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| Presidential debate: Clinton-Trump race tight as hour approaches – election live | Presidential debate: Clinton-Trump race tight as hour approaches – election live |
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| One hour to the opening bell | |
| Here’s one way to look at it: | |
| tonight, we are pretty much sending Hillary Clinton to drill into a giant asteroid & nuke it from the inside before it can destroy the earth | |
| .@MELANIATRUMP on the scene for #debatenight #debates #Debates2016 pic.twitter.com/nsKnUO1Gld | |
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| Hillary Clinton engages in some pre-debate trolling by tweeting footage of the 2011 White House correspondents’ dinner, in which Barack Obama skewered Donald Trump, who attended the dinner and who that year had become the foremost exponent of birther babble. | |
| “Trump was so humiliated by the experience, they say, that it triggered some deep, previously hidden yearning for revenge,” wrote Roxanne Roberts, who was seated nearby, in the Washington Post. | |
| “You didn’t blame Little John or Meat Loaf. You fired Gary Busey.These are the kinds of decisions that would keep me up at night." pic.twitter.com/njW7YAxf5I | |
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| Ninety minutes to go until the candidates take the stage. What’s your favorite fact-checking music? | |
| How’s everyone feeling out there tonight? | |
| pic.twitter.com/mOxAnNJimO | |
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| Historic video of Trump, capless and tieless, exiting his vehicle, giving a thumbs up, giving a second, more vigorous thumbs up, and then walking away. | Historic video of Trump, capless and tieless, exiting his vehicle, giving a thumbs up, giving a second, more vigorous thumbs up, and then walking away. |
| VIDEO: Donald Trump arrives at Hofstra University for #Debatenight.https://t.co/vZT1RazpjT | VIDEO: Donald Trump arrives at Hofstra University for #Debatenight.https://t.co/vZT1RazpjT |
| In Clinton mock debate, Philippe Reines wore red tie & did "the cobra" -- a hand gesture Trump often makes, per aide pic.twitter.com/qEgIDzy75u | In Clinton mock debate, Philippe Reines wore red tie & did "the cobra" -- a hand gesture Trump often makes, per aide pic.twitter.com/qEgIDzy75u |
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| at 12.30am BST | at 12.30am BST |
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| What would you ask the candidates? | What would you ask the candidates? |
| What do you want moderator Lester Holt to ask? Tell us in the comments. | What do you want moderator Lester Holt to ask? Tell us in the comments. |
| Here’s Dan Roberts with his list of 10 awkward debate questions to put Clinton and Trump on the spot: | Here’s Dan Roberts with his list of 10 awkward debate questions to put Clinton and Trump on the spot: |
| For Donald Trump | For Donald Trump |
| How can you be trusted with the nuclear codes? | How can you be trusted with the nuclear codes? |
| Did you support US intervention in Iraq and Libya? | Did you support US intervention in Iraq and Libya? |
| Why would Mexico pay for you to build a wall? | Why would Mexico pay for you to build a wall? |
| Is there anyone you regret offending? | Is there anyone you regret offending? |
| What evidence do you have against climate change? | What evidence do you have against climate change? |
| For Hillary Clinton: | For Hillary Clinton: |
| What single policy should your campaign be known for? | What single policy should your campaign be known for? |
| Do you believe in globalisation? | Do you believe in globalisation? |
| How would your counter-terrorism policy differ from Obama’s? | How would your counter-terrorism policy differ from Obama’s? |
| Why are you so secretive? | Why are you so secretive? |
| How would you reduce income inequality? | How would you reduce income inequality? |
| Click through for Dan’s analysis of each question: | Click through for Dan’s analysis of each question: |
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| at 12.26am BST | at 12.26am BST |
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| Make or break: the defining moments of presidential debates | Make or break: the defining moments of presidential debates |
| David Smith | David Smith |
| Here’s David Smith writing on watershed moments from presidential debates past: | Here’s David Smith writing on watershed moments from presidential debates past: |
