Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will meet Sunday night in St. Louis for the second presidential debate.

On Friday, both candidates took hits, though many may have missed the release of hacked emails that included some of what Clinton is supposed to have said in speeches she  gave to large financial institutions.

What received far more attention was a video where Trump is heard using vulgar language about the way he could treat women because he was a “star.”

The format of the debate Sunday could lead to interesting questions about both candidates. It is a “town hall” setting where the moderators – ABC’s Martha Raddatz and CNN’s Anderson Cooper – will ask half the questions and members of the audience will ask the other half of the questions.

The debate begins at 9 p.m. (ET) and lasts for 90 minutes without commercial interruption.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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