with me now is katie mcginty, the democratic nominee for u.s. senate here in the state of pennsylvania. congratulations. thank you for being here. >> thank you, george. >> a big week for you. it all moved so quickly the morning after this primary, your opponents already have a new ad out. describing you as a hard left liberal, a lobbyist who has used government to her own benefit. that will likely be a theme as we move into the general election campaign. are you surprised? what is your surprised? >> i'm not surprised but i think it's a shame. voters want to hear about the issues now on those issues. i fully understand why senator pat toomey would want to change the conversation. because his record is one that has been decidedly against the best interest of hard working families in pennsylvania. >> you have made middle class families really your priority. a theme of your campaign. if you were going to list the top two policy ideas that will help those families what would those two ideas be? >> look, i think we need to give people the tools to suc

katie mcginty did have party backing -- some of the biggest names in the party, of course, includingresident obama. and a lot of late money that bought campaign ads. and people are now saying it was because there were so many undecideds that heard those advertisements and bought into it, and that's why she won. were you surprised? >> no, not really, because i know the party, i think, hates joe sestak. the fetterman guy, i thought, i've interviewed, was gonna do better, the guy from western pennsylvania. and he and sestak are the same. and i saw a stat where you would go through a week, almost every one of us saw 30 katie mcginty ads during those last couple weeks. >> right. >> that's a heck of a lot. and she is someone innocuous, somebody that you wouldn't have a negative toward, so it doesn't surprise me. but the scope of victory was a little bit high, yeah. >> and it was really, also, organizational, nelson. boots on the ground. getting out the vote is key, as we all know. >> yeah, i think one of the things that people don't realize is marcel groen, who was the chairman of the mont

senator pat toomey who is challenged by democrat katie mcginty. >> pat's his own brand. pat doesn't have to worry about the top of the ticket, doesn't have to worry about the bottom of the ticket. >> reporter: there's optimism. despite trump not having endorsements from house speaker paul ryan and a few other high-profile republican politicians. president obama questioned trump's record at a press conference this morning. >> there is a debate that's taking place inside the republican party about who they are and what they represent. >> reporter: because of that, chairman of the philadelphia democratic party, robert brady, told nbc 10 he thinks it will play in their favor. brady says it will likely help democrats in the u.s. senate, attorney general, auditor general, and state treasurer races. >> people will come and vote in a presidential year at far greater rates than they vote in the off-year elections. >> reporter: a political science assistant professor from rutgers camden says if people aren't excited for the presidential candidates, turnout will be different. betwe

democratic katie mcginty is trying to unseat the republican incumbent pat toomey. both say they'll benefit from trump's name at the top of the ticket. they told us they're confident in trump's impact but for very different reasons. the gop says energized voters will turn out to help the candidates in down ballot races. a political science professor tells us anything can happen between now and november. >> with the congressional leaders looking divided also, i think it will make it hard for trump to take the mantel of the whole party. i am afraid that it will have a negative impact on turnout. >> professor shamus adds don't be surprised if you see republicans in other states telling voters to support other races even if they're wavering on trump. >>> trump will testify in a lawsuit against trump university after the election. the lawsuit accuses trump and his now defunct school of defrauding people who paid up to $35,000 for real estate seminars. trump's lawyer says the business mogul will attend most if not all of the trial and he will take the witness stand. >>> n

>> i think senator bob casey was kind of dragged in with the posse to join forces behind katie mcginty'sn, which came on strong at the end, but it was interesting that this week he noted that pennsylvanians have a proclivity for ticket splitting, and i think that was a message to voters in both parties and also maybe a little nod to senator pat toomey, with whom he's enjoyed a great personal and working relationship and could, down ticket, help toomey in the fall. >> thanks, sam. donna? >> we also lost sam staten very recently, as nia and i mentioned earlier, and sam was this remarkable lion of pennsylvania labor, and his legacy will be extended in the coming weeks when there is a very terrific announcement about a new strategy to bring more minorities into the building trades, which is now led, as many of you know, by john dougherty, who followed pat gillespie, who's retired. this is an important legacy in pennsylvania labor. >> thanks, donna. val? >> in a sign of the times, the north carolina legislature has determined that -- has weighed in on the transgender issue and said that if yo

