. >> amine khalifl was arrested in a washington, d.c. garage friday morning. about a block from the capital building. it was the result of a sting operation that had been in the works for months. according to court documents, the 29-year-old was wearing a vest containing what el khalifl thought was a bomb. both had been rendered harmless by authorities. the fbi says el khalifl's initial plan was to attack a restaurant and military outlet, but last month, he decided to conduct a suicide attack on the u.s. capital. he allegedly cased the capital for weeks to find a location for the attack. planned to bring guns to fend off any police. el khalifl planned to detonate the bomb inside the building at a time when the capital was full of people. cbs this morning, john miller, is a former assistant director of the fbi. he says to expect el khalifl's trial to include a lot of video evidence. >> you'll see video of people inside apartments, voice recordings and video recordings of people in cars. you'll see him trying on the suicide vest. >> el khalifl is charged with at

he said khalifl was in paris at 11:00 on friday. that's a couple hours before he was arrested, and he said khalifl appeared very stern and had very sweaty palms at the time. he was here just as an observer. he said he was curious about this because he found the whole thing so unbelievable. at the end of the day, khalifl stays locked up for another 30 days while a grand jury works on the case. and there is no bail. he is not getting out any time soon. reporting live at the alexandria courthouse, 9news now. >> the sound of a cell phone ring tone just might have been a lifesaver for an alexandria babysitter. two nights ago, the 16-year-old says she heard a loud noise at the front door of the home. when she went to investigate, a man was there and grabbed her and pushed her down to the ground, but then he ran away when her cell phone went off. that man still out there. the police are looking for him, but that girl was not seriously hurt. >>> a commuter train left people dead. hundreds of others were hurt in all of this. investigators sa

the man arrested was amine el khalifl. he was in the u.s. illegally. law enforcement officials say he was picked up. fake explosive vest, both given to him by the fbi. terrorist suspect supposedly thought he was dealing with al- qaeda associates. not undercover fbi agents. >> at 11:30 -- >> what were they doing? >> i don't know. >> it's not known when the washington field office started its investigation. but el khalifl came to their attention after making inquiries about launching a suicide terrorist attack on the u.s. capital building. >> we had a friend that got back from a hearing and trying to walk through the alley and he couldn't get through. >> shortly before 11:30 this morning,fbi agents met el khalifl at this garage in an alley way on capitol hill. the suspect allegedly accepted a fake gun and fake explosive vest before the fbi arrested him. >> no, we didn't hear anything. somebody said there's something going on in the back. >> u.s. capital police issued a statement friday saying that at no time was the public in any danger. the arrest was t

el khalifl was taken down by the u.s. capital today around noon and my colleague, tom fitzgerald is standing by there live. he picks up that part of the story. tom. >> reporter: maurine, exactly what was going on when this arrest took place. keep in mind, both houses were in session here working on the extension of the payroll tax cut. many of the congressman and senators we talked to about this incident said they were unaware of exactly what was going on. we have video of the garage on capitol hill where this arrest took place. now al khalifl came to this garage, under the pretents of meeting al-qaeda operatives. what he did not know is the people he was dealing with for nearly a year were in fact under cover agents from the fbi's washington field office. the part of this investigation we are told, el khalifl accepted an explosive vest which was rigged to not operate. also, he took possession of a fake automatic weapon. again, provided to him by under cover fbi agents, which again, was not operational. fbi agents we obse

audrey. >> federal agents say el khalifl targeted several targets. day after his arrest, people visiting the capital found primarily business as usual. >> there were plenty of people milling around the capital today and frequenting nearby restaurants, which could have b khalifl. >> it's a good thing that we are on top of things. >> because if people stop going to the restaurant -- >> this political science professor from boston says the spoiled plot won't alter her visit to d.c. in any way. >> we are going to the capital on tuesday. the little guy is concerned. >> heavy police presence was reassuring for visitors who had nothing but praise. who monitored him for more than a year before moving in to arrest him. >> i am impressed they are able to track down. in the plot, before it actually happened. >> i'm actually from d.c. and i can't imagine d.c. without this area and i think it would be a scary time if anything happened to this area. so i'm glad something was done and that it's safe once again. >> things are returning to normal at a gated community

el khalifl planned on dead enating the bomb inside the building. cbs this morning, john miller, is a former assistant director of the fbi. he says to expect the trial to have a lot of video evidence. >> you're going to see video and video recordings of people in cars. you're going to see him trying on the suicide vest. >> charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction against u.s. property. a veil hearing is set for wednesday. >> he wasn't here long, but president obama's visit was long enough for him to rake in millions of dollars. a trio of fundraisers yesterday met with him bull over $3 million. one of the republicans vying to tun set the president is on a tear. rick santorum is campaigning hard in michigan. he is surging in the polls ahead of that state's february 28 primary. santorum picked up an endorsement from ohio's attorney general. a former romney backer. >>> well, if you get a paycheck, you won't be taking home any less pay because of the government, at least. congress passed legislation extending roughly $100 billion in pa

el khalifl expressed interest in killing at at least 30 people, but before settling on the u.s. capital, he thought about others. occupied by u.s. military. then a synagogue. an army general and then a restaurant located next to an office building frequented by military officials. according to the charging documents, he went with under cover operatives to detonate explosives. when he dialed the cell phone, he believed would detonate. he was disappointed when the blast wasn't bigger and wanted a bigger bomb to carry out his attack here. now, back out here live, a lot is not known. we do know he is 29 years old. came here from morocco. he was here on a visitor's visa, which expired. he has been living here for the last 12 years illegally. he was not employed and was not associated with al-qaeda in any way, although some of the

amine el khalifl was arrested friday. agents ael khalifl volunteered to wear a vest full of explosives. he was arrested after given that vest full of fakes. he was ordered to be held without bond pending his indictment on the charges. >>> jurors have been deliberating for almost 9 hours in the yeardley love murder case. bruce leshan is live in charlottesville waiting for their verdict. what's the latest, bruce? >> anita, just about an hour ago, the bailiff went back, asked the jurors how they were doing. they said that they were progressing fine, said check back in an hour. right about now at 6:00, we'll let you know what the response is to that. here's the scene a little bit. a ton of media here to broadcast the verdict when it comes down. we have a lot of cameras here, satellite trucks and you can see the cameras across the street preparing to get people out of the courthouse. we aren't sure if they are going to talk because this jury is going to go into penalty phase if it convicts george huguely of any of these crimes

there was probable cause to charge amine khalifl. khalifl wassed to attack military offices, a synagogue. he didn't know the fbi was tracking him the entire time. and another threat to capitol hill lawmakers. three offices received threatening letters containing a white powder . two arrived yesterday. the substance was not harmful. more may be on the way. similar letters were sent to john stewart. all were postmarked with a fake address from portland, oregon. >>> a historic day on the national mall. fox 5 investigation, students partying to all hours of the night keeping their neighbors away. we're exposing the problem.  >>> we are staying on top of our breaking news. a live look outside the courthouse in charlottesville, virginia, where earlier today, a jury convicted george huguely of second-degree murder and larceny in the death of yeardley love and recommended a sentence of 25 years for the second-degree murder and one year for larceny. we are expecting the defense attorney to come out and speak tonight. talk about this sente