welcome to "world news tonight." developing right now. what we just learned about the ebola patient in dallas. what they're giving to him. the american journalist with ebola coming home, suited up in the heartland. able to get on that stretcher. and we ask dr. besser, who is protecting the homeland? are authorities asking any questions at the airports? also, breaking, the first picture of the american son arrested, authorities say he was boarding a flight to join the terror group isis. how they say they knew. paving the way to the altar. the historic day at the supreme court. and what it means already. breaking late today, the urgent manhunt. one of america's most wanted, the letter just discovered. and what it reveals. and the crash seen around the world. a miracle no one was killed and what we've now learned about that place on the track.

good evening and it's great to have you with us on a monday night. as we come on the air, a crucial window of time. doctors monitoring dozens of patients who might have come in contact with that patient in dallas. and this would be the time when anyone would be begin to show symptoms if they caught it. in the meantime, something else we've learned. all eyes on that dallas hospital. the patient now in critical condition, on a ventilator. now, he's receiving an experimental drug to try to save his life. from the heartland tonight, these images from nebraska. where that american journalist, a photographer infected with the virus arrived in the u.s. today. there he is, suited up in white. getting onto that stretcher himself. this evening, our dr. richard besser is the just back and we ask, was he stopped at the airport. plus, what the president just said about airports across this country. first, abc's cecilia vega

starting us off in dallas. >> reporter: david, good evening to you. thomas duncan is on his eighth day in isolation here at this hospital. as you mentioned, he's on that ventilator. he is receiving dialysis after kidney failure and doctors say his condition is worsening. he's now in critical. as thomas eric duncan fights for his life, doctors are now administering an experimental ebola fighting drug. this, after officials had said that medicine would make him even sicker. >> i can't answer whether he would have taken that experimental medicine earlier or not would have made a difference. i can't answer that. >> reporter: since duncan became the first ebola patient ever diagnosed in the u.s., 800 calls a day pouring into the cdc, skyrocketing up from the usual 50. officials now trying to ease fears. >> we don't have an outbreak. we have one event that is being handled properly. >> reporter: that american video journalist who contracted ebola

while working in liberia, reaching american soil this morning. that's ashoka mukpo in a hazmat suit, walking off the plane in omaha, nebraska, before heading to a hospital quarantine unit. >> he looks strong. he walked off the plane gingerly, waved to us. you know, he's tentative and frightened. >> reporter: in dallas, where duncan remains the only ebola patient, the clock is ticking for the ten people who had close contact with him. now is the time ebola symptoms would most likely start to show, eight to ten days after their last visit with him. also today, has mat teams finished cleaning out that dallas parm where duncan had been staying with his family. that is where they could have been exposed. those teams destroyed nearly everything inside except for just a couple of personal items including some photos and a family bible. david? >> cecilia vega, thank you. the president, meanwhile, just before we came on the air tonight, said about ebola and

american airports, that the administration is, quote, going to work on protocols, going to do additional passenger screening, both at the source and here in the united states. but soon after, white house aides saying additional scre screening remains under discussion. let's get to dr. besser who is back. you just talked to your sources at the cdc. are there any plans in place? >> reporter: they tell me they would consider any options that would truly make us safer. but for incoming screening to work, you'd have to have symptoms. >> i'm curious. did they ask you when you came back? >> reporter: they did. my pass port was flagged because of the reporting i've been doing. >> were they asking other passengers where they had traveled to? >> reporter: they hadn't. >> and that might not help? >> reporter: it wouldn't. when i left liberia, they took my temperature three times. they looked to see if i was healthy. then they gave me this sheet. it's a list of similymptoms to h for for 21 days.

