fox5's ronica clear i spoke with virginia congressman, all about it. hey, ronica? >> reporter: hey, jim, sean. well, congressman conally, he sent a letter to the vice president this morning, basically, saying that he would like the vice president, who leads this commission, to stop requesting this sensitive voter data. i spoke with him about why he felt this was so important. take a listen. >> i think that this commission being formed is very alarming. it is part of a system attic voter suppression efft. was formed, directly, to try to provide some cover to president trump who made the outrageously false allegation that the only reason hillary clinton got 3 million more votes than he did is because of fraudulent voting which is patently untrue. the problem in america is not enough people voting. not too many voting. >> okay, well, hains, a member of the president's committee, looking into election integrity, what they are calling themselves. i spoke with him really to react to this. and the bigger issue in question, that so many critics have brought up, this idea o

ronica. >> hey, jim and shawn. it on my mind.t's going to be -- the meeting is going to happen around 9:45 eastern standard time, so the world will undoubtedly be watching if president trump decides to confront or address russia's meddling in the 2016 election when he has his first meeting with president vladimir putin. now, we first took it to the experts. we asked matt wentworth republican strategist what he thinks the president should do. take a listen. >> oh, i think he should. the speech today in poland even though it was for technically the polish people it was a precursor to the meeting tomorrow so i think he did a great job with his speech he walked a fine line. he was forceful enough that i think he wanted to set up in the meeting that foreign policy under president trump is different than it was over the last eight years and that america if it does draw a line in the sand is going to protect its interests. >> reporter: now, it wouldn't be 5 at 6:30 if we didn't get the pulse of the people. we tk out what you think presi

ronica? >> you know people inside have reportedly said they're worn bid their safety at the j edger hoover, fbi behind me, but plans to move the headquarters have been cancel. we'll break it all down after the break. >> and more political news, russian election meddling is yet again pulling focus from healthcare reform. donald trump junior's explosive emails as the controversy continues. pro tip: giant has great prices on produce. raspberries for john... strawberries for amy... what's a jicama? thanks! take a fresh look at giant's produce prices. pro tip for fruit lovers: giant has unbelievable produce prices. so you'll never have to choose between your favorites. i thought i was your favorite. take a fresh look at giant's produce prices. >> for more than a decade now, plans have been in the works to move fbi headquarters from the j edg h downtown dc to new location. but, today, the trump administration announced it was scrapping the move. >> fox5's political r

fox 5 political reporter ronica cleary joins us with the latest. ronica. >> reporter: shawn and marina, the president signed an executive order to investigate and look into voter fraud across the country to create a commission to do so. it has some states responding and basically saying not so fast. some reports say as many as 44 states will not comply with at least part of the commission's request. we obtained a copy of the letter that was sent to each state. the request is vast. it first starts with open-ended requests for information about the current situation in state, current potential instances of voter fraud that may or may not exist, but then it goes on to ask for specific personal voter information. now, to be clear, the letter a explicitly states that it only want this information if it is currently publicly available. some of the information it rests, let's take a look, asks for your first and last name, birth date, last four digits of social security number. your voter history and the party that you identity with. whether or not you ha

ronica cleary has more on this one tonight. ronica. >> reporter: jim, shawn, when the president uses his golf club in sterling, virginia, it's picturesque the potomac flows by his side. that shared border has local citizens and veterans very worried. >> susan what are you afraid of losing. >> the riff, period.. the way the regulations are written and we have a lawyer working on this with us. she does river access issues. the way the regulation is written they can close the river any time they want to for as long as they want to even permanently and the coastguard is telling us verbally they're only close it when trump is playing golf. and he played golf at that course 11 times since president so this is not a once in a rare while saying. >> now that was susan shared of the cruiser association he was speak about this proposal by the court guard to block two miles because of security guards and senior white house officials are using that golf club in sterling, virginia. the video you're seeing now is actually shot by susan. it's

fox 5 political reporter ronica cleary is live at the white house now with more. ronica? >> reporter: hey, shawn and tony, the announcement seemingly came out of nowhere. just with three tweets from the president this morning. let me show you each. it started with this, after consultation with my generals and military experts, please be advised that the united states government will not accept or allow then goes on to the second tweet. transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the u.s. maryland. our military must be focused on ci then the third tweet -- victory, and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail. thank you. in today's press briefly, sarah hackabee-sanders fielded so many questions on the topic that at one point, she suggested ending the briefly, because she said she shared with us all the information that she had about this morning's announcement. take a listen to what some of what she had to say. >> the decision is based on a military decision. it's not meant to be anything more

