Heat in the forecast tomorrow, saturday and sunday. The National Weather service already issuing a heat advisory for your friday. Cck it out. This is going to begin tomorrow morning at 11 00 a. M. And run throughout the entire day a expiring 9 00 in the evening. All of the areas in orange are under this heat advisory, so our entire area. Where youre seeing the brighter pink over towards the eastern shore. Thats a more serious excessive heat warning, t still in the heat advisory, were talking about dangerous heat. Then as we look to the weekend we already have an heat watch in the forecast for saturday and sunday, so what does this mean . Were going to see that until 11 00 a. M. And until 9 00 p. M. Just like tomorrow. Over the weekend it will feel dangerously hot from 100 to 115 degrees at time. Youll want to stay indoors. Now tonight were currently at 93 degrels. Feeg like 95 by 7 00 p. M. With a temperature down to 86. As we continue through the evening hours its hot and humid, and cant rule out an isolated thunderstorm. Again, we have the heatdvisory to effect tomorrow. Coming up at 4 sack, ill walk you throughout the day hour by hour and letting you know when a will be the hottest when you want to keep the kids indoors. Leon . Thanks, amelia. Remember, storm team 4 is orking for you around the clock as these temperatures rise. Download the nbc washington app and set weather at your home page, and can you see everything there like the heat index numbers and get alerts about any advisories right th on the phone at all times so keep that handy. Now, lets turn to se breaking news in maryland where a man is in custody this afternoon charged in the murder of a transgender woman. The victim in this case gunned down just over a month ago near Eastern Avenue on the maryland side. Zoe spears, the second transgender woman to be killed d that same neighborhoo this year. Lets go to news 4sderrick ward who is live at Prince Georges County police s. Headquart derrick . Reporter well, the arrest in this case is a Major Development for the community and for the Police Department, butit still leaves some questions to be answered. Police arrested engineer ardo thomas at a job site in cecil county maryland. Hes charged with firstdegree murder for the shooting of 23yearold zoe spears, a transgender woman gunned down just off Eastern Avenue last month. We still do not have a motive in this case. He was very vague about his involvement, and im not going to get too much into the nt iview and interrogation. However, he does place himself on the scene. He does place himself there with a shotgun. Reporter and police say thomas does place himself inside of that vehicle. That vehicle was an linchpin i the investigation. This surveillance photo was a still picture from a doorbell video camera just across the street from the scene of the crime, and that camera caught the crime in process. We discovered that vehicle was a renta from an Enterprise Rental Agency in baltimore city. At that point we were able to get the renters information and we began doing a lot of reporter they say a search of his Baltimore County home turned up a shotgun which iscu ently being examined to see if theres a ballistics match. They also wanted to get this picture of the minivan out there, jog anyone elses memory to see if someone in the neighborhood may have seen it before orun after the j 13th murder. Hiolice say tis still an open investigation. Yes. Derrick, we know about another transgender woman gunned downst ju few months before zoe spears. Do we know where that case stands, and do police think theres a connection between these two cases . Reporter well, that is an open case, and it was brought up here, that murder of aanti cameron happened in march. Both victims knew each other, and thepp murders haed within walking distance of each other, but besides proximity and familiarity among the victims kipolice arent ma a solid connection at this point. It seems to be just a tragic coincidence. Again, both of those cases are still beingorked so we can see what happens in the future. All right. Tragic indeed. Derrick ward. Thanks, derrick. Lets get now to some more breaking news coming in this hour. Erika gonzalez is standing by th with ano look at a u. S. iran confront sglags another escalation in whats already a tense relationship. President trump says a u. S. Navy ship shot dwn ntoday. Heres the president talking to reporters just moments o at the white house. An iranian drone which had closed into a very, veryea n distance, ignoring multiple calls to stand down and was threatening the safty of the ship. The drone was immediately destroyed. This is the latest of many provocative and hostile actions by iran. Or repr the strait of hormuz is a narrowwaterway. Weeks ago iran shot down an unmanned u. S. Drone that the white house said was flying over international waters. Were waiting to see how iran responds to this. As soon as we do, well bring you updates right here on news 4. Leon, right back over to you. Thanks, erika. Now lets turn l to thete developments in the Jeffrey Epstein case. The new york billionaire will remain in bail after j age denied bail. The defense had proposed a 77 million bail package with s epsteinrivate jet and manhattan mansion put up as collateral, but the judge declined that saying epstein wat a fligh risk and a danger to underaged girls. A search of his house earlier this week uncovered cash and an expired passport from a foreign country that