still unknown. we re at the very early stages of this investigation, are working who establish his motive for coming here, if he had an intended target beyond the security office what the motive was behind the crime. detectives say kevin downing a former economist was fired from the federal bureau after labor statistics four years ago, cbs 2 learned troubling lawsuits and other documents show he thought he was fired for retaliation because he blew the whistle on alleged corruption and public waste. ever express concerns or having problems? never, really honestly. real estate listings show downing bought the home in 1987 put it on the market several times over the years a home that s now the focus of a federal investigation. downing s neighbors say he got hit by a car about a year ago was out of work for at least six months. some question if financial problems led to this, but investigators don t have answers. live in fort lee new jersey, cbs 2 news. all right than
7:00 o clock. let s send you over to kyla for more on the forecast. we had a nice day yesterday. you say more is on the way. yesterday i think was pretty close to perfect. pretty close today will be spot on for average temperatures in the mid 80 s. we will see more humidity in there. it might feel warmer. we are ram pink up to a steamy monday. okay. so some weather is on the way but still a gorgeous sunday. let s enjoy it. this is a great day to do it. certainly, we re having a very nice week ahead of us too, everybody. just a little bit of heat. let s start with today and beautiful sunrise happening right now at middletown ship high school in the cape may courthouse. 62 degrees there. look at that sun just peeking up and beautiful blue skies, just a few clouds but it is perfect. temperatures right now in philadelphia about 66 degrees. fifty-seven in reading. sixty down in atlantic city. we are off to a good start. taking a look at storm scan three you can see cle
2017. before we take a look at your weekend weather, here s a live look in allentown this morning, drivers, you have to be where. right now, and for the rest of the weekend, major disruption if you take the pa turnpike. the northeast extension is closed between lehigh valley and carbon counties. workers trying to replace bridge 40 miles of the highway closed through monday at 4:00 a.m., a detour is in place. in some drivers it could end up taking you an hours ago long. we had to let you know off the top about that. your second question is what s weather like? scott williams has the answer hi, everybody, we re talking about temperatures warming you mean. loot lot of low cloud. high humidity, 93% and as we focus in on the weather headlines, we re tracking some of the early drizzle, weekend warmup and also looks like by early next week, the full chill depend, have multiple wardrobe, but it will start to feel a little more like summer overtime next couple of days, ultimate
promise but some say the sentence was too harsh and some very big names agree. famous faces funneled into center city. joining with hundreds of fans in a show of support for south philly native robert williams, better known as rapper meek mill. mill has been behind bars since judge janice brinkley sentenced him in 2-4 years in prison last week. we rally today because we believe in him and that the punishment bestowed upon him is excessive, and is motivated by unsavory circumstances. reporter: the judge has overseen the rapper s legal troubles for years following a 2008 drug and weapons case. his probation was previously violated in 2015 at that time mill was ordered to house arrest. we re not going to act like meek mill is an angel, he s perfect. he s a man. a man that made some mistakes and has paid for those mistakes. we support meek. justice and stand up against a system that is flawed broken. reporter: along with the freeing of mill, the crowd demanded the judge
mills. good evening everyone. i m ukee washington. i m jessica dean. that rally took place just days after meek mill was sentenced to prison for probation violation. alexandria hoff is live in center city with why supporters want his sentence overturned. alex? reporter: you know, ukee, jessica, i was in the courtroom last year with meek mill and judge brinkly for a previous 2015 parole violation hearing and at that time she essentially said to him she wasn t going to be giving him any more second chances after that and he better shape up. last week she made true on that promise but some say the sentence was too harsh and some very big names agree. famous faces funneled into center city. joining with hundreds of fans in a show of support for south philly native robert williams, better known as rapper meek mill. mill has been behind bars since judge janice brinkley sentenced him in 2-4 years in prison last week. we rally today because we believe in him and that the punish