50 year embargo on weapons sales to vietnam, a move that could affect the balance of power in vietnam navy. anchor: tonight, austria has a new president. only after election that split the country into coup. in two. he was confirmed the winner of one of the closest ever election getting a huge percent of the vote. it was just enough for him to keep away his far right rival. [applause] a presidential walk across the lawn. >> there are not many austrians left unmoved from this election. with a razor thin margin, he won the vote with -- by just 6/10 of 1%. the 72-year-old economics professor is the former green party leader. his win comes largely from support from urban voters. it is important for him to stand the election as an independent. his rival run on an anti- migration platform. his goal was simple. >> in six years time, everyone in austria should be able to say i'm fine or i'm better than six years ago. freedom party candidate defeated -- conceded defeat on facebook. >> of course i'm sad but this campaign has not been for nothing. it is an investment in the future. many right-wingers

vietnam. tonight, how navy s.e.a.l.s returned the favor. >> reporter: walking down this path in vietnam is like walking back in time, meeting nguyen hoang minh. he was the combat interpreter for every navy s.e.a.l. in the mekong delta during the war. >> those s.e.a.l. teams were the most effective combat s.e.a.l. teams in vietnam primarily because of minh's influence. >> reporter: this lighter, a gift from a s.e.a.l. whose life minh saved. when the u.s. left vietnam, minh disappeared, presumed dead. but he wasn't. minh spent more than two years in a prison camp, then lived in poverty until patrol boat officer john donovan found him ten years ago. he recognized him by his smile. >> because he always had this big grin on his face. >> reporter: what would your life be like if the s.e.a.ls did not find you? >> i would be dead. for a long time. >> reporter: they brought him to florida for a reunion. >> you're a hell of a man, i'll tell you. god bless you. >> reporter: and now, they give him $300 a month, meaning minh can send his granddaughter to

ministry said wednesday that four vessels will visit ports in vietnam and the philippines and they say exchange programs are planned with the host navies. vietnam and the philippines have territorial disputes with china in the south china sea. india maintains the area is vital to its defense strategy. india will also join next month's exercise with the u.s. navy is the japanese maritime self-defefense force in waters near japan. it is boosting security cooperation with the two countries because of china's growing presence in its nearby waters. speaking of india, sayaka mori is here with an update on the cyclonee threaeatening the regi >> the first cyclonic storm of the region is affecting eastern india with strong winds as well as heavy rarainfall. the system will likely intensify further. gusts and over 170 millimeters of rainfall, the heaviest in a decade. a cyclone alert has been posted in eastern parts of india as the tropical system driftfts north along the indian coastline. fishermen in the arerea are bei asked toto stay out of the wate due toto large waves from the system. the e good newss is s that thihm is causing heavy rainfa

vietnam war. it is a man who helped to keep many american servicemen alive including navy seals. vicemen are paying him back. >> walking down this path in vietnam is like walking back in time. he was an intenter every navy seal in the delta during the war. the seal teams were the most effective combat field teams in vietnam because of his influence >> a gift from a seal whose life was saved. >> disappeared, resumed dead but he wasn't. he spent two years in a prison camp, and lived in poverty. he was found and recognized him by his smile. >> he always had a big grin. >> what would your life be like in the seals did not find you? >> i would be dead for a long-term. >> they brought him to florida. >> you are a hell of a man. >> now he has sent hills granddaughter to college on this memorial day honor our fallen veterans. >> for abc news. >> a lost events going on in the bay area and it will be hot. >> it will be. tracking that for us especially inland. >> exactly, the further you are away from the ocean the more likely it will be hot. look at the winds, a breeze in fairfield and the

