citizen, who's in custody and identified as 56-year-old manssor arbabsiar. manssor arbabsiar appeared in a federal courthouse in downtown manhattan this afternoon. he did not enter a plea. according to the complaint that we read, manssor arbabsiar planned for someone to kill the saudi arabian ambassador at one of his favorite restaurants in washington, d.c. he told an informant that mass casualties didn't matter saying "if the hundred go with him, exbest metive them." . the plot is a work of intrigue. manssor arbabsiar met with a dea member posing as a member of one of mexico's biggest violent drug cartels. it got them to agree to assassinate the ambassador for $1.5 million. he planned to pursue an attack on the israeli embassy in washington. with help from the mexican government, manssor arbabsiar was arrested at new york's jfk airport on september 29th. he confessed. now, u.s. officials have been talking throughout the day saying what is perhaps most important here is the direct link that could exist to the iranian government, to the highest levels. appare

citizen, who's in custody and identified as 56-year-old manssor arbabsiar. manssor arbabsiar appeared in a federal courthouse in downtown manhattan this afternoon. he did not enter a plea. according to the complaint that we read, manssor arbabsiar planned for someone to kill the saudi arabian ambassador at one of his favorite restaurants in washington, d.c. he told an informant that mass casualties didn't matter saying "if the hundred go with him, exbest metive them." . the plot is a work of intrigue. manssor arbabsiar met with a dea member posing as a member of one of mexico's biggest violent drug cartels. it got them to agree to assassinate the ambassador for $1.5 million. he planned to pursue an attack on the israeli embassy in washington. with help from the mexican government, manssor arbabsiar was arrested at new york's jfk airport on september 29th. he confessed. now, u.s. officials have been talking throughout the day saying what is perhaps most important here is the direct link that could exist to the iranian government, to the highest levels. appare

what we are doing to get it back. >>> just who is manssor arbabsiar?ht out front has a better idea. david has known manssor arbabsiar as jack for the past 15 years and he is joining us on the phone. david, thanks so much for taking the time to be with us. tell me how you knew manssor arbabsiar who i guess you refer to as jack because his name is sort of hard to pronounce. >> yeah, his name is hard to pronounce. they used to call him jack because he used to drink a lot and drank jack. >> wow. okay. >> so any way, i met him -- actually i met three iranian people. i had a dry cleaners here in corpus christi and they had a car lot and i was looking for a car for my son and jack, tom and bruce had a car lot and i bought a car from them. after a number of years and jack had found a property over here on staples an i want in to partnership with him on buying a property. >> you were in business for what, how long with him? >> not too long. probably six months. >> wa was your impression of what he was like? was he a hard worker? was he the kind of person that c

what we are doing to get it back. >>> just who is manssor arbabsiar?etter idea. david has known manssor arbabsiar as jack for the past 15 years and he is joining us on the phone. david, thanks so much for taking the time to be with us. tell me how you knew manssor arbabsiar who i guess you refer to as jack because his name is sort of hard to pronounce. >> yeah, his name is hard to pronounce. they used to call him jack because he used to drink a lot and drank jack. >> wow. okay. >> so any way, i met him -- actually i met three iranian people. i had a dry cleaners here in corpus christi and they had a car lot and i was looking for a car for my son and jack, tom and bruce had a car lot and i bought a car from them. after a number of years and jack had found a property over here on staples an i want in to partnership with him on buying a property. >> you were in business for what, how long with him? >> not too long. probably six months. >> wa was your impression of what he was like? was he a hard worker? was he the kind of person that could have pulled off

on october 29th, manssor arbabsiar, a 56-year-old iranian american was arrested at the jfkant following months of surveillance by u.s. officials. manssor arbabsiar is charged with trying to hire mexican drug cartels to kill the saudi ambassador with c-4 explosives and gun fore for $1.5 million. the plotters also wanted to then launch the attacks on the saudi and israeli embassies here in d.c. the charging documents say that the assassination may have occurred in an unnamed d.c. restaurant frequented by the ambassador and u.s. citizens. and the conspirators dismissed the fact that innocent bystanders could have been killed. >> -by-accused of working with members of the arm of the iranian revolutionary guard core to device an international murder-for-hire scheme targeting the saudi arabian ambassador to the united states. >> these individuals had no regard for their intended victim or for innocent citizens who may have been hurt or killed in this attempted assassination. they add no regard for the rule of law. >> reporter: now, while manssor arbabsiar thought he was meeting with the membe

