In fact she says, 13meillion coeptember will be the pricetag that d. C. Taxpayers will have to pay. Get behind the line. Youre breaking the law. Events likesa rdays protests on pennsylvania avenue that sparked confrontations between far right activists and antifascist groups requireots of police and other security. Chris rodriguez director of d. C. s Homeland Security agencyc says that sity can cost f a single event like um ormillions. President s july 4th rally at the lincoln memorial. Our initial tally of fourth of july costs were about six times larger than they have been in previous years. While tnm district govt is responsible for providing much of the security for events like a inaugurationsnd state funerals, in past years previous administrations have reimbursed the district government to cover those costs. In a letter from d. C. Mayorbo ser to President Trump bowser writes, that the district hasnt been reimbursed and is costing d. C. Taxpayers millions. According to bowser, the federal government provides the districw h a 13 million annual budget to cover those costs, but hasnt been making the payments, like the 2017 president ial inauguration. Which cost the district 7. 3 million. The city was never repaid. July 4th, cost 1. 7 million which depletecu the ent fund. Bowser says if the feds dont pay, the fund will have a 6 million deficit by september. That means that the district will have to assume the costs of not only providing First Amendment and special Event Security throughout the district, but also for the president s personal protectiona motor, Vice President , members of his family. So the district will have to assume those costs. So there are a lot of funds that this fund pays for, we reached outto the white house, they did not respond to our request for comment. Director rodriguez makes clear hat even if the district isnt reimbursed for this money, they will not stop providing protection to the white house or the torcade, nor will they stop providing protections to the First Amendment protests, inaugurations, state funerals, things le that. If the federal government did not repay the district, it will be up to district taxpayers to pick up this3 million tab. Back to you, pat. Thats some big bill, mark. Now to a diryurbing s in Montgomery County. Prosecutors say a former school guince counselor was using a popular dating apps s hunting ground. Colin black from rockville il pleaded gu to sexually assaulting two women he met on the app tinder. News4s chris gordon has the terrifying details. 35yearold colin black pleads guilty to forcing a woman to have sex with him. Afte meeting her on the tinder app. Tinder is what is called a hooking up app. Its an app where people get tother so that they can have a sexual affair. And you know, its important to realize that no always means no and when a woman speaks out or wr that matter, any victim, that doesnt likeats happening during a sexual activity, that no, means no. Prosecutors say blacks laptop and home computer show that he searched websites dealing with forced sex. The Police Report says that the victim said onstop, i d like it. Get off me. It hurts. Black grabbed victim as wrist. She said get off me, i dont like it. In all, three women went to Montgomery County police, complaining that colin black sexually assaulted them. After meeting him on tinder. We were able ton obt a conviction on seconddegree sexual offense. Twice, we got one before a jury. And one that he pled to later and wereng holdi the third case in inactive docket so we can bring it up later, should pe anything hapwith the first two cases. Ahead, youll hear the most important piece of advice the Montgomery CountyRape Crisis Center gives to women who use dating apps. To protect themselves. Reporting from the Montgomery County courthouse, chris gordon, news4. Lets turn to breaking news coming in this evening involving labor secretary aex acosta. He just spoke to the media and took questions from them for nearly an hour. Hes been facing a grong chorus of calls for him to resign from democratic lawmakers on the hill. It all comes as acosta has faced renewed krutcy . For a plea deal that his office cut for Jeffrey Epstein a decade ago. Erica gonzales joins us with more. Facing criticism over what some have called a lenient or a sweetheart deal. Acosta tried to lay some of the blame on local prosecutors. Acosta said his office t invened. When it had learned that billionaire Jeffrey Epstein would be pleading to a state chrge that would not require any jail time. He said they believed he needed to serve time. And that there needed to be a way for victims to be compensated. Sa acosta also id times have changed. Todays world treats victims very, very differently. Todays world does not allow some of the victimshaming that had taken place at trial 12 years ago. I dont think we can say you know, take a case that is this old, and fully know how it would ay out today. That the victims have gone through in these cases is horrific. And their response is entirely justified. At the same time, i thinkpo it ant to stand up for the prosecutors of my former office, and make clear that what they were tryi to do was help these victims. Epstein was just charged this federal end with new charges in new york. Acosta did not comment on that. He also would not directly t apologize the victims in the previous case. Acosta also made it clear that he believed President Trump supports him in his current post as labor secretary. Leonnd pat back to you. Erica gonzales. Folks, keep it here for more reaction to secretary acostas ns conference. Were going to be hearing from lawmakers on the hill about this here