A government commissioned report. The un says almost 3000 civilians remain trapped in the iraqi city of mosul, despite claims of victory over good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at six. An appalling tragedy that should never have happened thats what the Prime Minister called the contaminated Blood Scandal of the 19705 and 805. The government today announced an inquiry into the worst Treatment Scandal in the history of the nhs. At least 2,400 people died and 7,500 patients were infected with viruses such as hepatitis c and hiv, after being given Blood Products by the nhs. Our Health Editor huw pym reports. Its been called the worst disaster in the history of the nhs. Patients trusted the service to deliver safe treatments, including haemophiliacs needing blood clotting treatments, but they were given products tainted with life threatening viruses. These are medications for hiv. I take one of those in the morning and one of these, both morning and night time. Andy has had a life o
To swing last autumns election. But today, Donald Trumps son, donald junior, was forced to release a string of emails suggesting he knowingly met last summer with russian officials who promised to dish dirt on Hillary Clinton. Today, democratic senator tim kaine mrs clintons running mate said, in terms of whats being investigated, this is moving into perjury, false statements and even potentially treason. A former watergate prosecutor described the emails as a smoking cannon. The president , meanwhile, defended his son as a high quality person committed to transparency. They only actually met last week but the exact relationship between President Trump and his russian counterpart is a constant theme among critics. There were plenty of allegations but not much fact. Now, details of a meeting between Meeting Willett were members of the Trump Campaign and a russian lawyer have changed that. The picture is rapidly evolving, the president s son having to shift his position over the last thr
with so many russians during the time that russia was interfering with our campaign. and why the only time they contacted anybody was because jared kushner just happened to read a spam e-mail just weeks before the election. that s the one that caught his attention and thought he should report, not the one that said russia, clinton meeting, the one to dish dirt on hillary clinton. there s a lot of questions around that. congressman, good morning. harold ford. you ve indicated that your support for jeff sessions leaving the justice department, i guess we discussed it a little bit this morning. one, are you comfortable with whom the successor might be in rod rosenstein, or do you believe that s the case, and two, longer term, do you think president trump could get a candidate through the senate and have him or her confirmed, and if so, who? good morning. i believe that jeff sessions has to go for different reasons than donald trump. he wasn t forthcoming with the
ready to of your back pain? new icyhot lidocaine patch. desensitizes aggravated nerves with the max strength lidocaine available. new icyhot lidocaine patch. welcome back to state of the union. ivanka trump and jared kushner tried to escape the heat of washington and heat of congress, setting off to sun valley, idaho, for an annual conference. kushner s distance from the president has not taken the pressure off. democrats in congress are renewing calls fo revoke kushner s security clearance after they found out that he attended a meeting with a russian business lawyer who promised to dish dirt on hillary clinton. the vice chair of the intelligence committee, of course, leading the russian investigation. senator, thank you for joining us, as always.