here is bob woodruff >> walking down this path in vietnam is like walking back in time. a combat interpreter for every navy seal in the delta during the war. >> the seal teams with the most effective combat seal teams in vietnam. >> and the gift from the seal whose life he saved. when he left vietnam he was presumed dead but wasn't. two years in a prison camp and then lived in poverty until a patrol boat found him 10 years ago, recognizing him by his smile. >> he always had a big smile on his face. >> what would your life be like if the seals did not find him? they brought him to florida and now give him $300 a month, so he can send his granddaughterer to college. on this memorial day as we honor our veterans they remember a fan who helped them survive. >> quite a story. >>> "action news" sports sunday next on channel 6. "action news" continues at 4:30 tomorrow morning with david murphy, tamala edwards, matt o'donnell and karen rogers. >> for walter perez, walter perez, jeff skversky and the entire "action news" team i'm sarah bloomquist. have a great night and a good memorial day. ♪ ♪ >> that ball was cru

weekend as we honor those that served our nation, a story from the vietnam war, a man who helped to keep servicemen alive, including navyey return the favor. we have the story tonight from vietnam. >> reporter: walking down this path is like walking back in time. meeting this man. he was a combat interpreter for every navy sa.e.a.l. during the war. >> those s.e.a.l. teams were the most effective s.e.a.l. teams in vietnam, primarily because of ming's influence. >> this lighter from a man whose life was saved. ming spent two years in a prison camp and lived in poverty until patrol boat officer john donovan found him ten years ago. he recommend news -- he recogni him by a smile. >> what would your life be like if the s.e.a.l.s did not find you? >> i would be dead for a long time. >> they brought him to south florida. >> they give him $300 a month, meaning ming can send his daughter to college. as we honor our fallen veterans, these s.e.a.l.s remember a man who helped them survive. >>> on this memorial weekend, let's get a check on the forecast that is climbing as far as temperatures are concerned. >> right now we are seein

vietnam welcomed american navy ships to your ports. our military are conducting more exchanges and partnering on maritime security. together we are pursuing the transpacific partnership, not only to support trade but to draw our nations closer together and reinforce regional cooperation. we are doing more to prevent nuclear terrorism and making sure outbreaks of disease do not become epidemics. the united states and vietnam agreed to a significant upgrade in our cooperation across the board. giving our young people the education and skills that they need to succeed. for the first time the peace corps will come to vietnam. our peace corps volunteers will focus on teaching english and the friendship they forge will bring us closer together for decades. american academic and technological leaders, intel, oracle, arizona state university and others will help vietnam universities boost science and technology, engineering and math. harvard medical school, johnson and johnson, ge and others will join with vietnam universities to improve medic

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. >> secretary of state john kerry served in the vietnam war as a u.s. navywift boat commander and received a silver star, a bronze star, and three purple heart. he later became a vocal proponent of the war and testified in 1971 before

navy, serving two tours of duty in vietnam as an officer. he was awarded the silver star, the bronze star, and three purple hearts. upon his return from vietnam, he became a national spokesman for the efforts of veterans to end the war speaking about the war , that he believed had gone off the tracks. his words accor -- his words echoed with valor, sincerity, and deep consideration, qualities that he has always embodied. i first met secretary kerry when he was serving as a united states senator. during his 28 years in the senate, secretary kerry served on the foreign relations committee, where he was one of the most respected voices on issues of foreign policy and national security. in he was the 2004, democratic nominee for president of the united states. in december of 2012, president obama nominated him to become the united states secretary of state. upon his confirmation, he became the first sitting chairman of the foreign relations committee to become secretary of state in more than a century. winston churchill once said, "success is no

. >> secretary of state john kerry served in the vietnam war as a u.s. navy swift boat commander, receiving a silver star, bronze star, and three purple hearts. .e shared his views on the war here's a preview. >> securing a short pass to get to theon and coming up delta. on top of the hotel in a momentary pause from the at night, looking out watching these flares popping all around the city. in the distance hearing bursts of gunfire and the occasional roar of the c-130 flying by and the burp of what we called tough the magic dragon. sorts butoasis of still the very essence of a war zone. rooftop, butame completely different view. the traffic circle outside is filled with motorbikes, teaming with passengers and every form of commerce from chicken coops to air conditioners. nobody is thinking about the war. the majority are too young to remember it. it is a different era and that calls for a different relationship. no one could have possibly imagined the general secretary's visit last year, or president obama's land visit to vietnam. no one could have imagined

