Debate is underway
The final presidential debate has kicked off from Belmont University in Nashville marking Trump and Biden's final chance to pitch themselves to voters in primetime ahead of Nov. 3. The audience of roughly 200 people in stadium-style seating applauded as the candidates took the stage.
There was a last-minute change to remove the plexiglass partitions placed between the two candidates after Dr. Anthony Fauci weighed in and each tested negative for COVID-19. They remain socially distanced with at least 12 feet of space between them.
The first question from moderator Kristen Welker, NBC News White House correspondent, was on COVID-19 and went to the president.
Biden's mic will be muted while the president answers, and Trump's mic will follow suit when it's the former vice president's turn to weigh in.
![PHOTO: A program and a package of disinfecting wipes are set in audience seats ahead of the second presidential debate in the Curb Event Center on the campus of Belmont University, Oct. 22, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/Politics/trump-biden-debate-nashville-07-gty-jc-201022_1603408238576_hpEmbed_3x2_992.jpg)
"On behalf of the voters, I'm going to ask you to please speak one at a time. The goal is for you to hear each other and for the American people to hear every word of what you both have to say," Welker said.