afternoon and leaving behind a big change in our record breaking heat. a husband and father goes out to run an errand and never comes home. instead he's found shot to death in his own car. tonight his family is making an emotional plea. but we begin tonight with alleged secret agents busted right in our backyard. thanks for joining us, everyone. i'm laura evans in for brian. i'm shawn yancy. fake birth cert cat, cover names, just some of the international espionage unfolding in the quiet suburbs of virginia. roby chavez has more on how the government made the big bust. >> reporter: court documents indicate they were masters at secret inclan december teen meetings. they live in arlington while others lived what appeared to be normal lives in new york and boston. two of the alleged spies lived here in arlington in this no frills apartment complex as husband and wife. neighbors say they had children and were shocked to hear spies may be living among them here in the suburbs. >> i guess if i were a spy, i would want to live here too. you're not in the middle of d.c. you're away from everyone else and could blend in a little better. why not. >> reporter: ten people from the group dubbed illegals were arrested for being part of a deep cover russian spy ring with names like murphy, heathfield, foally and mills, their mission? become as americanized as possible. but the government says they were anything but with american birth certificates but allegedly receiving extensive training from the russian government. in arlington many are intrigued that the spy ring operated here in their backyard. >> pretty surprising to hear that actually it's going on in arlington. i walk by people all the time in this building. i've been here a couple of times. just concerned that it's actually possible. >> reporter: just last week for the so-called burger diplomacy, president obama was all smiles in arlington with the russian president but just blocks away according to these court documents lived a couple, both arlington residents are now accused of picking up by the r that was buried in new york's central park. all of the spying according to documents was caught on video and listening devices. one intercepted message from moscow's spy center read, you were sent to u.s.a. for long-term service trip to search and develop ties in policy making circles and sent intelligence reports to the center. some wonder what it will do to u.s. and russian relations after this warm moment between the two leaders. >> it's really unfathomable, knoll something that -- i know it happens but it's just unconscionable. >> reporter: court documents also indicate some of the alleged spies met with a former high ranking national security official, a person working on bunker buster nuclear warheads and also met with a major fund- raiser for an unnamed political party. many worry about the dangers of espionage brought right here to their backyard. >> roby, thank you. our other big story tonight, wicked weather is being blamed for a nasty crash on irving avenue in northwest today. rescue crews had to cut a woman from her suv after she crashed into a car and slid into a utility pole. they say she got caught in a massive downpour and was trying to stop when the accident happened. people who live nearby heard the crash and ran to help. >> just a big impact and then the kids were running down the steps saying it was an accident. when i ran out, i saw the two cars so i ran over. and she was talking and we couldn't get in the car. so we turned the ignition off and at the same time i saw another fire truck pull up. >> no word tonight on the conditions of the victims. the storms moved in this afternoon and they were fast and furious. lots of thunder, lightning and of course a whole lot of rain, too. but they're also bringing something else with them. that's relief from the record temperatures we've been having. gary mcgrady has more on that from the weather center. much cooler out there tonight. >> it's steamy, too. we still have a lot of moisture in the air. it's going to take a while to push this humidity down to the south. but we are in the transitional period now between really hot, record temperatures and actually some nice pleasant weather that's just a couple of days away. let me first go to radar. there's a couple of little lingering showers. maybe even a thunderstorm, too. i'm not getting any lightning from this particular storm down here in southern sections of anne arundel county just to the east of prince george's county. looks like this one might be headed towards deal as well. you could probably here a little -- hear a little bit of thunder and lightning. it does appear it's getting a little stronger. today another record. the record was for bwi marshall. they were up to 99. then the thunderstorms fired up and that cooled us down quite a bit. some some cases actually temperatures at national tumbled today into the 70s. a couple of quick pout we are outages. -- quick power outages. montgomery county over 5,000 without power. in prince george's county about 400 or