navy. he served 27 years, achieving the highest grade for an enlisted sailor, that of master chief petty officer. his first assignment was above the u.s.s. hornet and during vietnam he served as part of the brown water navy. over his 27-year career he earned numerous awards and commend cases -- commendations including three navy commendation medals, two medals, a vietnam service medal and overseas service ribbon. upon his retirement in 1992 he moved to laughlin and joined american legion post 60. as a member of the legion he was revered by fellow members for his selfless service and dedication to his post and his fellow veterans. he even donated a trailer he owned to be used as a shelter. jesse did all of these things and more but never accepted compensation for his work. i did not have the privilege of knowing him but clear from speaking with community members that naming the new v.a. clinic in his honor is a fitting tribute. he was called to his final tribute station. repay to hance to american legion post 60 and the unions navy by naming the clinic in his honor. i thank all of the members of nevada and the american legion for working with us on this bill. i ur

shark attack in shallow waters, and on this memorial day, abc news goes back to vietnam for an uplifting store to show how navy>> in the race for the white house, bernie sanders is making a concentrated evident to win california, holding two rallies today in the central valley he has two events tomorrow in oakland, including a rally at 5:00 p.m. tuesday he'll be in emeryville, santa cruz, and monterey, with a stop in palo alto on wednesday. >>> hillary clinton's campaign celebrated the grandopening yesterday of her campaign office in fresno. she'll spent memorial day at a rally in new jersey and has no california appearances scheduled before our june 7th primary. >>> donald trump pledged to im0 prove health care for america's veterans when he spoke to thousands at today's rolling thunder motorcycle rally in washington, dc. the presumptive republican presidential nominee also renewed his call to build a wall along the mexican border. the annual rolling thunder rally honors prisoners of war and american troops who are missing in action. >>> stay up to date on the race for president with the abc7 news app. downlo

vietnam. my family legacy goes back to the revolution in virginia. my brother was in the navynd i served as a contractor to various agencies. who areeveral cousins vietnam veterans. one was in vietnam when his it waspassed away and only because of my father being able to get him out of there and back here that he was even able to go to his mother's funeral. another cousin still deals with issues in his 70's, ptsd. he rode shotgun on fuel tankers and was affected. one was also affected by agent orange and i had a unique experience because of my father's military career, we lived in arlington during the early 60's, and then we went to -- my father was an intelligence advisor and one of your previous callers talked about president kennedy not wanting to escalate the vietnam war and that was correct. we have to remember that president eisenhower, a world war ii veteran, started a military advisers in 1954 when the french left vietnam. impact that ithe personally saw, when we returned -- when we were in hawaii, my father made trips back and forth to vietnam and as a kid in school,

secretary of state john kerry served in the vietnam war as a u.s. navy boat commander. he received a similar star, -- a silver star, bronze star, and three purple hearts. he shared his view on the war as part of a conference hosted by the lyndon b. johnson presidential library. here's a preview. >> i can remember during the war, securing a short pass to get to then-saigon, coming up from the delta where we were stationed. sitting on the top of the wrecks hotel, a momentary cause from all the craziness, and i was looking out at the city at night, watching these flares popping all around the city, everywhere, and in the distance, hearing bursts of gunfire and the occasional roar of ac-130 of what wee burp called puff the magic dragon. it was surreal. and away sis, of sorts, but still, the essence of a war zone. you go back there today, which i have done, same hotel, same rooftop, completely different view. a completely different nation. the traffic circle outside the rex is filled with motorbikes. teeming with passengers in every form of commerce, with chicken coops, air

vietnam has welcomed american navy ship to your ports. our militaries are conducting more exchanges and partnering on maritime security. together we're pursuing the transpacific partnership, not only to support trade but to draw our nations closer together and reinforce regional cooperation. we're doing more to meet global challenges from preventing nuclear terrorism to promoting global health security so that outbreaks of disease don't become epidemics. and with this visit, the united states and vietnam have agreed to a significant upgrade in our cooperation across the board. we're taking new steps to give our young people the education and skills that they need to succeed. and i'm very pleased that for the first time, the peace corps will come to vietnam. our peace corps volunteers will focus on teaching english, and the friendship that our people forge will bring us closer together for decades to come. american academic and technological leaders including intel, oracle, arizona state university and others will help vietnamese universit

