phil roeder, the school districts throws a number of punches. someone steps in to stop the fight... phil roeder, the school districts director of communications says the suspect on video has been suspended from school but a more serious punishment could be coming. "any situation like that is a serious matter and the school took appropriate disciplinary action... the s-r-o was immediately in involved and referred the matter to the county attorney's office as well so there could be some additional consequences that the student will be facing as a result of this" roeder says assault charges were originally filed with police... but that investigation is now in the hands of the county attorney's office. three students involved in an afternoon school bus crash are okay this morning. it happened just after four o'clock outside of ames. police say the bus driver failed to yield and crashed into a car where highway 30 meets 580th avenue. three people in the car were treated for minor injuries. the driver as well as three elementary-aged students on the bus are okay. police say the bus driver

phil roeder, district communications manager: "you really just need to call it quits for the day, you really can't keep up with substitute teachers. let the students go home a little bit early." buses were fired up early, while other kids waited for their parents to come pick them up. deanna besougloff, parent: "i guess because they're high schoolers, they think they're old enough to take care of themselves." the health department will investigate the events around the luncheon over the weekend to determine if food poisoning is the true culprit. phil roeder, district communications manager: "if there is kind of a silver lining in all of this, is at least it appears to be an isolated incident to this single event that the teachers attended.")>> jacob: the parent- teacher conferences that were scheduled for tonight were canceled, as well as all other activities here at the school. tomorrow is a teacher's work day, but now the question is how many will be well enough to attend that. live in des moines, jacob peklo, local five news. we are iowa. stephanie: all of the extra- curricular act

kitchens, the district says there is little risk that students will be affected... 14:04:44 - 14:04:56 phil roeder district spokesman "i know this isn't much comfort to the people not feeling well today but if there's anything reassuring it's at least not a school meal program so we don't have a situation where 1600 hundred students attended this thing" there is a "professional development day" tomorrow...so classes will not be in session. the district says that will also give affected staff an extra long weekend to recuperate. indianola baseball standout... casey blake received the robert ray pillars of character award today... he accepted it at the blake fieldhouse... which blake helped fund with a 1-million-dollar donation. the annual award is sponsored by the character counts organization. a lifelong commitment to being a good role model and demonstrates exemplary character. blake told those attending the ceremony that he's humbled to be in the company of previous recipients like shawn johnson and dallas clark. a metro company is making sure des moines kids are ready for the winter weather. at

<<(phil roeder, communications director: "you're not certain until you're certain. it's probably best to get people, just clear out the building and just let people get in there to investigate. and also we'll have our staff in there just doing some extra cleaning and sterilizing things, just jacob/tvu tomorrow is a teacher institute day at the school. but all activities are expected to go on as anticipated. at this point, the health department is investigating to make sure that it was the food, and not something else that led to the sick teachers. reporting live in des moines, jacob peklo, local five news. we are iowa. jack: there's a new leader for the republicans in the race for the whitehouse. ben carson is sitting in the number one spot. a new quinnipiac iowa caucus goers shows carson is leading the pack with 28 percent support. donald trump is behind him with 20 percent, followed by marco rubio with 13 percent with 10 percent. this is the first june showing donald trump trailing any a significant margin in an early primary or caucus state . jack: chief politica

can't turn a blind eye you need to treat them all seriously whether there are pictures of it or not"phil roeder, director of communications for the desmoines public schools district believes social media may have been the root of the cause... there seem to be some rumors that were going around regarding what a student was or wasn't posting on their cell phone that led to this situation between a couple of students"the video also appears on the craziest girl fights facebook page... "it was pretty crazy i didn't like to watch becaues i mean, that's really bad"witnesses say they saw students attempting to block a school resource officer from preventing the fight... "it was while the fight was going on they were making sure she wasn't able to get in there and there was a girl behind it so the fight could continue...assault charges have been filed against the attacker who remains unnamed due to the school district's policy the s-r-o was immediately involved and referred the matter to the county attorney's office as well so there could be some additional consequences that the student will be facing a

jason r: phil roeder with des moines public schools says while this is unprecedented he says they may have narrowed down the culprit. >> the food was brought from outside the district so it wasn't the school district's food and nutrition department that prepared it. jason r: he says when you have nearly 66 teachers -- nearly 60 six teachers -- >> >> you just can't provide enough substitutes. >> waiting for my dad to pick me up. jason r: that meant parents like kathy new had to make an early pick up. call football coach mike holland one of the fortunate ones. >> i actually ate on my own and didn't partake so i guess i lucked out. jason r: the district is now telling us this was food brought in from outside businesses. as for school tomorrow, that was never in the plan. students were not going to be in the building, so they don't have to worry about finding substitutes. the health department says this investigation should take between 1-2 days. live in des moines, jason rantala, kcci 8 news, iowa's news leader. stacey: fire investigators say a burning candle started this fire early this

