infected with ebola heads back to the united states for treatment while the first patient diagnosed with the disease in the u.s. fights for his life jo a runway collision at one of the nation's busiest airports. flights from more than 200 passengers are impacted when one jetliner rear ends another at jfk. and an unlikely matchup is set for the american league championship series. perennial underdogs, baltimore and kansas city will meet with a trip to the world series on the line. captioning funded by cbs this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, october 6th, 2014. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. this morning the fifth american

known to be infected with the ebola virus is on his way to the united states for treatment. he became ill last week while working in west africa as a freelance cameraman for nbc news. he's expected to arrive this morning at the nebraska medical center for treatment. doctors there successfully treated aids worker say rah. duncan has taken a turn for the worse. marlie hall is in duncan. marlie, good morning. >> reporter: anne-marie, thomas duncan remains in critical condition here at this hospital in dallas, and health officials are doing everything they can. they are continuing the fight to contain the virus. 33-year-old ashoka mum powe will be treated for ebola in a specialized isolation unit at the nebraska medical center.

the freelance cameraman became ill last week while working for nbc in liberia. >> from the time he exits the ambulance to the time he enters the unit will be about a minute. >> reporter: doctors will use the lessons they learned while treating dr. rick sacra. he tested negative for the virus after treatment at the same nebraska facility. sacra understand went tests for the disease once again in massachusetts over the weekend after coming down with a cough and fever. but late sunday cdc confirmed he does not have the virus. here in dallas thomas eric duncan is battling for his life. he's the first person diagnosed with ebola in the u.s. he flew from liberia to texas last month. >> we understand that his situation has taken a turn for the worse and we're hoping for his recovery. >> reporter: authorities in dallas believe about 50 people may have been around duncan while he existed symptoms.

among them, a homeless man. officials tracked down that man and plan to monitor him and the others. four members of a family who hosted duncan at their apartment here in dallas remain under isolation, but they are not showing any signs of ebola. anne-marie? >> all right. marlie hall, thank you very much. this morning the aviation officials are investigating a minor collision here at jfk in new york. a fender bender on the tar manamack as they were headed toward the gate. a commuter plane was hit by a jordanian airliner. the nose of the larger jet hit the tail of the smaller commuter aircraft. there were no serious injuries. 159 people were on the jordanian jet, 44 on the delta jet.

both jets taxied to the gate under their own power. and the life of a united states army veteran is in the hands of the isis militants. peter kassig is the latest they're threatening to execute as the threat continues. the indiana man was captured by isis in syria a little more than a year ago while volunteering to help refugees of that country's civil war. on sunday mourners in northwest england offered prayers in memory of alan henning. a video showing the beheading of helping was released on friday. it was the execution of two americans that prompted president obama to take military action against isis but those air strikes in iraq and syria are now tin controversy on capitol hill. susan, good morning. >> anne-marie, good morning. it's coming under criticism from

some republicans here on capitol hill. now for the first time we're hearing from the director of the fbi about the threat that isis could pose here in the u.s. isis continues to make advances, shelling a kurdish town in northern syria. the violence spilling across the border into turkey. this, despite more than two months of air strooiks led by the united states. that's led some in washington to question president obama's strategy is working. >> i see no way how we fix the problem in iraq and syria without american ground troops. it will need a lot of american hand-holding. >> president obama has maintained he will not send u.s. ground forces into the fight. congress says an iraqi military would be more effective. >> when you take our military in the air and put forces that will

fight and we're away from that point but we have to get there, then you have the combination to be able to put the pressure on isil. >> reporter: there are americans fighting on the ground, but on the side of isis. in an interview with scott pelley of "60 minutes" fbi director james comey said about a dozen citizens are fighting in syr syria. >> do you know who they are? >> yes. >> each and every one of them. >> that i don't know. >> with american passports how do you keep them from coming home and attacking the u.s. >> they're entitled to come back. so if someone who fought with isis wanting to come back, we will track them very carefully. >> now, comey also said that he believes the fbi has determined the identity of that masked i says executioner seen in the videos who beheaded two americans, but he will not

reveal the name or strategy used to apprehend him. anne-marie? >> susan mcginnis in washington. thank you, susan. you can see all of scott pelley's interview with james comey online at cbsnews.com. following more than a week of pro-democrademocracy protest they're returns to one. the number of protesters shrank. demonstrators are pushing for free elections. a powerful typhoon hit central japan this morning. typhoon phanfone is quickly moving to the northeast and is blamed for the death of at least one american serviceman. evacuations were issued. bullet train service was suspended and more than 600 flights canceled. carter evans has our report. >> reporter: high surfs slammed the coast of japan as typhoon phanfone dumped heavy rain and packed powerful winds of up to

90 miles an hour. three american servicemen stationed at the air base in okinawa were with washed into the sea. one found death, two still missing, the shock evident on the facebook page. heavy rain cut short a grand prix race but not before a critical crash eninjured a driver. it could cause mudslides. rescuers have now been forced to suspend their search for 12 hikers still missing. as the typhoon tracks north it's expected to weaken and move out to sea, but not before dropping up to 16 inches of rain by monday morning with new concerns of power outages flooding and continues strong surf. carter evans, cbs news, los angeles. coming up on the "morning news," an apology from vice president biden to an ally on the fight against isis.

