>> tonight, how she got away and why the fire department was called in. hello everyone here is what people are talking about tonight. a woman tonight is lucky to be alive hours after her estranged husband threatened to kill her and set her home on fire. wjz is live tonight. how the woman signaled for help. kelly? >> reporter: vic, the police say the man ransacked the house and then doused it in gasoline. and then he waited for his estranged wife to come home so he could kill her. firefighters waited on guard as a home wreaked of gasoline. the homeowners, a building contractor and his estranged wife had been inside. the police say the man tied up his wife, telling her he was going to kill them and set the house on fire. >> obviously it could have been a tragic situation. the home is isolated but nonetheless the level of policemannable liquid and the suspect's clear intend he stated reportedly he intended for it to be a tragic situation. >> reporter: someone kelt calling the woman's cell phone and she convinced her estranged husband to answer it or else someone would come looking for her. she seized the chance to send a text message to a friend who then called 911. >> as you saw the officer closing in to make the forced entry the suspect turned the weapon on himself and shot himself with his own weapon. the officer did not fire his weapon. >> two or three fire departments and ambulances. the ambulance was not here long and took somebody with it. i did not see who they took it. must have been him. >> reporter: the police do not have a motive. neighbors believe money could have been a factor. >> he is a builder not building. he has an expensive house and has to pay the mortgage. >> reporter: dean's company had recently been sued and the settlement was just announced. the couple's 5300 square foot home is for sale. >> she had been receiving disturbing e-mails and allegations he had been coming to -- coming around her inappropriately that he had been directed not to. >> reporter: three days earlier a police officer was called to the house for domestic dispute. it was the same officer that showed up tonight and so it actually helped because he was familiar with the couple's situation. reporting live, kelly mcpherson back to you. >> the woman's quick thinking with her cell phone saved her life. tonight, an 80-year-old man is charmed with murdering his wife. phillip reed choked his 83-year- old wife in the bathroom of their home. -- bedroom, the daughter, outside, heard her mother's screams. the couple was arguing. they have been married for 47 years. >> a mother is accused of leaving her 3-year-old child in a car while she used drugs in a mottle bathroom. the police say that she checked into the mottle 6 at 3:00 this morning. four hours later the police found the little girl strapped into a car seat and she was asleep in a bathroom with heroin and drug paraphernalia, tonight she is in custody with her daughter in the care of relatives. we have breaking news espn zone, one of the most recognizable restaurant chains is largely shutting its doors. our media company says the future of the harbor location is not known tonight. walt disney company that owns the chain plans to shutdown most of the locations but for the tkeuz me property such as tkeudz tphaoe land. the harbor location opened the first espn zone restaurant to open. 500 workers will be getting pink slips, the solo plant where they make those drinking cups is shutting down. wjz is live at the plant ino in owings mills. if you combine this with the state of the economy means they will have a tough read ahead. the solo cup company will be shutting down. the announcement was made on tuesday that the plant and one in massachusetts and one in missouri are also closing. one employee says solo started furloughing last year. >> we knew it was coming. we knew just not when they were going to announce it. we knew a year ago. >> they make paper and plastic cups and containers sold in a variety of stores. the plant is scheduled to close in 2012 and 540 workers there will lose their jobs. the company insists outsourcing is not the reason for the shutdowns. >> this was not an easy decision for us to make. because we know it effects the lives of our people and their families and it was very important to us to give them as much notice as we could. >> reporter: a spokesperson for cup maker solo says they are closing three plants because of improved production efficientency at other plants across the country. that fact is little consolation for employees here in maryland who are losing their jobs. >> just like anybody else we need our job. we are distraught over it, i guess it is not like things were not happening before that that maybe something was going on. >> i think it actually sucks. a lot of people need jobs, you know, the economy it is already messed up. >> one employee that has been there for 20 years says he is disappointed but gives credit to management for keeping it open this long. >> they are good people to open it. and doing the best for it. and things have just a way of falling apart. >> employees say it is not a time to be negative. >> going to take off these clothes, put on clean clothes and groom myself up and go out there and find something else, man. >> solo promisees to give them 60 days notice before it officially shuts down and says they will receive severance pay. >> corporate office and warehouse will remain in those jobs for now. the prime suspect in the disappearance of natalie holloway is confessing