--- description: A live stream will be available on TIME.com title: How to Watch Tonight's Democratic Debate image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt004447849a20e337/69887930bc6cfc43a13db402/decemeber-2015-democratic-debate-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # How to Watch Tonight's Democratic Debate ## Video: The Third Democratic Debate, In Under Two Minutes [Watch (HLS stream): The Third Democratic Debate, In Under Two Minutes](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/lTPNqlFm.m3u8) (1:54)  _Published 2015-12-20. Here are the highlights from the final Democratic debate of 2015._ by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 17, 2016 2:00 PM CUT  Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders at the Democratic Presidential debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, NH on Dec. 19, 2015. Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders at the Democratic Presidential debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, NH on Dec. 19, 2015.Ida Mae Astute—ABC/Getty Images by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 17, 2016 2:00 PM CUT Democratic presidential candidates will square off this Sunday for their fourth debate—and it will be streamed online for free. NBC and the Congressional Black Caucus will host the event in Charleston, South Carolina. TIME [will have a live stream available on the web](http://ti.me/1ZxPsJQ "undefined"), starting at 8pm Eastern. Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley will once again stake their claim for the Democratic presidential nomination. O’Malley [almost didn’t qualify](http://time.com/4172949/martin-omalley-democratic-debate-poll/ "undefined") for the debate, while Sanders and Clinton are [embattled in a divided contest](http://time.com/4181307/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-ad/ "undefined") for the [early primary states of Iowa and New Hampshire.](http://time.com/4178322/hillary-clinton-poll-national/ "undefined") NBC’s Lester Holt will moderate the event, which will take place at the Gaillard Center—not far from the site of the mass shooting at Emmanuel African Methodist Church. The debate starts at 9pm Eastern on NBC and can be [streamed here.](http://ti.me/1ZxPsJQ "undefined") Recap moments from the last debates above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4183003/democratic-debate-2016-watch-live-stream-online/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4183003/democratic-debate-2016-watch-live-stream-online/"},"headline":"How to Watch Tonight's Democratic Debate","datePublished":"2016-01-17T14:00:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:11:14.287Z","description":"A live stream will be available on TIME.com","url":"https://time.com/4183003/democratic-debate-2016-watch-live-stream-online/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","Debates"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt004447849a20e337/69887930bc6cfc43a13db402/decemeber-2015-democratic-debate-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt004447849a20e337/69887930bc6cfc43a13db402/decemeber-2015-democratic-debate-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"ABC News - 2015","caption":"Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders at the Democratic Presidential debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, NH on Dec. 19, 2015.","creditText":"Ida Mae Astute—ABC/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4183003/democratic-debate-2016-watch-live-stream-online/","name":"How to Watch Tonight's Democratic Debate"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Third Democratic Debate, In Under Two Minutes","description":"Here are the highlights from the final Democratic debate of 2015.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/lTPNqlFm/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-12-20T05:14:20.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/lTPNqlFm.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4183003/democratic-debate-2016-watch-live-stream-online/","duration":"PT1M54S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4183003/democratic-debate-2016-watch-live-stream-online/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```