>> well, manssor arbabsiar is a naturalized citizen with an iranian passport and u.s. cials are saying that his cousin is a senior official with a special unit of iran's revolutionary guard. we are learning more about arbabsiar. we saw him in court a short while ago. he is 56 years old. he is tied to the corpus christi, texas, area and also round rock, texas. i have to tell you, wolf, this is a guy who within the last few years has really flown under the radar. and the paper trail on him is pretty thin. his last known address was april, 2004, to july, 2010. if you look that up and trace it back, it is actually the location of a business called one stop mail. this is essentially a p.o. box location. we called there and they said they have never heard of him. checking his criminal record, we also looked into his past. he does have a couple of misdemeanors. one is from april, 2004, from the austin, texas, area and that is for driving with an invalid license. a little further back in 1997 there was another driving with an invalid license and evading arrest. for that he serv

. >> reporter: 56-year-old manssor arbabsiar an iranian-american from texas was tape -- thought he was dealing with a member of a mexican drug cartel who was a dea informant. >> this was conceived, sponsored and decked from iran. >> reporter: vice president biden told abc news the u.s. response could go beyond sanctions. >> nothing has been taken off the take. that the world nighted that it is not the united states versus iran that -- that the isolation of iran and the attempt to change the behavior is universal, not just with us itch >> reporter: manssor arbabsiar is now in custody. his wife says she doesn't think he was involved. >> he was at the wrong place, at the wrong time. >> reporter: how far along was the plot? two separate payments totalling $100,000 the u.s. says came if the iranians had:wired to an undercover fbi bank account down payment for attack. -- t.j. winick, abc news, new york. >>> the uc berkeley grads who had been imprisoned in iran were on capitol hill today to thank the senators who helped in their release. the trio was arrested in july 2009 for crossing in iran

. >> reporter: 56-year-old manssor arbabsiar an iranian-american from texas was tape -- thought he was dealing with a member of a mexican drug cartel who was a dea informant. >> this was conceived, sponsored and decked from iran. >> reporter: vice president biden told abc news the u.s. response could go beyond sanctions. >> nothing has been taken off the take. that the world nighted that it is not the united states versus iran that -- that the isolation of iran and the attempt to change the behavior is universal, not just with us itch >> reporter: manssor arbabsiar is now in custody. his wife says she doesn't think he was involved. >> he was at the wrong place, at the wrong time. >> reporter: how far along was the plot? two separate payments totalling $100,000 the u.s. says came if the iranians had:wired to an undercover fbi bank account down payment for attack. -- t.j. winick, abc news, new york. >>> the uc berkeley grads who had been imprisoned in iran were on capitol hill today to thank the senators who helped in their release. the trio was arrested in july 2009 for crossing in iran

americus says that this man, manssor arbabsiar, has admitted being hired by the force to carry out a first ever attack inside the united states. >> it is an outrageous act and the iranians will have to be held accountable. when you see the case presented, you will find there is compelling evidence for the assertion been made from local sources. >> his -- here is the target of the plot. saudi arabia's ambassador to the united states, adel al-jubeir. and theburden of proof hama amount of evidence is overwhelming. clearly, it chose official iranian responsibility. this is unacceptable. something -- somebody will have to pay a price. >> iran dismisses the charges as ridiculous and fabricated. >> in my opinion, is libeling us. we are suspicious of these claims. they are looking for an excuse to impose more sanctions on this. >> since sanctions and other methods failed to cause any problems, they are looking off -- looking for other ways to present a bad image of iran to the world. >> we now wait to hear more from the suspects, manssor arbabsiar. u.s.-iran relations may hinge on the story

