kevin strauss 35-year-old father of 2 has been knocking open a lot of doors lately.ed offices his strategy to win has been to cover as much ground as possible. he knows taking on well known incumbant in a district that leads convenient ambitious. he is too. after graduating college in 2001. >> i enlisted to united states army rangers paced out of fort louis, washington and afghanistan three times and iraq once subequipmently went from there and volunteered cia better pat of eight years. >> strauss says that experience will serve him well working with several different aks to form consensus in a way he says congress sun able. until recently strauss's campaign was getsing a lot of help from democratic national party. but the party polled financial support last weeked in to fitzpatrick huge cash advantage and status as odds on favorite. fitzpatrick says he's been doing the job well. >> we have a lot of work to do. >> mike fitzpatrick dad to six kids is seeking forth and final term. in 2006 he lost seat among democratic tidele wave to win it back in 2010. talking to him

. >> reporter: the congressman's opponent, kevin strauss, is a former army ranger and cia intelligence officer. >> there doesn't appear to be an immediate threat from isis, but it's a group where we can't let our guard down because there's no question in my mind that they would attack the u.s. homeland if given the opportunity. >> reporter: of course, washington has been the scene of terrorists and lone wolf attacks before. pennsylvania senator patrick toomey says he feels protected every day. >> security is very expensive. very professional. and keep in mind, you know, we have had attacks. we've had anthrax attacks, ricin attacks, we've had shooters. >> reporter: and none of those attacks were very successful. the senator also adding that the secret service and capitol police are more than capable of stopping any threat. live in bucks county, randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. >> thank you, randy. >>> frightening video of a robbery in progress inside a mom and pop grocery store in philadelphia's fairhill section. take a look. watch the suspect walk up to a counter, point the gun at the em

. >> reporter: democrat kevin strauss says lone wolf attacks from sympathetic americans are a real concern, but there's no evidence at least yet that isis has an active plot against the white house. >> there doesn't appear to be an immediate threat from isis. we can't let our guard down. there's no question in my mind they'd attack the u.s. homeland if given the opportunity. >> reporter: and isis has made very specific threats even posting a picture on twitter with the isis flag above the white house. coming up at 5:00, we'll hear from senator patrick toomey about what can be done to keep the threats as distant as possible. live in bucks county, randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. >> background here. since the 1970s there have been more than 100 cases of people jumping the white house fence. 1976, the secret service killed a man who went over the fence and in 1994 a man stole a small plane and crashed it on to the white house lawn. you may remember that case. one of the most high-profile incidents happened last month when omar gonzalez made it inside the white house. he was carrying a knife and