now "nightline" coanchor byron pitts tries to get answers. >>> the b-boy. he's on a mission to become the best break dancer on effort. but the competition is fierce. we follow him to the super bowl of break dancing as our reporter gives it a spin. >>> and how do you top yourself when your smash hit memoir becomes a julia roberts movie? for elizabeth gilbert, author of "eat, pray, love," you look for what she calls big magic. how she's helping a super-fan harness that magic and maybe you too. >>> first the "nightline 5." >> when pain goes deep, i use salonpas deep relieving gel. this powerful gel rushes three pain fighters deep into my muscles. it's fast melting, quick absorbing, penetrating deep relief. salonpas. >> take the zantac it challenge. zantac works in as little as 30 minutes. nexium can take 24 hours. when heartburn strikes take zantac for faster relief than nexium or your money back. >> number one in just 60 seco >>> good evening. we begin with the white supremacist next door. this is the story of what happened when an ambitious racist moved into

dramatic story to the big screen tonight as the murderer's mother tells my "nightline" coanchor byron pitts about his remorse and gratitude. >> reporter: it was mass murder. >> the judge had been shot. >> reporter: a shooting inside an atlanta courthouse. a judge, his stenographer, murdered. >> everybody is now working on this case. >> reporter: the suspected gunman, that man, caught on surveillance camera escaping down a stairwell. brian nichols was on trial for rape. before this day would end he'd kill twice more. >> you're seeing s.w.a.t. officers coming out now. >> reporter: for 26 hours, atlanta was on lockdown. the nation riveted. evading capture, nichols weaved his way to duluth, georgia, a suburb 27 miles outside the city. >> brian nichols came to my house at 2:00 last night. >> reporter: that 911 call ended the manhunt. that voice, 26-year-old ashley smith, held hostage by a killer for seven tore taurus hours. >> breaking stor. >> ten years later, it's become a movie. >> my name is ashley smith. >> you scream again and i'll have to kill you. >> reporter: "captive" starring kate mar

here's byron pitts. >> game, set match.erena williams. >> reporter: a packed house, hard fought slugfest and a final serve to victory. serena williams beating out sister venus in the u.s. open quart quarterfinals. >> it's going against your best friend and at the same time, going against the greatest competitive for for me in women's tennis. so it was really difficult today. >> the number one ranked serena inching closer to the coveted calendar grand slam title dominating in the siblings 27th public match. their first head to head meeting at the the u.s. open, 13 million people looking on. back then venus was the favorite. easily winning that match. this year 33-year-old serena williams now the number one ranked player in the world. speaking to espn about the unique challenge of playing her sister. >> venus has done everything for me. there were times when if i didn't have lunch money for school, she would skip lunch and give me her money. it was like how could i take something away from someone eswho's protected me her who

now "nightline" coanchor byron pitts tries to get answers. >>> the b-boy. top yourself when your smash hit memoir becomes a julia roberts movie? for elizabeth gilbert, author of "eat, pray, love," you look for what she calls big magic. how she's helping a super-fan harness that magic and maybe you