one thing they do know, they are safe there for the time being. benjamin. benjamin: despite what we are hearing from the white house, you know the things are getting worse, not better. thank you. president biden canceled his weekend trip to wilmington, delaware as he faces criticism over chaotic exit from afghanistan. as our departure draws comparison to the fall of saigon, vice president harris is flying to vietnam. jackie heinrich is live at the white house. reporter: hey, there. president canceled his trip to wilmington, supposed to leave shortly after his meeting with national security team this morning. we do not expect to hear from the president today for the white house did release a new statement amid reports of a possible islamic state threat for the u.s. military forcing the military to find other areas
starkly the american people largely support like you said biden s decision to withdraw, but i think what we re finding out is that veterans, people who served in afghanistan are even more enthusiastic in their support for this withdrawal than the american people. so there is a lot of blame to go around. a lot of messiness. there will be sort of decisions and monday morning quarterbacking what could have gone wrong but i will say i don t think anybody will blame joe biden. bill: you don t think this is acceptable, do you? i think the comparisons to saigon. gerald ford didn t get blamed for the fall of saigon. joe biden won t be blamed for the failure of the war in afghanistan. i think that there needs to be an accelerated and more coordinated evacuation of americans there, no question. but the main blame here falls a lot of blame america first going on here.
restaurants where people are safest. when the brooklyn chophouse comes to times square we are all going card or no card i am getting a t-bone, appreciate your time. jillian: vice president kamala harris facing backlash if she stays silent on afghanistan, getting ready to travel to vietnam tomorrow. carley shimkus here with the white house response. carley: as the crisis continues to unfold in afghanistan the white house revealed the vice president will make a scheduled trip to southeast asia including vietnam. that s notable because many made comparisons between what s going on in afghanistan to the fall of saigon and while the vice president has been very silent and kept a low profile she
to unfold the white house says the vice president will keep the scheduled trip to southeast asia including vietnam which is notable because many compared what is happening in afghanistan to the fall of saigon. despite what the vice president is keeping this week she had previously claimed to have been at the forefront of the president s decision to pull troops out of afghanistan. just made a really big decision, afghanistan. were you the last person in the room? yes. you feel comfortable? i do. he is someone who i have seen over and over again make decisions based on what he truly believes based on his years of doing this work and studying these issues. carley: hurley public statement on twitter, she says we want to afghanistan almost 20 years ago. now our mission is to get our people come our allies and