.Getty ImagesDonald Trump and Kamala Harris went head to head in their first televised discussion in the United States political election campaign.In 90 moments of frequently fiery swaps, the Republican and Democratic presidential applicants traded insurance claims over vital vote-casting concerns featuring the economy, migration as well as abortion.BBC Verify has been actually reviewing them.Are evacuees in Ohio eating pets?CLAIM: Trump: "In Springfield, they're [migrants] eating the pet dogs, the people that can be found in, they're eating the pet cats, they are actually eating the pets of individuals that stay there". VERDICT: There is actually no documentation that this is actually occurring. Trump's comment complied with an unjustifiable claim - which was discussed by his vice-presidential candidate JD Vance - that immigrants coming from Haiti who have actually just recently worked out in Springfield, Ohio, have been actually consuming pets.Springfield metropolitan area authorities said to BBC Verify: "There have been actually no reputable documents or even particular insurance claims of animals being actually damaged, hurt or violated through people within the immigrant neighborhood." You can read more here.Was Trump-era unemployment the most awful considering that 1930s? INSURANCE CLAIM: Harris: "Donald Trump left us awful joblessness due to the fact that the Great Hard times". VERDICT: This is actually inaccurate. In the end of Trump's term of workplace in January 2021, the lack of employment fee was 6.4%. But it has actually been actually higher considering that the Great Depression.In October 2009, lack of employment peaked at 10% in a period of deep-seated economical recession. It has fallen progressively since, besides a sharp optimal during the course of the Covid pandemic, and also in the best current information for August 2024, unemployment stood up at 4.2%. Are actually numerous folks coming into the United States from penitentiaries as well as asylums?CLAIM: Trump: "Our team have millions of individuals putting into our nation coming from prisons as well as prisons, from psychological companies and outrageous asylums". DECISION: There is no documentation for these type of numbers.There have concerned 10 million encounters along with travelers crossing over the United States border due to the fact that January 2021. There are no publicly available plan the amount of of all of them have actually provided attend jail or originate from mental establishments however there is actually some records on the number of have previous illegal convictions.Of the 1.4 million apprehensions of people crossing the border illegally until now this fiscal year (to September 2024) - and where the Border Watch managed to examine against law enforcement data sources - concerning 14,700 folks possessed previous criminal convictions.That's comparable to approximately 1% of all perimeter awareness in this particular duration as well as doesn't amount 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 will definitely authorize a nationwide abortion ban". DECISION: This is actually confusing. Trump has refuted that he would certainly sign a nationwide restriction if chosen head of state. He has pointed out that he would certainly leave limits on abortion accessibility around specific conditions to decide.Here, Harris likewise discussed "his Job 2025" - a reference to a documentation posted due to the conservative Ancestry Base outlining a listing of plan propositions that they believe a Trump presidency ought to implement.It doesn't recommend a national ban either, however it performs suggest restricting abortion access.Trump has distanced themself coming from the paper, claiming: "I understand absolutely nothing concerning Task 2025. I have no tip who is behind it." Many previous Trump administration officials are actually associated with Project 2025. Was actually inflation under Biden worst in US history?CLAIM: Trump: "Awful rising cost of living our team've ever possessed" [was under Biden] DECISION: This is actually incorrect. Under President Biden, inflation topped at 9.1% in June 2022, at once when rates were actually climbing sharply in lots of nations. Rising cost of living was actually final over 9% in 1981, however it has been actually significantly more than that at many other points in United States history.Since its own height in mid-2022, rising cost of living has actually lost to 3.3%, for the year to May 2024. Yet costs are still increasing and also it is a crucial problem for several voters.Would Trump tariffs set you back family members $4,000? CASE: Harris: "Financial experts have actually said that that Trump sales income tax would actually lead for mid training class loved ones in approximately $4,000 even more a year". JUDGMENT: Harris names Trump's recommended income tax on bring ins a sales tax obligation. Some business analysts have actually predicted that these tariffs could possibly set you back families this a lot. Others possess reduced quotes. Trump asserts the expense will be believed through foreign nations but financial experts feel there will be an economic expense for US foreign buyers as well as customers. The $4,000 amount comes from review - by the left-of-centre brain trust the Center for American Improvement - of Trump's promise to improve tolls on all imported items to 10-20% and all products imported coming from China to 60%. They took the amount the United States acquires in products from abroad every year, figured out just how much the new income taxes on these items will be actually and divided this by the variety of homes in the US.It works out at $4,600 per family, yet when you examine "middle revenue" family members you receive a figure of $3,900 a year.Other estimations are actually lesser. The Peterson Institute presumes the influence will be closer to $1,700 a year (for tariffs at 10%) or $2,500 (at twenty%). Is actually crime down in Venezuela given that it is actually sending out criminals to the US?CLAIM: Trump: "Unlawful Act in Venezuela ... is actually way down since they have actually taken their lawbreakers off the roads and provided to her [Harris] to put into our nation". VERDICT: There is no proof that Venezuela is actually doing this. Criminal activity amounts are down but specialists state this is due to the state of the economic situation. The Venezuelan federal government carries out not publish trustworthy criminal activity bodies, but the individual Venezuelan Observatory of Physical violence does.The Observatory's 2023 yearly record pointed out that intense deaths that year - such as homicides - were down through a fourth contrasted to 2022. The Observatory informed BBC Verify: "Criminal activity is lowered in Venezuela by a reduction in criminal offense possibilities: financial institution robberies go away considering that there is actually no funds to swipe kidnappings are actually reduced since there is no cash money to pay ransoms." It mentioned it had found no proof that the Venezuelan government was actually sending thugs to the US.Reporting through Lucy Gilder, Merlyn Thomas, Daniele Palumbo, Gerry Georgieva & Kayleen Devlin.