manssor arbabsiar was arrested last month and faces life in prison if convicted. floodwaters in thailand are creeping further into the capital of bangkok frightening the city center. residents of six districts on the outskirts were evacuated on sunday as water consumed roads near a local airport. the floods are some of the worst the country has seen in five decades. the whistleblowing group wikileaks say it is suspending its publishing operation because of the financial crisis. it will launch an aggressive fund-raising operation. the move follows the financial blockade by a u.s.-based companies after it published hundreds of thousands of secret american government files and diplomatic cables on the internet. in just one week from now, the world's population will officially hit a staggering 7 billion people. that is the estimate from the united nations. rapid population growth is a growing threat to many poorer countries. our correspondent reports from zambia. >> welcome to the world. like each and every one of us, these newborns help make up the 7 billion people o

americus says that this man, manssor arbabsiar, has admitted being hired by the force to carry out a first ever attack inside the united states. >> it is an outrageous act and the iranians will have to be held accountable. when you see the case presented, you will find there is compelling evidence for the assertion been made from local sources. >> his -- here is the target of the plot. saudi arabia's ambassador to the united states, adel al-jubeir. and theburden of proof hama amount of evidence is overwhelming. clearly, it chose official iranian responsibility. this is unacceptable. something -- somebody will have to pay a price. >> iran dismisses the charges as ridiculous and fabricated. >> in my opinion, is libeling us. we are suspicious of these claims. they are looking for an excuse to impose more sanctions on this. >> since sanctions and other methods failed to cause any problems, they are looking off -- looking for other ways to present a bad image of iran to the world. >> we now wait to hear more from the suspects, manssor arbabsiar. u.s.-iran relations may hinge on the story

manssor arbabsiar hired a hitman he thought worked for a mexican drug cartel, but was a d.e.a. agent. when asked about saushlts, he said, "no big deal." >> these individuals had no regard for their intended victim, no regard for innocent citizens who might have been hurt or killed in this attempted assassination. >> reporter: fbi arrested arbabsiar at jfk airport in new york two weeks ago and he appeared in court on tuesday. the other man is still at large in iran. president obama calls the plot a flagrant violation of u.s. and international law, but iran denies the accusations calling them false and baseless. >> the united states is committed to holding iran accountable for its actions. >> reporter: treasury officials have already imposed new sanctions against tehran and the state department is hoping other nations will join the u.s. in pressuring a country it sees as a growing threat. now, there is some debate here about whether this constitutes an act of war since assassination wasn't carried out. the talk is about gaining the international community, including china, to rea

michelle miller is there. >> reporter: manssor arbabsiar, scott, was escorted into that courtroom by federal marshals, he was not wearing handcuffs. the walls of that courtroom were packed with d.e.a. and f.b.i. agents. he was wearing blue jeans, a blue dress shirt and a rather prominent scar on the left side of his face that ran from his lip to his ear. the only time he spoke to the judge was when he said "yes" when asked whether or not he qualified for a public defender. that court-appointed attorney spoke to him very quietly, she patted him on the back several times. she did not request bail, scott, which simply means that he will remain in jail until his next court date on october 25 and, scott, arbabsiar's attorney told us that if or when he is indicted, he will plead not guilty. >> pelley: thanks, michelle. president obama was notified of the alleged plot back in june. norah o'donnell is at the white house tonight. norah? >> reporter: scott, tonight a senior advisor to president obama tells me this is a dangerous escalation in iranian behavior. in fact, president obama's nation

