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just ahead. >> we will continue to bring gas prices down. >> they know the economy remains top of mind for voters. >> the president. >> hi, bob. >> my whole life has been deals. >> it is trump unvarnished, blunt, profane. it will not surprise you that he attacks people he doesn't like. >> we haven't seen something like this in new york city for nearly a century. >> these are human beings being shipped all over. >> announcer: live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster. it is wednesday, october the 19th. 9 a.m. in london. 4 a.m. in washington. in the coming hours u.s. president joe biden will address voter anxiety over energy prices less than three weeks ahead of the mid-term election. mr. biden is expected to

announce that 15 million barrels of oil will be released from the u.s. strategic petroleum reserve in an effort to ease oil prices. it's at the lowest level since the 1980s. despite gas prices going down, crude prices have been rising after opec plus announced plans to cut production. polls show that inflation and economy are the top two issues for u.s. voters in the upcoming mid terms. cnn's phil mattingly is in washington on more with what we can expect to hear from mr. biden today. >> president biden and his top economic officials have for several months made trying to do something, anything to dampen skyrocketing gas prices a central priority, if not the top priority both politically and economically for the administration. over the course of the summer they had a pretty good run, more than three months of consecutive drops. a run that was put into question

by a decision from opec plus to reduce the output by 2 million barrels. the administration has moved quickly and intensively over the course of the last several days to blip the impact of that. the president on wednesday is set to announce at least some of those steps. this is part of the plan the president laid out in the spring. 180 million barrels released over the course of six months. it is an additional release from what they planned. it underscores the president's urgency in trying to address this issue, particularly three weeks out from the mid-term elections. it's something he eluded to at an event in los angeles last week. >> the price of gas is too high and we need to keep working to bring it down. more to say about that next week. >> reporter: obviously the president spent tuesday talking about abortion rights trying to thrust that back into center stage in recognition of what a motivating issue that could be for democratic voters, for independent women, for young voters in particular trying to draw on voters remembering how

they felt when the supreme court first made that decision explicitly. the president did that several times. the economy is the number one issue in poll after poll. perhaps nothing is more salient with the economy than gas prices. the president is trying to do anything possible to maintain them and drive them down even further. phil mattingly, cnn, the white house. as phil just mentioned, president biden is also focused on the issue of abortion rights. as democrats look to rally voters ahead of the mid-term election. during the event on tuesday he made a major promise. take a listen. >> here's the promise i make to you and the american people, first bill that i will send to congress will be to codify roe v. wade. i'm asking the american people to remember how you felt, how you felt the day the decision

came down and roe was overturned after 50 years. >> abortion was fiercely debated during a florida senate race that has largely flown under national radar. marco rubio faced off against val demmings on tuesday. they tackled gun control and the economy along with the abortion issue. >> 100% pro life not because i want to deny anyone their lives but because i believe innocent lives are worthy of the protection of our lives. that being said, every bill i've voted for has them. that's what can pass and that's what the majority of people can support. what's before us today in congress didn't talk about lindsey graham's bill. four-month ban, that's more lenient than any country except for two. the extremist is congresswoman

demings. >> number one, you have been clear that you support no exceptions, even including rape and incest. now as a police detective who investigated cases of rape and incest, no, senator, i don't think it's okay for a 10-year-old girl to be raped and have to carry the seed of her rapist. no, i don't think it's okay for you to make decisions for women and girls. as a senator, i think those decisions are made between the woman, her family, her doctor and her faith. >> a new poll shows likely voters in florida favor rubio. he's leading demings by about 7 percentage points but the survey was conducted last month well before tuesday's debate. now to a cnn exclusive. we've obtained a copy of the new audio book by journalist bob woodward containing 20

interviews over four years with former president donald trump. it's called "the trump tapes." woodward is releasing them because hearing trump speak is completely different experience than reading transcripts or listening to snippets of sound on tv. some deal with letters from kim jong-un which are now at the heart of the justice department's classified documents investigations. trump shared them with woodward. >> nobody else has them but i want you to treat them with respect. >> understand. understand. >> don't say i gave them to you, okay? >> okay. >> but i think it's okay. normally i wouldn't have -- i wasn't going to give them to bob but you make a photostat of them? >> no, i dictated them into a tape recorder. >> really? >> well, in another interview trump is writing a speech after

