pled not guilty to charges that he raped a 16-year-old girl earlier this year in a hotel room in rockland county, new york. his wife lynette was in the courtroom during tuesday's arraignment proceedings. she is in miami, we're in los angeles. how are you and l.t. doing after all of this? >> we're fine with each other. you know, fine as can be expected given the circumstances. >> larry: how did it hit you when this first happened then you heard about it. you are the wife? how did it hit you? >> well, when i first heard about it my sister called me and she's like, is everything okay? i an like what do you mean everything is okay? she said, well, lawrence is on the news. so i turned it on. and i am going to tell you it was like the most crazy thing i have ever -- it was like they made it seem look he went up on a school yard and snatched some girl off with pig tails and drug her back to his room, beat her, and raped her and stuff. and i'm like this is not true at all. there is no way in the world that doesn't even make any sense. i wasn't able to speak with him immediately because at that ti

morehan, of rockland and orange counties in new york. mr. engel: the senator and i served together in the new york state assembly. back in 1980 he was elected to the state senate in a special election in 1999. he's well-known as someone who really cares and cared about people, and as a republican and obviously i'm a democrat he and i reached across the aisle many, many times to work very hard on legislation that was important to the constituents which we served. i have been pleased for many years to call tom a friend and the church on saturday at his mass, there was an outpouring of people from the community and community leaders and political leaders, government leaders to show the affection that we all felt for tom. tom did wonderful work with veterans and mental health and people with the disabilities, made the lives of countless new yorkers better and if there's one or two wordsky describe tom, it would be a -- words i can describe tom, it would be a wonderful friend, a wonderful gentleman, a good friend and we will certainly miss him. h