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How To Watch The Second US Presidential Debate In Australia. US presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will return to the debate stage today and the resulting clash is expected to be nothing short of titanic.

How To Watch The Second US Presidential Debate In Australia

With the Trump camp still reeling from a leaked 2005 video in which Trump openly discusses using his fame to grope women, it’s going to be an interesting debate to say the least. Stuck at work? Here’s how to watch the debate online and for free. The debate kicks off Monday, October 10 at 12PM AEDT (that’s 11AM in Queensland, 11.30am in South Australia and 9AM in WA.) Your guide to the 2nd US presidential debate. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are in St.

Your guide to the 2nd US presidential debate

Louis, Missouri, on Monday (AEDT) for a widely anticipated second debate that comes as extraordinary upheaval in the Republican Party has upended the presidential race just a month before the election. Mr Trump's campaign reeled over the weekend after the Saturday release of a video recording that showed him speaking in vulgar and demeaning terms about women and boasting of how, because he was a celebrity, he could grope and kiss them whenever he wanted. Hillary Clinton (HillaryClinton) Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)

Lewd Donald Trump Tape Is a Breaking Point for Many in the G.O.P. Mr.

Lewd Donald Trump Tape Is a Breaking Point for Many in the G.O.P.

Pence said in a statement that he was “offended by the words and actions described by Donald Trump” in the video, and cast Mr. Trump’s second debate with Hillary Clinton, on Sunday, as an urgent moment to turn around the campaign. Video. 'I choose to stand tall': Arianne Zucker breaks silence on Trump tapes. Watch the second US presidential debate LIVE on SBS at 12pm (AEDT) or live streamed here.

'I choose to stand tall': Arianne Zucker breaks silence on Trump tapes

Arianne Zucker, the actress who was apparently the subject of Donald Trump's lewd comments, has broken her silence, saying she "stands tall" and denouncing the presidential candidate's behaviour. "I have grown to learn that the words of others cannot effect the value of my self worth or define the content of my character," the Days of Our Lives wrote on Twitter. Trump holds press conference with Bill Clinton accusers ahead of debate. Watch the second US presidential debate LIVE on SBS at 12pm (AEDT) or live streamed here.

Trump holds press conference with Bill Clinton accusers ahead of debate

Just in: Donald Trump has held a press conference with Bill Clinton accusers ahead of the debate. Four women attended the press conference, streamed live on Facebook, as Trump tries to stamp out the controversy around a leaked tape in which he made lewd remarks about forcing himself on women. "These four very courageous women have asked to be here," Trump said. US election: Key moments from second debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton - US election 2016.

By Katie Cassidy Updated Media player: "Space" to play, "M" to mute, "left" and "right" to seek.

US election: Key moments from second debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton - US election 2016

Video: Trump and Clinton face off in second debate (ABC News) Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton covered some old ground in their second presidential debate, but there were also plenty of new issues. Trump defiant ahead of US election debate. By Richard Cowan and Steve HollandAssociated Press US Republican Donald Trump remains defiant in the face of calls for him to abandon the US presidential race, while attacking prominent Republicans and saying he has "tremendous support" despite a storm over his vulgar comments about women.

Trump defiant ahead of US election debate

Hours out from his debate with Democratic US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and a month away from the November 8 election, Trump has taken to social media to try to squash speculation he could leave the race. "Tremendous support (except for some Republican leadership"). Thank you," Trump wrote on Twitter. "So many self-righteous hypocrites. US election: TV audience falls sharply for second US presidential debate - US election 2016. Updated The television audience for the second debate between White House contenders Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton fell sharply from their first record-breaking encounter, despite the drama caused by a 2005 video of Trump boasting about groping women.

US election: TV audience falls sharply for second US presidential debate - US election 2016

Nielsen data estimated that some 66.5 million Americans tuned in to the bitter 90-minute debate on Sunday across a number of networks, well below the record 84 million who watched the first face-off two weeks ago. Final figures will be released later on Monday, but will not include millions more people who watched the debate online, through social media or in bars and restaurants. 'Trump failed to show the empathy needed to win the debate' Donald Trump should have expressed more remorse if he hoped to win the second presidential debate on Sunday evening after a tape surfaced online on Friday that captured him making predatory comments about women eleven years ago, said US policy expert Dr Sarah Graham.

'Trump failed to show the empathy needed to win the debate'

“He needed to seem contrite, he needed to connect with the questioners in the Town Hall format and show a bit of empathy,” Dr Graham from the United States Studies Centre told SBS. “Instead he kind of came out with this really robust set of attacks on Hillary Clinton, on her temperament, on her integrity, on her honesty, on her record as a lawmaker and her record of representing the American people.” That, Dr Graham said, put him on the back foot in the debate against Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

The behaviour of the candidates in the first debate was immediately called into question and both candidates sought to blame the other for the acrimony. "I want us to heal our country and bring it together. Trump versus Clinton: expert delivers verdict on second presidential debate winner. Melbourne University School of Social and Political Sciences academic Dr Raymond Orr has spoken to SBS about the major talking points from the second US presidential debate from St Louis, Missouri.

Trump versus Clinton: expert delivers verdict on second presidential debate winner

He also outlined what we could see at the third, and final, debate on October 19. Who won the second presidential debate? The internet's best reactions to the second US presidential debate. 'The human version of a hug': US debate attendee Ken Bone becomes internet sensation. Ken Bone's task was simple - ask one question about energy policy during the second US presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on Monday. Whether it was his verbal delivery, bright red cardigan, or the moustache, Bone became an overnight sensation on social media, with several superlatives thrown his way.

A Facebook fan page has already attracted more than 6,000 followers, while a petition is calling on him to be given his own star on the St Louis Walk of Fame. Bone discussed his new found fame with CNN the day after the debate. "I went from, last night, having seven Twitter followers, two of which were my grandmother ... to now, I have several hundred," he said. "And I don't know why they care what I have to say, but I'm glad they're engaged in the political process. Trump claims Clinton on drugs at debate. Donald Trump's latest unsubstantiated salvo against rival Hillary Clinton charges she might have been on drugs during their last debate. He has challenged her to join him in undergoing a pre-debate drug test ahead of their third and final clash.

The unfounded claim that the Democratic nominee needed pharmaceutical help took some attention away from whether voters would believe the women who claim that Trump sexually assaulted them or instead accept the Republican's flat denials. Also overshadowed by Trump's accusation was the release on Saturday of yet more emails hacked from accounts of Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta.