.Getty ImagesDonald Trump and Kamala Harris went head to move in their 1st televised discussion in the United States election campaign.In 90 moments of frequently intense swaps, the Republican and also Autonomous presidential prospects traded cases over vital election problems featuring the economic climate, migration and also abortion.BBC Verify has been examining them.Are migrants in Ohio eating pets?CLAIM: Trump: "In Springfield, they are actually [immigrants] eating the pet dogs, people that can be found in, they're eating the felines, they're consuming the dogs of people that live there". DECISION: There is actually no proof that this is happening. Trump's remark followed an ungrounded insurance claim - which was discussed through his vice-presidential candidate JD Vance - that immigrants coming from Haiti who have actually just recently cleared up in Springfield, Ohio, have actually been eating pets.Springfield city officials said to BBC Verify: "There have actually been actually no credible records or particular insurance claims of family pets being actually damaged, wounded or abused through people within the immigrant area." You can find out more here.Was Trump-era unemployed the most awful considering that 1930s? CASE: Harris: "Donald Trump left our team the most awful lack of employment considering that the Great Depression". JUDGMENT: This is actually incorrect. By the end of Trump's condition of office in January 2021, the unemployment rate was 6.4%. But it has actually been actually higher given that the Great Depression.In October 2009, lack of employment peaked at 10% within of deep-seated economical financial crisis. It has actually dropped gradually because, besides a sharp top in the course of the Covid pandemic, and in the most latest information for August 2024, joblessness stood at 4.2%. Are numerous folks entering the US from penitentiaries and asylums?CLAIM: Trump: "We possess countless people pouring into our nation from jails and also prisons, from psychological companies as well as ridiculous asylums". VERDICT: There is actually no proof for these kind of numbers.There have actually concerned 10 thousand encounters with travelers crossing over the United States perimeter due to the fact that January 2021. There are actually no publicly readily available figures on how many of all of them have actually served time in prison or even stem from mental companies yet there is some data on how many have previous illegal convictions.Of the 1.4 million perspicacities of individuals moving across the perimeter illegitimately until now this financial year (to September 2024) - and also where the Perimeter Watch had the ability to check out versus police data banks - regarding 14,700 people had previous unlawful convictions.That's equivalent to about 1% of all border apprehensions in this particular time period as well as does not amount to the "thousands" Trump is claiming.Will Trump authorize a nationwide abortion ban?CLAIM: Harris: "If Donald Trump were actually to be re-elected, he will certainly authorize a nationwide abortion ban". VERDICT: This is actually misleading. Trump has rejected that he would sign a nationwide ban if chosen president. He has mentioned that he would certainly leave limits on abortion access as much as individual states to decide.Here, Harris likewise referred to "his Venture 2025" - a referral to a record released due to the right-wing Ancestry Groundwork describing a list of plan propositions that they believe a Trump presidency must implement.It does not suggest a national restriction either, however it does recommend confining abortion access.Trump has distanced himself coming from the file, claiming: "I recognize nothing at all about Project 2025. I possess no tip who is behind it." A lot of previous Trump administration authorities are actually associated with Project 2025. Was inflation under Biden worst in US history?CLAIM: Trump: "The most awful inflation we have actually ever before had" [was actually under Biden] VERDICT: This is actually inaccurate. Under Head of state Biden, inflation peaked at 9.1% in June 2022, each time when rates were actually increasing sharply in several countries. Inflation was actually last above 9% in 1981, but it has actually been substantially more than that at numerous other points in United States history.Since its own peak in mid-2022, rising cost of living has actually dropped to 3.3%, for the year to May 2024. Yet costs are still rising and also it is a key problem for numerous voters.Would Trump tariffs cost households $4,000? CLAIM: Harris: "Financial experts have said that that Trump sales tax will in fact result for mid training class family members in around $4,000 additional a year". DECISION: Harris refers to as Trump's suggested tax on imports a purchases income tax. Some economists have predicted that these tolls could possibly set you back family members this a lot. Others have lower price quotes. Trump insists the price would be experienced by overseas nations however business analysts feel there would certainly be an economic expense for US foreign buyers and buyers. The $4,000 amount arises from analysis - by the left-of-centre brain trust the Centre for American Progress - of Trump's pledge to enhance tariffs on all imported goods to 10-20% plus all products imported coming from China to 60%. They took the amount the US purchases in goods coming from abroad every year, identified the amount of the new taxes on these products will be and divided this due to the variety of families in the US.It works out at $4,600 per household, however when you examine "middle profit" families you obtain a body of $3,900 a year.Other quotes are lower. The Peterson Institute thinks the influence would be actually closer to $1,700 a year (for tolls at 10%) or $2,500 (at twenty%). Is criminal activity down in Venezuela due to the fact that it's delivering wrongdoers to the US?CLAIM: Trump: "Criminal Activity in Venezuela ... is way down considering that they have actually taken their criminals off the roads and provided to her [Harris] to embed our country". DECISION: There is no evidence that Venezuela is doing this. Crime amounts are down yet professionals say this is actually due to the condition of the economy. The Venezuelan authorities performs certainly not post trustworthy criminal offense bodies, yet the independent Venezuelan Observatory of Brutality does.The Observatory's 2023 annual record pointed out that violent fatalities that year - including homicides - were down by a quarter contrasted to 2022. The Observatory informed BBC Verify: "Crime is lessened in Venezuela through a decline in crime options: bank break-ins go away due to the fact that there is no loan to steal kidnappings are actually lowered given that there is actually no money to pay ransom money." It mentioned it had actually viewed no proof that the Venezuelan authorities was actually sending wrongdoers to the US.Reporting by Lucy Gilder, Merlyn Thomas, Daniele Palumbo, Gerry Georgieva & Kayleen Devlin.