like igor sutyagin. >> his claim was he was only passing on information publicly available in the press and in russia. >> reporter: mark has been falling the case closely. he said sutyagin may not have been a spy in the first place. >> frankly, he appears to be set up. it's not clear aside from humanitarian grounds that he has any value to the united states. >> reporter: ten days after president obama and russian president dmitri medvedev sat down for cheeseburgers, the value of the spy swap experts say is in getting u.s.-russian relations back on track. >> it's a real distraction. quite clearly from everything we are hearing, they want to get this behind them. >> reporter: according to the federal indictment, the russian spies were chosen for their ability to become americanized and fit in with society. one of them succeeded. they published a front page pin up shot of anna chapman with the headline, can we at least keep her. >> got a sense of humor about it. also developing at this hour, rush hour mess on the beltway. a truck hauling a prefabricated house flipped over between the american legion bridge and tysons corner. the house has been loaded on another truck and hauled off. crews are still work willing to clean the scene of the debris and there is a lot of backups. you can see it's been slow going all night long. take your time if you are in that part of the area. two days without no ac. how about that in this lingering heat wave? that's what hundreds are dealing with in parts of the district, montgomery county and prince george county. pepco fixed a massive underground feeder line but it's too late for some people. this guy had to throw out hundreds of dollars of frozen food from his freezer. is the end of the heat wave in sight? sue palka has a look. >> reporter: we have relief coming in the five-day forecast forecast. today is about seven degrees cooler according to the air temperature. the high 95. i nto show you on radar a couple of spotty storms have popped. there is one out there near frederick. it has been weakening as it moves from north to south. if you are under that one, you are lucky indeed. otherwise a clean sweep. we will watch radar tomorrow. a few showers and storms dotting radar. that will begin to bring relief to the area. as mentioned, the high temperature got up to 95. norecord. dulles was 95 and bwi down from 10yesterday. we have heat viories in effect until 9:00 and just for the city center of d.c., baltimore, falls church because the humidity is higher today and the combination of temperatures is still around 91 and heat indexes are running closer to 100 in a few spots. in the city it's 95 degrees. check out the temperatures around the region. we are dropping to the low 90s. a few spots in the 80s. you combine the heat and humidity and find temperatures in the upper 90s. yesterday was the worst of it. things are getting better. we have downpours in the five- day forecast, we are talking about the weekend, when i join you inside. update on the huge water main break in montgomery county impacting residents in rockville. they are under mandatory water restrictions through noon saturday. work crews are repairing the pipe. until the restrictions are lifted, residents should stop watering the gardens and lawns and limit the amount -- the use of water inside their homes. the news edge on dc, the search for a brazen serial robber holding up places around lunchtime. that's the guy right there. he hit four different businesses in northwest. before he robs people, the man engages store clerks in conversation then shows them a paper bag in which he claims to have a weapon. >> something within the paper bag they believed it to be a gun, silver in color, but we believe it was a tool. >> all the robberies took place between noon and 1:00 p.m. anyone who may recognize the guy should give police a call. police in virginia are making an arrest in a series of sex assaults. a 17-year-old was charged for attacks in annandale. the colts occurred over -- assaults occurred over a two- month period. he was recognized from a flier and was reported to sex crimes detectives. fire fax police are hitting the streets to drum up more leads in the stabbing death of a 19-year-old woman. that is vanessa pham's white car. take a look. ten minutes later after this, police got a call of her car crashing into a ditch. do you see the red truck right there? do you know who owns that truck? do you know the driver of that truck? all police want to do is talk to the driver of that red truck with the camper on the back. they think that driver may have seen something in that vehicle and they would like to hear from them. still ahead at 6:00 a local fed ex delivery man turned hero. he saved the lives of three people. new numbers on unemployment and retail sales show a glimmer of hope for the economy. my. 24 hours after a duck boat collision in philly, hope is fading for two people. the pair was part of a student group of 15 people from hungary in philadelphia to learn english. the tour boat had engine problems when a barge went right into it. the company plans to pull the boat from the bottom of the river. day 80 of the gulf oil spill. a new time frame in the effort to shut off the gushing oil well. bp says the relief wells they are digging could be done by july 27th. but authorities warn conditions have to be perfect to finish that soon. the commander of the oil spill cleanup wants a plan for putting a new containment cap on the blown out well. >> i am asking bp to give me a detailed time line on how they would accomplish the hook up of the helix producer to the freestanding riser pipe and how they would move the current containment cap off, put a containment cap on that would