WASHINGTON, D.C.: The lengthy US presidential campaign is careening towards a 90-minute showdown Monday (Tuesday in Manila), with Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump squaring off in their first televised debate as they sit nearly neck and neck in the polls.

The event, which is expected to be watched — and parsed — by tens of millions of Americans, could draw a record number of viewers when it kicks off at 9 p.m. (9 a.m. Tuesday, Manila time).

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