roring live in judiciary square i'm ronica cleary with "fox5 local news". >> thank you ronica. your headquarters for the race to the whilt house, will you vote early? we want to hear from you. tweet us now use that 5 at 630 and look for tweets on political show next at 6:30. >>ef have sad news to share with you about a very special little girl. edan loyola passed away after a long battle with brain cancer. her story is close to us at "fox5". you may recall we helped to make her wish to ride a un corn true during a day long celebration in september she passed away thursday she was 6 woman: barbara comstock is too right-wing to represent me. man: or me. woman: or me. woman: barbara comstock would overturn roe vs. wade. barbara comstock: i think roe vs. wade should be overturned. woman: barbara comstock voted to defund planned parenthood... man: five times. ality. man: she even voted to let federal contractors discriminate against gay employees... man: twice. woman: barbara comstock. too right-wing for northern virginia. narrator: house majority pac >> pierre garcon was helping pe

reporting live at the trump international hotel, ronica cleary with fox 5 local news. >> thank you ronica. >>> we all know that politics is basically a numbers game. a lot of people focus on the polls. the question is could those polls actually be wrong? >> today's real clear politics poll as hillary clinton leading nine of ten polls ahead of donald trump by 4.2%. but they be wrong >> it happened in 2014, 16 preelection polls had democrat anthony brown beated republican larry hogan for governor. hogan won by 5%. some poll did get it right. it's no the because of how many people at any sampled the because of who they sampled. >> people like me, we live or die based on our criticize. if i'm inaccurate, i don't get hired again. governor hogan would not hire us i do believe that political polls, sometimes they're taken with skepticism because paid for on behalf of candidate. >> he continued to point out that hillary clinton's lead over donald trump is barely over the margin of error but argues he won't know for sure. of course we won't know for sure until after november 8. >>> an off-duty pol

ronica cleary woman: barbara comstock is too right-wing to represent me. man: or me. woman: barbara comstock would overturn roe vs. wade. barbara comstock: i think roe vs. wade should be overturned. woman: barbara comstock voted to defund planned parenthood... man: five times. woman: barbara comstock is against marriage equality. man: she even voted to let federal contractors discriminate against gay employees... man: twice. woman: barbara comstock. too right-wing for northern virginia. narrator: house majority pac snv we're supposed to be talking an i'm feeling the music. >> back 5 at 630 day three early vote in the dishave the now and only polling place is squishry square. >> hundreds ate waited in line anxious voters out there ron kaxt looking quiet and certainly there's a demand to debt in this and vote early each been here quite a few hurz and in a few minutes i'll get here right away alice miller here and you're with -- c. board of elects executive director give us inputs what happened today with voting you have hot numbers for us they're been coming all day it'

our own ronica cleary starts srt us off live tonight fromight fro montgomery county.montgo >> reporter: hey, shawn andha a tony, yes i'm here in silverer spring. you can see we've got a linet an of people here who have who hav decided to vote early butly but here's the question. qstion. if you're willing to put your vote inwillin early, is your vov

ronica cleary was there. >> how was that event? >> reporter: well, it was interesting, laura and sarah. let me tell you, donald trump during his remarks really tried to not take away from the fact that he wants his home to be the white house. on the trail before, the significance of the address of the trump international hotel. during his remarks today, he made sure to at least nod to the fact that the white house is the most important address on pennsylvania avenue. >> with the notable exception of 1600 pennsylvania avenue, this is the most coveted piece of real estate in washington, dc, best location >> when ivanka spoke, she took the time to thank dc local and federal officials for making this hotel possible. she specifically called out the dc mayor's office, the fire department, the police department with words of thanks as well as other departments. but one person that she really took extended time to thank, dc's delegate eleanor holmes norton. >> additionally, i would also holmes nor den. she's been the fearsest and most park

. >>> good morning, it is sunday, october 23rd, i'm ronica cleary alongside tom fitzgerald and bob cue sack. let's get right to it. those debates are finally over. think about it today, going back to the first primary republican debate back in august. the countdown is on. we're just 16 days away from voters heading to the polls. now, trending on the trail right now, both candidates made their