if ourha next hour. In the meantime. A deadly crash on i95 south in lorton impacted traffic for t hourss morning. Virginia state police sayra a c cshed into the back of a tractortrailer that was stopped on the side of the highway. The driver of the vehicle was killed. I95 was closed off and on for hours during the ination to figure out why the driver ran off the road that way. The m c who wasght on camera setting a fire outside of the National Archives building is pleading guilty. Ne4s Scott Mcfarlane was first to break the story. The u. S. Torneys office said Jacob Wallace set a gas can on fire near the building that houses some of the nations most treasured documents, a Security Camera captured the suspect running from the scene. He allegedly told fbi agents he was hearing voices. All rights let to the weather. Its been quite a weather week. Crazy one day, beautiful the next. Now the first Tropical Storm could be officially up next. Cities like new orleans could be in the path. Youre looking at heavy rain that fell on the big easy earlier today. Our team of meteorologists is tracking the system for us. Rt lets sta with storm team 4 chief meteorologist Doug Kammerer in the storm center. Were calling tomorrow a weather alert day. And the reason is because we have a good threat for strong to severe thunderstorms during the day on our thursday. Could see some storms early tomorrow rning. Heres 11 00 a. M. You see showers around the baltimore area. These come through d. C. 7 00, 8 00 for the morning rush. Then watch the afternoon, in the west, the front movescross our area. Watch the Late Afternoon and evening, a very strong line of thunderstorms develops, very heavy rain associated with that as well. Storm prediction center,ma norn, oklahomahas this a slight risk for Severe Weather. That means were going to see some kind of warnings with the system. Theeaiggest thr guys, lets take a look. Weve got it, heavy rain, a chance for some flash flooding. I dont think it willbe like monday. Wind will be a big factor here. Hail and tornado threat much ower. Were gg to be tracking these two big factors here as we move through the day on our thursday. Back to the tropics, were watching this sy in the gulf of mexico and amelia, we think it could become barry, maybe by the 5 00 advisory. It doesnt matter the name. All eyes on louisiana with the storm for heavy rainfall andg theyrwith the swollen Mississippi River. So the hurricane hunters, youre going to seera their t here. Just after noon in their aircraft that called the super hercules. This is the actual path that ta airpl went into the clouds to kind of see whats going on with this disturbance. They picked up a wind speed of almost 30 miles peur of what is going to become barry, according to the National Hurricane center eorher tomorrow later today as doug was saying. Here it is on storm team 4 radar. The biggest concern wh this Tropical Storm is going to be extremely heavy rainfall. New orleans has already seen of 610 inches of rain earlier today from thisdi urbance. Rainfall totals could see an additional 1520 inches in parts of louisiana. Including arou the new orleans area. In addition to that weve been talking about the mississippi running above normal since januao. So we cd see the Mississippi River crest there on saturday at 20 feet. At that point the levies are going to have huge difficulty keeping that water contained. So we could be dealing with major flooding. In addition that, storm surge floong as well. As doug h the track coming up at 4 15. So now is the time to make sure you have the nbc washington app. Its our fastest way to get weather alerts to you when wer n on the air. Go tocw hington. Com. Boy, what a scene today. A worldclass celebration for the champions of the world toda great stuff here, huh . What a celebration. The u. S. Womens soccer team rode through new york citys canyon of heroes. Celebrating the teamsd inance on the field and dedication off the field. Nbcs jay gray was in the middle of it all and the party in lower manhattan. A seaof fans and waves of i confett washing over lower manhattan. An oldfashionedpe ticker ta parade honoring a new generation of heroes. Thousands lining the streets in rme as tendeeple ceating the historic run of this special group of women. Their journey through the canyon of heroes ending hereit at c hall where thousands joined them celebrating their dominance on the field and everything theyve done off the field as well. This team has neder sh away from the spotlight or a fight. We got white girls and black girls and everything in between. Using the world stage to pusu for treatment and equal pay. Even suing their own federation, demanding to be pd asmuch as their male counterparts. Fans showing their support at one part. [ fans chant equal pay, equal pay ] shouting down the president of u. S. Soccer. We believe in you and were committed to doing right by you. But the focus hery now, isnt on the courts or controversy. The team captain calling for unity. This is my charge to everyone we have to be better. We have to lovemore. Hate less. The love for these champions clear. I think that we have been known as americas favorite soccer team. But from here on out well just known as americas team. America cebrating their unwavering spirit and overwhelming success. Jay gray, nbc news, new york. I can just now hear the calls for Megan Rapinoe to run for president. You think . Why not. One more candidate. What an inspiration, a great story there. New protections against those pesky robo calls. We talk about that coming up. And what you could see on your phone theext time a suspected scammer dials your number. Plus, Grocery