claims in the region is on the agenda is lawrence lu, reports from column pool us vice president, kamala harrison's visit to southeast asia, is part of the u. s. outreach to asia now in a news conference on monday in singapore, vice president harris talks about the u. s. his commitment to a free and open in the pacific region, and particularly to maintaining freedom of navigation in the south china sea. this is a body of water which is important, not only because it's a trade route, but because it's resource rich and china has laid claims to large parts of it. there are also several countries in the region that have competing claims over the south china sea. and it's increasingly turning into a security flashpoint, partly because china has grown more 13 in its claims. and partly because china views the freedom of navigation operations conducted by the u. s. navy, in the south china sea as provocative. now come la harris, his visit is intended to signify 2 countries in the region that the u. s. is committed to keeping a rules based international order and in keeping the south china sea open. now par

our relations with vietnam are so friendly tonight, that it is the next stop on vice president kamala harrison'something a debacle, suggests that there is a better way of doing. and we know how to do it better. if you are rowing a boat in a hurricane, and it sings, do we call that a debacle? or do we call that inevitable? when you hear people calling the evacuation from afghanistan a debacle, asked them compared to what? when has any country ever evacuated from a foreign war, that they lost, in a way, that is better than what we are seeing now, the answer is never. this is the best version of an evacuation from a lost war, that the world has ever seen. that does not make a good, that does not make it orderly, that does not make it safe for everyone involved, but it does mean that nothing else was realistically possible. the white house press v. briefing room, in 1975, the day after the last american helicopter left vietnam, republican president gerald ford's press secretary, who he inherited from the disgraced president nixon he was forced to resign the office, was asked, what the presidents rea

but vice president kamala harris's 1st ever planned visit to vietnam, is claimed to have a noble aim. keep in mind, the biden harrison's administration, main message to the world is not supposed to make you cringe. but really though, can you help it? at least that was the reaction on line vietnam, the nation we destroyed and who is still dealing with the aftermath of our last visit there. kamala is an imperialist, saying, americans back in vietnam, can juris images of b, 50 twos, dropping the bombs on villages. do you think if camera was off, how many vietnamese civilian and soldier deaths america was responsible for over a 25 year period? that her guess would be even within a 1000000 of the actual number? i mean, seriously, america is back that the wording the u. s. went with when visiting a country, it ravaged with a hideously toxic agent orange in the decades long conflict. it's been almost 60 years since the chemical was widely deployed and the vietnamese are still dealing with the aftermath. me the that's all despite the assurances by washington, an annoying of their cooperation to clear up the heretic effects, it

made hundreds of donations to democrats including kamala harris who is a close personal friend and ally the atlantic barely stop short of endorsing harrison the 2020 primary in a new some of the quotations had. if you are on the right physically will be uncomfortable they are so over-the-top with the praise she is the most important person with the media establishment and she uses all of this industry on - - imagery in her office it is an amazing character that is unspeakably powerful and entirely anonymous before this book i did not even know her name. >> you said is not your cup of tea but you write as a news outlet it is abominable horrible journalist and horrible people. what did they do to your cheerios? >> i did you some colors. [laughter] i was not happy will i wrote this. i went through a couple of stories where they were arguing against ultrasounds because even if you are pro-choice i don't know why you want more abortions i just find that position. pro-choice i understand more abortions but they argue for the chinese model in the government the chinese influence over american media but they want a model arguing for a chinese mod

learning this afternoon the vice president kamala harris will be visiting the bay area next week to rally against the recall of governor gavin newsome harrison newsome will hold an event to urge californians to vote no on the recall ballot. the event will be held next friday. the 27th, however, the exact time and location have not been made available just yet, but we will bring you all those details as soon as we get them and also covered the vice president's visit. coming up here during kron 4 news at 3 o'clock today. a new option to help avoid traffic in the east bay, but it's going to cost too. >> details on the new toll for an express lane on 6.80. also help for businesses hit hard by the pandemic. the extra money going to small businesses in east oakland's. and those massive wildfires continue to tear through northern california community is how you can help those impacted by the devastation. does your plug-in fade too fast? try febreze fade defy plug. it has built-in technology to digitally control how much scent is released to smell first day fresh for 50 days. la la la la la. for the power of a deep clean in minutes try mr. clean cle