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expletives, some applauded. after the demonstration, they left voluntarily. vice president joe biden had to apologize again. he never meant that they supported al qaeda fighters in syria. julianna goldman has our report. the vice president called the crown prince of abu dhabi to recall his comments. >> our biggest problem are our allies. >> reporter: fighting nations including turkey, united arab emirates and saudi arabia con contributed. >> they poured hundreds of millions of dollar and thousands of tons of weapons into anyone who would fight. >> reporter: biden made the call after the uae said it wanted a formal clarify indication and called the comments far from the truth.

the timing of the vice president's remarks is unfortunate. just last month the uae and saudi arabia committed military support to the u.s. coalition against isis. the u.s. is trying to get turkey to sign on as well. but at the same event the vice president said turkey's president admitted to him privately that his country has allowed too many isis fighters across the border into syria. on saturday biden called the president who demanded an apology. the white house released a statement saying the vice president apologized for any implication that turkey or other allies and partners in the region had intentionally supplied or facilitated the growth of isis or other violent extremists in syria. an administration official said this is a short-term distraction and won't compromise the coalition, but the fact that the white house put out that statement of apology suggests that it was too big a risk to let stand. julianna goldman, cbs news, washington. when we return, a bizarre

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here's look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. all right. raise your hands if you picked kansas city the royals and the baltimore orioles to be the last two teams standing in the american league. i see a few of you out there. kansas city continuing their improbable run through baseball's postseason. the royals beat los angeles, 8-3, finishing off a three-game sweep of the angels. kansas city's first playoff

appearance since 1985 will keep on rolling into the american league championship series. and they will be facing the orioles who complete add sweep of their own on sunday. the 2-1 win over detroit sends baltimore back to the alcs for the first time since 1997. in football the last undefeated team in the nfl suffered its first loss. the cincinnati bengals had won three straight but they were overwhelm big tom brady and the new england patriots, 43-17. just one week after getting routed by kansas city. brady threw for 292 yards including two touchdowns. brady also became the sixth quarterback to throw for 50,000 yards in his career. and it was a milestone sunday for peyton manning. his first quarter touchdown pass to julius thomas is his 500th of his career. manning would throw for three more tds against arizona, putting him just five touchdown passes away from brett favre's

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swimming 60 miles in 40 hours. extreme swimming in open water is one of the toughest sports in the world, and this week "60 minute sports" is giving you a rare inside look as swimmers prepare for crossing the english channel. jeff glor visited the southern coast of ireland for what's called core distance week. >> pick it up, pick it up. come on, trevor, give it a lap around the boat. dig in harder. come on, lindsey, this is your year. >> reporter: they came from around the world, doctors,

teenagers, and homemakers, swimmers of all sizes. >> somebody might be faster than you, bigger, taller, shorter, slimmer, it doesn't really matter. this is about a sport of getting there. >> reporter: steve payne is a firefighter who has tried to swim the english channel six times and fail. >> you're the toughest man in the world. >> reporter: desperate he came all the way from australia convinced that the sea and ted denison were preparing him. for nine days he led them down city rivlgs and up narrow streams, through rapids, and remote lakes, along ireland's dramatic cliffs and out to open sea. >> something in the human psyche loves this test. they seek it out. they want it. they want the challenge. >> reporter: in all they swam nearly 40 hours over 0 miles.

since 2009, 46 of denison swimmers have gone on to conquer 21 miles from england to france. what sit about the english channel? >> it's epic, it's mythical, it's ugly, it's tough. i just want you to all close your eyes and give you real examples of what people have enjoyed in these big swims. you swim 200 meters from france and there's a bank of fog so quick that the captain says we can't go in. oh, by the way, the wind just picked up. you're cold, you're tired, everything hurts. you cry for your mommy, you can get out, or you can keep swimming. >> and you can see all of jeff glor's entire report tomorrow on "60 minutes sports" at 10:00 p.m. eastern on showtime. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the latest on dallas's ebola patient who fights for his life.

and whether airline passengers should be screened before entering the u.s. plus a liberal fight. ben affleck and bill mar get into a heated debate about islam. and jan crawford on tour with icon willie nelson. that's it for this morning. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

. we grin with breaking news this morning in westville, new jersey where one person has died in a crash. it happened at the corner every delsea drive anal moneys g road. police say a car hit a commercial tanker and got wedged beneath the larger vehicle. the victim's identity hasn't been released just yet. of course we're going to bring you more updates on this story later on as we get more information throughout the morning. today is monday, october 6. good morning, everyone, i'm not tasha brown. >> i'm erika von tiehl. other stories we're working on, as concerns rise about the enterovirus, new school has new protocols after a student dice of the respiratory illness. >> also, developing now, tv cameraman who contracted the deadly ebola virus on his wack back to the u.s., the cdc fights to keep the disease from spreading. >> shooter at large in west