so still looking for some power tonight. hopefully that can get turned on quite quickly. summertime thunderstorms, they signal change. and we have some cooler temperatures coming. that's all in the forecast in just a bit. >> like the sound of that. of course you can track the temperature tumble for yourself on myfoxdc.com. just click on the weather tab to get a glimpse of the five- day forecast. new tonight another murder mystery in the nation's capital but this time the brutal crime is tearing apart communities on both sides of the atlantic. bob barnard has the story you will only see on fox. bob? >> reporter: shawn, his brothers and sisters say charles logan survived years of civil war in his native liberia without ever taking a bullet. he would bring his family to america to live a better life, one that ended on a d.c. street sunday morning in a hail of bullets. [ crying ] >> reporter: this is the murder victim's widow charles etta logan in her front yard in hyattsville, maryland surrounded by relatives, friends and about a hundred members of the washington area's liberian community. they're mourning the death of 46-year-old charles logan, described as a hard-working father of two found shot to death inside his car sunday morning in northeast washington. >> [ indiscernible ] to get the problem solved. we want the perpetrator to be brought to justice and tell us why he would kill an innocent man. >> reporter: d.c. police say officers responding to reports of gunfire in the 1500 block of kenilworth avenue found logan shot multiple times in his car two blocks away. >> it's a sad story because my brother made it through 14 years of war in liberia. to end up this way, it's not fair. >> reporter: logan was from the west african nation of liberia and one ever the leaders of the liberian community here. >> you can see right here he had so many friends. he had so many friends. >> he brought a large family here and he has cared for many others that he met here. it's such a sad situation that a man could escape 14 years of brutal civil war only to be shot in a miss tear joss fashion -- mysterious fashion in america where he thought he was seeking safe haven. >> reporter: his relatives say charles had gone to the store sunday morning to buy some flour flour. he bought the flour but never made it home. >> we want justice to be served. >> reporter: tonight much to his family's chagrin, charles logan's murder remains unsolved. d.c. police asking for the public's help to get the killer off the street. >> bob barnard with the story. a candlelight vigil tonight in honor of a teenager killed in the district. friends, family and local politicians gathered at 21st street in northeast where 16- year-old steven mo hag any was gunned down. he was shot to death saturday morning. so far no arrests and no word on a motive. still no sign of two missing teenagers if fairfax county. now the parents of 16-year-old tiffany ghani and -- [ indiscernible ] no one has heard from them since. the girls didn't take anything, not even their cell phones. anyone with information about the girls' whereabouts is asked to call fairfax county crime solvers. the longest serving senator in u.s. history has died. senator robert byrd passed away this morning at a hospital in fairfax. he represented west virginia in washington for 57 years. tonight fox 5's beth parker shows us how west virginia is remembering senator byrd. >> reporter: in a place where time feels like it moves a little slower, robert byrd passed the test. >> when you think of him, you think of a man whose word you can count on, who will tell you the truth, and that's not always something you find in a politician. >> reporter: residents say byrd brought jobs to the state and therefore customers to places like robert's jewelers in downtown martinsburg. >> it's good to see you. >> reporter: the store has been around even longer than the 50 years byrd served west virginia in the senate. the owner says even those divided respected byrd. >> even though you didn't agree with him, you knew you'd get a straight answer from him. whatever he said, he was feeling it from his heart and with a deep belief. >> reporter: george is the mayor of martinsburg. he owns patterson's, a pharmacy and soda fountain. she serve up milk shakes. and good conversation. he can tell you a few stories about robert byrd. he remembers a time when he leaned down to talk to byrd in his wheelchair not long ago. >> i leaned down and he pulled on my tie and he says, george, how do you get such a pretty wife? i like your tie but i like your wife better. >> reporter: now, robert byrd certainly had his share of pet projects. you don't have to look far here to see his name on the side of a building. when i asked the locals what they thought of his nickname the prince of pork, they told me they don't mind a bit. >> people have been called worse. >> i would think. >> reporter: carlos rubio's daughter received a college scholarship from the byrd family. >> she found him to be very jovial. he has many, many stories about west virginia, how