values will be easily 100 to 103. some places as high as 105 degrees, but it does not look like now it is going to be as extended of a heat wave as what we were thinking last week. looks like now, by the end of the week and in to the weekend we will begin to cool down a little bit. least from the upper 90s to around 100 degrees. back in the lower 90s which is a little more typical of us this time of the year. so hot but not as hot as it could be if we had real high relative humidity. we will have more on in complete forecast. right now we go over to audrey barnes with more on the heated heat. >> hello. it is hot out here like you said. the lucky kids at summer camp today where the ones who had swim camp because as you can see on a hot day like in the pool is definitely the place to be. doesn't it look atizing in the nice cool water. the kids, however, who had tennis, soccer and baseball camp, for them, staying cool was a lot more challenging. >> ready two outs. batter up. >> there you go. >> first base. first base. >> get rid of it. kick it. show me the ball. he's out! woo! >> reporter: at the home run baseball camp at friendship park, the only thing the director is more serious about than the sport is keeping the kids safe in the heat of summer. >> we have never been to the hospital or had a heat related exhaustion issue that required medical attention in 19 years. >> thank you. >> reporter: mccarthy says his instructors watch these kids like hawks looking for signs of over enterings and kids are pulled out of the sun often. >> shade break, cool them down, back for 20, 825 minutes cool them back off and listen to your body, listen to your kids and think about if you are feeling hot they probably are, too. >> reporter: michael was a little concerned about taking his -year-old son john to camp in the heat but his fears were quickly quenched. >> we made sure that the drank a lot of water this morning and we brought a big jug of water, 32-ounces of ice water. so he is ready to go. >> there you go, george. >> when the parents saw the surprise treat the kids got to really cool off, there wasn't one of them who didn't wish they could go to camp, too. >> safety is the top priority. >> but clearly they put a premium on fun. >> and as hot as it was today, it will be even hotter for summer camp the rest of the week. i talked to a camp director who said keeping water with the kids is the best thing to do but there are other things parents should do before they leave the house in the morning for camp. i will have that in a live report at 6:00. back to you. >> stay cool out there, thank you. the heat made it tough for firefighters battling flames at this northwest row house this morning. it started on the rooftop deck and spread to houses on either side of the home. 18 people are now homeless. no one was hurt. no word on what started the fire energy the hot weather the last thing you want to be is under water restrictions. wssc customers in montgomery and prince georges county are still ordered to cut water usage as crews work to repair the water main. maureen is live with the latest. >> well, brian, wssc officials say for the most part the pipe you see behind me or the equipment behind me by the pipe has been mostly fixed. they need the concrete they poured on top of it is forden up and flush the system to make sure there aren't any problems. that will take some time so restrictions are in place and it has residents a little more than hot and bothered. nearly a week under mandatory water restrictions. >> my poor tomato plants, hanging. >> these are gone. >> reporter: and her spirits are just as wilted as her plants. >> nothing i can do about it. sit and watch them die and start all over again. >> her green thumb has been itching to water. >> i baby it every day, water and talk to it every day. >> reporter: but she is following orders and resisting even if it means this. >> it is sad but it a all material. >> down in the road in potomac neighborhood, not everyone is heeding the call to restrict water usage. we caught this homeowner watering his lawn. wssc says so far over 2680 warnings have been issued to violaters in montgomery and prince georges county. four people have gotten $500 citations. >> it is so very important that everyone complies with the mandatory water restrictions because we need to maintain adequate water and pressure in the system in the event of a fire. >> reporter: wssc has nearly completed its work to fix the 96-inch water main. workers have been welding an re- - rewiring fiber optic cables that monitor damage. that is what alerted officials there was a weak point in the pipe. after the work, the system will be monitored and flushed for some time. restrictions, though, will remain in place. meaning a little more agony for residents like marlene gordon and her plants. >> it is sad but what are you going to do? >> reporter: a dc teenager home from college for the summer was