And is expected to survive. Investigators are looking into what caused the car to cross the median. As soon as we learn more information we will pass it along to you. Hillary clinton is back on the campaign trail after a marathon hearing on capitol hill. Theres also a new poll that shows clinton gaining momentum. Quinnipiac University Says clinton now leads Bernie Sanders in iowa 51 to his 40 . Craig boswell starts out our commitment 2016 coverage this friday noon. Hello reporter Hillary Clinton did not show signs of a t friday mike mckee address the leadership forum. I had a pretty long day yesterday. Reporter clinton spent 11 hours thursday being grilled by members of the House Select Committee investigating the 2012 death of four americans in benghazi. I wanted to rise above partisanship and reach for statesmanship. That is what i tried to do. Reporter if republicans were hoping to score a knockout, they missed their mark. You thought what is deceptive the central question . That was a challenge for a committee that even republicans have said has a partisan meaning. Reporter performance help shore up support of many the theme of democratic for voters. I really respect her. They ticket to an entirely different level. Reporter her performance also helped push out whenever challengers. After much thought, i decided to in my campaign today. Reporter Lincoln Chafee says he is not yet ready to endorse anyone. I will be another voter that wishes everybody well and watches the issues and rooting for the democrats. Reporter senator Bernie Sanders and Martin Omalley are never only remaining credit challengers. Craig boswell, cbs news, washington given mollie the assistant director of the Quinnipiac University poll is in des moines today talking about the latest democratic poll. Peter brown says Hillary Clinton is gaining momentum among female voters which is helping to push her to the head of the pack. It is extraordinary how large the gender gap is. Of 12 points among male caucus goers. Normally thats good but secretary clinton worst is among women. 26point edge among female caucus goers. Thats a huge number. Mollie clinton, along with omalley, will be in des moines theyll attend the Iowa Democratic partys jeffersonjackson dinner. That gets underway at 7 00 at before the dinner, former president bill clinton and pop star katy perry will rally for clinton tomorrow afternoon at clintons headquarters, 611 5th st. Will be holding a rally outside the argonne armory building in downtown des moines, just across the river from clintons rally. On the republican side, another poll just released shows donald trump is no longer in the lead in iowa. Thats according to a new Des Moines Register poll. Dr. Ben carson is now in the lead with 28 . Trump is behind nine points at 19 . Ted cruz has 10 . Marco rubio is at 9 jeb bush and rand paul are tied in fifth place with 5 . Also right now at noon, polk county authorities are looking a vehicle involved in a possible road rage shooting. It happened yesterday around 4 00 near 10 50 northeast 50th. 1050 northeast 50th. This is a photo of the suspected car released by officials. Theyre looking for a 2015 silver toyota camry with license plate dmk905. Deputies say two groups of people got into an argument at the motel 6, then drove off in separate cars. The first car fired shots at the other, sending it into the ditch. No one was injured. It was a gloomy start to the morning across central iowa. Many of us driving into work or school or waking up to this. Rain. We havent seen weather like this in a while. Lets check in with jason to see if more is on the way this afternoon. Little bit more mainly tonight. Seen this. Seen this much rain. Soak it in if you are a rain letter. Lover. Still seeing some light rain out there. As we look at the radar nothing is going on in the metro besides perhaps a little bit of drizzle. Heavy stuff is moved to the northeast of your gilman. Earlier on this morning we saw wave of rain. Some of it heavy. This is pushing up to the northeast now. I think you will see more to the west as a cold front pushes through later on in the day. From what we saw, it was not that much. Roughly a quarter of an inch in the metro and half finished near sioux city. Plan on a few isolated showers popping up here and there. We will have to wait until the to make his way in. I will have the timing of that coming up your shortly. Mollie speaking of rain, millions in waterlogged texas face the threat of more severe weather. A Violent Storm system is moving across the central and western parts of the state and flash flood watches are in effect. Omar villafranca is in dallas, which is bracing for up to seven inches of rain. Reporter overnight pounding rain stone central and western texas. A torrential downpour jumped four inches in four hours and parts of the state. The dangerous, sloping store system is flooding streets, leaving stars cars submerged. I was driving and i got stuck. Gps dont know there is water in its floating. There goes the double wide, gone. Reporter floodwaters responded to watch with this mobile home. No one was hurt. Drivers have their hands full in inches of rain fell. Abeline. The Violent Storm knocked out power for 2000 people in midland and swallowed and it was in odessa. The flood threat is only beginning here. Parts of texas can see as much few days. Additional moisture from fueling this already dangerous storm. Mollie right now at noon, officials are