Respond. Officials have released a timeline of the emergency calls and the dispatch times and Brianne Carter has this new information. Right now, were getting a first look at the timeline of events that unfolded monday after smoke filled the metro station and train killing one woman and injuring dozens. The information shows the first call came in at 3 14 on monday when there was a report of a debris fire on the tracks at the gallery place station. Four minutes later at 3 18 a construction worker reports smoke is coming out of the metro tunnel at ninth and water street. According to the timeline there were initially 13 emergency calls. At 3 24 a metro transit official called asking medics and fire units at Lenfant Plaza for smoke in the station and reports citizens in the station could barely breathe. Firefighters arrived at Lenfant Plaza metro station at 3 31. However, according to the timeline it was 13 minutes before Emergency Responders were able to get into the tunnel to rescue passengers. After it was confirmed the power to the rails was shut down. On newstalk with bruce depoight the councilwoman responded to todays timeline. Minutes count and we have it figure out why the response wasnt more rapid. This comes as theres new questions about communication amongst first responders. According to our News Partners at wtop once in the tunnel firefighters radios wouldnt communicate with those still above ground. We have to from the districts perspective see that our response was proper. And not only our response as fire and e. M. S. But what we do to coordinate. Were supposed to have training and practices. If they got new radios why werent they tested first . Brianne carter abc 7 news. And we should point out that mayor Muriel Bowser ordered a review in addition to the ntsb investigation. That review is expected to look into many aspects including Response Time as well as communication. And new at noon now the first lawsuit will soon be filed in the metro smoke incident. A press conference just wrapped up where lawyers announced the lawsuit against the washington metro transit authority. It will be filed tomorrow in washingtons superior court on behalf of some of the people injured in the monday accident. Were following it so soon because frankly, we need to know what the heck happened in that subway tunnel. Kim brooks used to be an attorney for metro and now representing the passengers suing the transit agency. And we should point out that an online fundraiser has already brought in more than 13,000 so far this noon for the woman who died in that metro smoke incident. The carol glover Memorial Fund was set up to raise money for funeral costs and other expenses. And metro says that evacuation announcement at the gallery place metro station this morning was just a false alarm. D. C. Fire was called there around 9 00 this morning. Metro Officials Say a faulty Smoke Detector caused that alarm to go off. To a developing story now, we are learning more about the man accused of planning a terror attack here at the u. S. Capitol. The 20yearold wanted to wage jihad in the united states. Karen traverse has more on what he had planned and what his father says that he was set up. Its exactly what u. S. Officials fear. A home grown terrorist inspired by isis. This is 20yearold Christopher Lee cornell in a mug shot taken last night. According to the f. B. I. , cornell was in the final stages of a plot to assault the u. S. Capitol and lawmakers with pipe bombs. He was arrested yesterday in southern ohio after buying two m15 assault rifles like this and 600 rounds of ammunition. He left the door and several agents came out and tackled him here in the parking lot. And took him down. Cornell has been under constant surveillance since last fall. The f. B. I. Watching his every move. The feds zeroed in on him after a confidential informant came in with a tip that he was posting disturbing messages and videos on twitter. Expressing his support for alqaida and isis. One posting said i believe we should just wage jihad under our own orders and plan attacks. Cornell also cited the long dead cleric of alqaida in the Arabian Peninsula as already giving a thumbs up for such attacks. Cornells father says he was lost and vulnerable and recently converted to islam. He believe he was set up by federal officials. Theres no way that he came up with these terrorist plots. Somebody put that in his head the f. B. I. Says the public was never in any danger. Cornell has been charged with attempting to kill officers and employees of the u. S. Reporting from northwest, karen traverse, abc 7 news. The pope is now talking about the terrorist attacks in france. He commented on the work of charlie hebdo. He said there are limits to freedom of expression when religion is insulted. The satirical newspaper sold out yet again today after printing five million copies. The cover, you see it right here features a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad and funerals are being held today for at least four of the six Staff Members who were killed in last weeks terror attacks. A leader of yemens alqaida branch released a video saying the attacks were in vengeance for the prophets. A Northern Virginia man is now charged in his stepfathers stabbing death. 29yearold Brian Hernandez of woodbridge is charged in the death of 42yearold mauro rodriguez. Prince William County Police Say Rodriguez walked into his familys home, grabbed a knife from the kitchen and began pacing around his stepfather. Police say hernandezs mom and brother tried to stop him but he stabbed rodriguez several times. Hernandez is being held without bond. And we are learning more this noon about a deadly shooting last night in southeast d. C. Police identified the victim as 17yearold phillip jones. Investigators found jones with multiple gunshot wounds along Martin Luther king jr. Avenue. A girl was taken to the hospital. She had minor injuries. Believed to be connected to that shooting. The abc 7 on your side team is helping you find answers to all your legal questions. A team of lawyers will be on hand tonight for our ask the attorney phone bank. And you can call in with legal questions from 5 00 until 6 30 tonight. Heres the number. Write it down. Its 7032369220. And you can start calling that number to ask the attorney in our 7 on your Side Help Center at 5 00 p. M. This evening. Taking a look outside now this noon we are finally getting a break from all that bitter cold. Eileen whalen is here with a look at how warm it will get today. Eileen . At least well be above freezing weve got a good bit of cloud cover as im looking outside of the window in the furniture Weather Center but more sunshine farther northwest. Let me get you to the numbers as of this noon hour. 37 degrees at Reagan National and up to 34 dulles as well as in gaithersburg and manassas. 