the death of george floyd when he declared himself the law and order president. >> did somebody help you? >> yeah. i get -- i get people, they come up with ideas, but the ideas are mine, bob. mine. you want to know something, everything's mine. >> woodward described trump as an unparalleled danger who continues to lead a seditious conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election, a sentiment echoed by u.s. congressman jason crow. >> i've spent a good chunk of my adult life in national security and foreign policy and defending this country and i just can't imagine how anybody that understands the complexity, the high stakes of our national security, the volatility in the world today, how anybody can think that donald trump is remotely equipped to handle these challenges and to keep america safe. this is a man who over and over and over again demonstrates

narcissism, anti-social or sociopath thick behavior. this idea that all ideas are his. everything good originates from him. everything bad originates from somebody else. this is not a stable man, not to mention somebody that even understands national security. >> the house select committee investigating the january 6th capitol attack has also set its sights on donald trump. republican liz cheney said the committee will issue the sub subpoena. last week they voted to seek his testimony. they hope trump will fulfill his legal obligation and honor the subpoena. >> we all felt that our obligation is to seek his testimony, that the american people have to hear directly from him, that it has to be

under oath. we'll be issuing a subpoena shortly. well now to donald trump and the legal case and the court appointed special master reviewing thousands of sensitive documents is expressing information from the information he's receiving. they're determining which ones the justice department can use of the documents from the criminal investigation. they'll send recommendations from a district attorney. they say, where's the beef? i need some beef. i don't want to be dealing with nonsense, objections, nonsense, assertions especially when i have one month to deal with who knows how many assertions. ryan goodman, law professor at nyu, is closely watching this case .

meta physically it cannot be both. the county sent from the trump lawyers to the justice department. he says to them, was it sent. the neither side wants to take the burden whether we did send it, yes or no, we didn't receive it. in the fbi's probe. he was acquitted from lying to the contacts. they found igor vanchenko. he's taken two cases to trial and lost them both. durham has secured both. the guilty plea of low level fbi

officer -- lawyer, he got probation. now we're following developments out to ukraine where officials say ukrainian forces have shut down 13 kamikaze drones over the mikolaiv region as they continue to launch attacks on ukraine. we're also hearing of power outages in the dnipro region. the chief military intelligence is predicting an end to the war by next summer saying, quote, russia's loss is inevitable. this is coming as they believe russia's supply of many missile types are now critically low. still, russia reports more high position strikes and vladimir putin's meeting with his security council set to take place in hours ahead.

nic robertson with the report. nic, the power supplies across ukraine, it's proving very effective which is very worrying into the leadup into what will inevitably be another cold winter in ukraine. >> it really begs the question how accurate russia's strikes are. are they taking out the most critical parts of the power generating infrastructure, huge generators or are they hitting the transmission equipment and the lines. the evidence at the moment seems to point to the fact that they are being able to hit the big facilities. we know that overnight they hit electrical generating facilities in kribi re, and three towns south of the center of ukraine now suffering power shortages, water shortages in those areas. government officials say they can get the lesser damage

repaired in 48 hours. the bigger equipment is going to take much longer. it is a war of attrition that russia is mounting to turn the lighting off, the heating off coming into the winter. for sure, a pressure point but one that ukrainians have said they're not going to give into, they're not going to be cowered by this. they are focused on keeping the electrical supplies going and the population is very focused on the fact that russia -- about what russia was trying to do to them. they support the government. russia's attacks on the civilian population don't seem to be having the desired effect, max. >> okay. nic, thank you. claire, the security council meeting, they happen regularly, don't they? >> yes. >> we're concerned because of the way you might ramp it up.

