wikipedia · Event-specific participating-candidate table lists this person as present; absent and merely qualified candidates are excluded.
Lester HoltDebate moderator
wikipedia · Event-specific account identifies this moderator.
Kristen WelkerDebate moderator
wikipedia · Event-specific account identifies this moderator.
Hugh HewittDebate moderator
wikipedia · Event-specific account identifies this moderator.
Tom LlamasPlanned pre post debate anchor
nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com · Announced preshow from 19:00 and postshow from 22:00 Eastern, live from Miami; not a debate moderator or necessarily inside the Arsht hall.
Hallie JacksonPlanned pre post debate anchor
nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com · Announced preshow from 19:00 and postshow from 22:00 Eastern, live from Miami; not a debate moderator or necessarily inside the Arsht hall.
Craig MelvinPlanned morning reporter
nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com · Announced TODAY report on the morning of the debate, not attendance at its opening instant.
Garrett HaakePlanned debate coverage reporter
nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com · Announced Miami reporting and earlier Meet the Press NOW; not a moderator.
Dasha BurnsPlanned debate coverage reporter
nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com · Announced debate coverage in Miami and across the country; exact individual location not established.
Vaughn HillyardPlanned debate coverage reporter
nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com · Announced debate coverage in Miami and across the country; exact individual location not established.
Maura BarrettPlanned debate coverage reporter
nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com · Announced debate coverage in Miami and across the country; exact individual location not established.
Shaq BrewsterPlanned voter watch reporter
nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com · Announced coverage watching with early voters in Iowa/New Hampshire, not the Miami hall.
Emma BarnettPlanned new hampshire focus group reporter
nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com · Announced separate New Hampshire focus-group reporting; source-scoped identity, not blindly merged with a British same-name journalist.
Jillian FrankelPlanned ohio reporter
nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com · Announced Ohio election coverage on the same media programme; not debate participation.
Reviewed event-specific participating-candidate table, location, named moderator section and original broadcaster time announcement. Captures all actual debaters and moderators listed in those sections. Absent Trump and other nonparticipants have no attendance edge. Full transcript audience questioners, welcome speakers, security/production crew and all ancillary media coverage are not exhaustively reviewed.
Reviewed event-specific participating-candidate table, location, named moderator section and original broadcaster time announcement. Captures all actual debaters and moderators listed in those sections. Absent Trump and other nonparticipants have no attendance edge. Full transcript audience questioners, welcome speakers, security/production crew and all ancillary media coverage are not exhaustively reviewed.
Coverage describes the cited sections reviewed for this record.
Sources and source trail
Sources and review
Wikipedia individual event record; Individually reviewed event clock, terrestrial location and participants
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event chart
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public event
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source review cleared
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Source quality
Source quality: source quoted - minute precision
Wikipedia individual event record
Individually reviewed event clock, terrestrial location and participants
Source label: Wikipedia event review
Broadcaster/host original announcement explicitly defines the scheduled debate window; Eastern broadcast clock converted to the venue’s local zone. The debate start is separate from earlier coverage and later analysis. Published schedule only, not an inferred first spoken word.