something into it and there are a hundred different ways to serve and the military is the most selfless and has to remain embraced by the americans. brett: mr. secretary, thank you so much for your service and for this. and i would love to have you on special reports some time. [applause] >> the government is running on temporary funding through december 21. the house, senate, the white house continue negotiations on a package covering the seven incomplete spending bills. watch live coverage of the u.s. house on c-span, the senate on c-span two. and here is an update on the negotiations from a capitol hill reporter.

wasson is with us and he is a congressional reporter with bloomberg news. now that the president has signed the two week extension of government funding, not much time left. december 21 of for the house and senate have to figure out how to result their different since and avoid a shutdown -- their differences and avoid a shutdown. trump'sson: president demand for border wall funding is one of the biggest differences. at $5mand is sitting now million for the current fiscal year. congressional republicans are trying to talk him down to $2.5 million this year and $2.5 million next year. chuck schumer has rejected that. all eyes are on tuesday when nancy pelosi and chuck schumer will sit down with the president to try to come up with a deal. congressional lawmakers are hoping to have a deal this week hammered out in principle and use the following week to pass it through the house and senate or to miss at christmas time

deadline. host: how much room does each side have to give? nancy pelosi saying this is a line in the sand. where do the democrats stand? erik wasson: that was a key comment from nancy pelosi at the end of the current week when she talked about the need to not have a trade-off for daca and the wall. the idea of protecting the young undocumented immigrants from deportation. there was a deal on the table in january that they would be protected and $25 million would be provided for the wall. president trump backed away from that deal. there was a lack of trust between democrats and the white house now. that no longer seems to be an option. otherwise, the best way to skin the cat would be to find money for border security, fencing, levies and other ways of preventing people from crossing the border without making a concrete wall. it has very much become a symbol of racism for the people on the left. issue we will see

on the senate side with senators expecting to debate next week a yemen.aling with a resolution i should say. that would end the support of saudi forces against yemen. , a piece.com in fact of reporting about that -- how that ties into the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi with the headline on bloomberg saying "senators seek path to punish saudi prince for the jamal khashoggi killing." it seems like a distinction. erik wasson: there is a lot of wrangling about this. the war powers resolution, only 51 votes to get on the bill and it is likely it will get on the bill in the coming week. there is a lot of concern about what is being called a vote-a -rama. and senator corker was think that the house is not going to pass this and the president will

not sign this. let us come up with something that everyone can agree to that will have some teeth to it. there is a debate about some -- about an amendment. limiting future arms sales. re trying to find something that can make it into law. there is also a senate resolution. a statement that the homage been that the prince is responsible for jamal khashoggi's murder. host: on the farm bill, the house and senate conferees reported that there was agreement on that. tell me where things stand on that and is it likely to be passed? erik wasson: i think it is likely and more likely it will be put on the spending bill if they run out of time. republicans caved in on their demands. to expand work requirements. backing down, the farm

bill can provide. there is a lot of worry that when the democrats take over the house that they will try to expand food stamps and bog down the farm bill. republicans said, let us get it done. they are still waiting for congressional budget office scores. there is a lot of ways to do that in the bill. i am expecting it to pass before the end of the bill. host: one more item. it has a firm a bipartisan support. the effort on criminal justice reform. it is generally over in the senate, where does it stand? erik wasson: the big question is mitch mcconnell. he has stood in the way of it moving forward. president trump has not used his bully pulpit. different presidents might be able to browbeat the senate majority leader on the floor. there is some talk of providing for it in the spending bill. i don't see a big change making it onto the bill.

it is looking dicey for it. host: read more about all of the issues we have talked about. erik wasson at bloomberg.com. that is where you can find his articles. to --thank you so much. >> since that interview on friday, the president waited -- hopefully, mitch mcconnell will ask for a vote on criminal justice reform. it is extremely popular and has strong bipartisan support. it will help a lot of people, save taxpayer dollars, and keep our communities safe. go for it mitch. incoming senate judiciary committee chair lindsey graham spoke with president trump earlier and tweeted -- just talked with president trump and he strongly believes criminal justice reform bill must pass now. he also indicated he supports put in criminal justice reform on your end spending bill which must include more wall funding. i agree with both. >> tonight, on q&a --

>> i have worked with four people who once and future presidents -- jimmy carter, bill clinton, barack obama, and to my surprise, donald j. trump. s, publisher of many a selling books. >> i also came to understand about donald trump and this is profoundly important for the way things work now is that donald trump in his heart of hearts leaves that he always wins. here is a guy who has been in new york real estate, gambling, ,axing, wrestling, -- boxing wrestling, beauty contests, and he has never been the source of a criminal investigation. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. coming up this weekend on

book tv, today, at 7:00 p.m. eastern, the national reviews richard burr kaiser discusses his book on the career of supreme court chief justice john marshall. >> marshall was always the smartest man in the room. and many of his colleagues were brilliant jurist himself -- themselves but they all acknowledged his superior already. >> tonight at 9:00 on after words, tucker carlson talks about his book "ship of fools." he is interviewed by the chairman of the conservative union. >> if you give everyone the vote but only a small percentage share in the spoils, everyone else will be angry and will punish you with the political power they have and they will elect a populist. populism is a red alert that something is wrong with your democracy. the election of donald trump is a warning to the rest of us that this is going in the wrong direction.

not get theon could attention of policymakers of the unelected donald trump. >> watch book tv this weekend on c-span two. >> this week on the , christina chaplin whose government accountability office report says that the pentagon's weapon systems cyber security is vulnerable. >> right now, they do not even test the system for the kinds of threats you might see from russia, china, and north korea. they are not allowed to in terms of testing. they do not want to potentially disrupt the system. the communicators monday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. a closed door meeting on tuesday, cia director gina haspel briefed senators on saudi the death of, and journalist jamal khashoggi. afteth