they are keen to work closely with plon goalian leaders one of the as you kun try's abundance ever uranium. israeli leaders says the army could use the enriched uranium for nuclear bombs. they have threatened to attack the site. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton urged caution on iran's nuclear development. >> we believe and we share this common position that iran has a right to the use of peaceful nuclear energy. but iran must abide by its international obligations and -- >> she said iranian leaders cannot be permitted to get a nuclear weapon. >> clinton has urged southeast asian leaders to work together towards calm in the south china sea. she want them to resolve territorial disputes with china without intimidation or the use of force. clinton is on a tour of southeast asia and china ahead of the asia-pacific economic corporation forum this week in russia. she met with indonesian foreign minister in jakarta. clinton says it's in the u.s. nation interest to keep peace in t south china sea. >> we encourage asean and china to make meaningful progress towards finalizing a comprehensive

it says it will spend $40 billion a plon on bonds until home buying is affordable and the fed promisingo keep interest rates low through tweant 15, sending stocks higher. the dow finishing up more than 200 points and hitting its highest levels since the beginning of the recession. yosemite national park officials confirming a ninth case of a deadly rodebt-born illness, a man has recovered. however, three of nine infect individual died. at least 1700 guests have been exposed to a virus, which can cause flu-like symptoms. i'm anita vogel. >>. now back to greta. did president obama shoot first when answering the question, is egypt our ally? yesterday, president obama categories governor romney of shooting 50 and aiming later. but now, president obama has a controversy. he says the u.s. does not consider egypt an ally that. comment exploded all over the president. and the white house trying to walk back the comment. and that created more controversy. tonight, as the protests continue, no one in washington can agree on the correct response to the egypt question. is egypt our ally or not? joi

. >> reporter: president obama has expanded pell grants and cut out the banks as middlemen for plonsllowing students to borrow directly from the government. now obama proposes to slow tuition growth by increasing state grants. yet, yed need congress to fund that. >> i will not promise free stuff you will end up paying for. i want to give you a great job so you can pay it back yourself. >> reporter: mitt romney's plan to help students, remove burdensome regulations and get the government out of the student loan business. romney says the flood of federal dollars just drives up tuition. molly corbett broad of the american council on education says the recession's heavy toll on state budgets is also a factor. >> when the state reduces its support, the only other place to turn for most colleges in the public sector is to increase tuition. >> reporter: either way students like jackie feel left out in the cold. >> a lot of people who don't have students in college or don't have kids my age just think, like, oh, you're either wealthy enough to go to college or you get financial aid from the