Third debate: Watching remotely easier than getting a ticket for GOP debate in Miami on Nov. 8

Watching remotely will be easier than getting a ticket for the Republican presidential debate in Miami tonight.

The third and likely final encounter of GOP White House hopefuls at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts will be broadcast nationally by the NBC network.

The two-hour debate begins at 8 p.m. EST. There will be fewer candidates on stage than at the previous two debates, in Wisconsin and California. Along with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley will be entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott.

Former President Donald Trump, who leads in the polls by wide margins, will not be there. He will be holding a rally about 11 miles away in Hialeah.

Third GOP debate in Miami moderated by NBC's Lester Holt, Kristen Welker, Hugh Hewitt

The debate, hosted by the Republican National Committee, will be moderated by "NBC Nightly News" anchor Lester Holt, "Meet the Press" moderator Kristen Welker, and radio host Hugh Hewitt. It also will be live-streamed by the online site Rumble.

The platform drew scorn from the gender tolerance advocacy group UltraViolet, which accused Rumble "of extremist rhetoric and content that promotes misogyny, antisemitism, and racism." The group called on NBC to cancel the program.

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Controversy aside, your best bet to take in the debate is on NBC, Salem Radio or Rumble. Tickets are not sold to the public, but rather distributed to RNC officials, the participating candidates, VIPs like GOP donors, campaign surrogates and others.

The Adrienne Arsht Center seats just under 3,000 people.

You can also follow coverage up to, during and after at palmbeachpost.com.

NBC sends complete team to Miami to cover debate

The network said it has embedded more than 15 news anchors, correspondents, reporters and others on the ground in Miami to cover the debate and connected happenings. They include Holt, Welker, NBC News NOW Anchor and Senior National Correspondent Tom Llamas, NBC News NOW Anchor and Senior Washington Correspondent Hallie Jackson, TODAY News Anchor Craig Melvin, NBC News Senior Capitol Hill Correspondent Garrett Haake, and NBC News Correspondents Dasha Burns, Vaughn Hillyard and Maura Barrett.

Beginning at 7 p.m. tonight, Llamas and Hallie will anchor a pre-debate special on NBC News NOW live from Miami. Following the debate, Llamas and Jackson will anchor post-debate special coverage and analysis from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET on NBC and NBC News NOW live from Miami.

Antonio Fins is a politics and business editor at The Palm Beach Post, part of the USA TODAY Florida Network. You can reach him at afins@pbpost.com. Help support our journalism. Subscribe today.

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