G od morningd welcome to news 4 midday. We begin with our weather alert. Right now were under anxc eessive heat warning. In fact, 31 states are under some kind of heat alert. That means 150 Million People are impacted by this weather. And the feels like temperatures are going to t 100 degrees today. Yo think thats ba oh, baby just you wait until tomorrow. Lets get the stage set herem storm t4 meteorologist chuck now. Joins us breakdown what we can expect. Heat indexes running 105 to 110 degrees for three days in a row. , tomorrow and again on sunday. Hazy skies an code orange air quality. So folks that have respir ory or cardiac sensitivities, this is not the weather you want to be spending outside. Theres the excesse heat warning outside for all of the listening areanow. Heat index values over 110 degrees, onespecially saturday. Saturday i think will be the peak of the heat wave. Right now itslready 90 degrees with the heat index close to 100 degrees at 11 02 in the morning. Ur theres y hour by hour planner. Most of the day hovering in the mid to upper 90s, with heat indexes around 105 degrees. Well talk about whether or not we have a chance to set record temperatures over the weekend coming up. Chuck, thank you. Thank you, chuck. No to a trag developing story, we want to talk about a young child dead after a shooting in the district. This is a picture of 11yearold caron brown from his teachers stagram page. Last night caron was in a car with someone when a outing match erupt edf a group of people nearby. Justin do they have any information to go on . Well, erica right now, police are urging anyone that knows anything to please come forward, review your surveillance video, if you have any from this area or just a bit nearby, i can tell you anyone who knows this area knows that shootings here have ehappen of course, but there is a level of heart break and frustration that makes this case a little bit the victim here on 11yearold caron brown who was shot and later died just feet aeay from whre he went to school. This is the photo d. C. Police want many people to see. Caron brown was shot off the 2700 block of nailer road southeast. With no arrests yet reported. The commissioner is looking for a bigger Police Response the morning after. They should have a police and detectives and people out here. Say, okay, we need to do much better. Last night, close to 7 00 p. M. , investigators say there was some kind of altercation involving a group numbering as many as five people. Ranging om adults to children as young as 10 years old. Caron was inside of a vehicle, when a suspect opened fire officers say aiming at th vehicle ,e struck. The individual should be outraged. That 11yearold can be shot in broad daylight. And some ignorant individual can come out and disregard cameras and human life. You have kids walking these streets. Caron was driven to aus firehoand then to a hospital where he died. The mayor urging anyone within ormation to speak up. This was a child. There were other children inand ound the area. Ave to communities stand up and speak up and make sure anyone who knows anything about this brazen homicide is brought to justice. And police imploring anyone who livesr works in the area to review their surveillance video. It may turn up more of this man or other clues police need to solve this case we want to see if there are specifically, a group of five young men that are in that camera footage. You can see another look at that person of interest, that shirtless manunning with something in his hands from the scene here, police say hes in s 20s or 30s. One more look at him on our nbc washington app. An award is being offered, up to 25,000 for tips that lead to a convictio this case. There will be a gathering of that community at the Elementary School where he was astudent. So many hearts broken learning that person who was shot here last night was a fifth gradwh just finished school here just last month. Live in southeast, justin finch, news 4. Just awful,thank you so much, justin. The latest this latest murder of a child comes two daye after t anniversary of makai ya wilsons death. The 10yearold wasst killed la july steps from her northeast d. C. Home. A rival gang fired more than 70 shots into the courtyard where miere makaya was standing. Her fa told us earlier this week, they started a foundation, putting an end to this kind of violence. You can find more information aut their efforts in the nbc washington app. This morning, police are releasing new information on a disturbing discovery last week, tip led police to three human bones, including a skull. The bones were found at a creek near George WashingtonMemorial Parkway in arlington, the bones were spread apart, leading invhtigators to believe t washed up during a storm last week. The Virginia Medical Examiners Office is now examining those remains. A murder suspect is now off the streets. Video from a doorbell surveillance camera le them to the man accused of killing a transgender woman prince georges county. Gerardo thomas has been charge in the murder of zoe speers. She was found dead. A grainy image of a minivan with a distinct paint job led them to ace it back to a rental company and thomas. Theres still no motive to this. Speaking of him, did he notn mentioything about her being a transgender female. He did not mention anything out herexual orientation or anything like that, he gave us no reason why he did what he did. At this point we dont have a motive, were going to continue working toward that. Spears murder happened just a couple months after another transgender murder in the same area. Investigators say the two ne victims each other, but they do not believe the cases are connected. A few folks out tryi to beat the heat ended up closer to the sun than they anticipated. Me and brenda was just on ride. Felt so bad for them people. Oh, yeah. This was the scene at six flags in prince georges county, fire burg roller coaster riders became stuck on the top of the hill around 6 15 last night. They were up there for about two hours, the firebirdis a floorless roller coaster. You can imagine the discomfort on top of that heat. You may remember this isnt the first time passengers were stuck on a ride at six flags america. Its happened several times in the past few years. We go to an update weve been following fore last several days. A plan to build a 4. 