manssor arbabsiar is a naturalized citizen. he lives in round rock, texas.t the homeland by one of our own or living among us. major nadal haasen a soldier in the ft. hood murder killed 13 at a military base in texas. faisal shahzad who spent a dozen years in this country radicalized after traveling to pakistan. my interview with leon panetta last week he told me his biggest worry was a lone wolf at home. >> the one that worries me the most in my prior job as director of the cia was the lone individual in this country who is here and suddenly becomes self-radicalized and suddenly goes out, as we saw with the ft. hood individual, he suddenly pulls a gun and starts killing people. >> seth jones is a counterterrorism expert who has worked for special u.s. operations now a senior political analyst with iran, juan zirate is director for combating terrorism with the bush administration. seth, let me start with you. why this now it seems again and again every case is home grown or naturalized. >> well, i think one of the things that's changed over the last several

manssor arbabsiar and gholam shakuri are charged with murder for hire and conspiracy to commit terrorism. eric holder says a special forces unit is behind the scene. >> this was sponsored and was directed from ciran. >> authorities say manssor arbabsiar posed as a member of the mexican drug cartel. they planned on bombing the saudi arabian embassy in washington because they had no regard for their intended victim or for innocent citizens that might have been hurt or killed in this attempted assassination. >> the assassination plot was meant to be the first in a series of attacks. he would not go into detail about the other planned attacks. nikole killion reporting in washington. >> dutch ruppersberger released a statement saying the alleged plot crosses the line in iran- state sponsorship of terrorism. he says this is another example of a long history of what it already government cannot be trusted and shot have access to nuclear weapons. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. does the latest foiled terror plot on american soil make you feel more, or less safe? you can s

we know manssor arbabsiar flew in to mexico and was denied entry. it turns out we learned from senior counterterrorism officials he was denied by design. you would think he then flew to new york. you may ask yourself why didn't he fly to texas? that's where he and his family were living. because federal officials in the united states understood that under texas law he may not have been able to be held to do an intelligence interview. he was flown to new york. unbeknownst to the defendant, on the flight were federal agents. they took him in to custody and to a secret facility where he was held from september 29th until today. that's 12 days, john. each of those days he was interviewed by federal agents. each of those days before the interviews began he was given miranda warnings and told he was entitled to be presented on charges before a federal magistrate and each of those days he, in writing, signed a waiver. the reason he was presented today, the defendant was tired of talking to federal agents. during those 12 days they not only got a confession

. >> defendant manssor arbabsiar made a down payment on the assassination with funds from the government of iran. the other defendant, gholam sha shakuri has been charged. >> the saudi statement makes no mention of the government of iran, which the u.s. blames for the planned assassination. outside the saudi embassy, andrea mccarren, 9news now. >>> here are the other top stories we are serving up tonight. loose lips, councilman marion barry here to talk about his comments regarding the city contract. plus, mass arrest. the occupy protesters now waiting the u.s. capital. and the virginia governor's invitation to president obama and they are not getting together for conversation. we are just learning of a first at dulles airport. customs agents say somebody tried to smuggle cocaine into this country hiding it inside bed post knobs. this happened on a last week's flight from al salvador. they cut a notch in the bed post and found half a pound of coke worth $17,000. we are learning more about the woman accused of stabbing another woman outside a target store in mitchellville and her past is

the prime suspect is this man, manssor arbabsiar.has dual citizenship in iran and the united states. bob ore on how the plot was uncovered. >> intended target was the saudi ambassador to the united states. adel al-jubeir. attorney general, eric holder, unveiled the plot saying it was launched in iran last spring by officials inside a special operations unit of the iranian military. >> this was directed and approved by the iranian government. >> court papers alleged the officials conspired with an iranian american to plot the killing. arbabsiar traveled to mexico to hire a hitman. he made cover with an under cover informant. over six months, the informant recorded conversations and helped him solicit $100,000 from iranian contact adds a down payment. robert mow ire. >> these individuals had no regard for their intended victim. no record for innocent citizens that may have been hurt or killed. >> the spir tores discussed killing the ambassador and bob showed no concern over the potential deaths of innocent bystanders. they want that gu

