one of them will replace current attorney general bruce beemer, who was appointed by governor wolf toeplace acting attorney general bruce castor, who replaced the resigned attorney general kathleen kane. it has been an eventful several months. over to my right here is republican john rafferty, who is serving his fourth term as state senator for pennsylvania's 44th district in berks, chester, and montgomery counties. and mr. rafferty is also a former pennsylvania deputy attorney general. >> thank you, matt. >> good morning to you, mr. rafferty. democrat josh shapiro has been a montgomery county commissioner since 2012 and serves as chairman. mr. shapiro was also elected four times to the state house of representatives. good morning to you as well. >> good morning. good to be with you. >> let's get right in on the questions. mr. rafferty has the first chance at this one. we're gonna start with the office itself. the last person elected to serve as attorney general in this state was also the state's first woman and first democrat elected to that position. kathleen kane has since been con

. >> meantime, pennsylvania's current top prosecutor, bruce beemer, reacted to the sentencing calling it a sad day for commonwealth. governor tom wolf appointed him attorney general over summer following kane's conviction. in two weeks, john rafferty will be facing off against democrat josh shapiro. while kane was in court for sentencing, she was hit with a $28 parking ticket. this was on the black land rover she arrived in. >>> happening today in harrisburg, state health officials will be giving an update on pen's medical marijuana program. the state's secretary of health will highlight the progress of the program so far which was signed into law in april by governor tom wolf. it's expecteded to go into effect early next year. the program will offer medical marijuana under a physician's care to patients who live in pennsylvania. >> 5:38. happening today, thousands of students from chester conte will kick off a kids vote event for this year's election at the county courthouse in west chester, students and lawmakers will give speeches and students will participate in a mock voter regis

. >> bruce beemer reacted to the sentencing calling it a sad day for the commonwealth. governor tom wolf appointed him attorney general over the summer following kane's conviction. in exactly two weeks, voters will choose a permanent replacement for kane. john rafferty is facing off against democrat josh shapiro. while kane was in court, she was hit with a $28 parking ticket just outside the montgomery county courthouse. this was on the black land rover that kane used to arrive in court. the ticket was for an expired meter and issued about two hours before she was sentenced. >>> happening today in harrisburg, state health officials will be giving an update on pennsylvania's medical marijuana program. the state's secretary of health will highlight the progress of the program so far. it was signed into law back in april by governor tom wolf and it's expected to go into effect early next year. the program will offer medical marijuana under a physician's care to patients who live in pennsylvania. >>> in center city, history is reduced to rubble. >> check out what's left of

. >> well, technically, the winner will be succeeding bruce beemer. [ laughter ] >> i did say "elected >> but it's unusual to have two candidates from montgomery county. john rafferty is a state senator. josh shapiro is the county executive. and this is an election that normally would be decided in the southeastern part of the state, when you have two candidates from the southeast, because basically the west won't even know these people. josh has got, i think, a very strong position because he did very well in the primary. this is a very strong ticket pull for him. and he's a great candidate. and rafferty i think is a pretty good guy, and he's very knowledgeable. he's been in the state senate for a term and a half or two terms. but what's going to attract people to this race, when you have this presidential race and the u.s. senate race? and i think it's gonna be very difficult for this race to be anything other than a pull to the top of the ticket. >> matt, the thing to watch for, having run for the office twice myself, kathleen kane's an aberration in a lot of ways, right? no democra

the new a.g., bruce beemer, says, "you know what? there's no problem here."and the house is relying on that. they're saying full speed ahead on retroactivity. >> but i think this reflects an interesting dynamic in harrisburg between the republicans in the house and the republicans in the senate. you've seen this exchange between them on budget issues. there's a dramatically different view of the world among the republicans in the house and the republicans in the senate. and this issue crystallizes that perfectly. >> i agree with that completely. >> terry, does the fact that it's an election year make a difference? >> well, yeah. i mean, to some extent. i don't know to what -- how this resonates with a lot of voters, but the bigger problem -- and i'll let the lawyers talk about this -- is once you go back in you're 10, 15, 20 years and you're trying to recreate facts and witness, that gets di-- i mean, everybody ought to sympathizes and want to clear up any -- and help the victims. let's be honest. that's a horrible, horrible crime. but how far can you go back

one of them will replace current attorney general bruce beemer, who was appointed by governor wolf toeplace acting attorney general bruce castor, who replaced the resigned attorney general kathleen kane. it has been an eventful several months. over to my right here is republican john rafferty, who is serving his fourth term as state senator for pennsylvania's 44th district in berks, chester, and montgomery counties. and mr. rafferty is also a former pennsylvania deputy attorney general. >> thank you, matt. >> good morning to you, mr. rafferty. democrat josh shapiro has been a montgomery county commissioner since 2012 and serves as chairman. mr. shapiro was also elected four times to the state

pennsylvania attorney general bruce beemer.cted officials, it means a lot for you to be here with us. if all goes well in 17 days, we are looking forward to working with you on behalf of pittsburgh. [applause] some of youinton: know that i have a special place in my heart for pennsylvania, and i am excited about helping, forny way that we can, pittsburgh, allegheny county, and western pennsylvania to keep moving forward with confidence and optimism about what is possible for the future we want to create together. i am thrilled to be here with tim kaine. [applause] i asked himinton: to be my running mate because i knew he would be one of the smartest, toughest, most qualified vice presidents have ever had. [applause] i also knewinton: he had never lost an election. [applause] secretary clinton: i kind of figured that might rub off on me a little bit. that i have gotten to spend more time with him, and with his wonderful wife anne and their family, i am even more confident that he will be such an extraordinary leader for our coun

pennsylvania attorney general bruce beemer. and all the other elected officials.means a lot for you to be here with us. if all goes well in 17 days, we are looking forward to working with you on behalf of pittsburgh. [applause] secretary clinton: some of you know that i have a special place in my heart for pennsylvania, and i am excited about helping, in any way that we can, for pittsburgh, allegheny county, and western pennsylvania to keep moving forward with confidence and optimism about what is possible for the future we want to create together. and i am thrilled to be here with tim kaine. [applause] secretary clinton: i asked him to be my running mate, because i knew he would be one of the smartest, toughest, most qualified vice presidents have -- we have ever had. [applause] secretary clinton: i also knew he had never lost an election. [applause] secretary clinton: i kind of figured that might rub off on me a little bit. now that i have gotten to spend more time with him and with his wonderful wife, anne, and their family, i am even more confident that he wil

[cheers and applause] secretary clinton: pennsylvania attorney general bruce beemer.retary clinton: and all the other elected officials, it means a lot for you to be here with us. if all goes well in 17 days, we are looking forward to working with you on behalf of pittsburgh. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: some of you know that i have a special place in my heart for pennsylvania, and i am excited about helping, in any way that we can, for pittsburgh, allegheny county, and western pennsylvania to keep moving forward with confidence and optimism about what is possible for the future we want to create together. i am thrilled to be here with tim kaine. [cheers] secretary clinton: i asked him to be my running mate because i knew he would be one of the smartest, toughest, most qualified vice presidents we have ever had. [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: i also knew he had never lost an election. [laughter] secretary clinton: i kind of figured that might rub off on me a little bit. now that i have gotten to spend more time with him, and with his wonderful wi