33 at andrews and temperatures believe it or not are anywhere from six to nine degrees milder than they were at this time yesterday. We are making some progress in the temperature department. Ill take you hour by hour so for the rest of the afternoon, temperatures will climb into the upper 30s. I think a few of us especially here in d. C. Will make it to the 40 degree mark and then by 5 00 p. M. , a lot of us are saying adios to the work sp 39 degrees as youre heading home. And well be in the 30s in town through the overnight hours. But i am tracking some slightly milder days ahead. I guess its all relative this time of year and things look nice and dry through saturday. But wet weather returns for sunday and coming up in my full forecast, ill talk more about the timing and precipitation type and also a lot of you are off on monday for Martin Luther king day and ill detail that forecast coming up in a little bit. Jummy . Thank you so much eileen. In the meantime also new this noon, school after labor day. Its something thats been done in virginia for quite sometime and its now an idea being floated around by maryland state officials. A News Conference is wrapping up right now on a new petition on how the public feels about all of this. And our John Gonzalez is live in annapolis with the results of this. John . And jummy, you know it was done way back in the day when i was in school here in maryland. Along with a petition of more than 13,000 signatures the of the maryland comptroller passed out these beach frisbies keeping with the theme of longer summer breaks not only for students here in the state of maryland but also teachers. Thats what the comptroller and several lawmakers including governorelect larry hogan and senator James Matthews wants to happen in the next year or two. They are pushing for schools in the state to delay opening class until after labor day. Now, a state task force recommended back in the summer that schools make the delay while keeping the current end time in mid june. The task force voted 114 to make the change. In the past he has released an Economic Impact report stating that a delayed start time would free up about 74 million from the states budget. But just minutes ago he told me, this isnt just about money. Right now, when you start school earlier and earlier in august it disrupts families that have schoolaged children. It interferes with Small Businesses that need parttime employment. It interferes with rank and file teachers who really want to have a full summer vacation. Now, if you are scoring at home, most maryland schools switch to a before labor day start about a decade ago. Most counties currently like montgomery and Prince Georges County start school at around august 25th. But in the coming years, labor day will start as late as september 7th. Were told Worcester County near ocean city already made the switch back. John gonzalez, abc 7 news. Should be interesting. Thank you. Coming up on abc 7 news at noon, pack your bags. It will soon be a lot easier to travel to cuba. The new regulations and the other restrictions that will be lifted tomorrow. Plus is your Favorite Movie this year up for an oscar . Who made the cut and who was snubbed . Looking ahead to the weekend, will it be a weekend to go and see a new movie . Well see. Eileen is back with how warm it will get. Traffic is back to normal now in downtown d. C. Dozens took to the streets and stopped traffic. All to protest the death of a black man by White Police Officers including eric garner in new york and Michael Brown in missouri. As Jeanette Reyes explains they chose january 15th for an important reason. Michael brown dozens of protesters took to d. C. s streets this morning with the familiar cry for justice in the deaths of eric garner and Michael Brown. Its beyond Michael Brown at this point. Its beyond just you know the chants that were saying. This is something wrong with america. This is the issue of systemic racism. Supporters of all races kicked off the march at Mount Vernon Square and walked nearly a mile to pennsylvania avenue and ninth street northwest wrapping up on the steps of the f. B. I. Building. Emotions ran high among angry commuters stuck in traffic. Some were i like Scott Winters who was headed to the airport. Where do you have to go . California. So you have to catch a plane. While he sat in traffic, he pointed out something he considered ironic. I find it interesting how you have police protecting their rights to do so oochltd auto they say theyre exercising their rights to call attenti to a serious racial issue also present in the district. Supporters are asking for the mayor Muriel Bowser to end stop and frisk in d. C. Something they describe as a form of racially biassed policing. On this day, on dr. Martin luther king jr. s births day we thought it couldnt pass without reminding folks that business as usual shouldnt be continuing until we really address these major issues in our society. As for disrupting traffic, organizers say its one of the only effective ways to draw attention to their cause. I mean this is their right and its a great country that we have people that are able to do this and theyre protected and its part of the american way. You can see protesters here behind me wrapping up their march for today. But they tell me this will not be the end of their movement. They will continue to disrupt traffic here in the district until they see changes both around the country and here in d. C. Reporting in northwest, Jeanette Reyes, abc 7 news. Well it was cold but at least they didnt have any weather to contend with out there if theyre protesting. Exactly. You know its cold but its not too terribly bad especially considering where its been. And at least looking ahead on the seven day forecast we have 40s in our future. Who knew 40s would sound so good . Its all relative this time of year. It really is. But i want to get you started with some live cams from our weather bug network. We have brilliant sunshine in rockville, maryland and montgomery college. 