Annette McMichael is the Communications Director SAFE, which stands for Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment. McMichael sat down with Tom Miller on the Morning Newswatch to discuss a court case unfolding in Madison County, which could put a halt to fracking in Illinois altogether.

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) joins The Morning Newswatch.

Historian Mark Motsinger joins The Morning Newswatch.