. >> ronica cleary working this story tonight.im, czar, a the president airbeds the greer answers from inside the white house. we're going to take a look at who might take his job. if he decides to give him the axe. coming up. >> and responding to the criticism. the bow scouts of america issuing a statement tonight after president trump's controversial speech to a group of boy scout, that got some parent kind of angry. >> and caught on camera. a brazen burglar breaks into a home and gets away with items including a flat screen tv. now comes to search to find the suspect. that's a nice grill. we're back after this. >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> this is fox5 local news at 5:00. >> all right, here's a look at your headlines. a man from southeast was arrested and charged with assaulting a police officer. authorities say 25 year old adrian smith approached an on-duty police officer a lock dick street northeast. moments later he pulled out a gun and opened fire. the officer returned fire, hit the susp

ronica. >> reporter: hey, jim and sarah. on the campaign trail he actually said he was going to rip up the iran nuclear deal. the news broke that the administration decided to recertify iran's compliance with the deal. now, the question is did he letdown his supporters by doing this? well, i spoke with dr. sebastian gorka deputy assistant to the president and he says the answer plain and simple is no and to really understand what happened yesterday that's going to help paint the picture and make it clear why not. take a listen. >> what we did is we stayed unequivocally that this is a bad deal and that we have imposed a whole new package of sanctions because iran is not in compliance with the spirit of the original agreement which we inherited. nevertheless, we have to technically recertify it because as the bad elements, the weak elements of this deal are concerned, iran is complying with those technical aspects but the most important thing is this administration is in the middle of a ground op review of our iran strategy. >

ronica cleary live at the white house, this was a topic today, ronica?reporter: yes, a it was, jim and sarah. it seemingly came out of nowhere this announcement, started with three tweets that the president posted this morning, let's take a look at them. which seem to outline his plan. the first after consults with my generals and military experts please be advised that the united states government will not accept or allow now going on to the next, transgender individuals to serve in any capacity it must be focused on decisive and overwhelming and the final tweet, victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical you costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail. thank you. in today's press briefly, sarah hackabee-sanders fielded so many questions on this topic that at one point she suggested ending the briefing, because she said that she shared with us all of the information that she had on the topic. take a listen to one of her responses. >> the decision is based on military decision. it's not meant to be anything more tha

ronica? >> marina. the 4th of july is over but fireworks are flying between the house and individual states, one of them, maryland, we're going to break the down and tell you if your personal voter information is at risk of being made public. coming up. marina? >> apple doing an about face, when the tech company is ditching it's fingerprint readers for a new log-in system that reads your face. right back. now at havertys furniture, it's our star spangled sale. now through monday, save up to one-thousand dollars in bonus discounts to create your perfect home. plus, you'll get thirty-six month, no interest financing. hurry, this sale ends monday! with havertys, your home can be perfect. did he have dmv on now at havertys. ngled sale is life looks good. fios is not cable. and we believe everyone deserves faster internet. so with fios gigabit connection, you get amazing download speeds up to 940 megs 20 t

>> well, fox5 ' political reporter ronica cleary white at the white house with a look at the fall out, another rather amazing day at the white house, ronica. >> reporter: it is never dull, tony, marina, it is never dull. let me tell you, the news broke this afternoon that anthony scaramucci would no longer holds the position of communications director. i want to take you behind the scenes. >> this picture right here, this aisle that you see there is area called upper press. it is the space just outside of the press secretary's office, where we all gathered once the news broke, trying to get some information, trying to get something confirmed. lindsey walters, she's a deputy press secretary, she came out. she red us the brief statement that the white house eventually released just seconds after she red it that just basically said that scaramucci wanted to give general kel a clean slate, the chance to build his own team, as you know, general came on as the chief of staff officially starting today. now, when the press briefing occurred after this, sarah huckabee sanders characteristicall

