the murrah federal building in oklahoma city has been arrested. >> reporter: a highway patrol officer pulled over timothy mcveigh less than two hours after the bombing for a missing license plate and then busted him for illegally driving with a loaded weapon. mcveigh was an army veteran who developed a deep mistrust of the u.s. government. the fed said he planned the attack with the help of a friend, terry nichols, who quickly turned himself in. they said it was mcveigh who parked the truck and lit the fuse and the jury at his murder trial agreed. >> counts 1 through 11 carry a potential death penalty, guilty as charged and the applause is heard around the courthouse now. >> our only hope is that the verdict will go some way to prevent such a terrible, drastic crime from ever occurring again. >> reporter: nichols was found