but federal authorities foiled the plan because one of the two plotters, manssor arbabsiar, worked with an informant of the u.s. government. arbabsiar, who has dual u.s.- iranian citizenship, is now under arrest in a federal prison in new york. the justice department says that arbabsiar and no concerns about how many u.s. lives would be lost if this plot were to be carried out. >> when the confidential source noted that there could be 100 or 150 people in a restaurant where the requested bombing would take place, including possibly members of the united states congress, the lead defendant said, no problem. >> the other alleged plotters gohlam shakuri, a member of the iranian quds force. he is believed to be in iran. u.s. attorney general holder was asked on tuesday whether the plot was sanctioned by any high-level member of the iranian government, whether a mula iranian presidahmadidineja >> yoyou're n not playaying tha chargege atat this s poinint. >> but t th house intelligence committee, mike rogers, believes that the highest level of iran's power structure were involved. >> i have a

-citizen, manssor arbabsiar, was arraigned in manhattan this afternoon. a co-conspirator named in the indictment remains at large. but the administration says iran's government was behind it all. >> the plan alleges this conspiracy was conceived, sponsored and was directed from iran. >> arbabsiar was arrested 12 days ago and has been cooperating ever since. when pressed, even u.s. officials acknowledge it sounds leak a cheap thriller. according to the complaint, since last spring, arbabsiar met in mexico with a man he thought was a member of a drug cartel, trying to hire an assassin to kill the saudi diplomat. but from the start, the mexican was an agent for the u.s. government. the iranian even got $100,000 supposedly wired from iran to the u.s. as a downpayment to kill the saudi ambassador at a washington restaurant. when the agent warned there could be also be senators dining there, others could die. arbabsiar supposedly said, no problem or no big deal. >> there are a lot of details about this that sound a little too salacious to be true. it suggests a

. >> prosecutors say this man, iranian american manssor arbabsiar plotted with a member of iran's secretive tugs force to take out saudi ambassador adel al-jubeir with c 4 explosive. they want the guy done arbabsiar allegedly told an opponent. while prosecutors declined the say which restaurant al-jubeir eats at cafe milano as often as twice week. >> brilliant guy. >> brilliant guy. >> now, iran's leaders are furiously denying any kind of involvement in this assassination plot. they say that the whole thing is a cynical attempt by the u.s. to distract attention from our own economic problems. anita? >> bruce leshan in the satellite center. thank you. >>> well, a major turn of events today for the so-called underwear bomber. during the second day of the trial he changed the plea to guilty to all the counts against him including attempted murder and terrorism charges. umar farouk abdulmutallab admits that on christmas day 2009 he tried to bring down a northwest airlines flight from amsterdam to detroit with a bomb in his underwear. his stated motive retaliation for muslims the u.s. had killed

members of the iranian revolutionary guard corps and the quds force to this, i have no doubt that manssor arbabsiar was involved in something. they have recorded conversations. the question was who was sending him out to do this. was this something he was doing on behalf of a rogue commander or was this part of a plan? there's a couple of factors here. you have the money factor. it's difficult to imagine that someone is running around with $1 million for a plot like this and isn't well financed and isn't well connected. at the same time, you wonder, the revolutionary guard corps is much more capable than a lot of other adversaries the u.s. has faced, particularly like al qaeda. why couldn't they do this themselves? why did they have to outsource this to a drug cartel. these questions have to be answered. >> how likely are there rogue elements inside iran at this point that would maybe not tell the upper elite about this and go off on their own? >> well, look, there's a lot of competing power factions in >>> wall street stocks are trying to recover. russ sorkin joins me with the run down. >> slovaki

