Ll, good morning, reena. John. Emwazi. He was unmasked finally in a series of leaked news reports early in the winter of this year after presiding over the video beheading of a number of u. S. , british, japanese aid workers and journalists. Theyve been track him for quite a long time. And thentelligence agencies of the u. U. Finally zeroed in on hiss location. And gotthe green light to attack him with a drone strike in raqqah, syria. As he was exiting the vehicle, a drone missile hit the vehicle he was in. And as one official said to me, evaporated. And on the impact, leaving his car in flames. Okay, so james, were getting that from one official. But will the u. S. Ever have 100 confirmation that he is dead . And how will they possibly try to confirm this . Well, they may not ever 1010, but they can come close, because ey will be looking theyll be l ltening to the chatterf isis operatives, as well as social media and other chatter, cell phones of people in the vicinity of the strike will be talking to eachother. The group may acknowledge, its possible, jihad johns death. By the way, he was called jihad john because some of the hostages called several british captors who were particularly brutal to them the beatles, sort of a way to identify them. And he was known as john amongst the socalald beatles of these isis hostage takers. And you also spoke to the mother of murdered journalist james foley just a short time ago. He was seen with jihadi john just before his execution. What was her reaction to all of this, james . Well, the foley family has been anticipating the possibility of the man who at least on video presented himself as their sons killer. What diane foley told me tonight is she said, you know, if only so much effort that was undertaken to find and kill jihad john had been undertaken to find and rescue her sonon and the other hostages who were subsequently murdered by isis in a very high profile way over the past 14 or 15 months or so, that would have been something she said was very small solace to learn that jihad john had been killed in an air strike. And she said, you know, the government just doesnt get it. It doesnt bring them their son back. That was their point. And they are i dont think theyre going to miss jihad john, but i think they would have preferred to get jim back alive. And thats soo understandable. One mothers grief and several othe families who likely very much feel the same way. James meek, part of our brian ross investigative unit. James, thank you so much for your time this morning. And that major strike on a member of isis coming just hours after isis claimed carried out deadly attacks in lebanon. At least 43 people were killed in twin suicide bombings in beirut, one of the deadliest terror attacks in recent years. It would be especially ominous if those claims are true since isis has not recognized affiliates in lebanon before. Well, s sdents at more than 100 College Campuses nationwide staged walkouts and rallies to show their solidarity with protesters at the university of missouri. It was called the million student march, and it was planned before tensions erupted at missouri. But protesters say they used the opportunity to speak out against overt and subtle forms of racism that they say pervades most campuses. Escalating complaints about race issues has prompted yet another resignation. The dean of students at Claremont Mckenna college in Southern California has stepped out. And a new man in charge at the university offmissouri, at least for now. As Elizabeth Herr reports, he is ready to work with activists on campus to resolve tensions. Reporter the university of missouri wasting no time meeting their new interim president , michael middleton, a longtime law school professor. We all know that the university has faced its share of troubling incidents, and we recognize that we must mo forward as a community. Reporter it was just on monday that now former president tim wolfe and the University Chancellor announced their resignations, vow bowing to pressure from students from what they saul racial profiling on campus. Really what is at question is the Racial Climate on campus. Reporter raising concerns, and some already getting results. I committed to them that we will work to make this the best yale it can be. Reporter yale devoting 50 million to increase Faculty Diversity and ithaca creating a new chief diversity officer position. But back in missouri, the situationtill tense, witit thehe legion of black collegiates tweeting this photo of a vandalized sign outside the black culture center. And social media pictures showing nearly empty lecture halls after two Missouri College students posted threats online against black students. Both students were arrested, and yesterday 19yearold hunter park was in court and denied bail. Prosecutors say he told investigators he had a, quote, deep interest in the oregon mass shooter. Kendis and reena, back to you. U. Thank you so much. The ststent protesters are getting no sympathy from the republican president ial frontrunners. Donald trump blasted the campus demonstrators, calling their demands crazy. And he slammed the former university of missouri president chancellor for stepping down. I think its disgusting. I think the two people that resign ready weak, ineffective people. I think that when they resign that. Set something in motion that is going to be a disaster for the next long period of time. Tolerant, i guess you might say accepting infantile behavior. I dont care which side it comes from. Ben carson added that the two sides need to sit down and have an open discussion. Okay. So speaking of charm, he also had some explosive words for carson about his selfproclaimed troubled youth. Trump poked fun at carsons account of trying to stab as friend as a teenager, showing supporters in animated fashion you might say that a belt buckle couldnt stop a knife. And he likened carsons past temper to a child molester. If youre pathological, there isiso cure for that, folks. Okay . Theris no cure for that. And i did one of the shows today. And i dont want to say what i said. But ill tell you anyway. I said that if youre a child molester, a sick puppy, youre a child molester, there is no cure for that. We dont want to talk about that cure. Thats the ultimate cure. Well, trump alsoold the crowd a a a ralal in iowa that carson went into a bathroom and came out religious. Then he said dont be fools. It dlesnt happen that way. Overnight for a crue ship passenger. The woman was a passenger on the norwegian pearl and jumped from the ship about 20 miles off the coast of cuba. The pearl is chartered for an electronic dance music cruise. And on its way from miami to a mexican caribbean resort. She is the second cruise ship passenger to go overboard this week. Okay. Were going to switch our gears right now. In lasas nights nfl gameme it looked like e ristmas came a little bit early. The jets were in all green, and the bills were in all red. It was the start of the leagues color rush experiment which willontinue on thursday nights. As for the game, the bills scored nine points in nine seconds, thanks to field goal and a fumble return for a touchdown. And despite a jets comeback, rex ryan and the bills win it, 2217. So its not unusual actually for people to look future that one unique thing that sets them apart from everyone else. From kanichi ito of japan, that unique thing is running on all fours. At the 11th annual Guinness World records in tokyo, he ran 100 meters if 19. 