seven of them. so, things still seem to be progressing towards republicans taking over the house of representatives by a narrow margin. right now we are going to talk to the reelected democratic congressman from new york, pat ryan. congressman, you were just reelected, congratulations. a lot of people saw -- you in a special election over the summer -- a lot of people saw that as a referendum on abortion rights, which was one of the major issues -- i know you talked about other issues -- but that was an issue that you talked about quite a bit. do you see this victory last night and again today in the same light? is it a victory on the issue of abortion rights? >> it feels good to have two victories in six months. and in both of our races, we centered the broader concept of defending americans freedoms. reproductive freedoms, lots of other critical rights and freedoms from voting rights, lgbtq rights on the line -- and we saw people respond, not