| 1980: Carter accused Republican Ronald Reagan of planning to cut Medicare healthcare funding for the elderly. Reagan, who had complained that Carter was misrepresenting his positions on numerous issues, said with a chuckle: “There you go again.” The audience erupted. The duel attracted 80.6 million viewers, the most ever for a presidential debate, according to Nielsen, though Clinton v Trump is expected to shatter that record. | 1980: Carter accused Republican Ronald Reagan of planning to cut Medicare healthcare funding for the elderly. Reagan, who had complained that Carter was misrepresenting his positions on numerous issues, said with a chuckle: “There you go again.” The audience erupted. The duel attracted 80.6 million viewers, the most ever for a presidential debate, according to Nielsen, though Clinton v Trump is expected to shatter that record. |
| Read the full piece here: | Read the full piece here: |
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| Take it from a guy who was in Congress for 60 years: | Take it from a guy who was in Congress for 60 years: |
| Donald Trump couldn't pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were printed on the heel. Looking forward to this debate. | Donald Trump couldn't pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were printed on the heel. Looking forward to this debate. |
| (Dingell, 90, is a Democrat.) | (Dingell, 90, is a Democrat.) |
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| This is going to be a zoo, isn’t it..... | This is going to be a zoo, isn’t it..... |
| VIPs starting to filter into spin room. @mike_pence and @mcuban pic.twitter.com/MMExyIVyiM | VIPs starting to filter into spin room. @mike_pence and @mcuban pic.twitter.com/MMExyIVyiM |
| It's going to be one of those nights....Don King setting expectations for Trump in media room ahead of #Debates2016 pic.twitter.com/jvSlkfuk30 | It's going to be one of those nights....Don King setting expectations for Trump in media room ahead of #Debates2016 pic.twitter.com/jvSlkfuk30 |
| Don King stomped a man to death because he owed him $600. https://t.co/ERJewIOvrY | Don King stomped a man to death because he owed him $600. https://t.co/ERJewIOvrY |
| That was in the mid-60s though. Something like $4,500 in current dollars. | That was in the mid-60s though. Something like $4,500 in current dollars. |
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| American politics is not for sa– oh, Mr Adelson. Right this way: | American politics is not for sa– oh, Mr Adelson. Right this way: |
| The Adelsons have some prime real estate in Trump section -- 4 seats, 3rd row#Debates2016 pic.twitter.com/VGYKeJwqET | The Adelsons have some prime real estate in Trump section -- 4 seats, 3rd row#Debates2016 pic.twitter.com/VGYKeJwqET |
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| This is unprecedented for any of the primary debates or the conventions, as far as we experienced or heard about: the powers that be at the debate site are scanning for rogue hotspot connections and disabling them so they can charge people to use the local network. | This is unprecedented for any of the primary debates or the conventions, as far as we experienced or heard about: the powers that be at the debate site are scanning for rogue hotspot connections and disabling them so they can charge people to use the local network. |
| Technicians patrolling #debatenight press file using this device to detect & shut down hotspots, so they can sell $200 wifi accounts instead pic.twitter.com/JzbkzlZR1g | Technicians patrolling #debatenight press file using this device to detect & shut down hotspots, so they can sell $200 wifi accounts instead pic.twitter.com/JzbkzlZR1g |
| Update: | Update: |
| there’s also a trigger warning placard outside the hall | there’s also a trigger warning placard outside the hall |
| . – For a different event, we’re informed. | . – For a different event, we’re informed. |
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| About 350 souvenir tickets to tonight’s debate for Hofstra University students misspell the Democratic nominee’s name: | About 350 souvenir tickets to tonight’s debate for Hofstra University students misspell the Democratic nominee’s name: |
| Um, @HofstraU—please get your shit together and, I dunno, SPELLCHECK THE NAMES OF THE #debatenight participants?! IS THAT SO MUCH TO ASK? pic.twitter.com/AsUnJjApNH | Um, @HofstraU—please get your shit together and, I dunno, SPELLCHECK THE NAMES OF THE #debatenight participants?! IS THAT SO MUCH TO ASK? pic.twitter.com/AsUnJjApNH |
| Hofstra University spokeswoman Karla Schuster said in a statement emailed to NBC 4 New York: | Hofstra University spokeswoman Karla Schuster said in a statement emailed to NBC 4 New York: |
| These tickets are not official tickets to the debate. They were printed at the last minute to create a souvenir for the students. We’ll be reprinting them for all those who won tickets. | These tickets are not official tickets to the debate. They were printed at the last minute to create a souvenir for the students. We’ll be reprinting them for all those who won tickets. |
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| What will the first debate question be? | What will the first debate question be? |
| #ff @johnjharwood, who supplies precedents: | #ff @johnjharwood, who supplies precedents: |
