on immigration reform until after the november election. >> they prioritize politics rather than people's lives. >> the president had considered allowing a plan to allow undocumented workers to remain in the country and an expansion of a deferred deportation program for children of immigrants. >> tried to get an education, good job, and a better future. >> why the turnaround? experts say that control of the senate is on the line. >> craddick incumbent -- democratic incumbents could face a voter backlash. immigration reform groups call the apparent about-face a betrayal of principles for politics. >> it will be more difficult for andcrats to get latinos people in the community motivated to come out to the polls. >> white house officials say a loss at the polls could delay future attempts at a broad overhaul. become legal in

this country, and then have a path to citizenship. >> the president says if congress takes no action, he will take steps to increase border protection, upgrade border processing, and encourage illegal immigration. it is still a matter of debate about if mr. obama has the authority to do this. aides say he will take action, do something by sometime in january. retrieve, abc 7 news. --richard reeve, abc 7 news. >> a langley park man faces first-degree murder charges. prince george's county police arrested him this morning. he is also charged with robbery. the police believe that he stabbed a man to death wednesday while stealing his cell phone. the police in alexandria arrested a 17-year-old boy. he is accused of attacking a woman last sunday after a party on south reynolds road. the suspect was the same person the police say may have been a witness in the case.

a woman said she did not know the attacker. d.c. police have identified two people killed when a car slammed into a garbage truck in southeast. it happened on 295 near pennsylvania avenue. the car driver and passenger died. as awere identified 23-year-old and 29-year-old, both from oxon hill. a backseat passenger suffered non-life-threatening injuries. truckiver of the garbage and two passengers were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. the cause of the crash is under investigation. forestate accident in bill sent three people to the hospital early this morning on suitland parkway and pennsylvania avenue. one victim suffered critical injuries. two others were in serious condition. the navy christened its newest submarine, the uss john warner, this evening in newport news. it is named after former virginia senator john warner,

honoring his many years of service in the navy and marine corps before serving as secretary of the navy and entering politics in 1978. he retired in 2009 after serving 30 years in the u.s. senate. and emotional and failing in alexandria. a fascinating history behind this new dedication. and an update on the search for an airplane that crashed off the coast of jamaica. and new details into the joint river's death investig >> it was an emotional and

failing in alexandria, -- an emotional and failing to dedicate the freedman cemetery memorial sculpture commemorating nearly 2000 people who died in alexandria during the civil war. kevin lewis explains how this piece of history was hidden for more than a quarter-century. >> a group united by genealogy marched to this historic plot of

land, long forgotten. >> i'm glad to be here. >> her great-great-grandmother escape the shackles of slavery, finding freedom in alexandria. it was here that she lost her daughter. she chose the friedman cemetery, a burial ground for an mesa paid its slaves. airing the 1950's, developers built a gas station and office building on the site, covering more than 1700 graves. alexandriae city of purchased the land and demolished structures. they hired a archaeologists. >> i want to tell her i'm here and i remember you. i'm sorry for all the sacrifice you went through, but i am free and in a sense you are free, too. >> this person's great-grandparents are here, but he never knew until this year. bought gas from the station

here, not knowing there were ancestors buried on this property. today, the cemetery officially became a memorial, its centerpiece a powerful piece of art. is called "thee path of thorns and roses." the symbol of freedom was always in front of them. >> i can't explain it. this is something i will remember and share-ish the rest of my life. >> dignity has at last been restored to the final resting slaves. some 1700 freed located just a few blocks south of king street, it will be open seven days a week from dawn until dusk. kevin lewis, abc 7 news. >> what a great story. kudos to the city of alexandria. the rain did not keep the runners from taking part in the arlington police fire and 5k.riff 9/11 memorial

autria godfrey and jummy element olabanjiand jummy helped emcee the event. questions outnumber answers in the mysterious crash of a small airplane near jamaica. search team say that the brees spotted friday may have sunk. the plane stopped responding to radio calls about an hour after its flight. the plane belonged to a u.s. real estate to the leper in new york and his wife. -- real estate developer in new york and his wife. marks nearly four weeks since the shooting death of michael brown and ferguson, missouri. people took to the streets of the district, demanding reforms nationwide, and an investigation of all police involved

shootings. a memorial service will be held joany for comedienne rivers, who died thursday after suffering a heart attack during an outpatient procedure that is now being investigated. michelle franzen has more. >> we're learning more about the untimely death of joan rivers, the trailblazing comedienne who will be memorialized sunday morning in new york. her daughter is keeping her composure. norville says she is planning the private funeral and memorial service. doing a spectacular job planning her mom's funeral, making sure the people that her mother love to have a role. >> rivers suffered a heart attack after doctors at an outpatient clinic put her under put herso they could --

under vizio xia so they could find out why her voice had become raspy. she was near death when she arrived at a hospital a short time later, a week ago thursday. their bird norville says the family wants to know how this could happen to a woman who had this to say to tmz last month. >> my health is good. >> state investigators want to know more, although it is routine. the autopsy was inconclusive. the new york city medical examiner says that more tests are needed to pinpoint the cause of her death. she died at 81. , abc news, newn york. >> i got to meet her once. he used to have a brunch every year, the white house correspondents dinner, and she loves coming to that. she was as friendly to everyday people as she was mean to some of the stars. but she was ok.