showed epsteins picture under a different name. Epstein accused of trafficking girls as young a 14 years old. Hes pleaded not guilty. Now to some incredible images of a fireripping through a home in Prince William county. You can actually in t picture see smoke pouring out of windows at the home on burbank lane in dale city. News 4 owes dre wilder reports. Reporter just talked with a family who lived inside this dale city home, and they are counting their blessings tonight that they werent home when fire broke out inside this home early this morning. The Fire Department thinks it started in the basement, and it at all the damage that caused as the fire moved up to the secondoond third flof this home. Now i want to show you some video that chopper 4 got early this morning. The Fire Department says that the fire broke out here at this dale city home shortly after 8 00 this morningnd then it made its way through the rest of the home. They estimate the damage somewhere in the neighborhood of 300,000. Now, the family w lives here didnt want to go on camera with us, but i spoke with one of the neighbors who actually saw the flames from his home and ran ross the street to make sure that the family was okay. We go over it. We started knocking on the window and the doors to make sure that theres no one. They could still be sleeping, so we realized that one of the cars wasnt there, and thats when we backed off, and then thats when the fire rescue came. Reporter right now investigators are trying to figure out what started the fire, but get this. The reason that the family wasnt here this morning is because the power went out last niht during the storm and they went to a hotel. The family says that the fire started rig about the same time that the power was switched back on to the neighborhood. Reporting in dale city, drew wilder, news 4. We now what caused a oalarm fire at a toolbox warehouse district. A battery sparking the fire engulfing theusour b in flames and Megan Mcgrath explains that the he and humidity outside me tough conditions for the firefighters. Reporter this cell phone video taken by a viewer shows flames. Tour bus in this was a challenging fire to knock down. The burning bus inside a very large wehouse. The curved roof, the kind thats prone to a collapse, a dangerous situation for First Responders and then there was the blinding smoke. Its a very dangerous situation. We try to prevent the firefighters from getting lost. At one point we had aire officer become separated from his company. He delayed a may day, but fortunately he was abl to find his way to anac at door. Reporter making the job even more difficult, the extreme heat an humidity. Wearing heavy full protective gear, extra units werealled to the scene so fifth corsi gets pped out frequently. Its hot outside. Inside you encounter heat, smoke, zero vsibility. Working your butt off to the point of exhaustion and beyond. Cture running the marathon and come out ande ging your gear off and hitting the heat again reliezero another air conditioned bus was used as a cooling station. The rule of the day, stay hydraed. The causf this fire is accidental. A malfunctioning battery on the bus is to blame. In northeast, Megan Mcgrath, news 4. The apollo 50 festival is in full swing on the national mall. Its a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing. There are tents filled with exhibits between fourth and seventh streets. Oull hear from International Space station astronauts and nasa scientists, and you can check out neil am strongs suit on display for the first time in 13 years. The festival runs through saturday evening. Open the nbc washington app for full details. G dont for the Washington Monument lights up again tonight with a lifesized represent cast saturn 5 rocket. Its onlyabout 350 feet high up there and thats the rocket that youee there that was used in the apollo1 mission to the moon and people will get a chance to relive that historic launch on friday and saturday nights. Ther and space museum will show archival footage of the launch fom giant screens. There are viewing areas set up right now between the facility and castle andhe museum of national history. Just an amazing image, isnt it . And by the time that thing starts it will be a lot cooler outside. Thats good. Still ahead on news 4, a new and uettling rallying cry in the 2020 president ial race. Send her back send her back thats the crowd chanting send her back after the president criticizes a democratic congresswoman of color. How the president responded to that today us, how women are leading the charge in the fight against Cyber Security threats. Im adam tuss. Were waking out here in this heat, but ill tell you wh some commuters may face even warmer this weekend we could reach the hottest temperatures weve seen in three years. re experiencing dangerous heat right now, and youre looking at the heat index right now. As you can see, a lot of tripledigit temperatures out there. Yeah, those coule of dae wish we had numbers like those because it could feel like 110 degrees outside over the weekend. The heat is taking a toll on us all right now. Amelia is standing by with the forecast but transportation reporter adam tuss is out a with look from the metro station where a lot of riders dont have cool air at the station. Adam . Reporter u. Elievable, pat we have been baking at these metro stations for years, and the cool air still isnt here. At dupont circle, fairgate north and were hearing Union