lewis stokes served 15 terms in the house of representatives until he retired in 1999.had several prominent assignments including heading up a congressional committee that looked into the assassinations of president kennedy and martin luther king, jr. . >>> a sex scandal a rocking one of the country's most prestigious prep schools. a former male student is on trial for allegedly raping a younger female student when they attended st. paul school. her family spoke to reportering this morning. >> my family and i stand behind my niece. >> testimony is now underway for a second day. john henry smith has more. >> did you live on campus? >> yes, i did. >> reporter: he was watching as a 16-year-old former schoolmate accused him of rape. both teenagers agree they met up late one night last year in an empty room on campus, and became intimate, but then she says he forced himself upon her. jurors toured the scene tuesday with labrie looking on. prosecutors argue the alleged rape was part of what is known at st. paul's at the senior salute, senior boys competing to have sex with fr

. >> former congressman, lewis stokes has died. he served 15 terms, beginning in 1958.nd president obama released a statement today, noting that the congressman had a deep belief in fairness and equality. and he added, lou leaves behind him a legacy in the young leaders that he inspired. >>> a former president of a west virginia energy company is pleading guilty to charges stemming from the chemical spill that left 300,000 people without water. at a freedom industries facility in charleston, west virginia, it sent the toxic chemical into the river. robert has more on today's hearing, and robert, what kind of punishment is this gary southern facing? >> reporter: well, you know in court today, the judge said that he could face 30 days, or up to three years. we'll see when the sentencing comes down in mid december, and $300,000 in fines. and if you look at it, that's about 1 dollar per amount of people that couldn't drink water for weeks here in charleston, west virginia. 300,000 that is. and we have been trying to talk to mr. southern since this all went down in 2014. thi

. >> and right now friends and family remembering lewis stokes. his funeral is underway as we speak. it's in cleveland. the vice president is about to speak there. stokes lived in ohio and served 15 terms in the house of representatives before he retired. he died of brain and lung cancer at the age of 90. >>> this was quite a sight on the roads early this morning. take a look. a metro access bus melted here. you can see crews checking out the smoking van in the video. this happened in silver spring on new hampshire spring near the beltway. we're not sure how it started but we know nobody was hurt. >> and a developing story right now. the west coast is getting help from down under to fight the fast-moving wildfires. crews from arrived in idaho to pick up their equipment. this help from overseas will bolster the nearly 32,000 firefighters who are already in the field fighting this. right now washington state dealing with 16 large wildfires that cover more than 900 square miles. >> and for reference, that's about ten times as wig big as t district of

. >>> lewis stokes has died, ohio's first black member of congress in 1968.e served 15 terms and led the house select committee on assassination, leading the investigations of the assassination of president kennedy and martin luther king, jr. stokes was 90 years old. is >> his name is harry wayne casey. you know, as in k.c. and the sunshine band. casey says the highs in the music business don't come without some lows. i asked him how does it come out of the gate with a hit single. >> my very first song came with a hit single. >> before number one did you know you had a hit? >> i few all my life ♪ do a little dance make a little love get down tonight ♪ >> what does it feel like to make a huge hit and you're going up? >> not on a down side but for me the top was very lonely and i remember one year my father gave me a silver bracelet that says, it's lonely at the top and it really was for me. i mean it's exciting. i was living the american dream. i was -- it was just so strange, because it was something i always knew all my life. i had a strong conviction i neve

representative lewis stokes has passed away.he was the first black member of congress from ohio and he served there 30 years. he chaired the house intelligence committee. was a long-time member of the appropriations committee which sets federal spending. congressman stokes retired in nate -- 1998. he died yesterday at age of 90. house democratic leader nancy pelosi had this to say about the former congressman. lewis stokes was patriot and committed to this country and make it better. his integrity and commitment to the less advantaged were unsurpassed. >>> coming up tonight on booktv prime time authors and books on technology and the internet. we begin at 8:00 eastern with john pelfrey. the author of biblotech. why library matter more than ever in the age of google. booktv starts at 8:00 eastern here on c-span2. >>> the road to the white house coverage of the presidential candidates continues live from the iowa state fair. on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org as the candidates walk the fairground and speak at the today mine re

respects, vice president biden in cleveland today for the funeral of long time democratic congressman lewis stokes. not a word of politics spoken on this trip. but the unspoken fact was that biden was making an appearance in one of three critical swing states where he outperformed hillary clinton in theoretical match-ups against donald trump. florida is another such swing state where a recent quinnipiac poll showed he would win while clinton would lose. and biden has a trip planned to the sunshine state, too. invitations are already out for a september 2 visit to miami at a understand raiser for democratic senator bill nelson who said this an interview with wtsp that a biden run is contingent on the strength of the democratic frontrunner. >> my sense is that vice president biden will take a look at it, but that he won't get in the race unless hillary gets in trouble. >> reporter: but polls of democratic primary voters still show hillary clinton with big leads. and there is also a gender question. democratic insiders say one problem for biden is that his jumping into the race could be seen as a sla

