among them today on the new jersey turnpike in ridgefield. and she's got who's drwh >> hitting the road this long holiday weekend, odds are, you're going to sit in traffic. aaa reports a reco breaking $36 million will be right there with you making it the third consecutive fourth of july weekend with an all time high number of auto travelers. the reason why, ga 2005. aaa r reports the national average is at $2.28, which has drivers eager to fill up and go. >> i plan on taking a long ride up. really have no destination. just looking for a really long ide somewhere. >> gas prices definitely help out. it's a big incentive for taking long rides. >> unless they get over the $4 driving.at's the only way i >> thank god it's not li. highe nationwide are on the west coast least expensive market rs , south carolina, mississippi, but not everyone is traveling a total of 43 million americans will be traveling this fourth of july, 3.3 million will travel the highest area of growth in aaa survey. another 3.the 2-by cruise, rail and bus. still, some are avo

reading about it in the newspaper and seeing it on facebook and hearing people talk about it around ridgefieldt of different techniques and a lot about how to work with people in different situations that i could actually probably use after high school also. giving people the opportunity to have jobs in the first place is just great, especially for people with disabilities. i mean, not all places give people with disabilities the same chance that the prospector does. and the fact that the prospector is opening up a wide, broad opportunity for people with a disability to work here, i think, is phenomenal. i think everyone is absolutely fantastic. all the job coaches and my coworkers and everything are extremely nice. and i think anybody that walks in here just gets a great vibe from coming in here. but i get to see more in that. like, i get to talk to my coworkers not just about work, like, just outside of, you know, what we do, like what we do for fun and stuff and what we all think of the prospector. so i get everybody's opinion on the prospector, and they're all fantastic things about it. i'

ridgefield park. police say he refused to pull over. his car became disabled. when officers approached the car, they said they found the driver had shot himself. he is now at a medical center with life-threatening injuries. >>> police say a man on crutches is on a burglary spree in midtown. one of the alleged victims have come forward to share her story. police say the suspect burglarized a three apartments at a building on west 56th street tuesday morning. they just released a these pictures. the building all while on crutches and wearing a medical boots. one woman told cbs2 was one of the homes -- her home was one of the homes burglarized. >> we walked in and it looks normal. we saw that my boyfriend's brand-new laptop was gone. >> the building has a part- time doorman but he was reportedly on break at the time. >>> to a consumer alert for long island residents. again. are company -- the power company says average electric -- electric bill will go up $10. they blame the rate increase on the cost of fuel and increase december usage. many in long beach have bee

state troopers say they received a tip from rhode he was located last night on the turnpike in ridgefield park. police say he refused to pull over. then his car became disabled. when officers approached the car said -- they said, the driver had shot himself. he is now in the hospital with life-threatening injuries. >>> police say a man on crutches is on a burglary spree in midtown. now one of his alleged victims have come forward to share her story. police say the man burglarized three apartments at a building on west 56th street tuesday out computers and jewelry from the building all while on crutches and wearing a medical do. one woman told cbs2 that her home was one of the apartments he hit. >> we came home. and the door was turned a little bit. and we walked in. it looks normal. but then we saw -- my boyfriend's brand-new laptop was gone. >> the building has a part- time doorman but he was reportedly on break at the time. >>> a new jersey building was evacuated over fears it was on grand avenue. engineers say the rear wall was going out about 6 inches and it was not safe. firefighters

i'll tell you how much rain we may see coming up in your full the new jersey turnpike near ridgefield park has reopened. police closed down the northbound lanes overnight for an investigation. we're told that new jersey state police were chasing a driver who was reportedly armed and dangerous. when the car finally stopped, the troopers discovered the driver shot himself. the driver is a form police officer from rhode island who was suspected in the disappearance of his wife. soggy mess in morristown, wins and rain brought down tree limbs and power lines. no serious injuries have been reported. thousands were without power at the height of the storm. >>> this was the scene at the princeton junction train station. the rain coming down so fast, that's the pedestrian tunnel. that was flooded. the rain at one point was waist high in some places. passengers. >> if you had a little boat, a gondola, a guy with a hat it would be romantic going through there. we don't have that going through there. >> the rain caused road closures all over princeton and led to more than a dozen car rescues. no

laura engle in ridgefield, new jersey with the latest.orter: road warriors are ready for the long stretch of concrete in front of them today, especially with gas prices lowest they have been in 11 years for the 4th of july weekend. aaa reporting average price for gallon of gas is 2.28, adding americans have saved $100 per driver this year with these low prices helping americans feel comfortable where the economy is. >> they're taking additional money they're saving on gas, putting it towards a trip. 36 million people told us they will be driving. also this is a great time to fly. some of the top destinations around the country we're seeing 9% decrease of cost of tickets to go there. a lot of americans are taking advantage of that as well. reporter: while the national average is low, several states put plans in place to hike the gas tax this holiday weekend. washington and maryland already done so. the governor of new jersey, chris christie, has a plan to raise the gas tax by 23 cents a gallon but garden state lawmakers chose not to vote o

i don't know if it's closed northbound before the express and local lane split in ridgefield an accident on the shoulder. mass transit is doing well. street cleaning rules are in effect today. ken and lori, over to you. >> thank you, heather. >>> on "eyewitness news this morning," cleaning up the long island sound. the exclusive look at a tour that searches for humpback one american park is larger than yellowstone, yosemite, grand canyon and glacier national parks combined. and that's not the only thing you can only find in new york state. new york. it's all here. it's only here. >>> there are signs this morning that the long island sound is finally clearing up. two humpback whales were spotted in the water. the aquarium of norwalk invited josh einiger to go on a whale watching cruise hoping to catch a glimpse of the whale backs. josh put together an exclusive story for our web significance of the whale siting. you can watch it at abc7ny. it's on the home page. >>> road cam 7 is patrolling the streets and highways. we have a live look at the new jersey this is south near exit 9 where the

gets on his horse, and by the time the british are leaving danbury, he and 500 militiamen are in ridgefield, connecticut, where they know the british have to go through. he's created, there's sort of like a cliff on one side, a farmhouse on the other. they've created this barricade. there's not many of them. there's 2,000 british. and they're there. and so the british come at 'em. arnold is shouting at his men to, you know, hold their ground. if we're going to retreat, we're going to do this in an organized fashion. he's riding his horse up and down the line as the british are approaching, but the british -- who have no appetite for attacking head on -- have worked, have flanked them and are now firing from the sides and behind them. the militiamen flee, arnold's yelling at them. his horse gets hit by nine musket balls. finally, the horse is killed, it collapses on top of arnold who's pinned to the ground as the british are approaching. leading the way is a noted loyalist and with his bayonet extended says to arnold, you are a prisoner. arnold takes the pistols out of the holsters of his sa