ronica cleary, news". >>> that is a good question. we'll see you at 6:30. meantime president is responding to reports former fbi director james comey included classified information in memos he shared with friend about meeting with the president. the hill.com claims more than half memos comey wrote determined to contain classified material and comey considered memos personal documents and president this morning tweeted comey illegally leaked the classified information. >> and the man tapped to replace comb whyy is set for grilling to judiciary committee on wednesday. christopher ray was tapped to takeover after abrupt firing of comey in may. if confirmed he'll head up the investigation of medaling into the election. he hopes to have confirmation pleated before that august recess. >>> president trump's decision to have daughter ivanka sit in more him during a breakout session at the g-20 summit raised eyebrows today the president took to twitter to defend his decision and took a swipe at the clintons in the process. president tweeted "if chelsea clinton were

ronica clear ronica ronicay "fox5 local news". >> we're getting a look at senator john mccain out and after a week after having brain surgey for his cancer diagnosis. he eded this photo on twitter with himself and friend at zebra falls which is close to ran. in sedona where he's rec recovering and his daughter megan posts aid foe photo of the two of them enjoying a morning hing oaf the weekend and senator says he's looking forward to the next steps treating the brain tumor which could include radiation and chemotherapy. >> coming up a shark week r rip-off. >> well the much hyped race between michael phelps and great white shark aired. fans are not happy about the way it went down. wait until you see, caitlin. >> thank you, jim, want to keep you update odden thunderstorm moving through the disstrict now. severe thunderstorm warning goes for at least the next five or ten minutes false church, arlington, district of columbia and parts of fairfax and southern mving county. you can see where it is now. it's liftsed out virginia into sebts ral sections o heaviest through northwest d.c. into

ronica? >> jim, republicans control the house, the senate, the white house. they getting anything done? let me tell you they're not going down without a fight. we'll take a look coming up after the break. >> discrete dialing. apple may be revealing new way to contact 911 with just your fingerprint. how the secret technology works. next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> this is fox 5 local news at 5:00. >>> headlines at the half, prince george's county police looking for at least one suspect in connection with a district heights. this happened around 12:30 in the 1900 block of addison road. the man shot is in critical condition and the incident appears to have stemmed from a robbery attempt >>> also in prince george's county, detectives are investigating the deadly shooting of a teenage boy, police say someone shot and killed 17-year-old dustin corey last night. skyfox was over the scene near the intersection of country road and largedale road. the victim was taken to the hospital where he died a short time later. investigators do not believe the shooting was random. they say this

is live ronica? >> reporter: jim and marina, if you want to celebrate the 4th of july at home in virginia and if you think the way to do that is with fireworks, you don't have a lot of options before we get into any of this, let's take you through what's legal and what's not. i don't set off fireworks on my own, this was new language to me, sparklers are legal. fountains are legal, pin wheels are legal. what is prohibited? firecrackers sky rockets anything that fires project ills, eddie gillespie is the nominate in virginia. he released a campaign add addressing this, take a listen. >> in virgini, our fireworks are pretty ring key dink. across the border in west virginia and tennessee where i am now, our neighbors get to celebrate the 4th of july with fireworks like these. in virginia we're missing out on being able to create thous dollars in tax revenue, not to mention having fun. >> reporter: glees me goes on to say if he becomes governor he will work to create more types of fireworks legal for adu

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. >> fox5 political reporter ronica cleary with a look at the white house, the fall out and what's next? this caught a lot of people by surprise today. >> reporter: it really did, specially because of how quickly it occurredment the news broke this afternoon, that anthony scaramucci would no longer hold the position of communications director here at the white house. i want to take to you a picture, little behind the scenes. this area is called upper press, right outside of the press secretary's office, you can see all of the press waiting after this news broke to try to get something before the white house officially confirmed t walters, in the back of the picture, deputy press secretary popped her head out, red us the statement basically saying that scaramucci wanted to give general kel a clean slate, allow him to build his own team, she red that off to us seconds before it became public. and then of course, sarah huckabee sanders did have an on camera press briefing today but in sanders fashion she was very close to the vest with details leading up to this decision, take a listen. >>