criminal complaint, officials said an iranian-american from corpus christi, texas, 56-year-old manssor arbabsiar, was recorded offering $1.5 million from iran for the ambassador's murder. officials say arbabsiar thought was dealing with a member of from mexican drug cartel who was, in fact, a government informant. after a series of meetings in july with the informant in the mexican border town of reynosa, arbasbsiar went to iran in august and arranged two wire transfers of $49,960 each, down payments, that went to an undercover fbi bank account. >> as a deadly down payment for their hired gun. >> reporter: officials say the plan also included follow-up attacks on the saudi and israeli embassies in washington. >> if the plot had not been foiled, we would be looking at a military confrontation. this is a provocation and there's no other way looking at it. >> reporter: two people have been charged, only one is in custody. the u.s. today named four senior officials of the quds force of being involve in the the plot. they are all in iran whe, wherey said the whole thing is a u.s. >> and they had a na

hollywood script, officials said an iranian-american from corpus christi, texas, 56-year-old manssor arbabsiar, was recorded offering $1.5 million from iran for the ambassador's murder. officials say arbabsiar thought was dealing with a member of a mexican drug cartel who was, in fact, a government informant. after a series of meetings in july with the informant, in the mexican border town of reynosa, arbabsiar went to iran in august and arranged two wire transfers of $49,960 each, downpayments, that went to an undercover fbi bank account. >> if the plot had not been foiled, we would be looking at a military confrontation. this is a provocation. and there's no other way of looking at it. >> reporter: two people have been charged but only one is in custody. the u.s. says there are at least four senior officials in the quds force responsible for the plot. iran calls the whole thing a u.s. fabrication. brian ross, abc news, new york. >>> and we'll find out much more about this terror plot and the administration's response when vice president joe biden joins us on "good morning america" later toda

it's claimed manssor arbabsiar was told to plan the assassination with hit men from a mexican drug cartel. his one of his informants was, in fact, a u.s. informant. >> so, an iranian plot to kill a saudi ambassador using mexican drug traffickers bringing terror to washington. authorities here admit it sounds like a hollywood script, but the final act is still unfolding. in response, the u.s. treasury has imposed sanctions on four senior members of the revolutionary guard. washington will use this case to further isolate tehran diplomatically. >> we will be consulting with our friends and partners around the world about how we can send a very strong message that this kind of action, which violates international norms, must be ended. >> the iranian authorities have dismissed the allegations as a fabrication, war mongering propaganda by america. a broken relationship is suddenly even more challenged. steve kingston, bbc news, washington. >> now to a name which reverberates through israel. gilad shalit, the young soldier kidnapped by hamas five years ago and whose release has been a battle of

federal agents arrested 56-year- old manssor arbabsiar, an american and iranian citizen, at jfk airport in new york on september 29th. the justice department says arbabsiar offered an undercover dea agent posing as a member of a mexican drug cartel $1.5 million to carry out the assassination with bombs. a spokesman for the iranian mission to the united nations says the country's government categorically rejects what he calls the baseless allegations. secretary of state hillary clinton says the thwarted plot will further isolate the country. >> this kind of action, which violates international norms, must be ended. >> reporter: the justice department says no one was ever in danger. danielle nottingham, cbs news, washington. >>> a few dozen sick out of thousands of people. the mumps at cal still spreading. why despite thousands of vaccine doses it's difficult to keep the outbreak under control. >> we don't center to pound it, cut it, break into the bones. we just consume it. >> hunting and gathering is credited for keeping our ancestors fit. how we can get the same benefits without actual

