LIVE: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump face off in first presidential debate

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will face off on Monday in the first of three presidential debates before election day on November 8.

Despite featuring two of the least liked candidates in modern history, the 90-minute debate is expected to draw in a record number of viewers across multiple networks, including NBC, CNN, and Fox. 

Monday night's showdown, moderated by NBC's Lester Holt from Hofstra University in Long Island, will be divided into six 15-minute segments. Its topics are "America's Direction" (the state of the union), "Achieving Prosperity" (the economy), and "Securing America" (national security and foreign policy).

The debate will be live-blogged and updated in real time below. A livestream of the debate can also be viewed below.