michigan. and much, much more on a busy friday, first look starts right now. good morning, thanks for being with us. i m shannon mulaire. we start with breaking news overnight. a u.s. airstrike targeted the notorious isis terrorist known as jihadi john. the pentagon says the drone attack happened last night in northern syria, in the isis stronghold of raqqah. jihadi john is a kuwaiti-born british militant seen in a number of isis propaganda videos that show the execution of westerners. right now a senior u.s. counterterrorism official tells nbc news there s, quote, no definitive proof yet that he was killed. nbc seas keir simmons is in london with the very latest on this developing story. reporter: shannon, good morning. u.s. officials saying that they targeted the man known as jihadi john in a drone strike overnight in the city of raqqah. that is isis de facto capital in syria. held by isis for some years now. now the drone strike, according to tweets coming from peopl
they were notal wealthy. solidly middle class. solidly middle class, hard working folks. carole goldsmith and michael milton met while working for a british airline. they married in 1980. kate was born in 1982. her early years were as ordinary as you can imagine. baptized at a picturesque chapel. she was a brownie and liked to perform in plays and musicals. a simple life in the quiet english countryside. friends say the closest the middletons got to the royals was watching stories of them on tv. a marriage that captivated. when charles married diana in 1981 like the rest of the planet earth, they were glued to the set and watching every minute of it. of course, carole dreamed someday of having her daughter enter that life, but it seemed an impossible dream, i m sure. impossible, that is, until
and through. kate is what the british called a commoner. she grew up a world away from country estates and buckingham palace. it s in an area of outstanding natural beauty. reporter: john hailey is an innkeeper near kate s hometown, bucklebury berkshire. a small sleepy village 55 miles west of london. he met the middletons 14 years ago when they first came into his pub, the old boot inn. they are very nice, a very nice family, down to earth. very easy going, relaxed, a lovely family. they were not wealthy. solidly middle class. solidly middle class, hard working folks. carole goldsmith and michael milton met while working for a british airline. they married in 1980. kate was born in 1982. her early years were as ordinary as you can imagine. baptized at a picturesque chapel. she was a brownie and liked to perform in plays and musicals. a simple life in the quiet
sons was killed in the air strike but the government claims gadhafi himself was in the building that was struck by the air strike and gadhafi s wife as well. that is causing the demonstrations in downtown tripoli. frederik pleitgen in tripoli with our breaking news. more coming up on cnn. don t go away. if it warrants it, we will break in. moammar gadhafi s youngest son killed, three of his grandchildren killed in a strike on his son s compound. more coming up. we ll have a full show at 10:00 p.m. eastern on cnn. we ll leave you with live pictures of libyan live television. a prince looking for love. catherine and prince william have been going out together. a commoner destined to be queen. my mother s engagement ring. it s my way of making sure she doesn t miss out today. it s quite a daunting prospect. a great day for the royal family. reporter: one family hoping to get it right this time around. princess diana has died. reporter: all haunted by memories
turned tragedy. trying to get away from the paparazzi. i m looking forward to seeing what the future holds. reporter: will this time be different? april 29th, 2011, westminster abbey, the location of the much anticipated wedding of prince william and catherine middleton. ironically it was this abbey where his mother, princess diana, was laid to rest in 1997. and in the years between that memorial and this celebration, the legacy of diana and the tragedy of her life were critical in prince william s journey to the altar. i think she s probably never far from his mind. i think he thinks about her every day. jules knight says he s been friends with prince william for more than a decade. did he give any inklings about the relationship that he had with his mother. i think it was evident to everybody that they were incredibly close. he mentioned on a number of occasions she was never far from his mind. when you re going through these rites of passage growing up and you