>>> SOME NEWS TONIGHT IN THE RACE FOR U.S. SENATE, IN PENNSYLVANIA, THANKS FOR STICKING WITH US HERE AT 5:30. I AM KEN RICE. >> AND I AM CRISTIN SEVERANCE AN. TO TALK ABOUT THE FENTANYL CRISIS. LAUREN LINDER HAS MORE. >> Reporter: NEARLY TWO MONTHS BEFORE ELECTION DAY, SENATE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE DAVE McCORMICK IS PUTTING A FOCUS ON THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC. HOLDING A ROUNDTABLE HERE IN SQUIRREL HILL. >> AND ALL OF THESE COMPS SURROUNDED ME AND SAID MA'AM, YOU CAN GO UP THERE. >> Reporter: EMOTIONAL STORIES FROM GRIEVING PARENTS, LIKE ROSEANN, TALKING ABOUT HER SON MICHAEL. DIANA ON HER SON, DREW. >> SADLY HE HAD BEEN ALONE IN HIS APARTMENT FOR OVER FOUR DAYS AND NOBODY KNOW. >> Reporter: AND MICHAEL COLE ABOUT HIS DAUGHTER LAUREN. >> AND I PICKED THEM UP LATER ON THE GROUND TRYING TO GIVE THEM CPR. -- AND I WAS TOO LATE. >> Reporter: THREE STORIES OF LOVED ONES DYING FROM FENTANYL OVERDOSES. IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST VIRGINIA, SHARING THEM WITH DAVE McCORMICK. >> I KNOW, IT HAS GOTTEN SO MUCH HUMAN HEARTACHE AND SO MUCH COMPLEXITY TO IT, THAT IT DOESN'T LEND ITSELF TO EASY POLITICAL ANSWERS. >> Reporter: STATE DATA SHOWS MORE THAN WERE RELATED TO FENTANYL. AND THE ISSUE IS ONGOING. >> THIS PROBABLY ISN'T HAPPENING UNDER BRIDGES AND IN STREETS, THIS IS HAPPENING IN OUR HOMES AND SCHOOLS AND WORK PLACES. >> Reporter: McCORMICK SAYS THAT IF HE WERE ELECTED, HE TACKLED THE PROBLEM DOMESTICALLY WITH EDUCATION, BUT FEDERALLY HE WOULD DO SO BY STOPPING THE FLOW OF ILLEGAL FENTANYL FROM CHINA AND MEXICO TO OUR COUNTRY AND HE WANTS TO DO THAT, MILITARILY. >> I THINK YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT USING DRONES AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES TO DESTROY THE FENTANYL FACILITIES IN THE DISTRIBUTION NETWORK THAT IS RIGHT ON THE BOARD. >> Reporter: A SPOKESPERSON FOR HIS DEMOCRATIC OPPONENT AND COMMENT SENATOR BOB CASEY TELLS KDKA, THE SENATOR IS WORKING HAND-IN-HAND WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT TO STOP THE FLOW OF FENTANYL