Hey, dawn, so much talk this week about the eagles, mentality going into sunday. About disrespect, underdogs, trying to block out the noise, but what about Doug Pederson . Hes the only head coach remaining that was hired back in 2016. Everyone else has been fired. So, for like a lot of the players this week, this sunday is the biggest game in his head coaching career. So, what are his emotions like going into the nfc championship game . Nothing really has to change. I mean, at the end of the day it is football. I got to make sure that, you know, my head is in the right spot. Im blocking out the noise, just like im telling the players to block it out. And im focused on my job and helping this football team, you know, try to win a football game. Going up, coming up a little later in the show, we will hear from nick foles, his emotions going into sunday again, this is the biggest game in their carreers for a lot of players and coaches. But first, we are going to our Chris Oconnell live in
Democrats. It includes west and northwest suburbs such as schomberg, bloomingdale, elgin, streamwood and a small portion of chicago. A couple of quick notes before we begin tonight. We are being streamed live on our web site wttw. Com and you can join a live chat. Give a question for the candidates you can ask if there and note the format tonight. Tonight. This is not a formal debate part of the candidates will not give opening or closing statements. Their answers will not beat timed and they will not necessarily be asked the same questions. I will use fairness as my guide to move the discussion along and we asked the candidates to stay on topic and not give campaign speeches. Now joining us us tonight seated in the order that they appear on the ballot are Tammy Duckworth, democrat who is the former director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs and former United States assistant secretary of Veterans Affairs. Ms. Duckworth previously ran for conversate 2006 and she also serve