admits he killed another woman in a fit of rage. information on the natalee holloway case set him off. >> reporter: the police are holding confessed killer joran van der sloot in this building while he waits for formal murder charges. the suspect in the disappearance of a alabama teen admitted to killing a woman. a newspaper reports how the 22- year-old dutchman told investigators quote i did not want to do it. the girl intruded into my private life. she had no right. i went to her and i hit her. >> according to the paper, joran van der sloot became enraged when he returned to getting coffee and found stephanie florez looking at photos and videos about the natalee holloway case on his laptop. today, his mother launched a new missing person center named after her daughter. she said this has been a stressful time. >> let's all remind ourselves and keep the florez family in our hearts and in our prayers. >> reporter: joran van der sloot faces a maximum 35 year sentence for murder in peru. legal experts believe now that he is in custody new evidence may shake out in the holloway case. he gave a number of conflicting statements about his disappearance in aruba five years ago but was freed because of a lack of evidence. this time investigators have surveillance video showing joran van der sloot entering the hotel room and leaving alone four hours later. wjz eyewitness news. a medical investigator in chili says the victim was killed by blows to a blunt object. likely the tennis racket found in the hotel room. we are approaching day 50 of the disaster in the gulf of mexico. tonight, the statis of the cleanup is getting muddier. this is a live look underwater at the gusher. tonight a team of researchers says both bp and the government are under estimating how much crude is spewing out of the leak. they are refuting the reports saying it is getting half of the crude going out but saying it is less. it can be seen on the wildlife, rescuers are working to save as many birds as possible. of the more than 1,000 birds recovered in louisiana, only a third are still alive. while the effects of the spill have not reached maryland's water it is having an impact on seafood prices. they are being driven up across the state as people are more concerned about the safety of seafood coming from the gulf region. >> reporter: at gibe's seafood ... business is brisk. customers are noticing an increase in the price of shrimp because the oil spill slowed the supply and customers are stockpiling. >> prices are up a little bit. the demand spiked. now, the thing is you have a lot of people that, you know, they are afraid they will not get shrimp. i have people coming and buying 100 or 200 pounds in a clip. >> reporter: but fishing season gets going next month. the supply increases and prices will go down. >> customers are asking spectacular questions about where the seafood is coming from. >> reporter: joe is visits maryland from upstate new york and buying crab meat to take home. >> we are here for seafood and just thinking about the chance maryland is at this point it is safe to the best of our knowledge. so, that is why i chose that instead of louisiana. >> gibe's gets a third of the crab from maryland, and a third from north carolina and a third from the gulf region. even the crabs coming to his store from louisiana are safe. >> you say louisiana they are going to be smoke well, then you have to explain they are out of lake pontchartrain. >> and it is not contaminate stphaod say the oil reaches your supply what does it mean for you. >> devastating. can you imagine if an oil rig like that was at the mouth of the chesapeake and the oil came in? it would -- it would -- it would knock the eco system out of the bay out of wack and it could possibly never recover. >> wjz eyewitness news. >> right now a third of federal waters are closed to fishing and hundreds more miles of state waters are closed. it is an icon. tonight it is closed to vicetories for three months. the washington monument is in need of repairs and engineers say the balcony at the top is not safe. our media partner, the baltimore sun say repairs start right away and complete for the time of the lighting of the monument in december. it was completed in 1829. in minutes, the video that is igniting controversy caught on tape. a child appears to be drinking a beer at a baseball game wr- fplt this happened. steve mcnair death investigation. why a former police officer wants the murder case reopened. third good marshall airport where a screening technique is now fully operational. i will explain, straight ahead. will it be a wet wednesday? our region? i will have the complete forecast coming up next ,,,,,,,, . it is 62 degrees with some clouds. forecast is ming up. but first, the harshian government released new videos showing the month the deadly earthquake hit the palas in port au preups. people are running down hallways, trying to dodge pieces of the building. the deadly quake killed more than 300,000 people. international aide workers are struggle to care for more than one million homeless harshians. a former police officer is asking into an investigation into the death of tight an's quarterback steve mcnair be reopen. the vincent hill filed a complaint claiming the nashville police department made numerous errors into the investigation of the apparent murder-suicide. he was shot dead in his sleep by his 20-year-old girlfriend who then turned the gun on herself. he published a book explains he did not believe she was the