Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump will meet for the first time face-to-face Tuesday night for perhaps their only debate, a high-pressure opportunity to showcase their starkly different visions for the country after a tumultuous campaign summer.
The debate will be in Philadelphia at the National Constitution Center and will have no audience in the room. It starts at 8 p.m. central time and is scheduled for 90 minutes with two commercial breaks.
Here are some key rules of the debate:
- Only the moderators — World News Tonight anchor and managing editor David Muir and ABC News Live Prime anchor Linsey Davis — will ask questions. Candidates cannot question each other.
- Candidates have two minutes to answer a question, followed by a two-minute response. An additional minute can be granted for “follow-ups, clarifications or responses.”
- No topics or questions will be given to the candidates before the debate.
- Candidates will be given a pen, pad and a bottle of water but cannot have advance notes. They will stand at podiums opposite each other.
- There are no opening remarks. Each candidate will have a two-minute closing statement.
- Determined by a coin flip, Trump will make his closing statement last and Harris will occupy the podium on the right side of the screen.
Watch here as C-SPAN broadcasts the debate live.