>> this is a pre-planned meeting. we are expecting to hear from the deputy head who has been strident in the rhetoric around the war. particularly in regards to nuclear language. it could be discussed but we don't know. as you say, this comes at a very -- rather than a new commander, a very tense time for russia. they have talked about how difficult it is in the kherson region, ukraine has been cutting off russian supply lines, selling infrastructure. it will be closely watched because of this juncture that we're at in the battlefield because of recent comments from putin about, for example, the fact that mobilization might end

in the next two weeks. >> there's also meetings of western defense ministers going on in washington and, again, the nuclear issue wasn't meant to be on the agenda but it does seem to be a rushed meeting. there was talk about that, preparing a response for possible russian nuclear intervention. is this all just the normal sort of posturing you would expect at a time like this of war? >> i think the west and nato are trying to make it extremely clear to russia who, for example, the deputy head of the security council has said he doesn't think that nato would come in to protect ukraine in the event russia used nuclear weapons. i think nato is trying to make it clear that that isn't the case, that they would respond. recent interesting comments from the u.s. official security adviser jake sullivan that it doesn't matter the size of the nuclear weapon, the way it's used, it's still viewed by the west as a nuclear weapon. >> claire, thank you very much. nic in kyiv.

american basketball star brittney griner spent her 32nd birthday in jail. she's anxious ahead of her appeal hearing which is next week. griner was obtained in february and stepsed in august to nine years for drug smuggling. her family has launched a we are bg campaign and she thanked her supporters through a lawyer. as the nba season starts, one of basketball's biggest super stars isn't forgotten. >> we want to continue to use our platform and the opportunity to shout out a very special member of the basketball community, brittney griner's birthday is today. she's 32 years old. we want to continue to let her name be known and we pray that it's been 243 days since she's been wrongfully incarcerated in russia. we hope she's coming home soon and everybody's doing their part

to get her home. senior u.s. official says the biden administration has been in touch with russia in recent days to secure griner's release. four men brutally murdered in oklahoma and a person of interest is in custody. we'll have the latest on that investigation. plus, a suspected serial killer in california could face the death penalty if convicted. the latest on his arrest next. and parts of the u.s. bundle up as freezing temperatures sweep the eastern part of the country. the states turning on their heat pretty early just ahead. max, a raw, dreary setup across parts of the great lakes. plenty of snow showers in store over the coming hours. we'll break this down in detail coming up in a few minutes. to destroy 5x more plaque above the gumline than floss. for a cleaner, healthier mouth. listerine. feel the whoa!

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the state where marquette county where traffic lights went out and parts of michigan expected to see as much as eight inches of snow today. meteorologist pedram javaheri joins us with more. feels pretty early. >> two months officially away from the first day of winter. max, we're seeing the temperatures here. below average for a large part of the united states. snow system ushering in moist weather and significant threat for cold air extending over to the area with 120 million americans, spanning across three states where cold weather alerts are in place. snow showers moving through the region over the next few hours. we expect this to taper off very quickly going from wednesday to thursday. the northeast temps, 26. nashville, 39.

montgomery county in the upper 30s. factor in the wind chills, it's going to feel like the 250teens. colder in atlanta than buffalo, new york. this time yesterday to right now about 7 to 20 plus degrees cooler across the southern united states and just yesterday at this hour. we do expect upwards of 80 plus record temperatures. here are the low temperatures the next couple of days. max, you'll notice it will warm up each of the next several days. you look ahead to next week, i notice the cool contours of blue, light shades of green eventually translate to yellows and oranges. a bit of warmth coming in. this round of cold air, even the snow showers is going to end quickly. by next week going right back above average for a large area of the eastern u.s. >> okay. pedram, thank you very much indeed. now a california man charged with killing at least three people could face the death

penalty if he's convicted to those murders. wesley brownly was ordered held without bail. police believe he's connected to as many as six murders and an attempted murder all coming under investigation. authorities say they expect to file more charges against the suspect. >> there are some people who are strictly too dangerous to share the streets with you and i. the administration will prosecute the defendant to the full extent of the law to ensure the safety of our community and other communities like ours who have been victimized by this defendant. >> police arrested brownly after he was allegedly seen stalking people at a local park. also a verdict in a high profile murder trial. paul flores was found guilty of the 1996 murder of kristin smart. a separate jury found his father reuben not guilty of being an

accessory to that murder. the younger flores, who is now 45, raped or tried to rape smart and then killed her in his college dorm room when they were both 19 years old and students at california poly tech university. flores's father was accused of helping hide smart's body which has never been found. police in oklahoma are saying they're getting new leads every day in the case of four men whose bodies were found shot and dismembered in a river. ed lavandera has more on the story and a warning, some of the content in this report is disturbing. >> reporter: on a sunday night more than a week ago these four men headed out from a home in okmugie, oklahoma, on a bike run. five days later parts of their bodies started emerging from this river south of tulsa.

