.Getty ImagesDonald Trump and also Kamala Harris went head to head in their 1st televised discussion in the US vote-casting campaign.In 90 mins of usually intense exchanges, the Republican politician and also Autonomous presidential candidates traded insurance claims over vital political election problems featuring the economic situation, migration as well as abortion.BBC Verify has been reviewing them.Are evacuees in Ohio consuming pets?CLAIM: Trump: "In Springfield, they are actually [immigrants] eating the pet dogs, the people that came in, they're eating the pussy-cats, they are actually eating the pet dogs of folks that reside there". DECISION: There is no proof that this is taking place. Trump's opinion complied with an unsupported case - which was actually discussed through his vice-presidential applicant JD Vance - that migrants coming from Haiti who have recently resolved in Springfield, Ohio, have been actually eating pets.Springfield metropolitan area representatives said to BBC Verify: "There have been no qualified reports or even details insurance claims of pet dogs being actually harmed, injured or hurt or misused through people within the immigrant community." You can find out more here.Was Trump-era jobless awful considering that 1930s? CLAIM: Harris: "Donald Trump left us the worst joblessness considering that the Great Depression". JUDGMENT: This is untrue. By the end of Trump's condition of office in January 2021, the joblessness price was 6.4%. Yet it has been much higher given that the Great Depression.In October 2009, lack of employment topped at 10% within of deeper financial downturn. It has actually dropped gradually due to the fact that, in addition to a stinging optimal during the Covid pandemic, and also in the best latest information for August 2024, unemployment stood up at 4.2%. Are actually numerous people entering into the US coming from jails as well as asylums?CLAIM: Trump: "Our experts possess millions of folks pouring into our country from jails and also prisons, from psychological establishments as well as insane asylums". JUDGMENT: There is no proof for these sort of numbers.There have actually concerned 10 million rendezvous with travelers transition the United States border considering that January 2021. There are actually no openly accessible plan the amount of of all of them have actually offered time in jail or even stem from mental institutions however there is actually some records on how many have previous illegal convictions.Of the 1.4 thousand perspicacities of folks going across the boundary unlawfully so far this fiscal year (to September 2024) - and where the Border Watch was able to examine versus police data banks - about 14,700 individuals possessed previous unlawful convictions.That's comparable to roughly 1% of all perimeter ideas in this particular time period as well as does not amount to the "thousands" Trump is claiming.Will Trump authorize a national abortion ban?CLAIM: Harris: "If Donald Trump were to become re-elected, he will definitely sign a national abortion ban". JUDGMENT: This is deceptive. Trump has refuted that he would certainly sign a nationwide ban if elected president. He possesses pointed out that he would leave limits on abortion gain access to around individual states to decide.Here, Harris also referred to "his Venture 2025" - a recommendation to a file released by the conservative Ancestry Groundwork laying out a list of plan proposals that they think a Trump presidency need to implement.It does not recommend a nationwide restriction either, however it does recommend restricting abortion access.Trump has actually distanced himself from the documentation, claiming: "I know absolutely nothing about Task 2025. I possess no tip who lags it." Lots of past Trump administration authorities are associated with Project 2025. Was actually rising cost of living under Biden worst in US history?CLAIM: Trump: "Awful inflation we've ever before possessed" [was actually under Biden] JUDGMENT: This is actually false. Under Head of state Biden, rising cost of living reached the top at 9.1% in June 2022, each time when costs were actually increasing greatly in several nations. Inflation was last over 9% in 1981, but it has actually been actually substantially greater than that at numerous other factors in US history.Since its own peak in mid-2022, inflation has lost to 3.3%, for the year to May 2024. However rates are actually still increasing and it is actually a crucial problem for several voters.Would Trump tariffs set you back families $4,000? CLAIM: Harris: "Economists have actually mentioned that that Trump sales tax will in fact lead for mid training class family members in approximately $4,000 even more a year". JUDGMENT: Harris names Trump's proposed income tax on imports a purchases tax. Some financial experts have actually approximated that these tolls could set you back households this a lot. Others have reduced estimates. Trump urges the cost would be actually felt by international nations however business analysts think there would certainly be actually an economic expense for US foreign buyers as well as customers. The $4,000 number stems from review - due to the left-of-centre think tank the Centre for American Development - of Trump's vow to boost tariffs on all imported goods to 10-20% plus all products imported coming from China to 60%. They took the quantity the United States purchases in goods from abroad every year, determined just how much the brand-new taxes on these items would be as well as divided this by the variety of homes in the US.It works out at $4,600 per house, however when you consider "middle revenue" families you acquire a figure of $3,900 a year.Other price quotes are lower. The Peterson Institute believes the impact will be actually closer to $1,700 a year (for tolls at 10%) or even $2,500 (at 20%). Is actually criminal activity down in Venezuela considering that it is actually sending wrongdoers to the US?CLAIM: Trump: "Unlawful Act in Venezuela ... is actually way down due to the fact that they have taken their offenders off the roads as well as given them to her [Harris] to embed our nation". JUDGMENT: There is actually no documentation that Venezuela is performing this. Criminal activity levels are actually down but pros claim this is due to the state of the economy. The Venezuelan federal government does certainly not publish trustworthy unlawful act figures, but the independent Venezuelan Observatory of Physical violence does.The Observatory's 2023 annual document claimed that terrible deaths that year - like murders - were down by an one-fourth reviewed to 2022. The Observatory informed BBC Verify: "Criminal offense is lowered in Venezuela by a decline in criminal activity opportunities: banking company robberies fade away given that there is actually no money to steal kidnappings are minimized given that there is no money to pay for ransoms." It said it had observed no evidence that the Venezuelan authorities was actually sending offenders to the US.Reporting through Lucy Gilder, Merlyn Thomas, Daniele Palumbo, Gerry Georgieva & Kayleen Devlin.