>> tonight, breaking news. the masked terrorist known as jihadi john believed to have been killed by a u.s. drone strike in syria. one of the most despised figures on the planet seen beheading hostages in videos released by isis, tracked by the cia over a year. murder mystery. they were young parents with another child on the way. leading a seemingly charmed life on youtube. then police say a home invasion went tragically wrong. this pastor's pregnant wife shot dead while protecting their toddler from the attacker. plus women warriors. from humble beginnings in a burger king commercial -- >> i am made to order. >> to international fame. "hunger games" star jennifer lawrence speaking about equal pay for women with o o diane sawyer. >> i told you to point down. >> the fellow kentuckians hitting the town in new york city. but first the "nightline 5." >> it takes a lot of work to run is business..

i'm on the move all day long. sometimes i just don't eat the way i should. so i drink boost to get the nutrition that i'm missing. >> boost complete nutritional drink has 26 essential vitamins and minerals including calcium and vitamin d to support strong bones and 10 grams of protein to help maintain muscle, all with a

>> i the moment that you speak i wanna go place... 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 symbol of isis after authorities believe he beheaded a number of hostages.

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, f f 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 o o american journalist james foley. his voice was disguised but he could not hide his british accent. >> you've plotted against us and gone out of your way to interfere in our affairs. >> reporter: one after the other he presided over the murders of foley, american steven sotloff, twobritons, two japanese hostages. >> our knife will continue to striri the necks of your people.

>> reporter: earlier this year, his true identity was revealed to be mohammad emwazi, seen wearing an american baseball p. the son of kuwaiti emigrants to the united kingdom. emwazi was spotted by his teachers as having a violent streak. one teacher told the bbc at age 11 he was put in anger management therapy. >> we'd find that he'd get very angry and worked up. calm himself down. >> reporter: flaunting his role isis with h h piercing eyes and gravelly voice, emwazi became one of the world's most wanted men. in a statement to abc news the parents of murdered hostage james foley said the air strike against jihadi john was small solace. "this huge effort to go after this deranged man filled with hate, when they can't make half that effort to save the hostages ile these young a aricans were still alive. it's unfortunate that the government doesn't get it.

but it doesn't." u.s. officials say they presume emwazi was kilild in the drone strike based on what they observed of the hit. the vehicle he was in burst into flames and one official said jihadi john essentially evaporated. >> brian, could this be a turning point in the battle against isis? >> certainly the u.s. hopes so and it will give the isis leaders there pause about how effective the u.s. was in tracking down this one top target. can they be after others as well? >> our t tnks to you, brian, for staying on top of the story over a year. we'll have complete coverage on "gma" first thingn the morning and online with the latest 24/7 at abcnews.com. a heartbreaking murder mystery. a young pastor comes home to find his pregnant wife shot in their home. her attacker still on the loose. policere trying to piece togethth how and why this apparent robbery turned deadly. abc's geo benitez has that story. >> reporter: they were@a young couple in love. a ptor and his wife --

>> that's when i knew that i'd met the girl that i was going to marry. >> r rorter: just days ago, the unththkable happened. the young family torn apart after a mysterious gunman shot 28-year-old amanda blackburn once in the head. she was reportedly 12 weeks pregnant and with her 1-year-old son in their indianapolis home at the time. >> this was a robbery likely to have gone afoul. >> reporter: the terrifying ordeal began tuesday morning. r husband, local pastor davey blackburn, says he returned home from the gym to find his house broken into. his wife on the ground. she was rushed to the hospital but could not be ved. she was pronounced dead this morning. tonight authorities are still on the hunt. the pair had moved to indianapolis just a few years ago to build their church. >> we had a great honeymoon, drove to south carolina, so in love. >> reporter: traveling the world, posting youtube videos. from their heymoon -- >> we've got drinks on the

house, a little virgin pina colada -- >> reporter: this video two weeks ago. >> on our way to chicago to take a romantic getaway. >> she would often speak about her relationship with him and how to further a happy marriage. >> reporter: still, there are questions. like whether a robry a few doors away that happened just hours before is related. >> you would have to look at the other break-in to see if there were similarities. >> reporter: davey blackburn releasing this statement. it's impossible to communicate all the emotions my heart has been forord to process. i i ve notnly lost my ministry partner and support, but also my very best friend. authorities say they have ruled out her husband as a suspect. his gym l.a. fititss confirmed to abc news t tt a blackburn checked in at 6:21 a.m. to this location tuesday morning. a less than 15-minute drive from their home. police stating they have obtataed surveillanceideo that shows blackburn entering and leaving the gym.

