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Developments overnight in the mount for those two killers who escaped from a new york maximum security prison. now this search is expanding to a neighboring state. >> here is the very latest. camp sites and boat slips in vermont are being searched. 50 digital billboards in new york, new jersey, massachusetts, pennsylvania are also displaying the mug shots of these two men. >> family members defending prison employee joyce mitchell who has been questioned in connection with the escape. abc's marci gonzalez near the prison for us. >> reporter: again, officers lined up going door to door. [ knock...

It was covering the bottom of our kayak. >> reporter: here several hours south of the spill there's no sight of oil but it's enough to dampen this economy and it's one that thrives on tourism. >> people who had reservations at the state campgrounds and our local community used to go out and use beaches and use ocean and surf and fish kayak, or whatever have been greatly impacted by that. >> we're feast and famine business. we don't have many days to make our money. having this happen at a time when we expect good revenues is tough. >> reporter: where we are right now there are campgrounds that...

Dead animals recovered and these include lobsters, kelp bass, a marine fish, and other marine invertebrates. >> coming into focus now, the history of the ruptured pipeline's owner, plains all american. federal records show the company has had 175 safety and maintenance infractions since 2006. the company claims it is focused on safety. >> one incident is one too many. we must focus our efforts on goal zero. >> governor jerry brown has declared a state of emergency as lives around saudi arabia county are impacted. >> it's terrible. we're here for our anniversary. we come this week every year. i...

Normally very busy. people would be pouring in here right now, prepareing for their memorial weekend homlidays. these campgrounds sold out. they're now all closed. >> so the bigger question becomes the safety record of this company. they have ten oil spills in four u.s. states between 2004 and 2007. they paid a $3.2 million fine for that. you're also looking at a company that just five years ago the epa ordered them to pay $45 million for ten previous spills. according to "the los angeles times," about 175 violations is what they've had in recent years. what are people saying about this compan...

Had made reservations for the camp grounds. this is a popular area for shore fishing. and even going out and getting shellfish, fishing game here in california has banned all fishing from here and the collecting of shellfish. i do not see right in front of me any shore birds or any fish that have washed up with oil on them. but the wildlife of course is definitely threatened in this spill and they are now working hard out at sea with booms and skimming the oil and here on land literally grabbing rakes and raking together globs of tar and throwing it in plastic bags and hauling it out of here. ...