navy wife, four kids, your husband flying over north vietnam. a sedan pulls up at your house. a senior officer, his wife, and a chaplain, get out. they walk to your door. you know your husband has been shot down or killed. they come in and say, ma'am, your husband has been shot down. we think he is alive. we're not really sure. north vietnam won't tell us one way or the other. we'll try to find out. we ask you be quiet. don't talk to anybody about this. just keep quiet. don't talk to the press. don't tell anybody you don't have to, and we'll take care of it. so in 1965, you're sybil stockdale, military wife you do what you're told to do. you accept this, you trust the government. well, threw in ingenious, you learn that the treatment for the p.o.w.s isn't very good. communiquÉ, you learn your husband is at the hands of people that are expert in torture and he is in leg irons for 16 hours a day. and your government is still not doing anything about it. so these wives started organizing before the country, before they had e-mail. before they had cell phones. they would spend hou

. >> reporter: priorly in the navy and did a stint in vietnam. >> off the coast of vietnam in 1966, three years on a destroy, 24 in reserves, attorney general of the state for 4 years from 1981-1984 and state district court judge from '99 to end of 2010. >> reporter: most pertinent, unbound delegate. >> right. >> reporter: pledged support for donald trump? >> i haven't done that yet. i'm going to go -- i'm a noncommitted delegate. i will go to the conventions i believe donald trump will be the endorsee, i'm sure i will vote for him at the convention. i'm going as unbound delegate because it's protest against the presidential primaries. >> reporter: you're waffling on whether you will vote for donald trump you expect to -- are you sure. >> yeah, i'm going to vote for him. there's no one else to vote for. i don't like the presidential primaries. i think they're the wrong thing. what happens in primaries, the candidates go to the left and the right, and the general election is a centrist election. we have to pick candidates that can appeal to the center. donald j. trump has done an excellent

vietnam was ready. they lifted part of the embargo two years ago based on maritime security because of some of the concerns about what is happening with the chinese navy. and now there is a question whether this is a broader embargo. you might see potential lifting something that will take time over time to sort of see how vietnam makes progress on human rights and if they don't, maybe they will not sell certain types of weapons. even if they announce a lifting of the embargo it could take several years for the defensive weapons to be actually exchanged. and that would give the u.s. not only this administration but a successor time to judge whether vietnam moved enough. >> david nakumara from the "washington post" thank you. >> thank you. afghanistan government officials said today an american air strike did kill the leader of the anti-government taliban, mullah akhtar mansour, yesterday. u.s. homeland security secretary jeh johnson said, "it appears likely" mansour was killed, but it could be a few days before the u.s. had the evidence confirming that. a u.s. drone struck a vehicle transporting mansour just across the afghan border in pakistan. pakis

vietnam. by the time i got back through quantico, and pensacola, where navy pilots go to train, i am walking through the naval aviation museum one day going, god, i am almost done, i am going to be an american naval aviator. how cool is that? i am looking at all these planes in the museum in pensacola, and i see one little plane hanging on the ceiling. it is a little 01 observation plane. it had the markings of south vietnam from the south vietnamese air force. do know what that plane is from? it is from a vietnamese pilot who landed that plane on the last day of the war, waved to his whole family. i said wow, a record of my past. it landed in the museum of my future. when i got to my first squadron, i realized that he did not it did not matter what your rank was, what your color was, it mattered if you could fly. as a helicopter pilot, you have marines in the back of your helicopter. and so to be trusted as a first lieutenant flying helicopters in the persian gulf war was one of the greatest responsibilities i ever had. the war was very brief. it was overwhelmingly victorious. it was something that