gunned down over the weekend in northeast. joshua hopkins was shot in the 6100 block of banks place northeast. he died sound. hopkins attended fairmont state university in west virginia. he interned for pennsylvania congressman in the summer of 2008. police have not made any arrest. he the man accused of murdering chandra levy is getting out of jail for a few hours to be released in to the custody of police detectives to provide handwriting samples. they say he and two gang members sent letters threatening a witness. he is in prison for attacking two female joggers in rock creek park. the same park where levy's body was found in 2002 after she disappeared. two planes on a collision course narrowly missed each other at dulles patient. it happen mrs. often that you may think at washington area airports. sherri ly has details. >> last year the federal aviation administration said it had more than 900 errors nationwide when planes came too close to one another and this year in the dc area the number of collisions is on the rise. the last thing any airline passenger wants to see is another plane dangerously close but those near collisions are happening more often in the air space over the washington region. >> i don't particularly like flying so much any way. makes me uncomfortable and i don't want to know there are near collisions. >> the federal aviation administration calls these near collisions operational errors. reagan national, dulles and bwi marshall combined have seen an increase from 18 last year to 22 this fiscal year, which doesn't end until september. captain mark weiss, a retired pilot, says it shouldn't surpri of thousands of flights that take off and land in the washington area. >> probably the same number or more incidents now. now we are becoming aware of them. >> the faa began to use a new automated air reporting system in february which catches errors that that in the past may not have been noticed air traffic controllers are required to keep planes 3 miles or 1,000 feet of altitude apart. that gives pilots seconds to react. >> it is distressing that this should be even occurring. >> reporter: the errors come at a time when air traffic controllers hired after the 1980 strike are retiring in mass and replaced with those less experienced. the faa said -- >> it's not a big deal until it is your plane. so it is just, i know statistically you are more likely to get in an accident driving than flying an i'm comfortable flying but number of near misses make you nervous. >> reporter: the faa puts the near collisions in to three categories, a, b and c with a and b with being the most serious. last year the faa said half of the errors in the dc area were category c which is a minor breach of the separation requirement, although all are still considered near collisions. >> sherri ly live in the newspaper. following up on the metro rail cars metro yanked out of service this weekend. metro repaired the door motors on four rail car and put them in to service. they are hoping to get to four to eight repaired a day and get them all in service by the end of the month. new developments this the gulf oil spill. b.p. tested a giant oil skimming boat to see if it could happen in the cleanup. and officials in texas say the first tar balls started to wash up in texas. we have a report from pensacola beach, florida. >> reporter: $3 billion and counting is how much b.p. says the oil spill has cost them. the figure includes the cleanup and containment efforts along with the payouts to people, businesses and federal and state governments. though fireworks lit the sky on sunday it wasn't a typical holiday weekend. many business owners say they took a 50 to 70% hit. jimmy coleman was born and raised in new orleans and spent 15 years here in pensacola. he says folks avoiding the panhandle are making a big mistake. >> it is gorgeous here. tons to do here and yes, there are tar balls and this and that but overall -- >> there wasn't much celebrating in grand isle, louisiana. the beach would usually be packed but instead the large barrier keeps the people that did come away from the oily water. local people are sad to see their beach turned in to a ghosttown. >> there would be fun and laughter and loudness. not this. reminds me of katrina. >> reporter: two relief wells and containment and crude from the busted one continued. they hope this skimmer shows positive result. after an initial test came back inconclusive. if it works as expected it could process 21 million- gallons of oily water a day. >> a devastating scene at a 4th of july parade in iowa. this out-of-control buggy pull mid runaway horses crashed in to a float. one woman died and four others were hurt. four critically. many victims were children who were lined up to watch the parade. the woman who died was are riding in the buggy. you can save money and live better now you may be able to do it in the district. we will have the latest on negotiations