with hope for the future and the fondest memories of my fellowship with great friends here. but i admit, it is hard to leave the friends and the work that i love. i intend to keep fighting for all that i've talked about in this short final speech, and i intend to keep fighting for florida. when it comes down to it, i'm just a country boy who loves serving my state and our country for all of my life. it's been an incredible honor. madam president, i yield the floor.

>> sarah ferris is a congressional reporter for politico. she joins us with the latest on talks to fund the government ahead of the december 21 deadline to prevent a shutdown. congressional reporter for politico. where are congress and the white house in talks at this point? sarah: the house and senate went home on thursday and they won't be coming back, at least the house, won't be back until wednesday, so the leadership of the house and senate are still here over the weekend. they will be trying to figure

out what the white house wants. they will then try to put forward a spending package that can pass both chambers an hopefully avoid a shutdown by next friday but lawmakers did leave the capital on thursday with basically no idea of what next week will look like and whether they will be here on christmas. host: so president trump met with democratic leaders this past week at the white house. what are the key differences, the border wall, of course, but what are the details in terms of where they are on the wall? sarah: so the border wall has been the issue for months and months, and all of the appropriations nerds on capitol hill have been reading the text and looking at the specifics. president trump has been demanding $5 billion for the border wall. that's his number. there is not a specific project he wants. that's his number. the house republicans have been eager to give him that number. the house bill would include $5 billion, but the senate bipartisan bill includes $1.6 billion for new fencing largely in california in specific areas of the border. that's something democrats have already agreed to so there is a plan out there right now that

has $1.6 billion for the wall, that both parties have agreed to. the trouble, of course, is that's a lot less than $5 billion for the white house and in this meeting on tuesday that was televised on national television, this extraordinary exchange with nancy pelosi and chuck schumer, trump repeatedly told them he would demand $5 billion and he wouldn't accept the $1.6 billion. host: now, what are you hearing in terms of what his advisers are telling him at this point , now that he's dug in this deep to the border wall? sarah: there is not a lot of people in the white house who are really gunning for a shutdown at this point. the republicans will be in the final days of their majority in the house. the senate republicans would like to see things done. they don't want to be blamed for a shutdown. so there are advisers in the white house who have begun to pressure trump to accept a deal , to explain to him that it's going to be nearly impossible to get the $5 billion for the wall without causing a really dramatic year end shutdown that,

again, both parties on capitol hill really don't want to be here over the holidays. on friday afternoon, the president has meetings scheduled with his legislative director and his budget chief, and they are going to be discussing possible options, including an option that would be a two-week stopgap funding bill, freezing current levels of funding for two more weeks into january and this would effectively bunt the -- effectively punt the decision until house democrats have retaken the majority and that's an idea that some house republicans actually say they are okay with doing even if it doesn't deliver the $5 billion for the wall. they think it will help them avoid being blamed for the shutdown. host: and members of the house, a lot of them have already gone back to their districts. they are on standby to come back to the capitol. the first vote scheduled wednesday night. when are we going to see this hit the floor of the house and senate? sarah: members of the house can pass the spending bill very quickly if they want to, so they

could in theory come back wednesday night. have text of a bill ready to go and they could vote on that thursday and the senate could sign it on friday and everybody could be home and with their families. several days ahead of christmas eve. but there could be drama with president trump changing his mind and that's the reason we haven't seen rollout of legislative text or even a discussion of what text is being drafted right now because the appropriations committee, staffers have been preparing some options. they are not formally preparing them but they have been told to get some ideas ready in case they do need to go ahead with the two-week continuing resolution or even longer, so basically these committees are preparing options. they want to have something ready in case the house needs to pass something quickly. they could also come back on monday if it looks like there will be a protracted fight and they want to send a message bill or if there is a appetite for house republicans to deliver that $5 billion in a separate

bill. right now that's not the plan. they are not clear they would have the votes to do that given the number of absences in the house recently, but mccarthy did leave the schedule open putting members on standby in case they decide to add some additional votes next week. host: sarah ferris reporting for politico, we can find her articles at politico.com and also her tweets at sarah n. ferris. thank you so much. sarah: thank you. the possible government shutdown at the end of this week was a topic of conversation on cbs's face the nation. white house advisor stephen miller and amy klobuchar. >> we are about five days from potential government shutdown. republican leadership says there is no plan. what is the president's plan, and will he shut it down to get the $5 billion in border wall funding? >> were going to do what is

necessary to stop this ongoing crisis of illegal immigration. this is a very fundamental issue. at stake is the question of whether or not the united states remains a sovereign country, whether we can establish and enforce rules for entrance into the country. the democrat party has a simple choice. they can choose to fight for america's working class, or promote illegal immigration. you cannot do both. >> is their wiggle room? >> i'm not going to negotiate the details with you on air right now. party wants to go down the road of continuing to preserve a model that enriches smuggling organizations, kills 300 americans per week through heroin overdoses alone. illegal harrowing costs our country -- >> you're talking about the intent of the migrants, and want

to stop that. it gets into the diplomatic reasons why people are fleeing in the first place, not the border wall. i was going to have a showdown over christmas? >> the largest increases in illegal immigration are incentivized by loopholes in the law, created by left-wing judges -- what was happening right now -- >> these loopholes, and lawless interventions of district court judges. has takendent historic action to stem the tide of illegal immigration and fight for working people. >> this is his last chance to get a border wall before democrats take the house. >> this is what the american people want. both parties to come together for the sake of american children come up for the sake of children across this hemisphere, to create lawful immigration. >> they are playing games with peoples lives. games with aing shutdown, which last time cost

$20 billion, the ted cruz shutdown, for the economy. they are playing games with members of congress. they take the leaders of congress and the white house and create a media circus and set of sitting down and negotiating. do i think we can avoid a shutdown? of course i do. there are people on both sides of the aisle that want to find common ground and i think that is possible. but the way they are acting is not furthering the attempt to make sure our government is steady at a time when the stock market is careening in we have a judge during of the health care bill. >> the funding schedule to run out for several agencies friday, and negotiations continue between the house, senate, and white house. the house meets on wednesday for legislative work. the senate returns on monday. senate republican leaders are working on a criminal justice overhaul plan, changing sentencing laws. watch the house live on c-span, and the senate on c-span2. >>