>> and you and the team taking your temperature a couple of times a day? >> cdc recommends it. i took it this morning, i'll take it tonight. >> all right, rich, great to have you and the team back. we're going to move onto the other breaking story of the evening, the american son, a teenager arrested. authorities say he was getting ready to board a flight heading overseas to join the terror group isis. he's just 19 years old. he had left behind a letter for his parents, but then he was stopped. his parents today crying as they left court. and this comes as a mother and father in indiana tonight plea for their own son being held by isis. abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross on two families horrified for two very different reasons. >> reporter: until today, the terror of isis seemed far away from this quiet chicago suburb. but now, the fbi says the young man who lived in this house was about to become part of it. >> bit of a shock. bit of a strange feeling now. >> reporter: in court,

khan was heading for jihad in syria when he was arrested at o'hare airport over the weekend. in a letter left behind for his parents, prosecutors said khan wrote he was upset at the "filth" of western societies. khan's parents left the courthouse in tears. the latest american family to find themselves caught up in the tragedy and horror of isis. at the same time today, 200 miles south in indianapolis, the parents of another young man from the midwest, 26-year-old peter kassig, are facing their own heartache, with isis holding him hostage and threatening to kill him. >> dear son. >> reporter: in a video message to isis, the parents pleaded for mercy, revealing their son has converted to islam while in captivity. >> our son is abdul rhman, formerly known as peter. >> reporter: kassig, a u.s. army veteran, had gone to syria, not to fight, but to help civilians, in what he told cnn two years ago seemed like a helpless situation.

>> that's when it's more important to come in, against all odds, and try to do something. >> reporter: it was 24 hours sa left. two different directions tonight. one is in jail and one, david, is in great peril. >> brian ross, thank you. and from the supreme court tonight, a dramatic change not by a case they chose to decide, but by several that they chose not to. denying appeals from states who wanted to keep their bans on same sex marriage. and because the court did not take the cases tonight, a very different map of america. take a look. last night, same sex couples could get married in 19 states. today, in five more. and very soon, six more for a total of 30 states, more than half of america. approving marriage for everyone. we all remember president obama telling our robin roberts in may of 2012, quote, i think same sex couples should be able to get married.

so, let's get right to abc's jonathan karl. jon, you covered this from if white house for some time. shifting opinion on this? >> reporter: david, i don't think we've ever seen public opinion move so dramatically. take a look at this. just ten years ago, 59% of americans opposed gay marriage. today, 59% favor it. an incredible turnaround, with young people leading the way. and the impact of today's action or inaction by the supreme court could be felt immediately. you could see the story in the pictures. today in virginia, same sex couples getting married. this afternoon, this morning, it would have been illegal for them to do that. but there is still a legal battle ahead in at least 20 states, gay marriage is still prohibited. but david, the trend here is unmistakable. >> jon karl, thank you. now, to a dramatic new development in the manhunt for one of america's most wanted. the someone accused of that deadly ambush on state troopers. a letter from the accused gunman himself. seen right there in that documentary about a war

re-enactment. he's led searchers on a cat and mouse game through the pennsylvania woods for three weeks now, and now this new letter. filled with details of what he did that started this all. abc's linzie janis in pennsylvania. >> reporter: tonight, abc news has learned police searching for eric frein found a handwritten letter detailing how he shot two state troopers. and how he escaped. authorities say it isn't clean if the letter was left on purpose and it offers no motive. today, frein's family declining to speak with us. this, as police patrol the area near the family's home, where less than 24 hours ago, a state trooper thought he spotted the survivalist and war re-enactor seen in this documentary. >> it's not vietnam. we're in the middle of pennsylvania. we're in a revolutionary war fort. >> reporter: hundreds of officers racing to the location sunday evening. >> one of the advantages of fall

and winter is, the leaves go away. so, mr. frein doesn't have a canopy anymore to cover him. >> reporter: investigators say frein will likely break into one of the hundreds of vacant proper tips in this location. john hornby is surrounded by vacation homes. >> we'll walk around the building, check all the glass. >> reporter: david, this area is also full of abandoned homes, like this one. police say frein could use any one of them for shelter from the elements. david? >> linzie janis, thank you. and we move on now to dangerous weather brewing across america tonight. we saw images like this one in texas, all the way to kentucky. large hail bouncing off homes and backyards. and this sere vie weather tonight, on the move. 60 million americans at risk. this is movie quickly. let's get right to ginger zee, tracking it all. >> reporter: more than 30 severe weather reports already. so many of them, the large hail. and it's all right along this cold front. for the remainder of the evening, going into west virginia, eastern tennessee, parts of northern alabama, we'll

