VOA takes you inside the hall on Hofstra University's campus where Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump will face off in the first of three head-to-head debates. Peter Eyre, senior adviser for the Commission on Presidential Debates, explains the scene.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said earlier Monday that President Barack Obama would be working Monday night, when the first presidential debate is going on. But that the television would be on in the background, tuned to the debate instead of Monday night football.