Shooting that landed a fellow student in a hospital bed fighting for his life. He is a First Year Student from wisconsin. Reporter Police Report alexander melchert was shot when he stopped at a rest stop in dale city. Police arrested shawn a. John hopkins of westerville fired several shots at alexs vehicle. Both were standing outside his vehicle at the time of the shoo. In his vehicle and led them on a highspeed chase. Johnsons vehicle drove overrode spikes and crashed into interstate 71 northbound in richland county. As you can imagine this is a lot for a community to experience. Brown headed to a hospital in columbus to be with alex as soon as he heard the news. A lot of people knew him personally. I met his parents when they happened to alex. It is pretty shocking. You never think a student at a liberal arts school like this would face a violent circumstance or something. You are kind of insulated. I knew him indirectly through friends and i guess it was shocking at first to think someone that close to me could be shot. It puts it in perspective. In times of this having these issues and how to speak in specific ways about alex and give the support people need. They are going to be providing counseling for anyone who knows alex and wants to talk. The last word is alex is in Critical Condition and stable enough to undergo surgery. We will keep asking questions and getting answers. Harry boomer, cleveland 19. Millions of American Families including mine and yours were working hard, paying contributing nothing to our nation. Romona democratic president ial candidate Hillary Clinton spoke in the western part of ohio today and of course donald trump was on the agenda. We should be speaking in akron in less than two hours after an endorsement by the native son. Denise zarrella heard from lebron and has the response after his endorsement. Denise . Reporter as you mentioned, i am inside goodyear theater and doors just as you can see, a lot of Hillary Clinton supporters are gathering behind me. One big Hillary Clinton supporter made huge headlines when he surprised everyone by coming out publicly and lebron james telling everybody he would be supporting and voting for hillary in this election. Today we got a chance to talk to lebron and this is what he had to say. Lebron james says he is not political and his most recent president ial candidate Hillary Clinton his Home Court Advantage visiting akron. James endorsed clinton in a piece he wrote for the akroncanton business journal. Only the person knows what it was like born into poverty and when i see the foundation and needs from our government, the choice is clear. The candidate is Hillary Clinton. To me the main thing is going back in the communities and giving our world a better future. Our kids are our future and i believe barack started it and hillary will continue it. I am all about community. It starts from the ground up. If we can continue to give back to the communities and do the things we need to do to help the kids understand they are our future and they have a helping hand it makes the world a better place. Lebron tells us he could not make it to this particular event practice this afternoon. It will start at 5 45. At 5 00, we will hear from lebron james again on why, when people asked him, were you hoping to somehow sway voters and why he said he didnt. That story coming up in a live report. For now, asking questions, getting answers here in akron, denise zarrella, cleveland 19. Mark okay, denise, thank you. Numerous threats reported on social media that are no laughing why clowns may have dominated the feed today. The copey thing is out of control landing three, 6th graders in serious trouble with eastlake police. We got all their threats they have been making. They have numerous accounts and according to eastlake police, the girls admitted to it and were remorseful and gave full confessions. Here is an example. They have been threatening schools like shaker, garfield and redacted some because of the language, murder spree and guys free. They are really nonsense when you start to read some of the posts and people are replying to them. Here is another account they have admit to. This isnt one clown account. This is called watch out. They are using scary pictures of clowns. Watch out, we are coming for you guys willoughby wednesday. South high wednesd searching everywhere. Look at the english here. We are going to keep doing this stop reporting us cuz stuff will only get worse. It is obnoxious and maybe more importantly, they are making threats and need a good english or spelling class. Maybe they are doing that on purpose. They have been caught and going through the legal system and working with the juvenile prosecutor in that county. The threats are no laughing through the justice center. Live at the answer center, dan deroos, back to you. Pinpointing the weather where you live. Now your cleveland 19 first alert forecast. Jeff we finally got rid of the system we were dealing with last week with the waves of rain. We had showers around this weekend and fog and early this morning. We may see fog come tomorrow morning as well. I dont think it will be as bad, though. Lets pinpoint some temperatures. Akron at 6 00 and tallmadge 66. Everybody will go clear, i think by 10 00, we have 57 there in tallmadge. By midnight around 54 tallmadge. 