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🗓️ 20 September 2016
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Katty Kay reports from Washington on the much anticipated face-to-face encounter between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in the crucial first Presidential Debate on 26 September. She explores the business of preparing candidates for their make-or-break one-on-one confrontations.
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0:00.0 | However many times I come here it's hard not to feel impressed standing in front of the White House. |
0:06.0 | For the two presidential candidates there are very few moments left to ensure that they become the next inhabitant of this historic building. |
0:14.9 | One of them is September 26th with the first debate. Tens of millions of Americans are expected to |
0:21.5 | watch it live. |
0:23.2 | I'm Katty Kay. |
0:24.3 | I've covered American presidential elections |
0:26.5 | since 2004, and I've never seen a race like this one. |
0:30.9 | Polls show it's tightening. so the three debates starting next Monday could prove |
0:36.0 | crucial in determining who will be America's next president. The question is, how do you |
0:42.1 | win a U. a US election debate? |
0:44.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Hillary Clinton. How are you? The Republican nominee for President Donald Trump. |
0:58.0 | The debates give the American public the only chance they have to compare the |
1:05.2 | candidates side by side. The stakes are enormous. For Hillary Clinton the |
1:10.8 | pressure grew even more intense with the news that she's had pneumonia. |
1:15.3 | Even without the illness, she faces a challenge. |
1:18.2 | Just how do you debate someone like Donald Trump? |
1:21.6 | There's simply never been a candidate or a debater like him. And how will Trump |
1:26.8 | fair against Hillary Clinton's grasp of policy? He says he doesn't do traditional debate |
1:31.9 | prep with its briefings and in-depth analysis, |
1:35.2 | sweating the small detail, as Hillary puts it. |
1:38.8 | It's something she excels at, in contrast with the Donald, who favors off-the-cuff remarks, interruptions, and almost childlike |
1:46.8 | insults. |
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