eric: today marks president trump s 100th day in office. the 100 a. standard is used as a measuring stick of the new administration. fox news chief white house correspondent john roberts has a look at the person s first 100 days. i donald john trump do solemnly swear. there s no question president trump got off to a swift start in his first official day of office fulfilling campaign promises to withdraw from transpacific partnership trade deals implement a federal hiring freeze and reimplement the so-called mexico city policy on funding ngos that provide abortion counseling. within the first week he also greenlighted the keystone xl and dakota axis pipelines authorize building a border wall and rebuilding the military and issue his ill-fated executive
it s a slower process, i think. elizabeth: we talk about how a president is doing. and we usually never talk about how a president is doing until his legacy. and the first 100 days marked by fdr. if you re running on getting something done in the first 100 days, you have to do it. he did, he happened to appoint a supreme court nominee. if you go back to the voters in the district, that s what they wanted. that s really what they wanted. so, you know, for him, it s a win. it s not insignificant. elizabeth: molly cooper, thank you very much. very interesting, appreciate it, deland. leland: well, as you all just pointed out, the president calls the 100 day mark arbitrary. his predecessor said it s a hallmark holiday. going back to fdr and the great depression, it s been used as a measuring stick for administrations. with more on that, chief white house correspondent, john roberts.
crisis. he wachnted to show he could matter. that is relevant today. what do you think is the measuring stick if president trump got it done? do you think it is the mid terms? i think the mid terms will be the first measuring stick. there will be another measuring stick in 2020. the thing i encourage people this think about and if you turn against him. ares lives getting better? is the opioid epidemic getting better? do people feel like the towns are getting better? that drove the election. the regional inequality. my hometown is not growingnatio. those are the metrics that get judged in two-year and four-year ti
measuring stick for new presidents. tonight we begin an in-depth look at the president s first 100 days, a five-part series that will run in this 5:00 p.m. hour. for our first installment, here is chief white house correspondent john roberts. i donald john trump do solemnly swear. there is no question president trump got off to a swift start on his first official day of business, signing three executive orders, fulfilling campaign promises to withdraw from the trans-pacific partnership trade deal, implement a federal hiring freeze and re-implement the so-called mexico city policy on funding ngos that provide abortion counseling. within the first week he green-lighted the keystone xl and dakota access pipelines, authorizeuildg a border wall and rebuilding the military, a issued his ill-fated executive order on the immigration ban which was immediately challenged in the courts. these entrenched interests will do anything they can to
and he said as a candidate he wants to get a lot done. and the truth is whether you think it is a good criteria or not it is a criteria. as a measuring stick when they make promises if they win the election. the first 100 days going back to fdr. because of what we are coming out of the great depression. they had put it since then. at present trump is not able to accomplish that. it has already had many successes. it s due to executive orders. what does he have to do or what will happen if he doesn t get anything done