gautham nagesh, second session of the 112th congress begins in just a couple of weeks. what's the biggest issue that the congress will be facing with regard to telecommunications issues? >> guest: well, i think right now the hottest issue is, obviously, online piracy. that's a new development, but as we've discussed in the past, there's two bills in front of the house right now and a bill in front of the senate that would take some rather significant steps to increase the government's authority to enforce online copyright. they've also drawn a very strong backlash from the technology community, and i think that's the hottest topic right now pause the fate of those bills is still very much in doubt. >> host: juliana gruenwald, who's on each side of these piracy bills? >> guest: well, on the one side the supporters include the content industry, the movie makers, the record industry, publishers, people who make content, you know, movies, music. and on the other side, as gautham mentioned, are the tech industry, a lot of the big tech companies oppose both the house and the

nagesh. and you all for being on the reporters. once again, gautham, second session of the 100 of congress begins in just a couple of weeks. what is the biggest issue that the congress will be facing with regards to telecommunications? >> i think right now the hottest issue is obviously online piracy. that is a new development, but as we have discussed in the past there are two bills in front of the house right now and a bill in front of the senate that would take rather significant steps to increase the government's authority to to enforce online copyright. they also draw a very strong backlash from the technology community and i think that is the hottest topic right now because the state of the bills is still very much in doubt. >> gruenwald, who is on each side of the piracy bills? >> on one side of the supporters include the contant industry, the movie makers, the record industry publishers, people who make content, movies, music, and all the other side come as gautham mentioned are the tech industry, a lot of the tech companies opposed to the hou

and gautham nagesh, very quickly, what are the legislative chances? it's now late december. what are the legislative chances of this legislation going through the second session of the 112th congress? >> guest: it's very much in doubt right now as to what's going to happen with this bill. obviously, the senate bill when it was introduced had very broad, bipartisan support, but senator wyden has said he will filibuster the bill, and whether or not they have the votes to overcome that remains in doubt. on the house side, the judiciary committee has strong support for the bill. we have seen some signs there is wavering of the support, so it is very hard to determine what's going to happen in the house depending on the challenges. >> host: and as always, thank you for being on "the communicators." >> guest: thank you for having me. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2, 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. >> up next from the01

gautham nagesh. >> guest: you refer to political support for your legislation. we saw it sought pass the committee, senate congress committee with bipartisan support and you threaten to filibuster. first of all do you believe that the bill as it now stands as a strong chance of passing the senate and secondly, can you speak to the support for the bill, very strong from the entertainment industry, the retail industry. do you think they can be convinced that the open act is the correct solution? >> guest: we know that we are up against one of the most sophisticated and savvy and powerful lobbyists in the united states. they have been added a long time. they have poured millions of dollars into their areas lobbying and campaign efforts. frankly, we know that our -- is going to have to fight above their weight. is going to be a tough battle but if you look at what has happened in the last couple of weeks, certainly well over a million americans have signed petitions against these bills and people are coming to understand what some of these issues are all about. regr

thank you for being on "the communicators" -- communicators and gautham nagesh what are the legislative chances, tallied in december, political legislative chances of this legislation going through the second session? >> guest: is very much in doubt right now as to what is going to happen with this though. obviously the senate bill when it was introduced had rod bipartisan support but senator wyden has said he will filibuster the bill on whether or not they have the votes to overcome that remains in doubt. on the house side they did judiciary committee has strong support for the pill. we have seen some signs that there is wavering in support so it's hard to determine what's going to happen depending on the changes that will be made. >> host: as always, thanks for being on "the communicators." >> guest: thanks for having me. now pbs news ours jim lehrer discussing his new book and taking your questions at the miami book fair international on the campus of miami-dade college. this is about 40 minutes. >> what is the first time he hosted a presidential debate? >> it was in 1988, between th

. >> the hill's gautham nagesh and telecommunications reports paul kirby. "the communicators," tonight at 8 eastern on c-span2. >> the first in the nation primary in new hampshire is tomorrow. next, a look at congressman ron paul's strategy in new hampshire following his third place finish in the iowa caucuses. senator rand paul, the congressman's son, was a guest on this morning's "washington journal." this is 20 minutes. >> host: senator rand paul, who is on the stump for his father, ron paul. in "the politico" today, senator, you say that independence could be the key to your father win anything new hampshire. can you expand on that? >> guest: well, you know, in iowa we doubled the independent vote from 2008 to 2012, and ron paul won it three to one. when you poll young people and you poll independents, ron paul does the best in that category. new hampshire's unique in the sense that independents are allowed to come and become republicans that day and vote in the republican primary. so our best chance for victory here would be a large independent turnout

. >> gautham nagesh. >> there are two concerns that appeal most broadly. what is a concern about undermining the security of the internet. the second has to do with free speech and concerns that giving the government the authority to shut down sites will lead to censorship. were those concerns considered by the alliance? >> sure. there are definitely concerned that we considered. you cannot imagine artists and creators rely very heavily on that freedom of speech and first amendment rights. it is very important to have a direct communication with fans. we would not back any bills that would infringe on that ability to have that communication. in terms of the security arguments, there were some arguments that were raised with regard to the regional version of the stock online piracy act that went to the issue of redirecting. the manager's amendment that was introduced by chairman smith really takes that off the table entirely. i think it also goes a far way to limit other concerns that people might have about the adverse impact on domain name systems. there