and he very forcefully pushed for two things while he was a heb. one was anti-lynching legislation which no one had championed before and he pushes for that. it goes nowhere. it languishes in the judiciary committee and never really is debated. but he's out there talking about it on the floor. and the other thing that he wanted was to -- because so many blacks were being denied their political rights in the south, he wanted to reduce the representation of southern states in congress based on how many people were being disenfranchised in southern districts. and so these are two issues that percolate in the house in the next couple of decades but there is no african-americans there to champion it. in 1901 white leaves office, facing violence and fraud and he leaves the house. when he does, he gives a speech in february of 1901 which is tremendously moving because he knows he is the last african-american who is going to be in congress for a while. and at the end of the speech, he said, but you know, phoenix-like, some day, the african-american will ri

that may eastbound heb it -- behind eastbound hit some of the thunderstorms. we still pop storms by early to mid afternoon. the greatest risk north and west of boston a few storms may become strong to severe later on today. particularly by late afternoon and evening. with another batch weekening or brief sprinkles. we turn increasingly humid through the day today. chance of a storm by midday asking will be isolated at that point. topping out in the low to mid-80s with scattered thunderstorms for the ride home. let's get you on the roads traffic and weather together. >> danielle, lever connector, both pretty slow going this morning. the commute is even slower further north. there are three pockets of congestion on 93 south. slow and go starts way up in wilmington. but pretty much 93 south is extremely slow this morning. it's a slow ride in 24 north as you make up your way to 128. a quick check on the accident in sturbridge. it's increasing all the way back >> phanks so much. >>> breaking overnight a teen shot in south boston. >> police are on the scene investig

so brian, i don't know if you had a chance to see boras heb social security stein a surrogate for the saying the kinds of things, no president has ever said before. and going after the nominee from the other party. it was a too much from the president today? >> reporter: i don't think so, chris. i think that the types of things that donald trump is saying are things that you would never expect to hear from somebody who is one step away, potentially from being the president of the united states. i think it demands a response. in fact i think the response has been too timid from tom republican leaders who have in the recent days criticized donald trump's remarks where he attacked the khan family. and have distanced themselves from some of his other statements like his attacks on a former p.o.w., john mccain, who's an american hero. but have not gone far enough in terms of actually disavowing donald trump's candidacy. at some point those republican leaders need toay that enough is enough. and instead of just distancing themselves from donald trump's remarks, they actually disavow him as