live picture of washington as we start off on a wednesday morning. good morning, everyone, i m matt lauer. and i m meredith viera. resounding victory for republicans on tuesday night. the gop needed to pick up 39 seats to regain control of the house. as of right now, they gained 59 and that number is expected to rise as more results filter in. so here s how things stack up in the house this morning, 242 republicans, 3 democrats. and while democrats did hang on to power in the senate republicans made a big dent in their majority there picking up six seats, bringing the totals there to 46 republicans and 49 democrats. meanwhile out in alaska, incumbent lis murkowski who was running as a write in candidate appears to be in the lead but because she is a write in candidate, the results there could not be known for days, weeks, we don t know when that result is going to be final. and sarah palin backed republican senator joe miller in that race, so how did the rest of the c