 in watching the debate, and there's a new poll from the AP that seems to back up that premise. Most U.S. adults, it says here, plan to watch in some element Thursday's presidential debate coming up tonight at 7. And the majority of people also think it's a very important debate tonight for both the president and the former president. Donald Trump's 6 in 10 U.S. adults say they are, quote, "...extremely or very likely to watch the debate live."