Debate calendar
There will be only one moderator per debate, and it’s still uncertain if there will be a crowd — and, if there is, howmany people will be allowed in. Each debate will start at 8 p.m. Central time and will run uninterrupted for an hour and a half, according to the Commission on Presidential Debates.
TUESDAY: FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
Location: President Donald Trump and Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee, will meet at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
How to watch:
Houston Chronicle. com will livestream the event. The debate will also be carried on channels including CNN, Fox News, CBS, ABC, CSPAN, NBC and MSNBC. The moderator: Chris Wallace, the anchor of “Fox News Sunday,” will moderate the debate. It will be the second time he has moderated a presidential debate. Topics announced: The moderator has full discretion in picking the debate topics. For the first round, Wallace chose Trump’s and Biden’s records, the Supreme Court, the coronavirus pandemic, the economy, race and violence in cities and the integrity of the election. There will be 15minutes to discuss each topic.
OCT. 7: VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
Location: Kingsbury Hall at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. How to watch: HoustonChronicle.com will livestream the event. The debate will also be carried on the news networks.
The moderator: The vice presidential debate will be moderated by Susan Page, USA Today’s Washington bureau chief.
Topics announced: Topics are announced by the moderator and the Commission on Presidential Debates a week before the debate. There will be nine topics, and each will get about 10 minutes.
OCT. 15: SECOND PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
Location: Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami.
How to watch:
HoustonChronicle.com will livestream the event. The debate will also be carried on the news networks.
The moderator: Steve Scully, who is the political editor at C-SPAN, will moderate a town-hall-style event with undecided voters from South Florida. Scully will have an additional minute per question to prompt further discussion.
Topics announced: The moderator and the Commission on Presidential Debates will announce the topics a week before the debate.
OCT. 22: THIRD PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
Location: Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. How to watch: HoustonChronicle.com will livestream the event. The debate will also be carried on the news networks. The moderator: Kristen Welker, NBC News White House correspondent and co-anchor of “Weekend Today.” She is the second Black woman to serve as the sole moderator of a presidential debate. Topics announced: The moderator and the Commission on Presidential Debates will announce topics a week before the debate, but as in the first debate, there will be six topics. Each will get 15 minutes.