Station is in the 90s in terms of theeg dee readings so a lot of sweating out here. Meantime, as everyone tries to get around. Yeah, its getting a bit teamy. Trying to beat the heat as yo ry to get around. You just feel like youre wearing a plastic bag all over. Thats terrible. Horrific. Hey, this is d. C. In july, after all, but metro rideers have be sweating it outfor years at the Dupont School and fair gate North Station while the cooling systems there still arent fixed. Fans on platforms trying to help wih the swampy feeling. I tried to dress for it, and i definitely expected the metro stations to be hot and muggy. This rider writes on twitter info. Rail why does my face look like this every day at fairgate north . Wheres the air . Its been four, yes, four years without air at the station ands itt just trains. The heat taking tolls on drivers as well. The repair crew using a trick to get the truck battery jump started, pouring coke on the battery terminal to eat away at the corrosion. Works all the time . Yeah. Reporter you need to get that stuff off there, the greenishcolor, pour a little bit that on there and it falls right off. Reporter wouldnt you know, it the truck started right up. There we go. Finally. Reporter i did not know about the cocacola ard the c battery trick. You learn something new every day when youre out here, and also check in with mark and vre. You could be seeing servicerelated delays so give yourself extra time and stay hydrated out there. Back for you. I dont know if you want to waste an ice coldon coke a day like today. Dont pour all of it out. Reporter even the car wants it. Be careful out there, and right nowou y can find cooling places and splash parks, some open late because of the heat. St juearch pool on the nbc washington app. Amelia, we said this is dangerous heat and we havent even peaked y p. Wellak over the weekend. Saturday and sunday is when it will feel the hottest out there, but no matter how you slice, it tomorrow, saturdaynd sunday were dealing with dangerousea hea and every day, and i think the important thing to keep in mind is even if youre eading to the pool, you dont realize how hot you are and how much youre sweating so takingds the kio the pool, make sure they are hydrating each and every time they get out. Here are the weatherheadlines. Dangerously hot through the weekend. Tomorrow we have a heat advisory in effect which we saw two days o, and then for saturday and sunday we have an excessive heat watch in effect. That excessive heatch on saturday and sunday will either become a heat advisory or a more serious excessive heat warning. A lot of wording going on so ill break it down for you. A watch mea it could happen. The advisory that were seeing tomorrow means heat is happening. Its dangerous out there, and its ade mote risk situation so you want to be especiallyattn d older adults. And a rning, its happening and take risk utpreons. Tomorrow were starting off near 90 degrees in gaithersburg, annapolis and baltimore. Bylunchtime weave dangerous heat out there. That heat advisory tomorrow from 11 00 a. M. To 9 00 p. M. Ats when you want to avoid time outdoors. Feeling about 103 in the district in leesburg and frederick. At noon about 100 in hagerstown, continuing to track tripledigit heat. Heres 4 00 p. M. Well right at the weather d thresholnd upgrading us to the excessive heat warning. Something chuck and i will be monitoring throughout the day and bottom line. Look at 7 00 p. M. , coming home from work, still feeling like 105egrees. Even at sock tomorrow night the feelslike temperature is in the 90sunnd even aro 100 in some locations. The thermometer tomorrow is going to read 98 degrees for a aihigh, but, ag with the high humidityevels its feeling anywhere from 100 to 110 degrees for the majority of the day. So drink plenty of water. If you must be ououtdoors, if y can, avoid being outdoors, especially during the afternoon hours. If youre out there wear lightcolored and looseflitting clothing and keep kids and pets inside, never leave them in a hot car. Even with the window down. The temperature is still than the outdoor temperature which is dangerous on its own. Saturday its 100, and that will be the First Time Since august of 2016 since weve hit 1 and 99 on sunday and monday is a tran its day to coolermu weathe. Ch more on the weekend on the transition day with more come up at 4 45. Thanks, amelia. For tie healthy is tough adults let alone your kids, and we know it getseven harder in the sh,mer. Yea but did you know that where you keep your food can make a big difference . 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Reporter dar is earning his ged at the Maya Angelou Young Adult Learning Center and is about two weeks into the internship at the greenhouse growing butterheadce let and fresh collar groans. Ive gardened with my th grandmoer before and its a new way to garden so i wanted to learn it. Reporter its a little more than simple gardening. The g operation is hydroponic, all recycled water. It gets down and gets cleaned and pumped back up through here so we use 90 less water than traditional farming and use no di at all. The water is chock full of nutrients, and harriton says his Student Employees are able to grow lettuce year round. This lettuce takes 30 days from seed to farming. Also teach skills, how to dress for a job, get along with people, what to do to keep a job once you get here. Reporter and that Workforce Development is only part of the