abc's stephanie ramos worked out with one particularly inspiring competitor in the nation's capital. >> reporter: it's been more than three years since derek benson has been able to walk. >> car stopped on the highway in front of me and i'm doing 60. >> reporter: that motorcycle crash almost killed him. it left him partially paralyzed from the waist down and reality he was forced to deal with. >> depression and the pain of knowing that you're going to have to live life in this new condition, it was just horrific. >> reporter: sitting in the hospital room feeling helpless, a suggestion from a friend inspired him. >> you could try wheelchair body building. >> reporter: it was founded in the u.s. in 2006. five years later, the international federation of body building officially recognized the competition. there's only 23 professionals in the u.s. benson competes as an amateur and is the only wheelchair body builder in the washington, d.c. area. >> it's tough. that's the thing with wheelchair body building, every athlete's got a condition to overcome, and in a different way. you got to

stephanie ramos abc news washington right now we are working on news live at 3-30... including lawmakers in washington demanding action after the deadly police shooting in north carolina. what they're asking for plus... officers under fire after this new video surfaces showing a teen being pepper sprayed by police in the back of a police what kind of person would misuse the topic of rape in a political campaign? joe heck, that's who. the truth is, as attorney general, catherine cortez masto led the fight against crimes like sexual assault and worked with republicans and democrats to make sure rape kits were administered for victims. but in washington, congressman joe heck voted against funding for rape kits. joe heck. lying about rape. part of the problem in washington. i'm catherine cortez masto see what changes they're demanding. plus... more outrage in maryland after new video shows officers pepper spraying a teen handcuffefd in the back seat of a patrol car. but first.. the valley is being blasted by wind right now.. and it's whipping up a lot of n

stephanie ramos, washington. >>> police have arrested a 16- year-old boy for molesting a 6- year-old at a t.j. maxx store. we're not naming the teen because he is a minor, but police are charging him with lewd and lascivious molestation. >>> cape coral police have officers are now charging 54- year-old joseph zealer with raping and killing 11-year-old robin korble and her baby- sitter in 1990. investigators say he was arrested in a separate case and a dna test matched him to that cold case. >>> a baby-sitter is now charged with killing a child. boynton beach say 26-year-old jessica slammed the baby boy's head into a wall. school, broken arm and broke -- fractured skull, broken arm and broken leg. >>> miami police say a dad is in trouble for fighting two 15- year-old girls. kevin williams picked up his daughter at a bus stop. she was involved in a fight at the time and police say williams told his daughter to keep fighting but then he helped. witnesses say he slapped and punched the other girls. he fled the scene and is now arrested a florida highway patrol trooper. david gonzalez all

stephanie ramos has more on the story. >> reporter: attacks in new york, new jersey, and minnesota bring teorcenter stage for donald trump and hilary clinton. >> it's a miss. >> reporter: this morning, he's going back to an old mantra, calling for racial profiling. >> the local police, they know who a lot of these people are, want to be accused of profiling. >> reporter: trump on fox news this morning warning of more terror attacks. >> and we're letting people in by the thousands and tens of thousands. this last week, obama said more than 100,000 people are going to come in from syria and he's letting more in. hillary clinton wants to increase what he let in. >> reporter: hillary clinton leaving new york saying terrorists are a challenge for law enforcement to address. >> and it's crucial that we between law enforcement and muslim-american communities. working closely with the allies and partnerships. and. >> clinton preaching vigilance and tolerance. >> if you see something or hear something, report it immediately. i have been very clear. we're going after the bad guys and we going to g