effectively seal the top of that well. >> admiral thad allen says it's a good time to install the cap since calm weather is expected in the gulf the next week or so. retail sales are up slightly. new claims for unemployment fell. president obama hit the road talking jobs at an electric truck factory. he is warning of hard days ahead. as craig boswell reports, he had an upbeat tone. >> for example -- >> reporter: president obama told factory workers in missouri, the economy is moving in the right direction. >> the economy was bleeding jobs. we have created private sector jobs, added private sector jobs for six consecutive months. >> reporter: the remarks comes as the number of americans filing first time claims for jobless benefits fell more than analysts expected. the labor department says new claims declined by 21,000 to 454,000, the lowest level in two months. meanwhile, sales at retailers were up slightly, more than 3% in june. that is in line with expectations. president obama highlighted incentives and investments highlighted by stimulus legislation. >> our goal has never been to create another government program. our goal has been to spur growth in the private sector. >> reporter: republicans say the stimulus package focused on expanding government jobs. more than 3 million jobs have been lost in the private sector while the level of debt skyrocketed. >> every generation of americans up until now has focused on passing along wealthth. generations of americans today are focused on passing on the bill. >> reporter: lawmakers are locked in a battle overextended unemployment benefits. the labor department says more than 3 million people could lose their extended benefits by the end of july. money is money, right? not especially. a man tried to pay his doctor's office with pennies. not happening. why he refuses to pay with anything else coming up. a fed ex delivery man safes three lives -- saves three lives on his route. do you ever feel like you are being watched? you are if you visit a chicago park. ark. the sculpture was the vision of a chicago artist. the eyeball is blue just like the artist's eyes. d t tos it was built amid controversy 26 years ago. today a special rededication to took place of the three servicemen. it sets next to the vietnam veterans wall. some thought it was too bleak and abstract. they wanted to honor their fellow service members with something more, a heroic feel. that lead to the three servicemen. >> we are here to pay tribute to a symbol that represents our country's -- our country deciding which way it would go, a free society of democracy or succumb to thing a knows stick attitudes of other countries. >> it took six weeks to restore the statue. the vietnam memorial fund paid for the restoration. a fedex driver can adhere row to his resume. he is credited with saving three lives. it happened during his regular rounds in maryland. john henrehan picks up the story from there. >> reporter: earl expense has been a delivery -- expense has been a delivery driver for 16 years. wednesday afternoon when he drove on to brink court, he noticed that a minivan had turned into and stopped against this grassy hillside. he presumed the driver was simply in the process of making a three-point turn. after completing the delivery, he drove out but noticed the van had not moved. >> i had a mind to keep going then i looked in my side view mirror and i saw white hair. i saw it was an elderly person. >> reporter: he walked back to check on the two women could see. they were in poor shape, firefighters believe, because of fumes emanating from a five gallon gasoline can like this one that was filled on a shopping trip earlier in the day. >> her eyes were open. i asked her if she was all right. she was making movements. she never said anything. i was trying to get her to put the window down and open the door. she was trying to unbuckle her seat belt. she was really not responsive to the questions i was asking or the directives. >> the other woman in the passenger seat, she was leaning with her mouth gaped open. no response. >> earl expense called 911 and was about to break open the windows when firefighters quickly arrived and did just that. a third person, an elderly man was found unconscious in the minivan. all three were rushed to a nearby hospital where they were treated and ultimately released. montgomery county firefighters remind people to open a window when transporting gasoline, no matter how hot it is outside. and it doesn't hurt to drive in a neighborhood where earl spese is looking out for white haired people in distress. john henrehan, fox 5 news. >> great story. >> hero for sure. >> looking at those pictures, you can see the burnt up lawns out there. >> let them go. we are in a moderate drought in this area. we don't have a lot of rain in the month of june but maybe we can do something about that the next day and on saturday. we have rain in the forecast. and, in fact, lots of blue sky out there tonight and a little merciful breeze that i noticed. it did not feel nearly as bad outside to me as yesterday did. one or two thunderstorms to tell you about. not a lot believe me. we have been watching this coming out of the frederick county area moving to charles town. a little lightning with that. you will get decent downpours but it's a slow mover so you may end up getting a lot of rain in one spot out of it. a closer look and you can see between charles town and moving to the south here. lucky you getting a free lawn watering and perhaps a few more will get it tomorrow. we put the big picture in motion and talk about this heat wave bending. i wish i could say it will break and we will have 80s in the forecast. tomorrow we will be humid and warm. in the low 