. >> reporter: minutes before showtime, phonia scrambles to get the dance in order. >> everyone wants their space. it's really not time for making new friends. >> i'm feeling super-ready now that i have my makeup starting to come together. once i put my outfit on, i'll be even more ready. >> welcome to the fifth annual pole expo. >> reporter: ladies first. ? ? the women break out in impressive array of aerial demonstrations. their inspiration ranging from sultry to classical. ? ? >> ready! >> reporter: ashley packs a punch with her superhero routine. her performance, a clear fan i felt amazing. >> reporter: now it's time for the gentlemen to take the stage. ? ? some play the audience for laughs. but cris is more modern dancer than magic mike. ? ? graceful and refined. >> they were screaming a lot. it was amazing. >> reporter: for cris, his dedication pays off in his first appearance at pole classic. >> and in second place we've got -- >> reporter: he scores second in men's. and ashley? >> ashley fox! >> reporter: falls just short of a repeat. also taking second in her division. fuel,

they are phony polls put out by phonia media, and i'll tell you what, all of us are affected by this stuff. they try and suppress the vote. but we're winning this race. >> reporter: a statement in direct contradiction with the polls and his own campaign manager. >> we are behind, we feel with hillary clinton under 50% in some of these places, that we have a shot of getting those undecided voters that somehow have said i know who hillary clinton is, i don't want to vote for her. >> reporter: trump traveled to gettysburg to make his closing argument. >> we will drain the swamp in washington, d.c. and we place it with a new government of, by, and for the people. i'm asking the american people to rise above the noise and the clutter of our broken politics. >> reporter: but the gop nominee muddled his own message from the beginning, instead making headlines with an alternate post election plan, to sue all the women who have accused him of sexual misconduct. >> every woman lied when they came forward to hurt my campaign. total fabrication. [ applause ] the events never happened. never. all