Tonight’s debate will likely be filled with vitriol between the candidates. This year feels unique because national security is such a hot topic for voters.

Tonight is going to be a spectacle, for sure.

But now more than ever, foreign policy is a part of the conversation. When George H.W. Bush ran years ago in 1992, a top issue was family values. So much as changed since then when it comes to the electorate. They discussed the Waco shootings. What they didn’t ask was, are we safe, is someone going to come and kill us? Isn’t that a strange question to be asked during a job interview? Because that might be what part of this debate is going to be about.

The Commission on Presidential Debates released the following statement:

Lester Holt, the moderator of the first 2016 presidential debate, has selected the topics for that debate.

Subject to possible changes because of news developments, the topics for the September 26 debate are as follows, not necessarily to be brought up in this order:

America’s Direction
Achieving Prosperity
Securing America

The debate will be held on Monday, September 26 at Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY. The format calls for six 15-minute time segments. Two 15-minute segments will focus on each of the topics listed above.