.Getty ImagesDonald Trump and also Kamala Harris went head to head in their first televised dispute in the US election campaign.In 90 moments of typically fiery substitutions, the Republican politician as well as Democratic governmental applicants traded cases over key political election concerns including the economy, migration and also abortion.BBC Verify has actually been taking a look at them.Are migrants in Ohio consuming pets?CLAIM: Trump: "In Springfield, they are actually [immigrants] consuming the pet dogs, individuals that can be found in, they're eating the felines, they're eating the animals of individuals that stay there". DECISION: There is actually no documentation that this is actually happening. Trump's opinion followed a baseless insurance claim - which was discussed through his vice-presidential candidate JD Vance - that migrants from Haiti that have actually just recently resolved in Springfield, Ohio, have actually been consuming pets.Springfield area officials said to BBC Verify: "There have been no reliable reports or even specific claims of pets being actually harmed, harmed or even abused by individuals within the immigrant community." You can learn more here.Was Trump-era out of work the most awful considering that 1930s? CLAIM: Harris: "Donald Trump left our team the worst joblessness due to the fact that the Great Depression". DECISION: This is untrue. At the end of Trump's phrase of office in January 2021, the joblessness cost was actually 6.4%. But it has actually been actually greater due to the fact that the Great Depression.In October 2009, joblessness reached the top at 10% within of deeper economical financial crisis. It has fallen progressively considering that, besides a stinging peak during the Covid pandemic, as well as in the absolute most current records for August 2024, unemployment stood at 4.2%. Are actually millions of individuals coming into the US from penitentiaries and asylums?CLAIM: Trump: "Our company have numerous folks pouring in to our nation from prisons and also prisons, from mental establishments and also outrageous asylums". JUDGMENT: There is actually no evidence for these type of numbers.There have been about 10 thousand confrontations with travelers crossing over the United States border since January 2021. There are no openly available plan how many of all of them have offered time in prison or come from mental establishments yet there is actually some records on the amount of have previous unlawful convictions.Of the 1.4 million apprehensions of folks going across the perimeter unlawfully up until now this fiscal year (to September 2024) - as well as where the Perimeter Patrol had the ability to examine versus law enforcement databases - concerning 14,700 people had previous illegal convictions.That's equal to roughly 1% of all boundary knowledge in this particular time frame and also does not amount to the "millions" Trump is claiming.Will Trump sign a national abortion ban?CLAIM: Harris: "If Donald Trump were actually to become re-elected, he is going to sign a nationwide abortion restriction". DECISION: This is misleading. Trump has actually rejected that he would certainly authorize a national restriction if selected head of state. He has claimed that he would leave behind limits on abortion get access to as much as personal states to decide.Here, Harris additionally discussed "his Job 2025" - a recommendation to a documentation published due to the conservative Ancestry Foundation describing a list of policy proposals that they strongly believe a Trump presidency must implement.It doesn't recommend a nationwide ban either, but it does advise restricting abortion access.Trump has actually outdoed himself coming from the file, saying: "I understand nothing regarding Project 2025. I possess no suggestion who lags it." Several past Trump administration authorities are related to Job 2025. Was actually rising cost of living under Biden worst in US history?CLAIM: Trump: "The worst inflation our experts have actually ever had" [was actually under Biden] DECISION: This is actually untrue. Under Head of state Biden, rising cost of living topped at 9.1% in June 2022, each time when prices were increasing greatly in lots of nations. Inflation was actually final over 9% in 1981, but it has actually been considerably more than that at numerous other points in US history.Since its own top in mid-2022, rising cost of living has lost to 3.3%, for the year to May 2024. However rates are still climbing and also it is actually a crucial problem for a lot of voters.Would Trump tariffs cost family members $4,000? CASE: Harris: "Economists have said that that Trump purchases tax will really result for middle lesson families in approximately $4,000 additional a year". VERDICT: Harris calls Trump's proposed tax obligation on imports a purchases income tax. Some financial experts have approximated that these tariffs could possibly set you back loved ones this a lot. Others have reduced price quotes. Trump asserts the expense would certainly be actually believed by international nations yet economic experts feel there will be actually a financial price for United States importers as well as individuals. The $4,000 body comes from study - due to the left-of-centre think tank the Center for American Development - of Trump's guarantee to boost tariffs on all imported products to 10-20% plus all products imported coming from China to 60%. They took the quantity the United States buys in items coming from abroad each year, identified the amount of the brand new income taxes on these products would be actually as well as split this due to the amount of homes in the US.It works out at $4,600 per home, but when you examine "center income" loved ones you get a number of $3,900 a year.Other estimations are lower. The Peterson Institute thinks the impact will be closer to $1,700 a year (for tolls at 10%) or $2,500 (at 20%). Is criminal activity down in Venezuela given that it is actually delivering thugs to the US?CLAIM: Trump: "Criminal Activity in Venezuela ... is actually way down considering that they have actually taken their lawbreakers off the streets and also given them to her [Harris] to embed our nation". VERDICT: There is actually no evidence that Venezuela is actually performing this. Criminal offense levels are actually down however specialists claim this is actually due to the state of the economic situation. The Venezuelan government does not release dependable crime figures, yet the independent Venezuelan Observatory of Violence does.The Observatory's 2023 annual report said that violent fatalities that year - including murders - were actually down through a fourth contrasted to 2022. The Observatory told BBC Verify: "Criminal offense is actually lowered in Venezuela by a reduction in criminal offense options: banking company burglaries fade away since there is actually no money to swipe kidnappings are actually minimized since there is actually no money to pay for ransom money." It stated it had found no documentation that the Venezuelan government was sending out wrongdoers to the US.Reporting through Lucy Gilder, Merlyn Thomas, Daniele Palumbo, Gerry Georgieva & Kayleen Devlin.