director of elam ministries that serves christians in iran. gary lane spoke with david about the arrests. >>>> what crime are these christians accused of? >> actually, they are not officially accused of anything. they haven't been given charges, they have kept in prison for months at a time. >> david, when mahmoud ahmadenijad came to power in 2005, he said he will stamp out christianity in iran. this is an ongoing thing ever since he came to power. why now is it intensifying? >> it has been intensifying these last few years and in particular, the last year it has been very, the persecution has gained momentum. that is because the church is growing with increasing momentum. the government officials are publically stating that. for the first time they have never acknowledged that the iranians are becoming christians. for the first time they are saying this publically writing it about it in the newspapers, warning people. states publically they will arrest people who are becoming christians. that they will close down networks of house churches an

here's cnn's stephanie elam. >> reporter: the cost of that cup of jo is about to go up more. >> prices have been rising steadily over the last four or five years but these price rises have accelerated since may of last year. >> reporter: and roasters are passing some of the cost onto you. last fall starbucks said it was raising the price of labor intensive drinks to offset the cost of coffee beans. with coffee prices hitting a 14-year high and rising more than 100% in the last 12 months, more hikes could be on the horizon. what's behind the boost? >> coffee prices are high primarily because we have had three disappointing harvests in colu colombia in a row and they are the biggest producer of fine quality coffee. >> reporter: prices are high but not the worst we've seen. >> if we talk about adjusting for inflation, prices are not as high as we have seen in the past. in nominal terms, we're at the highest level since 1977. >> reporter: it's hard to pinpoint when prices will go up at the store but consumers should get ready. >> sticker shock they may think is bad now will be nothing comp

the money was sent to help buy gnds for the taliban and funding in islamic schools that the elder elam founded in pakistan allegedly used to shelter terrorists and to teach children to join the movement. >> it's important to note that we disrupted a funding it terrorist activity overseas. >> reporter: three years ago agents began tracking suspicious money transfers from miami to pakistan, averaging from $1,000 to $10,000 each. the mosques themselves are not targeted. the president of one of the mosques is surprised by the allegations and condemned every possible wrongdoing. we'd like to know most do not support terrorism. this is a forbidden act in islam. >> a key question, who are the donors? for now investigators won't say. susan candiotti, cnn, new york. >>> what is it that can bring together an oscar winner, a grammy winner, and a hall of famer all in the same room? well, we had them in all the same room last night, including that man, mr. ernie banks, a candid conversation with him, morgan freeman and carlos santana. hear from them in 90 seconds. at usaa, this is our executive com

more money if we won't lower the rates before we get as much or more money out of the tax expenditure elam nations. it's not just individuals who get tax expenditures, corporations to come to wrecks of the corporate rate looks high of the bizarre thing is some people pay because of their operations are in america and they don't have the access to the deductions and others pay next to nothing so i think we can bring the rate down but we have to bring the tax expenditures down. then i see from the individual side again relating to creating jobs, we may want to move away altogether from the system that taxes labor at midd and lower levels and in come and tax things more. you can get rid of the payroll tax altogether which is a big deterrent to creating jobs. and if you impose a progressive tax or have a tax on pollution comes so-called externality, and then create just as much money and invest more of it my problem is with the current dilemma we are in now is we need to get rid of this debt but we need to do it in a way that brings back investment. what happened when i passed the deficit redu

more money if we won't lower the rates before we get as much or more money out of the tax expenditure elam nations. it's not just individuals who get tax expenditures, corporations to come to wrecks of the corporate rate looks high of the bizarre thing is some people pay because of their operations are in america and they don't have the access to the deductions and others pay next to nothing so i think we can bring the rate down but we have to bring the tax expenditures down. then i see from the individual side again relating to creating jobs, we may want to move away altogether from the system that taxes labor at middle and lower levels and in come and tax things more. you can get rid of the payroll tax altogether which is a big deterrent to creating jobs. and if you impose a progressive tax or have a tax on pollution comes so-called externality, and then create just as much money and invest more of it my problem is with the current dilemma we are in now is we need to get rid of this debt but we need to do it in a way that brings back investment. what happened when i passed the deficit re

more money if we won't lower the rates before we get as much or more money out of the tax expenditure elam nations. it's not just individuals who get tax expenditures, corporations to come to wrecks of the corporate rate looks high of the bizarre thing is some people pay because of their operations are in america and they don't have the access to the deductions and others pay next to nothing so i think we can bring the rate down but we have to bring the tax expenditures down. then i see from the individual side again relating to creating jobs, we may want to move away altogether from the system that taxes labor at middle and lower levels and in come and tax things more. you can get rid of the payroll tax altogether which is a big deterrent to creating jobs. and if you impose a progressive tax or have a tax on pollution comes so-called externality, and then create just as much money and invest more of it my problem is with the current dilemma we are in now is we need to get rid of this debt but we need to do it in a way that brings back investment. what happened when i passed the deficit re