Democratic and Republican presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump participated in the first presidential debate today at Hofstra University in Long Island, New York.

NBC News anchor Lester Holt moderated the 90- minute debate, consisting of six 15-minute intervals for the candidates to express their opinions on various topics concerning the nation.

The first segment involved discussion on jobs, unemployment rates and international trade.

Clinton emphasized her goal of creating an economy to suit all American citizens, including the middle and lower classes. She mentioned her support of equal pay for women as well as coverage for childcare costs, paid leave and college debt. She also detailed her tax reform policies, highlighting a system that assists the middle class.

Clinton attributed a cause of the Great Recession to failure in investing in the middle class through ineffectual tax policies and how a potentially better economy can only be created by implementing a fairer economy for all citizens.

Trump refuted Clinton’s claim by accusing Clinton of her ineffective efforts to decrease America’s current $20 trillion debt and to address the impacts of unemployment on the country caused by an influx of jobs leaving the United States and shifting to foreign countries. He addressed issues regarding trade deals, regulations and taxes driving business out of America.

Trump reiterated his economic plan to reduce taxes on the wealthy to provide them the resources to produce more job opportunities for the middle class. Clinton argued against his idea by mentioning the “Trump loophole” and how his proposal gives advantages to individuals like himself.

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen was accused of being too political by Trump, as the presidential nominee accused the Federal Reserve of holding down interest rates to keep the economy steady through President Obama’s term in office.

Clinton claimed that Trump’s decision to not release his tax returns to the American public was potentially caused by his fabrication and concealment of his wealth, charitability and actions. Trump then stated that, against his lawyer’s instruction, he would release any private information once Clinton made any emails from her private server available to the public.

Clinton criticized Trump’s government experience, claiming that he had gained little credibility while building his business.

The candidates then discussed America’s struggle with race relations and recent shootings.

Clinton acknowledged the violence within America as a significant challenge and explained her plan to further educate the police force, reshape criminal justice reforms and keep the gun epidemic at bay. She emphasized the need to discourage discrimination and police bias with stronger background checks and tighter training programs.

Trump responded by stating that he believes African Americans are “abused and used” through the recent crimes. Debate moderator Holt also brought up the unconstitutional ruling of Trump’s “stop and frisk” policy, to which Trump responded that guns are in possession of the wrong people and how his policy can improve safety in cities like New York City.

“When you have 3,000 shootings in Chicago from Jan. 1, and when you have 4,000 people killed in Chicago by guns from the beginning of the presidency of Barack Obama, you have to have stop and frisk, [and] you need more police,” Trump said.

Talk of Obama’s legitimacy as a U.S. citizen was then initiated by Holt, as Trump had doubted Obama’s citizenship, an issue he recently changed his stance on.

“Barack Obama is a man of great dignity, and I could tell how much it bothered him, how much it annoyed him,” Clinton said. “I like to remember what Michelle Obama said in her amazing speech at our Democratic National Convention: when they go low, we go high, and Barack Obama went high despite Trump’s best efforts to bring him down.”

The presidential candidates also discussed potential causes of cyber attacks and international threats. Clinton commented on motivations for cyber threats, discussed possible commercial causes and spoke about countries, including Russia, allegedly using these methods to “probe” America.

On a similar note, Trump discussed the threat of ISIS to the United States, to which Clinton responded by exploring the idea of having technology companies develop software to attack them online. She also explained her aim to intensify air strikes and to support America’s Arab and Kurdish allies. Clinton cited her previous experience of battling Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda to prove her understanding and background knowledge on fighting extremist groups.

The presidential nominees also discussed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), in which Trump criticized some NATO members for their lack of contribution and gave himself credit for NATO’s decision to focus on terror.

The topic of Russia and North Korea expanding their nuclear capabilities sparked discussion between the two candidates as well, as Trump claimed that China should resolve North Korea’s threats. He also accused Clinton of her poor decision-making during the Iran hostage ransom situation.

Both candidates closed the debate by stating that they would accept the outcome of the election regardless of who wins.

The next presidential debate will take place at Washington University in St. Louis on Oct. 9.