home became unforgettable. police say the man with the gun and in this case at the bottom of the pile is 19-year-old travante brown. briggs says that is the man who robbed him just moments after pulling a gun on a woman shortly before this scuffle. then he came up to me and stuck the gun at me and took my phone. reporter: at first briggs said no. he jabbed me harder and said don t make it harder than it has to be. reporter: the video shows the suspects moving farther up the bus and pulling the gun again. that s when passengers had enough. briggs jumped into the fray, too, as horrified passengers scrambled to get off the bus. people were kind of committed at that point. reporter: they held the man down until police arrived and took kroefl the scene. a quiet commute home that became something more even if briggs doesn t think he and his fellow passengers should be called heroes. no. i mean, it was just kind of one of those things that no one gave any thought to it once thin
vehicles on the road spreading that pumpkin-colored salt. so traffic here is still moving quite normally. as you said, the airports have been the major issue throughout the better part of the day, especially at newark which saw over 100 cancellations alone. also pretty big delays at that airport as well. laguardia and jfk as well. but really, newark has been hit the most. right now it seems as though the precipitation is getting to be a little less. there is still a severe weather warning in effect for the new york area, supposed to be in effect until about 5:00 p.m. so for a lot of new yorkers here, the commute to work was actually okay because the snow didn t really set in until after the morning commute. but it s going to be the commute home that could be a big issue, especially for the folks that are living in the suburb. a lot of schools closed there as well, brooke. fred, thank you so much in new york. chad, you know, this is so much bigger than just a new york story. st. louis
it. through the wealthy people being willing to be pioneers, i think millions of people will one day have the chance to go to space. reporter: like mikey oliveri who has a dream bigger than most. i want to be the first disabled person to go in space. i don t have 200 grand but i have a dream. reporter: hoping he will get the chance. industry watchers warn don t expect this to become affordable for the masses any time soon, but again, this is a concept that knows no bounds. poppy harlow, cnn, in the mow half ee desert. drivers got quite the surprise on the commute home in wisconsin. part of a bridge started sagging. see that dip, that s not usually there. history shows it could become a huge problem. [ bird chirping ]
dry things up. but, we are also dealing with flooding across the gulf coast states. the central u.s. and the northeast where we saw extreme weather just a couple of hours ago. in some cases 4 to 6 inches in just a matter of hours. in around philadelphia, stretching in towards new jersey and up into new york. luckily, that has faded and we should have a commute home that is a little bit easier. also want to point out the tropics getting hot, shepard, watching this low pressure off the coast of africa and across the caribbean. this could be our next named system over the next couple of days. aaron will be the name. gulf coast needs to watch out. erin will be the name. several states could use some of that the rain you mentioned including idaho where a wildfire has burned at least 140 square miles of land near boise. the flame still threatens the towns but crew have conducted burnout operations to push the flames toward a baron area. the polls are about to
the mayor is prepared. everybody in city government is prepared. the world s greatest snow-fighting force is ready and deployed. we don t expect to get as much snow as they are expecting in boston. it s going to begin heavily around 5:00 tonight and go through overnight. we ve got 250,000 tons of salt ready to be deployed. that s a lot of salt. it s a lot of salt. we ve got 2,200 trucks that are going to be out on the streets deploying that salt. making sure that your commute home will be relatively smooth. it s going to be a lot of snow, and people will have to deal with that when it comes and not everything will be perfect, but we are absolutely ready and prepared and we will do our typical great job. if the deputy mayor thing doesn t work out, may i suggest meteorologist? absolutely. you re very good at it. you re very good at it. coming after the break, former clintoniam is a man without a network, but morris isn t the only fongs newser who has been shown the door. can th