to bring a big box store to dc. and signs are popping up all over but not everyone is a supporter. and he may be able to down 50 hot dogs in ten minutes but he couldn't take on new york city's finest. we will have more on the eating champ tonight in jail coming up. keep it here. fox 5 news at 5:00 is just getting started. and about what's happening in the gulf? well, florida has 825 miles of beaches... and 1,260 miles of coastline. so, there's plenty of places in florida to enjoy crystal clear waters and a great beach vacation. go to florida live at visitflorida.com. for real-time information. discover the palm beaches and boca raton. the best way to experience florida. visit palmbeachfl.com ♪ it is major employer. a global economic force and a lightning rod for labor activists. will wal-mart finally open the doors in the district? melanie alnwick is here with more. >> reporter: well, wal-mart we're told is one of the companies interested in property off of new york avenue but the neighborhood has seen a lot of proposals come and go and very few have been able to make it official. it's a bleak swath of land. this 11-acre lot off of new york avenue in northeast dc. it is also quite valuable to the owners and the city. >> this is very important. this is a gateway site. we had a number of interests and thought it was there. >> there was a plan to turn it in to a $1.1 billion mixed use development called arbor place. the bad economy killed that project and now it appears wal- mart may have its eyes on the site. >> we need changes as far as the vacant buildings. something needs to be done. >> reporter: wal-mart is well established in the suburbs and the world's largest retailer is considering more urban opportunities. chicago's city council recently approved expansion there. why would a big box retailer want to come to this part of the city where so many businesses are closed? because of this, the endless stream of consumers and cars driving by every day. dc's ward 5 councilman harry thomas says there would be many hurdles to clear here before a wal-mart could break down. >> of course there will be push back and we will have to settle what those issues are. will they use city or private money, who will build it, who will they hire? all of those things have to be worked out but it is important. >> what do neighbors want. >> they need to take dare of their families. so i think it is a good idea. >> people sleeping on the ground, doesn't make sense. we don't need wal-mart. we need affordable housing. >> reporter: most home whatever development comes our way it will not just benefit the company and the city but residents, too. councilman thomas says he plans to meet with the partners and meet with the residents to see what they are interested in getting in that area and he hopes we should know something more in a few months. >> fox 5 consumer alert. toyota recalled 90,000 lexus and crown vehicles in japan over defective engines. toyota announced it plans to recall 270,000 vehicles worldwide. 138,000 here in the u.s. a flaw in the engine could cause the automobiles to stall while in motion. no accidents or injuries have been ored. a half million people packed the national mall to celebrate the nation's birthday and crews worked to clean up the mess they left behind. they broke down cardboard boxes to serve as temporary trash cans. our top story tonight, this is the first in a string of really hot days. we know it can be dangerous out there. you have to be careful for sure. >> a lot of people are hydrating themselves. what's the best advice, stay inside? >> i think so. i don't want to belabor this, it is awful hot out there but we are getting a little break from the humidity and looks like -- all the numbers i'm looking at, and i'm trying to figure out when the humidity comes back with full force but maybe wednesday if you notice more humidity. upper 90s is hot for us but we not talking 106 to 110 heat index. it is a localized heat wave. it is not for everybody. talk about that in the full weather. let me show you as we go to true view. it is hot and sunny. we are anchored under the area of high pressure. this is very dominant high pressure feature. it is not just at the surface. it extends to the atmosphere. it is a blocking ridge of high pressure because notice the clouds to the west. omaha, chicago, they are getting cloudiness and they are getting the rainfall, too. this blocks everything. and it keeps all of that moving up to the north of us. it is going to stay anchored where it is the next few days. there are some indications it will start to break down a little bit as we get to the latter part of the week and that will help with the heat wave a little bit. temperatures in the lower 90s. until we bust the high pressure, we are going to be hot but the location of the high is actually pretty good for us because it keeps us, at least fairly dry in terms of the relative humidity. again, we are talking about very, very warm numbers the next few days but not talking about outrageously extreme heat index values. so that's a little bit of good news in there. 