. >>> president obama is remembering congressman lewis stokes az man who triumphed over hardship andbecame a passionate voice for those less fortunate. congressman stokes died yesterday at the age of 90. one month after he disclosed he had cancer. he was ohio's first black member of congress. he came to washington in 1969, served 15 terms. he headed a committee that investigated the assassinations of president kennedy and dr. martin luther king jr. he retired in 1999. >>> the late civil rights activist julian bond will be buried at sea. family members of the former naacp chairman say it was bond's wish to be cremated and have his ashes spread in the gulf of mexico. this family-only service will be held on saturday. his wife asked those that want to honor bond can go to a body of water near their home and spread flower petals in his memory. he died last weekend there will be a memorial service at the tidal basin saturday afternoon. >>> tonight, you can weigh in on how the district should honor the late d.c. mayor and councilman marion barry. the commission has been set up to lead up p

a funeral for lewis stokes was held at the baptist church in cleveland.e president joe biden among those in attendance. stokes served 15 consecutive terms in the house before retiring. >> don't set your watch by big ben. the clock at britain's parliament has recently been slow by as much as 6 seconds. mechanics corrected the clock to within two seconds of the right time but looks perhaps the beautiful 156 yield clock may be showing its age a little bit. can't blame him. that's the cnbc news update this hour. she looks good or he for 156 years old. >> how long before it's just an apple watch face? >> i hope never. >> thank you, sue. >>> tremendous drop in oil is a case of good times and bad ones. good times for consumers starting to see gas below $2 a gallon. sad for oil-based economies in the u.s. and middle east. that story is next. >> now china cut interest rates again is qe-4 on the way here in the u.s.? the prospects for more stimulus are coming up. when you're not confident your company's data is secure, the possibility of a breach can quickly become

to be polite while the surreal highlight and congressman lewis so many people would object to the sub rights movement to do other things. stokely carmichael moved to africa and bob moses topp but john lewis remained involved in the fight for five decades. he remained involved after selma alabama. he led a group called the voter education program at a time when no one was doing this work into it when it was forgotten to keep the movement alive. he was involved in the 1980s when he won election to martin luther king's hometown in atlanta and andrew young was the first african-american elected in the south since reconstruction and john lewis replaced andrew young ultimately in the congress. when lewis was elected to congress i was shocked to learn there were only two african-american members of the congress from the south before lewis was elected. mickey leland from texas and harold ford senior from tennessee so bare that was this unbelievable underrepresentation of people and john lewis became conscious of the congress. what interested me so much about lewis was here he was five decades after the passage of the voting rights act

was just a real highlight, and congressman lewis is such an amazing person because so many people went off after civil rights movement to do other things. stokely carmichael moved to africa, bob moses taught math. but john lewis remained involved in this fight for five decades. .. and harold ford senior from tennessee. it was an unbelievable representation of people and john lewis then became the conscience of the conference. what interested me so much of his theory was decades after the passage finding this all over again in the supreme court and watching the chief justice and five judges got it his life's work so i wanted to ask how that felt, why he remained involved in what he's doing today. i wanted to try in the book to talk about the counterrevolution which i understand it's very into a lot of people and it's very distressing today. i also want to talk about not just john lewis but so many people who are the heroes and he really did democratize the country. i don't think people realize we are not a democracy before the voting rights act and there are many flaws where a far more perfect union because of that law. >> what is left now? sect

when president obama was elected he thanked lou stokes saying he couldn't have been elected president if louse we wise and -- lewis and hi brother carl not paving the way. >> he would have been so proud of his granddaughter today. >>> a warning if you used a maid cleaning service you may have been ripped off. >> also ahead, a family battle to get something truly precious out of a building hit by a bus yesterday. >> a special afternoon at st. patrick's cathedral. they are getting ready for the pope's visit next month. >> i'm meteorologist lee goldberg. an isolated storm but lots of heat and humidity managed to get to 90 in central park. it's incredible because east of the hudson, it's really humid. >> we just got these pictures in of nypd divers going in the waters off sandy hook, new jersey from newscopter 7 looking for anyone who might have been on board that 40-foot fishing vessel that another boat's captain says he saw capsized in the water. this is as we look at live pictures from newscopter 7. divers on the zodiac looking for one of their colleagues. you can see it on the far end of the boat. nothing yet. we

lewis c.k. is palling around with mayor de blasio. >> i'm ken rosato. >> i'm shirleen allicot in for lori stokes. thank you for joining us. you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and we begin with meteorologist bill evans. >> good morning, it's a morning where it's absolutely gorgeous outside. if you get a chance to get outside and enjoy this day, for august, it's a real treat. warm but no humidity. 69 around teterboro. 71 newark and staten island. 72 brooklyn and queens. 73 in the park. 68 to 63 long island. 56 sussex and morristown 59. 55 up to monticello. by 8:00 it's 77. noontime low humidity 84 and warm sunshine this afternoon, 87 degrees. our weekend is looking up. we will look to that next in the seven-day forecast. >>> it looks like things are starting to look up a bit, traveling on the l.i.e. eastbound side. we had a two-car accident. it was a minivan what has been today away. this construction vehicle is whated minivan hit. this is the eastbound side of the l.i.e. near exit 19, woodhaven boulevard. everything is off to the shoulder. you know what happens in new york, everybody starts