edge and on the rise. a report shows that the number of the sex assaults up and dc residence are worried. the number of sexual assaults are on the rise, going up by almost 50% since last year. reporter: they want police to do more to protect people from sexual assault. what do you think has to be done about people? reporter: she specializes in criminology at american university. we have obviously a downturn in the economy and that will affect all the things connected to the missing violence. reporter: saying that there might be another explanation. that is unknown, of course, that the police department sometimes might upgrade or downgrade declines. and because of the political associations. reporter: i m brittany morehouse reporting where families who live in the chesapeake bridge say that their backyards are eroding and only a waiting game until they have to move. we always start packing. packing to move out of their house. she stands on the now condemned
now, a source telling cnn that the justice department and fbi are investigating whether o donnell, the candidate in delaware on the republican side for the senate, whether she misused campaign funds. she answered repeated questions about her finance including she used campaign funds to pay for rent. remember, federal law prevents using campaign funds donated from people, often, for personal use. in the primaries, you remember she soundly defeated mike cassel, the long-time moderate republican, and he was considered the favorite, and she got beat pretty soundly in the general election by chris kuhns, and she says this is about a plil vendetta against her. listen to what she said earlier today. keep in mind that we upset the delaware political establishment, and we beat their so-called untouchable incumbent,
good morning. who s going to buy in touch magazine after the show? you. happy new year to you both. get it online. all right. 9:00 a.m. on the east coast. 6:00 a.m. in the west. good morning, everybody. i m alina cho in for kyra phillips this week. first up, a developing story out of indiana. almost exactly an hour ago, a 4.2 magnitude earthquake rattled the area just north of indianapolis. no reports of damage but residents report feeling shaking for five to seven seconds. we ll have a live report coming up. new york is still digging out from the snow and the airports are still wading through the backlog of canceled flights but all the runways are back in service at jfk, laguardia and newark airports. officials say it may take a two or two to get back on schedule. the nfl slapped brett favre with a fine over his so-called sext g scandal. the league says it can t prove it was actually him that sent the sexually explicit text messages but he failed to cooperate
and who are you planning to kiss on new year s eve as harry and sally found out, the new year s kiss can mean much more than just tradition. we ll look at the science of kissing. that s straight ahead. and it is thursday, december 30th 2010. i m norah o donnell. chuck and savannah have the week off, so let s get to the rundown. now to the fall out from the blizzard that buried the big apple four days. deaths are being blame and the city s slow response. the mayor is apologizing and the frustration keeps growing. jeff rossen is live in brooklyn, new york. good morning, jeff. reporter: hey, norah, how are you? yeah. so the city, while they were apologizing during a news conference yesterday say, we failed. we didn t pick up all the snow as fast as we should have here we are on day four and they set a deadline for this morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern to pick up all the snow. it s 9:00 a.m. oorch and you can see the snow is still here on this street. i mean it is an absolute mes
peninsula here as we head throughout the next couple of hours. so as we watch this storm system drop from the south, here are some of the highlights for this weekend. the coldest air of the season has already started to arrive. that ll mean upper 40s and low 50s on saturday, rain, wind, isolated thunderstorms and snow levels that could go as low as 2,000 feet in some cases. we ll have more on the timing of this coming up. all righty. jeff, thank you. and the approaching storms certainly have crews across the bay area preparing for possible flooding and power outages. nbc bay area s damian trujillo is in san jose with that part of our coverage tonight. damian? reporter: well, tom, wind and rain are never a good mix for these pg&e crews. they know the calls will come this weekend. so they re staffing up to meet the demand. the wind was relatively calm all day, but pg&e crews are already mobilizing, knowing the trees will be swaying this stormy weekend. workers spend the d