nation s busiest interstates ended without incident as authorities took 11 people into custody. still, many questions are left about what exactly was behind this potentially dangerous saturday morning just north of boston. they wanted to be heard. they wanted to be a variety of, not demands, but requests, that they just be allowed to leave the area, transit the area, without any accountability. and at the end of the day, we couldn t accommodate that. reporter: overnight, a highway patrol car came upon two vehicles in a breakdown lane on i-95. police say the heavily armed men, wearing tactical gear, were attempting to refuel one of their vehicles. after learning the men were armed but not carrying firearm licenses, the state trooper called for backup. some of the men fled into nearby woods. the standoff began. we are currently engaged with the subjects through our hostage negotiation team. we are talking with the subjects, some that are in the woods, some that are still at the v
the area, transit the area without any accountability and at the end of the day, we couldn t accommodate that. reporter: overnight, a highway patrol car came upon two vehicles in a breakdown lane on i-95. police say the heavily-armed men wearing tactical gear were attempting to refuel one of their vehicles. after learning the men were armed but not carrying firearm lie senses, the state trooper called for backup. some of the men fled into nearby woods. the standoff began. we are currently engaged with the subjects through our hostage negotiation team. we are talking with the subjects, some that are in the woods, some that are still at the vehicles in the breakdown lane where the original interaction occurred. and we are hopeful that we will be able to resolve this peacefully with them. we re committed to negotiating with them, having a conversation. reporter: portions of i-95 were closed in both directions for several hours on a busy hold day weekend. those in nearby homes were t
resolve this situation through a combination of negotiation and some tactical maneuvers. reporter: an hours -long standoff between heavily armed men and police on one of the nation s busiest interstates ended without incident as authorities took 11 people into custody. still, many questions are left about what exactly was behind this potentially dangerous saturday morning just north of boston. they wanted to be heard. they wanted to be a variety of, not demands, but requests, that they just be allowed to leave the area, transit the area, without any accountability. and at the end of the day we couldn t accommodate that. reporter: overnight, a highway patrol car came upon two vehicles in a breakdown lane on i-95. police say the heavily armed men, wearing tactical gear, were attempting to refuel one of their vehicles. after learning the men were armed but not carrying firearm licenses, the state trooper called for backup. some of the men fled into nearby woods. the standoff began
on the road or on i-95 north right here. it is not just here in delaware, it is across the country. i want to show you this map here. if you are traveling out west in nevada, in washington state, in hawaii or california, you have some of the most expensive gas prices in the entire country. we are talking more than $4 a gallon for gas over there. but if you are in the south, you are in luck. in mississippi, in louisiana, in missouri and texas, that is some of the lowest gas prices in the country. we are talking about $2.70. but it is not deterring anybody from coming out and traveling. here is what some folks i talked to here had to say. my parents, stay there for a week, haven t seen them in a year because of covid. i m still cautious. i m concerned about the mutations, of the variants and things. so i still have the mask here. it is a blessing. it is really a blessing to be back in the world again, you know, to enjoy, to do the things, you know, we can do.
following all of this for us. it seemed like a pretty dicey situation for a little bit. what is the latest? reporter: a scary, terrifying situation unfolded. around 1:30 a.m. police found two weeks on the breakdown lane on i-95. people in one vehicle were refueling the other vehicle. police saw a lot of guns and asked for licenses and identification. people did not want to do it. some ran off and some stayed where they were setting off this nine-hour standoff that led to police having to block off both sides of i-95, tell residents in some of those nearby homes to stay in their homes as they waited for this. we are learning a little more about what the motivation was. some of the folks in that group mentioned that the laws of the u.s. don t apply to them. they may be part of what is a morris sovereignty movement. police in massachusetts say that s not true. you have to abide by the laws as