95 at 7:00. temperature at this hour went back up to 98 degrees. at 9:00 we will still be 90 and at 11:00 86. it will be warm. the heat has a cumulative effect on you. it is not really cooling down at night much. i think we will get down to 80 here in town for a low and maybe the 70s in the suburbs. tomorrow it will heat up and do the same for wednesday and maybe by thursday we will begin to get cooler temperatures. a lot to talk about in the full forecast coming up. >> what you are saying is get used to it. >> i'm say it could be worse than it is. that's what i am trying to let everyone know. a huge honor for a dc woman known as the costume lady. she now has a park named after her. eleanor holmes norton helped to dedicate the park today. today would have been lowell la beaver's 100th birthday. she opened a costume shop after the 1968 riots and became prestige famous for developing costumes if the most prestigious theaters. he didn't eat one bite but this former nathan's champ is making the biggest headlines of all. we have more on his arrest tonight in jail. a new book says what you make for dinner tonight could determine your mood for days to come. how to eat yourself happy coming up. controversy at this year's hot dog eating contest on coney island. japanese eating champ was arrested after storming the stage. a contract dispute had kept him from competing this year. tee what chang explains what went down. >> reporter: when he left brooklyn criminal court today, hot dog eating former top dog was smiling after a night in jail. he was released following his arraignment on disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and trespassing charges. >> i'm hungry. >> you are hungry. >> reporter: it was a different man yesterday at the july 4th hot dog eating contest. on video he appears to be resisting police. wearing a free kobi t-shirt he tried to get on stage, even though he was not a con tess stan. he is in the middle of a dispute with contest eating. he tried to jump on the stage. >> can you tell us why you went on the stage yesterday? >> when i was there everyone started to chant for me, let him eat. let him eat and he said in the heat of it i jumped on the stage hoping that maybe because of the cheers that nathans actually let him eat. >> he was grabbed from behind and as soon as he realized the police officers were there he let go and went peacefully. >> let's look again. thereto a delay releasing him in brooklyn criminal court because no one could find a translator on the holiday. between the defendants arraigned on assault, possession of weapons and violations of orders of protection the prosecutors was okay to release the hot dog eating champion. he had a sandwich in jail, no hot dogs. fox 5 news. we are still months away from election day. the battle lines are being drawn right now. and they are ending up on the front lawns 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somebody placed the sign in our yard. >> you didn't ask for that sign? >> no. >> they put the sign up on the porch for a while and then decided they liked fenty okay and put the sign back. down the street, more fenty support. >> of all the candidates out there, i think fenty has the incumbent needs more time to continue and work that he has been doing and i think he's been successful. >> reporter: snyder said he put a fenty sign up at this campaign after the mayor chatted him up during a walk through the area. but he says some signs are popping up in people's yards who didn't ask for them. >> they happened in the last campaign and it has happened to other campaigns. i don't think it is necessarily anyone in particular candidate. i think it is overzealous supporters. >> reporter: ward four residents say there is a war of the signs going on. we spoke to one woman, who has a gray sign in her yard who did not want to be identified. >> well, my neighbor, a couple of doors down said they are stealing them but i don't see it. i see just as many fenty as i do gray signs. >> reporter: fenty campaign workers were busy on this federal holiday. vincent gray's campaign headquarters and ward four office were both closed. in the district, karen gray houston, fox 5 news. >> those campaign signs are not the only distraction on sidewalks. experts are sounding the alarm about texting while walking. they say pedestrians are suffering the consequences of mobile distraction. everything from tripping on curbs and walking in to traffic and stepping in to manholes. companies are rolling out tools to help texters including ear pieces that allow users to speak their text messages and applications that make a screen transparent. are you dreading going back to work tomorrow? you may not be able to blame the bad news on your office. a report says one fatty meal