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Work of how he does business and says the trump legacy will be decided by what happens after his arbitrary milestone. karl rove is a fox news politics political contributor and former deputy chief of staff to president george w. bush. carl, i will ask you a simple question first. how is he doing? >> mostly good. but the things that he is coming up short on if not rectified could have a long-term impact upon his ability to be a successful president. particularly in the mid terms next year and in ...

Bragging rights, does it make sense that hes bragging about that? joining us now is michael beschloss, nbc news presidential historian. thank you for being here. >> thank you, rachel. >> where does the 100 days standard come from? >> it comes from franklin roosevelt. roosevelt was inaugurated on march 4th, 1933. in those days, that was the date a president was sworn in. beginning on the 9th, roosevelt went to congress to get all sorts of legislation to try to fix not only the great depression bu...

Roosevelt was inaugurated on march 4th, 1933. in those days, that was the date a president was sworn in. beginning on the 9th, roosevelt went to congress to get all sorts of legislation to try to fix not only the great depression but also the fact that the banks had failed. so it was, you know, bill after bill during those next 100 days until the 16th of june. regulation to fix the banks. relieve people who were suffering from the great depression. tennessee valley authority. a lot of the things...

The executive order in question was meaningless. so the new president is bragging about his executive orders at the 100-day mark. if you ask somebody who really knows about the 100-day standard, who knows what presidents can do, who knows what presidents have done, and what really ought to count as bragging rights, does it make sense that hes bragging about that? joining us now is michael beschloss, nbc news presidential historian. thank you for being here. >> thank you, rachel. >> where does th...

Silence tonight after sexual harassment claims and evidence cost him his job as the face of fox news. good evening and welcome to a special prime time edition of "the lead" in which were marking president trumps first 100 days in office. im jake tapper. with historically low approval ratings and zero pieces of major legislation signed into law, president trump has had a disappointing first 100 days. perhaps thats the reason he recently tweeted about the quote ridiculous standard of the first 1...

You write. trump hasnt ignored 100 days. he has talked about it a lot. i think the question here is relativity. how do we look at the first three months of a new administration? it started with fdr in march of 1933. chris wallace had this exchange with karl rove. it is very telling. >> this is completely phony measure derived from franklin delano roosevelt. he was inaugurated march 4th. 60 members of the senate. 35 republicans. he had 322 democrats to 109 republicans and the country was in the m...

E program undercuts american jobs by using cheaper international employees. but tech leaders are anxious to keep it. joining me now is democratic representative, ted lew, right here in the golden wonderful state of california. so this buy american, hire american act, congressman lew, what does it do? >> the executive order signed by the president does virtually nothing. im very familiar with the buy american act. when i served on active duty in the air force, i worked on some of these issues. th...

The president does virtually nothing. im very familiar with the buy american act when i served on active duty in the air force i worked on some of these issues. the executive order says its going to be the policy of the executive branch to have a preference for american products. thats the law. congress passed law in 1933 saying exactly that. so basically the executive order says follow the law. yeah, but really does nothing. its just show, no substance. >> we already know that the keystone pipe...

Been used i learned this morning since 1933 with franklin delnor roosevelt because the ceiling is that presidents do have the most moment tell when they first come in to get things accomplished. >> i would argue president trump has had a successful first 100 days. recently released u.s. prisoner in egypt, the supreme court nominee. >> so the syria strike was recent and i agree with you across the aisle, people lauded it. the other was this morning. you dont see any muddled messages in these firs...

Everyone made it down safely. >> giving each other hugs. its going to be okay. jackie: can you imagine? my worst nightmare. same thing happened on the same coaster throw years ago. and football fans around the country honoring one of the most influential dan rooney has died. in the 1960s he took the team over from his father who founded the steelers in 1933. the hall of famer loading them to six championships but one of his greatest accomplishments establishing the rooney rule requiring teams to...