media outlets now we talked to jason evans the founder of the functor 8 independent hemophilia group who told us the story of his family. my father was born with hemophilia which is a manageable bleeding disorder and he like thousands of others was given this factor 8 medication he himself was infected with both hepatitis c. and. when i was 4 years old in 1903 he died of those infections and so that's kind of been the thing that spurred me in to beginning to campaign on this issue into research into it well i 1st asked for these documents from the guardian births in n.h.s. trusts many many months ago and initially the trust refused to provide me with the document in question so i had to go to the information commissioner's office who stepped in and the i.c.a.o. did promise them to eventually release the document to me however the 1st time that the trust gave me the document i know is that 2 pages were missing from it so then had to go back to the i.c.a.o. saying you know they've they've missed out 2 pages here and i did eventually get those 2 missing pages and i was told by the trust

well in 2017 and jason evans initiated a public inquiry into the case he claims key files are still missing the latest u.k. government statistics say 30000 people were infected with hiv and hepatitis through donated blood from the u.s. in the seventy's and eighty's it led to hundreds of early deaths the exact figures still not clear the british government describes the scandal as a trans either should never have happened the health department also says it's committed to being open and transparent with the inquiry but jason evans diet starts there will be any real assistance from the government. i don't think the government the department of health of really move this forward at all in recent times the bizarre situation we're in now is of course victims and families say this is a scandal lawyers say it's a scandal civil servants i've spoken to say it's a scandal we've got 2 former health ministers to say it's a cover up but the important point here is the department how the opening hearings of this inquiry said there's been at best a lack of candor and at worst a cover up yet they still will

that's committed to being open and transparent with the inquiry but jason evans again diets that there will be any real assistance from the state. i don't think the government the department of health of really move this forward at all in recent times the bizarre situation we're in now is of course victims and families say this is a scandal lawyers say it's a scandal civil servants i've spoken to say it's a scandal we've got to form a health ministers to say it's a cobra but the important point here is the department how the opening hearings of this inquiry said there's been at best a lack of candor and at worst a cover up yet they still will not accept their legal liability despite saying that so we're in a situation where they kind of make the right noises that the action just isn't bad tobacco what they're saying and i think it's time for that to change the families and victims have been seeking justice for decades r.t. feature length reports on the case you can watch blood online right now at r.t. dot com césar. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking t

the health department also says it's committed to being open and transparent with the inquiry but jason evans again diets that there will be any real assistance from the state. i don't think the government the department of health of really move this forward at all in recent times the bizarre situation we're in now is of course victims and families say this is a scandal lawyers say it's a scandal civil servants i've spoken to say it's a scandal we've got to form a health ministers this is a it's a cobra the important point here is the department how the opening hearings of this inquiry said there's been at best a lack of candor and at worst a cover up yet they still will not accept their legal liability despite saying that so we're in a situation where they kind of make the right noises but the action just isn't there to back up what they're saying and i think it's time for that to change.

eastern, featuring chris evans with his book, "no surrender," jason with "a good provider is one who leads," "the plane of you jonesnd site talks about his memoir, "how we fight for our life. " at 2:00 eastern, suzanne nine , astalks about her book samantha power talks about her book, the education of an idealist. livese to watch our weekend coverage of the southern festival of books, starting today at 11:00 a.m. eastern in at 1:00 p.m. sunday on booktv on c-span2. this morning, we will talk with journalists around the country for a look at how the house impeachment inquiry is impacting congressional districts i

eastern, featuring chris evans with his book, jason day paro, paul saeed jones talks about his memoirr live coverage from the southern festival of books continues on sunday at 1:00 p.m. eastern. p.m., susan nyman discusses her book. samantha powers talks about her book, and david katie with his book. be sure to watch our live coverage of the southern festival of books starting at 11:00 a.m. eastern on saturday and 1:00 p.m. sunday on book tv on c-span two. "washington journal" continues. --t: bill gholston is with bill galston is with brookings institute. guest: good morning. when it comes to public sentiment, particularly on impeachment, what does history teach us? guest: my two touchdowns our 1974, nixon impeachment, and 1998/99 of the clinton impeachment. in the case of richard nixon, sentiment started off very low, below 20% support for impeaching the president from office, and it rose slowly through -- but steadily through the last half of 1973, through 1974 and did not go above 50% until the very end. clinton,port for bill his job approval was in the 60's and support for impeach