.Getty ImagesDonald Trump and also Kamala Harris went head to head in their 1st televised controversy in the United States election campaign.In 90 moments of usually fiery substitutions, the Republican politician and also Democratic presidential prospects traded insurance claims over vital vote-casting problems consisting of the economic climate, migration and abortion.BBC Verify has actually been analyzing them.Are travelers in Ohio consuming pets?CLAIM: Trump: "In Springfield, they are actually [immigrants] consuming the canines, people that can be found in, they are actually eating the felines, they are actually consuming the animals of individuals that reside there". JUDGMENT: There is actually no evidence that this is occurring. Trump's opinion adhered to an unsupported case - which was shared by his vice-presidential candidate JD Vance - that migrants coming from Haiti that have lately worked out in Springfield, Ohio, have actually been consuming pets.Springfield metropolitan area officials said to BBC Verify: "There have actually been actually no dependable documents or even certain claims of dogs being actually hurt, injured or violated through people within the immigrant area." You can learn more here.Was Trump-era jobless the worst given that 1930s? CLAIM: Harris: "Donald Trump left our team awful unemployment because the Great Crash". DECISION: This is untrue. At the end of Trump's condition of workplace in January 2021, the joblessness rate was 6.4%. However it has been actually greater because the Great Depression.In October 2009, unemployment came to a head at 10% in a period of deeper economic financial crisis. It has dropped gradually since, besides a stinging top during the Covid pandemic, and in the best current information for August 2024, lack of employment stood up at 4.2%. Are millions of folks entering the US coming from jails and also asylums?CLAIM: Trump: "Our company possess numerous people pouring into our nation coming from prisons and prisons, from mental establishments as well as ridiculous asylums". JUDGMENT: There is actually no documentation for these type of numbers.There have actually been about 10 thousand rendezvous along with migrants changeover the United States border considering that January 2021. There are no publicly accessible plan how many of all of them have actually provided attend penitentiary or even come from mental companies but there is some information on how many have previous illegal convictions.Of the 1.4 million awareness of folks going across the perimeter illegally until now this fiscal year (to September 2024) - as well as where the Perimeter Patrol had the capacity to examine versus law enforcement data banks - about 14,700 folks had previous unlawful convictions.That's equal to around 1% of all perimeter judgments within this time frame and also does not amount to the "millions" Trump is claiming.Will Trump authorize a national abortion ban?CLAIM: Harris: "If Donald Trump were to be re-elected, he will definitely authorize a national abortion restriction". JUDGMENT: This is confusing. Trump has refuted that he would authorize a national restriction if chosen president. He possesses stated that he will leave behind restrictions on abortion access up to personal conditions to decide.Here, Harris additionally discussed "his Project 2025" - a reference to a document published by the right-wing Heritage Structure outlining a listing of plan propositions that they believe a Trump presidency should implement.It does not propose a nationwide restriction either, but it carries out highly recommend restricting abortion access.Trump has distanced themself coming from the file, saying: "I understand nothing concerning Venture 2025. I possess no idea that lags it." A lot of former Trump management officials are actually linked with Project 2025. Was rising cost of living under Biden worst in US history?CLAIM: Trump: "The most awful inflation our company have actually ever before possessed" [was under Biden] JUDGMENT: This is incorrect. Under Head of state Biden, rising cost of living peaked at 9.1% in June 2022, at a time when rates were actually increasing greatly in lots of nations. Rising cost of living was actually final over 9% in 1981, but it has actually been actually substantially greater than that at numerous other points in US history.Since its optimal in mid-2022, rising cost of living has fallen to 3.3%, for the year to May 2024. Yet rates are still climbing and also it is a crucial concern for several voters.Would Trump tolls cost loved ones $4,000? INSURANCE CLAIM: Harris: "Economic experts have actually mentioned that that Trump purchases tax obligation will in fact result for middle lesson households in around $4,000 more a year". JUDGMENT: Harris calls Trump's proposed tax obligation on bring ins a purchases tax obligation. Some economic experts have approximated that these tariffs might set you back households this a lot. Others possess reduced estimates. Trump firmly insists the price would be actually thought by international nations however business analysts believe there would certainly be actually an economical price for US importers and customers. The $4,000 body originates from analysis - by the left-of-centre brain trust the Center for American Progress - of Trump's promise to raise tolls on all imported goods to 10-20% plus all goods imported from China to 60%. They took the quantity the United States gets in items coming from abroad every year, identified the amount of the brand-new income taxes on these goods will be actually as well as divided this by the amount of houses in the US.It works out at $4,600 per family, however when you examine "center income" loved ones you get an amount of $3,900 a year.Other quotes are actually lower. The Peterson Principle assumes the impact would be actually closer to $1,700 a year (for tariffs at 10%) or $2,500 (at twenty%). Is criminal offense down in Venezuela considering that it's sending lawbreakers to the US?CLAIM: Trump: "Criminal Activity in Venezuela ... is actually way down since they have taken their bad guys off the streets and given them to her [Harris] to embed our country". JUDGMENT: There is actually no documentation that Venezuela is performing this. Criminal offense amounts are down however professionals say this is actually because of the condition of the economy. The Venezuelan authorities performs certainly not post dependable criminal activity bodies, however the private Venezuelan Observatory of Violence does.The Observatory's 2023 yearly record stated that intense deaths that year - like murders - were down through a quarter matched up to 2022. The Observatory said to BBC Verify: "Criminal activity is actually lowered in Venezuela by a reduction in criminal activity chances: bank burglaries disappear because there is actually no loan to swipe kidnappings are lessened since there is no money to spend ransoms." It said it had actually observed no proof that the Venezuelan government was actually sending out criminals to the US.Reporting by Lucy Gilder, Merlyn Thomas, Daniele Palumbo, Gerry Georgieva & Kayleen Devlin.