33 degrees. Light breeze making it feel like 29 degrees. Im not going to oversell by the fact that its super mild by any means. Notice you go a few miles to the southeast to Chesapeake Beach maryland. 35 degrees but look at the cloud cover. Its rather overcast so whats going on . Let me show you our visible satellite. These are the cameras essentially in orbit and outer space, about 22,000 miles away and this is what we get. So where youre seeing this kind of white, gray shadows, thats where the clouds are so in d. C. Just when i was looking outside, a good deal of cloud cover in rosalynn here but off to the south, more of those clouds. Farther to the north in frederick, montgomery, loudoun counties lots of sunshine and i think well see the cloud cover diminish over the course of the next few hours. But temperatures are pretty chilly 34 degrees at dulles. 34 in gaithersburg, one of the mildest spots here at the city at 37 degrees and ill zoom out to show you where those clouds are coming from. Weve got a little bit of that weve got this upper level trough moving through. Its not going to provide us with any precipitation is basically what i want to show you, the precipitation is still well off to our south. Well be rain free until we get into the day on sunday as our next weather system approaches. But ill take you through the rest of the day. Right now sitting in the mid to upper 30s with sunny skies to the northwest and more clouds to the southeast. By 4 00 p. M. I think were going to start to see more of that clearing and temperatures topping out today in the upper 30s. Here in d. C. Probably about 40 degrees. And then by 8 00 p. M. Clear skies and chilly temperatures in the middle 30s. Overnight tonight, fair skies, seasonably cold. 24 to 30 degrees. Also with the fair skies, check out the waning Crescent Moon and also saturn should be fairly close together. Should be a nice view in the sky. And looking ahead to tomorrow finally friday mostly sunny. It will be breezy so remember that will make these temperatures feel a little bit chillier. 37 to 44 though our range of afternoon highs and then looking ahead to the weekend, long Holiday Weekend for many. Saturday looks good. Lots of sunshine. About 42 degrees. Upper 40s monday. I will mention some of the newest guidance coming in indicating temperatures sunday may be not quite as mild. So i may have to bump that down. Doug hill will have more at 4 00. I think some rain moving in probably through the mid afternoon to late afternoon, im kind of seeing a little bit of an earlier trend of this precipitation as well. But notice we stay in the 40s maybe not quite as high on sunday and looking ahead to monday for Martin Luther king jr. Day for the parade, it should be rather nice dry mostly sunny. Breezy. Highs will be in the upper 30s to lower 40s. Again, some of the temperatures here i think may need to be fiddled with a little bit as some of this newer guidance is coming in but of course doug will have the latest tonight at 4 00. Until then, a quiet end to the work week after a little bit more of an active start to our work week with the snow and the ice. All right. I still wish you were right about that accident that you said 70 earlier . My ears perked up. 70 . Exactly, maybe thats just wishful thinking. Seven degrees warmer. Thank you. Hollywoods biggest awards event is just around the corner. Earlier this morning, the Academy Award nominations were announced. Now, is your favorite star or movie up for an oscar . Ted rollins gives us a breakdown. We are pleased to announce the films selected as the best picture nominees. Two films tied for the most Oscar Nominations with nine. Wes andersons the grand bud pistol hotel and birdman starring Michael Keaton who is nominated as best actor. Make a comeback. Joining keaton eddie redmain, Benedict Cumberbatch and Bradley Cooper who earned a Third Straight oscar nomination for his role in american sniper. For best actress, felicity jones, marianne and Reece Witherspoon join favorite Julianne Moore nominated for her role as a doctor struggling with alzheimers in still alice. On my good days i can almost pass for a normal person. Robert duval is up for best supporting actor for his role in the judge. Joining duval Edward Norton ethan hawke and mark rufalo. Human too meryl streep picks up her 19th oscar nomination for into the woods joining Arquette Emma stone, keira knightly and laura dern for best supporting actress. Eight movies will battle for best picture. American sniper the imitation game birdman selma the theory of everything grand Budapest Hotel and whiplash. And the 87th Academy Awards will be presented on february 22nd right here on abc. Ted rollins, abc news, los angeles. Very exciting. New this noon less than a year after a deadly fire on this plot of land right here another one breaks out. What sparked this mornings two alarm blaze next. Firefighters in Anne Arundel County had to call in help from calvert and prince georges counties to battle this fire. It broke out this morning in a house under construction on east marshall avenue in diehl. That house was being built on the same lot where just last march, a 62yearold man died in a fire. No one was injured today and todays fire was started by a propane heater. New rules to loosen trade and travel embargoes on cuba will go into effect tomorrow. The u. S. Treasury and commerce departments unveiled the next step in president obamas plan to reestablish diplomatic relations with cuba. It means americans will be able to use credit cards in cuba and u. S. Companies canort some es. Americans authorized to visit cuba no longer need to apply for special licenses and perhaps, what you may want to know, you can now bring home up to 100 in alcohol and tobacco including those famous cuban cigars. Well one last look at the [cheers and applause] [dramatic music] yeah oh oh hey [cheers and applause] hello, and welcome to millionaire. Im terry crews. Ill be your host. And you can also check me out on brooklyn ninenine. 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