The final debate of the 2020 presidential cycle takes place in Nashville on Thursday, with the second nationwide televised meeting between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden set to begin at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT at Belmont University
NBC News White House correspondent Kristen Welker will host the debate, which will be broadcast simultaneously on a total of 16 broadcast and cable networks and available on multiple streaming services and digital platforms.You can also watch the livestream on Deadline (courtesy PBS NewsHour) here:
Like the first debate on September 28 in Cleveland – which drew 731 million viewers on the networks, the third highest total on record – tonight’s debate will last 90 minutes without a commercial break, with the topic (chosen by Welker) in six 15-minute segments to include the fight against COVID-19, American families, race in America, climate change, national security and leadership
The Commission on Presidential Debates, which organizes the work, has changed some of its rules for tonight after an unruly first meeting between political rivals More particularly, the candidate who does not answer the question posed during the period of two minutes allocated will see his microphone cut The microphones will not be muted during subsequent open chat sessions
There was supposed to be a debate between candidates on October 15, a town hall-style event, but this was canceled after the committee opted for a virtual debate following Trump’s positive diagnosis of COVID-19 Trump has rejected the virtual format; finally, the two candidates made separate town halls that evening on national television
If tonight’s event goes ahead as planned, it will be the first time since 1996 (President Bill Clinton vs Bob Dole) that there have only been two general election debates
ABC News chief presenter George Stephanopoulos will lead coverage from New York, along with World News Tonight presenter David Muir and ABC News Live Prime presenter Linsey Davis to report of the latest developments Coverage begins at 8 p.m. ET with Trump vs. Biden: The Final Presidential Debate – A special edition of 20/20 ABC News Live will begin coverage at 7 p.m. ET directed by Davis and simultaneously air ABC’s coverage and the streaming debate to viewers ABC News Radio will have three hours of anchored coverage run by Aaron Katersky and affiliate news service ABC NewsOne will also provide coverage
CBS News Live, prime-time coverage begins at 9 p.m. ET led by CBS Evening News presenter and editor-in-chief Norah O’Donnell of Washington, accompanied by Gayle King and John Dickerson’s senior correspondent. CBS News in Washington, Major Garrett, to offer fact-checks as part of post-debate coverage, with analysis from Reince Priebus and Valerie Jarrett CBSN, CBS News 24/7’s streaming news service, begins its cover at 5 p.m. ET Elaine Quijano will anchor the cover
Erin Burnett and Anderson Cooper kick off pre-debate coverage at 7 p.m. ET At 8, Cooper will be joined by Wolf Blitzer, Jake Tapper, Dana Bash and Abby Phillip, who will also lead post-debate coverage Chris Cuomo and Don Lemon take over from 1-3m ET CNN’s Gloria Borger, Nia Malika Henderson, Jeff Zeleny and Mark Preston will serve as analysts, and commentators will include David Axelrod, Van Jones, Kirsten Powers, Rick Santorum, Michael Smerconish, Andrew Yang and Scott Jennings The debate itself will be broadcast for free on CNNcom and through its apps and via CNNgo
C-SPAN will provide coverage from 9 am ET on C-SPAN, C-SPAN Radio and C-SPANorg, with phones to be opened after the debate for calls and viewer reaction
Fox News Channel coverage will be available on all Fox News Media platforms, including Fox Business Network, Fox News Audio, Fox News International, Fox Nation and Fox News Digital Bret Baier of Special Report and Martha MacCallum of The Story will co-anchor live coverage inside the debate venue starting at 9 p.m. ET, later joined by Chris Wallace, Brit Hume, Dana Perino and Juan Williams FNC contributors Donna Brazile, Karl Rove and Katie Pavlich will also propose Analysis Neil Cavuto of Fox Business Network will broadcast live from 8 p.m. with Fox Business Network Presents Democracy 2020: The Presidential Debate with pre and post-debate analysis, as well as live coverage of the debate itself. p>
NBC News coverage begins at 8:30 p.m. ET with NBC Nightly News presenter Lester Holt and Today co-host and NBC News chief legal correspondent Savannah Guthrie anchored in New York and Meet the Press’ Chuck Todd and Andrea Mitchell anchored in Washington, DC On MSNBC, her Decision 2020 coverage begins at 8 a.m. ET with Rachel Maddow, Nicolle Wallace and Joy Reid before the debate, and joined by Brian Williams after the debate Ari Melber continues his special coverage at 12:30 p.m. ET NBC News Now will provide free coverage of the debate with Todd and Kasie Hunt starting at 7:30 p.m. ET followed by special network coverage at 8:30 a.m. The streaming service is available live and on-demand on Peacock Viewers can also stream the debate live on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube
PBS NewsHour will broadcast live coverage from 9 to 11 am ET on PBS stations across the country, with editor-in-chief Judy Woodruff and contributions from Senior National Correspondent Amna Nawaz, The Correspondent White House Yamiche Alcindor, Capitol Hill correspondent Lisa Desjardins and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report, among others Nawaz will engage with a panel of voters to discuss their impressions of each debate
Other digital outlets include Newsy, which begins coverage at 9 p.m. ET with streaming service on Roku, FireTV, Vizio, AppleTV, and Pluto TV Hulu Live TV, Fubo TV and Sling TV offer free trials for new users
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