>> each victim suffered gunshot wounds. all four bodies were dismembered before being placed in the river and that is what caused the difficulty in determining identity. >> reporter: authorities say the victims are alex stevens, mike sparks and brothers billy and mark chastain. john chastain is an uncle of the two brothers. he says the men were good fathers who leave six children behind. >> it's just not something that you ever see coming. our family never seen them doing anything to deserve this. >> but how and why these men were killed remains a mystery. investigators say the men's cell phones were last tracked in two salvage yards on the edge of town. near one of those yards investigators say they found evidence of a, quote, violent event. investigators say they interviewed the owner of the salvage yards last friday.

the man denied knowing the four victims but then he disappeared until tuesday when he was arrested in florida for driving a stolen pickup truck with oklahoma license plates. >> joe kennedy is considered a person of interest but no charges have been filed. investigators would like to speak with him again. >> reporter: investigators also say they have evidence the four victims were plotting to commit some kind of crime. >> that belief is based on information supplied by a witness who reports they were invited to go with the men to quote, unquote, hit a lick big enough for all of them. we do not know what they planned or where they planned to do it. >> reporter: police there in oklahoma have said that they believe these four men were planning some sort of crime. when you heard them say that, what did you think? >> they was hard workers. the whole family's devastated,

you know? whatever they were doing, whatever -- i mean, whatever, they weren't going out to murder people. whatever was going on, i don't know, but what i do know is we need some justice for this. >> reporter: that relative of the victims we spoke with say that many family members are simply distraught and disturbed by the very gruesome nature of these murders. he describes it as, quote, medieval. family members also say they believe that not just one person acting alone could have committed these heinous murders. ed lavandera, cnn, dallas. the way ve of asylum seeker hitting new york isn't letting up. details on that just ahead. plus, concerns are rising over the fate of a female iranian athlete who did not wear a hijab during a competition in south korea. a live report just ahead.

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comcast business. powering possibilities. ™ welcome back to "cnn newsroom." i'm max foster. if you are just joining us, let me bring you up to date with our top stories. in the coming hours president biden is expected to announce an additional 15 million barrels of oil will be released from the u.s. strategic petroleum reserve. it's an effort to ease rising gas prices but the amount of oil in the reserve is already at the lowest level since the 1980s. ukrainian officials say they've shot down 13 kamikaze drones over the southern mikilaiv region. they've led to power outages in the dnipro region.

more on both of these stories ahead on "early start." new york city is opening a new facility today to serve 500 asylum seekers. the tent center on randall's island cost $325,000 to set up. the city is still calculating the day-to-day operating costs. while some new yorkers are not happy about the influx of migrants, others are doing what they can to help. we have the story. >> reporter: in the history of the city of immigrants. >> we have never seen something like this. this is an historic moment. we haven't seen something like this in new york city. >> reporter: tough to absorb turning to tents, temporary shelter for individual asylum seeking men. >> new york city is doing everything possible to make sure asylum seekers are treated well. >> reporter: already dozens of hotels across the city no longer serving tourists.

instead, asylum seekers, most from venezuela. many of them families with young children. several new yorkers we spoke to who didn't want to attach their name or face to their views expressed frustration at the city's response and the steady stream of venezuelan immigrants coming to the city stretching the budget and the school system. and also saying the current wave is little more than a democratic ploy to replace white voters with minorities. still, some, regardless of their feelings about immigration, say everyone needs to step up. >> people came here, there was a pregnant woman, young family, pregnant woman with kids and there was another family with them. >> reporter: sam bongi oh vani opened sam's pizza on staten island. >> more or less a new york style pizza. >> reporter: in the last two weeks nearby hotels have become

shelters for migrant families. >> this is not about democrat or republican, this is a catholic republican neighborhood. they believe in border laws. they're catholics first. >> bongiovani in new york's most conservative burb stepping up despite how they feel. many of his customers also pitching in. every donation goes up on the wall. >> keep the slice and the tip. use it for the migrants. god bless you for your help. >> reporter: the challenge of this current wave of migrants, most escaping a repressive venezuelan government. they arrive in large numbers. many are families. it wasn't designed for migrants in the shelter system. most have almost nothing, no connection, no friends, no relatives anywhere in the united states. >> in the past we were meeting people on their way to their

