senate, only five seats to win control of the house. i want you to watch nancy pelosi hand me that gavel. this morning the results of our final nbc news poll before the mid terms, and what it says about the gop s chances of taking complete power back on capitol hill. plus, democracy at risk. you can t love your country only when you win. president biden issues a dire warning about election deniers and the risk for our electoral system. will the warnings from democrats resonate with economically challenged swing voters in the final push before election day? and very soon i will very, very very probably do it again, okay? will former president trump announce his 2024 bid before we finish counting the 2022 vote, my guest, rick scott, the chair of the gop s arm, and shawn maloney, at the chair of the democratic are you ready to meet the press ? 75 years, from deck at a timers to civil rights leaders, we mark 75 years as the gination where newsmakers come
putnam county and ohio, look at that, a 62-point margin, will it get bigger? this is marjorie taylor greene s district here, how big will the republican turnout bet? and for republicans to have a good night, they have to improve their numbers in suburban counties. delaware county is a place to work here. this is a place where democrats have been eroding the republican gains here. check key county, sort of an excerpt, if you will, of atlanta. democrats have been making progress there. let s see what happens in 2022. bottom line is this. those are the places to watch, but it will be election week, not election night. up next we mark a milestone, 75 years as the longest-running show in the history of television. welcome back. we are celebrating our diamond anniversary, 75 years of meet the press. it was november 6th, 1947, at 8:00 p.m. when nbc television debuted this program. now more than 3500 episodes later, we ve had 12 moderators,
said, i don t think 2024 happens for republicans if we don t win in 2022. adding, in they federalize elections, it s going to be really hard for republicans to win nationally. so we have to win 2022. bottom line for her there, republicans, in her estimation, can t win or have a really difficult time if there are federal standards for elections. which really underscores what we re seeing in a number of states to restrict voting access. and this isn t only a federal matter. like i said earlier, the conclusion from the 2020 election wasn t that donald trump lost. it was that it was stolen. so hundreds of bills are being passed in state legislatures in order for to reduce not only the right to vote, but to make it easier for partisan members to take over elections. whether that s giving state legislatures more power, but there s a lot of action on the state level to make it easier to overturn votes. i don t think there can be