| FIRST DEBATE QUESTIONS: 1960, to JFK - The VP has said you were naive and at times immature. Why do you think people should vote for you? | FIRST DEBATE QUESTIONS: 1960, to JFK - The VP has said you were naive and at times immature. Why do you think people should vote for you? |
| FIRST DEBATE QUESTIONS: 1976 to Carter: Your #1 priority is reducing unemployment. What specifically would your first step be next January? | FIRST DEBATE QUESTIONS: 1976 to Carter: Your #1 priority is reducing unemployment. What specifically would your first step be next January? |
| FIRST DEBATE QUESTIONS: 1980, to Carter - What are differences between the two of you on the uses of American military power? | FIRST DEBATE QUESTIONS: 1980, to Carter - What are differences between the two of you on the uses of American military power? |
| FIRST DEBATE QUESTIONS: 1984, to Reagan - In 1980 you promised to balance the budget. We’ve had bigger deficits. Do you have a secret plan? | FIRST DEBATE QUESTIONS: 1984, to Reagan - In 1980 you promised to balance the budget. We’ve had bigger deficits. Do you have a secret plan? |
| FIRST DEBATE QUESTIONS: 1988, to Bush - What is it about these times that drives or draws so many Americans to use drugs? | FIRST DEBATE QUESTIONS: 1988, to Bush - What is it about these times that drives or draws so many Americans to use drugs? |
| FIRST DEBATE QUESTIONS: 1992, to Perot - What do you believe tonight is the single most important separating issue of this campaign? | FIRST DEBATE QUESTIONS: 1992, to Perot - What do you believe tonight is the single most important separating issue of this campaign? |
| FIRST DEBATE QUESTIONS: 1996, to Clinton - How would you define the difference in your view of the role of federal government w/Sen Dole? | FIRST DEBATE QUESTIONS: 1996, to Clinton - How would you define the difference in your view of the role of federal government w/Sen Dole? |
| FIRST DEBATE QUESTIONS: 2000, to Gore - You’ve questioned that Gov Bush has the experience to be president of US. What exactly do you mean? | FIRST DEBATE QUESTIONS: 2000, to Gore - You’ve questioned that Gov Bush has the experience to be president of US. What exactly do you mean? |
| FIRST DEBATE QUESTIONS: 2004, to Kerry - Do you believe you could do a better job than President Bush in preventing another 9/11? | FIRST DEBATE QUESTIONS: 2004, to Kerry - Do you believe you could do a better job than President Bush in preventing another 9/11? |
| FIRST DEBATE QUESTIONS: 2008, to Obama and McCain - Where do you stand on the financial recovery plan? | FIRST DEBATE QUESTIONS: 2008, to Obama and McCain - Where do you stand on the financial recovery plan? |
| FIRST DEBATE QUESTIONS: 2012, to Obama and Romney - What are major differences between the two of you about how you would create new jobs? | FIRST DEBATE QUESTIONS: 2012, to Obama and Romney - What are major differences between the two of you about how you would create new jobs? |
| Which was the best first debate question? | Which was the best first debate question? |
| Which would you use tonight? How about: | Which would you use tonight? How about: |
| FIRST DEBATE QUESTIONS: 2016, to Trump and Clinton: You’re the two most loathed presidential nominees in US history. Why do you think that is? | FIRST DEBATE QUESTIONS: 2016, to Trump and Clinton: You’re the two most loathed presidential nominees in US history. Why do you think that is? |
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| Trump arrives at Hofstra | Trump arrives at Hofstra |
| The reportorial pool attending Trump reports that he is on the scene now at Hofstra university. MSNBC had footage of him exiting an SUV and entering a building. | The reportorial pool attending Trump reports that he is on the scene now at Hofstra university. MSNBC had footage of him exiting an SUV and entering a building. |
| Anybody feeling butterflies yet? | Anybody feeling butterflies yet? |
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| The Guardian’s Dan Roberts, Sabrina Siddiqui and Ben Jacobs are on the scene at Hofstra university in Hempstead, New York: | The Guardian’s Dan Roberts, Sabrina Siddiqui and Ben Jacobs are on the scene at Hofstra university in Hempstead, New York: |
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| Haters and losers and bears, oh my! | Haters and losers and bears, oh my! |
| Trump tweeted this two years ago today: https://t.co/vT8oJdagRE | Trump tweeted this two years ago today: https://t.co/vT8oJdagRE |
| I wonder if I run for PRESIDENT, will the haters and losers vote for me knowing that I will MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN? I say they will! | I wonder if I run for PRESIDENT, will the haters and losers vote for me knowing that I will MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN? I say they will! |
