By the pope himself to be better. Reporter in a wide ranging address fueled by both compassion and a sense of shared humanity, the pope evoked president lincoln and Martin Luther king junior in a call for america to continue to dream big and have heart for all. The pontiff did not shy away from politically sensitive topics including crisis across europe, the Death Penalty, climate change, immigration and gay marriage. Relations are called into question as the basis of only reiterate the importance and above all the richness of family life. We, the people of this con continue meant are wrong to be fearful of foreigners. Most of us. [ applause ] because most of us were once foreigners. [ applause ] reporter the pope talked about the plight of the poor and troubled youth urging lawmakers to show caring and heart and to follow the golden rule. This rule points us in a clear direction. Let us treat others with the same passion and compassion with which we want to be treated. Reporter the pope was for at least a morning this political lion epps den was lions den was tamed by a higher power. God bless america. Reporter a really extraordinary morning. The early analysis was this speech was more progressive than conservative. He came out against the Death Penalty and abortion as well. Something for everyone. This speech will stir up d. C. As these speeches tend to do but a more remarkable moment was on the other side of the capitol where at least 50,000 people gathered outside to watch the speech on a screen on the opposite side we could hear the roar of the crowd. The pope came out on the balcony after the speech and asked tens of thousands of folks pray for me and waved and saved god bless america. Extraordinary day unlike any we have seen here. Reporting live from the channel 7 Eyewitness News. Amazing indeed. Another live look at the pope. He is at Saint Patricks church. He is meeting with 300 of washingtons homeless. He will bless the statue of a homeless person. You are looking live once again at pope francis among people there. Amazing. It was House Speaker john boehner that invited pope francis to speak to congress. The speaker, who is Roman Catholic got emotional at several points during the pontiffs visit to capitol hill as many of us have seen. The last 20 years he asked the sitting pope to speak before congress. Francis was the first to accept his invitation. Boehner has gotten tearyeyed at a number of moments that we all witnessed. Thats for sure. Lets go back live to washington. You can see the pope making his way to Saint Patricks church. He will serve 300 Homeless People outside that church. You can see the excitement. He is trying to get close to the people, posing for selfies and making himself available to anyone in the crowd. You know he has a soft spot for children when he has that chance. There will be a large tent providing shelter for more than 50 tables to feed 300 homeless there and the representative for the pontiff said he will be acting in many ways like the matter d at this. There will be carrots, potato rolls, plenty of stuff to enjoy. About 70 volunteers from Catholic Charities are there to help out. There will be music playing, a very festive moment, of course, the focus on much of the trip is toward the homeless, the needy and here he is having a chance to meet people up close and in person. Amazing. We will continue to follow the latest on the trip toward that moment where he does participate in that event. Again, as we watch this, we are less than five hours from the popes expected arrival in new york. He is scheduled to touchdown at kennedy at 5 00. At 6 00 the motorcade will travel on 5th avenue then lead the evening prayers at Saint Patricks cathedral around 6 45. People are already gathering around Saint Patricks ahead of the evening prayers referred to as vespers. The area is shut down and only people with tickets can line the motorcade route. N. J. Burkett is live in midtown with his report. Reporter the security in midtown is like nothing i have ever seen. We are at the corner of 49th and sixth avenue. This is about two blocks from the cathedral down 49th then up on to 5th avenue. Thats where the cathedral is. People are going to check in, hundreds of people will check in here for the popes first which is, of course, the Prayer Service at Saint Patricks. They cannot possibly accommodate everyone in the cathedral. If you want to watch the motorcade on 5th avenue, you need a special ticket. Security got real serious real fast on 5th avenue this morning. Hundreds of Police Officers and federal agents took up positions outside of st. Patricks cathedral more than six hours before pope francis was expected to arrive in midtown. As Cardinal Dolan left his residence to supervise the last minute preparations. You will be there, i hope . We will be looking for you. Reporter many of the popes most devote followers will not be there. In fact, they wont even catch a glimpse of francis. This 87yearold came from new jersey to watch from 5th avenue only to find an 8foot metal fence and a sign saying she couldnt stand there. She begged officers to let her stay and was told she couldnt stand anywhere near the cathedral. It was heartbreaking. Its not fair. Its not fair. He is coming to see the people and the people want to see poppa. He wants to touch the people. Reporter how does this make you feel . Makes you feel sad. I want to see my pope. Reporter he likes contact with the people. He likes that. He know like this. We are in jail. No see the people, no . Reporter you can see the security here. We are two blocks from st. Patrickss cathedral. You have trucks to protect from car bombs and officers with special i trained dogs. The security is tighter and tighter. We are hours from the popes arrival. 