55 in the akron area. Some areas will drop in the upper 40s tonight. Currently, a mostly cloudy sky hopkins airport around 70 and not a bad afternoon as all. Friday 5 00. Mixed sky 63 and 7 00 going partly cloudy and 62 degrees. It will be a warm week ahead. As you will see a gorgeous week until we hit the weekend. Big front comes through rain and wind and a pretty big temperature swing. Details on that later in the half hour. He asks questions and he wants answers. It is orlo wants to know. What can be done to correct a potentially deadly situation if you or your family has a medical if you live in or are hurt in East Cleveland there is a whole different expectation. As Paul Orlousky found, help would most likely be delayed and come from another city. The morning check of firefighting equipment at East Clevelands fire headquarters and a dailey routine designed to fight a fire. Some things are not ready, the ayearold unit in for repair. Another is down. A 2006, squad, replacement of a part. With repairs the chief hopes to have the unit back by the end of the day. Meantime delays are inevitable. Call 911. Dispatchers will rout your call and call the necessary city with responder or calls. Theres some delays, not much. It is not the first time the cleveland sent a dozen units. We are thankful and appreciative of their help. They continue to reach out and help and because of the fraternity we have as firefighters. Reporter the parking lot on the side of East Cleveland fire station number 2 is literally a bone yard collection of gear from other departments, gear stripped from parts, like a headlight taken from another part. They are trying to donate in. That reality is without an influx of cash City Services are crippled. A recent federal grant will help. It is a bandaid on a city hemorrhaging cap. If you were wondering a new rescue squad costs a quarter Million Dollars and fire truck half million and ladder truck more than 900,000. All right, tribe fans lets get excited Major League Baseball announced start times for Division Series games. Game 1 thursday. 8 08 at Progressive Field against boston. Game 2 friday is also against the red sox 4 38 00 p. M. Game 3 sunday at 4 08. The series best of five. Romona it will be so much fun. Mark only need three. Romona i hope so. Romona coming up on cleveland 19 news at 4 00. Reality star robbed. West in paris. And yoga benefits for cancer. vo if you live in the Greater Cleveland area and youre eligible for medicare, Anthem Blue Cross and blue shield can help you get a great plan at a great rate our Medicare Advantage plans pay for many of the costs original medicare doesnt. Anthem plans help protect you from high medical costs. Members have access to our trusted network of local and National Doctors and hospitals and can visit doctors 24 7 from home with live health online. Plus get dental coverage, vision benefits, Prescription Drug coverage and access to over 13,000 fitness locations nationwide. Nows the time to switch if you live in one of the following counties, the medicare enrollment deadline for the cleveland area is december 7th. So call anthem today at 18447172654 to learn more or to schedule an inperson meeting. Live from clevelands newscenter driven by Don Joseph Toyota in kent, this is cleveland 19 news. . [ music ] . Im sorry family emergency. I have to stop the show. Romona thats how superstar kanye west ended his set at the festival in new york news about his wife Kim Kardashian west. Kim is back in the u. S. After frightening moments at gunpoint in paris. Mark the reality tv star reportedly had a harrowing account with armed robbers. The latest from brooks sylviabraga. Kim kardashian returned to her home in new york with kanye west by her side and chris jenner arrived before. The family is recovering from kim during fashion week. The reality tv star was robbed at gunpoint and tied up at the luxury apartment where she was staying. Five robbers reportedly took off with an estimated 10 million in jewels. Paris police are still investigating. Im sorry. Family emergency. I have to stop the show. Kanye west bolted from the concert stage late sunday after word of the attack on his wife and second rough encounter for her in paris. Entering into a restaurant by a man who routinely goes after celebrities. A family spokesperson says she is badly shaken and physically unharmed. Brooks sylviabraga cleveland 19 news. Neither child was in new york city. Mark at least two people died in haiti as a result of hurricane matthew. Haiti and jamaica could face catastrophic damage by the storm before headed to the u. S. The category 4 storm flooding streets in jamaica. Some areas facing up to three feet of rain. Hurricane matthew will move towards cuba tomorrow. Jeff . Jeff yep. Well, thats trending as well. This, the hurricane. Thats all overly social media. Theres the eye. 140mileanhour winds. Here is the eye. Looks like tomorrow morning it will go over haiti. Jamaica because haiti is on the bad side or eastern side to the storm. It is forecast to move up the east coast end of the weekend. Stay tuned. Around here a few showers in ashtabula county. That was leftover stuff from the same system that affected us over the weekend. Some spots dealing lockmanly between sandusky and toledo. Elsewhere it is a mostly cloudy sky. Everybody clears out tonight. Here is low to mid50s and tomorrow will be even warmer. Today was actually the start of the warm up. Tomorrow i think late afternoon. Midafternoon we could be mid70s here. There is an alert saturday. This is when the next stronger front will be arriving. It turns windy by afternoon, 11 00 to 8 p. M. And showers and wet travel and boy it gets windy we get to sunday for the browns game. Clear, seasonable. 52 tonight. Akroncanton becoming clear. Down to 51. How about tomorrow. Sunshine and 76. Could be a patch or two of fog early in the morning. 