shooter. he resigned from the department in 2006. an incident at reagan national airport in washington, d.c. forces the main runway to shutdown. this morning a world war ii era vintage plane flipped over during its landing. the plane was being used to promote the 3d film "legends of flight" at the national air and space museum. a crane was used to lift the plane from the runway. no injuries reported and it did not involve any commercial airliners. >> theyy see everything, if you plan to fly out of bwi then you will be swanned from head to toe. it will be standard in security. some passengers do not mind the extra look. >> advance imaging technology or full body scanning has been in place at bwi airport for two years. >> i feel safer and everybody else will feel safer now. >> reporter: now, full body imaging will be used at the primary screening method. the detection captures an intimate image while they view the pictures from another room. >> no big deal. in the truth of it all. very simple. did not take but maybe a minute. if it is going to increase safety i am all for it. >> reporter: the extremely detailed images are not without controversy. some passengers feel it is a violation of their privacy. some call it a virtual strip search. >> reporter: they say feat% of passengers did not mind walking through the full body scan machines. however, if you prefer you can ask for another form of screening. >> i am not comfortable about using them. you know, there is always a reaction to the last thing that happens, who knows what the next threat will be but it makes me feel safe. i will give up privacy for the security. >> the barack obama administration pushed for mainstream of this after a failed bombing attack on an airline on christmas day. the security officials say it could of found explosive material sewed into the suspect's underwear. >> they expect to add 450 additional full body scanners to airports out there the country. still, unclear, how many of those will end up here at bwi. back to you. >> tsa says during the scan the faces are blurred and the images are about as revealing as a full body x ray. an update tonight on a debate gaining national attention. should transgender people have to wear bathing suit tops on the beach. last week lifeguards asked several topless transgender men cover up. they initially refused but then agreed. however, if the men had refused they would not have been in violation of the law because they have male tkpwepb tailia and allowed to expose their chest. the city council was going to exam the issue but the mayor has decided not to unless another incident occurs. a fan at a phillies game gets caught on tape underage drinking and you will not believe how young he is. take a look. a player steps up to bat a little boy in the stands is seen grabbing a cold one. there he is off to the left. the camera caught him red handed drinking out of a beer bottle. not known if the bottle was full or empty but the team has not been able to identify the boy or the adults around him. well, exciting news for justin bieber fans he is is headed to maryland. it will add to the summer heat when the 16-year-old brings his "my world" tour to this year's maryland state fair. tickets for the highly anticipated show go on sale saturday morning at 10:00. but they are expected to go fast. so, bob turk get up early, get in line and get yours fast. >> he used to cut his hair just like turk. >> yes. puts a bow on. >> you can have my tickets. 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[ laughter ] >> i am sure he will be a great talent to watch. i am sure. but, not quite my style. 62 right now. winds are dead, calm, barometer has risen 30. five inches. 62, comfortable, 55 in oakland. ocean city, 57 and a 59 back. the dew point is low. very dry air. so, at 49 degrees. now, we got some high clouds moving in across the region, very light winds. it will drop back into the 50s most places. but, by tomorrow morning the clouds will be with us. it looks like rain breaking out in the morning. we have a cool dry air over the region. down to the south. warmer, more humid conditions. clouds already beginning to spread in and shower activity into ohio and a little bit in western pennsylvania most of it not reaching the ground. you can see the bulk of rain. most of it passing just to the north. we do have rain to focus across the region and continue to plow southeast ward. so we expect a wet day tomorrow. maybe half an inch of rain or more. a lot of spots, down to the south. more sunshine down here. southern maryland. lower delaware, may see scattered showers. maybe bringing brief downpours -flt most of us, i think, from dc over to sals berry north will probably just see rain. the temperatures holding in the 60 to the low 70s tomorrow. so, that low pases gentlemanly to the north. a little warmer air. behind it, things dry out. the sun returns, temperatures back up where they should be at 80 on thursday and friday. although it will be comfortable. winds tomorrow may gust to 25 knots and have an advisory tomorrow. it runs 72. so, tonight, including up. a little bit of rain by dawn or morning hours, 56. then, tomorrow, cloudy skies, rain, maybe a thundershower just thrown in for good measure. 71 and sunshine returns. 81 on thursday, 83 on friday. it will be dry, pleasant days, warming up with more humidity, 87, 89, probably a pop up [ male announcer ] venus williams doesn't let sweat and odor ruin her style. 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