ryan mcconnell is a family friend. >> amanda was an amazing person. she's juju an absolutely beautiful person inside and out. >> reporter: he says this crime has shocked this tight-knit community to its core. for "nightline," i'm gio benitez in new york. up next, with the last of the "hunger games" movies about to blow up box offices, star jennifer lawrence gives our diane sawyer a little lesson with her favorite w wpon. >> your form is just horrible. talking to a rheumatologist about a biologic, this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints om further damage. this is humira helping me reach for more. doctors have been prescribing humira for more than 10 years. humira works for many adults. it targets and helps to block a specififi source of inflammation that contrubutes to ra symptoms. humira can lower your ability to fight infections,

infections and cancers, including lymphoma, haveveappened, as have blood, liver and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. before treatment, get tested for tb. tell your doctor if you've been to areas where certain fungal infectioio are common, and if you've had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have flu-like symptoms or sores. don't start humira if iou have an infection. talk to your doctor and visit humira.com this is humira at work. do you suffer from constipation or irregularity? trust dulcolax for dependable relief. try free at duolaxoffers.com dulcocox stool softnenemakes it easier to go comfortably. hurry! try free at dulcolaxoffers.com.

ok, we're here. here's dad. mom. the twins. aunt alice... you didn't tell me aunt alice was coming. of course. don't forget grandpa. can the test drive be over now? maybe just head back to the dealership? don't you want to meet my family? yep, totally. it's practically yours, but we still need your signature. the sign then drive event. zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first months payment on a new jetta and other select volkswagen models. how much protein does your dog food h he? 18%? 20? nutrient-dense purina one true instinct with real salmon and tuna has 30% protein. support your active dog's whole body health with purina one. we stop arthritis pain, so you don't have to stop. tylenol 8hr arthritis pain has two layers of pain relief. the first is fast. the second lasts all day. we give you your day back. what you do with it is up to you.

you know, with the final installment of the epic "hunger games" trilogy about to create global fan hysteria again, jennifer lawrence is using the spotlight to tackle big issues in hollywoo like the gender wage gap. she opened up to f flow kentuckian and our abc news anchor diane sawyer, good to see you. >> so good to see you. she made a l of big news. the two louisville girls all over townalking about pretty much everything. two hometown girls spending the

this is my kitchen but the barbecue is pure kentucky. as we travel around -- >> today i looked in the mirror, your eyes are puffy so you better be charming. >> reporter: we stopped by to test a bow and arrow. >> your form is just horrible. >> reporter: and we'll head to some of the placac where her whole life changed. >> do you remember the fire escapes? >> reporter: when she was just a 14-year-old girl from louisville. >> right there. >> reporter: our city on t ohio river. where we grew up 4 4years apart but both steeped in the soft hills of home. >> oh my god, i have -- i've never seen this picture. oh my god. band ass. >> did they assign you the oboe? >> no, i just -- >> people don't wander into oboe. >> i did. >> is there any muse that i can you think of as home? >> i'm going to behonest, i just bit i io a b be and i'm not sure how to spit it out on camera. >> i would offer, and yet --

>> reporter: back in louisville she was a cheerleader for a while. >> ain't no sweat this game ain't over yet. >> reporter: i was a book worm. she was most talkakave in class. >> most talkative girl in school two years in a row, pretty hard to get. >> reporter: at age 25 she is some kind of dazzling hybrid. one minute irreverent kid. also an actor with transfixing power on the screen. the final episode of "the hunger games: mocking jay part 2" is heading into theaters like an earthquake. on screen she created katniss with her message of strength in the face of fear. and off-screen lawreree has been mamang news, a kind of warrior challenge all her own. it became public that in her movie "american hustle" she was paid less than her male costars. she wrote about it.

women everywhere. backing off negotiations out of fear you won't be liked. >> i felt like i had to say something. because we need to tk about it. we can ask for the same exact thing that men do. and we do face the reality that we do get judged more. it's just something that is intrinsic. and i would love to see change. >> reporter: some of her costars have spoken out in a kind of alliance with her. >> i would j jt hope that there's no longer a separation or a difference of, oh, it's a female-driven movie. or, it was a block buster but it was led by a woman. or wow, that was a really tough call for a woman. >> reporter: on our day together she is endlessly surprising, remembering the turmoil of her own childhood. she says she was dramatic, filled with so much volatile feeling, her brothersalled her nitro.

