Ahead of the debate: Trump and Clinton face off in N.Y.

clinton — the first of three planned debates leading up to november’s general election. both candidates are neck-and-neck in polls — and will face off at hofstra university in new york. 47 a-b-c’s lili zheng spoke to local political committees — on what to expect ahead of the ninety-minute debate. track 1 high expectations and high stakes — as presidential candidates donald trump and hillary clinton take the debate stage. monday night will be the first of three debates — with six weeks left to go until november. i’m sure he’s going to be fleshing out the policy proposals that he has proposed throughout this campaign so far, and i think that’s what voters are really going to be looking for too. just to hear a more fleshed out description track 2 matt revel is chairman of the sussex county young republicans. he’s hoping the debate will build momentum for trump as the campaign heads into november. but both clinton and trumpwill have to tackle their own challenges. mitch crane — chairman of the sussex county democratic committee — says he thinks clinton will work to present herself as trustworthy. if they come up with…well, as secretary of state she allowed all of these things to happen and didn’t save people in benghazi then maybe she has to say something like…this is not the tv show “madame secretary”. secretary of state cannot order troops track 3 as for trump — crane argues viewers need to focus not on what he says he’s going to do but rather… so mr. trump, how you are going to? i believe you want to. i believe you want to make america great again, lower taxes and take care of the middle class and do all of these great things. how are you going to do that? track 4 regardless of the what and the how — revel believes trump has the temperament and knowledge to be president. his supporters are very passionate. i think they’re going to stick with him through thick and thin, as am i, so really it’s just hearing more of what he has to say about what he has already said track 5 lili zheng, 47 a-b-c a record breaking audience is expected to watch the televised debate tonight — nielson is expecting between 80-million and 100-million viewers. the most watched debate to this point – was the sole debate between ronald reagan and jimmy carter in 1980 — when nearly 81-million viewers watched. now there are plenty of viewing parties hosted by republican and democratic