can make you sluggish and cranky. >> two to three years ago i was this size and this is -- this shirt is just a sample of what i used to wear every day. >> reporter: for chandra, the size 3-x t-shirt is all she needs of how much food once controlled her life. >> it wasn't a cocktail. it was just this thing i wasn't cooking in a healthy way or doing -- thinking about the calories. i wanted to get and get it done. >> reporter: she mother of three says with the birth of each child the weight climbed. >> the stress of having a new baby, taking care of her and compounding with each baby and she went from 140-pounds to 227- pounds. >> i think gaining weight like that and becoming depressed it changes who you really are. >> reporter: suddenly she needs a three hour nap to get through the day, surviving on sweets and sodas and anything fast and easy. >> i would do that and then the next day i would feel so terrible about what i ate. i'm never going to change i might as well do it again today. >> she didn't didn't make the connection between bad food an the bad mood. but they say it starts with what you are putting in the grocery cart. the biggest energy busters high fat, hard to digest food like pizza and burgers. they are laden with chemicals that leave us feeling sleepy and sluggish and juice, candy send your blood sugar skyrocketing only to fall minutes later. >> that short-term energy window maybe a half hour before you crash. somebody who's sugar sensitive it could be more severe crash that makes them even not functional during the work day. >> reporter: same thing with sugary cereals, white bread, bakery products. they break down too quickly in the body. >> you feel irritable, tired, little down in your mood. >> reporter: in a new book, the dietitian says you can eat your way to happiness. it is not just getting rid of unhealthy stuff that may be zapping your energy but knowing what foods to add to your diet to make yourself feel better and she says a good rule of thumb is 75% of the foods you are eating should be the real thing. >> that means food that is fresh, unprocessed and is close to its original state as possible. if the label has more than five ingredients, skip it and the deeper the natural color, the more energy producing nutrients inside. instead of a handful of grapes go for blackberries. instead of iceberg lettuce, go with kale and skip the steak for salmon. it protects against depression and if you are craving something crunchy, bypass the high-fat potato chips and grab brain boosting almonds. other top foods, whole wheat pasta, dark green fruits and vegetables and even dark chocolate is good for you in moderation and eat every three to four hours and never miss break faction. >> the key to keep your energy up blood sugar stabilize and the mood elevated. >> she says food no longer has a hold on her. >> i think where i am in my life, i am probably the happiest i have ever trial by been at this age. >> reporter: she has dropped just over 100-pounds and that tired all the time feeling it is gone, too. >> i am not the same person i was when i was overweight and 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appealing for world unity and speech. it follows a nine day tour of canada. lady gaga can add most popular to her resume. she the first living person to have more than 10 million facebook fans. she just edged out the president. her fan count doubled this year making her the fastest growing star. and texas hold em poker, michael jackson, facebook and family guy. this isn't your kids lego set. some of the best lego buildings in the country are on display in the district. we are taking you inside lay go architecture coming up. our extreme heat making a comeback and it could be worse than last month. we will return. looks like our competitors for the raid deathcathlon are rearin' to go. first a spray of hot shot for one team, and fast-killing raid for the other. and they're off! 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( spraying, pow ) ra-- ?! fast killing raid. kills bugs dead! s.c. johnson. a family company. time to look at the forecast. we are talking about dangerously high levels, high temperatures out there. >> you know, again, the heat index value will go up. as a matter of fact there is a heat advisory technically tomorrow from 12:00 too 8:00. it is for dc. not surrounding communities in and up to baltimore, as well. we will talk about that at 6:00. and then later on tonight, at 10:00 and 11:00, i suspect they may expand that heat advisory a little bit but we will talk more about that. that's for tomorrow. it will be hot around here the next several days. it could be a lot hazier. if there was more humidity in the air it would be hazier. a little hazy but not as hazy has as it has been for other heat waves an here. the low relative humidity is helping us out and helping us out quite a bit. i know it is hot but the heat index values have stayed in check