Coverage from metro headquarters. Chris . Well, alison its only been three days since that train filled with smoke and had to be evacuated and already tomorrow the very first lawsuit will officially be filed. Now, the man filing that lawsuit, his name is malbert rich, a 53yearold new yorker who according to his lawyer was just released from the Georgetown University hospital. He says he is suing to make metro safer. Now, he said hed also like some compensation though he wouldnt say how much and wouldnt discuss his injuries. But what he would discuss is that he believed that he was going to die when that train filled with smoke. He even sent a goodbye text to his mother and two of his children. I told my mother that that i loved being her son. And i told my kids i loved being their dad and i told them told them, you know proud to have been there and was going to move on to somewhere better. Now on monday when that train filled with smoke, 84 people were injured and had to receive medica
Good thursday morning. Isis inspired american is under arrest accused of planning an attack on the u. S. Capitol. An fbi sting unraveled the ohio mans alleged plan. Investigators say he discussed his support to waging jihad in the united states. Abcs susan saulny is live in washington. Reporter federal agents describe him as a wannabe. In Cincinnati Ohio he is behind bars after plotting a homegrown terror attack leaving friends and neighbors in shock. You would think Cincinnati Ohio jihad difficulty in the same sentence. Reporter the plan according to the fbi a deadly assault on the u. S. Capitol building and members of congress. The weapons included pipe bombs and semiautomatic rifles to shoot and kill officials. The suspect identified as 20yearold Christopher Lee cornell of cincinnati arrested early wednesday after buying two m15 assault rifles and 600 rounds of ammunition. Several agents came out and tackled him in the parking lot and took him down. Reporter the fbi says cornell had
Christopher lee cornell in cincinnati, ohio for a plot against the u. S. Capitol and members of congress. In the newsroom reporting live Horace Holmes abc 7 news. All right, thank you, horace. Now, we turn to an explosion that rattled the eden center in falls church. What weve learned in the past hour is that three people are being treated for injuries from this. This after an explosion left glass shattered everywhere prompted an evacuation of this popular Shopping Center. Joce sterman has been live on the scene since minutes after that explosion. So joce what have you found out . Well alison they just moments ago strung up this crime scene tape. And pulled this fire vehicle into place so they can shine a light inside of princess diamonds where weve just confirmed this explosion originated this afternoon. As you mentioned, it left shattered glass all over the Shopping Center and blew out the front of that store as well as the mall entrance. Injured three people who were near and the af
Maintenance, money spent or anything. Again, were standing by for all those details in the preliminary report from the ntsb. Could get that into the newsroom any minute. Well bring you the latest details as soon as we get them. Reporting live in southwest washington, mike conneen, abc 7 news. Thank you. The mind set of some metro passengers seems to be changing these days after mondays incident. This morning, abc 7 saw several people tweeting about smoke in the rosalynn station just down the street as a matter of fact from our studio here and we sent a crew out and they found an odd smell there in the station but things running just fine. But richard wolf tweeted this picture noting the orange line train emptied at rosalynn and smoke fills cars. And then steve cuff tweeted this. Orange line car at rosalynn starts getting something burning smell before metro even says anything. People get the hell off new reality. That could be the case. Abc 7 did call metro and we found out there was a
Hollywoods world. Were about to find out who is in the running for oscar, the big battle for it. Will Jennifer Aniston, Julianne Moore be golden girls. Is this Michael Keatons and good morning, america. They are up early in hollywood this morning. Everyone ready for those Oscar Nominations coming up in just a little bit. You know how we feel about the oscars. Were not the only ones. Take a look at our studio crew. We are ready. They are ready, as well. Look dressed to the nines. Oh yeah. Because the countdown is on to hollywoods biggest night. Elegant. Indeed they are. Then host Neil Patrick Harris getting geared up tweeting last night, i really need to finish counting all those ballots. So we have so much to discuss. Thats ahead. First we get started with the news and that homegrown terrorist. A young man in ohio inspired by isis and planning a major attack on our nations capital. Arrested by the fbi. Abcs Pierre Thomas is in washington with the latest on all that. Good morning, pierr