warning of a potentially catastrophic situation along mexicos southwestern coast. Take a look at this. Hurricane patricia, a category 5 storm, is headed for Mexicos Pacific coast. Forecasters are calling it the strongest storm ever recorded in the western hemisphere. The National Hurricane center says patricia has winds hear near 200 miles per hour. Its expected to come ashore later today. Meantime in france, a horrifying bus crash has left 43 people dead. Most of the victims were Senior Citizens on a trip to wine country. Jonathan vigliotti has the latest for us. Reporter french tv show the skeletal remains of a sightseeing us after it hit a flames. It happened on the whiny roads of frances wine country, about 25,000 bordeaux. Authority city truck driver lost control. Both vehicles immediately caught fire after colliding. Inside. Retirees on a day trip. The truck driver and a threeyearold boy believed to impact. The bus driver was able to escape through the door along with several passengers. Many are now questioning the safety of the road, especially the curve where it happened. Frances president said the government investigators will look into what is being called the countrys deadliest Road Accident in 30 years. Jonathan bigley body, cbs news, london. Mollie official city bus it only traveled four miles from the Senior Citizens club in the crash happened. Into action to save student. See how a boy was brought back to life. Holiday season. About porch this is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news at noon with Mollie Cooney and meteorologist jason sydejko. Mollie a utah teen is alive thanks to the quick actions of some middle school Staff Members. They saved the teens life when he collapsed during class. And as don champion reports, it was all caught on Surveillance Video. Inside the Salt Lake CityArea Middle School not only recorded the frightening moments when skyler nelson collapsed, but save his life. I rolled him over. He was gasping for air. Head. Reporter it happened wednesday class. He was not with us. He was gone. He had just dropped down. Heart had stopped. Reporter thats when Staff Members sprung into action and started cpr. He had just been through training days before. Adrenaline kicks in and you kind of do what you have been trained to do. Reporter with the help of the School Resource officer he was eventually brought back to life and then rushed to the hospital. It turns out he was born with a heart defect that is genetic. He said he barely rumors what happened for members what happened. I feel like i got a second chance. I like to thank all the people who supported me through this. Reporter he was set to undergo surgery to put a defect rather defibrillator in his chest. Incident is so important for School Employees to undergo cpr training. Its National BreastCancer Awareness month and one iowa hospital says it is offering a new option for treatment. Patients receiving radiation treatment at the Bliss Cancer Center inside Mary Greeley Medical Center in ames now lay on a board to protect their heart and lungs from damage. Officials say the board is designed to block all skin other than the breast during treatment. Is a barrier, and next are barrier to protect you from future cancers. We are hoping of future cancer. Mollie doctors say this is different because the traditional method is that patients lie on their back. New at noon, police nationwide are trying to catch criminals known as porch pirates. They are thieves who sneak onto properties and steal packages left on doorsteps. And as Mireya Villarreal shows us, its a part of a National Crime wave that could get even worse during the Holiday Season. Reporter rick was expecting ups to lead to packages on his porch. Instead, home Surveillance Video catches an unexpected visitor pulling up in a uhaul and stealing his stuff in seconds. I cannot believe this was actually happening. He was in such a hurry just to go get the box, get out of here, and follow the ups truck to another location. Reporter police raided that theiefs apartment. They have hundreds of packages Police Believe were stolen and would have been resold. They were doing this for a very long time. There was piles of stuff everywhere. Reporter Law Enforcement says the problem is growing at an alarming rate as Shopping Habits are changing. According to the National Retail federation, consumers say almost half of their shopping will be online this Holiday Season with Free Shipping and shipping promotions meaning major selling point. Developers in San Francisco say they have a solution. A new app called the doorman hold your packages in a warehouse in the deliver them to your home when you are home. The whole idea is to be empty schedule packages on your schedule. Reporter asterisk d as for rick, he has his packages but there from the police. Mollie ubs says it is layered security protocols and that customers can request alternate dropoff locations such as a a live look outside. A d. O. T. Camera look at i. T. 35. I235. Jason we have seen that first batch move up to the northeast. As are heading out and about probably will be seen too much rain other. Could be seeing some drizzle and i think we have a chance later on in the day of picking up a little bit more. This is the scene out there. The main mass shifting off to the east. Even if youre not seeing the rain, you are seeing the sun being blocked out. They got roughly a quarter of an inch of rain throughout des