craig: i can't believe we gave away two golden mouth organs in one show. we'll have to cancel tomorrow night's show. that was the entire budget for tomorrow night. do you know how much two mouth organs cost in california? [laughter] tell them i sent you and take 10 bucks . i thought he was going to kill me in front of my son or something. >> a harrowing escape. a woman escaped from a car while clutching her baby to get away from a carjacker. also tonight, the metaphors will a bound with this story. democrats and republicans square off on the baseball field. i couldn't breathe. >> plus new at 11, her face was scorched by acid. now a local woman decides her emotions as her attackers meet justice. this is 9news now. >> a jilted lover, a bottle of chemicals and scars. >> that has been the life of this woman for the first year and a half. speaking for the first time, she talks about the night that changed her life and her daughter's too. matt is following the emotional story and he joins us now live from the scene of this horrible crime in austin hill. matt. >> reporter: anita, it's simply not possible to overstate just how much katrina watts has gone through these past 16 months and it would be awfully hard not to be impressed by her incredible recovery. >> immediately it just started to burn. i could feel it burn. >> reporter: it was march 29th, 2010. katrina watts had just gotten out of her car with her 4-year-old daughter and was about to go into their home. >> i just wanted to get in the house and take the shower. i had just got off the work. >> reporter: when she was suddenly approached by two women. one of whom threw a cup full of toxic chemicals at her and her daughter hitting both of them in the face and leg. >> my face had gotten so swollen and my lips they said i could have died. >> reporter: the attack was born of jealousy. you see, katrina's ex-boyfriend had just broken up with one of the alleged attackers and was getting back together with katrina. >> someone was walking up behind me. i still jumped. >> reporter: one of the suspects pleaded guilty earlier this year and is now facing eight years in prison. the other suspect was arrested yesterday. >> i always believed because i believe in god, i always believed they were going to catch them. >> reporter: her daughter turned five years old today and according to her mother is a happy and healthy little girl. >> she is doing great. >> reporter: katrina says she is doing well though 16 months and several surgeries after the attack she still gets extremely emotional talking about it. >> i don't even want to live in maryland anymore. >> reporter: and believes the scars from that terrible night, both physical and emotional, will be with her forever. >> being a christian, i can forgive. i've forgiven them for what they've done, but i'm never going to forget. >> reporter: the second suspect in the case who was arrested yesterday is now being held without bond. if convicted, she could face up to 50 years in prison. anita. >> okay. matt, thank you so much. new at 11:00, two jet liners collide on an airport taxi way. this happened at boston's logan airport as both planes taxi for takeoff. the wing clipped the tail of a smaller regional jet. that smaller plane sustained major damage. now, here is the good news. no serious injuries to the passengers. but all of those hundreds of people involved had to find another ride. well, with the tensions running high and time running short, hints tonight of a possible compromise that could raise the debt ceiling and avoid a final default as of august the second. negotiators have the congress and the white house are reportedly working on two tracts. one the original plan to raise the debt ceiling and cut spending simultaneously. and the other a backup plan to give president obama the power to do it unilaterally if the first ideas fall through. and as for a fifth consecutive day of talks, congressman of maryland is feeling pretty good. >> i'm a little more optimistic today than i was yesterday. and i'm hopeful that we're going to get there, we're going to get there in the near term. >> republicans and democrats in the meantime were on different tides in another venue tonight. the annual baseball game for charity. the democrats won big. 8-2. now, with all of the trash talk and the focus on winning, gary nurenberg sees similarities between the debt negotiations and the big game. gary. >>. >> reporter: well, some differences too. you can see what is going on on the field. other differences? >> we don't have a clue what the rules are. there is no guarantee either side of the country will win. >> reporter: i hear they're playing ball . we have to be playing ball in the other venue. >> reporter: but it is hard ball. >> we play to win. we play to win. we didn't not a single one of us got down here coming in second. >> reporter: the democrats jumped to an early lead behind the pitching of louisiana's cedrick richmond who drove in a run with a long drive. it was quickly 6-0 democrats. philosophy for overcoming that deficit? >> you just do what the president does and scream foul ball about