Trump vs. Harris: How to watch the September 10 Presidential debate online
September 10 marks the first debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Harris, and you don't need a cable subscription to watch it. Here's how you can watch it on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, or Apple Vision Pro.

How to watch the Trump vs Harris presidential debate online
Election time is just around the corner, and the two hopeful candidates are taking the debate stage at 9:00 pm ET on Tuesday, September 10. The debate will be held at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. David Muir and Linsey Davis will serve as moderators.
The debate will last approximately 1.5 hours with two commercial breaks. There won't be any opening statements this time around, there is no in-studio audience, and candidates will not be permitted to ask questions of each other.
Harris and Trump will each have two minutes to answer the moderators' questions, two minutes for rebuttals, and one minute for any responses or clarifications.
If you're interested in tuning in but don't have the ability to watch via a traditional cable subscription, don't worry -- there are ways around that.
Streaming services airing the debate
A few streaming services you may already have subscriptions to are planning on running the debate as it happens. You'll need an active subscription to tune in, but if you already do, this may be the easiest route.
Disney+ and Hulu will stream the debate via their respective streaming services. If you have a subscription to these services, you can watch from your favorite device.
Apps streaming the debates for free
If you don't have a subscription to one of the streaming services showing the debate, don't fret -- you can still watch them on your favorite devices via a few different apps. Not only does this give you the option to watch on your iPhone or iPad, it also allows you to watch on your Apple TV and even your Apple Vision Pro.
Pluto TV, available on many devices, will show feeds from ABC News Live, CBS News 24/7, and NBC News Now. Similarly, the Tubi app will show feeds from ABC News Live, NBC News Now, and Fox's LiveNow. Both Tubi and Pluto TV have Apple Vision Pro integration.
The NBC News App will also be streaming the debate, and can be installed on your iPad, iPhone, or Apple TV.
Websites streaming the debates for free
If you're planning on watching on your Mac, you might want to skip getting a specific app and just head to one of the many websites streaming the debate.
NBCNews.com will be streaming the debate on its live feed, which you can access here. They'll also be showing it on its YouTube, including a countdown to the debate that starts at 4:00 pm ET.
PBS will also live-stream the debate from the PBS News YouTube channel. Like NBC, PBS plans to have a couple of pre-shows before the debates start.
Viewers in the United Kingdom can tune into Sky News' YouTube channel, and should expect to tune in at 2:00 am BST.
Additionally, you can head to the social media pages of NBC, ABC, CBS, and many others on Facebook, TikTok, or X, where they will likely stream the debates.
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In a similar line of thinking I was wondering why we even bother with debates anymore. Previously debates were how people got to know the candidates and their polices. They were aired nationally on broadcast television because that was the most accessible medium. With the rise of the internet candidates can easily take their message to voters directly. There is obviously still room for analysis of proposals to see if they can achieve their intent but two people on stage saying "My idea is better" has seems to have lost it's relevance.
You clearly haven't watched a single source that shows Trump talking actual points to think like that. You are being manipulated.
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Yep. Very coherent and put together plan. You're clearly not watching the right TV channel if you can't make sense of this record high IQ. He's just playing 4D chess. Let's ask Leon Mursk what he thinks.
I'm a lifelong New Yorker. We've known about this punk for decades. His racism, misogyny and scamming precedes his slithering into the White House in 2016. His appeal to racists and fellow grifters has been known for decades. You can lap up his BS word salad all you want. Again, there is a clear choice that doesn't need a debate performance. He won't directly answer questions, he won't stop trying to talk over others and he won't be coherent at all. All his nonsensical ramblings amount to a whole lot of nothing. I'll spend time checking off shows on my Apple TV+ & Netflix queues.
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Trump is a felon. He instigated a coup. He lies so much he can't tell the truth anymore. He's nastier than a middle-schooler. Those markers are important to me. Of course, if you did what Trump said and ingested bleach during COVID, you're unfortunately not around to vote for him again. Oh, and his partial wall has lots of holes and WE paid for it.