90s on friday. showers and storms will be around. more widespread than they are today friday and especially friday night and into saturday as a cool front will be moving in our direction. it's not very cool but it is less humid. sunday and monday will feel a lot better, even if the temperatures are in the upper 80s to around 90 degrees. today we have been noticing a little bit of a flow from the ocean. you can see showers and storms on the dell marva today. we have a cold front that will be moving in this direction. it has more moisture with it. significant moisture, i would say, from detroit all the way down to texas where our second tropical depression of the season made an early landfall around sought padre island around midday. the winds are around 30 with that. we are looking forward to saturday a lot of clouds around and showers and storms with decent downpours. good chance for most of us to see that and cooler at 88 degrees. sunday 91. it will be warm but less humid. a great day to get outside and escape the air-conditioning but we are grateful for the air- conditioning. today we took an edge off the heat. 95 adulles and reagan. bw i-94. so much better than the 102 the last couple of days. even a few 80s showing up for baltimore, gaithersburg and quantico. eventually we will head down to the lower 80s tonight and upper 70s. when you combine the heat and humidity -- it'more humid today than yesterday -- you can find places like fredricksburg over the 100-degree mark. d.c. feels like 95. quick look at futurecast, i want you to see one or two showers around tonight. the big front gets closer. by friday at 5:00, more action in the mountains. the rest we hope will be around here late friday into saturday as the refreshing front comes through. it doesn't bring us mid-80s but upper 80s ought to feel better. tomorrow's temperature 92. we have a few showers and storms in the late day and evening forecast. saturday 88 degrees. the front is crossing. i think the afternoon could improve. sunday, monday and tuesday, low 90s but it's about the hottest time of the year around here and that is par for the course in july in washington. >> thank you, sue. did you see this? a political debate in taiwan turns physical. parliament looked like a boxing match as punches were thrown. this is a fight over a bill. critics say the bill will make taiwan more dependent on the communist mainland. a fight over a medical bill turns nasty after a patient tried to pay his debt in pennies. john gendren claims his doctor's office didn't file the claim correctly with the insurance company and he shouldn't have to pay the bill. after getting nowhere, he showed up with two bags full of penny. 117.13 cents worth. >> i figured if he made it an inconvenience for me, i will make it for him. >> spite. >> pennys is legal tender to pay a debt as long as it's a debt, not a purchase. >> doctor's office refused the payment. >> they called the cops to get him out of there. he said as far as he is concerned, he tried to settle the debt and if he ends up in court, so be it. ryan zimmerman was up for the spot for the all star game. we are up for the answer and sim's reaction. tç i'm dave feldman. we have a decision. not with lebron. that is tonight. this was for the final spot on the all star team. the red's beat out the nats. how did ryan take the news. >> he took it pretty well. he is mellow. i know there will be probably a lot of disappointed fans that they don't get to see him play in the midsummer classic. he is arguably the best third baseman. he did everything he could to win the fans over, 8-13. three home managers and 7 rbis since voting began sunday. he would have loved the honor but there are no sour grapes here. >> i think he deserves to be there. it would be disappointing if i didn't have better numbers than him or if i didn't have better numbers than him or two guys at third base did not have good numbers but they are having great first halves. i'm excited for those guys. it should be fun for them. >> what are you going to do. >> absolutely nothing. unbelievable. >> reporter: i think that's the best reaction. he gets a couple of days off. it will do him some good. he was an all star last year. he can win a couple of award as the season goes on. >> earlier you were hit by a little -- a ball off batting practice. are you okay. >> i don't know. i talked to the trainer. i may need a couple of days off work. maybe you can work something out. >> we will see. we need you at full strength. lindsey, thank you very much. good luck to the nats and the padres tonight. joey leads the national league with 21 home runs. nick swisher was added to the squad. we know where he is going, not lebron but brendon highway wad. he has agreed to a contract to return to dallas. he was part of a blockbuster trade last february that sent caron butler to the mavericks. tonight we will be witnesses at least at 9:00 p.m. when espn hosts a special to announce where lebron james will play next season. we will find out tonight. eric ferris signed a contract to stay with the washington capitals. that is good news for bruce boudreaux. i'm dave feldman. you are up to date. i still think he is going to miami. that is my prediction. we will find out about tonight. >> what about the pr. he is holding this huge spectacle. if he turns his back on cleveland, is that not going to hurt his reputation. >> i found out he didn't put this together. jim gray, the sportscaster is the one that came up with the concept of putting this together and he will do the first interview with lebron james tonight on espn. he is the one that brought it to lebron's camp and they said yes. >> interesting. dave feldman, we will see you back here tonight at 10:00.