moines this morning. That is three times more rainfall that we have seen in the past 23 days combined. We do need it at some point but look at the fog. Look at those highrises. Clouds hanging a bit low. Upper 50s right now so fairly mild. We average 60 for a high this time of year. Still gorgeous in pella. A little sheen on the sidewalks. Nice time to get out now. Rain chances will be on the increase through the evening hours as we do work some scattered showers into the ranks. Mix. Scattered in nature. It are heading to football, i would pack an umbrella because there is a reasonable shot we pick up some light rain. Your football forecast on the temperatures at 63 is the kick off the games. Then down to 62 with the end is were locked into the cloud cover. We do keep a stiff breeze in the mix. The system that is been driving this and centered in south dakota right now. This will continue to shift its way to the northeast. As it does so, taking the main wave of rain along with it. We do have another wave that should be making its way through as we head into the evening tonight. By way of a cold front pushing not as much heavy rainfall but rain chances as we head into the evening. This system continues its track northeastward. You see the outline begin to diminish. We have highpressure sliding in behind it. That will help to clear up the clouds and bring in plenty of sunshine for our weekend. If you can get through one dreary day, you will be rewarded with a wonderful weekend ahead. Futurecast brings the weak line further to the northeast and sets to fire up some showers later on into the evening. Once these clear we still do with the cloud cover the morning hours. That will clear out and bring this plenty of sunshine for the weekend. Plan on a decent day today. 60s and the rain pushing off to the northeast. As we head into the evening we see an increased chance, mainly around 6 00 or 7 00. Next couple of days are beautiful. We arrive at in the beginning of the work week along the with the sunshine. Beggers night looking beautiful. Mollie we are used to everything. We can do it all. Just like email. The mail. Coming up a Pulitzer Prize , winning author is coming to des moines next week with iowa ties. How you can meet her and help out the Des Moines Public Library at the same time, next on iowas news leader. Whos toughest on spending . Fox news did the analysis and jeb bush had the best record. Billions in pork, vetoed. Eight budgets, balanced. And tax cuts every single year. Right to rise usa s the plan for jobs . Jeb. Tax cuts for the middle class. Eliminates special loopholes. An explosion in growth and new jobs. Jeb cut taxes. Grow america. Right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. Mollie the 16th annual author award dinners is coming up in des moines. Its a wonderful way to meet local and International Authors with an iowa tie. And celebrate achievements in the world of the more on who is coming, who will be honored, and the dinner itself. Thank you. A very popular event. Guest we have our lead speaker this year, jane smiley. Have invited her back because books. The first book is in 1920 in iowa on a farm. I am a generation younger but she evokes memories from my childhood that i did not know i had. Mollie is that right . Guest i want to meet this woman. Mollie april is her prizewinning author. She did good. Who else is going to be honored . She is the keynote speaker, but as a whole evening of auctions and entertainment and food. Guest someone who was a professor of hers at iowa state is honorees. His japanese family was incarcerated during world war ii. He is fascinating and personable. We have tim johnston. And claudia mcgee. Each of these people has a special place. Mollie claudia is a childrens author . Guest that is right. They all have iowa groups. We are proud of those who have been honored. I have here on the table a book by kelly north who was an honorary a couple of years ago. Here he is with a wonderful new book which will be in our silent auction. We have the best silent auction around. Mollie absolutely. Guest another board member and i, tim hickman, we will play auctioneer. One of the things we can offer is private dinners with the governor and first lady in their private quarters. Lots of us but to get dinner with them. And Connie Weimer is giving away a week at her place in mexico. We have exciting things to do. The reason we do this is to provide funding for the Public Library that tax dollars do not support. We have avid, office visiting in des moines, which brings famous authors here. And free lectures. We have Summer Reading for children. We have very important modern technology for Public Access because, you and i were joking but i dont have a cell phone. There will come a time i have to have one. If you dont have a computer and a printer, you cant apply for a job or work any of that. Its just lost. The library has that and we have librarians who are happy to help you. Mollie and this all takes place next tuesday night. Tickets going fast and you need guest if they come later, we will probably accept that i would have to be in the kitchen doing extra work. Mollie its 150, tuesday night down at the downtown marriott. About 100 of that is taxdeductible. It is worth every penny. Wonderful meal, wonderful conversation, and you get to meet all these wonderful authors. For more information, go to the website. Guest there will be booked for them to sign. Mollie wonderful