what's happened in evansville since then is the subject of tonight's edition of "need to know." here's an excerpt, narrated by correspondent rick karr. >> reporter: after nearly 80 at an appliance store near evansville, we met up with economist mohammed khayum. he says its consumers whove been the big winners under nafta. >> we benefit because of range of things that happen including more products, great quality, lower prices. this suit, for instance, is a product of mexico. >> reporter: khayum is dean of the business school at evansville's university of southern indiana. he says the fridges and other appliances in this store are better than they would have been without free trade-- smarter, more durable, more energy efficient, and cheaper. >> when we buy tvs, we may buy two instead of one. >> reporter: khayum says one reason why nafta has a bad reputation is because it's easy to put a face on the workers who lost jobs to lower-paid labor in mexico. but the winners of the trade pact, he says, are everywhere. >> it's very difficult to organize us and to express to people here are