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HIGHLIGHTS: Trump, Biden hold competing town hall meetings

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HIGHLIGHTS: Trump, Biden hold competing town hall meetings

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

US President Donald Trump and his challenger Joe Biden are competing for airtime in separate town hall events happening simultaneously at 8 am on Friday, October 16, Manila time.

Trump’s town hall airs during primetime on NBC, while Biden’s airs on ABC. Both town halls replace an earlier scheduled presidential debate that was scrapped following Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis.

Bookmark and refresh this page for blow-by-blow updates, context, and analyses on the US presidential candidates’ town hall meetings.

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