now joining us is representative paul broun. he is chairman of the science- space technology subcommittee. you recently held a hearing around lightsquared. what was that hearing about and what did you learn? guest: we have been trying to get information from lightsquared, because the information we have been able to ascertain thus far is that this ground-based broadband network that lightsquared wants to put in place is being fast track through the fcc. and this administration is pushing the fcc to approve ishtsquared's spectrum which adjacent to the gps spectrum. everything that we hear from all lightsquared is that this spectrum, if it is ground-based, is going to interfere with everybody's gps in their cars and interfere with the highly that the gpeseses science and the military community uses. so the high precision gps is probably going to be interviewed byk b-- interfered with lightsquared going ahead. the spectrum was designed for low intensity. it was designed to be a signal broadcast from satellites. but lightsquared is

now joining us is representative paul broun. he is the chairman of the science-based technology subcommittee on investigations. congressman broun the recently held a hearing around lightsquared. what was that hearing about and what did you learn? >> guest: and we have been trying to get information from lightsquared because the information that we have been able to ascertain does far is that this ground-based broadband network that lightsquared wants to put in place is being fast-tracked through the fcc and this administration is pushing the fcc to approve lightsquared's spectrum which is right adjacent to all the gps spectrum. everything we hear from all experts is that the spectrum if it is ground-based is going to interfere with everybody's gps in their cars. it is going to interfere also with the highly technical gps's that the science community utilizes and the aviation community utilizes an particularly that the military uses so the high percentage of gps probably is going to be interfered with by lightsquared's going ahea

. >> host: representative paul broun is chairman of the house science and technology subcommittee, he's a third-term republican from georgia. he also happens to be a medical doctor and, as he said, an airline pilot. >> guest: not an airline pilot -- >> host: right, civilian pilot. >> guest: that uses gps, and i'm really concerned about that. and i'm concerned about the housewives that have a garmin gps in their car to try to find out where to go pick up their babysitter, and lightsquared very possibly, in fact probably, can interfere with her gps. so we can't have that happen. >> host: up next, we're going to talk to a gps manufacturer. and now on your screen is jim kirkland who is vice president and general counsel of trimble navigation. he is also a founding member of the coalition to save our gps. he joins "the communicators" from mountain view, california. first off, mr. kirkland, what is trimble navigation, and what is the coalition to save our gps? >> guest: sure, peter. trimble navigation is the leading manufacturer of gps equipment for commercial and industrial use. so we focus

. >> 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

. >> tonight, questions on light lightsquared's goals with subcommittee chairman paul broun, jim kirkland and i watch news senior reporter fred schulte at 8 eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> tonight on c-span2, a look at the proposed 1700-mile pipeline that would carry crude oil from alberta, canada, through illinois, oklahoma and on to the gulf coast. >> we all need to stand together for mother earth now because mother earth is crying. our prophesy tells us when mother earth cries, we stand up and fight for her or she will die, and we will die with her. so i ask everyone to remember crying earth, rise up. rise up with mother earth and say no, no to this pipeline, no to death. no, no, no, no! [cheers and applause] >> this is not a regional impact. it's a national impact. and if approval of this pipeline were to come through, it would help stimulate our economic recovery, it'll put us back on our feet, and many here today focused on -- >> the man is lying through his -- >> -- will have the opportunity to have some of the best paying jobs here in the united states. >> we'll show