abc's stephanie ramos reports. hillary clinton and donald trump are out of debate mode and whipping through battleground states. sot clinton: "the next 40 days will determine the next 40 years." clinton in new hampshire.....wi th just 40 days to go till election day .....joined by some welcomed "going high when they go low" first lady michele obama... in front of a loud crowd made up of mainly young people?? pumping up clinton's qualifications for president. first lady obama: "nobody has had as much exposure to be presidency as hrc not bill, not barack - and she's a woman," even vermont sentaor bernie sanders joining the clinton support-bandwagon. urging battleground state voters to back his former primary rival. sot sanders: it is absurd, it is disgraceful for donald trump and dollars in tax breaks for the top one percent." donald trump in wisconsin last night..... still insisting he won the first presidential debate and going after clinton on ?. big banks. sot trump: "follow the money the wall street investors wh

abcs stephanie ramos is on the scene with the latest hoboken. stephanie. >> i there is so much damage done to the station here in hoboken, it's holding up ntsb investigators from getting to all of the train cars to the second data recorder that could help them, could give them the answers to what caused the crash. >> i noticed that the train was not slowing down. see i got confused. by the time i realized what happened, we hit -- ran through the platform. >> reporter: the horrific train crash happening so fast at one commuter hubs. >> and we had access, however, to the locomotives. >> reporter: they found one data recorder last night in the locomotive and are looking for a second near the front of the train. as well as cameras. it's hard to get to because part of the terminal's roof collapsed in the crash. >> and people are running every way. >> reporter: the most severely injured passengers were found in the first train car. many trapped and scrambling to get out any way they could. perkins found the woman who lost her life when she >> i try to

abc's stephanie ramos has more from the site of the debate, the candidates hillary clinton and donald trump walking out on the debate stage shaking hands and taking a fighting stance, their first general election face off turning contentious and personal quick. >> i have a feeling of this evening i'm going to be blamed for everything that's ever happened. like climate change, trade to stop and frisk. >> the argument is it's a form of racial profiling. >> no the argue is we have to take the guns away from the people. they are bad people that shouldn't have them. >> stop and frisk was found to be unconstitutional in part because it was ineffective. >> trump is continuing to blast clinton on the stamina and >> well as soon as he travels to 112 countries and negotiates a peace deal, a cease fire and release and opening of new opportunities and spends 11 # hours testifying, he can talk to me about stamina. >> this marked the first time both clinton and trump shared the same stage side by side as they try to prove to voters they're the best person to lead the country. >> i think donald just

stephanie ramos, washington. emily: a record number of heart transplants taking place at tufts medical center. better technology, partnerships, more donor registrations, and the opioid crisis leading to the milestone. 43 people have received heart transplants at tufts this year, breaking a 25-year record for new england hospitals. and about 30% of the transplanted hearts have come from people who died of an overdose. doctors say better screening techniques for diseases make it po would have been rejected. heather: so many organs are needed. it's nice to see them. emily: turning to the weather now -- cindy: bangor, maine is in the 50's. emily: oh, my gosh. 30's. in september? and the afternoons it will be a lot cooler. heather: perfect for apple picking. cindy: exactly. and we will have a lot more sunshine. the mayor mike rawlings, coming out of nashua, down toward lowell. and then -- towards ipswich,, a couple sprinkles, the first batch of showers ahead of the next line. these are associated more directly with th

abc's stephanie ramos has more from the site of the debate, hofstra university in new york. >> >> this may have been the most highest rated reality show ever. hillary clinton and donald trump disagreeing over race, jobs, terrorism and temperment. the candidates hillary clinton and donald trump walking out on and taking a fighting stance, their first general election face off turning contentious and personal quick. >> i have a feeling of this evening i'm going to be blamed for everything that's ever happened. >> why not? >> yeah, why not. >> slamming each other on issues like climate change, trade to stop and frisk. >> the argument is it's a form of racial profiling. >> no is argument we have the take the guns away from the bad >> stop and frisk was found to be unconstitutional in part because it was ineffective. >> this marked the first time both clinton and trump shared the same stage side by side as they try to prove to voters they're the best person to lead the country. >> you decided to stay home and that's okay. >> i think donald just criticized me for preparing for this debate, a

