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Though she hasn't had the warmest welcome. she says she's hoping to stabilize the country and regain support. by bringing elections forward two years and promising to end corruption. it's a political crisis that is now reverberating across latin america with regional allies such as bolivia and mexico weighing in only fueling further peru's political divide. isa soares, cnn. all right. quick hits around the globe right now. in about two hours south african lawmakers will debate a report that found embattled president broke corruption laws, stole a large sum of money. they'll vote whether to i...

COLOMBO, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Sri Lankan government is planning to pass new anti-corruption laws, local media reported on Sunday. Under these laws, an Indepen

Happened here with biden. talk us through your reaction to what mcconnell had to say about this. >> first, we can't over-focus on the quid pro quo aspect of it. for two reasons. quid pro quo is not even necessarily even required to find an impeachable smartphones. the impeachable offense. quid pro quo is relevant in corruption laws, extortion, bribery and having defend the those cases quid pro quo is very broadly defined. it does not and has never really required a direct exchange of hey, if you don't give me a bag of cash, we are going to burn down your restaurant. that's not the way it happe...

Of constitutional checks and balances limiting the president's power. >> the conclusion that congress may apply the corruption laws of the exercise of the powers of the office accords with the constitutional system of checks and balances and the principal that no person is above the law. >> congress is going to have to investigate whether the president abused power or not. they have to dig into the intent. what was driving the decisions at the time. >> the calls for impeachment following mueller's testimony will definitely increase. it's just in the nature of the beast, the way that congress w...

Quo. >> sean: that is a crime. >> that has a special legal meaning, quid pro quo, is a corrupt act, exchange of benefits for a public official. >> alan dershowitz said it didn't happen. >> that's no at defense. it's not a defense if i shoot a gun and the bullet miss mice intended target, it's an attempted murder. it's not only that, if i try to bribe a police officer, that's a violation of several corruption laws. what did the fbi do? nothing. >> sean: my prediction, things are going to move more quickly and they're going to be criminal referrals and indictments on fisa, lying to congress and ...