john raferty junior and joe peters. i sat down both of them and we begin in alphabetical order with joe peters. >>> thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> why do you want to be the attorney general of the state of pennsylvania? >> whether i intended it or not i was built for this job. if you were to create an attorney general for yourself, wouldn't you want a street tcop? i decided to go to law school and began working at the attorney general's office under the first elected ag as a law clerk and rose through the ranks having served each one in a senior capacity either as the top drug prosecutor, crime prosecutor or chief of police of the under cover operations. i was asked to be a prosecutor and my team and i convicted a mafia boss, and after that wouldn't you want to ice the cake with a person who has worked for two presidents? i spent two years in the clinton and george bush white house working on the poisons of our day, drugs and terrorism. >> what would you try to do to tackle the heroin problem in our state? >

whoever win this month will face the republican joe peters or state senator john raferty.he debate begins at 7:00 tonight. watch it here on nbc 10 or on the nbc 10 app. >>> well, we still have the rain in the forecast this evening but the heavy stuff that's already pretty much moved through. the evening showers, those are still going to be around for a little longer. looking at cloudy conditions, peeks of sunshine but we're looking at more rain back off to the west that's going to try to move in. tomorrow, very different day than today for the better. and it is the day for the big villanova parade so i have that forecast in a minute. over the weekend we're going to get colder and we're going to see a wintry mix move in for part of your weekend. so i'll show you the timing on that. we're still in about the mid-50s though through the lehigh valley, 55 pottstown and westchester, 60 in philadelphia, upper 50s for new jersey and delaware, 60 in dover, so today has been a mild and rainy day. the rain again the heaviest of it is all up in new england, we have cleared out quite a

republicans will choose between two candidates montgomery county based state senator john raferty jr. and former police officer joe peters. >>> up next, shutdown showdown. we are closely monitoring developments happening right now in atlantic city as state leaders consider new plan to save the resort town from bankruptcy. plus, a teen refuses to do her homework and it's a move many people are saying took a lot of class. we'll explain the controversy over the assignment just ahead. vo: president obama endorses katie mcginty for u.s. senate, calling her "a champion for working families." the 9th of 10 kids, her dad's union pension and social security made all the difference. in pennsylvania, mcginty helped implement obamacare and expand coverage. trump and toomey have attacked obamacare and social security. to fight back, president obama wants mcginty in the senate to protect women, families and seniors. vote in the democratic primary, april 26th. mcginty: i'm katie mcginty and i approve this message. fodeveloping drugs to fight deadly diseases. as a scientist, i know there's more that

john raferty junior and joe peters. i sat down both of them and we begin in alphabetical