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duty, working at the white house. the allegations sent shock waves through an agency already trying to overcome scandals ranging soliticing prostitutes to a fence jumper getting inside the white house. and pierre thomas with us now live from our washington bureau. and pierre, you ve learned new details about what happened when they arrested him? repepter: david, prosecutors claim w wn confronted, moore waved his miranda rights and submitted to a recorded interview. they say he admitted to t communications anddisturbingly, david, prosecutors claim he acknowledged engaging in online sexual encounters with other female teenagers. pierre thomas, thank you. and one more breaking headline out of washington. late word, as we come on the air tonight, that defense secretary ash carter unexpectedly removed a member of his inner circle. lieutenant general ron lewis. it comes after allegations of mits conduct. lewis is a west point grad, and apache pilot that served in iraq ....
seconds. good evening. we have breaking news as we come on the air tonight. the terrorist known as jihadi john targeted in a u.s. armed drone strike earlier today. the knife-wielding masked man became a sbol of isis after a number of hostages. joining us now with late-breaking details is abc s chief investigative correspondent brian ross. good evening, juju. he was the face of evil and the u.s. has been tracking and targeting jihadi john, a british citizen, for months. u.s. officials say the air strike thursday was launched by a drone as the target left a building in raqqa, syria, then entered a vehicle. one official told abc news it was a 100% flawless direct hit. the world first came to know jihadi john a little over a year ago when he appeared in this video wearing a black mask, holding a knife, threatening the life of american journalist james foley. his voice was disguised but he could not hide his british accent. y y ve plotted against us and gone out o o yo ....
53 in west chicago. even the big skyway bridge, parts shut down becausesef flyiyi debris. itit whipping up snow and severe weather across the midwest. [ sirens ] [. reporter: overnight, a massive storm s9stem rattling more tn 30 million people. tornado forming. wow. reporter: tornadoes breaking out in the midwest. tnado warning. tornado on the ground. reporter: ten tsters reported in iowa alone. wow, look at that thing. reporter: one of them ripping through this farm. sheet metal sent flying landing on top of trees. flipping vehicle, big and small. one after another. and unleashing a string of lightning bolts. the storm stretching further east. here in ilillinois, toppled electric poles speng balls of fire. and down soh, watch as high winds up to 70 miles per hour caused these power lines to clash. instany bursting into flames. three mile long walls of firire stampeding across oklahoma prompting urgent evacuations in at least temp towns engulfing homes ....
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. they ve 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, we re 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 they ll be l ltening to the chatterf isis operatives, as well as social media and other chatter, cell phones of people in the vi ....
the wod. i ve always said that we would do whatever was necessary, whwhatever it took too trackown emwazi. today i want to thank the united states. reporter: the world first came to joe jihadi john a little over a year ago when he appeared wearing a black mask holding a knife and threatening the life of american journalist james foley. his voice was disguised but he could not hide his british accent. you have plotted against us and gone far out of your way to find reasons to interfere in our affairs. reporter: one after another, he presided over the murders of foley, american steven sotloff and pet kassig, plus two britons and then two japanese hostages. earlier this year, his true identity was revealed to be mohamed emwazi, seen here wearing an american baseball cap, the son of kuwaiti parents who emigrated to the united kingdom. even as a schoolboy in london, emwazi was spotted by teachers as having a violent streak. one teacher td the bbc at age 11 he was put ....