After his car struck a semi. It happened at merle hay and aurora. A 18yearold male was hospital. Merle hay road is now closed down. Once we learn more. We will provide more details in our evening newscasts. In todays top headlines. A struggling democratic candidate announced today that he wont be running for president after all. Narrowing the field down to three. Former rhode island governor but after much thought, i have decided to end my campaign for the president today. Thank you. Lincoln chafee made the annoucement this morning. The former rhode island governor originally announced his run for the white house in june. Chafee says his reason for dropping out is due to the fact Hillary Clinton had a good week. Earlier this week, jim webb also dropped out of the race. He is now considering running as an independent. According to a new poll released this morning. Hillary clinton continues to lead the pack. The Iowa Democratic quinnipiac poll shows clinton with 51 percent support. And Bernie Sanders trails in second with 40 percent. Followed by Martin Omalley with 4 percent. And tomorrow. Those three will attend the annual Jefferson Jackson dinner. Hundreds of supporters are expected to attend the event. All the president ial candidates are Holding Events leading up to the dinner. Including a free katy perry concert for clinton supporters. Hy vee hall. As for republicans. Today is a first for president ial hopeful ben carson. He is releasing the first of his t v campaign ads. Nbcs Hallie Jackson reports. Ben carson now hoping the timings right for people to start tuning in. His campaign out with its first ads today seen here for the first time. One all about uplift the other a smackdown. Nats ad washington is broken. The Political Class broke it together, we can drain the swamp. Carson buying half a Million Dollars of adspace in the first four primary states airing earlier than most candidates hoping to capitalize on new momentum. As he now beats donald trump in iowa in some radio interview trump on hugh hewitt i was very, very surprised to see it, because i think were doing well coming after a tirade on twitter. Trumps account retweeting must have issues in the brain for supporting the doctor. Hours later the billionaires team backtracked by blaming an intern for the retweet saying the young staffer apologizes as his campaign raced to smooth ruffled feathers saying mr. Trump loves the people of iowa. Hes still the frontrunner of political bromance with his main rival and while trump and ted cruz have had a warm relationship, too signs that may be cooling. Ready to start drawing distinctions with trump. Ted cruz cbn interview there are plenty of policy differences and there may well come a time more. For now the spotlights on the top two at next weeks debate. Carson bookstore avail 17 01 54 ive been attacked since i got in this thing, its nothing new, he only question is will there be 10 attacks a day or 15 . The main super pac supporting Donald Trumps president ial bid is ending its operations. Leaders with the make America Great again pac say all activities will be shut down. The move comes amid scrutiny toward the group and its ties to the trump campaign. Police say an on campus shooting at Tennessee StateUniversity Last night left one person dead and three others injured s don aaron Nashville Metro Police spokesman 18 no other students are in danger no other students are in jeopardy. This shooting incident was confined, isolated to the outdoor courtyard. There were never, we believe, any other students in a danger in the dorms or on the campus. Police say an arguement over a a 19 year old man died as a result. He was not a student. However, three female students were also struck by the gunfire. All but one of them has been released from the hospital. Police are still looking for the gunman throwing out a guilty plea reached by prosecutors and a defendant in a 2012. 31yearold Joseph Ceretti admitted stabbing eric naylor and plead guilty to manslaughter. Ceretti was sentenced to 45 years in prison. However the Supreme Court ruled today that ceretti cant plead guilty to attempting to kill someone and actually killing someone for the same act. The stabbing happened back in november in 2012. Authorities found naylors body near east 17th and walnut. The Supreme Court threw out cerettis plea today. He will now have to reach a new plea deal. Or go on trial polk county deputies are looking for a gunman involved in a road rage incident yesterday afternoon. The Sheriffs Office says says someone in a silver camry shot at another driver on ne 50th just north of des moines. It all started with an argument at a nearby motel. Both cars left, one following the other. Authorities say the people in the camry started shooting at the other car. The victim then crashed into a fence on the property of goodes greenhouses. Fortunately, no one was hurt. Police are still looking for that silver camry. Heres a picture of it. The car has an iowa license plate. Dmk 905. Witnesses say a white woman was driving. And two black men were passengers. Theyre all considered armed and dangerous. If you have any information on the suspects. Call the polk county Sheriffs Office. Authorities in clinton are trying to find out who shot a man along a busy street yesterday afternoon. Police found the man laying on the ground in front of an Apartment Building in the one hundred block of fourth street. There is no word on the mans condition. The investigation is on going. An ames middle schooler prompted a much needed discussion after he brought a bb gun to school on thursday. Another student reported