everything and walk off. >> reporter: okay, it's a stretch. but take it from one of baseball's legendary families. >> that's always been the legacy of my great-grandfather that you get out there and play to the best of your ability. you try to win. you never disrespect your opponent but you do everything you can to try to win. >> reporter: phil nekro is better throwing knuckle balls but his strategy is better. >> go for it. the next play you make may be the greatest in your life. >> reporter: the game is over and we know who won, unlike what is happening at the white house. derek and anita. >> gary nurenberg, we thank you for that. no slow pitch there. well, president obama will hold a news conference tomorrow morning at 11:00 a.m. where he will address the negotiations if not the ball game. and that will air right here on 9 news now with cbs news hosting the coverage. tonight a mother who jumped with her baby from a moving car on the beltway to escape a carjacker tells her story. she and her 20-month-old girl were hostages on a high speed drama that ended last night. >> when i jumped out, then i hit my head and i rolled and then i guess i stood up. i asked him to pull over thousands of times. >> while the 22-year-old mother was putting gas in her '95 lexus in baltimore when that carjacker took her and the baby hostage. the mother said at times they were going 100 miles per hour. even side swiping a state trooper's patrol car before they got on the beltway. she was worried they would crash and that she and her baby would die. that's when the woman decided the only way to make it out alive would be to jump. >> when i seen the northern virginia sign, 495 west, i'm like, oh, my gosh, he's going to take me to virginia and rape me and kill me from front of my son. i was so scared. it was a nightmare. >> the suspect, 22-year-old terron white now in custody. he is facing a long list of charges, including kidnapping. this next man is accused of sexually assaulting three women at gunpoint, and the worst part he is a dc police officer. tonight officer larry seay has been indicted on 9 counts, including sexual abuse and firearm charges. he is accused of sexually assaulting three women on duty and armed with his service gun. seay allegedly threatened to arrest the victims and that's when he attacked. the alleged accidents happened in 2006 and 2010. he had his police powers revoked last year and he's due in court again in september. not guilty. that plea today from the brooklyn man for murdering and dismembering an 8-year-old boy. his lawyer said he may be mentally ill. please say erin lured the boy into his car on monday. they say erin took him up state to a wedding, brought him back to his apartment and then killed him. police found parts of the child's body inside his refrigerator. others were inside a dumpster blocks away. >> it's an unbelievable, unbelievable feeling that i feel like i lost my kids. it's the closest that everybody feels to this family. >> first of all, the realization of the lost child. number two, i can speak for myself as a father, thinking what were the final grizzly moments of his death. there is no words. i have to stop interviewing because i'm getting very emotional. >> everybody is emotional about this one. in fact, last night you could hear tearful chanting throughout the streets of the park as thousands of people gathered for the funeral. his tiny casket carried on the shoulders of the folks that knew him and now the same people who will help carry his family through this emotional time are with them now. well, tonight betty ford is back with her boyfriend. that's how she often referred to her husband gerald ford even after he passed away. mrs. ford was laid to rest today alongside her husband at his presidential museum in michigan. burial had a service with thousands of friends including bill clinton and barbara bush. mrs. ford passed away last friday at 93. rupert murducks trouble has jumped the atlantic ocean. they are trying to see if phones had hacked into 9/11 victims and their families. >> i have 9/11 victims in my district. they're allowed to know if their family was violated. >> it happened at murdock's news of the world. that paper shut down last sunday. he has been told to testify next week before a british government committee. in this country his properties include fox television, the wall street journal and the new york post. still ahead tonight, in less than one hour, it's the end of the line for the harry potter show. >> and fans are already in their seats for the midnight premiere of deathly halos two. that is coming up. topper. >> well, we have a comfortable night for the premiere. your wakeup weather equally as well refreshing. 62-70 for the early risers. 