nathan gonzales? guest: there are different reasons for the retirements. -- arer longevity senatety, he got to the and was saying this was not something that was as glamorous as of might see on tv -- as it might seem on tv. we're talking about the majority being in peril, echo were not for -- if it were not for some of those democratic retirements. because of these democratic retirements by the it increases the pool of opportunities for republicans, and really helps the math. gives them some leeway when it comes to gaining those succeeds. -- six seats. host: kathy is joining us from michigan. caller: thank you. good morning. to the candidate for the first congressional seat here in michigan. against mr. better mr. bennetshek. there's almost no and manufacturing anymore -- no manufacturing anymore, the vast majority of people do not have obamacare, and the best majority of the children on my child. they are not connecting with the constituents in this area. i substitute teach, so i'm around children al

joining us is jennifer duffy and nathan gonzales. good morning. talk about house races. how many are truly competitive and how does this compare to previous election cycles? we have 52 house races out of 145 on our list. it roughly falls for the target is for midday election cycles. compare to past wave cycles, previous to election day there were almost 100 seats on our competitive list. now we're down to 50. part of the explanation is we have a round of redistricting under our belts where there was somes -- and there was uncertainty. depending on what the national political environment is, we could see that number grow. this could roughly be the field we have for the next 11 months. how many truly tossup races and how many are we onlyive now? guest: have three races, two democrat. -- two democrat and tossup. there are three seats that are leaning in republican's direction. however this is going to change. one of the reasons there aren't more seats as we are really waiting to see the outcome of some of these primaries. this is particularly true in places like north carol

nathan gonzales?st: there are different reasons for the retirements. -- arer longevity senatety, he got to the and was saying this was not something that was as glamorous as of might see on tv -- as it might seem on tv. we're talking about the majority being in peril, echo were not for -- if it were not for some of those democratic retirements. because of these democratic retirements by the it increases the pool of opportunities for republicans, and really helps the math. gives them some leeway when it comes to gaining those succeeds. -- six seats. host: kathy is joining us from michigan. caller: thank you. good morning. to the candidate for the first congressional seat here in michigan. against mr. better mr. bennetshek. there's almost no and manufacturing anymore -- no manufacturing anymore, the vast majority of people do not have obamacare, and the best majority of the children on my child. they are not connecting with the constituents in this area. i substitute teach, so i'm around children all th

nathan gonzales? guest: there are different reasons for the retirements. -- arer longevity senatety, he got to the and was saying this was not something that was as glamorous as of might see on tv -- as it might seem on tv. we're talking about the majority being in peril, echo were not for -- if it were not for some of those democratic retirements. because of these democratic retirements by the it increases the pool of opportunities for republicans, and really helps the math. gives them some leeway when it comes to gaining those succeeds. -- six seats. host: kathy is joining us from michigan. caller: thank you. good morning. to the candidate for the first congressional seat here in michigan. against mr. better mr. bennetshek. there's almost no and manufacturing anymore -- no manufacturing anymore, the vast majority of people do not have obamacare, and the best majority of the children on my child. they are not connecting with the constituents in this area. i substitute teach, so i'm around children al

we will be followed by jennifer duffy and nathan gonzales. then a discussion on income inequality and class instability with scott winship. later, security concerns ahead of the olympics. "washington journal" is next. ♪ host: good morning. one week after the recess, congress is back in session this week. tuesday night the president will fulfill one of his constitutional obligations i delivering his state of the union address. in the week ahead the president will hit the road in a series of campaign style rallies to pay attention to specifics in what the white house is calling a year of action. will you be watching tuesday night? do state of the union speeches matter? we will begin with calls and comments ahead. our phone lines are open.

sure to join us tomorrow at pacific., 4:00 we will be seeking tomorrow with jennifer duffy and nathan gonzaleswill join us to talk about the income inequality and upward mobility. sky will talk about the recent bombings ahead of the russian winter living. have a great day. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] ♪ >> today on c-span, the annual march for life rally that took place wednesday on the national mall. after that, supreme court oral argument on a case that looks at the free speech rights of antiabortion activists outside of abortion clinics. later, an event looking at the economic status of women in the u.s. the focus of the latest shriver raise, ongoing to awareness on issues facing women. >> c-span launched its first schoolbus in 1990 three, visiting hundreds of schools and communities nationwide unreasoning -- and raising awareness. 20 years later, the c-span bus continues on the road, on the campaign trail, and visiting book festivals, education conferences and schools. look for us on the road in online at o