mr. russell: very interesting character. when he was a young man, nelson story was from mays, county -- makes county, ohio area as a young man and his family, he lost his mother, father, a couple of brothers, sisters who died young. for that reason, he was never really a serious veryhgoer, but he was also generous individual. he would help any friend who was down on their luck. he was willing to help them. streak -- he was well read, he understood economics very well. he did enjoy listening to talks from christian scholars. he like to study the pope and write down some of his versus on pieces of scrap paper, but the real big drawback to nelson story was his temper. he had an awful, awful temper. and ae than one occasion, confrontation with somebody, he would lose his temper, and it would come down to a fistfight, or it would end up not necessarily fight, but if you got on his bad side, chances are you remained on his bad side. temper, unfortunately, also spilled into his immediate family. verbal and physical abuse. side a sa

mr. russell: mr. chairman, it is an honor to appear before you today. my name is michael and i am here as the staff chair of the labor advisor committee for trade negotiations and trade policy. organized labor wants nafta fixed. we have worked in a constructive effort to find solutions and not just lodge complaints. we remain optimistic about the ability to resolve the issues. but we will not hesitate to oppose an agreement that fails to improve nafta and the current trade template in meaningful and effective ways by adopting the many recommendations that we have made. much work remains and the current usmca is not enough. the negative impact of the existing nafta has had a corrosive impact on the u.s. manufacturing, public and private sector workers have all been hurt. steelworkers and indiana have seen their jobs go to mexico. workers and nabisco, philadelphia, and chicago so their jobs shipped to mexico where workers are paid $.97 an hour. autoworkers in ohio are seeing their jobs relocated to mexico. aerospace workers throughout the country have see

herman j russell was one of the first black minority contractors to own his own business in the atlanta area. for the most part the ones i interviewed had all throughout the united states. >> mrins. we honor you truly for the work that you are still doing now. but when you are thrown into pushed into the greyhound bus station when did you realize that this thing was bigger than you? that you were a part of now the civil rights movement in mississippi. it really did not dawn on me until i made it to Ãband the other two inmates was trying to come up with a reason why i was there. they kept giving me statements about you probably raped a white woman or you killed a white man based on you not having a trial. i'm saying, none of that i was arrested at the bus station and they all are saying they are not going to put you on death row for going into a bus station. that was the mindset for several days but i'm thinking as they told me about death row i'm thinking i'm going to die just because i went into the bus station. that was probably the most fearful time i was arrested, they say, 109 times throughout the state of mississippi as a freedom writer. i've been beaten several times a

herman j russell was one of the first black minority contractors to own his own business in the atlanta area. for the most part the ones i interviewed had all throughout the united states. >> mrins. we honor you truly for the work that you are still doing now. but when you are thrown into pushed into the greyhound bus station when did you realize that this thing was bigger than you? that you were a part of now the civil rights movement in mississippi. it really did not dawn on me until i made it to Ãband the other two inmates was trying to come up with a reason why i was there. they kept giving me statements about you probably raped a white woman or you killed a white man based on you not having a trial. i'm saying, none of that i was arrested at the bus station and they all are saying they are not going to put you on death row for going into a bus station. that was the mindset for several days but i'm thinking as they told me about death row i'm thinking i'm going to die just because i went into the bus station. that was probably the most fearful time i was arrested, they say, 109 times throughout the state of mississippi as a freedom writer. i've been beaten several times a

mr. roth began his career as a producer at the nbc affiliate in jacksonville florida. he has a ba from washington university in st. louis and an ms in journalism from northwestern university. welcome sir. russellwheeler is a visiting fellow in the brookings institution's governance studies program and president of the governance institute. he is also an adjunct professor at american university washington college of law and a fellow of the university of denver institute for the advancement of the american legal system. previously he was the deputy director of the federal judicial center which he first joined in 1977. before that he also worked at the national center for state courts and united states supreme court. he has written extensively on the united states courts including on judicial ethics stop mr. wheeler has a phd in political science from the university of chicago and a ba from augustana college in illinois. welcome sir. professor charles gardner j is the john f can billing professor of law at the indiana university morro school of law in bloomington indiana. he invites his writings on judicial conduct ethics and selection independence, accountability, and administration include more