lawsuit includes 45,000 women in california. >>> an american student accused of being an israeli spy is now free. he was released to israel today. egypt traded his freedom for 25 prisoners held in israel. he was accused of inciting violence during the arab string protest. >>> and an army wife in florida got the dinner of her dreams in florida. she knew her husband was returning from afghanistan. she just wasn't sure when. as she waited for a worker to bring her meal, instead, it was her husband who appeared. appare apparently, this was a family who used to have family time at the chick-fil-a. i love those stories. >> a lot of them are going to be coming home from iraq over the next few weeks. thanks very much for that. >>> hillary clinton talks about her style of american diplomacy, style that she calls smart power in the new issue of "time" magazine. joining us now is rick stengel, the manager of "time." thanks very much for coming in. what was your impression? you spent a lot of quality time with her on the road. what is from her perspective, the number one global issue of conc

up the saudi as israeli embassies. was there something serious there? >> i can't go into all the details. i will say i've seen that totality of evidence and i can say that there clearly, contrast to all sides. individually and together says that attacks such as this will be planned. i know from talk to foreign diplomats, i'm trying to see what i can say here, didn't hear in the briefing. talking to diplomats, i've been told clearly there are attacks planned upon ambassadors. we know there are attacks planned against the saudis and taking of american lives in washington. >> just to be precise, these iranian diplomats are in new york and washington. do you have hard evidence they were actually plotting to undertake terrorist operations inside the united states? >> i'm saying they clearly have tied to those in iran who do those things. we know this from common sense and observation, from talking to people in the community, that these people, whether it's terrorist activities or dealing with other countries, with them or hezbollah, they are over here for a purpose, not diplomacy. as

got there, jack. thank you. >>> an israeli american law student held in egypt since june may soon be released. he's accused of spying on behalf of israel. now, there are reports he'll be freed as a part of a prisoner swap. mary, tell us what you're learning. >> the stage is now set for the exchange between israel and egypt. israel's security cabinet approved it today. it calls for egypt to release grapel. 28-year-old emory law school student is one step closer to being freed from egypt now that egypt has agreed to a prisoner swap and will close a terrible chapter in his mother's life. >> it's been hell. it's really been -- i wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. i've been heartbroken for an hour and a half months. >> e jinx officials arrested him in june accusing him of spying for israel. he holds dual u.s. israeli citizenship and served as an israeli paratrooper in lebanon in 2006. his mother says the reason he went to cairo this summer was to volunteer for a nongovernmental organization helping refugees an says there's no chance he was a spy. >> why do you think elan was targeted? >>

this week and i asked him what he thought about israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, freeing people in exchange for one israeli soldier. then i asked him this. can you imagine if you were president, we're almost out of time. and there were one american soldier who had been held for years and the demand was al qaeda or some other terrorist group. you've got to free everyone at guantanamo bay. several hundred prisoners. could you see himself as president authorizing that kind of transfer? >> i could see myself authorizing that kind of transfer. what i would do is i would make sure that i got all of the information. i got all of the input, considered all of the options and then the president has to be the president and make a judgment call. i can make that call if i had to. >> five hours later at the cnn debate, he had a different answer. >> let me say this first. i would have a policy that we do not negotiate with terrorists. we have to lay that principle down first. now, being you have to look at each individual situation and consider all the facts. >> but you're saying, in yo

prisoners in change for one israeli soldier, then i asked him this follow-up question. could you imagine if you were president, we're almost out of time, and there were one american soldier who had been held for years and the demand was al-qaeda or some other terrorist group. you've got to free everyone at guantanamo. several hundred prisoners. could you see yourself as president authorizing that kind of transfer? >> i could, but i would make sure that i got all of the information, all of the input, considered all of the options, then the president has to be the president and make a judgment call. i can make that call if i had to. >> few hours later on the debate stage, he had a different answer. listen. >> but let me say this first. i would have a policy that we do not negotiate with terrorists. we have to lay that principle down first. then you have to look at each individual situation and consider all the facts. >> but you're saying you could, in your words, you said that i could see myself authorizing that kind of a transfer. isn't that negotiating with al-qaeda? >> i don't recall hi

conservatives as myself. >> i know you're a major supporter of israel. >> yes. >> did the israeli government of netanyahu do the right thing in exchange of 1,000 palestinian prisoners for one captured israeli soldier? >> i would have to know all of the considerations he made to say yes or not. because i'm sure that there were a lot of considerations he had to make in order to make that decision. on the surface, you would say one for hundred doesn't make any sensuous but here's how i make decisions and this is why i respect prime minister netanyahu so much. he looks at all of the facts before he makes a judgment call. we don't know all the facts. >> could you imagine if you were president, we're almost out of time. and there was one american slg who had been held for years and the demand was al-qaeda r or some other group. you've got to free several hundred at guantanamo bay. could you see yourself authorizing that kind of transfer? >> i could, but what i would do is make sure that i got all of the information. i got all of the input, considered all of the options, then the preside