71 secos, shattering the world record. The fastest man on all fours says he spent nine year how monkeys move to improve his technique, hence the nickname monkey man. Saying hussein bolt has nothing to worry about from that guy. Coming up, were going to wrap our continuing covereref Shia Labeoufs movie watching. This is your favorite story. It was of the week, by far. Plus, the alleged who will be home for the holidays now that he has been cleared of a crime made famous in the movie good fellows. And this is something i today for Justin Bieber and one direction. But first, do you know the guy that puts together this map every day, max colombo . Today its his birthday. Happy birthday day. Take a loooo at his work. 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It gives us chills in places weve never gotten c clls before. Yeah, it makes us feel like. Were tracking breaking news overnight. The isis terrorist known as jihadi john believed to have been killed in a u. S. Drone strike in syria. He of course is a masked man seen in gruesome videos beheading hostages, including the u. S. Repororr james foley. Urces tell abcews that it was a 100 direct hit, and that jihadi john basically in the meantime, here at home, a stunning verdict has been reached in an organized crime case that has captivated the nation for nearly four decades. An aging mobster here in new york has been acquitted of charges he helped plan the legendary lufthansa heist in 1978 that inspired the hit film good fellows. Mj burkett has the details. Reporter yearold v vcent asaro was triumphant and astonished. Amid the bewildering crush of reporters and photographers, he said not even john gotti got this much coverage. Freedom he said felt good. Id like the thank my two lawyers. Without them, i wouldnt be here now. And i would like to thank the u. S. Marshall service for treating me great. Now i think mr. Is an sa sa charged with helping mastermind the daring 1978 lufthansa heist at kennedy airport. At the time, the largest heist in american history. Just over 6 million in cash and jewels. Some of the robbers were killed f, and others testified against asaro. But the defense raised doubts about their motives and their credibility, saying the case was just a lot of yada yada yada. The k k too winningnghe case is thaha our client isnnocent of the charges. Reporter the verdict here was a major blow to the prosecution. The fbi and the u. S. Attorneys office spent years building this high profile case. To many, asaro seemed destined to die in federal prison. That clearly will not happen. Okay, so that was actually a big heist back this the day in 1978. It was 6 million heist. If we adjusted it for inflation, thats about 21. 5 million today. Thats a lot of money. It was really auge heist there. When we come baba, the big annonocement from actor David Hasselhoff. And its a big day today for Justin Bieber and one direction. The skinny is next. World news continues after this from our abc stations. I believe lieve were still worth the fight youll see theres hope for this world tonight yeah rock guitar skinny, so skinny top of thee heaeaines this the 63yearold actor took to youtube and twitter, announcing that he has made a major change in his life. Well leave it to him to explain. Ive been known for David Hasselhoff for years. Now i have made it official. David hoff. Yeah, well it turns out however the name change appears to be just a publicity stunt for his new show hoff the record. Its airing in the uk. Hasselhoff rep tells page 6 its part of an ad campaign that laununes in australia this weekend. Oh, like off the record. Get it . All right. Next up. Lets move on to this wonderful day that it is. Friday the 13th. But were all lucky. Justin bieber and one direction with new album. Both acts are dropping new albums today. But at least one critic from the New York Times is referring to them all as joyless boys. What . I know. Blasphemy. Biebers purpose he writes is less of a contribution to popular music and more of a plot poinin in biebers ongogog narrative of himself. D you get that . The theme of the entire album that a pseudo sort ofoutlook. Get it . I think that writer is just sour. Yeah. In the meantime, british boy band, and they are a band, one direction is also releasing its new album today. But maybe being seen as more of a place holder. In march they tragically lost zane malik when he left the band. In august they announced it would go in hiatus next year. Critics say it shouldnt affectt their musus sales because one direction n s always been less ofof musical p pposition than a marketing one. I think those people are thinking way too deeply about these groups. Come on. Of joy this morning. Daniel radcliffe is now officially among the stars on the hollywood walk of fame that , honored with the walks 2,565th star. He shaved his head. The 26yearold who captured the worlds hearts at the tender age of 11 as wizard in the harry potter films. He still captures a lot of peoples hearts. He does. Radcliffe has sincecearned his stripes in several other movies andadwayy plays. His latest film Victor Frankenstein will hit theaters on november 25th. Well have to look out for that. Finally, an update on our continuing coverag that weve had over the last few days. Weve had a number of crews on another hollywood star. Shia labeouf. Yes. Your guy. He has been camut since tuesday inside new yorks angelica film center, Live Streaming himself watching all 27 of his movies in reverse chronological order. Its apparently finallyy ended. His cinematicc marathon with his debut in disneys even stevens. Disney is our parent company. 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Its really just about getting fairness, not just about tim wolfe resigning, but getting equal rights. The Mizzou Community for one of the first times ive ever seen stand together united. Nothing is more important than this badge that we wear in our uniform. Tonight that badge has been i meme, j jt smile a a bust out laughing at the sky like he is almost talking to god. Was hurt in the last second of the recording. This is a bomb by aquill philliat isis. In the sinai isis has fully eclipsed al qaeda as the gravest Terror Threat in the world. You knew they were guilty during the olympics . I was aware that it was a very, very, very, very, very high possibilily. The burden of proof is not going to be on me to corroborate everything thattve ever talked about in my life. We have much more important things to do. If you try and hit your mother over the head with a hammer, your poll numbers go up. I never saw anything like it. Ronald reagan. Ronald reagan walked away at reykjavik. 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