57 at 8 00 a. M. 67 at 11 00 and we are up there in the low to mid70s. Enjoy the tuesday. It will be fantastic. Wednesday, 77. Thursday, a mixed sky 79. Great. Thursday evening and then again friday afternoon. Thursday night we drop down to 56. Thats the overnight low. Sunshine friday 76 and then things go down hill. Showers saturday especially by afternoon 67, rain and wind and lakeeffect rain on sunday. Only 55. Thats quite the change. A big cooldown by next monday 63 and mostly cloudy. Romona . Those of you who practice yoga already know Health Benefits that can bring stress relief. It helps those dealing with cancer. Yoga combines postures, breathing, exercise, relaxation and meditation. Judy barr a certified yoga specialist says the reason it is adaptive can you do yoga even if you have limited mobility and pain. Studies show yoga feel feel more resilient and practicing in a group after being diagnosed with Breast Cancer can be beneficial. It helps with depression around the disease. That community being in a yoga class and the support we get and positiviveness in a yoga class. Barr says yoga is good for Breast Cancer survivors. Studies show people who have a remission have a better chance of avoiding recurrence of their cancer. Many consider it small talk, a lost art these days. Everyone has one of these to keep them company in public. Mark studies show there are benefits to engaging with people we dont know. Published in the personality and psychiatry bulletin shows casual interactions can contribute to your dailyel interactions with people created more belonging and happiness and helping people feel less vulnerable touchings in their friend group. Mark here is my go to. Beautiful day. See me out and about on the bus, beautiful day. Romona does that work on the ladies or just anybody . Mark small talk. Good verse. How about that tribe . Romona we have struggled bangs or no bangs. We have sported them at some point. Now claims men prefer women with bangs. A lure beauty news editor wrote popularity soared after they changed their style to add bangs. What do you think, mark . Fans were so excited about Beauty Company max celina collection it sold out in less than a day. Many people while trying to finish purchases. Mac promises the cosmetic line will be available on retailer web sites and stores thursday. Singer celina was killed 1995 by an employee running her fan club. Here is whats trending today. J. R. Smiths daughter addresses a letter to a pop star. Why is this coat so mark a coat is gaining popularity around the globe. Romona get ready dance fans. Dancing with the stars live is coming to Playhouse Square state theater january 26. This years show is themed we came to dance. You will see the best dancers in the business perform the production showcase and modern dance seem on dancing with the stars. It includes burgess and val. Oh. Tickets are on sale now. And the Playhouse Square web site. I love that show. Well, an Indiana State Police officer eye photo is going viral. Sergeant jones laid on the floor to comfort a boy during a rally. That said i am having a bad day and threw himself to the floor. And jones laid beside him and assured him whatever was wrong was going to be okay. When she was done, the boy got up and he was smiling. Mark little guy. Romona this coat is going viral. Same zara coat she had on. The elegant blue and white pattern thats so neat and tidy you can wear it dressed up and dressed down and flattering on women of all ages. Alice bray set up an Instagram Page dedicated to that coat and it sold out online. Mark she is right. Looks dressed up or down. I like the jean version. Cavs j. R. Smith posted this, a letter his 7yearold daughter wrote to taylor swift. A big fan of swifty. Swift sees it and responds. Swift might get dad of the year. Romona i am sure he will. Right. Ahead. The fuel that could drive the tribe to victory. Mark today a vigil held for the shooting victim and college of wooster student alexander melchert in an incident that happened at a rest area on i71. The victim is in Critical Condition and he will have surgery today. The Highway Patrol is investigating. Romona in less than two hours Hillary Clinton will hold an event in akron after cavs superstar lebron james endorsed the democratic president ial candidate. The race for president focused on Donald Trumps taxes and charity, unlike president ial years, the billionaire refused to release tax returns. Over the weekend copies of some leaked sending the campaign into damage control and this afternoon the state attorney general says trumps foundation was violating the law. Mark albert reports. New York Attorney general order the Trump Foundation to stop fundraising in the state. They are not following certification laws. It came after slamming clinton over her private email server. Hillary experience in Cyber Security involves her criminal scheme to violate federal law engineering a massive cover up and putting the entire nation in harms way. Trump did not address the New York Times article showing the part about his tax returns. Trump declared 900 million in losses and avoided to pay 50 million each year in taxable income for 18 years. Trumps campaign has not surrogates call him a genius for tax strategy and they labeled it a bombshell. What kind of genius loses 1 billion in a single year. During an economic speech in ohio democrat candidate Hillary Clinton slammed the billionaire. He abuses his power, games the system and puts his own interest ahead of the country. It is trump first and everyone else last. Reporter the Clinton Campaign produced a new tv ad highlighting trumps taxes. Mark albert cbs news, the white house. Mark tomorrow tim kaine and mike pence face off in the only Vice President ial debate moderated by elaine. Romona kent state celebrated homecoming over the weekend. The span suspicious Latin Student Association said it got harsh words walking in the parade. The student shared their the need to chant b