1 million quare foot amazon fulfillment center, 3ri7bs georges county is moving forward. T proposed center wouldbe located in upper marlboro, last nights county boa mting lasted nine hours. Both residents and Planning Board members exessed concern about the large facility. Theom cnity that left behind, thats here after some people have gone, thats a community that stays here, it is invested in thisit commun that we care about the most. The proposal is now headed to the county council for proposal. 50 years since nasa put a man on the moon. Forever changed the course of history. Exactly right, its an achievement that leaves an impact even now. Nbcs jay gray takes us back on that historic journey. Reporter its one small step for man. A footprints that leaves an impact now, half a century later. Thission carried out by more than400,000 people from 20,000 companies in every state. Working around tne clock for ly a decade. Lift off. With the rocket leaving earth, the lunar module racing rough the great unknown, and the lander settling in the sea of tranqulity. We can see you coming down the. Adder now the focus narrows to three men. Astronauts neil armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins. Ill be outside at night lking down the sidewalk, theres some sort of illumination around my shoulder, i turn around and look, its the moon. Oh, ive been there. Its the unique perspective of a group of heroes at the time, completely locked in on their historic journey. We didnt sit around and high five one anotr. We worried about what next. Get that checklist out. He could not inore the magnitude of where he was and what he was seeing. It was a magnificent sphere. Magnificent. It was the view looking back that now leaves the strongest impression on commons. The whole show was the earth, tiny little earth. It projectedto me a feeling of fragility. I could not explain it at the time, and i cant explain it really now. 50 years later, and a world away. N jay gra news, washington. Michael lollinsks at the moon differently than the rest of us. You still have a chance to see the Washington Monument light up on the national mal for the next two nights. Ai the r and space museum will host a special program calledap lo 50 go for the moon. The show will combine projections and archival footage from the apollo 11 mission which will which will beon shown the large video screens nearhe monument, the first show is tonight at 9 30. Just beautiful. Just the coolest thing ever. When you think about what a privilege it is to livein our nations capital, things like this just happen. On weekends that, you know, you are privy to that you can attend. Dont take it for granted. It here. Tensions rising, President Trump says the u. S. Downed an iranian drone. That country is denying that this morning. Mode, are in weather alert we have you covered, though, we have you covered, though, oosing my Car Insurance was the easiest decision ever. It i swched to geico and saved hundreds. Thats a win. But its not the only reason i switched. Geicos a company i can trust, gr with over 75 years ote only resavings and service. Now thats winwin. Switch to geico. Its a winwin. Iran is denying that the u. S. Shot down one of its drones. T response to President Trump that said an iranian ship destroyed a u. S. Drone in the strait of hormuz. This comes four weeks after iran shot down a u. S. Drone in that same area. We are following continued fallout from those chants that broke out at President Trumps campaign rally. This morning hes trying distance himself from what happened. Tracie potts reports. I was not happy with it. Reporter President Trump distancing himself from send her back chants. Aimed at an omar. I disagree with it, but i didnt say that, they did. The presidt tweeted that omar an american s citizould go back to her country instead she went home to this explosive welcome in minnesota. When i said i was the president s nightmare, well, youretching it now, his nightmare is seeing a somali immigrant refugee rise to congress. Reporter back in ongress, lawmakers are split over whether the trump crowd crossed a line. T the cha was offensive, its just wrong. He never joined in in it. You nt to hold him accountable . That president millions of americans in danger. Every time i hear him say things like go back where you came from, i literally can feel the same pain that i felt as an 1nyearold. Words bringing up old fears, leaving President Trump on defense. Now, the president said he talked faster wheha the cing started, but the video shows it went on for about 13 seconds before he jumpedi back n. Tracie potts, nbc news, washington. The woman who made International News when she flped off President Trump is jumping into a political career. Briskman raied her middle finger to the president s motorcade back i 2017. That photo went viral and she was fired from her Government Contracting job. She wants to improve schools, traffic and infrastructure. The election is in november. For the first timein a umcade, congress voted to raise the federal minimwage. You will likely never see it. The democratically controlled ouse approved a plan to increase minimum wage to 15 by 2025. Republicans control the tnate wherehe bill is dead on a ival. The hike could force Small Businesses to cut jobs. Working for you in the community this morning, with another way to help you beat the heat. It was hot outside, it was hot in the studio before we started the newscast. I had a chance to spend part othe morning at the buoy ice arena. What you need to know before getting on the ice. Were looking at the ynchronized skaters here at the buoy ice arena. Looking good, this is one great way everybody to beat the heat. Get on the ice. Christine britain is going to talk to us about how everybody can take advantage of the ice on these