streets safer for everybody. reporter: that idea came out of a civil grand jury report entitled, from confrontation to conversation. it concluded increased citations will lead to saver behavior and also found cyclists didn t get a lot of sky citation. the san francisco wrote more than 200,000 moving citations in 2009, less than 1% to cyclists. on average a police officer will write one citation to a driver every three days to a cyclist once a year! but that doesn t stop cyclists from complaining. there is one complaint for every 100 citations given to car drivers. between 20 and 30 complaints for every 100 citations given to cyclist. we start nitpicking. do i have to take my foot out of the pedal? i ll be happy if they just stop when there is oncoming traffic at a red light. reporter: even the san francisco bicycle coalition agrees more tickets for pedestrians, motorists and cyclists is a good thing. when people see this story are they going to be surprised to hear yo
this morning on early today, too compromising. democrat put yet another key part of their health care plan on the chopping block. sterful. scientists observe some clever underwater antics by a species of octupus. a new telescope allowing scientists to look closer than ever before. captions paid for by nbc-universal television hello. good morning, everyone. i m dan kloeffler. today we begin with what price for passage. after months of debate and with just days left before their self-imposed holiday recess deadline, president obama and senate democrats are dropping yet another key part of their health care overhaul plan. in a last ditch all-out effort to win the support of a few reluctant holdouts. the proposal would have expanded coverage to uninsured americans as young as 55 years old. it was included in the overall package as a replacement for a full blown public option which a handful of moderate democrats refuse to support. now after months of turmoil, liberal memb
this morning on early today, too compromising. democrat put yet another key part of their health care plan on the chopping block. masterful. scientists observe some clever underwar antics by a species of octupus. a new telescope allowing scientists to look closer than ever before. captions paid for by nbc-universal television hello. good morning, everyone. i m dan kloeffler. today we begin with what price for passage. after months of debate and with just days left before their self-imposed holiday recess deadline, president obama and senate democrats are dropping yet another key part of their health care overhaul plan. in a last ditch all-out effort to win the support of a few luctant holdouts. the proposal would have expanded coverage to uninsured americans as young as 55 years old. it was included in the overall package as a replacement for a full blown public option which a handful of moderate democrats refuse to support. now after months of turmoil, liberal member
making news in america this morning do or die time. it s a critical day for health reform, as senators try to meet a christmas deadline. new home. today, the government will announce the move of guantanamo detainees to america s heartland. and will it be a white christmas at your house? chances are higher than any time in this decade. it s december 15th, 2009. good morning. i m mike von fremd, in for jeremy hubbard. i m vinita nair. with the deadline looming, the deadline to pass health care reform shifts to today. senators will trek to pennsylvania avenue for a face-to-face with the president. reporter: vinita, mike, with every senate democrat heading to the white house today, their leaders are expressing renewed confidence that health care reform will pass the senate before christmas. democrats thought they had the votes to pass health care reform. that was until this weekend, in a threat from connecticut senator joe lieberman. to torpedo the bill, over it
yeah, quietly. behind the scenes. thank you. you can pay for it. but it s going to be it s going to be fascinating. this all goes back to ned lamont running against him in 2006. the democrats in his state voting him out, and lieberman, you talk about revenge being best served up cold, nora o donnell. he is making democrats pay every day for 2006. yeah. he s the skunk at the garden party, the party of joe. i mean, you know, you had so many progressives out there that said let s get rid of this guy. the problem is they already did that. yeah, right. they tried. in 2006, it was a national effort to get rid of joe lieberman. for ned lamont they succeeded. and joe said, okay. yeah. you know, if they get rid of joe, they don t get 60 votes. and the truth is, we had this thing, we ve been talking about it, go for the public option with the trigger. you had joe and olympia snowe in october. instead the progressives said, we want it all. well, harry reid said it. r