sponsors who would take care of them, house them, feed them, clothe them. now we have people coming here with nothing. nowhere to go, no one to turn to. >> reporter: new york city schools also struggling to absorb some 6,000 newly arriving children who don't speak the language and who may be traumatized from the long and difficult journey. >> here we are with thousands of people who have been through hell. >> reporter: robin kelly her's family goes to school with kids who have come in. >> i was there because supplies came in. the supplies that had come in were gone in, like, first half an hour. >> reporter: so this facility is expected to start receiving migrants as soon as wednesday. there's already one that's been open for families only. the mayor of new york has

declared a state of emergency. it may all cost the city as much as a billion dollars for this year alone. back to you. >> nationwide protests against iran's authoritarian regime are in a consecutive week. masa amini died in the presence of the morality police allegedly not wearing her hijab. iran wire shows protesters gathering around a fire on tuesday. it's become a symbol in the fight for women's rights and freedoms in iran. these are university students in northern iran chanting freedom and equality in their protest march on tuesday. meanwhile, an iranian rock climber is now back in tehran after competing without her hijab on sunday. she told iranian state media on arrival that she accidentally

competed without her head scarf. there's growing concern she could face repercussions facing iran's political climate. nada bashir is with us. she's saying her hijab fell off to avoid being arrested. >> she has returned to what was a hero's welcome. many gathering cheering for her. there has been concern about her safety because we've heard from human rights organizations, heard from her friends speaking to activist groups saying they weren't able to reach her because she competed in south korea without wearing her mandatory hijab. this is a real show of opposition to the regime's authority. iranian women are required to wear the high jab within the country. that has been enforced by the

commission. she has returned to a hero's welcome. she competed without covering her hair accidentally. take a look. >> reporter: the fate of iranian athlete could hang in the balance after video emerged showing the rock climber competing in south korea without her mandatory head scarf. her vail is mandated by the iranian regime both at home and overseas when officially representing the country. >> the future is very bright, especially for women in rock climbing. >> reporter: her hopes for future now in limbo. in a personal instagram she issued an apology saying she had been called to climb unex unexpectedly creating an unintentional issue with her

hijab. some question whether her statement was written under duress. some fear she may face punishment on her return to iran. >> based on the knowledge we have, they will do whatever they can to try to undo the so-called damage she has done to their authority. >> reporter: iran's strict dress code is strictly enforced. masa amini died in custody. her death has sparked a moment of reckoning for the country's hard line regime with nationwide protests now entering their fifth week. women and girls across the country removing their mandatory hijabs and even cutting their hair in a show of defiance against the regime's severe restrictions on women's rights, a movement which gained support

across the international community. >> what we have to stress is that women should never be prosecuted for what they wear. >> reporter: the iranian regime continues to pursue a brutal and deadly crackdown of protestors and there are growing concerns that she could be used by the regime as an example to other women. >> the bravery that she has shown will certainly inspire millions of iranian girls and i think that's the main problem. >> reporter: while the iranian embassy in seoul claims she will be arrested for her arrival in iran as, quote, fake news, fears remain that she, too, will face the brutal repression of the iranian regime. >> max, it's unclear what situation she's facing right now, including amnesty international saying she could face harsh repercussions for her actions.

she could potentially face torture. >> nada, thank you. wall street looking to keep the force of momentum when trading begins in a few hours. we'll take a look at what drove the markets higher after this short break. and brittain's embattled prime minister says the government has restored economic stability. to destroyoy 5x more plaque above the gumline than floss. for a cleaner, healtlthier mout. listerine. fefeel the whoa!

