hello, and a warm welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m max foster in london. just ahead. you think you re in an autocratic nation. why are you in camouflage? we re losing rationality. i am humbled and honored to have the support of my parliamentary colleagues, but there is no doubt we face a profound economic challenge. doctors across the country are warning of a triple threat. the big three of viruses. i ll be honest, i think we re in for a tough several months. we re seeing a high number of children who are getting sick who need support to breathe. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max fo foster. it s tuesday, october 25th, 9 a.m. in london, 4 a.m. on the u.s. east coast where the nation s mid-term elections are just two weeks away. more than 7 million ballots have already been cast between early voting and absentee ballots. the new cnn polling shows the economy and inflation are the key items for voter
situation at the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant which is held by the russians but has a presence here and can check it out. the ukrainians are saying they believe the russians are using this as a pretexts to escalate the entire war here and it might be the russians who are plotting something like this. they put out a fact sheet claiming the russians have been undertaking some illicit construction work at the zaporizhzhia power plant especially at the spent fuel plant which is where they believe the strike could emanate. it s a very fluid situation. it s a very difficult situation. both sides sort of accusing one another but certainly the u.s., its allies, most western nations and the ukrainians say they ll