developments and we talk to white house senior adviser david plouffe and illinois congressman peter roskam, a member of the republican leadership. >> brown: then, amid signs of renewed life for the auto industry. we examine the new round of labor talks between the u.a.w. and detroit's big three. >> ifill: ray suarez gets an update on the turmoil in libya. >> brown: and we close with a paul solman story about a convicted murderer and middle school dropout who now makes $80,000 a year after completing college while behind bars. >> these are my dreams. i fit in right here, but this is what i'm looking at, this is where i want to be, this is where i can be, this is where i deserve to be. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> i mean, where would we be without small businesses? >> we need small businesses. >> they're the ones that help drive growth. >> like electricians, mechanics, carpenters. >> they strengthen our communities. >> every year, chevron spends billions with small businesses. that goes right to the heart of l

first, representative peter roskam of illinois, a member of the republican leadership. he also serves on the house ways and means committee. congressman ross came one of the things we seem to hear today listening to the president and speaker boehner is they both agree there ought to be a vote on raising the debt ceiling and that the debt ceiling should be raised. is that fair, that that is an area of agreement s that fair to say? >> i think there is an area of agreement that says the trajectory of spending in washington, d.c. fundamentally has to change. there was a bipartisan vote a few weeks ago in the house of representatives that rejected on a bipartisan basis the notion of simply raising the debt ceiling without any preconditions. and what i think speaker boehner and others have said and what i'm hearing from my congressional district is that any increase in the debt ceiling needs to be coupled with cuts that are deeper than the increase. >> ifill: we're talking about cuts, we were talking last friday, at least the president and speaker boehner seemed to be talking