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Standards for teaching black history. and the lack of action to address the black maternal mortality crisis in a post-roe v. wade landscape. in the words of congresswoman terry soul of alabama, old battles have indeed become new again. joining me now is the chair of the congressional black caucus, congresswoman steve hearts for the. and nyu history professor and author of strongmen, mussolini to the president. ruth ben-ghiat. thank you both very much for coming to the sunday show. this is an int...

Really excellent people beside you. the thing about trump as we have seen is that everybody, theyve always been replaced by somebody whos worse. that does not bode very well, for the next administration. >> thank you very much, my friend, matt. you get to stick around, weve got more work for you. coming, up putting trumps obsession with retribution to work. and we find out what the proper context for that is. the author of strongmen joins us, and the former presidents legal troubles might actual...

Is a run for revenge. so what does that mean for our country? lets ask ruth ben-ghiat history professor at new york university and author of strongmen, mussolini to the president. ruth, it is always a pleasure to chat with you. i just want to get your initial take on how dangerous trumps demands are for retribution especially if hes telling voters its on their behalf. you know when he comes in and says, i am your retribution, people are eating that up. what does it potentially mean for the count...

There has been a lot of overlapping and mutually reinforcing approaches that were taken with italy. italy is a nato ally, and they are a very competent n.i.l.a. nato ally, and they have been a tremendous supporter of ukraine. theyre hosting 170,000 ukrainians on italian soil. >> history has taught us that necessary allegiances come from unlikely allies. but will americas principals have to be compromised in order to reach a just and moral and in ukraine? joining me now from ukraine, the independ...

Presidential power, and quote. and, quote, to bring independent agencies under presidential control. donald trump tried to destroy our democracy. if reelected, he is likely to try to finish the. job ruth ben-ghiat is a professor of history at the new york university. she is the author of strongmen, she joins me now. ruth, lets start with the reporting and in your times, there is actually a plan in motion not just to obliterate the deep state or cleansed it, or whatever he says, its to actually e...

That hate their country, we will route the fake dues media. we will defeat crooked joe biden, we will drain the swamp once and for all. >> ladle out there. joining me now -- is a professor of history and what you, the author of the lucid newsletter that tracks threats for democracy, the author of the very important book, strongmen, mussolini to the president. unlike donald, trump she does have a ph.d.. also joining me is the former republican congressman, joe walsh of illinois, ran against donal...

January 6th he. s been barred from running for office in brazil until 2030. thats brazils highest court swiftly handling a presidents efforts to undermine public trust in democratic election. does any of that show the way back from the republican partys venture down the road of authoritarianism? a direct challenge from the inside, the hammer of the rule of law coming down hard? we have to figure this out, and fast. joining us now is ruth ben-ghiat, professor of history at newark university and a...

Win an election? can he win an election? >> yes he can. the question is he is he is the strong gets to win the election. i dont know that answer. but biden anyone can be biden. can biden beat other people? yes biden can beat them. on any given day. >> trump reportedly fluent at the blasphemy, and mccarthy made a frenzied effort to rocket all back. according to the new york times he called for the president to apologize. mccarthy also offered an exclusive interview to breitbart, where he said tha...

Law >> do you think you could win an election? could you win an election? >> could he win an election? yeah he can. the question, is he the strongest to win an election? i dont know that answer. but can anybody beat biden, anybody could beat biden. can biden beat other people, yes biden can beat them. >> trump was reportedly -- and mccarthy begin a frenzied effort to walk it all back. reporting to the new york times, he called the former president to apologize. mccarthy also offered an exclusive...

He was firsthand, what happend, how warmly wagner was welcomed. he is not a man he was a week ago, has definitely lost that lustre and i think he is weaker and he is weaker in the eyes of strongmen that expect, have a particular kind of expectation for behaviour. you dont allow things to boil over, that results in an insurrection. final question, what are the global indications of all of this? do you think, for example, the instability in russia could have consequences for chinas relationship wi...