we will join you throughout this half hour as we are joined by daniella diaz.e talked about the ongoing budget. along with the budget and the reconciliation process, there is also the appropriations process. where are we as far as funding the government for the past 14 days from now? guest: there is no agreement. that means how much they are planning to spend to fund the government this next fiscal year. publicans are blaming democrats saying they have not -- republicans are blaming democrats, saying they have not brought forth any good faith negotiations. democrats are saying republicans are not negotiating in good faith. lots of back and forth in the last two weeks as they try to figure out how they will fund the government because government funding runs out on march 14 and we are running out of time. host: we have been running under acr, continuing resolution. is there the potential for another one of these to kick the appropriations fight down the road as it were? guest: that is in the conversation but republicans hate continuing resolutions unless it cuts

daniella diaz joins us from notus.anuel macron arrived for a meeting with president trump at the white house. we will go through what they are talking about today and the president's meetings with other foreign leaders this week. also today, dawn royal and andrew mcclenahan of the united council of welfare fraud will join us to talk about efforts to track down fraud abuse in public assistance programs. that is this morning on "washington journal." ♪ >> looking to contact your members of congress? c-span is making it easy for you. with our 2025 congressional directory. get essential contact information for government officials all in one place. this compact spiral found -- spiral-bound guide contains information for every house and senate member of the 119th congress. contact the president's cabinet, federal agencies and state governors. the congressional directory costs $32.95 plus shipping and handling. scan the code on the right or go to c-spanshop.org to preorder your copy today. ♪ >> 100 years ago this past august