Store wars are competing for your money,is paying off for all of us, which stores havthe lowest prices. And it may surprise you. A severe wer threat, this is what the radar could look like tomorrow. Doug is back to take us through the impact hur by hour. O back with a look ar,the rada what it could look like mo toow. Doug says were all going to be under a weaer alert. Hes going take us through the impact and the timing in three minutes right he d. Sot go away. So are you getting the best deals whenou go to the supermarket . You may be able toonsave m by shopping a little bit further down the street. Consumer reporter susan hogan is working for you. Checking which Grocery Stores in our area currently have the lowest prices. Were ready to take them on. Fod is one of the biggest r expenses four families. Sang a few bucks each week can add up. We decided to visit some local Grocery Stores to see which has the best prices. From walmart and target to giant safeway, Harris Teeter and wegmans, we scoured the aisles, checking prices on 12 popular items. Peanut butter, soda, cereal, eggs and milk, chips and crackers, paper towels and trasa s. While we found plenty of sales that could have saved us some cash. We decided to stick to the stores regular prices for a fair comparison. Any we also didnt include discounts we would get with the loyalty cards. Some of the biggest differences we saw a 12pacof diet coke r 4. 8 8 at walmart versus 7. 49 regular price at Harris Teeter and a box of 40 glad trash bags for 8 at walmart. Versus 10. 99 at safeway. Our totals vary from 44. 88. To 61. 29. So who came out on top . T. Walmar followed by wegmans. With a total of about 48. Target came in just under 50. Giant, about 54. And Harris Teeter and safeway were just over 61. We also checked out whole foods, we didnt include them in our comparison, since they only ca 1y four of the2 items we priced out for what its worth, the prices on those items were in line with to other stres. And in some cases, less. And of course, buying generic at any store is going to save youe ore money. So if you want to see how the prices for each item varied at the different stores, we have got the entire breakdown for you on our nbc washington app. Search groceries. Tomorr were going show you how to properly store your produce. So you dont throw your money away. I know we canall relate to that. I, it killed me. I threw away rotten tomatoe and cucumbers. And bananas. Because its like you overbuy or thekids dont want to eat it that week. They spoil. Im telling you, this is a really god story. How to store it properly. Where to store it really makes a difference. That drawer at the bottom. The veggies versus fruit. Im like, how do that really work. This is, its a good start. The prices are surprising. A 48 to 61. A bi difference. To turninhe weather. Which is really niceoday. But is about to turn again. Yeah, mean weve had a couple of down da after mondays deluge, well see a row pete tomorrow. Not what we saw, dont expect a flood emergency, but flooding af major concernor the day tomorrow afternoon. Flash flooding is a potential. Wind also a potential. Nothing out there currently, were looking at nice conditions cross our area. Mix of sun and clouds. Winds out of the south at 13, we have a heat dex around 9 0 degrees. Its 88 in manassas, 89 in huntingtown. About average for this time of year. No rain now,dy tell you best t ance of rain would be around petersburg, wesrginia. A shower on top of you. Back towards West Virginia. You can see them forming here into the mountains. Theyll stay back to the west of the shenandoah vall. But tracking a couple of systems. One of here to the north. Driving a cold front across the chantry. Thatsts going to aid in the ability for our storms to become severe during the day all eyes to the south on this system, which you can see the spin here could become barry at he 5 00dvisory. Tracking this storm and on this track, making its way in, this is the latest computer model. Staying south of new orleans. Coming very close to houston. Most likely tohe east of houston. This is something were going to be watching closely. This predicts an eye re. Some of the computer models are going a little bullish. 30mileperhour winds right now. This is officially called cyclone ii currently. 7 friday, a. M. , 60 miles per hour. As it comes closer to shore here. Pturday at 00 a. M. 85 mil hour category i hurricane coming onore in louisiana or texas as a category 1 and eventually coming our way with showers next week thunderstorms next week. Heres what we have to worry about. Tonight into tomorrow, no problems early. Wa h tomorrow morning early. Around 7 30, we will see shower activity around the morning rush. Heres noon. A drive through noon, that allows things to heat up. He e come the storms around 3 00 starting to form. Watch what happens during the afternoon. Look at 5 30, boom, there they are, coming through the d. C. Metro area. 8 00, very intense s look how much rain is predicted. It cou be a fairly slow mover. Which means we could be seeing the potential for flash flooding. Well watch for it closely. Thats why tomorrow is a weather alert day. A 91 on friday, 91 saturday and 93 on sunday. Amelia will join me at 4 45 talk about the intensity of the storms. O the excitement is building for the relea a family favorite. Disneys lion king remake comes out next week and t ay beyonce gave us a sneak peek at one of her new songs on the soundtrack and can you pe with our ears. Were in the community with a unique way that local children are raising money to fight ca this is annie. 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