on the night when joe biden and donald trump were supposed to share the same stage for their second debate, the two presidential candidates held competing town halls on rival television networks at the same time. you ll see the sharp contrast between them for yourself in just a moment. for biden, the format was familiar territory, to talk policy, although sometimes he avoided straight answers. when the event was over, he stayed to talk with voters off camera, and in contrast, that with the president, president trump was much more combative, his responses to pointed questions about the pandemic, white supremacy, conspiracy theories and other issues were largely defensive and peppered with falsehoods. if voters were hoping to find out what president trump plans to do if he wins a second term, they were proud disappointed. we get more from cnn s jim acosta from miami. voters did not get a lot of straight answers from president trump in the town hall that took the place of a pr