imam muy happened musri but wait a minute. musri said he never made a deal. he never even talked directly with imam feisal abdul rauf. he only talked to rauf's wife who agreed only to set up a meeting in new york on saturday. >> the imam is correct in his statement there is no deal and we're not bartering. but we are trying -- i'm trying to resolve two delicate situations that have security ramifications around the world. >> reporter: but by the time you left there and walked out here with pastor jones, it went from you saying that we can meet with the imam in new york and then pastor jones comes out and says we have a deal and insists there's a deal. he stretched it, changed it? >> stretched it possibly. >> reporter: for imam rauf in new york, all that was transpiring in gainesville, florida, seemed to come out of left field. he issued a statement expressing