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Philly native Kristen Welker among moderators for Trump-Biden debates

Representatives from Fox News, C-SPAN and NBC will moderate the coming debates between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden.

Philadelphia native Kristen Welker photographed on Aug. 29, 2019. She will moderate a debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
Philadelphia native Kristen Welker photographed on Aug. 29, 2019. She will moderate a debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden.Read moreNathan Congleton/NBC
    by Zeke Miller, The Associated Press
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WASHINGTON — Representatives from Fox News, C-SPAN and NBC will moderate the coming debates between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden.

According to the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates, the moderators will be:

  1. Chris Wallace of Fox News for the debate Sept. 29 in Cleveland.

  2. Steve Scully of C-SPAN for the “town meeting” debate Oct. 15 in Miami.

  3. NBC’s Kristen Welker for the debate Oct. 22 in Nashville, Tenn. Welker, a Philadelphia native who graduated from Germantown Friends and Harvard, was a reporter and anchor at NBC10 from 2005 to 2010. She is now coanchor of Weekend Today and NBC News White House correspondent.

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The commission also announced Wednesday that USA Today’s Susan Page will moderate the vice presidential debate on Oct. 7 in Salt Lake City with Vice President Mike Pence and Democrat Kamala Harris.

Trump and Biden have said they will attend the scheduled debates, which are meant to offer voters to opportunity to see the contrast between the candidates on live television.

“I’m looking forward to debating the president and I’m going to lay out as clearly as I can my vision for the county,” Biden said.

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There was no immediate comment from the Trump campaign.

Trump's team has tried to pressure the commission to move up the debates, citing increased use of early and absentee voting because of the coronavirus.

AP writer Will Weissert contributed from Wilmington, Delaware.