the gun at the school. It was never fired and the student who brought it is being disciplined. The principal also sent a message to parents asking them to discuss what is and whats not appropriate to bring to school were dismissed early yesterday. After more than half the teachers called in sick. And now the polk county public to the case. We interview both people who are healthy. And we do this to find commonalities in both of them. The district says teachers and yesterday. The food was purchased from two businesses. But a district spokeswoman wouldnt name them. In all, about 60teachers called to cancel Classes SchoolOfficials Say the food did not come from the Des Moines Public School kitchens, so theres little chance students will get sick. An effort to stop an oil pipeline from being built across iowa has hit a roadblock. A judge has dismissed a lawsuit. Designed to stop the pipeline. That was filed by three Cherokee County landowners. They said that the iowa Eminent Domain to an out of state developer. Now a judge says theyll have to take up the issue with the iowa utilities board firs. The decide if dakota acce the compantryinto me it hapn consided a utilit on thats gureout. The case uld move forrd. Mewhile boone unty ialso staing stng again the pelin. We dont havany gulary power when itcomes o this pipelin bt we can se a message tthe fos we arent in favor ofhis and t sends a rong message when it comes unanimously in a biparisan manner from the board supervisors. The iowa ilities board will be hoding nearly dozen public the iowa utilities board will be olding eary adozen blic meetings through the end of this year. The board says there is no deadline set for a decision on whether to allow the company the right to use Eminent Domain. If youre headed downtown this weekend. You can expect some delays. Tomorrow night the leukemia and lymphoma scoeity will host its annual light the night walk. As a result, the city will shut down a portion of west Martin Luther king junior parkway the westbound lanes from southweast 4th street to southwest 2 nd street will close saturday at 5 30 pm. And will re open at 8 30 pm tomorrow crews begin work on 12 street. Between mulberry street and grand avenue. The city says the new roadway will make it easier to get around des moines. They are converting the street from one way traffic. To two. That means drivers will be able to travel and park in both the city is implementing the change ahead of a walkability study downtown coming up after the break a bus crash in france kills morning. The effort to save the lives. And where the investigation into the crash stands plus. The latest in the former subway spokesperson sex case. And how much the court is ordering jared fogel to pay to his victims officials in france are calling nearly three decades. This morning a bus collilied with a bus in countyside of france killing dozens passengers on board. Keir simmons has the story the horrifying remains of the bus. A burnt out shell, where 42 died. The worst accident in france for over 30 years. A collision with a truck carrying lumber on a remote road near the famed wine country of bordeaux. Rescue teams airlifted the wounded to hospital. Nine injured among those who escaped alive according to reports. Survivors seen wrapped in foil blankets to keep warm. Relatives embracing. In the passengers killed were members of a Retirement Group on a one day tour. The french president said this morning he was plunged into sadness by the tragedy, and investigation. The road where the accident happened said to be notoriously dangerous. Now it has taken the lives of at least 42 firefighters. Could not be saved. S keir simmons nbc news london, england 541 14 and the French Interior ministry is warning the number of dead may climb. Four of the injured are in a serious condition. Two with head trauma, two with serious burns. And just to understand the impact of this, its reported only 700 people live in that village where may of the passengers come from, so everyone there will know someone who died. Back to you. The cause of the crash is still unclear. Coming up after the break. Meteorologist jennifer mcderemed has a look at your weekend forecast. The latest in the former subway spokesperson sex case. And how much the court is former subway san dear future, sailed through that diaper stage, learned to walk, and im reading like a thirdgrader. But now its time to go out into the world. And from what i hear, its not all toys and games out there. Will you look out for me, future . To a plea bargain in the child sex case against him. Fogle will pay onepointfour Million Dollars in restitution which is 100thousand dollars for each of his 14 victims. Fogle will also plead guilty to child pornography and sex crime charges. An assistant us Attorney Says fogle has paid one Million Dollars of the restitution so far. Three adults and seven minors have already received their checks. And the other four will receive their checks next month the company cut ties with fogel earlier this summer. After failing to notify some of an extra monthly fee. Sprint is now being forced to pay it. The company will pay nearly three Million Dollars in fines. Sprint has agreed to pay nearly three Million Dollars in fines. The settlement with the federal trade comission involves monthly fees that were added to the bills of customers with lower credit scores. Sprint neither admitted nor denied the issues in the ftcs complaint. For the first time in 2 years, the Worlds Largest burger chain says sales are up. The company says healthier options and menu improvements are to thank. The companys