hey, ronica. >> reporter: hey, jim. well, doesn't it always seem to start with a tweet?. this is a tweet that anthony scaramucci posted: it says in light lightf my then he tags reince preibus. tagging reince preibus raised some eyebrows. it made some ask if a scaramucci was implying that priebus leaked the information. he deleted the tweet. around 12:45 this morning he will post add new tweet in response to those questions. this one says wrong. tweet was public notice to leakers that all senior admin officials are helping to end illegal leaks and then tags reince again. it didn't end there. this morning scaramucci called into cnn where he addressed two issues. the first if he believes reince is a leaker and then the seriousness that he feels these leaks rise to. take a listen to this. >> i put out a tweet and i put reince's name in the tweet. they're all making the assumption that it's him because journalists know who the leakers are so if reince wants to explain that he's not a leaker, let him do that. but the white house leaks are small potatoes relative to things that

ronica. >> i talked to i lot of gate keepers today. shawn, jim.now, this was quite a task that we took on here at "fox5". you may be familiar with the fact that ten gop lawmakers they sentence a letter to mitch mc connell saying we have way too much to get done to good on all or part of august recess. and in that they listed more than healthcare as part of concerns. they listed tax reform. debt ceiling. handful of issues that they think need attention and require them evenlyer partially through the month. let me show you what we uncovered today. we reached out to other 4 gop lawmakers offices and i was pretty surprised only 7 of them were willing to go on the record with me and say, yes, our senator is willing to stay partially or fully through the august recess to continue to do the job they were hired to do. two of those offices westbound a little close to the investigate. they say look we'll work as long as we're supposed to work and basically my interpretation is saying if mitch mc connell changes schedule they'll stay. that leaves 3 senators

ronica?porter: shawn and jim, hearing the introduction is a reminder of how many different line items there are to this story and components there are to it. what's come out just now, there was letter that was sent out by this commission that was created by the president's executive order asking for certain information, first asked for open-ended information and open-ended questions on the current state of voting in each state. and then asked for specific voter data. the letter says that the information is public. that they only want the information if it is already publicly but states are responding saying that it's still illegal to provide it. one in particular, maryland's attorney general, now, we told you a little bit about what the attorney general said in the 5:00 and 6:00 r that he feels this is illegal and that it could create a database of voter information. the white house has denied that. they say that is not the case. but the attorney general went on to say that he feels that a re

ronica. >> reporter: hey, jim and sarah.e, president trump stood alongside france's president macron for a press conference and let me tell you, the topics covered were far more vast than just the united states' relationship with france. take a listen to some highlights. >> states and our allies strengthens our commitments to defeat terrorism. we are also making tremendous progress. earlier this week with the strong support of the united states and the global coalition iraq forces liberated the city of mosul from isis control. something could happen with respect to the paris accord. we'll see what happens. but we will talk about that over the coming period of ti time. and if it happens, that will be wonderful and if it doesn't, that will be okay, too. as far as my son is concerned, my son is a wonderful young russian lawyer. not a government lawyer. i think from a practical standpoint, most people would have taken that meeting. it's called opposition research or even research into your opponent. >> reporter: the president al

back to you, jim. >> thank you, ronica, back after this. . >>> we're back doing this again tomorrow, we've learned anything can happen in see you back here at 4:25. she's just pointing up the time, it is 4:25. good night, bye. [vo] one moment can change a life. intelligent technology can help protect it. drunk "justice league" star making out with a fan. >> the, flash, ezra miller full-on smooch. >> isn't that the thing you go to comic-con and you want to get close to your favorite celebrities. >> i was at comic-con saturday night and it was lit. >> nerd lit. >> what do you mean nerd lit? >> nerd lit is a different kind of lit. [laughter] p>> beyonce and jay-z, they're close to purchasing a house in bel air. there are some neighbors who are pretty jazzed they're moving to the neighborhood. >> maybe become friends with them. >> do you think they'll knock on the door and ask for milk and eggs and beyonce will say, yeah, sure, come on in, sweetie. >> you just started the beginning of an unbelievable fantasy though. [laughter] >> russell wilson and ciara, they're out in china vacationing

