did you hear that, meagan? >> wow. >> specifically grain alcohols who do not have specific taste or color, that includes well-known brand ever clear. a lot of new laws going into effect today. our digital team helping you out. heat online to nbcwashington.com. we made it easy, search for new laws. meag meagan. >> a story in new york city. investigators working to learn about horrifying shooting inside one of the busiest hospitals. police say doctor at bronx lebanon henry bello opened fire using assault rifle. he shot seven people killing one. police say he killed himself after trying to light himself on fire. detectives say bello was forced out of the hospital two years ago following sexual harassment allegations. detectives say he then threatened his colleagues and said he would kill them. >>> to the district now. police there need your help right now finding a driver. this story is developing out of southeast. let's take you to the scene along erie street last night. police say a driver hit a bicyclist and to

. >> news4's meagan fitzgerald now with an interview you'll only see on news4. >> it is the majority of my life. >> reporter: mia mason served as michael. she did five tours in iraq and afghanistan and received several metals for her service. the biggest fight for her life, she says, was in 2010 when she began transitioning to female. the military eventually found out and she was discharged. when the ban on transgender service members was lifted in 2015, she was back. >> it's no longer an issue. you don't need to identify me as transgender anymore. you need to identify me as a woman. >> reporter: but today everything changed and president trump tweeted, saying transgender people are no longer allowed to serve. >> now i may be forced to lose all of my benefits, again. i may be forced >> reporter: she's afraid of losing it all. >> taking thousands of people that are currently in uniform and kicking them out of the military is more disruptive than anything that any critic can say about allowing transgender service members. >> reporter: eric fanning is the former secretary of the army, a

i'm meagan fitzgerald in for angie golf. >> i'm david culver. a lot of folks thinking about the weather, warm weather here. >> good morning, lauryn ricketts. >> definitely feeling the heat today. you're feeling it as temperatures are already in the 70s at this opponent but the humi c 77 is where we are in d.c. maybe drop a degree or two in the 7:00 hour before we take the temperatures back up. 72, 76 in gaithersburg. wake up this morning, a little breezy but definitely a muggy start. we're taking those temperatures into the low 90s today. scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms. we're going to time those out. also, what does your fourth of july look like? we've got your full forecast by that hour by hour, we've got that in a minute. >> today family and friends will say good-bye to the teen killed in a train in manassas. a funeral for 13-year-old will be held at a mosque in goddard, maryland. on wednesday she was hiking along the tracks with her cousin and brother when the accident happened. no one else was hurt. the community, though, has

i'm meagan fitzge. david, more than a dozen people shot early this morning in arkansas. there are no fatalities but a lot of gunfire. listen to this video and you'll understand why the outcome us sum -- is simply amazing. >> we'll continue to follow that, check in with you with some of that video. >>> smoke, flames and a firefighter hurt. the dangerous situation in northwest d.c. that forced a family out of their home. >> you've got temperatures out there warming up rather quickly. already at 80 degrees at this point. we will see temperatures rise to right around 90 as we head into the afternoon. so again, it is going to be a little on the warm side out there. as with go through the day. we've got scattered showers and well, so we're doing to be talking about those. that's all going to be coming up in just a few minutes. >>> from schools to police and a lot of other changes to it will you about. the new local laws now in effect that you have to follow. all that and the key travel tums and added security

meagan. >> thank you. we'll be back in 25 . >>> back on this saturday, july 1st, 2017. a fantastic crowd of folks on the plaza. we'll head outside soon to say hello. >>> i'm sheinelle jones. here's what's making headlines this morning -- a mass shooting overnight at a nightclub in little rock, arkansas, apparently after some sort of dispute broke out. 17 people were shot, others trampled in the rush to get out. >>> venus williams has taken to facebook to express her condolences after a car accident in florida killed a 78-year-old man. that accident happened last month when williams' suv pulled too far into anjection. the man's -- an intersection. the man's williams' car. she wasn't cited by police but was found at fault for failing to yield to the right of way. the family of the victim has filed a civil complaint. >>> and steph curry has agreed to a five-year, $201 million deal to stay with the golden state warriors. golden state won the championship last month. >>> now to a manhunt after an incident of road rage turned deadly. morgan radford has that story. >> reporter

action meagan presents you'll have the parade. there's the concert and the fireworks at 9:00 p.m. >>> metro is running until midnight tonight for all the crowds going home after the show. keep in mind if you're trying to get to the smithsonian stop, that station is entry-only tonight after 9:00. we've posted a list of alternative options. you'll want o keep the app handy today. we have a ton around the area. search fourth of july in the nbc washington app. 4:37 right now. i want to get another check on your weather with "storm team 4" meteorologist chuck bell. >> the question is do you want to carry around an umbrella? >> i would have one. that's going to be a development of rain and thunderstorms later on this afternoon into the evening. there will be showers to contend with. n not everyone i got to going them. we have moisture pooled up. all indications are it will be a partly to mostly cloudy day. plenty of heat and humidity around. a good combination of factors should lead to a number of thunderstorms to develop. here's future

his daughter meagan mccain released a statement on twitter about how her father is handling the news. it is knows a prize that the one who is most confident and calm is my father." he is getting an outpouring of republicans and democrats. president obama said john mccain is one of the bravest people i have known. president donald trump put out ,his statement, and it reads "senator john mccain has always been a fighter. we give our thoughts and prayers to senator mccain and their entire family. get well soon." senator mccain is recovering at home in arizona. alison: also more breaking news, our gunman in a in alexandria road rage incident. nancy: gunshots rang out in the morning rush, the victim a woman in stable condition. alison: tom roussey has what we know about him and what triggered these terrifying moments. tom? tom: all of the folks around here believe this started on the beltway a short distance that way. when the vehicles got here, this is where the road rage shooting happened. the suv the victim was in stopped over there, but the van the shooter was driving made a right and

his daughter meagan issuing a statement tonight asking for our prayers saying "cancer may afflict him in many ways but it will not make him surrender. he is a warrior at dusk, one of the greatest americans of our age." >>> we turn to a story causing global outrage out of the russian republic of chechnya, where the gay community has long been victim to vigilante violence and persecution. but now human rights groups say that the repressive government is behind a series of systematic campaigns of hate. hundreds have reportedly been rounded up and tortured, some even killed. abc's terry moran takes us to russia's capital, moscow, where he meets with survivors who say they fled for their lives. >> reporter: the kremlin, the seat of power in vladimir putin's russia. but we are headed to the outskirts of this city and keeping a low profile. >> the person we're about to meet is taking a risk doing this interview. >> reporter: we're on our way to a secret safe house. >> we don't know where we're going. >> reporter: to meet two men who say they've been forced into hiding, their lives in danger

senator mccain's daughter meagan just tweeted this statement, saying the news of my father's illness has affected every one of us in the mccain family. she adds, it won't surprise to you learn that in all of us, the one of us who is most confident and calm is my father. he is the toughest person i know. former president obama also just tweeted about 15 minutes ago, saying, quote, john mccain is an american hero and one of the bravest fighters i've ever known. cancer doesn't know what it's up against, give it hell, john. we'll be following the story all night and posting updates on all our digital platforms throughout the evening. >>> was it heroin? and if so, how did they get it inside the jail? more trouble at santa clara's main county jail. four inmates were rushed to the hospital for what's believed to be a drug overdose. damian trujillo joins us with the inside story. >> reporter: will, raj, the jail remains on lockdown at this hour, and it will remain on lockdown for the foreseeable future. right now the investigators are inside trying to determine what happened. because this st