dareen: ok.ll important points we will drill down into but let me bring first, in natasha from the uk. what do you think about this visit? what does the timing signal to you about what the u.s. is looking to get out of this? natasha: i would agree. the u.s. is trying to get closer to vietnam to upgrade the relationship as a way of countering china. so the u.s. is opening this relationship -- the u.s. is hoping the relationship will get stronger with security issues and they are trying to at least discuss sending over ships for the coast guard in vietnam and vietnam had previously gotten most of its vessels from russia and as vietnam's trying to rely less on russia, the u.s. is trying to come in. no word if that will get passed by lawmakers but the u.s. is also trying to increase its bilateral economic ties and it sees vietnam as a really important piece to its indo pacific strategy of countering china. it's trying to convince vietnam that china's assertiveness in the south china seas poses a thre