Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump's ugly and acrimonious battle for the White House is barrelling toward the end, with the candidates taking the debate stage today for one final primetime showdown. For Trump, the debate is perhaps his last opportunity to turn around a race that appears to be slipping away from him. The Democratic vice presidential nominee said running mate Clinton will be cool and collected in the face of Trump's likely insults and histrionics. Meanwhile, Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence is predicting the debate will revolve around "bigger things" facing the nation, rather than controversies surrounding Clinton. No matter how persuasive Trump and Clinton are, it's already too late for either to win over millions of voters.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 19, 2016 23:48 UTC