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Presidents And Their First 100 Days

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Construction of scaffolding at the West Front of the Capitol on Dec. 8, 2016 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Construction of scaffolding at the West Front of the Capitol on Dec. 8, 2016 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office Jan. 20, and he'll hit the ground running with Congress already working on one of his campaign promises — repealing Obamacare. What does history show about the first agenda items for a new president, and how much of that agenda gets done quickly?

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson takes a look at those questions with historian Julian Zelizer (@julianzelizer), professor history and public affairs at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School.

This segment aired on January 9, 2017.

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