Today In 2016: What You Need To Know About Tonight's Presidential Debate
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Welcome to Today In 2016, your daily digest of all things election. Today: Get ready for more Clinton emails, the candidates meet with Benjamin Netanyahu and Jill Stein gets kicked off the Hofstra campus.

Debate Night

It's debate night! 

The first presidential debate of the year, moderated by Lester Holt at Hofstra University, starts at 9 pm EDT.

Visit Digg.com for coverage starting at 7 pm EDT, where you can watch live, keep up with highlights and analysis and chat with other Digg users.

You can also watch the debate through a smattering of other sources including YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and all the major television networks.

Today's Headlines

Donald Trump Used Tax-Exempt Charity To Hold $2.3 Million In Personal Income [The Washington Post]

Despite Trump Threat Via Tweet, Alleged Bill Clinton Mistress Gennifer Flowers Will Not Be At Tonight's Debate [ABC News]

Hillary Clinton And Donald Trump Meet With Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu [NBC News]

Bloomberg TV Will Factcheck The Debates Live On-Air [Media Matters]

Vice Journalist And Court Near Deal To Accelerate Release Of More Clinton Emails [Politico]

Jill Stein Escorted Off Hofstra Campus After First Attempt To Crash Debate [Long Island Press]

The Long And Short Takes

A Week Fact-Checking Hillary Clinton And Donald Trump

Reporters and editors have become used to fact-checking both American presidential candidates this year, each with their own unique set of issues that they like to lie about. But after analyzing a week worth of tweets and speeches from both candidates, Politico comes to the conclusion that Donald Trump's lying habit seems to be of a different scale. Find Hillary's Fact-check here.

[Politico]


Why Donald Trump Has More To Gain From Tonight's Debate

In the history of presidential debates (only dating back 10 elections), the non-incumbent candidate (Donald Trump this year) has tended to gain the most in the polls after the first debate — granted, not by that much. Will this year's unusual election produce the same results?

[FiveThirtyEight]

Hot Air

Eric Trump Tells A Lie So Big That Even Fox News Is Laughing

On Friday's edition of Fox News' "Outnumbered", Eric Trump talked with hosts about how the candidates relate to millennials. Trump argued that while Hillary Clinton's focus on policy was foreign to youngsters, his father was relatable because he'd "gone from just about nothing." The panel of hosts protested, citing Trump's direct business affiliation with his father's $200 million real estate company. Trump went on to compare his father to Mark Zuckerberg. Trump didn't say what his father created — maybe predatory business practices? 

 

Poll Positions

Latest Polling Average

Clinton: 43.1%; Trump: 41.5%; Johnson: 7.4%; Stein 2.4% [Real Clear Politics]

Latest Odds

Clinton: 54%; Trump: 46% [FiveThirtyEight]

Clinton: 69%; Trump: 31% [New York Times]

Clinton: 79%; Trump: 21% [Princeton Election Consortium]


See you all tonight! Please bring beer and pizza.


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<p>Benjamin Goggin is the News Editor at Digg.&nbsp;</p>

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