. >> investigators interrogated this man, manssor arbabsiar, until they say he confessed to an alleged murder for hire s cheme. he was arrested last month. this was a foiled plot to kill the u.s. ambassador to the u.s. >> borders and boundaries are increasingly irrelevant. in the vigils from one country sought to conspire with members of a drug cartel in another country. >> the suspects were ready to spend $1.5 million to part with a belief was that mexican drug cartel hit squad. but the plot was exposed. they'll take up the issue with the u.n., possibly to seek new sanctions against iran. >> this violates international norms and must be ended. >> spokesman said there is no truth that anyone in their country was involved. "i think the u.s. government is busy fabric grading this scenario. the goal is to reach the american public. they will not take the public's mind of the serious domestic problems they are facing these days." >> 5:36. 63 degrees on tv hill. a supplement now being tied to prostate cancer. >> environmental pollutants bad for your heart. >> don't forget to e-mail us your

officials say manssor arbabsiar was given a code word to kill the ambassador. chevrolet. and kill him. the man who told him that u.s. officials say is an officer in the quds force. he is charged as conspirator, but where is he? >> remains at large. >> at large and experts say very elusi elusive. they say he's probably in tehran, likely a focus on western law enforcement, but for now, out of their reach. >> is there no chance of getting him? >> no, tl a chance. i think the next step would be for the u.s. to issue provisional arrest warrants for him, then go to interpole and france and submit their package to the attorneys there. >> tom fuentes says then he could be apprehended. they say shakuri is a deputy to one official in the quds force identified as a cousin of arbabsiar. they all allegedly worked for commander of the quds force. under his leadership, experts say, this shadowy, secretive unit, an arm of iran's guard, uses terrorist groups around the world to do its bidding. >> training, army, recruitment, all of them. bombing attacks, use of ieds r assassinations, all

manssor arbabsiar is one of them. >>> he'll be joined by president lee, and the president hosted mr.is wife at a white house state dinner and praised the free trade agreement saying it's a win for both countries. >> from aerospace to electronics it will increase manufacturing exports including those produced by our small businesses and open korea's lucrative services market and pleased it will help level the playing field for american automakers. as a former executive, president lee will understand when i say that just as americans buy hyundais and kias, i hope koreans will buy more ford, chevy veries and chryslers. >> they will visit a gm plant where the sonic is being built. engineers and designers from both countries collaborated on it. >>> with the jobs bill stalling, a group of senators have unveiled their own plan. it would repeal the president's health care plan and they say it is a blueprint for economic recovery. still senator rand paul knows it'll take a lot for the other side to buy in. >> you will get rid of joblessness and unemployment when your economy grows again. we t

. >> reporter: prosecutors say this man, iranian american manssor arbabsiar blotted with a -- plotted to take out saudi ambassador adel al-jubeir with c 4 explosive. they want the job done he allegedly told an informant if 100 go with them. expletive them. the bombing was allegedly planned for a washington restaurant and while prosecutors declined to say which one, al-jubeir eats at cafe mill la know as often as twice a week. >> really brilliant guy. >> the fact that iran would be willing to attack in the united states is a significant step and provocative step on the part of iran and one that the u.s. just can't ignore. >> reporter: the u.s. has just frozen the assets of the iranian airline it says has varied members of the force but the vice president declined to detail other possible sanctions. >> i think what we have to do is unite the entire world against the iranian behavior. >> reporter: secretary of state hillary clinton today hinted that the u.s. would go to the u. n. security council and seek additional sanctions against iran. a state department cable to american embassies a

his name is manssor arbabsiar.the life of my faith, think that he would be capable of doing that. >> we're going to talk big picture in just a moment. first, i'll talk to a former neighbor of this suspect joining me on the phone. eric, what a story for you in your neighborhood. let me begin with this. what kind of neighbor was this man, manssor arbabsiar? >> d did you have any contact with him? >> no, he stayed to himself. you would see him sometime outside talking on his cell phone and smoking. >> did you say facing the sidewalk or -- >> pacing. just wearing a hole in the sidewalk, back and forth, back and forth. >> how long in any given time would he be walking back and forth? >> i would always go in and out. it could have been 20 minutes, it would have been an hour. but it wasn't just a hello and good-bye conversation that he was having. >> strike you as odd? >> yeah, very odd. considering the language that i had never heard before, dialect that i was not familiar with. >> we heard another neighbor say that abou