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Authoritarianism affects all in a globalized world and so we may need global rules like term limits to ensure accountability

Congressman deborah waltz abou what this is about leadershi on the hill. and attacks against th judicial system, nothing new for authoritarians around th world. i will talk to the author of strongmen about th similarities to what trump i doing right now. but first, my colleague richar lui is standing by with a look at other big stories we ar watching this hour at msnbc. richard? >> symone sanders-townsend very good evening to you again we are following that breaking story, very powerful storm moving across the midwest an south on flight friday, killin at least 22 people and causing extensive d...

>> i mean, it's gonna play out in court for sure. and one o the things that fox seem t have lost is whether or no they're gonna have to force th murdochs to actually testify so, i think this is gonna play right in the courtroom, this sort of, you know, lawsuit fro tucker's producer, what it i it going to demonstrate is not only that fox did all this bad stuff in terms of defaming dominion and helping sort of attacked the election, because they were boosting trump and worried about their audience but they went one step further and that they were actuall engaging in a sort o coordinated cover-up...

They were boosting trump and worried about their audience but they went one step further and that they were actuall engaging in a sort o coordinated cover-up, using, you know, their own employees. so, i think that not only is her trial going to play ou kind of simultaneously, bu it's going to end up playing right in the court, which is just a couple of weeks away. this whole thing is starting april 17th >> around the corner, angelo thank you. >> thank you >> next, strongmen author ruth ben-ghiat on how authoritarians, i can't even say the word -- how they use and how they abus the law and orde...

In prison for similar reasons. italy's former prime ministe was convicted for tax fraud. and in france, forme presidents have been convicted of embezzlement and influenc peddling, and the list goes on but here in the united states, it is a different story. as new york times as peter baker points out, for more tha two centuries, presidents have been held on a pedestal, eve ones swatch in scandal declared immune for prosecutio while an office, and effectively even afterwards. joining me now history professor ruth ben-ghiat she is the author of strongmen mussolini to the president so, ruth, repub...