Hofstra pushes front-line learning with presidential debate

Monday night's verbal smackdown between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton is a hot ticket on the campus of Hofstra University. About 7,500 students, or more than two-thirds of the student body, entered the lottery for only a few hundred tickets to witness the cycle's first presidential debate, being held Monday night in a campus basketball arena.

Around the remote: Chuck Barney’s picks for Sept. 25-Oct. 1

DON'T MISS: The presidential debate - They've been throwing long-distance verbal jabs at one another for months. On Monday the candidates - Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump - finally come face to face on the same stage at New York's Hofstra University in the first of three scheduled debates.

Clinton, Trump look to overcome weaknesses on debate stage

A technician examines the lighting grid as preparations continue for Monday's first debate presidential between Democratic Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. less A technician examines the lighting grid as preparations continue for Monday's first debate presidential between Democratic Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump, Saturday, Sept.

TV this week: Clinton, Trump square off in first debate

DON'T MISS: The Presidential Debate - They've been throwing long-distance verbal jabs at one another for months. On Monday the candidates - Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump - finally come face-to-face on the same stage at New York's Hofstra University in the first of three scheduled debates.

The debate might be the nominees’ last big chance to sway voters….

Ask Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump how they are preparing for the debate Monday that could upend the presidential race , and they might just change the subject. Their aides, of course, are handing them briefing books detailing where the cameras will be placed and what the price of milk is.

Where to watch the first Clinton-Trump presidential debate on TV and the internet

The first presidential debate between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton will be held Monday, September 26, 2016, at Hofstra University in New York. The debate is slated to run from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Pacific time .