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. >> let's check in with ronica cleary. she skoyns us now. ronica, what are folks phone the streets saying about this. >> reporter: jim, shawn, i'll till i was fascinated by variety of kvrps and responses i had with people on the street whether made in america product affects if they will buy it and so first i'll tail you inside the white house. today was a made in america showcase. there were 50 company there's. one from each state with made in the usa products. we spoke with some of the local companies from virginia, flag company, national capital flag company from maryland eastern shore. this one is a bit of tongue twister. eddie heath crab pots and supply company and then set son hats the iconic stetson hat. first let's give insiders a look at changes they say they face. take a listen. >> mostly cost. i mean our cost especially in this area are much higher than flag companies that import from china or indonesia. the labor rates are biggest problems. other thing is trying to make sure that everybody good goes into the flag and is made in m

ronica cleary went out to get the pulse of the people on h >>reporter: jim and shawn. yeah, you know, the president has really made it a tradition, if you will, a new tradition to fire up a lot of tweets p in the morning and they sometimes blend together, if you will. this would be part for the last part of it. i think we have it to just pull up one more time. the end of that tweet we ook to the streets and we reddit to pep and the part that we really wanted people to focus on was this last part of it that says next up 11 year old barron trump. we asked people if they agree with that sentiment. take a listen. i didn't get to see jared kushner 's testimony so i'm not sure how well he did, but i'm a little disturbed that he's using his kid that way. you mean barron. >> yeah. generally the media takes the position that we should leave the president's children out of politics, so it strikes me as weird that the president would bring his young son out of politics. i think donald trump should leave his son out of anything to do with politics. he's a child. he doesn't need to

ronica. >> reporter: that's right, jim and shawn. was just thinking maybe part of the reason that donald trump selected scaramucci is because he seems to like twitter just as much as he does and jim, you just pointed out to the tweet that just came out but let's take a step back to help paint the picture of how this all started. it started about last night. i didn't realize when i screen grabbed the tweet it would have been important to have done so because it was soon deleted. look at this. it says in light of the leak of my financial disclosure info which is a felony and as shawn said we've learned that that information was actually public record i will be contacting the fbi and the justice department #swamp and then he includes reince preibus in it. now, that, you know, raised a lot of you eyebrows and had people asking is he tagging reince preibus to sort of suggest that he is the leaker? well, he deleted the tweet and early this morning around 12:45 he posted this next tweet responding to that. he goes wrong tweet was public not

. >>> how much does the russian investigation matter to the general public >> ronica went out to getulled of the people. >> reporter: i always think about we live in this dc bubble, this media bubble and on the top of probably everyone's rundown was donald trump junior and this meeting that he had. so we took to the streets to find out, you know, when it comes to people's every day lives, are you focused on the trump russia story or series of stories or the healthcare debate. take a listen to what people had to say. >> healthcare debate. we need to make adjustments in what we're doing with healthcare. the russia debate seems like just endless churning of no new information. >> i think focused on bo. healthcare debate is a pressing matter for everyone and the russian debate might be something that lasts longer. through history >> for us internationally it would be trump and russia. it's news all over the world. >> reporter: now, of course, we took to twitter as well. a lot of you wanted to weigh in on this debate in twitter. over 100 of you responded. 34% of you said trump and russia.

ronica cleary, "fox5 local news". >> well, even though the president is urging people to buy americancts and hire american workers homeland security will allow more foreigners to work in the u.s.. they'll issue 15,000 new visas for foreigners to obtain temporary jobs in const construction, landscaping and seasonal businesses. it will last through end of september. >> healthcare is a right not a privilege. reserved for those that can afford it. >>> dozens of people out on capitol hill this afternoon to protest the republicans healthcare bill. they say repealing and replacing obamacare would eliminate health coverage for millions of americans including most vulnerable in society. >> there's not a single one of us who probably doesn't think at some point we just, just could ib be diagnosised with a major illness. there's millions throughout the country where preexisting conditions and there's millions of older people in our country who will be impapingted by this trump c care. >> a vote on healthcare was expected and senator majority leaders announced over the weekend he's delaying vote.

