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Williams. Good evening. The feds say they were onto it early, but tonight theyve announced theyve stopped a plan apparently inspired by isis to attack the u. S. Capitol and those inside it. Its an example, they say, of the kind of lone wolf attack that can get its inspiration from people and movements overseas. We begin tonight with late details from our justice correspondent Pete Williams in our d. C. Newsroom. Pete, good evening. Reporter brian, good evening. U. S. Officials say this is precisely what they worry about most, someone in the u. S. Becoming inspired by terrorist propaganda to carry out attacks here at home. The fbi says 20yearold Christopher Lee cornell of green township, ohio, wanted to set off pipe bombs at the u. S. Capitol and shoot people as they fled. Investigators say he came to their attention last august when he posted proisis messages on twitter using ....