The moderators for the three presidential debates between Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican candidate Donald Trump were announced Friday by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD).
NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt will moderate the first presidential debate, scheduled for Sept. 26 at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. The debate will be divided into six segments of roughly 15 minutes each on major topics to be selected by the moderator and announced at least one week before the debate, according to the CPD.
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CNN’s Anderson Cooper and ABC News’ Martha Raddatz will grill candidates in the second debate on Oct. 9 at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. This debate will feature a town hall meeting, where half of the questions will be posed directly by participants. The other half will be asked by the moderators directly.
“Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace will moderate the third debate on Oct. 19, slated to be held at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas campus.
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The CPD also announced that CBSN anchor and CBS News correspondent Elaine Quijano has been named the moderator of the vice presidential debate between Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia and Republican Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana, which will take place on Oct. 4 at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia.
The vice presidential debate will be divided into nine segments with about 10 minutes of discussion on each topic, and the moderator alone will determine the questions to be asked.
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