[caption id="attachment_7815" align="alignright" width="200"] Congressman John Shimkus[/caption]

Congressman John Simkus joins Tom Miller on The Morning Newswatch to discuss politics both nationally and here at home in Southern Illinois.

Annette McMichael, Communications Director for Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment (S.A.F.E.) joins The Morning Newswatch to discuss the appeals process for an injunction on fracking that was denied in Madison County Circuit Court.

Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs joins The Morning Newswatch.