What time does the third US Presidential debate start tonight, what will be discussed and how can I watch in the UK?
FOLLOWING two already heated debates - the third and final showdown between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump is taking place tonight.
It will be the final time the pair will meet before America votes for their next President and comes just days after Trump's wife, Melania, defended her husband against the growing chorus of sex allegations.
Their last meeting which was held on October 9, was the first time the pair met in public since a video in which Trump is heard bragging about how his fame allowed him to “do anything” to women was released.
Clinton said Trump’s own aggressively vulgar comments about women had revealed “exactly who he is”.
Answering for his words for the first time, Trump denied that he had ever kissed and grabbed women without their consent.
He said repeatedly that his words in 2005 were merely “locker room talk” and paled in comparison to what he called Bill Clinton’s abuse of women.
Ahead of the debate, the businessman met with three women who accused the former president of sexual harassment and even rape, then invited them to sit in the debate hall.
When is the third debate taking place?
The third and final presidential debate will take place at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas on Wednesday October 19 from 9pm EST.
This means it will broadcast live from 2am on Thursday October 20 here in the UK.
Who is involved?
Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump will face each other in a discussion moderated by Fox News Sunday presenter, Chris Wallace.
What is the schedule?
The third presidential debate will take the same form of the first in which there will be six 15-minute segments focused on an issue. In each segment, the moderator will pose a question and candidates will have two minutes each to respond. The rest of the time will be used for candidates to respond to each other and for follow-up questions from the moderator.
What topics will be discussed?
According to the , the selected topics for the debate are as follows:
- Debt and entitlements
- Immigration
- Economy
- Supreme Court
- Foreign hot spots
- Fitness to be President
These topics are subject to change because of news developments and will not necessarily be discussed in that order.
In the first debate in September, the three vague topics were "America's Direction, "Achieving Prosperity" and "Securing America".
The economy and terrorism are the top two issues for voters with foreign policy, health care, gun policy and immigration also being high priority which means they are highly likely to be discussed.
What do we know about the candidates?
Donald Trump: Republican Party
Donald Trump, nominee of the Republican Party for President of the United States
- Has no previous political experience
- Outspoken billionaire business mogul
- Estimated net worth of nearly £3 billion
- He's 70 and was born in Queens, New York
- Married to Melania, his third wife, and they have a son called Barron
- Trump also has four children from previous marriages called Donald Junior, Ivanka, Eric, and Tiffany
- Has upset many people with his controversial ideas and views
- Wants to ban Muslims from coming into the US
- Wants to build a wall between America and Mexico to keep out illegal immigrants
Hillary Clinton: Democratic Party
Hilary Clinton, nominee of the Democratic Party for the President of the United States
- Former First Lady and Secretary of State
- During her four years as Secretary of State, Mrs Clinton visited 112 countries - more than anyone else before her
- Also used her position to highlight women's rights and human rights
- She's 68 and was born in Chicago, Illinois
- Married to former US president Bill Clinton and they have one daughter, Chelsea, and one granddaughter, Charlotte
- Ran for president in 2008 but lost in her party's nomination race to Barack Obama
- Used a personal e-mail address to carry out work, which reportedly left sensitive information open to cyber attack
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