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getting this man out. but this is one of the very low- traveled roadways. it's not even a completely paved road. maryland state police came to assist. it's not clear what caused it. but the man did lose control and left the roadway. and there is significant fire department presence. we'll stay on top of the story and you can continue to gather information. but look looks like this man will continue. >> thank you, captain mike perry, reporting live. right now, crews are watching the slicks of the gulf of mexico very closingly. terrell brown reports issue many are worried that oil may get caught in a powerful current and to the east coast. >> reporter: bp is using a mile- long tube to siphon about 1,000 barrels of oil a day from the blownout well. that's about a fifth each day. >> what we'll continue to do over the next 24 hours is try
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to increase that rate and capture more and more of that flow. >> reporter: but millions of gallons of oil are already under the water. research sear -- researchers say it is 10 miles long and four wide. the crude is washing up sporadically on the gulf coast. and it's taking a toll on the wildlife. >> so i'm swimming next to the rig. and he should have moved. and he didn't. so i knew something was kind of up. >> there's one here and others in alabama, mississippi and florida. and they have been busy, lately, getting ready for more birds that are possibly to come in. >> who spilled the oil? humans. so it's our responsibility to clean them up and to cover them. >> veterinarians are feeding and hydrating the bird before giving it a thorough wash. >> if we weren't here, there's
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the capability that the birds may die. >> later this week, bp will try jamming debris directly into the well. in venice, louisiana, terrell brown, wjz eyewitness news. >> president obama says the tube is not a solution. he says, quote, we will not rest until bp permanently seals the well hit and the spill is cleaned up. end quote. back here, the search for a missing man ends with a grim discovery in patapsco state park. wjz is live at maryland state headquarters. weijia jiang is there with more on the investigation and reaction from the victim's fiance. weijia? mary, for more than five weeks, police were looking for the woman. and -- victim. and now they are aggressively looking for his killer. >> reporter: wendy shipley clings to pictures in memory of the man she was going to marry. they're all she has left. >> his family is just
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destroyed. i'm destroyed. i'm never going to see him again. we'll never see him again. >> reporter: state autopsy results ruled his death a murder. posters lined the neighborhood where he and shipley lived together. a face -- facebook group is filled with emotional condolences. >> it's the hardest thing i've ever had to guin my life. waiting and ow wre undecounty, h gruesome men made the ery. >> one fishermen changed cation and saw what appeared to be a human eland dirt in the woods. >> reporter: investigators unearthed maborom a low rt of t detect ainvestighog he was kill iplemore impotlto
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