Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is making his highly anticipated appearance before a public inquiry in London today, culminating a dramatic couple of weeks which have seen several high-profile politicians publicly defend their controversial decisions to follow the United States to war in Iraq in 2003.
BBC’s Political correspondent Rob Watson joins us with the reaction to the former British prime minister’s testimony.
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