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soaring inflation is helping corporate america rake in profits. stronger than expected earnings from jonsson and johnson and lockheed martin. the dow gained 340 points. the nasdaq finished 96 points higher, just under 1%. the s&p 500 rose nearly 1.25%. shares of netflix soared 14% in after hours trading.

the streaming giant said it added 2 million -- 2.4 million, in fact, subscribers reversing recent declines. netflix says it wants investors to focus less on those numbers and more on revenue. the company claims its main competitors had combined losses of over $10 billion this year while it turned a profit of 5 to $6 billion. new report shows the u.k.'s inflation rose 10% in september. driven by big increases in food and drink prices which are up more than 14%. brittain's new finance minister during his fifth day on the job says he understands families are struggling and the government is working to deliver stability and growth but the u.k.'s leadership seems anything but stable. liz truss is in a fight for her political life as she prepares to face parliament with a weekly prime minister's questions and it's not at all clear that she'll show up. i'm sure she will show up. she eventually showed up the other day when everyone thought she wasn't going to show up.

>> a bit of a weird scenario. on monday, i guess, someone was dep pew advertised for her. she was asked after liz truss came in whether she could guarantee that liz truss would actually be there to answer questions today. she said, yes. so, yeah, we expect liz truss to be there. yesterday she put out a statement saying, look, she wants to be honest with the british people about the tough times that lie ahead and that written statement that she put out after meeting with her cabinet turned out to be pretty prescient given 10.1% up slightly from august numbers year over year. as you mentioned though, liz truss's political life may well be on the line here. a junior cabinet member said, how many chances she has left? they said, frankly, not many. she's dug herself a deep hole. only one in five people think the conservative party should keep her on as prime minister. 3/4 think she cannot regain the

trust of the public and 2/3 think she cannot win back the markets. they will be absolutely trounced by the opposition labor party if an election were to be held today. if that's the case, then the question is why hasn't her own party moved to try to boot her out already? the foreign secretary james cleverly explained it this morning. >> what i'm not convinced by, far, far convinced by, is that going through another leadership campaign demonstrating another prime minister will either convince the british people that we're thinking about them rather than ourselves or convince the markets to stay calm. >> james cleverly said those plotting behind the scenes to take down liz truss haven't considered what might actually come after her. it's an open question as to whether or not there is a candidate, whether or not there is someone the party could put forward who would obviously be

able to unite the two factions of this party. >> u.k. politics. >> always fun. >> scott mcclain. >> thank you. now to a stunning image captured far above earth. an astronaut on the international space station took this photo, what appears to be two bright blue orbs of the atmosphere. it's two unrelated events. the blue sphere is a lightning strike. usually hard to see from the space station because they become white clouds. in this case there was a gap in the clouds and the lightning illuminated the surrounding cloud walls. the other blue sphere in the upper right was created by light from the moon hitting tiny particles in the earth's atmosphere. now you know. still ahead on cnn. the nba season off to a bang. the golden state warriors take to court against lebron james and the lakers. effortlessly responds to both of you.

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she carried on the family legacy. we were blown away. (chuckles) i not only was a student and an undergrad, but i've been a professor there for twenty years, so it's really a special moment to know that i had a family member who over a hundred years prior have walk these grounds. it's deeply uplifting. yes, it is. we're walking in their footsteps. the nba season is off to a rip roaring start with two marquee match-ups to tell you about. lebron james and the los angeles lakers were on the road in san francisco to take on the reining

champion golden state warriors. steph curry didn't disa point the home crowd with a game high 33 points. james dropped 31 for the lakers. it wasn't enough to save los angeles from its sixth straight opening night loss. warriors 123, lakers 109. now to boston where the celtics opened the season against the philadelphia 76ers. jayson tatum and jaylen brown each scoring 35 points for the celtics. james harden had the biggest on the court and he scored 35 points for the sixers. the game was tied at halftime but the celtics poured it on down the stretch. final score, boston 126, philadelphia 117. in major league baseball the new york yankees powered past the cleveland guardians to advance to the american league championship series. they took the lead early and never let go really.

john giancarlo stanton homered early and aaron judge homered with this. the yankees advance to their third alcs in six seasons. game one against the houston astros is set for later today. meanwhile, carl shchorber enterd the history books. they defeat the san diego padres. his home run was the farthest ever traveled flying 448 feet out of that park. the first ever to reach the second deck in right field. bryce harper hit a home run earlier in the game and the phillies beat the padres 2-0. and if you're over 50 you might want to rethink staying up late to watch tv. people in that age range need more sleep. the study takes a look at a group of people in the u.k. who had no chronic disease at the

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