58-78 by 7:00 and still 68-7:00 by 9:00. we'll come back and talk about how long the low humidity lasts lives pulled apart by 9/11 now pulled together one stitch at a time. thanks to this huge american flag. it was flying at the trade center the day the planes flew into the towers. now it's on a cross-country tour and americans are being invited to help put it back together. today that flag came to capitol hill and so did elsey. she lost her daughter on 9/11. >> when the flag came to me, that's when i started my healing process because i was really, really a mess. >> she and the others behind the project are with the foundation says new york says thank you. part of their mission is to promote a national day of service this september 11th which is, of course, the 10th anniversary of the terror attack. well, in less than one hour, harry potter fans will finally see the last half of the last book come to life on the big screen ending the decade long journey of the young wizards. >> that's right. and what a journey it's been. our ken molestina has been hanging out with potter maniacs and joins us from the uptown theater. what's the mood like out there, ken? >> reporter: well, as you would imagine, this is bittersweet for all of these potter maniacs. in just under an hour, like you said, the 8th installment of the movie will play here at the theater playing an entire culture of potter madness to an end of the lines outside were massive and then the crowds were allowed inside the 850 seat theater hours before the screening. >> i am so excited. i'm thrilled. like words cannot describe. >> it's kind of an end of an era. >> reporter: for many it ends with a culmination of an era. >> it was a perfect impressionable time but it all came out in that everyone became obsessed with it. >> it's such a mow mentus occasion for everybody here and especially for me. >> you know, it's the last story. but we'll keep watching it over and over. >> it's not going to end. it's definitely going to keep going. >> reporter: however, there are some that may still not understand. it's a good thing for us we ran into this self proclaimed harry potter whiz who puts it all into perspective. >> harry potter is about a kid who is essentially a normal guy that doesn't want to be a hero but has all of the qualities to become a hero and throughout the course of the series he experiences life and loss but he also experiences triumph. >> reporter: so back out live here, i've been hanging out with these maniacs and they tell me being dressed like this is not acceptable so i made some friends here who are going to make me cool enough to come and see the movie. what am i now, guys? what do i look like? >> a wizards. >> a wizards. >> reporter: a wizards. there you have it . >> of course. >> reporter: so i guess now i'm cool enough to hang out. >> i don't know. you need a hat. >> reporter: a hat. >> you need a hat. do they have a hat for you there. >> reporter: how about a magic wand. >> that helps. >> there we go. [ laughing ]. >> reporter: get this. is that cool? [ laughing ] >> oh, wow. that's the look, ken. that's the look. >> reporter: back to you guys. [ laughing ] >> and you're going to see this tonight, right? >> yes. i've been roped into it just because geographical concerns. >> young daughters. >> yes. young daughters and driving late. >> you're a good dad. you'll have a good time. >> i've seen one and two. i've behind. >> you've seen one and two. this is like seven. >> i know. i'm behind. [ laughing ] >> and i've red 1, 2 and 3 so -- read 1, 2 and 3 so i'm way behind. what a beautiful day. a carbon copy tomorrow. and then we're looking at a warmer weekend but still nice. let's start with temperatures. 66 in galt gait. lots of 60s in the burbs. still 74 downtown. but that is actually pretty nice for this time of night. and you'll even make it into the 60s overnight. 66 in fredericksburg. 63 in culpeper. and 64 in winchester. now, here is the deal. we're in pretty good shape really. grab your sunglasses tomorrow morning. brilliant sunshine again. warm but still not humid on friday. really a fantastic finish. cool again tomorrow night. a great friday night. if you want to do anything, go outside and have diner. grill out. dash cue. fantastic. -- barbecue. fantastic. the weekend a little warmer. still nice. overnight clear skies and cool. open the windows. 58-68 with light winds. now, we get into the morning, sunny with a cool start. temperatures in of the 60s and 70s. if you're far enough north and west of town, you'll be in the upper 60s. winds northwest at ten. by afternoon, plenty of sunshine. still fantastic. and not humid. high temperatures about 85. winds out of the southwest at ten. that southwest wind does sort of have warmer air come in slowly but surely. don't call me shirley. we were 85 at national. 85 in bowie. the temperatures a little below average which we will take this time of year. statistically the hottest time of the year right now. 86 in fairfax. 85 in reston. 84 in leesburg. and 84 in manassas. all right. we'll break it down. 58 to 68 by 7:00. pretty much pure sun. by noon, 77 to 83. so you want to walk to lunch, you can. it's going to be fantastic. and then great. by evening 84 to 87. again, sunshine and not much humidity. now, the next three days it's going to get warmer. but still nice on saturday. temperatures in the upper 80s which, by the way, is average for this time of year. a little hotter on sunday. probably wouldn't have picked hotter. that's all we had to pick really. 