President Trump just hit 100 days in office — why it's important
WCCO - CBS Minnesota
[{'start': '0.160', 'end': '3.760', 'text': 'This week, President Donald Trump marked'}, {'start': '1.920', 'end': '5.759', 'text': 'his first 100 days in office with a'}, {'start': '3.760', 'end': '8.080', 'text': 'rally in Michigan, where he highlighted'}, {'start': '5.759', 'end': '10.639', 'text': 'his accomplishments since taking office.'}, {'start': '8.080', 'end': '12.639', 'text': 'Why are the first 100 days so important?'}, {'start': '10.639', 'end': '15.440', 'text': 'Good question. Kirsten Mitchell talked'}, {'start': '12.639', 'end': '17.840', 'text': 'with a political expert to find out.'}, {'start': '15.440', 'end': '21.720', 'text': 'Land of our nation to celebrate the most'}, {'start': '17.840', 'end': '24.240', 'text': 'successful first 100 days of any'}, {'start': '21.720', 'end': '27.439', 'text': 'administration in the history of our'}, {'start': '24.240', 'end': '29.439', 'text': 'country. the first 100 days, 100 days'}, {'start': '27.439', 'end': '31.920', 'text': 'into his presidency, a presidential'}, {'start': '29.439', 'end': '33.840', 'text': 'milestone and yes, a bit of a honeymoon'}, {'start': '31.920', 'end': '35.680', 'text': "period. It's kind of a benchmark. I"}, {'start': '33.840', 'end': '37.680', 'text': "don't know when it first got started. A"}, {'start': '35.680', 'end': '41.680', 'text': 'benchmark that dates back almost a'}, {'start': '37.680', 'end': '43.680', 'text': "century. FDR. Yeah. Yes. That's where it"}, {'start': '41.680', 'end': '45.520', 'text': "started start. They're right. The 100"}, {'start': '43.680', 'end': '48.320', 'text': 'day marker began with Franklin D.'}, {'start': '45.520', 'end': '50.079', 'text': 'Roosevelt in 1933 when he hit the ground'}, {'start': '48.320', 'end': '52.079', 'text': 'running during the Great Depression and'}, {'start': '50.079', 'end': '54.760', 'text': 'called for a special session. During the'}, {'start': '52.079', 'end': '58.399', 'text': 'first 100 days of Congress, they passed'}, {'start': '54.760', 'end': '61.600', 'text': '15 mammoth pieces of legislation that'}, {'start': '58.399', 'end': '63.920', 'text': 'saved banks, saved jobs, saved farms,'}, {'start': '61.600', 'end': '66.479', 'text': 'saved industry, put money into poor'}, {'start': '63.920', 'end': '69.040', 'text': 'areas. I want to tell you what has been'}, {'start': '66.479', 'end': '71.680', 'text': 'done in the last few days. UF politics'}, {'start': '69.040', 'end': '73.760', 'text': 'professor Larry Jacobs says FDR spoke on'}, {'start': '71.680', 'end': '75.439', 'text': 'the radio to update Americans on their'}, {'start': '73.760', 'end': '76.960', 'text': 'work and give the nation hope. When'}, {'start': '75.439', 'end': '78.880', 'text': 'Roosevelt referred to the first 100'}, {'start': '76.960', 'end': '81.520', 'text': 'days, he was actually referring to the'}, {'start': '78.880', 'end': '83.520', 'text': 'first 100 days of Congress.'}, {'start': '81.520', 'end': '86.320', 'text': 'not to his own term in office.'}, {'start': '83.520', 'end': '88.560', 'text': 'Presidents today now sees that 100 day'}, {'start': '86.320', 'end': '90.320', 'text': 'spotlight. Today marks our 100th day of'}, {'start': '88.560', 'end': '92.079', 'text': 'working together for the American people'}, {'start': '90.320', 'end': '94.479', 'text': 'to talk about their accomplishments,'}, {'start': '92.079', 'end': '96.799', 'text': 'their achievements, the legislation that'}, {'start': '94.479', 'end': '98.720', 'text': "they've passed with polling and approval"}, {'start': '96.799', 'end': '100.960', 'text': 'ratings. Has that always gone handinand'}, {'start': '98.720', 'end': '103.360', 'text': 'with the 100 days? Is that when'}, {'start': '100.960', 'end': '105.920', 'text': 'Americans get kind of gauged too on how'}, {'start': '103.360', 'end': '108.720', 'text': "they're feeling? Good question. They"}, {'start': '105.920', 'end': '110.799', 'text': 'have become a part of the uh kind of the'}, {'start': '108.720', 'end': '113.200', 'text': 'the drama of the 100 days. What are'}, {'start': '110.799', 'end': '116.079', 'text': 'Americans saying? And you usually see'}, {'start': '113.200', 'end': '118.320', 'text': 'some kind of report uh from pollsters in'}, {'start': '116.079', 'end': '121.119', 'text': 'the media on how the president is being'}, {'start': '118.320', 'end': '124.880', 'text': 'judged by voters. Well, I think you'}, {'start': '121.119', 'end': '127.920', 'text': 'judge the president on what they do'}, {'start': '124.880', 'end': '129.840', 'text': 'every day or whenever you hear about it.'}, {'start': '127.920', 'end': '131.840', 'text': 'Uh and there has been something just'}, {'start': '129.840', 'end': '134.640', 'text': 'about every day. Too much is known about'}, {'start': '131.840', 'end': '136.319', 'text': 'him to say that this 100 days is going'}, {'start': '134.640', 'end': '138.239', 'text': 'to make a difference in terms of how I'}, {'start': '136.319', 'end': '140.800', 'text': 'look at him. Some presidents have made'}, {'start': '138.239', 'end': '143.599', 'text': 'their mark early. JFK launched the Bay'}, {'start': '140.800', 'end': '145.360', 'text': 'of Pigs invasion. Ford pardoned Nixon.'}, {'start': '143.599', 'end': '149.040', 'text': 'Reagan survived an assassination'}, {'start': '145.360', 'end': '152.560', 'text': 'attempt. And Obama signed a 787 billion'}, {'start': '149.040', 'end': '154.800', 'text': 'stimulus by day 29. Obviously, you know,'}, {'start': '152.560', 'end': '156.400', 'text': 'actions speak louder than words. But,'}, {'start': '154.800', 'end': '158.640', 'text': "um, you know, it's important to have a"}, {'start': '156.400', 'end': '161.280', 'text': 'good tone, too. So I think that history'}, {'start': '158.640', 'end': '164.319', 'text': 'gives an importance and it now has a'}, {'start': '161.280', 'end': '166.080', 'text': 'place in both the media coverage of the'}, {'start': '164.319', 'end': '168.319', 'text': 'White House but also the way in which'}, {'start': '166.080', 'end': '170.239', 'text': 'Americans uh tend to size up the'}, {'start': '168.319', 'end': '173.519', 'text': 'president out of the gate. Kirsten'}, {'start': '170.239', 'end': '176.400', 'text': 'Mitchell, WCCCO News. President Trump'}, {'start': '173.519', 'end': '178.879', 'text': 'signed 142 executive orders during his'}, {'start': '176.400', 'end': '181.200', 'text': 'first 100 days, more than any president'}, {'start': '178.879', 'end': '181.200', 'text': 'in'}]