6th avenue is jammed for blocks. Police are everywhere and, as we said, 5th avenue is completely shut down around the cathedral. Live in midtown, n. J. Burkett, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you, n. J. Lets get back to washington. Right now the pope is meeting with the homeless outside the Saint Patricks church just beginning. He will bless a statue of a homeless person then he will serve about 300 Homeless People. Part of 65 programs throughout the area of washington where they get served by Catholic Charities. The popes visit coming at a time when the district is committed to tackling homelessness. Shirleen, back to you. All right, david. Security is tight in new york as we saw with n. J. Both mayor de blasio and Police Commissioner bratton say the planning was seamless. Jim hoffer is live in central park with that part of the story. Jamaica . Reporter game time for the nypd, secret service and the fbi. All of the months of planning, endless hours of emergency drills and it comes down to about 39 hours during which time from land, see and the air it will be about protecting the pope. Hours away from the popes arrival in the heart of manhattan is barricaded fenced in and closed off. A Security Posture never seen before, even by new yorkers used to safely hosting world leaders. Necessary. Nobody does it better than we do. New york being the capitol of the world we have the most practice doing it. Reporter sources told us in the remaining hours before the pope arrives here, the fbi, secret service and nypd are throwing all their counterterrorism resources to tracking downey potential threats. They are tasking their confidential informants to go out and be the eyes and ears, if you will of the joint terrorist task force if there is a viable threat against the pope that they need to react to before the pope arrives. Reporter this evening, its expected that the pope will ride in the open air popemobile down 5th avenue from around 56th street to st. Patrickss cathedral. The entire area is in visible lock down. There is so much going on behind the scenes which is key. Reporter 6,000 Additional Police on duty. 40 miles of barricades and many frozen zones. A reminder from the mayor that told dray clark the pope will be well protected. Set aside your worries and enjoy this up lifting moment. The nypd is up to the job and i think its important to note this will be an incredibly energizing moment for the city of new york, inspiring moment. Reporter from the time the pope touches down at j. F. K. Until he leaves saturday morning, we are told there will be at least one f16 fighter jet flying over the skies of new york city at all times. For now in central park, jim hoffer, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you, jim. There it is stepped up security on the east side of central park around the residence where the pope will stay. The streets near the home on 72nd street are closed which means neighbors need to make adjustments. Thats where we find Eyewitness News reporter saffon kim. Reporter we have heard it all week from nypd and the secret service, they are ready for the pontiffs visit. Let us show you the picture out here. This is 72nd street, residence where the pope will be staying tonight and tomorrow night. It is completely blocked off to traffic with the barricades there. The Police Presence is highly visible. 100 informations in f officers in this one block. This is a residential neighborhood. So, the popes visit is impacting residents on the upper east side. Neighbors spoke to say they feel its the right amount of security, they feel safe and so far its been manageable getting around. I think its a lot. I travel the subway every day. Every turn you see the cops. Its good. Reporter it hasnt been difficult getting around . No, so far no. I dont know about tomorrow but so far its great. Kind of exciting. The pope is coming. That is exciting. We will stay home the rest of the day. Reporter those residents have great advice. Dont drive if you dont have to. Also, as expected, its a bit more difficult getting across down than up and down the streets. He will are river after delivering mass at st. Patricks cathedral. They have to show two forms of id to get to their homes. Channel 7 Eyewitness News. All right, thank you so much. We want to go back to st. Patricks church. An event is happening under a tent. Pope francis is meeting with hundreds of people. That includes 300 homeless in washington. 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He was with about 300 Homeless People at an event outside of st. Patricks church. We have video of him, i think this is it, of him blessing a homeless statue at the site. 300 were fed at the the very overnight by 4 00 he will depart from joint base andrews and at 5 00 p. M. Meteorologist bill evans is joining us. This activity is surrounding the pope. We noelle get her around 5 00. Nice day around here. No doubt. As it should be. Tune time clear skies. A lot of boat traffic. A lot of tugs, a lot of barges, boats. Its busy. Look at the humidity dry. Temperature 76 degrees. An east wind outside. Here are the headlines. Summery this afternoon. Temperatures 10 above normal. Cooler tomorrow and saturday. A close call sunday with rain but that might be way down south around cape may, new jersey. J. F. K. 78. 79 morristown. Temperatures are jumping up and we have a lot of sunshine and clear skies all the way back to the great lakes. Its sunny, warmer for the afternoon,ing 82. 10 above normal. Tonight 62. Looking at 50s in the suburbs. 40s well north and west. Tomorrow another great day, 76, breezy, cooler. Saturday we have 76 trombones with sun and clouds and we got sunshine. A few more clouds on sunday, 72 degrees. We warm back up to 80 next week. Its dry into next week. Sounds good. Thank you, bill. Before the break, another quick picture of the pope francis in washington, d. C. You see the motorcade making back to the popes residence. The cloud are wanting to get a quick look, take a picture. Amazing moment for these people to witness this, even seeing his motorcade is enough to get him excited. He will get some much needed rest or at least we hope so. We hope so. Heading on that plane to new york at 4 00. Welcome back to Eyewitness News at noon. You are looking at a live picture of pope francis greeting the crowds waiting for him outside the papal residence after a busy and historic day. It began with an address to the joint meeting of congress then 11 15 after that he was part of an event to feed the homeless. He blessed a statue there and now, as you can see, as he gets ready to prepare for his trip to new york city, he is spending more time with the crowds that gathered outside the popes residence. This is the place where hopefully he will get rest before he heads to new york. He had a busy day. The meeting that he had earlier with those people, the Catholic Charities, the homeless and here he is again just waving to the crowds. He met with some young people. Im sure they felt like this was worth it to stand outside the residence. That was just a historic moment for these people. One of the things happening a lot, he is doing selfies as he comes next to them. Then it spreads the message virally. You can hear the crowd chanting his name in the background. Washington. What he had to say to congress earlier, not afraid to touch on the hot button issues. He will meet and greet people in new york when he gets on a flight at 4 00. They call it shepherd one, the federal aviation approved call sign for the American Airlines flight heading to us. We will continue that coverage when he arrives here. Hello again, im david novarro. Im shirleen allicot. Many across the nation watched