super hot days, christine . Absolutely, its 60re deges here in buoy ice arena all day a g, you can come in, do public session, sign up for summer camp, group lessons, we have adults and children hankey d figure skating, its something fo ieveryone. Love the hockey players. Somebody as young as 4 all the way up to 72 taking advantage of the ice. We have something for every level of skater. Please come out and enjoin us, get out of the sun, getut of the heat, and stay cool at the buoy ice arena. Everybody can take advantage of this, the skate in the shade days, theyre coming up next week on tuesday and thursday learn ely free, you can to skate, they have discounts f for thoseolks who live in buoy, this is a great way to beat the what . Ice. To beat the heat on the ice. Yes, thats an option. Im not ready to do all the fanningcy stuff, b did pretty good this morning. You did. More importantly, you held yourself up, so staying vertical, thats important when youre on the ice. From fun on the ice, to fun on the baseballnd diamo if youve watched the nats lately, its easy to see this team is having a really good time. Yes, they are. And a big part of last nights fun had to do with the performance of steven strasbourg. Its going fly out of he a home run. Wow that threerun homer helped the nats round out, beat out the braves 134. As fun as it was to see the pitcher hit a home run, it was dancinge fun to see him in the dugout, whatever that dance was. He for t team to line up after a home r and the hitter puts on a show. So he told reporters after the game his wedding might have been the last time that he danced. So there you go. He hasnt been practicing much . But thanks fothe homer. We love it. Okay. We love those results. Heat and humidity followed by widespread rain and thunderstorms coming up, we have chuck to let us know when toct expell of that rain. And dont take a Summer Vacation on your hlthy welcome back, everyone these are the temperatures at 1hi22 tmorning, todays excessive heat can make it a little tough to get arrange. Adam tells us how people are coping. What do a bottle of coke and the hot weather have incommon . Not exactly what you think. Turns out this stuff re g for dead car batteries. Is that a known thing . How come i dont know that . I learned it growing up in the country. Good thing he was here for his friends stalled out work truck in. It works all the time . Yes, sir. So if you see that greenish stuff y pour a litt of that on there and it falls of yep, and it started right up. You. Feel like youre wearing a plastic bag all over. This is d. C. In july, after all, met riders have been eating it out all year. The cooling system is there, they still arent fixed. Fans on platforms, try to help battle the swampy feeling. To expect it, and i tr dress for it, i definitely expect the metro stations to be hot and muggy. Metro rail info. Why does my face look like this every day. Whe is the air,s been four years without air in that station. Metro says its making repairs and all coooung systems be ready to go. In less than a month. Bet you werent expecting to hear scrumtuoisity in there. Im nervous to drink cocacola, if its Strong Enough to eat battery acid. This is theff jumping o point to see that tomorrow it could feel like. There s will beome small sunday in elief late the form of some rain chances om that will calong. Imean, you stretch tat small. Small you know the olde. Adag the chances are between slim ana none, slim is on a horse right now. Thats how low those chances are. I hazy sk and tons of humidity outside. Record high temperatures, not today. Ba proy not tomorrow or sunday either. At least not at Reagan National airport. These are the records for saturday andun sy. These smaller numbers here, the 82. Thats the record high minimum temperature. The warmest overnight low temperature weve ever recorded in d. C. Thats what those numbers and theres the actual daytime record high, the record highm imum temperature. If we stay 82 or warmer, well equal or break that record low. Alles airport, these the records that are most reachable. 75 tomorrow morning, we can probably eclipse th, 77 sunday morning, that one also could be eclipsed. This record high for tomorrow, and the record high for sundi washington, those are on rock solid ground. Theres no way were going to get to 106 for an air temperature tomorrow. Heat index not part of the equation on that. Excessive heat warning here. Heat index values could beat 110 to 115 degree range both saturday and sunday. Especially on saturday. Its going to be dangerously hot all weekend. Stay hydrated, stay in the a. I. , if youre an out door worker, i suggest taking the weekend off or be done with your outdoor workouts before 7 00 in the morning. Ill give you the 10day forecast which has an end to the heat wavin sight. Before 7 00 a. M. On saturday, no sir. Thanks, chuck. Crisis at the border, the acting head ofcu homeland sety taking the heat on capitol hill. And the results of a new poll looking ahead to how you feel about the democrats trying to move into the we want you to take a look at this video, showing you the moment athens greece was hit by an earthquake today. The earthquake registered as a 5. 1 and lasted for about 15 seconds. He Government Spokesperson tells nbc news that two buildings collapsed. And local media reported communications and power outago in sme areas. There have been at least two after shoc s. No official word on injuries, so far officials dont believe anyone was injured. Today Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer will lead a group of Senate Democrats to the u. S. Mexico border. Schumer says he plans to investigate, effect and evaluate the latest conditions at the border facilities. The gro will visit the same detention facility in texas that mike pence visited. The Vice President saw extremely crowded conditions where men wee being held behind a chainlink fence. The man in charge of Homeland Security was in the hot seat on capitol hill yesterday. He tried to explain the troubling images. The numbers are staggering, unprecedented and challenge eve