- what i heard time and time again was that the governor's chief of staff, who at the time was katie mcgintyshe was pretty caustic, and she very difficult to deal with, very harsh as an ideologue, and to ajay's point, i do think that the governor has learned that going too hard really does wind up creating a problem because you can't find your way back to wherever that accommodation's gonna be. >> and then there's this -- i asked wolf about the whole battle over the teachers, the bill that was to allow them to be laid off on merit rather than on seniority. it was a bill that was proposed by republicans. he vetoed it. he shrugged it off as saying, "you know what? this is a separate issue." do you see something creeping in with this that, you know, may make things toxic when it gets to the budget? >> is there anything we spend more money on than schools? so if we're talking about quality of schools -- the governor may say it's a separate issue, and tactically that may be the case, but if we're trying to figure out what's best in the commonwealth, it strikes me that the quality of schools is an

is neck and neck, quinnipiac surveyed voters and 45% backed pat toomey and 44% backed his rival katie mcginty. his decision to wait on the supreme court nomination is hurting his reputation among pennsylvania voters. >>> and they are hailing a sheriff's deputy as a hero for stopping a deadly stabbing spree. it happened 40 miles south of boston. according to police arthur derosa killed two people and wounded several others after going on an attack at a house and then a mall. derosa was eventually shot and killed by joseph mcdonald, who was eating nearby. >>> new clues are coming to light in the investigation into the death of prince. according to court documents, a minnesota doctor had prescribed medication for the super star and even met with prince the day before his death. for more on all of this we turn to brandi hitt live in los angeles. >> reporter: hi rick, the new die tails are in a search warrants intended to be sealed but accidentally released. the doctor that met with prince several times in the weeks before he died. swarms of federal agents back at prince's minnesota home looking f

katie mcginty did have party backing -- some of the biggest names in the party, of course, includingbama. and a lot of late money that bought campaign ads. and people are now saying it was because there were so many undecideds that heard those

now, after a hard fought primary they must rally behind their nominee, katie mcginty.ns plan to fight back, counting on sealing the deal with toomey's work to bring jobs to the state. today, we'll hear from both candidates. >> his record is one that has been decidedly against the best interests of hard working families in pennsylvania. >> we really don't need another

senate race, katie mcginty is the winner coming from behind.t evans win out over chaka fattah who hadn't shopponent in years. that's coming up on inside story, i hope i join us. >>> chris. >> reporter: it's a steady soaking rain and transitions over to leftover showers. there will be patchy drizzle, damp finish to the weekend, unfortunately. phillies game is on, again if you're heading down looks like there will be leftover showers be mindful of that. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast shows more showers almost every single day, now have, monday and tuesday there will be sunshine, so it's not like we're talking about steady soaking rain all day. there will be showers some point during the afternoon and later in the week heads up again. >>> all right chris, thank you, 10:27 this week with george stephanopoulos is coming up next, "action news" continues at noon. here's some of the stories we'll be walking on for you, thousands of runners hit the soggy streets of philadelphia for the broad street run. our live coverage continues for you

and that is a -- host: that is a race between pat toomey and katie mcginty. guest: who received millions. this is a race the democratic party is heavily invest it in and they will expand whatever it takes to get her name up there and they think in a blue state like pennsylvania, that will be in to win. host: republican line, this is richard. caller: i was listening to bill kristol earlier and he was asked a question, if trump goes ahead s the nomination, would he vote for him, and he said absolutely, i will not vote for trump, and they said, would you vote for hillary clinton, he said no, i cannot vote for hillary clinton. donald trump is the sole reason the establishment hated ted cruz so much that they let trump slip in there with one third of the popular vote, and now he is in control and the establishments, , mitchl kristol mcconnell's, they would just give it to hillary clinton, which means they would maintain their power and hillary clinton will win, it is absolutely just like the rich kid who does not like the way the game is played so they will take t

. >> katie profited from the reinvolving door of government and politics while working for the state. mcginty gave millions of grants to her husband's company. they pocketed thousands. >> that's not accurate. this san example of taking a little something and spinning it out of proportion. so when katiefuls a secretary of environmental protection in the rendell administration, she warded $2 million in grants to the pennsylvania environmental council. that's a public non-profit charity. it's not her husband's company. >> after leaving government, she becomes a lobbyist. then back to the government again. where she supports the largest tax increase in pennsylvania history. >> she was technically registered as a lobbyist for three days. she says she never did any lobbying work.

. >> katie profited from the reinvolving door of government and politics while working for the state. mcginty gave millions of grants to her husband's company. they pocketed thousands. >> that's not accurate. this san example of taking a little something and spinning it out of proportion. so when katiefuls a secretary of environmental protection in the rendell administration, she warded $2 million in grants to the pennsylvania environmental council. that's a public non-profit charity. it's not her husband's company. >> after leaving government, she becomes a lobbyist. then back to the government again. where she supports the largest tax increase in pennsylvania history. >> she was technically registered as a lobbyist for three days. she says she never did any lobbying work. the firm says she never did work, and there's no evidence she did the lobbying work. >> she faced incumbent pat toumey in the election, and experts predict tens of millions of dollars will be spent on that race. >>> tonight, dangerous and still at. how drivers are taking extra precautions as police in montgomery county sea

. >> katie profited from the reinvolving door of government and politics while working for the state. mcginty gave millions of grants to her husband's company. they pocketed thousands. >> that's not accurate. this san example of taking a little something and spinning it out of proportion. so when katiefuls a secretary of environmental protection in the rendell administration, she warded $2 million in grants to