adam hamilton and ramesh ponnuru, thank you all four >> you're welcome. thank you. >> brown: what are th >> brown: and what are the great expectations of the american public for the president in his second term? hari sreenivasan was on the national mall yesterday. on the rundown online, you can hear what issues people hope to see addressed. >> ifill: and to the other news of the day. house republicans forged ahead with a plan to raise the nation's debt ceiling through may 19. that vote is set for tomorrow. congressman paul ryan, last year's republican vice presidential nominee, said today republicans want to shift the focus to enacting a budget, with major spending cuts. the senate is going on four years now for not having passed a budget. we think this gives us the time we need in this nation to have a good, thorough vigorous and honest debate about what it takes to get our fiscal house in order and about how to budget. families budget. businesses budget. our federal government should budget. >> ifill: the bill also says if lawmakers don't enact a budget