the border security crisis. i hope we can get there. we will keep working at it. i appreciate the comments the thoughs of the gentleman from maryland and i truly do believe that he wants to solve this. we have some differences. let's keep working. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] >> the house is done for the week but earlier today lawmakers passed a bill funding the interior department and national parks by a 240-179 vote. that was the fourth spending bill the house passed this week to reopen parts of the federal government. but the senate has said they will not consider any of these spending bills because president trump has announced he'll votoe them if they reach his desk. the house is adjourned now until monday but also this morning, the chamber debated a measure that required federal workers who have been furloughed to be retroactively paid after the government shutdown ends. follow the house live on c-span

when members return monday. >> with us is l.a. times congressional reporter sarah wire. the house next week plans to continue to vote on legislation to fund and reopen parts of the federal government. also planning to debate a $12.1 billion disaster relief funding bill. why is the house democratic leadership bringing up that measure in the midst of their reopen push? reporter: this was one thing that didn't get accomplished last year. so i know there's a lot of pressure to get it done sooner rather than later. host: the new promingses chair saying this about the effort coming up next week, this legislation is the first step to helping our fellow americans get back on their feet. i am pleased it includes important funding to strengthen resiliency against future disasters. especially those that are being made more frequent by climate change. what are the sorts of things that it will fund? reporter: it's going to include things like medication so it's

easier to with stand major floods. same thing with levees. disaster relief when it comes to hurricanes and fires. just kind of more preparation for those things. host: your related story at latimes.com has this headline, california water projects could be shelved as trump seeks money for the border wall. tell us about this and what the president's trying to do here or reportedly trying to do. reporter: these are some projects that were funded by congress last year in the disaster appropriations bill. the money has already been appropriated but it hasn't been spent yet. it's been allocated mostly for flood plain relief. the white house is looking right now for a place within the government where they can find unspent money like this that can be used to fund the president's wall at the border. this would allow him to declare a national emergency and potentially end this government

shutdown. host: in a normal year, in be a un-shutdown-year, how would these unused funds -- that would happen to these unused funds? reporter: they would be contracted out or remitted back to the government to be appropriated again. host: there's pushback trt puerto rican govern who are tweeted this, no justification should be considered to reclassify money u.s. citizens will use to rebuild their communities. if anything the conversation should be how we get more resources to rebuild those impacted areas faster. what you have been hearing from the california delegation in particular about the reported plan from the president? reporter: they're very much against this. some of the projects being targeted in california are really necessary. you've got a lot of the flood plane in california comes down from the sierra nevadas and flows down toward central or southern california. that's where the majority of californians get their water

from. there's also a constant risk of major catastrophic floods. the sacramento area is the second most likely city in the country to be flooded. host: there's also been tamping down of the reports of those, of that plan. mark meadows, the chairman of the -- former chairman of the house freedom caucus, democrats continue to refuse to negotiate in good faith or appropriate any money for border barriers. if they won't compromise, the president should use asset forfeiture money or other discretionary fees to start construction. if not, he should not declare a national emergency -- he should declare a national emergency. it's time. is that the general sentiment among the republican side from what you're hearing? host: the idea of asset forfeiture or maybe other places to get the money, that seems to be fairly popular. this would be a way for both sides to essentially get a win and the government shutdown. i think the idea of using disaster funding, will whether

it be to actually make repairs after a disaster or prevent future disasters, it doesn't seem to be too popular. i'm getting bipartisan pushback to the idea. host: the house democratic leader spent the opening days this past week actually in passing appropriations bills for the remainder of fiscal year 2019. is there any indication of a compromise in sight? any thought that the senate will take up those measures that have been passed? reporter: at this point it doesn't seem likely. we're not hearing about a lot of negotiations happening behind the scenes. and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has really said that he's not going to bring a bill up to a vote in the senate unless the president has signaled he's going to sign it. and that's kind of a high threshold to cross at this point. host: sarah wire covers congress for the "l.a. times." you can read her reporting at latimes.com and follow her reporting on twitter. thanks so much for joining us. reporter: thanks for having me. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute,

which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] >> here's a look at our primetime schedule. n the c-span networks. >> c-span he's -- c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. the g up saturday morning, government shutdown's impact on government contractors. d the conversation continues

to discuss how the government shutdown is impacting the national parks. and then washington examiner editorial director will talk about conservative journalism in the era of president trump. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. >> tomorrow c-span's 2020 road to the white house coverage continues. with former housing and urban development secretary castro. he's expected to announce his decision on whether or not he'll run for the presidency next year. the event takes place in san antonio and it's live saturday at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> i remember as a little kid, you knew that when the flag went by, you were to stand up and put your hand on your heart. you were to stand and sing the national anthem. and you learned to recite the

pledge of allegiance. >> sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern on real america, press interviews with president ronald reagan from the oval office during the final weeks of his presidency. in january of 1989. >> when i said doing nothing wrong, this was in countering what i have to say is the total media distortion of the process that was under way. and i can't understand it because i, as you know, the day after that leak revealed the covert operation, i went before the press and told them exactly what the operation was. we were not doing business with the ayatollah. we were not trading arms for hostages. we had received word by way of a third country, israel, that a delegation of people at a time when everyone was saying that the ayatollah was not going to live out the week, and that factions were rising up as to who was going to be the

government of iran, this group was vouched for by, as i say, a third country, as responsible citizens who wanted to meet, a meeting somehow with representatives of the united states as to how there could be a better relationship between a government of iran and the united states. >> watch real america this weekend on american history tv, on c-span. >> sunday on q&a. the author and columnist james grant. >> i make my living by writing about markets in something called grants interest rate observer. which is much too expensive for some of the people out there. i think the trouble lies not so much in wall street as -- wall street is what it is. it's been a name either -- not so widely revered, but largely an infamous name.

i think what we ought to be more on our guard about are the institutions in the federal validly t that are benign in their intentions. the federal reserve, for example. the department of the treasury. the securities and exchange commission. these institutions set up as ben factors for the public. i think increasingly they are not so. >> james grant sunday night at :00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> the incoming freshman class of the new congress includes most women elected and military veterans. c-span recently spoke with some of the new members. republican michael guest has been elected to represent mississippi's third congressional district. he has served as district attorney for madison and ranking counties in mississippi. >>