stephanie ramos reporting. both clinton and trump are set to meet with egyptian president abdel fattah el-sisi. clinton is also scheduled to meet with japanese prime minister shinzo abe today. between the two candidates is next monday. a neighborhood pleads for justice after chaos erupts at a community event in washington, d.c.. witnesses reported hearing 40 to 50 shots saturday night. according to police two men were killed.. and seven others wounded.. including a boy said to be just eight- years old. neighbors rushed the wounded to a nearby hospital with their own cars. (tiffany curry, lives in the neighborhood) "of course everybody just panicked everybody ran out all over the place kids were being trampled killed did not live in the neighborhood. they say they got into a fight with two people from the community and that's what lead to the shooting. the suspects are still on the run. police are inverviewing the family of a toddler shot and killed in tampa, florida. officials say officers responded to a 9-1-1

stephanie ramos is at hofstra new york where the debate takes place tonight. >> reporter: tens of millions of americans are expected to watch tonight's first presidential debate with hillary clinton and donald trump laying out their differences for voters in their final stretch to election day. it's showtime, hillary clinton and donald trump facing off for the first one on one debate in new york. home turf for both of them. >> they say she has been practicing for the debate. some people think she is sleeping. >> reporter: you got to be prepared for like whacky stuff that comes at you, i'm drawing on my experience in elementary school. [laughter]. >> we got a look at workers put the final touches on the stage at hoff -- hofstra university on long island. the audience is instructed not to boo or cheer. both candidates trying to approve why they should lead the nation. >> i'm excited to see what the candidates bring. i think the first debate will solidify how i'm feeling. >> reporter: how have the candidates been preception for debates clinton diving through preparation daily. >> it's importa

stephanie ramos is live at hofstra university where the debate is set to takes place tonight. >> reporter: hundreds of millions of americans are set to watch the debate as they layout their differences for voters. it's showtime, hillary clinton and donald trump facing off tonight the first debate in new york. >> they say she has been practicing for the debate. some people think they are sleeping. >> reporter: you have to be prepared for whacky stuff that comes at you, i am drawing on my experience in elementary school. [laughter]. >> reporter: we got a look as workers put the final touches on the stage. the first presidential debate will be divided into 6 segments for 90 minutes. the audience is instructed not to boo or cheer. both candidates trying to approve why they should lead the nation. >> i'm excited to see what the candidates bring. the first debate will solidify how i'm feeling. >> reporter: clinton diving into briefing materials daily. >> it's unfair for hillary to play traffic cop with trump and make sure his lies are corrected and present her vision for what she wants to do. >

stephanie ramos stand up yup! that's really hard! from the pull down rope to the rowing, lifting weights: derek benson is not letting his injury define him." (turns to derek working out - 'not going to bother you, don't mind me.) last march, benson came in second in his weight class. he says the sport not only gave him the confidence he lost after the accident, but a new sot derek benson "i mean you have to look at it as a gift that god gave me in my life to carry on to have a second chance, per say. what gifts i have left. be an example and get my life right again. for my family, for everyone who's rooting for me, praying for me, so it's just more than check of your forecast! and.. before we head to break.. a look at tonight's abc primetime lineup. (ad-lib) don't believe... don't believe... don't believe joe heck's attacks. catherine cortez masto has always served with integrity. as a federal prosecutor and attorney general... she made sex trafficking a felony crime. she worked with the bush and obama administrations to combat terro

abc's stephanie ramos shares their reactions. attacks in new york, new jersey and minnesota bring terror center stage for donald trump and hillary clinton. sot - donald trump / presidential nominee"it's a mess." this morning, donald trump is profiling. sot - donald trump / presidential nominee"our local police, they know who a lot of these people are, they are afraid to do anything about it, because they don't want to be accused of profiling." trump on fox news this morning ....warning of more terror attacks. sot - donald trump / presidential nominee"we've been letting people in by the thousands .. hillary clinton leaving new york this a challenge but law enforcement is prepared to address. sot - hillary clinton / presidential nominee"cruci al we build up front...police.. muslim community...w orking closely with allies top priority with commander in chief." clinton preaching vigilance and tolerance. sot - hillary clinton / presidential nominee"see something...resolve not fear stephanie ramos oncam close: both trump and clinton wi

