.Getty ImagesDonald Trump as well as Kamala Harris went head to head in their very first televised controversy in the US vote-casting campaign.In 90 moments of commonly fiery exchanges, the Republican as well as Autonomous presidential candidates traded cases over essential political election concerns consisting of the economic condition, migration and abortion.BBC Verify has actually been examining them.Are travelers in Ohio eating pets?CLAIM: Trump: "In Springfield, they are actually [immigrants] eating the pets, the people that was available in, they are actually consuming the pussy-cats, they are actually consuming the dogs of people that stay there". VERDICT: There is no evidence that this is taking place. Trump's remark observed an unwarranted case - which was actually shared by his vice-presidential prospect JD Vance - that migrants coming from Haiti who have lately settled in Springfield, Ohio, have been consuming pets.Springfield area officials said to BBC Verify: "There have actually been no credible files or particular cases of pets being actually harmed, hurt or even violated through people within the immigrant area." You can learn more here.Was Trump-era jobless the worst considering that 1930s? CLAIM: Harris: "Donald Trump left our team the most awful lack of employment because the Great Depression". DECISION: This is untrue. In the end of Trump's condition of office in January 2021, the unemployment rate was actually 6.4%. Yet it has actually been greater since the Great Depression.In October 2009, lack of employment came to a head at 10% in a period of deep economic financial crisis. It has actually fallen progressively due to the fact that, in addition to a sharp top in the course of the Covid pandemic, and in one of the most recent data for August 2024, joblessness stood up at 4.2%. Are millions of individuals entering into the United States coming from prisons and also asylums?CLAIM: Trump: "Our experts have numerous individuals putting in to our nation coming from prisons and prisons, from mental establishments and also ridiculous asylums". JUDGMENT: There is actually no proof for these type of numbers.There have been about 10 million rendezvous with migrants changeover the US boundary due to the fact that January 2021. There are no publicly offered plan the number of of all of them have actually served time in prison or arise from psychological establishments yet there is actually some records on the number of have previous unlawful convictions.Of the 1.4 thousand thoughts of folks going across the border illegally thus far this fiscal year (to September 2024) - as well as where the Boundary Patrol managed to check out versus law enforcement data sources - concerning 14,700 individuals had previous illegal convictions.That's equal to about 1% of all boundary apprehensions in this particular duration and doesn't total up to the "millions" Trump is claiming.Will Trump sign a nationwide abortion ban?CLAIM: Harris: "If Donald Trump were actually to be re-elected, he is going to authorize a nationwide abortion restriction". JUDGMENT: This is confusing. Trump has rejected that he will authorize a nationwide restriction if selected president. He possesses said that he would leave behind limits on abortion accessibility as much as specific states to decide.Here, Harris likewise referred to "his Venture 2025" - a referral to a document published due to the right-wing Culture Base describing a list of policy propositions that they feel a Trump presidency ought to implement.It does not propose a nationwide restriction either, yet it performs recommend limiting abortion access.Trump has distanced themself coming from the record, stating: "I know nothing about Venture 2025. I possess no tip that lags it." Several past Trump management representatives are actually linked with Job 2025. Was actually rising cost of living under Biden worst in US history?CLAIM: Trump: "Awful inflation our team've ever had" [was under Biden] JUDGMENT: This is actually incorrect. Under President Biden, rising cost of living came to a head at 9.1% in June 2022, at once when costs were rising greatly in a lot of nations. Rising cost of living was actually last above 9% in 1981, but it has actually been actually dramatically more than that at several various other points in US history.Since its height in mid-2022, inflation has actually lost to 3.3%, for the year to May 2024. Yet costs are still climbing and also it is a crucial concern for numerous voters.Would Trump tolls cost households $4,000? CLAIM: Harris: "Economic experts have actually stated that that Trump sales income tax will really lead for middle course families in about $4,000 more a year". DECISION: Harris names Trump's proposed tax on bring ins a sales tax. Some economic experts have actually estimated that these tariffs can set you back loved ones this a lot. Others have lower price quotes. Trump firmly insists the price would certainly be actually felt through foreign countries but business analysts think there would be actually an economic expense for US foreign buyers as well as consumers. The $4,000 figure stems from review - by the left-of-centre think tank the Center for American Development - of Trump's vow to raise tolls on all imported products to 10-20% plus all products imported coming from China to 60%. They took the amount the US acquires in goods from abroad annually, determined just how much the new tax obligations on these items will be and also divided this due to the amount of households in the US.It exercises at $4,600 every house, yet when you check out "center profit" families you acquire an amount of $3,900 a year.Other quotes are reduced. The Peterson Principle assumes the impact would be closer to $1,700 a year (for tariffs at 10%) or even $2,500 (at twenty%). Is criminal activity down in Venezuela since it's delivering offenders to the US?CLAIM: Trump: "Criminal Offense in Venezuela ... is way down because they have taken their wrongdoers off the roads and provided to her [Harris] to take into our nation". DECISION: There is actually no evidence that Venezuela is performing this. Criminal offense degrees are actually down however pros mention this is actually as a result of the state of the economic climate. The Venezuelan government performs not release trustworthy crime figures, but the private Venezuelan Observatory of Violence does.The Observatory's 2023 yearly report mentioned that terrible deaths that year - such as murders - were actually down through an one-fourth reviewed to 2022. The Observatory said to BBC Verify: "Criminal offense is actually minimized in Venezuela through a decrease in criminal offense options: banking company robberies fade away considering that there is actually no money to swipe kidnappings are actually lessened considering that there is no cash to pay ransoms." It mentioned it had actually found no proof that the Venezuelan authorities was sending out lawbreakers to the US.Reporting through Lucy Gilder, Merlyn Thomas, Daniele Palumbo, Gerry Georgieva & Kayleen Devlin.