and that's a good thing here. 98 in the city. 93 gaithersburg. frederick 100. you can see hagerstown, winchester 100. back up there for tomorrow and tomorrow afternoon. now, you look at the heat index value and it is right there at the actual temperature. instead of 105, 106, 115 like it has been sometimes, especially in fredericksburg it feels like 105 down there but they are always the hot spot when it comes to heat index values. frederick feels the same as the actual air temperature and the an that is good for us. tomorrow, i don't see the relative humidity being higher. it will feel warm and the heat index around 100, 102 but not crazy on wednesday i think it will be the hottest day and the most humid days, too. this is interesting, 97 for philly. they are hot. 98 here in town. look to the west, it is not too bad. this is a very localized heat wave right here for the mid- atlantic and the reason why is having to do with the area of where the area of high pressure is setting up. again brutal heat continues and it looks like, as we get in to this, tuesday, tomorrow and wednesday will be the hottest of the days. no doubt wednesday will feel the hottest because the heat index will be soaring up over 100 degrees. tomorrow right at 100 but wednesday it will be a little warmer than that. and relief will be coming in late week. looks like maybe on thursday and in to friday. we want to take you to the south here and show you this is very interesting. we talked about this last friday. this little tropical system here. it's not named yet but the hurricane center feels like if it stays out over land, a little longer. it could get a name and that would be bonny because it has been getting stronger. it would be a short-lived storm because it looks like it is forecast to move on shore of louisiana pretty quick here within the next 24 hours but we could be seeing the beginning of bonny there and look to the south and again off the yucatan here they are looking at another system of unsethled weather. a cluster of thunderstorms now but a good luck likelihood over the next couple of days this may become another named storm. high pressure to the south of us. that helps us. it is giving us westerly and northwesterly winds and those tend taliban drier winds for us, keeping humidity down. temperatures start in the middle 80s. 84 degrees at 8 a.m. up to 96 at noon. we will go for a temperature storm up to 99 to 100 degrees for just about everybody. again, factor in one or two more degrees with the humidity tomorrow. wednesday, though, is when i think we could have heat index values around here 103 to 110, 112 farther though south, something like that. and then right now looks like we cool off for thursday, friday and saturdayment won't that be a good thing? coming up at 6:00 we will talk about what you can do to stay cool. >> thank you, gary. a lot of families are using the extended independence day weekend to go work around the house. >> hopefully inside. imagine living in your house mortgage and tax free. you can do it but there is a catch. jennifer davis explains. >> reporter: home sweet home for the horse family of eight is a farmhouse dating back to 1850 and they didn't pay a cent to buy it. >> we could have never afforded a place like this. >> reporter: myron horse lives in the house with his family rent free for life and he dunn pay property taxes because he is taking part in maryland's curatorship program. >> at different times we will pinch ourselves, is this really real real? we get to live here. >> reporter: the catch he pays to restore it and it is all the property of the state. he spent $90,000 in the first three months and has a lot more work planned. >> given a lifetime leasest lease you can justify fixing up a house and spending the time, effort and money fixing up because you can enjoy it the rest of your life. >> he rents farmland from the state. for them it is a dream come true. >> we could have never afforded anything like this. we would have to be multimillionaires and then if we were, we'd be working at some office job and still not able to enjoy it. >> reporter: the state of maryland is thrilled, too. >> there are homes everywhere that states can't afford to maintain and the program solves that problem for us. we get a historic house restored at no cost to taxpayers. >> reporter: since 1982, 43 historic buildings have been restored which is similar to ones currently in several other state and under consideration in more. because curators have to spend a minimum of $150,000 to restore a house but most spend much more. >> it was abandoned in 1922. by the time i took it over the vegetation completely covered the house. you couldn't see the house from five feet away. >> bob took on one of martha washington's grand daughter's country homes. >> it took three years before we could move in and another five years before i'd say it was pretty much finished but i'm always working on it. >> only