john bussey joins me too breakdown the chances of the senate tilting red in 2024 but happy new year, thanks for joining us with your predictions. >> happy new year to you to youe regrets what are you anticipating as we head into 2024 with a fresh look as everyone hits the campaign trail? >> it is interesting then numbers just favor the republicans at this stage of the game. there are 34 senate seats up for grabs as you just pointed out to pre-23 of them, two thirds of them are democratic he held areas or leaning democratic. the rest are republican. so it just by the odds of the races the chance for the republicans picking up enough to seats they just need to they are fairly obvious that does not mean it's a sure bet. they were very enthusiastic and optimistic about the midterms. did not do well there. but the numbers right now do you favor republicans as you point out there are eight contested seats the other half a tossup. >> with control the senate it looks really closer are key issues that prevented the republicans and gain the ground they thought they were going to gain in the la