neighbors and seriously undermine the prospects of future negotiations. starting tomorrow, the president attends a summit meeting on nuclear security that will happen in seoul. and while he was at the dmz, the president signed a brick in the american soldiers dining room. let s go to strategy talk on nbc s meet the press. david plouff took aim at the achilles heel. he s the godfather of our health care plan. if he s president, remarkably he s running away from the past and he s saying he s going to try to throw all of this away. we know we have to do this for our economy, for the health and safety of the american people. the latest national poll shows president obama ahead of republican front-runners, mitt romney and rick santorum. but we have only seven months until the election. karen finney, former dnc
you heard david plouffe. do you think this is going to be the line of attack for president obama if mitt romney becomes the gop nominee? it is. the white house thinks they can muddle ground enough that there won t be a clear contrast. they think that the godfather line is going to stick. and that will be their line of attack through the summer. and frankly, this just isn t an issue that mitt romney is comfortable talking about. that s what his republican rivals have been saying on the campaign trail. if you nominate mitt romney, health care or obama care isn t going to be a general election issue. well, we know the supreme court is going to get down to business tomorrow and hear the health care reform case. oral arguments begin in the morning. here s what david ploueffe had to say about that. the health care reform signed by the president ever going to be rolled back? we don t think so and shouldn t be. we confident in the
interview with white house voyeur adviser, david plouffe at the top of the hour. president obama got a closer look at north korea today than he has ever had. mr. obama went to the demilitarized zone that s separated the north from the south since the end of the korean war and met with south korea s president. nbc s kristen welker is in seoul south korea with more. good day to you, alex. soem and south korean president, lee myung-bak sent a strong message to north korea, they won t tolerate the north s provocations. north korea had planned to launch a long-range rocket. it would derail a deal in which the u.s. would provide food aid to the north if it hats its nuclear testing programs. president obama said north korea risks further isolation if it moves forward. i ll say that north korea
at the systemic issues and problems with the sanford police department. there s so much that has to be done in this case. and just overall with the police department. i think it s sort of indicative and representative of a lot of police departments around the country. many african-americans feel. i want to thank david for his candid personal revelations there about how he was taught as he grew up. and also let all of you know that the sanford police chief temporarily stepped down last week and the city is now searching for an interim chief. read more news and perspective on the subject at the grio.com. up next, health care reform and voters. [ male announcer ] this is lawn ranger eden prairie, minnesota.
communications director, and susan del purse yoe, an msnbc contributor. i m going to ask you both to take a look at this picture from 2006. you re going to see here, this is then-massachusetts governor, mitt romney, signing the state s health care reform law as ted kennedy looks on approvingly with a smile there. national health care now is headed to the supreme court. that happens tomorrow. so what role do you think it would play in a president obama-mitt romney election? i ll let you have first crack at that karen. yeah, mitt romney doesn t look like anybody s twisting his arm, does he, to make him do this. he s smiling, it looks all good. i think david plouffe said it best, he s the godfather of this plan. it really takes a lot, many of the core criticisms of the right off the table. despite the fact that mitt romney has continuously tried to say well, it was just for, in my state and i think every state should you know, do what they