The presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden is finally happening tonight at the Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland.  

The original host of the Presidential Debate would have been the University of Notre Dame, but the school withdrew in July, citing the necessary health precautions posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The debate, which will be the first of three, is being ushered in by a handful of critical issues, the most recent of which is the nomination of Appellate Judge Amy Coney Barrett and the news of Trump's tax payments.

The Presidential Debate will be aired from 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. EDT with "Fox News Sunday" anchor Chris Wallace acting as the moderator.

The USATODAY.com will stream the Trump-Biden face-off live with real-time facts and context from a team of USA TODAY experts who will be shown on the screen during the debate.

Most cable news channels and major networks will also air the debate, such as Fox News, C-SPAN, CNN, PBS, ABC, MSNBC, CBS, and NBC. 

Various outlets will also have the debate live on YouTube. Other outlets that will be airing are NPR and streaming services Hulu, Sling, XUMO TV, and Fubo.

The six topics that they will be taken up in tonight's Presidential Debate are both candidates' respective records, the Supreme Court, COVID-19, the economy, race and violence in U.S. cities, and the integrity of the election.

With Trump continuing to trail Biden in the polls as some states have already started the early voting, political analysts say that the president is hoping that the Presidential Debate will provide n eleventh-hour lifeline to his struggling reelection effort.

Trump's campaign aides have also expressed hopes that the president's strong performance in tonight's first debate can motivate his supporters to cast their votes. They are also hoping that a lashing of Biden can mar the enthusiasm among the Democrats. 

Recent polls have shown that despite the race tightening, Trump remains behind Biden in several battleground states.

A poll conducted by the Washington Post and ABC News last week shows Biden and his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris still leading by 53 percent to the 43 percent of Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. The figures are the same as that of the summer.

Making the Presidential Debate more interesting is that it comes on the U.S. heels already having more than 200,000 deaths due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Democrats have pointed out that Trump's administration has mishandled the pandemic, a vital issue for his reelection campaign.

There is also Trump's nomination of Barrett as a replacement to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who passed away on September 18. The Democrats have argued that the right to nominate Ginsburg's replacement should be that of whoever will win the November 3 election.

And, as if those issues are not enough, the New York Times published on Sunday a report that Trump only paid $750 in personal federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017. He also did not pay any income taxes at all in 10 of the last 15 years.

Indeed, tonight's Presidential Debate will be exciting.

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