away from that. he seems to very much enjoy cutting that deal with chuck schumer and nancy pelosi. he seems to potentially want to do it again tonight. that would be a much different package for tax reform. you already have democrats setting out markers saying, look, we're not going to eliminate the home mortgage deduction, for example. we're not going to eliminate deductions for state and local taxes, things along those lines. a brewing controversy already between the president and his own party here on capitol hill, craig. >> let's turn to bernie sanders for a minute. next hour we'll hear from him, big news conference, single payer. why after so many attempts by the senator from vermont are a slew of democrats suddenly on board? >> reporter: it's very quickly turning into a litmus test in 2020, isn't it, craig? bernie sanders still an independent, beth but really setting the bar for what the primary is go to be in the presidential politics. you have almost a who's who,