stephanie ramos oncam close: both trump and the egyptian president.... this week is the united nations general assembly and clinton stephanie ramos, abc news, washington one person dead, and 2 others are recovering after 3 seperate shootings across the valley. and no arrests have been made was at grapevine springs park near hacienda and lamb when he was shot by another man. we're told a man was grazed in the chest by a bullet and was taken to sunrise hospital. the second shooting happened just minutes later near las vegas boulevard and bonanza. a man said he was shot in the leg by a stray bullet from a shooting that happened between two groups of men. he was dropped off at the hospital by someone. police his injuries are non- life threatening. a 19-year-old man was killed in a third shooting. this one happened early yesterday morning..near lake mead an investigators don't believe this shooting was random. they're are still looking for the killer this morning. back at home -- a deadly shooting -- in north las vegas. a 19-year-old man -- gunned down. now -

but as stephanie ramos explains, there is debate before the debate about the role that the moderators should fill. stephanie: hillary clinton and donald trump are both expected to lay low as they prep for one of the most highly anticipated events of the political season, presidential debate. but overnight, the trump team, together with debate prep coach rudy guiliani checking out the stage, as senior campaign advisors for both sides anticipate whats to come. >> all that we're asking is that if donald trump lies, that it's pointed out. stephanie: but will donald trump be fact-checked on the spot by the debate moderator? the clinton campaign sure does hope so, while the trump team says just let the candidates have it out. >> i really don't appreciate campaigns thinking it is the job of the media to go and be these stephanie: here's the format -- the debate will be divided into 6 segments for a total of 90 minutes. clinton will go first, with 2 minutes to respond to the question based off of broad topics. the audience is instructed not to boo or cheer. for clinton, she may be a veteran a

abc's stephanie ramos reports from washington. stephanie: donald trump and hillary clinton are trying to prove that they are the best person to fight terrorism in the u.s. trump hosting a massive rally in fort myers, florida overnight. telling the crowd why he believes the new york and new jersey bombing suspect ahmad khan rahami was not being watched more closely by authorities, telling fox -- mr. from trump: the guy over the chicken stand brought litigation a lot of litigation against different people. i'll bet you that's why he was they didn't want to get sued. stephanie: the republican nominee also blaming terror in the u.s. on liberal policies. in this morning again calling for racial profiling. mr. trump: we have to start profiling. we're looking at people and everybody's supposed to be treated equal, and well, it doesn't work that way. it is radical islamic terrorism. stephanie: his son donald trump, jr. also stirring things up jumping in which reads "if i had a bowl of skittles and i told you 3 would kill you, would you tak

stephanie ramos reports, the body-camera video was released after an attorney for the girl's family expressed outrage, accusing the officers of aggression from the get-go. stephanie: this morning, police in maryland are standing by this woman with a 15-year-old rope, handcuffed and pepper spray in a police car. police releasing this footage captured on their body cam, showing how likely the situation stephanie: officers approached the the girl after she ran her bike into a car. >> yeah, we are calling your parents. stephanie: she starts riding her bike again but an officer wraps her and places her in handcuffs. >> why? >> what ration with an investigation. >> i was confused. says she was disoriented and scared. >> put your feet in or you will be sprayed. stephanie: that is exactly what happened. she says a total of four times. the hagerstown police department insists officers only sprayed her once and say her being unquiet operative change the dynamic of the situation. >> our goal has always been, if we were to have her information parents, we clearly would have had them be there and we would