jason: phil roeder with des moines public schools says while this is unprecedented he says they may have narrowed down the culprit. >> it was a potluck, the food was brought from outside the district so it wasn't the school district's food and nutrition department that prepared it. he says when you have nearly 60 sick teachers. >> you just can't provide enough substitutes. so with classes cancelled. >> waiting for my dad to pick me up. new had to make an early pick . elizabeth: the district is now telling us this was food brought in from outside businesses. as for today, students were not going to be in the building anyway so the school wont have to worry about finding substitutes. the health dept says this investigation should take a couple of days. a verdict thursday in the trial of 2 former 2012 ron paul for president campaign aides accused of making secret payments to a state lawmaker for his endorsement. eric: after two days of deliberations, the jury reached a verdict on only 3 of the six charges against jesse benton and dimitri kesari. cameras are not allowed in federal court, but

<<(phil roeder, communications certain until you're just clear out the people get in there to investigate. and also we'll have our staff in there just doing some extra cleaning and sterilizing things, just as an extra precaution.")>> amanda: today is a institute day at but all activities are expected to go on as anticipated. department is investigating to was the food, and not something else that led to the sick teachers. amanda: and out east... students in the dubuque school district now have a harder time sending selfies through the social media app snapchat. the district blocked the app from its wi-fi network this week. administrators say the app can be dangerous....and has been talking about doing it for some time. katie wiedemann has more. [take pkg]pkg it's a form of social media that seems to be some teens favorite way to communicate. keuanna harrington high school student <"it's a social media network. why would the district block it for kids, you know? "> [anchor:katie]katie [readrate:14] well, because the school district says snapchat has absolutely no educational value. unlike

the fight is also posted on the craziest girl fights facebook page phil roeder, the school districts director of communications says the suspect on video has been suspended by the high school but the punishment may not be over.... "any situation like that is a serious matter and the school took appropriate disciplinary action... the s-r-o was immediately in involved and referred the matter to the county attorney's office as well so there could be some additional consequences that the student will be facing as a result of this" roeder says assault charges were originally filed with police... but that investigation is now in the hands of the county attorney's office another cell phone video is going viral - this one captured inside a south carolina high school. it shows a school resource officer taking down a student... in what many would say is an overly aggressive manner. this afternoon the justice department announced they will join the on-going investigations into the incident.. nbc's jay gray has more. a classmate's cellphone video shows the confrontation unfold inside a columbia,

<<(phil roeder, communications director: "you're not certain until you're certain. it's probably best to get people, just clear out the building and just let people get in there to investigate. and also we'll have our staff in there just doing some extra cleaning and sterilizing things, just as an extra precaution.")>> sabrina: today is a teacher institute day at the school. but all activities are expected to go on as anticipated. at this point, the health department is investigating to make sure that it was the food, and not something else that led to the sick teachers. sabrina: new this morning, authorities investigating a road rage incident that involved gunfire sabrina: the incident happened around four thursday afternoon in des moines... polk county deputies were told an argument had taken place near the motel 6, then two vehicles left...one following the other. they say they got a report of shots fired near the one- thousand block of northeast 50th... that's where occupants of a toyota camry, seen here, began firing at the second car. should you see the car or

phil roeder: something obvious triggered this and hopefully it's something that will be sorted out and addressed one way or another. elizabeth: the health department says this investigation could take a couple of days to find the cause of the food poisoning. today was already a scheduled out day for roosevelt, so no classes today either. and a verdict has been reached in the trial of two former ron paul 2012 presidential campaign aides accused of making secret payments for an endorsement. the jury acquitted jesse benton of making false statements to law enforcement. they found dimitri kesari guilty of causing false records, not guilty of obstruction of justice, and could not agree on his charges of conspiracy and causing false campaign expenditure reports. eric: a new interchange at grand prairie parkway and i-80 in waukee won't just be a new roadway. it will also be a new experience for iowa drivers. the interchange will be called a diverging diamond. there are three in kansas city, but this will be the first one in iowa. the simplest explanation -- get used to driving on what will fe