.Getty ImagesDonald Trump and also Kamala Harris went head to head in their first televised dispute in the United States political election campaign.In 90 moments of often fiery swaps, the Republican politician as well as Democratic governmental prospects traded cases over key election issues consisting of the economic condition, migration and also abortion.BBC Verify has actually been actually examining them.Are evacuees in Ohio consuming pets?CLAIM: Trump: "In Springfield, they're [immigrants] eating the pet dogs, individuals that can be found in, they're consuming the pet cats, they're consuming the dogs of folks that live there". JUDGMENT: There is actually no evidence that this is taking place. Trump's remark adhered to a baseless case - which was actually shared through his vice-presidential applicant JD Vance - that migrants from Haiti who have actually just recently worked out in Springfield, Ohio, have been actually consuming pets.Springfield city representatives said to BBC Verify: "There have been no legitimate reports or even details claims of pet dogs being actually damaged, injured or hurt or even abused by individuals within the immigrant area." You can find out more here.Was Trump-era jobless the worst because 1930s? INSURANCE CLAIM: Harris: "Donald Trump left our company the worst unemployment since the Great Depression". VERDICT: This is incorrect. At the end of Trump's phrase of office in January 2021, the lack of employment rate was 6.4%. Yet it has actually been actually much higher given that the Great Depression.In Oct 2009, lack of employment reached the top at 10% within of deep economic recession. It has dropped steadily given that, in addition to a stinging peak during the Covid pandemic, and in the absolute most recent records for August 2024, unemployment stood up at 4.2%. Are actually millions of people entering into the US from jails as well as asylums?CLAIM: Trump: "Our company possess numerous folks pouring right into our nation coming from prisons and also jails, coming from psychological companies and also insane asylums". DECISION: There is no proof for these sort of numbers.There have actually been about 10 million rendezvous with evacuees changeover the US boundary due to the fact that January 2021. There are no openly offered figures on the amount of of all of them have actually offered time in prison or originate from mental institutions yet there is some records on the amount of possess previous unlawful convictions.Of the 1.4 thousand knowledge of individuals moving across the boundary illegitimately up until now this fiscal year (to September 2024) - as well as where the Border Watch was able to examine against law enforcement data sources - about 14,700 folks possessed previous unlawful convictions.That's equivalent to around 1% of all perimeter understandings in this period as well as does not total up to the "thousands" Trump is actually claiming.Will Trump sign a national abortion ban?CLAIM: Harris: "If Donald Trump were actually to become re-elected, he will certainly authorize a nationwide abortion ban". JUDGMENT: This is confusing. Trump has actually refused that he would authorize a national restriction if selected president. He possesses mentioned that he would certainly leave behind limits on abortion get access to approximately private conditions to decide.Here, Harris likewise referred to "his Job 2025" - an endorsement to a file published by the right-wing Culture Foundation detailing a list of policy proposals that they feel a Trump presidency should implement.It does not recommend a nationwide ban either, but it does suggest confining abortion access.Trump has outdoed themself coming from the document, stating: "I understand absolutely nothing regarding Job 2025. I possess no suggestion that lags it." Many previous Trump management officials are connected with Venture 2025. Was actually inflation under Biden worst in US history?CLAIM: Trump: "The most awful rising cost of living our company have actually ever before possessed" [was actually under Biden] JUDGMENT: This is incorrect. Under President Biden, inflation came to a head at 9.1% in June 2022, at a time when prices were increasing greatly in several nations. Inflation was last over 9% in 1981, however it has actually been substantially more than that at numerous various other points in US history.Since its optimal in mid-2022, inflation has actually lost to 3.3%, for the year to May 2024. However costs are still climbing and also it is a key concern for a lot of voters.Would Trump tariffs set you back loved ones $4,000? CASE: Harris: "Business analysts have actually said that that Trump purchases tax would in fact lead for center training class family members in approximately $4,000 even more a year". DECISION: Harris names Trump's suggested income tax on imports a purchases income tax. Some economic experts have actually predicted that these tariffs could set you back loved ones this much. Others have lesser estimates. Trump urges the cost would certainly be felt by foreign nations yet business analysts strongly believe there would certainly be actually a financial expense for US foreign buyers and also consumers. The $4,000 amount arises from study - due to the left-of-centre think tank the Facility for American Progression - of Trump's guarantee to enhance tolls on all imported goods to 10-20% and all goods imported from China to 60%. They took the quantity the United States purchases in items coming from abroad yearly, identified just how much the new tax obligations on these items would certainly be and also split this by the variety of households in the US.It works out at $4,600 per house, but when you check out "middle profit" households you get a figure of $3,900 a year.Other quotes are reduced. The Peterson Institute believes the influence will be closer to $1,700 a year (for tariffs at 10%) or $2,500 (at 20%). Is unlawful act down in Venezuela given that it's sending wrongdoers to the US?CLAIM: Trump: "Criminal Offense in Venezuela ... is way down due to the fact that they have actually taken their offenders off the streets and also provided to her [Harris] to take into our country". VERDICT: There is no documentation that Venezuela is actually doing this. Crime degrees are actually down however specialists say this is actually as a result of the condition of the economic condition. The Venezuelan authorities does not post trusted criminal activity numbers, but the private Venezuelan Observatory of Violence does.The Observatory's 2023 yearly record pointed out that fierce fatalities that year - like homicides - were down by a fourth compared to 2022. The Observatory told BBC Verify: "Crime is actually lessened in Venezuela by a decline in criminal offense chances: bank burglaries vanish since there is actually no amount of money to swipe kidnappings are lowered since there is no money to pay for ransom money." It said it had viewed no evidence that the Venezuelan government was sending out lawbreakers to the US.Reporting by Lucy Gilder, Merlyn Thomas, Daniele Palumbo, Gerry Georgieva & Kayleen Devlin.