based on this we determine that christopher gonzalez is the person who wrote the note. >> christopheronzalez, currently awaiting trial for attempted murder to which he's pled not guilty has been david goodell's cell mate for the past year. he was assigned to be a sort of companion and confidant following goodell's suicide attempt. officer burke recently dismissed gonzalez from a volunteer position that allowed him extra time out of his cell. >> he was one of the unofficial food servers. i would go in at 7:00 a.m., do my head count and he would be in his cell and he would have a blanket up, so i couldn't see him to take count. and so i wouldn't let gonzalez out to serve because if he doesn't want to be seen, maybe he shouldn't serve chow today. >> though the jail won't press criminal charges for the threat, they have placed gonzalez on restriction and moved him to another housing unit. but gonzalez says he had nothing to do with the threat. >> [ bleep ]. my handwriting is totally different than that. i don't write like that. so i looked at it like, i'm not going to argue with it. that'

gonzalez. >> erika, thank you. >>> president trump is closer to having a new fbi director. >> his pick for the job, christopher ray, faced a grilling from senate lawmakers yesterday. he talked about his determination to be an independent director. but he was also asked about the russia investigation specifically whether he agreed with the president's stance on the issue. >> as the future fbi director, do you consider this endeavor a witch hunt? >> i do not consider director mueller to be on a witch hunt. >> ray could be confirmed for this position before the senate leaves for its august recess. >>> a hit and run arrest. the pedestriaas friends believe a driver tried to run her down on purpose. >>> wild weather. it's not the heat but mudslides that deliver the dangerous weather. look at this dramatic video and what one driver says happened as the wall of mud moved in. >>> this morning, we are warm already. but as we go through your morning to kick off your thursday, temperatures quickly get into the 80s. we have a heat advisory for today with temperatures feeling like triple digits. we'll talk about how to stay . >