and danielle pletka. mr.cki, i'll start with something "the wall street journal" editorial board said on thursday. here's what they wrote about the president in georgia. "at least for now he can say with justification he helped the gop gain seats in the house and avoid a rout in the senate. but that narrative changes for the worst, if the gop loses in georgia, mr. trump divided his own party to serve his personal political interests." i don't think anything changed watching that event last night, steve. >> yeah, i think there's a real risk here for republicans in georgia. it works on two fronts. i think you mentioned one of them there and that's simply the core trump base, core republican base in georgia, with everything president trump is saying about republicans in that state, integrity of elections in georgia, everything he's alleging there, does that depress the core republican base in any way? i think the other big concern republicans have to have, it's clear when you look at results since november, ther

senior opinion writer for "the boston globe," reuters white house correspondent jeff mason, and danielle pletka of the american enterprise institute. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press". >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running showe in television history. this is "meet the press with chuck todd." i >>> good sunday morning. consider what has happenedg. ov the past week.cor hospitalizations in the u.s. for covid-19 exceeded 100,000 for the first time. daily cases of covid-19 exceede 200,000 for the first time, and the second, and the third, and the fourth. the confirmed daily death toll fromy covid-19 exceeded 2,000 r the second time, and the third, and the fourth, and the fifth, and the fisixth. this past week, covid was the leading cause of death in america. if only that were the worst of it. robert redfield, the head of the centers for disease control, says december, january, and february will be the most difficult time in the public health history of this nation. >> i do think, unfortunately, before we see february, we could be close to 450,000 americans have died