what we know is this all started about 7:00, 8:00 yesterday morning when a man apparently approached and went to violet ripken s house and abducted her at gunpoint. he then according to authorities spent most of the day driving around in her car throughout central maryland. and it was only until around 8:30 last night when there was a citizen in the neighboring county, in baltimore county, who saw a suspicious vehicle. he called it in to county authorities. and at that point it was that tip that eventually led to violet ripken being found this morning unharmed back near her house in aberdeen. she was however bound. authorities at this point are not clear what the motive is in all of this. they do say though that her credit cards have been used, but there was no apparent ransom that was discussed. a ransom never came up at all. we have more information now from the police chief here at aberdeen. he was driving her vehicle, which was a silver lincoln continental. i believe it
asking what happens next and we talked to the council member and she s next in line. and if the chairman should resign, then she would become temporary chairman and spoke with a chairman privately and said that it was a sad meeting. she said it s a blow and it s devastating for the city, but she wanted to make sure that everyone knows that city business will continue. in anticipation of a resignation, i want to ensure everyone the business of the council will go on. we have a procedure in place, which we will follow, and i tune pis anticipate if there is a resolution, in a week as chair pro-tim, i will call the council together and we will elect from the at-large members, what the humble charter requires, an acting chair and an acting chair pro tem. reporter: all right, brian. in the media s future, this is what happens next. we re told by the chairman himself he will make some type of statement tomorrow and we heard from several sources that he does plan to resign and
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covered in oil. wetlands is going to act like a sponge. and it s going to soak us up. and it s going to be very difficult to get out of there. reporter: these boat were supposed to set out a boom to block the oil. but high winds and waves kept them out. reporter: we still don t know what caused the explosion that led to the oil spill. reporter: the obama administration is stopping all new offshore oil projects until new safety standards are put in place. when i heard that today, i dropped to my knees. you don t ground all of the planes when the plane crashes. reporter: but the leak continues. and it might take as many as 90 days to stop it, which means 19 million gallons could end up in the gulf, making it the largest oil spill in u.s. history. terrell brown, cbs news, venice, louisiana. workers with the delaware- based tri-state pird rescue and bird rescue and research have already seen their first patient. it is a white ganet, which was covered in thick blac