ronica cleary is out and about and i know this has been a hot talker, a lot talking about this, ronica are you hearing tonight? >> that's right. jim and shawn, you know, we always love to give you reaction from the people. one of the first people i want to give you reaction from gregory the president of log cabin republicans. if you're not familiar, they represent lgbt individuals and their alleys who also identity as conservatives, i was curious that as republicans, where do ey announcement. so basically, tangelo does not support it. i asked him was he surprised by the tweets? take a listen >> didn't just surprise me. today's announcement surprised republicans in the house of representatives. republicans in the united states senate. many of whom have actually vocalized their opposition to the tweets this morning, people thus far haven't been what i would call advocates of the transgender community but who nevertheless felt compelled to stand up. john mccain, joan me erin, or inhatchet. it if i think in the pentagon by surprise, we're talking about three tweets from the president. ther

with sent fox 5 ronica cleary out to get the pulse of the people and find out what you guys think, ronica. >> reporter: we're at station 4 in southwest. chatting with a couple people. too little too late? caitlin you and i were chatting before. do you think with the president weighing in today on the repeal and replace of obamacare is that too little, too late for the republicans to have a victory? >> frankly i think it's kind of and replace as some viable option, this is the 21 it's option, we've seen how humans without proper care will not survive and i think it's time for us to be sure that everyone has access to healthcare. it's not an option and i don't think aside from a fear of losing seats that really matters, it's about being irresponsible with humans, i wish frankly that news would stop talking about if a politician is saying the right thing or posting the right thing, especially a president who seems to flip-flop and listen to people, we're the ones who will be covered or not. >> reporter: thank you so much. that's what we're doing here, come on in, david. we're getting the pul

. >> meanwhile, bring in ronica cleary.e in the press briefing moments after the news broke. describe the scene to us. >> you know, jim, sarah, it is never really dull in that room. i ' tell you for the few weeks they turned offer the cameras, of the energy sort of died down a little bit. but when those cameras were on, and you have news like you do today, the room is electric. it is really on fire. i want to tak the scenes. this is something we often save for the final five. but i just thought so goody want to share with our viewers earlier today. this is a photo from upper press, you can only get up there if you have a hard pass, in the white house, that gives you more access as part of the press, this is right outside of sarah huckabee sands err's office. and we're all just waiting, trying to get something, at this point the white house had not confirmed a scaramucci departure, so linsey waters comes out, deputy press secretary, she reads us the statement, just basically, you know, saying that scaramucci wanted to give g

ronica. >> reporter: hey, jim and marina. confront president putin about meddling in our 2016 election. we're going to try to read the tea leaves from what we heard from the president. >> combating violence in chicago. could the administration plan help end the epidemic. next we'll talk to a chicago native who shares his outlook on what's nec next in the windy city. >> is to fight this violence of lies with the clenched fist of truth. >> controversial nra ad sparking a protest in fairfax virginia and sh thousands of women across the country are planning to attend. >> more millennials say they're purchasing guns but the reason not for protection. we're back right after this. >> ♪ (male announcer) remember when taking a bath and going for a swim became the same thing for a few days? then keep the tradition going at bass pro shops with great deals-- like savings of 25% on all in-stock towables, boards and skis. and check out our family summer camp. >> ♪ >> this is fox5 local news at 5:00. >> all right here's a look at our headli

fox5's ronica cleary has the story. i'm here with matt meers of war whether or k9 connection.r story is more than one of working warrior k9 connection. you came in connection with this organization because they actually helped you. my tank was destroyed in an ambush. eventually i made it back to walt walter reed and i was hooked up with a k9. these are about ate weeks old. these guys will be service dogs for disabled veterans. what makes your organization different than other organizations that do good as well. >> all of the organizations that raisin train service dogs are wonderful. what makes us different is that involvement, giving purpose to people they didn't have one anymore. this gave me a mission again. it gave me a sense of pride and purpose that helped me recover. i know that dogs don't have names yet. tell us why. tell us why they'll be named. it really gives us a meaning. these will all be named after fallen service members. my dog is named after a helicopter pilot who was killed in afghanistan. what is special about p this program is building the community, bringi

reporting live in northwest, ronica cleary, fox 5 local news. >>> coming up. president trump's nominee for fbi director takes the hot seat on capitol hill >> what is your view on independence of the fbi generally but more importantly, as you as director head up that organization? >> fbi director nominee chris wray strict independence we'll tell you what he says when questioned about those donald trump junior e-mails. >> and a deadly accident in prince george's county. a construction worker killed after a trench collapsed. matt >> sarah, do you know where this statue is located? it really does look like so many in dc. but coming up, there is a plan to change the way future statues here in the district look. you'll be one. that's coming up in a live report. hi, sue >> hello. matt you look like you're keeping your cool. glad to see it. you know what is helping is a little deck of clouds that's around today. but even with those clouds, we're still in the low to mid 90's in many areas, maybe a little bit cooler in the northern suburbs, hate to tell you the heat wav