stephanie ramos, abc news, washington. sean: on a possible meth lab in lebanon. officers say they found the suspected lab inside a home at 125 renihan meadows while conducting a welfare check yesterday morning. a search warrant was conducted this morning, and officers allegedly found a large amount of crystal meth, along with prescription pills and marijuana. jamie judkins and tristdonna copp were arrested and charged with possession of a controlled drug with intent to distribute. president obama has declared this week prescription opioid and heroin epidemic awareness here in new hampshire there was a significant decrease in overdoses in august, and the rate is also down this month compared to the same time last year. but the drug crisis still persists. so far this month, amr has responded to 33 overdoses, four of them deadly. last september, the emergency service responded to 91 overdoses. overnight, it was coming down. kevin: when it rains, it pours around here. around here. we have been getting death we are looking at another dry stretch of weather. sean: we'r

abc's stephanie ramos on hofstra university on long island with more. >> reporter: hillary clinton and donald trump both expected to lay low as they prep for one of the most highly anticipated events of the political season. their very first one-on-one presidential debate. overnight trump team with debate coach rudy giuliani checking out the stage as senior advisers for both sides anticipate what's cocoa. >> all we're asking is if donald trump lies, it's pointed out. >> will donald trump be fact checked on the spot by the debate moderator. the clinton camp does hope so while the trump team says let the candidates have it out. >> i don't appreciate campaigns thinking it's the job of the media to go and be virtual fact checkers. >> reporter: here is the format, six segments for a total of 90 minutes. clinton will go first with two minutes to respond to the question based off broad topics. the audience is expected not to boo or cheer. for clinton she may be a vaet ran for this type of showdown but her team says they just don't know which trump shows up tonight. >> you've got to be for wac

stephanie ramos, abc news, hoboken, new jersey. josh: commitment 2016 coverage now. the elections are just over a month away and senator kelly ayotte and governor maggie hassan faced off for their first debate today in conway. questions centered on several issues ranging from the debt and deficit to the affordable care nuclear deal with iran. gov. hassan: i have concluded that the imperfect a deal is the best way to keep iran from having a nuclear weapon comes something that must never happen. sen. ayotte: since this agreement has been signed there has been numerous ballistic missle tests by iran. the only reason you need a ballistic missile to deliver a nuclear weapon either to your allies were to the united states. josh: polls continue to show the race in a dead heat and it's projected that roughly $100 million in outside money will be spent on this race alone. by far a record for new hampshire. this was the first of six scheduled debates between ayotte and hassan. a traffic stop in manchester led police to a case of stolen identity play last night. an officer stop

as abc's stephanie ramos reports, the focus was on the economy and recent police shootings. >> promoter don king together in the crucial state of ohio taking the trump message to church. king speaking of issues affecting the african american community using the word negro but then this. >> gasps, laughs and silence from some in the crowd at the n-word slip up. >> but once trump was finally at the podium. >> there's only one don king. >> to the african american community hispanics we're gonna make this right. after recent police shootings. >> i am a tremendous supporter of the police and law enforcement because we need that for ourselves. now, great people, you always have problems. you have somebody in there that makes a mistake, that's bad, or chokes. >> as for hillary clinton before speaking about an economy that welcomes people with disabilities she too brought up , the police shootings. >> needs to be calm -- become intolerable. >> clinton then getting back to the economy. >> i will do the same job for the same pay and benefits. >> clinton will be in debate prep mode from here on le

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stephanie ramos was there last -?night at hofstra university i new york. >>reporter:the candidates, hillary clinton and donald trump walking out on the debate stage shaking hands and taking a fighting stance. the first general election face- off turning contentious and personal quick. of this evening i will be blamed for anything that has ever happened. >> why not? >> yeah, why not? >> . >>reporter: full of >> i know you live in your own reality, that is not the facts. >> you have no plan. >>reporter:slamming each other's on issues like climate change, trade. >> it's a form of racial profiling. >> the argument is we have to take the guns away from these people that have them and that are bad people that should not have them. >> it was found to be unconstitutional, in part, because it was ineffective. >>reporter:donald trump continuing to bash clinton on hillary clinton shutting down that line of attack. >> well, as soon as he travels to 112 countries and negotiates a peace deal, a cease-fire, a release of the dissidents and opening of new opportunities and