. >> let's bring in ronica cleary. what are people saying about this? >> it's interesting i know you played donald trump having a change of heart if you will about the fbi director james comey and that's definitely what we're hearing from the democrats as well in reverse. when the news first came out back in july that hillary clinton would not -- there would not be charges against her for use of private email server and democrat really openly came out and defended her and the republicans really criticized that decision. we're seeing a complete switch from the parties and it's interesting conversation to be had because with all of this there's this now pointing to james comey he sort of is now candidates if you will. is he doing something really inappropriate or illegal if you will as a person and as director of fbi because their role is supposed to be non partisan. and actually over the weekend senate minority leader harry reid september a let to james comey he may be in violation of the hatch act it says the fbi cannot do things that would influence or

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our own ronica cleary starts srt us off live tonight fromight fro montgomery county.montgo >> reporter: hey, shawn andha a tony, yes i'm here in silverer spring. you can see we've got a linet an of people here who have who hav decided to vote early butly but here's the question. qstion. if you're willing to put your vote inwillin early, is your vov election officials across theost dmv to get those answers forrsor u.u. now, maryland they were veryandw open with us.s. in prince george's county and a in montgomery county, there is i a very -- there is a process pce that they go through, sorry sory about that, where theye they actually lock up your votes v each night.ea they take them to locations in largo and gaithersburg.therur those locations are locked. loc they are under video surveillance.ei then these voting machines in here, they are also locked, loce surveillance.rveillce. now, unfortunately in thely t district, we couldn't get you gu those he detailed answers. ansrs they told me that there are are security measures in place,la that the contingency measures are in place but those

. >> fox 5 political reporter ronica cleary visited off the record. on 16th street in northwest. she got a chance to see their special cocktail coaches. take a look. >> reporter: i'm here at off the record. and i'm with the director of food and beverage. you have fun things going on for the election. first i want to ask you about what the cocktails go on. tell me about the coasters >> we created those beautiful secretary clinton and mike pence and tim kaine these are the new coaster created by my workers our preferred editorial for those coasters >> you have election themed cocktails. tell me about them and what inspired them. >> we create a cocktail for each candidate. we create the trump sour and the last word is a very classic drink that was hillary clinton. we all know she like as good martini once a awhile and people say she has the last words. >> reporter: how about the trump drink? what inspired that >> trump sour is a strong drink. it's a playoff of whiskey sour and has a solid base and spirit. >> reporter: now, we have to try the cocktails and before that, i you know, te

. >>> good morning, it is sunday, october 23rd, i'm ronica cleary alongside tom fitzgerald and bob cue sack. let's get right to it. those debates are finally over. think about it today, going back to the first primary republican debate back in august. the countdown is on. we're just 16 days away from voters heading to the polls. now, trending on the trail right now, both candidates made their people. 70 million people watched the third presidential debate. clinton and trump were on the campaign trail this weekend. taking shots leak they always do at their opponents. take a listen >> donald trump did something the other night no, no other presidential nominee has ever done. he refused to say that he would respect the results of the election. now, look, i've lost elections. you don't next day. believe me. but we know in our country the difference between leadership and dicktatorship. >> the e-mails also show her staff saying she has no core. she has in core. that's because she just does whatever her donors and special interests want her to do. >> you know, hillary clinton's remarks and i

. >> over to ronica cleary who's at teddy and the bull. >> reporter: thank you, fitz. i like to watch these by myself, i take copious notes but i watch them with twitter by my side. the first thing i want to share with you. earlier i actually spoke with lily adams, a senior spokes woman for the clinton campaign. i asked her our region potentially expect to hear from hillary clinton that would be something that would connect to them directly? and really be a local issue that matters to them? take a listen to what adams had to say. >> there is almost no state as you know that is more tied to the military than virginia. she has laid out a plan to take leadership. whereas donald trump we found is too are aed dick. one that has not gotten a lot of attention she has laid out a lot since dwight eisenhower. i know those northern virginia roads can get clogged. that will speak to folks in the area. >> reporter: we definitely know know how those roads can get clogged. especi metro. we're going to chat with some of the people at tonight's debate party. what's your name? >> laura

