.Getty ImagesDonald Trump and Kamala Harris went head to head in their very first televised controversy in the United States election campaign.In 90 moments of commonly fiery swaps, the Republican politician and also Democratic governmental prospects traded claims over essential vote-casting problems consisting of the economic situation, migration and abortion.BBC Verify has been actually reviewing them.Are evacuees in Ohio eating pets?CLAIM: Trump: "In Springfield, they are actually [migrants] consuming the dogs, people that came in, they're consuming the pussy-cats, they are actually eating the family pets of folks that live there". DECISION: There is no proof that this is actually taking place. Trump's remark followed an unjustifiable claim - which was shared through his vice-presidential applicant JD Vance - that immigrants coming from Haiti who have actually lately settled in Springfield, Ohio, have actually been actually eating pets.Springfield metropolitan area officials said to BBC Verify: "There have actually been no legitimate documents or specific cases of pet dogs being hurt, harmed or abused through individuals within the immigrant area." You can find out more here.Was Trump-era jobless the worst given that 1930s? INSURANCE CLAIM: Harris: "Donald Trump left us awful joblessness given that the Great Crash". DECISION: This is actually inaccurate. At the end of Trump's phrase of office in January 2021, the lack of employment price was 6.4%. Yet it has been actually much higher considering that the Great Depression.In October 2009, unemployment came to a head at 10% in a period of deep economic recession. It has actually dropped gradually considering that, apart from a sharp top during the Covid pandemic, as well as in the most latest records for August 2024, unemployment stood at 4.2%. Are countless folks entering the US from jails as well as asylums?CLAIM: Trump: "We have countless people pouring into our country from prisons and jails, from mental companies and also crazy asylums". VERDICT: There is actually no proof for these kind of numbers.There have had to do with 10 thousand confrontations with evacuees changeover the US boundary given that January 2021. There are actually no openly readily available figures on the number of of all of them have actually provided attend penitentiary or even stem from psychological establishments however there is actually some records on how many have previous illegal convictions.Of the 1.4 thousand awareness of individuals crossing the boundary illegally so far this fiscal year (to September 2024) - as well as where the Border Patrol managed to examine against law enforcement data banks - regarding 14,700 folks had previous illegal convictions.That's comparable to approximately 1% of all perimeter awareness in this duration as well as doesn't total up to the "millions" Trump is actually claiming.Will Trump sign a nationwide abortion ban?CLAIM: Harris: "If Donald Trump were to become re-elected, he will certainly sign a national abortion ban". JUDGMENT: This is actually deceiving. Trump has actually denied that he would certainly authorize a nationwide ban if elected president. He possesses claimed that he would certainly leave limits on abortion access up to personal conditions to decide.Here, Harris additionally discussed "his Task 2025" - a referral to a documentation published due to the conservative Heritage Foundation detailing a listing of plan propositions that they believe a Trump presidency need to implement.It does not propose a national ban either, but it does recommend restricting abortion access.Trump has distanced themself from the file, pointing out: "I know nothing at all concerning Project 2025. I possess no idea that lags it." Several past Trump administration representatives are actually linked with Task 2025. Was rising cost of living under Biden worst in United States history?CLAIM: Trump: "The worst rising cost of living our team have actually ever before had" [was under Biden] DECISION: This is inaccurate. Under Head of state Biden, inflation reached the top at 9.1% in June 2022, at a time when prices were actually climbing sharply in lots of countries. Inflation was actually last above 9% in 1981, but it has been actually significantly more than that at many various other aspects in US history.Since its own optimal in mid-2022, inflation has dropped to 3.3%, for the year to May 2024. Yet costs are actually still rising and also it is a crucial issue for lots of voters.Would Trump tariffs cost households $4,000? CASE: Harris: "Business analysts have actually pointed out that that Trump sales tax would really result for middle class families in approximately $4,000 additional a year". JUDGMENT: Harris names Trump's recommended income tax on bring ins a purchases tax. Some economic experts have predicted that these tolls could possibly cost family members this a lot. Others possess reduced quotes. Trump firmly insists the price will be actually believed through international countries but financial experts strongly believe there would be actually an economic cost for United States foreign buyers as well as individuals. The $4,000 number arises from evaluation - due to the left-of-centre think tank the Center for American Development - of Trump's pledge to increase tolls on all imported items to 10-20% plus all goods imported coming from China to 60%. They took the quantity the US gets in products coming from abroad each year, identified the amount of the new taxes on these products would certainly be actually and also divided this by the number of houses in the US.It exercises at $4,600 every family, but when you consider "mid earnings" loved ones you get an amount of $3,900 a year.Other estimates are actually reduced. The Peterson Principle thinks the effect would be actually closer to $1,700 a year (for tariffs at 10%) or $2,500 (at 20%). Is criminal activity down in Venezuela because it's delivering criminals to the US?CLAIM: Trump: "Criminal Offense in Venezuela ... is actually way down due to the fact that they have actually taken their lawbreakers off the streets as well as given them to her [Harris] to embed our nation". JUDGMENT: There is actually no documentation that Venezuela is actually performing this. Criminal offense amounts are actually down but specialists state this is actually as a result of the state of the economy. The Venezuelan authorities carries out not release trusted criminal offense amounts, however the independent Venezuelan Observatory of Brutality does.The Observatory's 2023 annual file claimed that fierce deaths that year - like homicides - were actually down through an one-fourth reviewed to 2022. The Observatory told BBC Verify: "Crime is lowered in Venezuela through a reduction in criminal activity opportunities: financial institution robberies vanish considering that there is no cash to swipe kidnappings are actually lowered given that there is no cash money to spend ransoms." It mentioned it had observed no evidence that the Venezuelan authorities was actually sending out criminals to the US.Reporting through Lucy Gilder, Merlyn Thomas, Daniele Palumbo, Gerry Georgieva & Kayleen Devlin.