stephanie ramos, abc news, new york. sean: you can watch the debate this evening right here on wmur. coverage from hofstra university starts at 9:00. while donald trump is getting ready for the debate, his running mate will be here in new hampshire today. republican have the issue nominee, mike pence, has a rally planned at 1:30 this afternoon. doors open at 11:30. you need a ticket for this. this is pence's second visit to the granite state since becoming trump's running mate. and hillary clinton will return to new hampshire on wednesday for the first time since the democratic national convention. she will campaign at the bernie sanders. the event will focus on student debt and college tuition. erin: a new black lives matter flag is flying over the campus after the original flag was stolen. the flag was raised late last week as a sign of solidarity and a way to speak out against racism. the flag is flying on a poll used to celebrate and support members of the university community. not everyone was happy about the flag.

stephanie ramos, abc news, new york. >> our political analysts are here are some of their conclusions about what happened last night. >> hillary clinton was a lot more aggressive. she called trump a racist repeatedly. i thought trump was a lot less aggressive, frankly, than i expected. >> this donald trump could win a primary but not a general election. the voters he needed to persuade were turned off by his performance. >> both candidates focusing on trump will be at the sportsplex thursday. if each candidate wins the states they're leading in, abc projects clinton would win with 273 electoral votes. if trump can flip new hampshire from blue to red, its four electoral votes are enough to pull him even with clinton at 269. >> the green party presidential candidate, jill stein, says that she was escorted off hofstra's night. she tweeted pictures. she was interviewing with reporters when security told her that she didn't have the right credentials to be there. libertarian candidate gary johnson watched the debate from twitter's office in manhattan. they did not meet the 15% polling thre

abc's stephanie ramos has more stephanie: authorities say there's no doubt ahmad rahami is the man who planted the powerful homemade bombs in new york and new jersey. according to police, fingerprints and forensic evidence connect rahami to the pressure cooker bomb that went off in new york, the bomb that failed to detonate blocks away, plus the bomb placed at a marine corps charity race in new jersey and a new jersey train station. the explosions didn't cause any fatalities but did injure at least 29 people. police have been digging into rahami's life, combing through journals, facebook posts, and in the official criminal complaint, officials describe two of rahami's favorite videos on youtube as jihadi anthems, including this one. ? stephanie: the fbi has also recovered a journal rahami kept with references to the late al-qaeda cleric anwar al-awlaki. rahami had it on him when authorities took him down in a gunfight. but the day rahami was charged, his father told reporters he had warned the fbi years ago that his son was linked to terrorists. >> i told them you got a connection with

abc's stephanie ramos is in washington, d.c. to learn more about his journey and this up-and-coming sport. stephanie: it's been more than three years since derek benson has been able to walk. >> this car dipped in front of me and stopped on the highway and i'm doing like 60. stephanie: that motorcycle crash almost killed him and from the waist down and wheelchair bound, a challenging reality he was forced to deal with. >> the depression and the pain knowing you'll have to live your life in this new condition is just horrific. stephanie: as he sat in his hospital room feeling helpless, a suggestion from a friend inspired him. >> you could try wheelchair body building. stephanie: wheelchair body building was founded in the u.s. in 2006. five years later the international federation of body building officially recognized the competition. there are only benson competes as an amateur and is the only wheelchair body builder in the washington, d.c. area. >> it's tough because that's the thing with wheelchair body building, every athlete

stephanie ramos in hampstead, new york. stephanie, thank you. >>> early polls do indicate most believe hillary clinton won that debate. >> but reaction was mixed across the country with many people sticking with the same candidate that they supported ahead of the debate. >> it's obvious that hillary won that debate. i think that trump was a liar and a person that divide this country. >> unfortunately, i thought she was very robotic. donald was very appealing. a man of action, real, definitely came across as a change agent. >> flat out she won. i mean, unbelievable. trump had everything to say wrong. he was so nervous, he was scripted. he wasn't as talented as he said he was. he got the facts wrong and he was in denial of everything. who watched the debate but those people already had the candidates they wanted going into it so as you saw there in stephanie's piece from the beginning trump and clinton dropped the pleasantries and came out swinging. >> just how did each candidate fare according to the analysts? more more let's

