now joining us on "the communicators" is fred schulte. he's with iwatch news, and he is also with the center for public integrity. why has cpi been writing a series of articles about lightsquared and its white house connections? guest: my colleagues and i have been writing about 2008 obama presidential campaign. those of the donors that put together a large groups of donations of $50,000 or more, maybe even up to $500,000. we are looking at what they got and did they get anything for their money or were they getting jobs or access to the white house, were they getting contracts and that sort of thing? we have written a number of stories about a number of different companies that have been swept up in this political question. host: and what did you find with regard to lightsquared? guest: lightsquared, we originally wrote about them in connection with the donald gives you was the investor and the company at the time -- donald gibbs who was the investor and the company at the time that it applied to get a waiver. president obama planted one

and now joining us on "the communicators" is fred schulte, he's with i-watch news where he's a senior reporter, and he's also with the center for public integrity. mr. schulte, why has cpi been writing a series of articles or you specifically been writing a series of articles about lightsquared and its white house connections? >> guest: well, my colleagues and i have been writing about, first of all, about bundlers to the 2008 obama presidential campaign. those were the donors who put together large groups of donations of $50,000 or more and maybe even up to $500,000. and we were looking at what kinds of -- what they got, and did they get anything for their money, or were they getting jobs, were they getting access to the white house, were they getting contracts and that sort of thing. so we've written a number of stories about a number of different companies that have sort of been swept up in this whole political question, one of which was lightsquared. >> host: and what did you find with regard to lightsquared and the white house? >> guest: well, lightsquared, we originally wrote ab

questions on the company goals and possible gps interference with paul brown, and jim perkins, and fred schulte on 8:00 -- at 8:00 on c- span 2. >> damon moglen and cindy schild offer their perspectives on a proposed $7 billion oil pipeline from canada to texas. then michael malbin, executive director of the campaign finance institutes of examines 2012 campaign fund-rag

. >> host: fred schulte is a senior reporter with i-watch news. iwatchnews.org is the web site in case you would like to see their reports or read the e-mails between the white house and lightsquared officials. mr. schulte is a four-time pulitzer prize finalist, he spent much of his career at the baltimore sun and the south florida sun sentinel. he's received the george polk award to investigative reporter and editors award, three gerald lobe awards for business writing. mr. schulte, thank you for being on "the communicators." >> guest: well, thank you, peter. it was my pleasure. >> just ahead, journalist katie couric, supreme court justice apt anyone scalia and paul are among the speaker at the annual washington ideas forum hosted by the aspen institute and the atlantic. and later john mchugh gives a live speech to the annual meeting of the association of the u.s. army on pentagon budget cuts and other issues. >> supreme court justice antonin scalia, journalist katie couric and paul ryan were among the speakers at the recent annual washington ide

tonight, questions on goals and possible plea dps interference with paul brown, jim kirkland, and fred schulte, 8:00 eastern on c-span >> the supreme court heard oral arguments this month. the supreme court is expected to render a decision before the end of the term in june. the oral arguments are in the case now and this is about one hour. chief justice john g. roberts: we will hear argument first this morning in case 10-63, maples v. thomas. mr. garre. mr. garre: thank you, mr. chief justice, and may it please the court: two factors distinguish this case from those in which the court has found cause lacking to excuse a default: first, the state itself had a direct hand in the extraordinary events leading up to the default in this case; and second, the actions of maples' attorneys, which rise to the level of abandonment, are not attributable to maples under agency law or other principles that this court has invoked in determining when attorney conduct may be imputed to a client. that this court has invoked in determining when conduct can be with a client. it the default at issue in this case

. >> tonight, paul broun, jim kirkland, and fred schulte, denied it 8:00 p.m. eastern on "the communicators." >> last week, prosecuting national security reporters. from berkeley university, this is an hour and 10 minutes. "the new york times" has reporters who focus on this particular part of the government of the united states. jim and i crossed paths in 1998 when he joined "the new york times" and before that you were at the "los angeles times." what we will talk about tonight is a kind of reporting that is unique to the united states. there are very few countries in the world where you are allowed to report on the national security of a country and its national security apparatus. most countries guard their secrets, and what they call the secret part of the government with laws and enforcement so that reporters are generally jailed or news organizations are not allowed to report it, and that includes the united kingdom, canada, and almost any other country you could think of. the united states is one of the few countries in the world that allows that kind o

