Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris are set to meet Tuesday, Sept. 10, in Philadelphia, for what might be their only debate before the November election.
It will be Harris’ first debate as a presidential nominee.
Former President Trump — a veteran of the debate stage after winning the Republican nomination in 2016, 2020 and 2024 — debated current President Joe Biden 75 days ago. In that content, Biden’s halting performance led to calls for him to step down as the party’s nominee, which he eventually did, leading the party to nominate Vice President Harris as its presidential candidate.
The Harris-Trump debate is being produced by ABC News, and anchors David Muir and Linsey Davis will moderate at Philadelphia’s National Constitutional Center.
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The debate begins at 7 p.m. Mountain time and will air on ABC-TV stations across the country, including Denver7.
There are multiple options for watching the debate on broadcast television and via streaming video, and even viewers who don’t have access to ABC broadcast and Disney cable stations due to a contract dispute with DirecTV should have no problem tuning in.
Even though ABC is producing the debate, the broadcast will also be aired on CBS, NBC, CW, Fox, PBS, Telemundo and Univision stations.
Cable news stations carrying the debate include CNN, C-SPAN, Fox News and Fox Business, MSNBC, NewsNation, Newsmax and Bloomberg TV.
Streaming options include ABC News Live and the network’s news app, as well as streaming channels Hulu and Disney+. CBS News Live, NBC News Live and their respective news apps will also carry the debate.
Most of the networks will begin with analysis at 6 p.m. Mountain and continue with more commentary and analysis after the 90-minute debate concludes.
There are rules for this debate. Both candidates agreed to those rules, which include:
- No opening statements
- No live audience
- When it’s one candidate’s turn to speak, the other candidate’s microphone will be muted
- Each candidate will have 2 minutes to answer a question. The other candidate will then have 2 minutes of rebuttal time, after which the
- first candidate will have 1 minute to respond to that rebuttal.
- Each candidate will receive a pen, a pad and a bottle of water
- While former President Trump says there is a rule against using steps or lifts onstage, there has been no confirmation on the existence of that rule from the Democrats or ABC.
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