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| It’s that kind of night in America. (What is the Portland police department going to do if Trump wins the presidency? Send out a drunken driving advisory for every state of the union address, every Brady briefing room appearance, every time Trump walks out of the White House and gets his helicopter?) | It’s that kind of night in America. (What is the Portland police department going to do if Trump wins the presidency? Send out a drunken driving advisory for every state of the union address, every Brady briefing room appearance, every time Trump walks out of the White House and gets his helicopter?) |
| If you are planning to consume alcohol or marijuana while watching #DebateNight please do not get behind the wheel. pic.twitter.com/g2Ib33M1aX | If you are planning to consume alcohol or marijuana while watching #DebateNight please do not get behind the wheel. pic.twitter.com/g2Ib33M1aX |
| (@monachalabi) | (@monachalabi) |
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| Trump directed erstwhile income to foundation – report | Trump directed erstwhile income to foundation – report |
| The Trump campaign has elected not to answer questions about suspect donations by the Trump foundation – seemingly for political purposes – or purchases by the foundation – seemingly to cover Trump’s personal costs, or even to settle lawsuits tied to Trump’s for-profit businesses. | The Trump campaign has elected not to answer questions about suspect donations by the Trump foundation – seemingly for political purposes – or purchases by the foundation – seemingly to cover Trump’s personal costs, or even to settle lawsuits tied to Trump’s for-profit businesses. |
| We know all about the strange way the Trump foundation operates thanks to dogged reporting by David Fahrenthold of the Washington Post. | We know all about the strange way the Trump foundation operates thanks to dogged reporting by David Fahrenthold of the Washington Post. |
| Late this afternoon, Farenthold published another bombshell: after Trump stopped giving money to his foundation years ago, it received millions in payments from companies that owed money to Trump or one of his businesses “but were instructed to pay Trump’s tax-exempt foundation instead, according to people familiar with the transactions”. | Late this afternoon, Farenthold published another bombshell: after Trump stopped giving money to his foundation years ago, it received millions in payments from companies that owed money to Trump or one of his businesses “but were instructed to pay Trump’s tax-exempt foundation instead, according to people familiar with the transactions”. |
| From the Post report: | From the Post report: |
| In cases where he diverted his own income to his foundation, tax experts said, Trump would still likely be required to pay taxes on the income. Trump has refused to release his personal tax returns. His campaign said he paid income tax on one of the donations, but did not respond to questions about the others. | In cases where he diverted his own income to his foundation, tax experts said, Trump would still likely be required to pay taxes on the income. Trump has refused to release his personal tax returns. His campaign said he paid income tax on one of the donations, but did not respond to questions about the others. |
| That gift was a $400,000 payment from Comedy Central, which owed Trump an appearance fee for his 2011 “roast.” | That gift was a $400,000 payment from Comedy Central, which owed Trump an appearance fee for his 2011 “roast.” |
| Then there were payments totaling nearly $1.9 million from a man in New York City who sells sought-after tickets and one-of-a-kind experiences to wealthy clients. | Then there were payments totaling nearly $1.9 million from a man in New York City who sells sought-after tickets and one-of-a-kind experiences to wealthy clients. |
| That man, Richard Ebers, bought goods and services — including tickets — from Trump or his businesses, according to two people familiar with the transactions, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about the payments. They said that Ebers was instructed to pay the Donald J. Trump Foundation instead. Ebers did not respond to requests for comment. | That man, Richard Ebers, bought goods and services — including tickets — from Trump or his businesses, according to two people familiar with the transactions, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about the payments. They said that Ebers was instructed to pay the Donald J. Trump Foundation instead. Ebers did not respond to requests for comment. |
| The gifts begin to answer one of the mysteries surrounding the foundation: Why would other people continue giving to Trump’s charity when Trump himself gave his last recorded donation in 2008? | The gifts begin to answer one of the mysteries surrounding the foundation: Why would other people continue giving to Trump’s charity when Trump himself gave his last recorded donation in 2008? |
| Read the full piece here. | Read the full piece here. |