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joining us now, nbc news chief political analyst, chuck todd, the man behind the article and nbc news correspondent, vaughn hillyard. chuck, when you go back and look at 2020, and why donald trump lost, is there a definitive answer for why he lost? >> i think if you surveyed political strategists and political scientists, you wouldn't get a definitive answer. i think he lost simply because of covid. there's a lot of people because of what happened after the election with january 6th, they think about his antics, the first impeachment. then we had the second impeachment that sort of t...

Federal prosecutors and attorneys who have been telling that this was really biden's way of communicating that all the jobs were in jeopardy. phil holloway joined me last hour and said look, they are very afraid of joe biden. i wonder why. why doesn't somebody have their back. they have technically -- they are all whistle-blowers. if anybody the doj at this point wants to come forward and just tell the truth about what they have been through in terms of having to contact hunter biden's team, contact the white house. let people know when the fbi might want to sit down with him. those sorts of t...

Listening to people who are not gen z or young voters. a big part of what we have been pushing for, bring in young decision-makers. -- [inaudible] give young people power. >> sebastian? >> one thing i know about gen z, we are both. we care so much. we're willing to take the action. something we have seen throughout all of history, people empower fear retribution. they fear the lack of power. as young people, we want progress. we see that in the polls out of who we voted for. we care so much. we're willing to vote. whoever is willing to take decisive bold and progressive action that's all the t...

Agreed to take in afghan refugees. this includes a range of people from civil rights activists who are fearing retribution for their actions or political opinions in recent years. and there are those who have worked with western nongovernmental organisations and that aid agencies, and then there is the translators, drivers and many other people who have worked with us and nato forces, and many questions remain about their safety. though, for what it's worth, today, that taliban at its press conference that they shouldn't fear retribution. this is the view of simon dickens who is a retired brit...

Exonerated by the trump administration. what does that mean for people like that serving in the armed forces or in the special operation units? >> well, i think that's an open question. certainly a lot of the s.e.a.l.s who did come forward and testify fear retribution. some of them are out of the navy now, some of them are not. but certainly there's been threats of violence and other kinds of intimidation. but i think your earlier point is really something to focus on. what these platoon members accuse their chief of is very serious and very grim, and it's a terrible story. but this is also a ...