ceo says he expects sales to improve in the final quarter of 2015, in part to the popularly of the companys allday breakfast offer. Stick around for the next half hour. For another look at our top stories. If you think storm damage is the only cost of climate change, think again. From the rising price of food the economic damage will only get worse. But with americanmade clean energy, we can save money on electricity and spur innovation to create new businesses and jobs. It all starts with 50 clean energy by 2030. So, what are we waiting for . Political race. Pool of democratic candidate is narrowing. Who dropped out of the race. And why he said he did it. Plus. Will todays rain affect football friday and your weekend plans. Meteorologist Jennifer Mcdermed has the forecast. Many of you woke up to rain this morning, and more rain is expected many of you woke up to rain this morning, and more rain is expected throughout the afternoon. Good afternoon, im jodi whitworth, thanks for joining us. The heaviest rainfall is expected this hour. Lets head down to Jennifer Mcdermed at the science center. Who can tell us if rain will affect activities tonight. Ad lib wx quick a teenager was sent to the after his car struck a semi. It happened at merle hay and aurora. A 18yearold male was sent to the hospital. Merle hay road is now closed down. Once we learn more. We will provide more details in our evening newscasts. In todays top headlines. A struggling democratic candidate announced today that he wont be running for president after all. Narrowing the field down to three. Former rhode island governor but after much thought, i have decided to end my campaign for the president today. Thank you. Lincoln chafee made the annoucement this morning. The former rhode island governor originally announced his run for the white house in june. Chafee says his reason for dropping out is due to the fact Hillary Clinton had a good week. Earlier this week, jim webb also dropped out of the race. He is now considering running as an independent. According to a new poll released this morning. Hillary clinton continues to lead the pack. The Iowa Democratic quinnipiac poll shows clinton with 51 percent support. And Bernie Sanders trails in second with 40 percent. Followed by Martin Omalley with 4 percent. And tomorrow. Those three will attend the annual Jefferson Jackson dinner. Hundreds of supporters are expected to attend the event. All the president ial candidates are Holding Events leading up to the dinner. Including a free katy perry concert for clinton supporters. The dinner begins at 7 pm at hy vee hall. As for republicans. Today is a first for president ial hopeful ben carson. He is releasing the first of his t v campaign ads. Nbcs Hallie Jackson reports. Ben carson now hoping the timings right for people to start tuning in. First ads time. One all about uplift the other a smackdown. Nats ad washington is broken. The Political Class broke it together, we can drain the swamp. Carson buying half a Million Dollars of adspace in the first four primary states airing earlier than most candidates hoping to capitalize on new momentum. As he now beats donald trump in iowa in some new polls. Trump saying in a radio interview trump on hugh hewitt i was very, very surprised to see it, because i think were doing well in iowa. Trumps tempered tone coming after a tirade on twitter. Trumps account retweeting someone implying iowa voters must have issues in the brain for supporting the doctor. Hours later the billionaires team backtracked by blaming an intern for the retweet saying the young staffer apologizes as his campaign raced to smooth ruffled feathers saying mr. Trump loves the people of iowa. Hes still the frontrunner nationally and still in a kind of political bromance with his main rival and while trump and ted cruz have had a warm relationship, too signs that may be cooling. As cruz hints he may get getting ready to start drawing distinctions with trump. Ted cruz cbn interview there are plenty of policy differences and there may well come a time when we start highlighting those more. For now the spotlights on the top two the stage set for a showdown at next weeks debate. Carson bookstore avail 17 01 54 ive been attacked in this thing, its nothing new, he only question is will there be 10 attacks a day or 15 . The main super pac supporting Donald Trumps president ial bid is ending its operations. Leaders with the make America Great again pac say all activities will be shut down. The move comes amid scrutiny toward the group and its ties to the trump campaign. The iowa Supreme Court is throwing out a guilty plea reached by prosecutors and a defendant in a fatal stabbing in des moines in 2012. 31yearold Joseph Ceretti admitted stabbing eric naylor and plead guilty to attempted murder and voluntary manslaughter. Ceretti was sentenced to 45 years in prison. However the Supreme Court ruled today that ceretti cant plead guilty to attempting to kill someone and actually killing someone for the same act. The stabbing happened back in november in 2012. Authorities found naylors body the Supreme Court threw out cerettis plea today. He will now have to reach a new plea deal. Or go on trial for naylors death. Polk county deputies are looking for a gunman involved in a road rage incident yesterday afternoon. The Sheriffs Office says says someone in a silver camry shot at another driver on ne 50th just north of des moines. It all started with an argument at a nearby motel. Both cars left, one following the other. Authorities say the people in the camry started shooting at the other car. The victim the