Audience record may break fall as Clinton and Trump come face to face
HEMPSTEAD/WASHINGTON — Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump will face off for the first time on Monday in a presidential debate that could rank as one of the most watched and highly anticipated political showdowns in US history.The surprisingly tight race for the White House and the unpredictable clash in styles between well-known but polarising foes has generated wide interest in the potentially pivotal encounter, which comes six weeks before the November 8 election.The size of the audience is expected to challenge the presidential debate record of 80-million who watched the 1980 encounter between Democratic president Jimmy Carter and Republican Ronald Reagan.The 90-minute debate will begin at 1am GMT on Tuesday at Hofstra University on New York’s Long Island. It is the first of three planned presidential debates.Both Trump and Clinton, who polls show are the least liked White House candidates in modern history, hope to use the debate to erase some of those lingerin...
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