industry, what it is having it called over issues of direct links to the president. the presidents of south africa, botswana, namibia explicitly criticizing the president of the united states. something very unusual in the african context, particularly for businesses that do a great deal of business with the u.s. and in some cases receive a great deal of aid. cyril? >> reporting live from johannesburg. thank you very much. the political battle to control the u.s. congress is heating up ahead of midterm elections in november. democrats now have a major opportunity. 32 house republicans will not seek reelection. >> and just last week, two republican representatives from california announced that they're calling it quits. cnn's miguel marquez reports democrats in orange county have high hopes of victory. >> hey hey, ho ho! >> reporter: the protests like clockwork. every week for a year now at the offices of four orange county republican members of congress,