on the next washington journal vice president and news director stephen komarow will discuss debates in the legislative session. a new york times reporter, author of digital gold, talks about the evolution of bitcoin. we take your calls, and you can join the discussion on facebook and twitter. washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> monday night on "the communicators," austin meyer. and democratic representative hank johnson talk about technology issues and patent legislation. >> 97% of the people who are sued by patent trolls have to settle. they don't have the millions of dollars to defend themselves. 90 -- 97% settle and pay an average of 30 -- $300,000. when they pay that, they are locked up under a nondisclosure agreement, a contract that says they are never allowed to tell anybody what happened to them. >> we are excited to have legislation on the topic. we are excited to discuss the issues and see the best way to help entrepreneurs defend their product and run their businesses fair and square. these demand letters would put a company like ours under. >> we