stephanie ramos joins us with more live from hoboken. stephanie, good morning. what are we learning? >> reporter: kendis and diane, good morning. here at hoboken, you can see fire crews, police. yellow tape positioned outside of the train station. there are so many questions as to why this new jersey transit train carrying hundreds of people slammed into the station hoboken terminal. we need multiple ems for multiple injuries. >> reporter: the ntsb is investigating the deadly new jersey transit train crash at one of new york city's busiest commuter hubs. >> people are running every way. >> reporter: it was mass chaos after the train barreled through the station in hoboken, new jersey, leaving debris everywhere and passengers stunned. >> are you okay? >> reporter: in these images, you can see passengers scrambling off the mangled the crash. >> we ran over. a lot of people were kicking out windows, trying to exit the train. >> reporter: many of the injured were on the platform. including 34-year-old fabiola bittar de kroon. who lost her life after being hit by fly

kendis, diane, back over to you. >> that's stephanie ramos for us live in washington. stephanie, thanks. >>> then there is the libertarian candidate gary johnson who hit another road block on his run house. during a town hall style meeting last night, msnbc's chris matthews asked johnson to name a foreign leader he respected and here's what happened. >> anywhere, any candidate, mexico, europe, asia, south america, name a foreign leader you respect. >> i'm i guess i'm having an aleppo -- >> i'm giving you the whole world. >> i know, i know. >> anybody in the world you like. anybody. >> the former president of mexico. >> his running mate eventually told him to say vicente fox. he was referring to his earlier interview on msnbc when he was asked about the syrian city devastated by civil war and went blank and responded what's aleppo. >>> a major defeat for president obama as congress overrides the first veto of his administration. both chambers overwhelmingly reversed the president's blockage of a bill to let 9/11 arabia. president obama says the measure sets a dangerous

abc's stephanie ramos has our debate preview. she joins us from the debate site. of have a university on long island. good morning to you. >> reporter: kendis and diane, are expected to watch tonight's first the presidential debate. hillary clinton and donald trump laying out their differences for voters in the final stretch to election day. it's show time. hillary clinton and donald trump, facing off for the first one-on-one debate tonight in new york. home turf for both of them. >> they say she's been practicing for the debate. some people think she's slipping. >> you've got to be prepared for like wacky stuff that comes at you. and i'm drawing on my experience in elementary school. >> reporter: we got a look as workers put the final touches on the stage at hofstra university on long island. the first presidential debate between clinton and trump will be divided into six segments for a total of 90 minutes. the audience is instructed not to boo or cheer. both candidates trying to prove why they should lead the nation. >> i'm very excited just to see what the cand

. >> so to give you a recap give you the best and latest abc's stephanie ramos has been covering the debate for us live from hofstra university on long island. good morning. >> reporter: tam and matt this morning. this may have been the highest rated reality show ever. hillary clinton and donald trump disagreeing over race, jobs, terrorism and temperament. >> donald j. trump. >> reporter: the candidates hillary clinton and donald trump walking out on the debate stage shaking hands and taking a fighting stance that first general election faceoff turning contentious and personal quick. >> i have a kneeling by the end of this evening i'm going to be blamed for everything that's ever happened. >> why not. >> why not, yeah, why not. >> reporter: it was a spirited debate full of interruptions. >> donald i know you live in your own reality but that is not the fact. >> but you have no plan. >> oh, i do. >> reporter: blaming each other on issues like climate change trade to stop and frisk. >> we are admitting it's a form of racial profiling. >> no the argument is that we have to take the guns