investigative reporter jody fleischer has more on the product you are likely paying for too.he new question. if it's fair. >> how closely do you look at your monthly water bill. you might not have noticed this one line with a really big charge. churches around our area couldn't notice the bill jumping by hundreds, thousands of dollars going up and up. now it's hit a crisis level. they called the news 4 i-team. >> we can't balance underground tunnels to keep sewage and storm water from overflowing our rivers. it's a problem they have to fix. they have to pay so much. you have to remember, we cannot charge -- we cannot go up on our rates to a -- we took their concerns to the man in charge at d.c. water. we look at every option. when -- there aren't that many unfortunately. someone has to pay the bill. >> coming up tomorrow on news 4 at 6:00, see the impact the churches say this will have on all of us. we're working for you to see how d.c. water decides to charge each property and why that amount will continue to grow. jody fleischer, news 4 i-team. >>> right now on "news4 today

. >>> i'm jodie fleischer with the i-team. cemeteries may have to shut down because of skyrocketing water bills and it has nothing to do with how much water they are using. >> it makes no sense whatsoever. >> we took their concerns to the head of d.c. water coming up. >>> and what do you think of this, amazon's plan to let delivery drivers walk right into your home. why the company may soon be able to unlock you homer >>> you may remember this image from superstorm sandy. now almost five years later, the roller coaster that was wrecked has now been replaced. the new one sits farther off the beach where it can survive another big storm if one comes. homeowners in new york city are also preparing for future flooding. some homes were lifted into the air on risers and there are new protected bulk heads, marshes and dunes. >> for the most part, they have done an awesome job of rebuilding. doug isck that could impact those same areas damaged during sandy? >> yeah, guys. we'll watch this very closely. the five-year anniversary is on

jody fleischer, thank you. >> all right. thank you, jody. stay on that.. >> our i-team is working for you tonight's story started with a tip. you can send them any ideas for future stories by visiting our nbc washington app and clicking on investigations. >> that's infuriating. isn't it? oh. all right. it's the gridlock game changer so many of you have been waiting for. where and when you'll be able to skip some of the traffic on a very busy highway. but only if you're willing to pay for it. >> also ahead, the struggle in a local community over big power lines and where to put them. >> plus this just in, we've got a wind advisory now. overnight for most of the area, i-95 back to the west, winds could gust upwards of 50 miles an hour. we've been telling you about that chance for severe weather and the chance for some strong winds. national weather service seeing that chance as well. now a wind advisory i effect n >>> how would you like to be a kid sitting in the school cafeteria having lunch when the first lady walks in? it happened today and you know what

jody fleischer uncovers a massive government project that you're likely footing the bill for and the question, is it fair? >> how closely do you look at your monthly water bill? you might not have noticed this one little line with a really big charge. >> churches around our area couldn't help, but notice when their bills jumped drastically by hundreds, even thousands of dollars a month, going up and up over the last few years. now it's hit a crisis level so they called the news 4 i team. >> it's dire because we're looking at our budget for 2018 and we can't balance it. >> the iac fee is paying for large, underground tunnels to keep sewage water from overflowing into the rivers. the faith community wonders why it has to pay so much. >> you have to cannot charge. we cannot go up on the rates to allow people to come into the church. >> they took their concerns to the man at d.c. water. >> we look at the option and there aren't many. someone's got to pay the bill. >> reporter: coming up tonight on news 4 at 6:00, see the impact churches say this will have on all of us and we're working f