90 and maybe a spring many. but the weekend looks very -- sprinkle but the weekend looks very, very nice. we can't keep the 90s away forever. low 90s on monday. mid 90s on tuesday and wednesday. we do have a little shower or thunderstorm. that's about the only form of relief really we're going to get. 95 on wednesday. and don't look now. we could be in the upper 90s to near 100 next thursday with just some scattered isolated afternoon and evening storms. that's it. >> that's it. >> that's it. but the weekend looks really good. >> okay. thanks. can i be completely honest. >> sure. >> i thought roger clemons would be thrown for the prison baseball game. >> do you know what, i think he thought that too. but as has often been said, there is no greater friend to a criminal than a prosecutor that blows it. and it looks like this prosecutor totally blew it. they called the game in the top of the first in this trial. why the judge made the shocking mistrial decision and will there be a retrial? plus a frank admission by the redskins about unsold seats. and the latest installment of the good, the bad and the ugly featuring he who shall not be it's time for 9 sports with brett haber, the best sports in town. >> justice was not served. to use the baseball term, justice was rained out. after years of professing his innocence regarding steroid use, a jury was all set to hear the facts but now that will not happen. the judge declared a mistrial in the case today when the prosecution in what now seems to be a massive legal blunder introduced evidence the judge ordered out of bounds. the judge could order a pretrial but that could infringing on the double jeopardy question. in the meantime the judge apologized to the jury for wasting their time and clemons is free. on the field tonight, all star break over for the o's hosting cleveland. that is carlos santana. hard to believe he can sing black magic woman and hit for power like that. a two-one shot. [ laughing ] >> tribes over the o's. return at the feet of the lasers. fourth in the error. they are now 8-0. chris everett in town tomorrow. at 6:00 labor talks said the two signs were on the five yard line in terms of solving the lockout. few words now they pushed it down to the three. both sides confirming that they have reached an agreement on the rookie wage scale. that's a big one. i would give you details on the agreement, but who cares. let's play already. the two sides need to resolve the remaining issue or the pre-season could still be in trouble. mean while, a rare admission from the redskins that they have been able to sell season tickets to many of their upper level seats. the vp says those are the seats they have now removed to create the new party decks. the capacity will be down from 92-82,000 this coming year, meaning it will no longer be the biggest stadium in the nfl. across the pond today, first round of the british open at royal saint jorjdz. shot of the day -- georges. shot of the day goes to justin. topper, you hit your wedge from from 159. but the story was tom lewis the 20-year-old from england who two years ago won the british boys championship on the same course, he outplayed the best of the world today. five under 65. first amateur in 35 years to lead a major. with that, it is time for our weekly look at the excellent and not so excellent in the world of sports. the good, the bad and the ugly for july 14th. we start with the good. best catch. you know, we've seen a bunch of fans catch balls in their hats but this is the smallest. this woman catching one in her little helmet the ice cream sunday came in. that was hardly enough for one scoop. >> i hope the sunday was already eaten. >> i think it was eaten. best unnecessary defense. homerun derby. this is on one of the popups. look at the kid here. full layout on his stomach and he makes it. they had 60,000 people rooting for the guys to win homeruns and the kids want popups. let's go to the bad. lame est fake injury. brazil's erika is down on the ground and if you're wondering what happened here, nothing happened. she went down to stall the game and as soon as they cart her off the field, she's like i'm hopping off and getting back in the game. >> no. >> i've seen better acting from john bon jovi and that is saying something. worst slip in slide. this little girl in ohio getting ready for a big dive. she backs up to the fence. but as it turns out, mom forgot to turn on the hose. [ laughing ] >> as derek called it, it's more of a slip and stick. [ laughing ] >> i like both of those. finally, let's go to the ugly. worst journalism. the guy driving the car at the tour de france who didn't cover the drivers as he did run them off the road. and the one rider there got tossed into the barbed wire fence along the side of the road which actually ripped his clothes off. he returned to the race later, one layer of his skin did not return. 23 stitches. >> he is still in the race. amazing. >> that guy was banned, though, right? >> it's the guy riding the tv car was banned. a couple of motorcycle riders were banned. even in our town if you're the car, you have