even blow up the saudi and israeli embassies here in washington, d.c. what would you do? >> well, i would sit down and look at options that we have available to us. everything from economic options, which i have supported the fact. in fact, most recent round of legislation that passed was my bill and i would -- i have encouraged this administration to take action against the iranian nuclear program and there are lots of things we can do to stop that program from moving forward. both from the standpoint of covert operations as well as and i'm talkinging about actual operations within the country, to make sure that program does not continue and those would be some of the things that i would look at to pinpoint what is the next problem, which is if iran get as nuclear weapon, that what happened just a couple of days ago that was thwarted, will be a regular occurrence not just in the united states, but around the world. if iran has a nuclear shield to protect them, that cannot happen and the president of the united states, as president, i would make sure that they do not have that nucle

israeli embassies here in washington, how advanced was that? how serious was that part of the story? >> i would say it was very serious. certainly very seriously contemplated and i took it very seriously. >> could you elaborate a little bit? the other allegation was they also talked about blowing up the embassy at buenos aires. >> i would say all three. in washington, saudi, all i would say -- i would take it very seriously. >> one final question and i read about it on my blog. why the 49-year-old saudi ambassador? a graduate of georgetown university. what's in it for the iranian? >> he's the ambassador to the most high pro file country of the world and you know him, we know him, he's extremely prominent here in washington. why he's not a member of the saudi royal family, he certainly moves in the circles and this would have had a devastating personal impact if he had been killed and also would have sent a strong message to the saudis that the iranian are coming after them and that as we go through the whole situation with the arab spring, this would be a strong signal to the saudis

targeting not only the saudi ambassador but the israeli ambassador and israeli embassy here in washington as well. that is true? >> right, wolf. how far along they were in that plot is unclear but they were discussing or considering attacking or hitting the saudi ambassador, the saudi embassy here and then also perhaps -- and the israeli embassy or ambassador and also not only here in washington, but in buenos aires, argentina. now, again, this is not specific. it is not apparently in that legal complaint but it was allegedly something that he were discussing. >> and we're also hearing that the secretary of state, hillary clinton, is about to make a statement on this very subject. i know the u.s. is getting involved in dealing with other countries to try to put more pressure on iran, but what do we know about what the secretary is about to say? we're looking at live pictures coming from one of the diplomatic rooms over at the state department. >> well, if i were to make an educated guess, i would say she would want to send a message to other countries, that, number one, this is

why is he an enemy? what are the charges? you know, if we can try ikeman, the israelis tried him in 1961, don't you think we could try somebody like al-alwaki or at least recognize that they should be captured when possible and tried? but this enemy combatant, anybody can -- you know, in the -- the word has already been used. he was a threat. i think that was the word, a threat. i'm anti-war. i might go to an anti-war rally and what if the administration said ron paul is a threat? somebody in the media, he's a threat he's preaching that the government is doing wrong with the foreign policy. this, to me, is a very, very dangerous precedent. >> so would you support articles of impeachment for this decision? >> i haven't introduced them. i think it's an impeachable offense if the mootd d of the country was such that they want to do it. yes, i could support that. >> one of the senate's leading liberals weighs in on the killing of al-alwaki and did president obama do the right thing? i'll speak with bernie sanders on that and a whole lot more. >>> and now that chris cyst ji not running f

charges? and you know, if we can try -- israelis tried him in 1961, don't you think we could try somebody like al-awlaki or at least recognize individuals should be captured? but this enemy combatant, anybody can -- in the word i think has been yused, he was a threat. i think gingrich used that word. a threat. i'm antiwar and i might go to an antiwar rally and what if the administration said, ron paul is a threat. he's preaching that the government is doing wrong with the foreign policy. this to me is a very, very dangerous precedent. >> so, would you support articles of impeachment against president obama for this decision? >> i haven't introduced them, but if the mood of the country was such they wanted to do it, yes, i could support them. >> thanks very much for coming in. >>> i write about this debate over the killing of anwar al-awlaki on my blog. check it out. >>> our next debate is the cnn western republican debate. it airs live tuesday night, 8:00. new upheaval on a presidential republican primary. the first vote to next year's election could come this year. >>> plus, the

iranand fired by hezbollah which damaged an israeli ship in 2006, killing some israeli sailors. i asked an expert why iran would want to project power they may not have so far away from their borders. >> the reasons are all based on being able to justify their own grip on power in tehran, to justify the abilities of defense expenditure in that country when people have other things worry b. >> reporter: things like economic problems. they say this saber-rattling may be enough for iran's leaders right now, zwroust give off that distraction and that they may never actually follow-through on this threat because of all the logistical challenges. joe? >> the most visible u.s. effort to fight terror focussed on air travel. we see a lot of it every time we fly. but there's a growing emphasis on terror underwater. cnn's john zorella has more. >> reporter: the fbi has had dive teams for a while. they've always been referred to as agents first and divers second. now they have a full time dive team. it's so new that many within the ranks of fbi itself don't know they exist. the diver needs help get