she only picked on the beautiful people, and they could take it. she was truly a generous, funny, nice woman. >> she made all of us laugh, and definitely -- >> but i never wanted to be critiqued by her, but i was not important enough to have to go through that. it was all good. speaking of good, the weather tomorrow? >> it will be beautiful, especially after the nasty storms. things are much quieter at this hour compared with just a few hours ago. overring thunderstorms southern maryland, right over southern st. mary's county and southern calvert county, maryland. radar,en and blue on the that is just a little continuation from the radar. pretty much all of the rain has wrapped up. still a little drizzle possible, but we had a lot of rain. county, congressional country club, the rain gauge, 1.93 inches of rain, over 1.5

inches at bowie state university. in waldorf, just over an inch and a quarter. the temperatures have fallen into the 70's. i have to step out of the way to show you this great time lapse i captured from the rooftop weatherbug camera. a beautiful evening until about 7:00. the dark ominous clouds moved in, could hardly see anything, then things quiet down a little bit. now much quieter outside of the studio when rosslyn and most of the area. today was hot and steamy. 95 at reagan national, 91 at washington dulles, 93 at bwi. five of the six days in september we have been at 90 degrees or above, but that streak is over. now in the 70's, falling at the 60's. improving conditions as we continue through the remainder of the overnight. most of the showers now across the chesapeake bay, much quieter

up and down the east coast. numerous severe thunderstorm warnings, especially over new england. cooler and less humid air behind this. the dew point temperature the upper 40's, lower 50's over the great lakes. that air mass moves in tomorrow, noticeably more comfortable. will stallont offshore. tomorrow, probably sunny, 80 degrees. i think the low pressure will develop along the front over the carolinas. they will hug the coast earlier the way, bringing us the northeast wind, keep temperatures down and a chance of showers, especially along south and eastern portions of the region. just keep that in mind. the temperatures will be much cooler than average, upper 70's early next week. 62 to 68 overnight, showers moved out, dry air moves in. 77 to 82 tomorrow, partly sunny skies. with the system off the coast, the temperatures will be in the upper 70's, not too bad. other than that, rebecca, we can

say goodbye to the 90's. i personally am hoping today was the last 90 degree day. >> soccer season has started, and all of the soccer moms hope you are right. we were not even playing, we were just watching. thank you for keeping the rain away to enjoy the rosslyn jazz festival. >> i was out there earlier, the dedicated fans. it was great. you definitely have to catch the jazz festival put on the rosslyn business improvement district. hats off to them. >> thank you, eileen, for keeping the weather nice. striking kryptonite again at nationals park. the terps in action had the problem giving the ball away. and the redskins are getting ready for their opener against the texa >> and now the toyota sports

desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. >> just about everybody in the city knows the redskins start their season sunday in houston, a big matchup for rg iii as he tries to rebound from his disappointing 2013 season, and the first game for new head coach jay gruden. let's go to horace holmes, who was in houston. >> the redskins come to houston to face a team very much like itself. both teams coming off disappointing seasons, both with new head coaches and offensive schemes. the redskins say they are ready. robert griffin iii tweeted, "almost aim day, cannot wait." houstonkins come to confident about what they have to accomplish if they want to go back home with a win. >> i feel like we have a good combination of plays to be successful with, and that's what it's all about. we are trying to put our team and best situation to succeed. >> the game plan is simple for

the offense come establish the run quickly and slow down the rush.' potent pass houston has one of the most dangerous front sevens in the nfl. the running game has a lot to do with it. that's one thing we can do to but weem on the hill, have to get it going early and often. we don't want to get into a game we are second and long and third and long. >> if i offered more skits on track, that gives rg iii a chance to -- if alfred morris gets on track, that gives rg iii a chance to work the passing game. impressivean preseason, the skins defense is feeling good. expect lots of pressure coming from different angles from the houston quarterback. nobody is sure what the texans new offense will look like,

including the redskins, and the texans hope to use that as an element of surprise in their favor. jay gruden will have a few surprises of his homecoming kickoff. should be a very interesting game. in houston, horace holmes, abc 7 news. >> college football, the maryland terrapins facing florida. , buterps had six turnovers it came down to this play. blocks the teams pond. that is recovered for a touchdown. the terps go one to win by a final of 21-17. they are 2-0 this season. fear the turtle. the nationals lead the nl east, but they have not been able to defeat a couple teams this season. one of them continues to be the arch rival philadelphia phillies , despite their lousy season. it does not help that the nats blew a lead last night. today, the hangover continued.

inning,ard in the third two runs come in. that was all the phillies need. the nationals lose another to philadelphia, 3-1. don't worry, we will get our revenge. the u.s. men's open final is set. both champions were upset today. roger federer lost in straight sets. djokovic had a tough time. djokovic was eliminated in four sets. navy were both winners. up, the strange scene that had driver saying "oh, dear."

>> look at this, not something that you would expect during the morning rush hour in san francisco, a couple of deer running on the golden gate bridge is today. on said they were running the northbound lanes. officers were called in the traffic backup, and by the time

they got to the animals, they were gone. incredible.

>> it is still feeling like summer, but a beautiful couple days coming up, eileen? >> no more 90's. at least we can say that now. >> we had it coming. the firstlly did, but few days of september, 90 degrees. tomorrow, upper 70's monday, tuesday. the highest temperature, 84. not bad. we thank you. thank you for watching. stay with us.