. >> we saw and ronica mentioned earlier it owe cured and then the rain came in and people out there resill yents and makin we'll see what happened tomorrow with the big vote. >> new tonight the the florida congress whammy washer it is reported fbi and capitol police are calling the situation. sorious, illegal, violations on i tvrt yet work. they have access to emails and files of two dozen you talk about a fall fromle, when dby wasserman schultz was rupping it she had to keep down. >> she did not get to gable everyone in. she got stephanie stahl to do it. >> thi we're ling paying attention to the weather 2 in. >> storms behind us? >> pretty much strong and jim. we had one roll through the district. the only chance of something else is along the actual cold front that bring us relief for tomorrow. that cold front moves through between 9 and 10 people and severe threat is minimal and we could see a shower or to. should be over by midnight. heat relief alives tomorrow and thunderstorms are likely friday. that's the only day it may be humid. 7 day forecast. real nice tomorrow, 85. sunny

ronica cleary has the scoop. >> reporter: i'm here with ed gillespie, the republican nominee for virginia'sernor. and we're starting out talking today about this ad you replaced in light of the 4th of july about legalizing fireworks or more types of fireworks. tell me why that's important to you >> consumer grade fireworks in the commonwealth of virginia would create thousands of jobs. we could use, and six other states loosened the restrictions on consumer grade fireworkses in past five years beneficial effect for the citizens >> one of the tweets i almost immediately could not ans response was somebody pointing to, not just injuries but deaths as a result of some higher grade fireworks, and more intense fireworks, why make this an issue or a rallying cry, if you will when there is tt danger >> in the six states where they have done this the past five years they're not been a significant or notice he should increase in danger. there's been a lot of progress made in terms of fireworks safety over past decade. i'm looking for every possible way we can to create jobs in virginia. we've been s

ronica cleary with some more. >>reporter: campaigns are always trying to catch our attention in different ways. today i saw soggy have never seen before. lieutenant govern or ralph north a.m.'s campaign, a happened lful of staffers, they sat down and they read the s 42 page version of the gop senate proposed healthcare billion to replace the affordable care act. they read it on facebook live to a cardboard cutout of north a.m.'s opponent ed gillespie, the republican nominee. they had to take matters into their own hands because they say that they don't know where gillespie stand s on what they're calling trump care. i reached out to gillespie's team fr a response. in essence, the communications director says it's funny they have time to do this but they don't have the time to accept gillespie's proposed ten debates leading up to the election. so the real question is, do you think something like this works well, it's difficult to say with certainty, but i will tell you this, the last i checked the facebook live vid

it's sunday july 9th >> i'm ronica cleary >> i'm tom fitzgerald >> president trump and russia's presidentputin pivotal meeting, dominated the news the past 24 hour, they met more than two hours. >> president putin and i have been discussing things, it's going very well. we've had good talk, we're going to have a talk now and obviously that will continue. we look forward to a lot of positive things happening between should go and the united states and for everybody concerned. it's an honor to be with you. >> thank you. >> president trump addressed allegations of in the elections, president putin denied involvement. >> he asked questions. i explained them. i think he was satisfied with my answers. >> president trump top administration officials have publicly refuted the denial in the involvement. the two leaders agreed to work together on cyber security. >> president is rightly focused on how do we move forward from what may be an intrackible disagreement at this point >> the two leaders agreed to a ceasefire in southwest syria which is underway at this moment. >> joining us to break this d

