samuel harrell's father, samuel harrell sr., spoke about his son's death at a press conference wednesday. >> this was a crime, a criminal act, a homicide that took the life of my son. instead of getting help for him at that time, [indiscernible] intern i lost a son. amy: the lawsuit comes as a former fishkill correctional facility inmate has spoken out to the "new york times" about seeing harrell's body falling down a flight of stairs after the beating. lucas renfrow says he was later harassed by guards and placed in solitary confinement. 28 people have been arrested after forming a human barricade at a natural gas storage facility in upstate new york to protest plans by crestwood midstream to expand gas storage in abandoned salt caverns at seneca lake, a drinking water source for 100,000 people. people have been arrested in the 400 ongoing campaign. the crowd held a seven-foot-tall replica of pope francis' recent encyclical letter on climate change and signs reading "pope francis, we hear you." and african american tennis star james blake has spoken out about being slammed to the ground

for the harrell family in d.c. even walking down the security perimeter was exciting. >> there's a lot of hostility in the world and we want to show him we love him and appreciate his coming and happy he's here and we're praying for him. >> reporter: there will likely be more crowds tomorrow as the pope begins his first full day in the nation's capitol. jackie bensen, back to you. >> the pope's motorcade turned heads for more than one reason today. the car he waved from had some of us turning our head. he went with the modest 20,0$20 fiat instead of the suv. he had the license plate scv 1, the initials for vatican city state. people on social media loved it including fiat, as you might imagine. the italian automaker tweet tweeted #blessed. he rides around rome in a blue ford focus. also interesting to note, the first ever popemobile, a 1929 fiat. >>> coming up in a couple minutes on news4 at 11:00 tonight, meet the girl from maryland who had one heck of a day this afternoon. not only did she get to dance with the p

harrell >> stephen g. harrell >> melissa marie harrington >> aisha anne harris [ bell ringing ] >> stewart dennis harris >> john patrick hart >> eric hartono >> john clinton hartz >> emeric harvey >> and my son paul robert. you are the wind beneath our wings. >> and my father, engine company 201. there isn't a day that doesn't go by where i don't think about you. you're an amazing, lovable person inside and out. i know you're up there in heaven looking down on mom and the three of us. i hope you're so proud of the job that your amazing wife has done with us. i hope you are proud of the man i'm becoming. i'm doing my best to make sure mom is safe. god bless the soldiers who defend our country, and god bless america. [ applause ] >> peter paul hashem >> timothy haskell >> thomas theodore haskell jr. >> joseph john hasson iii >> leonard w. hatton >> terence s. hatton >> michael helmut haub >> timothy aaron haviland >> donald g. havlish jr. >> anthony maurice hawkins >> nobuhiro hayatsu >> james edward hayden