ronica cleary, first things first. thank you, jim. inch very much i appreciate it. when you talk about people, 500 people rsvped to be here on the mall ems i'm here with saran caroline.. you're with lieu lieu lemon the community team. dress that we feel from thise fe election yoga can be a fantastic way to relieve that. tell me about that. it's our feeling that yoga meditation creates a about it oo spacial in in orebodied did i. that creates spacial in in the way you might respond to someone so that's helpful in a stressful situation. the interesting thing about this event. it's called united state.ta it's not just because of the election, this is something thai you regularly put on. tell me a little bit about whywy it's important and how it can way. >> absolutely. of course this event was gearede towards election season. knowing it was such a tensese election we wanted to create aca space for people 20 come together and practice yoga and that's something we do freakily lieu lieu lemon. > we believe in the power of meditation. i was asking people here before, i was

. >> fox5's ronica cleary life the people on this thursday night.le on ght. hey, ronica. >> reporter: hey shawn and sha d jim. it is a beautiful night outht ot here. there are people all around us.op us this one person here i want to o introduce you to, he shee s wanted to come out and talk tont us. miami the question we weree qu talking about a little bite bit before is this election over?ve >> i don't think it's overr honestly because trump is not giving up. [inaudible] >> she had a great point and unfortunately technology kindel of bit us there.te >> i think what e to say is -- [inaudible]audie] >> well, i mean, i think whatnkw the -- her name is miami whichmi is a great name. name. what she was trying get acrosscr is he doesn't give up.e u he said hillary didn't give upiu either but i think what ithat i comes down to is your supportpot base and there's one candidateae that has his supporters fireds d up unlike any other, we're, we'e talking about donald trump. trup >> all right.ht speaking of being fired up, i don't know, you guys are firedir up because y

. >> fox5's ronica cleary is live. >> reporter: so many people are lining up.eporteare ng u first i want to check in with marianne keep of the montgomery county boardon oftg elections. electio how about how many people camea out. >> thousands of people throughout montgomery county. here in silver>> t shout mpringt early voting site we have over o 2500 as of right now.f right n >> reporter: and you saidaid that -- did you expect this?t t >> el were, we didn't quiten' q know what to expect. e we had very large crowds in the 2012 presidential early voting and, so we did prettytt much think that we would have hv big crowds now. the good news is we have is we h doubled the number of early back in 2012, so he we're able to accommodate a lot of people and we're delighted with theh te turnoutism thank you so much. we've seen people come i ynou ad out of here veryn quickly.ui i'll take to you some peopleou m in line. so, why did you decide to comei out and vote early? >> because we -- this election is very important and clever c way you vote, if you don't vote, it's your fault howeverho it turns

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. >> "fox5" political reporter ronica cleary is out there. >> i'm here judiciary square location the numbers for saturday early voting, that's when they started in the district broke the record from we're here inside the judiciary square voting location. i can not actually showing you the voting behind me it's where people are registering and coming to vote i can't interview voters inside here. earlier today i spoke way handful of people about why they decided to come out and vote early ouvrdz the location. take a listen. >>> what made you decide to vote early. >> to avoid the lines. >> i'm walking and go right through in three minutes. >> is this first time voting or you always do this. >> i always do this i was coming up the street to take care of business and saw early vote egg and i said let me get here right now. >> let's take a look at virginia. fairfax county tweet shows early voting in fairfax county has had over 15,000 more in person absentee votes than we saw in 2012 with most recent numbers over 42,000 votes. now if we look at arlington county the numbe of business on octo

"fox5" political reporter ronica cleary joins us with a changing their tune with this and looking at the bigger role the fbi is plague with all of this. it's really just god the web it's huge. >> it's wild and interesting to see it unfolded and be able to make the comparison we're talking about. after the fbi they cleared hillary clinton of these charges and over the summer right? in july. we heard democrats really praising james come talking about what a wonderful job he on fox news they put together a handful of these sound bites. i want to you take a listen to prominent democrats nancy pelosi, elijah cummings, hillary clinton and tim kaine and praising and then criticizing it's fascinating. >> let me say this about director come first, this say great man. we are very privileged in our country to have him. >> i want to begin by commending you and the public servants independent investigation. >> i greatly appreciate the work that the fbi on department of justice did and they handled it very professionally. >> fbi under direction of wonderful and tough career public servant jim come