this. he says dak d.aca is probably dead. because the democrats don t really want it, they just want the take desperately needed money away from our military. , no of course, and the democrats i think are aware east that they have a very strong hand on this. sympathy is on their side. and of course there is a deal that needs to be made to secure that government funding, to keep the government open. and yet the president s style and twitter as we ve seen for so long doesn t take a step back in the face of what are often very difficult politics. i think the compromises, if there are to be compromises, can be made behind closed doors. even then what we re hearing and seeing is that he is continuing to push very hard, and again in part buzz he is being advised to use this moment to really press forward on his desire to have more funding for border
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,