be on the lookout for the strong winds, but certainly the large hail, it has a history of producing it. our next headline comes from the pacific ocean. we've got the rest of simon. it will make landfall in baja by tomorrow night and then it's the moisture that really pumps up, between fee fphoenix and tucson. >> all right, ginger. and the stunning images from the monster storm overseas. the deadly typhoon as seen from space, slamming into japan today. winds up to 80 miles per hour and crashing waving pummeling the shores. just incredible. at least one american airman died and two are missing after being swept out to sea in okinawa. another typhoon is expected to hit early next week and we will track it for you. back here at home tonight and the mysterious and fast-moving virus taking a deadly turn now as it spreads among children across this country. the map showing 46 states now affected by that virus, anden in new jersey tonight, the first confirmed death of a child linked only to this virus.

a 4-year-old boy showing no symptoms of the vine us are who went to sleep and never woke up. abc's linsey davis with much more on this case, with no warning signs, and the efforts now clean the school. >> reporter: the parents of eli waller still in shock tonight. their 4-year-old, the first official fatality directly caused by enterovirus 68. the little boy seemed fine when he went to sleep the night of september 24th. >> he was put to sleep that night by his mom and never woke up. >> reporter: eli was the youngest and only boy of a set of trip lets. his sisters are believed to be healthy, but are being monitored. in a statement released by his family, that describe e lyle as a beautiful mix of eagerness and hesitancy, need and striving, caution and surprise. all of which were grounded in a pure, unconditional love. and there is also concern tonight about another preschooler at eli's school. his family anxiously awaiting results from the cdc to determine if he has the virus, too. >> there's no more symptoms of

cold, but we are having trouble with breathing still. where he's gasping for air. >> reporter: david, dris ticket district officials say they are taking every precaution. and while parents are still concerned, officials say attendance initially dropped down to 45%, but today, back up to just shy of 100. david? >> all right, thank you. and we have been reporting here on the giant cases of credit card theft, your personal information stolen. home depot, target and last week, of course, jpmorgan chase. well, tonight here, the new bust. were your credit cards used to buy these luxury goods? here's abc's gio benitez tonight with pictures. >> reporter: tonight, allegations of one of the boldest inside jobs at one of america's most treasured stores. investigators say these luxury shoes and bags were bought using stolen information, with the help of employees at saks fifth avenue. more than 200 shares of shoes and about 80 handbags. grand total? more than $400,000.

investigators say the alleged ring leader, who was not a sak ze employee, got social security numbers and other info from more that 20 saks credit card holders. that information was shared and used to look up account numbers. then, to make it look like a normal sale on security cameras, williams would allegedly recruit fake shoppers to pick up the merchandise. then, either sell it on the black market or return it to the store for gift cards. >> these were pinpointed attacks on individual accounts. >> reporter: and tonight, saks tells abc news there was no compromise to the security of its network or system, but just another reminder, david, that you've got to check those credit card statements. >> all right, gio ben nine tez, thank you. and there still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this monday. and look at this. the miracle moment watched all over the world. the out of control race car, unbelievable, flying into those fans. they all survive. and what we've learned tonight about that particular place on the track. it's coming up here.

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the sixth quarterback to pass for 50,000 yards. >> that's 50,000. >> reporter: you think he had any idea there was divine intervention? >> stock a believer, david. he had a strong faith in god. >> reporter: have the requests been pouring in today? >> i have had a few requests. >> reporter: a few requests, but his work, at least on sunday, was done. with a victory for the football star he knows well, he married brady and his wife. he baptized their children. now, he's blessed the field. that was a sunday service like we've never seen. >> thank you, david. i appreciate it. >> and that is "world news tonight" this monday. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow night. good night. ññññ

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