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Shutdown of the federal government that would happen tonight, by the way. senate leaders say they have a deal on a two-year budget proposal. it would add half a trillion dollars in spending. suzanne malveaux is live on capitol hill with the details. what do we know? >> reporter: good morning, chris. well, this big budget deal could be a huge victory for democrats and republicans. you're talking about two years here. it has goodies for both sides. it is designed so law makeers will not say no to this deal. we're talking $160 billion in defense spending. $128 billion for nondefense. $128 for non...

Republicans will like the $160 billion increase in defense spending. they won't necessarily like the $128 billion increase in what's called nondefense spending. >> that's right. and adding to the deficit. so can you find a coalition in between those two? are the two party leaders, nancy pelosi and paul ryan, willing to allow that sort of compromise to happen? there will be a lot of pressure to do so. i think chuck schumer was very incentivized to find a way this time around because i think while he didn't admit it, they basically caved after the last government shutdown. they didn't get anythi...

Directive that this is something that must happen? >> no. the president asked them to look at different ways to explore and see what could happen, as the secretary said. >> we'll take one more. >> in this text messages, does the president believe that former president obama was involved in the russian investigation against him, which is what alleged between those texts between peter strzok and lisa page? >> i'm not aware of that specific concern. i think there is a lot within those text messages that gives us great cause for concern. again, we hope they look at them thoroughly and investigate ...

Once again, we're following the breaking news. the leadership in the senate, the democratic leader, the republican leader, they've worked out a bipartisan budget agreement. $300 billion or so, $160 billion in additional defense spending. $128 billion in nondefense spending. $80 billion for disaster relief for texas, florida, and puerto rico. a lot of specifics in this tentative deal. it's going to pass the senate. question is how will it do in the house of representatives. it does not deal with immigration reform, the dreamers, the daca recipients, border security. but the senate majority lead...

Do. i wanted to get your reaction to that issue of the budget, tax breaks, where all this money is going to come from, and this specific exchange between senator bernie sanders and omb director nick mulvaney. take a look. >> bottom line is, tell me, let me get back to one question. >> sure. >> why do you think the walton family needs a $52 billion tax break? >> my guess is you're basing that assertion on the only tax detail we have in the budget. >> repeal of the estate tax, exactly. >> and if we want to have a talk about why we're repealing that, i'd be more than happy to do that. >> good, te...