. >> host: fred schulte is a senior reporter with i watch news, i watch news.org is the web site in case you would like to see their reports or read the e-mails between the white house and lightsquared officials. mr. schulte is a four-time pulitzer prize finalist. he spent much of his career at the baltimore sun in the south florida sun sentinel. he is received the george polk award to investigative reporter and editors award, three gerald loeb awards for business writing. mr. schulte thank you for being on "the communicators." >> guest: thank you, it was my pleasure. >> it'd affect a story on the topic of your choosing. per good story has a good beginning, a solid middle and a strong ending. >> what you think we should do for this year's c-span student competition? >> today cell phones and flip cam's do a great job of catching video. if you don't have access to better video equipment don't let that stop you. if you need a little bit more help go to studentcam.org. >> this process can be confusing at first but it will help you stay organized. i find useful to read the rules very carefull

interference subcommittee chairman paul brown, coalition to save our gp member jim kirkland, and fred schultestern on c-span2. -- at 8:00 eastern. >> c-span helps you navigate the political landscape with twitter feeds and facebook updates from the campaign, candidate bios, and polling data, and links to a c-span media partners in the early primary and caucus states. all at c-span.org/campaign2012. every monday at this time we have a chance to find out about not only what federal program's cost, but also what they do. today a look into a farm subsidy programs. our guest is charles abbott, agricultural reporter for reuters. president obama wants to cut farm programs by $33 billion over 10 years. how much of these cuts would come from subsidies? guest: almost all of them would come from subsidies. the question is how do you define subsidies? the easiest way is almost all the money would come through elimination of a type of subsidy called the direct pavement. that was created in the 1996 freedom to farm law. it is intended to be transitional farmer support. it's based on historical production o

on lightsquared goals and potential interexperience with paul broun, and iwatch senior reporter fred schulte on c-span2. >> we all snead to stand together for mother earth now because mother earth is crying. our prophesy tells us when mother earth cryings, we stand up, we fight for her. we will die, and we will die with her. crying earth, rise up with mother earth, rise up and say no, no to the pipeline. no to death. no, no, no, no. >> this is not a reamingal impact. it's a national impact. if approval of the pipeline comes through, it stimulates the economic recovery, puts us back on our feet, and many here today focus on job creation and recovery, will have the opportunity to have some of the best paying jobs here in the united states. >> we'll show that entire public hearing, the last in the series hosted by the state department, and a discussion representing differing views of the pipeline tonight starting at 8:30 eastern on c-span2. >> climate and energy directer of frebdz with the earth. thank you for being with us. cindy schild is with the american patrol yum institute. good morning.

host: fred schulte is the senior reporter with iwatchnews. iwatchnews.org is the website in case you like to see the reports or read the e-mails between the white house and lightsquared. mr. fred schulte is he has received the editors award, three awards for business writing. thank you for being on the communicators. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> next, a supreme court argument on the case involving cory maples. alabama state attorneys then borrowed -- barred him from appeal because of he defaulted. the supreme court is expected to render a decision before the end of the term lynching. this is about one hour. >> thank you, mr. chief justice. may it please the court. two factors distinguish this case. first, the state itself had a direct hand in the extraordinary events leading up to the default in this case. a second, the actions of maple's attorneys are not attributable to maples that this court has invoked in determining when conduct can be with a client. i

when coalition to save our gps jim kirkland and fred schulte.the communicator's," c- span [applause] -- c-span 2. >> i have said all along that when this matter was properly submitted to the rank and file of our people, it has no place in our constitution. >> he served as governor of new york four times even though he never attended high school or college. al smith became the first catholic nominated by major party to run for president. although he lost the election, he is remembered by the alfred smith memorial dinner, a fund- raiser for various catholic charities and the main stock for the presidential candidates every year. he is one of the 14 men featured in the c-span's weekly series "the contenders." >> the federal government spends about $20 billion a year in financial assistance to farmers. reuters and culture reporter charles avid was on "washington journal" talking about those subsidies. >> on the day's segment, a look into the farm subsidy program. thank you for being with us this morning. president obama wants to cut farm programs by