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The 2016 presidential election cycle featured former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee, and businessman Donald Trump, the Republican nominee. The first debate was a 90-minute discussion broken up into six 15-minute segments that touched on a variety of topics. Moderated by Lester Holt of NBC, it took place on September 26, 2016, in Hempstead, New York,. This content is brought to you as part of a PBS NewsHour project to make all presidential and vice presidential debates available to watch online. Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6 Follow us: Facebook: http://www.pbs.org/newshour Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/newshour Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/newshour Subscribe: PBS NewsHour podcasts: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/podcasts Newsletters: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/subscribe