declaring a national emergency? >> i would hate to see it. using that act in this instance would be a far larger act that has ever occurred in the past. i would prefer not, primarily because it will go to court and the wall will not get built. i would like to see the wall get built. i want to continue pressuring the cuts to come to the negotiating table in good faith and fund what they have supported in the past. of they is the 23rd day government shutdown, making it the longest in u.s. history. continue to follow the story on the c-span networks with the house, senate, and briefings. here is more on the shutdown, as the week ahead in congress, from capitol hill reporter. >> with us is l.a. times congressional reporter cerro h weir. sara the senate is planning to debate

a disaster relief funding bill. why is the house leadership bringing up that measure in the midst of the reopen push? >> this is one thing that did not get accomplished last year. there is a lot of pressure to get it done sooner rather than later. chair new appropriations is saying this, this legislation is the first step to helping fellow americans get back on their feet. i am pleased it includes important funding to strengthen resiliency against future disasters, especially those being a more frequent by climate change. what are the sorts of things it will fund? like withstanding floods, , disaster relief when it comes to hurricanes and fires, more preparation for those things. >> you are related story has this headline, california water

projects could be shelved as trump seeks money for the order wall. -- border wall. tell us what the president is reportedly trying to do here. sarah: there were some projects funded last year in the appropriations bill, it had not been spent yet. --was mostly for fun praying floodplain release -- release. the white house is looking for places in the government right now with unspent money that they can use to fund the president's wall. year, a yearl without a shutdown, how would these -- what would happen to these unused funds? sarah: they would be remitted that the government to be appropriated again. >> there was some pushback from

the puerto rican governor, who tweeted this -- no justification should be considered to reclassify the money americans were used to rebuild their, -- their communities. anything, the conversation should be how we get more resources to rebuild those impacted areas faster. what have you heard from the california delegation in particular? sarah: they are very much against this. some of the projects targeted in california are really necessary. thehave got a lot of floodplain in california, it comes down from the sarah nevada intosierra central and southern california, and that's where the majority of californians get there will -- get their water. there's also a risk of a catastrophic flood. the sacramento area is the second most likely city in the country to be flooded. >> there also some tamping down on that plan.

the former to chairman of the caucus, democrats refuse to negotiate in good faith or appropriate any money for border barriers. if they don't cover my, the president should used asset forfeiture money or other discretionary fees to start construction. if not, he should declare a national emergency. it is time. is that the general sentiment among the republicans? asset forfeiture, or maybe some other places to get the money, that seems to be fairly popular, a way for both sides to essentially get a win in the shutdown. i think the idea of using disaster funding, whether it be to actually make repairs after a disaster or prevent future disasters, doesn't seem to be too popular. i'm getting bipartisan push back to the idea. >> the house democratic leaders has been the opening days this past week passing appropriation bills for the remainder of

fiscal year 2019. is there any indication of a compromise insight, any thought the senate will take up those measures that have been passed? >> at this point, it doesn't seem likely. were not hearing about a lot of negotiations happening behind the scenes. mitch mcconnell has really said that he will not bring a bill to vote in the senate and must the president has signaled he will sign it. that is a high threshold to cross at this point. >> sarah wire covers congress for the l.a. times. you can follow her on twitter. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> the senate confirmation hearings for william barr to be the next attorney general of the united states begins tuesday at 9:30 a.m. eastern. in december, president trump nominated mr. barr to replace jeff sessions, who held the

position since the beginning of the trump administration. william barr is now at kirkland and ellis and served as u.s. attorney general for george h.w. bush. watch the confirmation process for william barr live tuesday at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >> congressman bennie thompson has reclaimed the gavel in the home insecurity commission and he is our guest. thanks for being with us. >> thanks her having me. >> we have reporters here to ask questions as always. for returning to us. mr. thompson, we are taping friday morning. we are on day 21 of the government shutdown. how do you see this ending? >> there is no end in sight at this point. have 800,w, we