stacey bivens from our u.s. elections team is here with us good to see you stacey so this double header right off in georgia is happening under extraordinary circumstances not least because of donald trump's efforts to overturn the results of the presidential election what impact is trump having on these senate races in georgia well it's not just the senate race it's just overall we are watching an american president chip away at democracy by accepting experienced spirits he theories and misinformation and he's doing it to selfishly hung hold on to power and this phone call was amazing because we heard donald trump in his own words 1st try to control then bully then threaten the secretary of state into finding him 11000 votes it's really unbelievable and how has this played out though in the senate races in georgia let's to really to tell because the election hasn't started just yet but it's. space is his base right so they're going to come out and vote for him no matter what there was early voting already the de