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US President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump will meet on a debate stage on Thursday for the first of two televised face-offs that could prove critical in their tight rematch race to win the White House in November. Here is what you need to know. When and where are the debates? The first debate will air at 9 pm ET on Thursday (0100 GMT on Friday) on CNN and be broadcast from an Atlanta studio without a live audience.
It can also be viewed on CNN affiliates, without a cable login on CNN.com, and is available for simulcast on other US channels. More than four months ahead of the November 5 vote, the CNN debate will be the earliest presidential debate in modern US history.
Television news channel ABC said it will host the second presidential debate on September 10, also from an audience-free studio. Who will moderate the debates? Anchors Jake Tapper and Dana Bash will moderate CNN's debate. ABC's will be moderated by anchors David Muir and Linsey Davis.
Who will debate? CNN said only Biden and Trump met its conditions for participating in the debate: appear on enough state ballots to potentially win the presidency and receive at least 15% in four separate national polls of registered or likely voters. Independent presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr did not make the cut. ABC will also require debaters to appear on enough state ballots to reach the 270 electoral votes and receive at least 15% in four separate national polls.
What are the rules? In Thursday's 90-.