. >> jody fleischer has more on the massive government project that you're likely paying for too andhe big question, is it >> reporter: how closely do you look at your monthly water bill? you might not have noticed this one line with a really big charge. churches around our area couldn't help but notice when their bills jumped drastically by hundreds, even thousands of dollars a month. going up and up over the last few years. now it's hit a crisis level. >> you're looking at our budget for 2018. we can't balance it. >> the fee is paying for large underground tunnels to help keep sewage and storm water from overflowing into our rivers. it's a problem the district has to fix. but the faith community wonders why it has to pay so much. >> you have to wonder we cannot go up on our rates for our people to come into the church. >> at d.c. water. >> we look at every option. >> there aren't that many. >> coming up tomorrow on the -- we're working for you to see how d.c. water decides what to charge each property. why that amount will continue to grow. joedie fleischer, news 4 i-team. >>> targ

jodie fleischer. >>> here are four things to know before you head out the door.tart with a triple shooting in alexandria. police are searching for the shooter who killed two people and left one person seriously injured. this happened at 8:30 last night at all veterans park. police say. >>> there will be extra police presence after an online threat. the school in greenbelt was not specifically targeted. police are trying to find out who spread and unspecified threat on social media. >> the washington redskins will be playing in primetime tonight. the redskins taking on philadelphia. the redskins are the underdog and hope to prove everyone wrong. follow carol maloney on twitter. >>> for the first time since 2002, justin timberlake will perform at the super bowl halftime show. the last time was when -- >>> excited to see him. temperaturewise this afternoon, 77. still above normal. still pretty mild. more clouds around, though. remember, we have a lot of fog this morning. be careful. rain moves in overnight. the early part of the commute tomorrow. could move out quic

. >> our investigative reporter jody fleischer joins us in the studio with a story you'll see only on news 4. >> jody, this isn't a new fee, right? >> it's not. it actually started in 2009. back then it was so small that nobody really noticed it. and it's been increasing steadily every single year. and now just that fee alone can be hundreds of dollars on your bill. >> so, what are the churches and other nonprofits going to do about it? >> well, they're really in a bind over this. they're hoping they can get some relief from d.c. water, from the board, but if that doesn't happen they say they could have to cut ministry programs, some of which feed the hungry, give back packs to children or help the needy during the holidays. >> churches are often bare bones nonprofits. >> they count on money from you and i to fund their operations. >> exactly. >> and you have more coming up? >> we do. tune in tonight at 6:00 and we investigation and you will hear from many more members of the faith community. >> we look forward to it. jody, thanks so much. >> a consumer watch tonight. imagine driving

jody fleischer with the story you'll only see on 4 >>> plus the big change coming to a popular lottery jackpot. we'll see you soon with those stories plus a good deal more in just about half an hour. le p to be the best, you have to beat the best. okay. and tonight the redskins get a chance to do just that. >> yeah. the burgundy and gold facing the eagles, the hottest team in the nfl right now. news 4's sheree burruss is live in philadelphia to set the scene for us. >> do you know how much it hurts to say they're the hottest team in the league? come on, sheree? >> reporter: well, fans so far have been pretty nice. as you guys said, this is a huge rivalry match up. the eagles are at the top of the division 5-1. fair to say they're the best team in the 234i6nfl. for tonight's monday night match up, this is more than a night game. people have been here since noon. check out the tailgaters. everyone has been here since 1:00. we have giant jen ga and giant connect 4. we've been walking around today, people were grilling, cooking out. one guy said he got here 8 1/2 hours before the game is s

jody fleischer, news 4 eye team. >> this is like san diego weather out here. >> i was thinking about that earlier when he was showing all the temperatures and it was all 74s. >> low humidity and abundant sunshine. >> we can get used to it. >> all three things, i can never do the weather. i think i told you that. >> boring. >> no san diego weather early. too boring for me. i think we all like a little change of the seasons. moment of us do. we're getting that out there. we've seen cooler weather the last couple days. today some beautiful weather. 72 right now. the sun going down even as we speak. temperatures will be dropping into the 60s and we are already there, some of the suburbs. look at potomac 68 degrees now. 70 riverdale, leesburg 71 degrees. no rain to talk about. we are not going to see real chances of rain until the weekend. what do i mean by the weekend? 79 by wednesday, pair ever thursday and friday. playoff is looking great for that game. 7:31 start, no problem there. but i am tracking the tropics. what do i mean? well, we are tracking a storm system right now in the sou