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
Reporter there was a lot of rain around saturday, and yet we had a bit of a lull. Theres the possibility of showers coming in this afternoon, movement day should be dry. 56 degrees is the current temperature in philadelphia. 51 degrees in allentown. 55 in wilmington. 50 in trenton. In areas south of philadelphia you might see sprinkles and showers around, ill show you Storm Tracker 6 live coming up in a little bit well talk about. On the bus stop cloudy and cool, dry in most spots. 54 degrees by 6 00 a. M. 8 00 a. M. , getting closer to 6o today 69 degrees by 11 00 a. M. 1 00 p. M. , 72. By 3 00 p. M. , 73. I actually think well get a high of 74. That may have a tendency to hit earlier in the afternoon i would say around 2 00 p. M. 3 00 p. M. , to 6 00 p. M. Showers are possible. Holding on to 70 this afternoon. Were looking at a big time warmup, the kind of temperatures weve been looking for a long time this week, but the humidity is going to return. Reporter i cant care, i was sick a
Dead in a shootout with state troopers. If you have been outside, you know it is nasty out there. Amelia is standing by with when you can expect a big improvement in the weather. A teenager accepts an eagle scout award a day after he unknowingly tried to help an armed and dangerous man wanted for a Violent Crime spree in Fairfax County. Tonight the teen talked to Darcy Spencer about this fateful encounter. Darcy . Reporter yes. Were here at dubai Jewelry Store yesterday afternoon. That 15yearold, lets be clear, had no idea the man he was trying to help, after crashing his car had just allegedly shot someone. Tonight andrew grier became an eagle scout but his training to help others in need got himself in a dangerous situation on saturday afternoon when he came face to face with a wanted man. I was just thinking about all of the situations that could have happened and how lucky we were that he didnt shoot us. Reporter police say the man robbed the dubai Jewelry Store on backlick road, s
Should have used pepper spray to break up an on campus party at the university of maryland. Darcy spencer talked to police and shes live tonight in college park. Reporter some students are criticizing the Police Department for that use of pepper spray. The president of the university and now the chief of the campus Police Department promising a thorough investigation. Today, we learned several of the officers involved were wearing body cameras and theyre expected to release some of that video. First of all, let me say im very concerned about the perception that my students have of what happened. Reporter the chief of university of Maryland Police commenting for the First Time Since his officers deployed pepper spray during an Early Morning confrontation at a graduation party. This twitter video shows the chaotic scene inside the courtyard apartment building. The police had gone there to break up a lar there was a report that somebody had a large baseball bat. So far what i see causes m