. >> 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. a little steamy today, i think that's what lauryn is saying. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, yesterday, feeling it today, this morning hits you like a ton of bricks. that's for the remainder of july 1st. mark off some pool time for today. 80 at 9:00 a.m. you know we're going to be warming up. temperatures in the low nunn for daytime highs today. going to feel closer to 100 degrees because of that humidity. we he do have a chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms any time after 1:00 to about 7:00 tonight. again, if you are added to the pool, make sure you keep an eye on the sky even if you're traveling as well. i do believe out for fireworks. we're dry after 7:00 p.m. that's something we'll watch. i've got the exact timing on those storms coming up in just a few minutes. >> all right, lauryn, thank you. new developments in an overpass row house fire on u street. one firefighter treated for minor injuries. d.c. fire officials say flames started on the roof deck of one row house and spread to a neighboring house. that fire is now un

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 fitzgerald. we're following developing stories out of the district. first d.c. firefighter is at the hospital with minor injuries after a row house caught on fire. it happened u street northwest after midnight. officials say flames broke out on a roof deck and spread to a neighboring house. follow nbc washington app for updates. >>> and a d.c. police officer -- d.c. police are searching for a driver who hit a cyclist and took off. it happened last night along erie street in southeast d.c. police don't have a description of the vehicle involved. so if you have seep the accident, they are asking you to call police. we are working to find out the condition of that cyclist. we'll have a >>> welcome back. time to get a check on that holiday forecast with storm team 4 meteorologist lauryn ricketts. good morning. >> temperatures of top out around 90 degrees. temperatures in the upper 70s at this point. of course you've got a little bit of a breeze. that breeze will be with us all day today. scattered showers and thunderstorms. let's time them out for you. any time afte

i'm meagan fitzgerald. we're following several stories. let's get a check of your headline.ire investigators trying to figure out what caused a row house to catch fire and spread to a neighboring home. one firefighter was hurt and taken to the hospital with minor injuries. it happened u street northwest after midnight. officials say the flames broke out on a roof deck. no one else was hurt. >>> funeral services will also get under way for a beloved football coach and teacher who was killed on the beltway. leonard schultz taught at james secure a boat for the back of a pickup truck on the side of the road last saturday. his nephew was critically hurt. funeral services began at 10:00 a.m. this morning at vienna presbyterian church. >>> this morning you are waking up to new laws both in virginia and maryland. one of the laws raises minimum wage in maryland to $8.25 to $9.25. another law could cost you $100 for driving too slow in virginia. you can find out all about these new changes in our nbc washington app. and >>> all right. our holiday weekend is getting under way, so what