i graduated from high school, in the navy four years, accepted to college while the vietnam war was getting started. i became a teacher. i became a guy dance counselor. i retired from counseling. and i have a small pension from teachers pension and we started a small business, my wife, myself and my sons and basically, it's the same thing right now. we have a very small fish usiness. maybe the reasons are many for that. but nevertheless, as far as -- host: bob, when you were a teacher, when were you a teacher? caller: i was a teacher -- i ft teaching in the early 1990's. from the 1960's, early 1960's to -- host: ok. did you consider yourself to be middle class when you were teaching? caller: i felt that at that time , i was close. i mean, my father died when i was young. my mother never worked. i've never had -- i'm not complaining now because in the 1950's when i grew up as a kid, i felt i had more potential opportunities then than i ever had since then. even with a master's degree and all the rest of it. but that's my own problem, not necessarily the country -- make not be a problem in th

navy has increased its monitoring patrols. why that -- it's not clear if asean members will agree this time. they have drawn sharp criticism from some like the philippines and vietnam that have territorial disputes with china. >> he talked about china's activities and its territorial disputes. he said the international community is concerned about china's unilateral attempt to change the status quo. last month two japanese destroyers made a first stop at vietnam's most important naval base which faces the south china sea. david cameron agreed to discussing whether the group of seven nations should launch a fiscal stimulus to stabilize the global economy. we are joined from the business desk. the two leaders met in britain. tell us more. >> it was the last lag of his european tour. he wanted to coordinate with other g7 leaders later this month. abe saw cameron support for his idea to achieve sustainable growth. cameron said the g7 countries need to work together for global growth. >> we need to respect the different situations of different countries. we look forward to a g7. we talk about how we cooperate to avert risks in the global economy and ensure job rich grow

interpretation of our law, and now it is so that you will have to have served on the ground in vietnam or in the navy to get access to this law and these benefits. mr. speaker, the people's representatives never spoke on that. this is an issue we've dealt with time and again in this chamber, both sides of the aisle, fighting back, fighting for our article 1 prerogatives. and this is very clear here. this body spoke. we said we had to try to make right what was wrong, and so now we have about 90,000 sailors that don't have access to the health care. mr. speaker, be advised and be assured that members of this body fight every day for these veterans in a case-by-case basis and we do win some of these but we don't win all of them and it's just -- it's just flatly wrong. mr. speaker, what this amendment does is really ensure that our article 1 prerogatives are secured, that we go back to the original language, that we passed and the president signed, and i would ask for all my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support this amendment. with that i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from new york reser

navy commander vincent g. monroe. >> reporter: service members from camden county killed in action in the wars in vietnam, iraq and afghanistand among them -- >> marine corps first lieutenant jason mann. >> reporter: al feign in a mann's son. my son is in my memory every day and in my heart. >> memorial day for her isn't about going down the shore. >> it's a matter of remembering the soldiers that were lost. not just my jason. >> reporter: she and other gold star families were hahn nard today for that are sacrifices. marine and thomas pagano lost their son gregory in iraq eight years ago. >> we sacrificed our son, but, you know, we can't do anything about that. wove take care of the people that are here, the people that have sacrificed and are still here that are in need. >> reporter: honored today sergeant glenn baker who sergeant in vietnam fief ye tears ago he spent his entire life serving veterans as they returned home but can't help but think of his friends who didn't and never got to experience the past 50 years. >> you ask yourself what would their lives have been? what contributions would they have made? >> reporter:

of the unitedn states navy, gold star wives of america, vietnam veterans of america, etc. that do toething vague interpretive challenges over the decades has created a diminishment of service members retirement and the families that sacrificed for them. thatis a means to correct with simple language. it is fair. it provides the shared experiences that the years and time at separation and will protect our service warriors regardless of who they are, male, female that have put themselves in harms way. and with that, mr. chairman, i will yield back my time and happy to answer any questions that there may be. >> further questions. >> i would like to speak in support of this amendment. theuld like to note that course of a military career is very different than the course of some other professions such as lawyers or doctors where so much of your final earning power rests with your ability to successfully complete and pass training at the very beginning of your career when the first spouse may be involved. if you don't pass the bar exam coming you can't become an attorney. in the

