elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. >>> it is always florida.still too close to call. including insurance commissioner, where state senator ricardo lara is ahead of steve poizner by they'rely 164,000 votes. for superintendent of public instruction marshall tuck leads tony thurmond by more than 13,000 votes. 16 seats in the state legislature are still uncalled including district 16 representing parts of alameda and contra costa counties. incumbent republican katherine baker leads democrat rebecca bauer kayhan by just 627 votes. >> announcer: now your accuweather forecast with spencer christian. >>> sunny skies above. hazy conditions because of the build-up of smoke in the atmosphere. overnight lows in the mid 40s around the bay and on the coast but chilly in the north bay valleys in fact chilly in virtually all the inland valleys with lows drong into the 30s. hayes goes on poor air quality and another spare the day. that has been extended through friday. mid 60s at the coast to upper 60s just about everywhere else. here's the accuweather seven-da

abc's elizabeth hur joins us with the latest on the attack and the lives that were lost, good morning, elizabeth. >> reporter: kendis and janai, good morning to you. authorities say the shooting was senseless and that officer died a hero. they say if not for the officer's quick response, the outcome could have been much worse. overnight a solemn procession for a fallen hero in chicago. officers lining the streets saluting the ambulance carrying the body of one of their own now identified as 28-year-old chicago police officer samuel jiminez. >> we cannot thank him enough for his courage and bravery today. >> all units we're getting a so 10-1, 10-1 outside mercy hospital. no further information. shots fired in front of mercy hospital. >> reporter: gunshots first reported around 3:30 monday afternoon, terrified doctors and nurses then seen here rushing out of mercy hospital with their hands in the air. >> it was chaos. it was just mass chaos. >> reporter: eyewitnesses say the suspect first opened fire in the hospital parking lot. that's where authorities say he shot and killed dr. tamara

elizabeth hur joins us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you.e'll begin with president trump saying on his end, he is ready for this russia investigation to wrap up, and should his new acting attorney general choose to limit this investigation in any way, the president says he is okay with that. special counsel robert mueller has yet to reveal a timeline, but president trump says he has completed his written answers for mueller, telling fox news he wrote them himself. >> not my team. i'm preparing written answers. >> reporter: the president adding a sitdown interview with mueller, not likely. >> i think we have wasted enough time on this witch hunt, and the answer is probably that we're finished. >> reporter: as for his acting attorney general, matthew whitaker, who has been a vocal critic of the russia probe, this is what he says about limbing the investigation. >> if he decides to curtail -- >> i would not get involved. >> reporter: this as democrat adam schiff, likely the next chairman of the house intelligence committee calls his appointment

elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. >>> you're never more than 7 minutes away from my accuweather forecast. look at the calendar. this will be a 12th consecutive day with unhealthy air for just about all of us. one spot could slightly stay in the sensitive group. it would be poor. that is the south central bay, around the san mateo bridge, palo alto bridge. let's take a look. it will all change wednesday. dress fore temperatures in the mid to upper 40s in most of san francisco. when you get closer to the water, you will have low to mid-50s. excelsior 53. as we look west along the san mateo bridge, low visibility on the roads. mass transit, make sure you have a new mask. on the ferry, calm for now. when the rain comes in wednesday, it will start churning up the waters. south bay, 46 this morning. 64 by noon. hang out in the mid to upper 60s through 4:00. 55 at 8:00. all the cloud cover will be high cloudiness that will help dim the sunshine. today will be cooler than yesterday. 48 on the peninsula. 48 on the peninsula. mid-60s from 1:00 to 4:00. what else is going on with with the bay bridg

abc's elizabeth hur is here with the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. "the times" is reporting that this is a conversation the president had with his lawyers back in the spring and that's when he was warned such a request could prompt accusations of abuse of power. according to "the new york times" president trump wanted to order the justice department to prosecute former fbi director james comey and hillary clinton. it's an idea as candidate trump during the 2016 campaign he vowed to deliver. >> if i win, i am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation. >> it's just awfully good that someone with the temperament of donald trump is not in charge of the law in our country. >> because you'd be in jail. >> reporter: but "the times" reports now former white house counsel don mcgahn rebuffed the president saying that he had no authority to order a prosecution. mcgahn then had the white house lawyers write a memo for the president warning that if he asked law enforcement to investigate his rivals, he could fa