we begin with the top story, the president moving to put his imprint on the supreme court, where democrats say biden has a turning point opportunity to deliver on politics and substance. rallying his side with a big decision about who will fill the new vacancy with justice breyer s appointment. the spotlight is on the court, which has in its entire american history featured just two black people as supreme court justices ever. that s just a fact. both of them men. biden famously pledging to put the first black woman on the court. and standing by that pledge, the white house telling reporters and everyone this week they will nominate a black woman. that s the plan, to deliver on the campaign vow he made, which also echoes another candidate, ronald reagan, who vowed he would put a woman on the court. the person i will nominate
to buy health care plans across state lines and in bulk. the president saying, look, this will give insurers and customers more flexibility. but again, the criticism, andrea, is that it will provide less coverage, that these will be skimpier plans that won t cover things like maternity care and some preexisting conditions. so these are controversial moves, but again, the president making the case that this fits into his campaign vow to really unravel a lot of what former president obama put into place. and of course he ran on a promise to repeal and replace obamacare. congress didn t act. they made a number of attempts to do that. they weren t able to get it done, so this is the president s way of saying he s taking the matter into his own hands, andrea. let me just share, kristen, while you re there. as you saw, 5:45 this morning from the president, a tweet. the democrats obamacare is imploding. massive subsidy payments to
congress will pass legislation to toughen sanctions on iran for its non-nuclear behavior, including its ballistic missile program and support for terrorism in the region. critics, including america s closest allies in europe, say even this compromise will isolate the u.s. and strengthen russia and china, as well as signalling to north korea that it doesn t pay to negotiate with the trump administration. nbc white house correspondent kristen welker joins me now. kristen, this is another effort by the president to undo a lot of president obama s legacy. we ll talk in a minute about health care, but the nuclear deal, his primary legacy in terms of foreign policy. reporter: absolutely. this is his latest move to unravel the obama foreign policy legacy. and as you pointed out, andrea, this is essentially president trump walking a fine line in order to, in his view, live up to his campaign vow. of course, he campaigned on the promise to scrap the iran nuclear deal. this doesn t go that far
i want to borrow a quote, the president is president by standards. none until now has entered office saying so loud and so often that the job would be so easy, in fact, by his own admission the job is harder than president trump imagined. more from dana bash. one of donald trump s many memorable lines on the campaign trail was about isis. i would bomb the [ bleep ] out of them. i would just bomb those suckers. given that, launching the mother of all bombs against an isis target makes a lot of sense. we re very, very proud of our military. under normal circumstances, that consistency, a campaign vow with a high profile follow-through is standard, expected. but not with this president
more now from dana bash. reporter: one of donald trump s many memorable lines on the campaign trail was about isis. i would bomb the [ bleep ] out of them. i would just bomb those suckers. reporter: given that, launching the mother of all bombs against an isis target makes a lot of sense. we re very, very proud of our military. reporter: under normal circumstances, that consistency, a campaign vow with a high profile follow-through is standard, expected. but not with this president during this week where a slew of his decisions and pronouncements were completely at odds with what he told voters. trump in may 2016. nato is obsolete. reporter: trump this week. i said it was obsolete. it s no longer obsolete. reporter: again, trump last may. china, which has been ripping us off. the greatest abuser in the history of this country. reporter: and trump this week.