proud he was of the children. >> reporter: she's now in graduate school at yale, big shoes to fill for future students. as for who might fill byrd's shoe, folks we talked to aren't sure it's possible. >> to step in his shoes, no. >> reporter: someone will take over his senate seat but they say no one will replace him. in west virginia, beth parker, fox 5 news. the d.c. summer jobs program is plagued with problems yet again. students showed up for work to find locked doors. others we're told no jobs were even lined up for them at all. wait till you see where some were told to report for duty. a murder mystery unfolding tonight. a teenager found dead after a violent car crash. police say that's to the what killed her. and all eyes on the gulf tonight as tropical storm alex churns near mexico. the storm could wreak havoc on oil cleanup efforts. we're taking you there coming up. how many ways can you be comfortable? 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one store employee told them there were no summer jobs. >> they said they had a contract with d.c. employment services [ inaudible ] >> reporter: beverly is a parent. she says she was disturbed to learn kids had been assigned to a job that had a bar. >> i asked the gentleman, if you had kids in here, what would happen with the alcohol that's stationed on the bar and he said that they would not have any access to this. >> reporter: she called employment services. they told her summer jobs problems were being resolved on the campus of gallaudet. she drove over with some of the kids and we stopped by. the line outside was long. parents had issues. >> i needed her transferred close to home. >> i came in here. >> reporter: a daughter who had asthma needed her transferred to a job away from a swimming pool. >> we're d.c. residents. every year it's dysfunctional like this. >> reporter: we went inside looking for answers. referred to the mayor's office. e-mailed this statement. there are over 22,000 kids in the program. some kids are being transferred to different assignments and other kinks may be getting ironed out. thus the chaos. >> we tried without success to find the owner of the catering and cafe. a woman whose daughter was assigned to work there told us the officials promised to call her soon with another job site. more trouble for d.c. summer jobs program. this time it could be criminal. coming up on the news edge at 11:00, what happened today at rfk stadium that prompted a police investigation. a 19-year veteran of the d.c. police force has been arrested. detective william wakowsky is charged with simple assault and refusing to take a dui test. he was arrested over the weekend. the lawyer for the five american men convicted of plotting terrorist attacks in pakistan has filed an appeal. the men all from the d.c. area have been sentenced to ten years in jail. their attorney says the conviction should be overturned because it did not take into account evidence provided by the defense. supreme court nominee elena kagan may have a better idea of what the week ahead will hold for you as senators closely examine her resume. we have details from day one of her confirmation hearing. >> reporter: if confirmed elena kagan would be only the fourth ever female supreme court justice. >> to be nominated to the supreme court is the honor of a lifetime. >> reporter: she's a lifetime liberal democrat. the obama administration's solicitor general arguing cases before the supreme court. >> i will work hard and i will do my best to consider every case impartially, modestly with commitment to principle and in accordance with law. >> reporter: in the clinton white house, she recommended compromise policies that worried conservatives over abortion and guns. as dean of the harvard law school she made headlines supporting a controversial wartime ban on campus military recruitment. >> her actions punish the military and demeaned our soldiers as they were courageously fighting for our country in two wars overseas. >> reporter: democrats are expected to back her unanimously unanimously. >> your judicial philosophy is almost invisible to us. >> reporter: for the most part they heaped praise on her. >> i believe that fire minded -- fair minded people will find her legal philosophy well within the main stream. >> reporter: they have not ruled out a filibuster which would require 60 votes for her to be confirmed but the word never came up today nor at any of the news conferences involving any of the senators from the confirmation process meaning they probably will forego it. >> if confirmed she'll replace justice john paul stevens. he wrapped up his final day on the bench today. he wrote a letter telling his colleagues that if he overstayed his welcome, it was only because being a justice is such a unique and wonderful job. he served for nearly 35 years. the disaster in the gulf now a major change may be coming. find out what could force boats working in the cleanup to call it quits. plus, does this little girl look like a terrorist? 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