. >> we brought in ronica cleary, we sent her out today to get the pulse of the people and find out whatveryday folks think about this whole thing. i hear from people who say they're fed up because congress is not doing its job and they want everybody to work together. >> reporter: that's right, and you know, when the decision to delay the recess for 10 days occurred, you know, some people weighed in on social media much social and said whatare they going to 0 days that they have been able to do yet. there's a ton of frustration no matter where you fall on this line of speed up the process get it done or slow down make sure we do this in the best possible way so take a listen to what people had to say out on the streets of d.c. >> well, i think we've been slowing down long enough its time to just take it and repeal it and let's move on to something that benefits [laughter] >> well, i would say slow down and take their time. >> i think you slow down, take your time. that's something that's a little bit too big to just push through. >> reporter:. >> i think they should slow down, take thei

. >> ronica cleary getting ready for 5 at 6:30 where we like to bring you the pulse of the people.ident trump confront president putin about meddling in our 2016 election? we're going to look at it on 5 at 6:30. >> ♪ >> rainy yucky for most of the day. boy, the sunshine is starting to peak out all over the place. >> it's causing problems severe thunderstorms. we briefly had a tornado warning. it lasted about six minutes and then they canceled it but that doesn't mean that will be the last one down there 'cause there's still a very strong storm. you can see here we've had a little bit of late day sunshine that helped to get the temperatures up. they had more sun to the south and southwest and that's further destabilized the atmosphere with warmer temperatures so we have a round of severe thunderstorms down here to the south. radar will show that we're dry now but we're waiting -- see what this is building so this has still got to come across down here to the southwest is where we've had the problem. this yellow is a severe thunderstorm warning and this going to be in effect until 6

sunday july 16th >> i'm ronica cleary.tinues to deal with fall-out from a probe into whether russia interfered with the u.s. elections. the latest focus is on donald trump junior's meeting last summer with a russian lawyer. >> that meeting has become the center of the current crisis between president trump and his administration as they continue to dealwi donald trump junior jared kushner and the president's son-in-law and former campaign manager, paul manafort met with the russia lawyer last year. why? the explanations have changed from day-to-day. >> but the overall debate over possible collusion by russia in the u.s. elections is at the center of the justice department's special investigation. the president defended his son and the meeting. >> my son is a wonderful young man. he took a meeting with a russian lawyer, not a government lawyer, but a russian lawyer, it was a short meeting. it was a meeting that went very quickly. very fast. two other people were in the room. one of them left almost immediately and the other

another edition of on the hill is coming up next with ronica cleary.everybody. >> happy sunday. at ikea, we believe your perfect student deserves the perfect room for the perfect price. and... who's there? hey. a boy? oh, on the bed? you never told your dad and i about any... wait, what's going on now? move the flag. ♪ ♪ at ikea, we believe your perfect student deserves the perfect room for the perfect price. and... who's there? hey. a boy? oh, on the bed? dad and i about any... wait, what's going on now? move the flag. . >>> good morning and welcome to on the hill. it's sunday july 2nd. topped politics this week, house republicans who campaigned on promises to get tough on illegal immigrants got big wins passing two bills. crack down on illegal immigrants who commit crimes in the united states in cities that shelter them. the legislation would increase prison sentences for those reentering the country illegally and give sanctuary cities a choice. follow federal immigration guidelines or lose federal funding. democrats argue that punishing sanctuary ci

it's sunday july 9th >> i'm ronica cleary >> i'm tom fitzgerald >> president trump and russia's president past 24 hour, they met more than two hours. >> president putin and i have been discussing things, it's going very well. we've had good talk, we're going to have a talk now and obviously that will continue. we look forward to a lot of positive things happening between should go and the united states and for everybody concerned. it's an honor to be with you. >> thank you. >> president trump addressed allegations of

. >> thank, very ronica. that's huge metal plate, so at least you're not going to fall in it with your foot. >> what about the other hole, where someone drove through? >> the other one, look at these, do we -- >> a lot going on. >> do we ever just, like, could you just fill that in last night before you leave? i don't work for the streets department, but doesn't that just look ridiculous? fill it in or something. >> maybe they had to go get more supplies or something. >> oh, geez, it is -- >> at least it is progress. and so now we are talking about it today. maybe they'll come back out and get it all done. we have to keep checking ton. >> i used to live right there. any time they laid down those metal plate all night long. >> hi, scott. >> high there, mike, alex, of course now the rainfall that's going to move in later today on top of all of that mess there. meantime, though weather headlines, looking at scattered showers around throughout the day. grab umbrella, keep it handy, look at this, high temperatures