Michael Roberts speaks with U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) about a budget agreement recently made in Congress, his meeting with other Southern IL lawmakers, and his thoughts on the IL budget impasse.

Skip Cosgrove joins us to talk about the Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall that will be at the practice football fields on the SIU-Carbondale campus this weekend.

State Representative Natalie Phelps Finnie (D) joins The Morning Newswatch.