Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden will be the only candidates onstage for Sunday’s Democratic presidential debate. Matt Rourke / AP hide caption
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Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden will be the only candidates onstage for Sunday’s Democratic presidential debate.
Matt Rourke / AP
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the 13 th Democratic presidential debate, on Sunday, is set to look and sound quite different from the previous .
To prevent further transmission of the virus, the Democratic National Committee announced Thursday it will hold the debate in Washington, DC, with no live audience, instead of its original planned location of Arizona, one of four states voting on Tuesday.
The debate is being hosted at 8 p.m. ET by CNN along with CNN en Español, CNN International and Univision, and will take place at CNN studios.
The debate will be moderated by CNN’s Dana Bash and Jake Tapper and Univision’s Ilia Calderón.
They were originally to be joined by Univision’s Jorge Ramos although the network has since announced that he will not to be part of the debate following a potential secondary exposure to the coronavirus.
Which candidates will be there?
Former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders are the remaining two viable contenders for the Democratic nomination and will be the only candidates onstage Sunday night.
This comes following a series of candidates suspending their campaigns in the days before and after the Super Tuesday contests on March 3.
Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is still actively running, though she did not meet the DNC’s qualification for the debate. A candidate needs at least % of delegates awarded so far to be onstage; Gabbard has earned just two delegates out of nearly 1, (awarded so far.)
How do I watch the debate?
The debate will begin at 8 pm ET and is set to last two hours. It will be broadcast on CNN, CNN en Español, CNN International, and Univision.
It can also be streamed on CNN.com as well as the network’s mobile app and TV steaming services.
President Trump declares a national emergency in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Candidates are trying to strike a balance between sharing constructive messages with the public in a crisis and winning votes. With the path for Sanders potentially narrowing, the Vermont senator presents Biden with a potential way to win over his supporters.
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