The first debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump airs tonight (September 10).

The occasion will happen on Tuesday evening on the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, two months forward of the 2024 election for President of the United States.

The debate is ready to start at 9 p.m. ET. It will air on ABC and stream on ABC News Live, Disney+ and Hulu, in accordance to the community.

The guidelines embrace that every candidate’s microphone is just turned on when it’s their flip to converse, there isn’t a studio viewers, and the candidates aren’t allowed to discuss to their workers throughout breaks or convey any notes – they’re solely given a pen and pad and a bottle of water.

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The moderators are World News Tonight anchor and managing editor David Muir, together with ABC News Live Prime anchor Linsey Davis.

The primetime pre-debate particular, Race for the White House, shall be anchored by Martha Raddatz, Jonathan Karl, Mary Bruce and Rachel Scott, and can start at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

The candidate qualification necessities, by way of ABC:

– Must meet the necessities outlined in Article II, Section I of the U.S. Constitution to function president
– Must have filed a Statement of Candidacy with the Federal Election Commission
– Must seem on a adequate variety of state ballots, as licensed by the Secretary of State or the related election authority in every state, to attain a majority (270) of electoral votes within the presidential election by Sept. 3, 2024
– Participants should agree to settle for the principles and format of the talk, as formulated by ABC News
– All individuals should attain not less than 15% assist in 4 separate nationwide polls of registered or possible voters that meet ABC News requirements
– Polls have to be performed utilizing likelihood sampling by one of many following entities or pairs of entities: ABC News, CNN, Fox News, NBC News, The New York Times/Siena College, Quinnipiac University, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post.
– The 4 qualifying polls have to be performed by totally different organizations.
– Polls have to be fielded and launched between Aug. 1, 2024, and Sept. 3, 2024. Only polls launched publicly and fielded solely contained in the window will qualify.

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