navy plane. so far, crews have not spotted any debris. >>> president obama is in vietnam, kicking off a week-long announcement overnight, listifting a long-standing arms embargo on the united states' one-time foe. >> this will ensure that vietnam needs to defend itself and removes and v s lasting images cold war. >> president obama will be the first u.s. president to visit hiroshima later in the week. >>> this tornado was spotted along the oklahoma border. dylan says there is a threat of more tornadoes in the region today. >>> a disturbing scene at a zoo in chile over the weekend that's getting a lot of attention. tamron that has that story. >> this is hard to believe. you may find some of these images disturbing. officials say a man deliberately jumped into the lion enclosure and started provoking the animals. they attacked, eventually leading zookeepers to shoot and kill the lions. officials say it was their only choice, but people are furious. >> reporter: shock and outrage saturday at the zoo in chile after officials say a 20-year-old man broke into the and taunted the big cats, causing them

taiwan and vietnam also claim the farther to the south in the spratly islands, china has constructed 3200 acres of artificial islands. the pentagon says the u.s. navycted three so-called freedom of navigation patrols since october, sailing shibs nearby and sending a message that the united states recognizes much of that area as international waters. china has scrambled fighter jets in response. president obama says he denies the is taking sides between the countries that are claiming these islands, though he notes that china has the power to begin a dialogue to settle these disputes. bill: that's good context. rich edson on that story in washington d.c. thanks. martha: bill o'reilly calling out the state department for referring to the clinton e-mail blunder as a, quote, learning experience. >> mr. toner's being ridiculous, referring questions to clinton's team? come on. you're insulting us. martha: could hillary clinton's campaign be in serious trouble? our political panel weighs in. bill: also beam us up, right? high-tech lasers, space lasers that could take us to mars. is that possible? a former astronaut here live to explain. stand by. ♪ ♪ olay

his father real estate tired as captain from the navy after 28 years of service that included time in world war ii, the korean war and in vietnam. admiral gortney received his gold and his -- his wings of gold in 1978ate in beeville, it and began a career under the call sign "shortney." he has completed numerous staff assigns manies both in the u.s. and brad. his first opportunity for command was onboard the u.s.s. roosevelt. from there he has amassed an impressive resume of command experience including three command tours in u.s. central command area of operations providing support to maritime security operations and embayed operations for operations enduring freedom and iraqi freedom. these assignments included commander of u.s. central services u.s. fifth complete, combined maritime forces, commanderrer of carrier strike group ten and commanderrer of carrier air group 7 onboard the u.s.s. john f. kennedy. his first graying tour was on the deputy chief of staff for global force management, u.s. fleet forces command norfolk, virginia. more recently he served as director of the joint staff, then commanded u.s. fleet forces comm

vietnam memorial means a lot to me. without war.w up that i knew. my father was very much a pacifist. even though he served in world war ii, in the navynd in the war. pacific, he mourned he hated what it did. my mother and i had pow breakfast. we followed the war very much. .- bracelets we followed the war very much. they were little bracelets made out of metal. they had the name of the person and that they had gone missing. they were either mia or pow. they went missing and the idea was that you were to wear them until they came home. neither person that my mother had, nor i, came home. i believe i found them both today and took pictures of the names on the wall. it was a constant reminder of sacrifice that people were making. interestingly, i remember when the war ended. -- my gosh, how will we with with -- how will we live without war? what will we focus on? it's been so much of my existence. then the thought came over me -- my gosh, that you would even consider that. it was an interesting thing to live with. i, like many people, always thought that that would be the end. because of everything we experience in vietnam, i thought we

vietnam memorial means a lot to me because i grew up with that war. it was all i knew. my father was very much a pacifist, even though he served in world war ii in the navynd was in the south pacific. warned against war. my mother and i had pow bracelets and followed the war very much. bracelets madee out of metal. it had the name of the person who was a pow and the date that they went missing. the idea was that you were to wear them until they came home. neither person my mother had nor believe ie and i found them both today and took pictures of their names on the wall. it was a constant reminder of the sacrifice that people were making. , i remember when the war ended from other was a part of me that said, my gosh, how will we live now without war? what will we focus on? it's been so much of my ecosystem. it was an interesting thing to live with. come always people thought that would be the end because of everything experienced in vietnam, i thought we would have another war -- we would never have another war. as you get older and -- anything i can see if there's a documentary or anything like that, i watch it because i don't want to forget. it was so