we're at the nyack gas station just off interstate 80. interstate 80 at least it to this point is -- least to this point is relatively degree clooer but is relatively clear now. a semi truck had to back down just for a slope that small, about a foot. we made the drive up here. it took us a couple of hours just to get here. it was a long, slow drive. it was not that people had to chain up or simply because the chain control was in effect. the long at times, 10 mile long back-up on interstate 80 east and west had more to do with the holiday. >> things are going very good with the weather and all the plow trucks and all of our graders, blowers, everything's going, our big problem right now is actually the traffic because we have both east and west traffic at very enormous numbers right now. >> reporter: it took us about two hours travel to go 30 miles of the nyack gas station was as far as we had time to go and it was as far as some people should have gone of the parking lot was packed as people took a break from the long drive to gas up. [

we are at the nyack gas station, and it is busy. they have this new snow area so there's a lot more places for people to play. the people you see here sledding, they put in in some cases hours just to get here. we did, too, as you will see. long before the pavement of interstate 80 turned white from snow, the back-up had begun. this is at around noon. 2,000 feet, heading eastbound. our driveup was hours. chain controls were in effect at the nyack exit for most of the day. but by the time we arrived, caltrans had moved chain controls closer to the summit. >> just how long did it take for people to get through the back-up on 80? how long were they in their cars? a good indication is when you look at the first offramp here to a major gastation, this is nyack where we have been sitting for 15 minutes just to get off the highway. and once at nyack, we found chaos, spinning wheels, people putting on chains and a parking lot packed with those who stopped after a long drive. >> we got here about 45 minutes ago and it was bad. my mother-in-l

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in nyack, they are enjoying every minute it delays a return to the road. >> i'm going to throw it atand dad and my whole family. >> crazy. fun to come out here everyday. >> hoping for a little bit denies think it would be this. >> reporter: back on the interstate, snow, ice and delay not enough to steal the magic of winter. >> we had a great christmas morning. it was good. this is perfect. an adventure. >> reporter: for the family of san jose a chance to play in the snow and have a white christmas before they head home to san jose. >>> happening now the day after christmas that means a lot of you]=6k will head back o the mall to take advantage of after christmas sales at the hillsdale shopping center in san mateo some stores like old navy are open now. there's some big deals today, you will see signs of mark downs of up to 75% off, stores are trying to turn around pointing sales. new report says sales increased only by .7% obvious last year, 7/10 of 1% nowhere near the growth they were hoping for. -- if you were fortunate to receive a tablet computer or phone you can connect with ab

. >> it all goes down on february 23, 2011, in nyack, new york, about an hour north of new york city.he liquor store is in a busy shopping center of two frequented roads. it's about 6:30 in the evening. sarah chapman is working her regular shift when surveillance cameras capture a woman running through the door. she's taken a taxi here and leaves it waiting outside. >> i was familiar with the store. i was a frequent patron. i was on my break from work. i called a cab and went to the store. when i went to the store i was under the impression i was in the store by myself. so i went to the register. i'm counting my money, getting my stuff together or whatever. i'm looking around. there's no clerk. >> separated by several aisles, both morrow and chapman are unaware they're standing in the same room, just yards apart. >> i was here with another person in the back corner. she came in. i didn't see her. >> with each second ticking by and the taxi meter running, morrow becomes more anxious. she openly admits she was drinking, even though she was on a break from work at a local restaurant. >>

it is a long story, but they're is a kind of amazing moment of buy it nyack, wherever they were negotiating, when washington was negotiating the evacuation of new york which would later become thanksgiving, for a writ will be celebrated, this giant parade, the evacuation day parade celebrated for years and years until it became the macy's the parade. >> my father went to st. bridget's. evacuation there was still celebrated. >> in that think boston celebrants -- well, the marathon. to but anyway, there is an amazing moment where washington is sitting there with the british. okay, yes, we are going to leave. we are initiating the end the war. you have to keep pier -- you have to allow the african americans who are fighting to be free. and if we release the slaves they're going to be free. the people have come to our side in washington says now. and so a lot of those people go to canada. so, young. it's a really ugly beginning. the other thing is, i lived in brooklyn. it was the first time i ever became aware of the battle of brooklyn. my god, this is a gigantic event in american history. talk