it was one of the longest speeches we've seen in the u.s. senate in about seven years. not anywhere close to the record which was the late senator strom thurmond of south carolina in 1957 when he spoke for over 24 hours. but bernie sanders, let's talk about the speech. it shows why the president needed the former president there yesterday. there was a lot of anger among liberal and progressive democrats against the tax plan. sanders is not a democrat. he's a self-proclaimed socialist. he caucuses with the democrats and he's part of their coalition in the senate and for about eight hours yesterday, he was railing against the plan. a lot of people feel the same way and they don't like the extension of the tax breaks for the wealthiest americans. the estate tax provision which is pretty generous to wealthy americans. they're very upset with the president. you saw bernie sanders do this on the senate floor for about eight hours yesterday. the next thing for the u.s. senate? monday they take their first vote on the plan. >> good to see you paul, thanks so much. coming up, we've been telling you about the weather