Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) joins The Morning Newswatch.

Dr. John Jackson with the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at SIU joins The Morning Newswatch to discuss the changing landscape of Illinois politics with the incoming administration as well as the nature of the two-party system in American Politics.

Tom Gaither and John Jones are with HOOAH Deer Hunt for Heroes, a program aiding wounded veterans. They joined Tom Miller in the studio to discuss what the program provides for veterans in order to help them heal mentally and physically.