new piece in here is the stove from 1918. >> reporter: curators say while they appreciate the financial benefits most of all it is an honor to be part of history themselves by preserving america's oldest buildings for future generations ♪ [ music ] ♪ >> we don't have the aspect of being able to pass this on to our children. however, what really is more valuable to children is the memories of their childhood growing up. >> reporter: in maryland, jennifer davis, fox 5 news. more than a dozen cyclists took a break from their 2500- mile journey to help repair homes in manassas, virginia. the cyclists are biking from niagara falls to new orleans and raising money for a nonprofit christian housing ministry and hoping you will get involved. >> this is not an event where there's a handful of people riding across the country where we hope you clap for us. we hope you get on your brake and ride with us for a day, a weekend, come out and volunteer for us when we are in the area, have dinner and breakfast with us. we want to get people involved. that's the purpose of the ride here. >> reporter: they packed emergency kits that will be delivered to low-income families. go to www.myfoxdc.com to learn how you can help out. click to on web links. here's what we are working on for the news edge at 6:00, $3 billion in rising. b.p. shelling out more money [ male announcer ] cha-cha-in' to the new cuban pulled pork. the new subway cuban pulled pork sub's as enticing and intoxicating as a night in habana. mambo to slow smoked pulled pork and tender black forest ham. this sub's packed with layer upon layer of flamboyant flavor -- mustard, pickles and bubbly melted cheese. or set the dance floor ablaze and try it on fresh toasted flatbread. the temptuous, muy delicioso new cuban pulled pork. crank up the flavor at subway. ♪ . if you have ever been to the national building museum you know it celebrates works in steel and concrete. a new exhibit is showing off architecture in multicolored plastic and it's the kind of work that kids and their parents can appreciate. holly morris takes us to the new exhibit. >> reporter: did you know there are 915 million ways that you can combine six eight-pegged lego blocks lake this one? well, if you are agap reed tucker you have done just about all of the combination and done so in an impressive way because he is an architectural artist that put together an amazing lego display at the national building museum. >> hello. how are you? >> i'm well and fascinated. give me a quick overview of what you have done here. >> world famous and highly recognizable buildings and sky scrapers made out of lego bricks. >> nothing is glued together. >> nothing is glued together or modified and i use all standard pieces. >> all standard pieces that anyone can buy in any kit. >> that's correct. >> that's amazing. >> we also do buildings which were never built. >> that's right. one of the amazing things about this, using lego is we have two buildings here. the chicago spire and south dearborn 7 and for two reasons they were never realized and here i can bring these designs to life to share with people so they can experience these buildings even though they will never get the opportunity in everyday life. >> not only are we experiencing your amazing work but you want to inspire kids. our architects of the future and have them understand that this is not intimidating. this is something they can do. >> that's right. >> when a child is walking by here and they think wow, all of these pieces and techniques and i sit here and say, but look it comes off and it is a normal lego brick and hand it to them and tell them to put it back in place and it levels the playing field and makes them feel there is nothing special about it. it is the way you view and think about it. all of the buildings here is a matter of taking some time and putting the pieces together and doing things, like this is actually a door rail that lay go makes in one of their farm sets and the way i put it together to replicate the stone. >> makes it in to falling water. that's how you thought. >> it has been a pleasure. thank you. >> you can spend a lot of time here was the exhibit runs through september and they have a play area where people who love legos, no matter the age can build, create and make their own city here at the national museum and a new kit that just debuted the white house that adam helped to create. you can build it yourself. fox 5 news. >> i have a feeling some young people in my family will want to go there. the news is far from over. the news edge at 6:00 starts right now. the heat wave is starting to tighten its grip on the dc area. it will be hot, hazy and humidity. no doubt air conditioners will be working overtime. temperatures near the 100- degree mark. gary mcgrady has been tracking the temperatures all afternoon live in northwest. how hot will we get. >> temperatures in the upper 90s by far wednesday will