Good morning to you. Im diane maceda. And im phillip mena. We begin with that major announcement by president obama taking a step with normal relationship with an old enemy. He announced the end of an arms embargo with the country, something vietnamese leaders had long sought. Abcs bob woodruff is traveling with the president and he joins now. Reporter good morning, yes some very big news this morning. A short while ago, president obama announced that the u. S. Has agreed to lift the longstanding arms embargo which made it illegal to sell lethal weapons to vietnam. That ban is now officially over but there are lingering concerns about vietnams human rights record. Its interesting that obama was made really to improve the relationship with vietnam not because of chinas increasing aggressive ideas in the south china sea. Despite that wording china is major concern in he region, china has been converting reefs into artificial islands not far away from the vietnamese coast. So the relation
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Their feet last night in las vegas. Madonna and Stevie Wonder paying tribute to the prince while kesha delivered her first televised performance with an emotional performance of dob dylans performance it aint me, babe. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, may 23rd. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. 3r6 good morning. We begin this half hour with the deepening mystery ask your rounding is the egyptair flight 04. Theres still no sign of the flight recorders or the fuselage. Those socalled black boxes are crucial to the investigation holding Key Information that could help determine whether a malfunction or terrorism is to blame for the crash. The search for the missing jet stretches over 5300 square nice in the Mediterranean Sea an area about the size of connecticut. Abcs molly hunter joins us more on this. Good morning o morning. Reporter thats right. Were on the mediterranean coast. Its a breezy day here. So choppy water but clear skies for that search. That
Las vegas. Madonna and Stevie Wonder paying tribute to the prince while kesha delivered her first televised performance with an emotional performance of dob dylans performance it aint me, babe. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, may 23rd. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. 3r6 good morning. We begin this half hour with the deepening mystery ask your rounding is the egyptair flight 04. Theres still no sign of the flight recorders or the fuselage. Those socalled black boxes are crucial to the investigation holding Key Information that could help determine whether a malfunction or terrorism is to blame for the crash. The search for the missing jet stretches over 5300 square nice in the Mediterranean Sea an area about the size of connecticut. Abcs molly hunter joins us from alexandria, egypt, with more on this. Good morning o morning. Reporter thats right. Were on the mediterranean coast. Its a breezy day here. So choppy water but clear skies for that search. T
Good morning to you. Im diane maceda. And im phillip mena. We begin with that major announcement by president obama taking a step with normal relationship with an old enemy. He announced the end of an arms embargo with the country, something vietnamese leaders had long sought. Abcs bob woodruff is traveling with the president and he joins now. Reporter good morning, yes some very big news this morning. A short while ago, president obama announced that the u. S. Has agreed to lift the longstanding arms embargo which made it illegal to sell lethal weapons to vietnam. That ban is now officially over but there are lingering concerns about vietnams human rights record. Its interesting that obama actually insisted this decision was made really to improve the relationship with vietnam not because of chinas increasing aggressive ideas in the south china sea. Despite that wording china is major concern in he region, china has been converting reefs into artificial islands not far away from the v