actor, i just knew that i was -- weird. different. i knew that i wasmart but the evidence j jt didn't agree. >> didn't people think you were adhd? >> oh, yeah, i was everything. i would think something and then feel it. now i know what that is. now i can channel that at work. you don't know why somebody's telling a story then you're sobbing. it just makes you look like you're trying to get all the attention. >> reporter: in desperation her parents agreed to let her 14-year-old daughter come to new york and try her luck. she and her mother had only been here a f days when a photographer walked up to the girl, standing at a crowd in union square. >> my mom gave him her number. we didn't know that that was potentially dangerous and creepy. and then he called. and said, modeling agencies wawaed to meet with me. i had made up my mind in the cab ride. i'm only going to go to a

modeling agency if they let me act -- which came out of nowhere. >> alreadyaking demands. >> already negotiating. >> reporter: it started with modeling and commercials. >> i'm just saying that with me, you always have it your way. because girl, i am made to order. >> reporter: she was fearless, except on the days when the phone didn't ring. and she reverted to a teenager filled with self-doubt. >> and i remember crying and saying, everybody keeps saying i have "it." everybody's saying i have "it." maybe they don't, maybe they're lying, why am i not getting anything? >> reporter: flash forward not just to the "hunger games" but to an oscar winner who can fall cheerfully, a louisville girl who won't let the paparazzi disrespect her family. >> the paparazpi started yelling at them to get out of the picture. i was like, those are my brothers! >> reporter: she doesn't let the business trim her spirited sails. onstage with her friend amy

>> you are riding with amy schumer now. >> i am, and her sister. you have a protection over each other. her because she older. much older. because she's older than me. she has the natural kind of protectiveness that comes with just being older than somebody. i've been famous longer than she has so i feel a certain protectiveness in that sense. you know. we both are incredibly blunt and incredibly opinionated. >> are you laughing at loud the whole time? >> i laugh at loud every single day. she t td me she'd give me $100 if i called you "di" throughout the whole interview. >> reporter: we are now heading downtown i new york city to a unique store, a kind of gallery that has archery in the back. the "hunger games" girl knows what she's doing. >> whoa! >> all the way back. >> i try it. my arrow hits the wall.

your form is just horrible. >> i thought it was good. >> back your shoulder blade a little bit more. >> reporter: a minute later she disappears. >> i showed diane how to shoot archery today. let's just say she nailed it. >eporter: by late afternoon we're winding down. she's reflective about her life after "hunger games," now at a crossroads. >> what's the biggests difference in you in the last year? >> when i wrapped "the hunger games," i wrapped these movies that had been my life for so long. and they had to come first in everything. i was also in a relationship with somebody for f fe years. and we broke up around the same time that i wrapped those movies. and it was kind of -- being 24 was this whole year of, who am i? without these movies, who am i, without thisman?

>> reporter: still so young, the future ahead. maybe she'll marry,aybe she won't. >> i don't know if i'll ever get married. i'm okay with that. i don't feel like i need anything to complete me. i love meeting people. i didn't know amy sixix monons ago and she brings something to my life that's so special. i don't really plan on getting married. i definitely want to be in love. >> when you don't need it is when you get to choose it. >> yeah. >> that's great. more about me now. >> he's. >> reporter: by christmas you'll see her in "joy" aut a struggling housewife who invents a miracle mob and transforms everything. >> she has this ability, this magic, that she finally can't deny any longer. >> all races and all classes can meet and make whatever opportunities they can. >> reporter: and she's already created a kind of legacy to be

there was a girl she met on the first "hunger games," a burn survivor who had scars all over her body. >> she's said, i love my body. because i'm the girl on fire. it made her feel strong and brave. and i just started crying. because she gave me such a gift. and i'm just acting. but it made me feel like, if a character or a story can make somebody change, a perception on how they feel about themlves, then that is beautiful. >> reporter: for a generationnf tiny fansns, one message -- believe in yourself. >> our thanks to diane sawyer. up next, george stephanopoulos' excluluve interview with president obama. weighing in on a certain scene-stealing republican

welcome to the most social r we've ever designene the 2015 nissan murano. recipient of autopacific's best-in-cls vehicle satisfaction award. now get great deals

think your heartburn pill works fast? take the zantac it challenge! zantac works in as little as 30 minutes. nexium can take e hours. when heartburn strikes, take zantac for faster relief than nexium or your money back.

with the race for the white house churning in the news cycle, president obama sat down with our own george stephanopoulos weighing in on a wide array of issues from the free speech controversy on college campuses to some republican candidates' views on foreign policy and immigration. >> the notion that we're going to deport 11 million, 12 million people from this country, first of all, i have no idea where mr. trump thinkshe money's going xo come from. it would cost us hundreds of billions of dollars to execute that. imagine the images on the screen

were dragging parents away from theirrhildren and putting them in, what, detention centers, and then systematically sending them out. nobody this that that is realistic. but more importantly, that's not who w w are as americans. >> what do you think when you hear people cheer for that? >> what i think is that there's always been a strain of anti-immigrantentiment in america. ironically, from folks who themselves two generations or even one generation back were immigrants themselves. and it's the job of leaders not to plala into that sentiment. we don't want i think a president or any person in a position of leadership to play on those kinds of fears. >> of course "gma" willll have much more in the morning. don't miss george's full interview with president obama on "this week" at 10:00 a.m. eastern on abc. we're online 24/7 on our