Presidential Debate 2012 - Schedule, Live Streaming: What You Need to Know About the Oct. 16 Debate

President Barack Obama and GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney will meet on Tuesday, Oct. 16 at 9 p.m. EDT for the second of three debates leading up to the Nov. 6 general elections.

Live Online Streaming

YouTube will stream the debates live and in full on the YouTube Elections Hub. YouTube will partner with ABC News, who will be live streaming all four debates on the ABC News YouTube channel.

Debate Format

The town hall-style debate will focus on both domestic and foreign policy issues, with both candidates taking questions from the audience of undecided voters selected by the Gallup Organization.

According to the Commission on Presidential Debates, Obama and Romney will each have two minutes to respond, and an additional minute for the moderator to facilitate a discussion.

Location and Moderator

The debate will be held at New York's Hofstra University and moderated by CNN's Chief Political Correspondent Candy Crowley.

Debate Preview

Obama is expected to be more aggressive following his lackluster performance at the the first debate in Denver.

"He knew when he walked off that stage (of the first debate), and he also knew as he watched the tape of that debate, that he has to be more energetic," Robert Gibbs, an Obama campaign adviser and former White House press secretary, said on CNN's "State of the Union."

Sen. Rob Portman, who is playing Obama in Romney's debate rehearsals, said he thinks Obama is going to come out swinging.

"He's going to compensate for a poor first debate," Portman said on ABC's "This Week." " And I think that will be consistent with what they've been doing this whole campaign, which is running a highly negative ad campaign. They've spent hundreds of millions around the country, including a lot in Ohio, mischaracterizing Gov. Romney's positions and misrepresenting him. I think you'll see that again on Tuesday night."

YouTube's stream will feature commentary and analysis from its eight YouTube Election Hub partners -- ABC News, Al Jazeera English, BuzzFeed, Larry King, New York Times, Phil DeFranco, Univision and the Wall Street Journal. The partners will be independently providing their own live and on-demand coverage of the debates before, during and after. Univision will offer a live version of the debates translated into Spanish.

After each debate, YouTube will have the full debate, as well as highlight clips, available to watch soon at youtube.com/politics.