NASA EDGE's Blair Allen and SIU's Bob Baer join The Morning Newswatch. 

Bart Mann, an organizer with the Herrin Community Thanksgiving Day Dinner, stops by The Morning Newswatch to discuss all of the effort which goes into creating a Thanksgiving Day celebration for the city of Herrin.

Andrea Durbin of the Pay Now Illinois Coalition joins Tom Miller on the Morning Newswatch to discuss social service agencies' group lawsuit against the state of Illinois.