.Getty ImagesDonald Trump and also Kamala Harris went head to head in their first televised discussion in the US political election campaign.In 90 mins of frequently intense swaps, the Republican politician and Democratic presidential prospects traded cases over essential election issues featuring the economic climate, migration and also abortion.BBC Verify has been examining them.Are travelers in Ohio consuming pets?CLAIM: Trump: "In Springfield, they're [immigrants] consuming the dogs, the people that was available in, they are actually eating the kitties, they're consuming the pets of individuals that reside there". VERDICT: There is actually no proof that this is actually taking place. Trump's review followed an ungrounded insurance claim - which was actually shared through his vice-presidential prospect JD Vance - that migrants from Haiti that have recently resolved in Springfield, Ohio, have actually been actually eating pets.Springfield area authorities said to BBC Verify: "There have actually been no reliable files or specific cases of pets being actually harmed, harmed or abused by individuals within the immigrant community." You can learn more here.Was Trump-era unemployed the most awful due to the fact that 1930s? CLAIM: Harris: "Donald Trump left our company awful lack of employment given that the Great Hard times". DECISION: This is actually inaccurate. By the end of Trump's phrase of office in January 2021, the lack of employment fee was actually 6.4%. However it has actually been actually higher given that the Great Depression.In Oct 2009, joblessness came to a head at 10% in a period of deep economical downturn. It has actually dropped continuously given that, in addition to a stinging top throughout the Covid pandemic, as well as in the most current records for August 2024, unemployment stood at 4.2%. Are actually numerous folks coming into the US from prisons and also asylums?CLAIM: Trump: "Our team have numerous people putting right into our country coming from penitentiaries and prisons, from psychological institutions as well as crazy asylums". DECISION: There is actually no evidence for these sort of numbers.There have been about 10 thousand confrontations with migrants transition the US border due to the fact that January 2021. There are actually no publicly readily available plan the amount of of them have actually served attend jail or even originate from psychological companies yet there is actually some data on the number of have previous criminal convictions.Of the 1.4 million perspicacities of people crossing the boundary illegitimately up until now this fiscal year (to September 2024) - and where the Border Patrol had the capacity to inspect versus law enforcement databases - regarding 14,700 folks possessed previous criminal convictions.That's comparable to roughly 1% of all perimeter savvies in this particular duration and also does not amount to the "millions" Trump is actually claiming.Will Trump sign a nationwide abortion ban?CLAIM: Harris: "If Donald Trump were actually to be re-elected, he will definitely authorize a national abortion restriction". DECISION: This is actually deceiving. Trump has actually rejected that he will authorize a nationwide restriction if chosen head of state. He has said that he would leave behind limitations on abortion access around private states to decide.Here, Harris additionally referred to "his Job 2025" - a recommendation to a record published due to the conservative Ancestry Foundation outlining a checklist of plan propositions that they feel a Trump presidency should implement.It does not propose a national ban either, yet it performs encourage confining abortion access.Trump has actually distanced himself coming from the paper, pointing out: "I recognize absolutely nothing about Venture 2025. I possess no suggestion that is behind it." Several former Trump management authorities are actually related to Job 2025. Was rising cost of living under Biden worst in US history?CLAIM: Trump: "The worst rising cost of living our experts have actually ever before possessed" [was actually under Biden] VERDICT: This is actually untrue. Under President Biden, inflation topped at 9.1% in June 2022, each time when prices were climbing sharply in lots of nations. Rising cost of living was final above 9% in 1981, yet it has actually been significantly higher than that at numerous other points in United States history.Since its own height in mid-2022, rising cost of living has actually fallen to 3.3%, for the year to May 2024. Yet prices are actually still increasing and it is an essential issue for many voters.Would Trump tariffs cost households $4,000? INSURANCE CLAIM: Harris: "Business analysts have actually mentioned that that Trump sales tax obligation would actually lead for center lesson family members in around $4,000 additional a year". JUDGMENT: Harris calls Trump's proposed tax obligation on bring ins a purchases tax. Some financial experts have estimated that these tariffs could set you back families this a lot. Others possess lower price quotes. Trump urges the price will be thought through foreign nations but financial experts believe there would be a financial expense for United States importers and buyers. The $4,000 number arises from study - by the left-of-centre brain trust the Center for American Progress - of Trump's promise to increase tolls on all imported items to 10-20% and all items imported from China to 60%. They took the quantity the United States gets in items coming from abroad yearly, figured out how much the brand new tax obligations on these goods would be actually as well as divided this by the variety of houses in the US.It works out at $4,600 every family, however when you check out "middle income" households you receive a figure of $3,900 a year.Other estimations are actually lesser. The Peterson Institute thinks the influence would certainly be actually closer to $1,700 a year (for tolls at 10%) or even $2,500 (at 20%). Is criminal offense down in Venezuela given that it is actually sending wrongdoers to the US?CLAIM: Trump: "Unlawful Act in Venezuela ... is way down since they have taken their lawbreakers off the roads and also provided to her [Harris] to embed our country". JUDGMENT: There is actually no documentation that Venezuela is doing this. Criminal offense degrees are down yet professionals mention this is actually as a result of the condition of the economy. The Venezuelan government does not post trusted criminal offense amounts, but the private Venezuelan Observatory of Brutality does.The Observatory's 2023 yearly report pointed out that intense fatalities that year - including homicides - were actually down by a quarter contrasted to 2022. The Observatory informed BBC Verify: "Criminal offense is actually lowered in Venezuela through a decrease in criminal activity chances: financial institution break-ins vanish since there is actually no money to take kidnappings are lowered considering that there is actually no cash to pay out ransoms." It said it had found no proof that the Venezuelan authorities was actually sending lawbreakers to the US.Reporting through Lucy Gilder, Merlyn Thomas, Daniele Palumbo, Gerry Georgieva & Kayleen Devlin.