasury department sold its investment in chrysler. that total investment was $12.5 billion. taxpayers lost an estimated $1.3 billion after the sale. now, in all, treasury invested over $80 billion in the auto industry. center for automotive research estimates the taxpayer losses totalled about $13.7 billion. treasury officials say the goal was never to turn a profit. they insist the bailout was