.Getty ImagesDonald Trump and Kamala Harris went head to move in their very first televised discussion in the US political election campaign.In 90 mins of typically intense exchanges, the Republican politician as well as Democratic presidential applicants traded insurance claims over key election concerns featuring the economic situation, immigration and abortion.BBC Verify has been actually examining them.Are travelers in Ohio eating pets?CLAIM: Trump: "In Springfield, they're [migrants] consuming the pets, the people that came in, they are actually consuming the pussy-cats, they are actually consuming the family pets of people that reside there". DECISION: There is actually no evidence that this is taking place. Trump's comment observed an ungrounded claim - which was actually discussed by his vice-presidential prospect JD Vance - that migrants from Haiti that have just recently cleared up in Springfield, Ohio, have actually been actually consuming pets.Springfield city authorities told BBC Verify: "There have actually been actually no trustworthy records or specific claims of pet dogs being actually damaged, injured or hurt or even violated by people within the immigrant community." You can learn more here.Was Trump-era jobless awful due to the fact that 1930s? CASE: Harris: "Donald Trump left our team the worst unemployment given that the Great Crash". JUDGMENT: This is inaccurate. By the end of Trump's term of office in January 2021, the unemployment fee was actually 6.4%. But it has been actually much higher considering that the Great Depression.In October 2009, unemployment topped at 10% within of deep economical financial crisis. It has fallen progressively since, besides a stinging top throughout the Covid pandemic, and also in the absolute most recent information for August 2024, unemployment stood at 4.2%. Are countless folks entering into the US from penitentiaries and also asylums?CLAIM: Trump: "Our experts possess millions of people pouring into our country from prisons and also prisons, coming from mental companies and insane asylums". DECISION: There is no proof for these sort of numbers.There have actually been about 10 thousand encounters with migrants transition the United States boundary considering that January 2021. There are actually no publicly readily available figures on the number of of them have actually served attend prison or even originate from mental institutions however there is actually some information on the number of possess previous unlawful convictions.Of the 1.4 million ideas of individuals going across the perimeter illegitimately until now this fiscal year (to September 2024) - as well as where the Perimeter Patrol was able to examine against police data sources - about 14,700 folks possessed previous illegal convictions.That's equivalent to around 1% of all boundary awareness in this particular period and also doesn't total up to the "thousands" Trump is claiming.Will Trump sign a national abortion ban?CLAIM: Harris: "If Donald Trump were actually to be re-elected, he is going to sign a nationwide abortion restriction". VERDICT: This is actually deceiving. Trump has refuted that he would certainly sign a national restriction if elected head of state. He possesses stated that he would leave behind limits on abortion get access to around personal states to decide.Here, Harris likewise referred to "his Job 2025" - a referral to a file published due to the conservative Culture Foundation laying out a checklist of plan plans that they think a Trump presidency must implement.It doesn't suggest a nationwide ban either, but it performs highly recommend confining abortion access.Trump has actually distanced themself coming from the file, stating: "I recognize absolutely nothing about Project 2025. I have no idea who lags it." Several former Trump administration authorities are connected with Project 2025. Was actually inflation under Biden worst in US history?CLAIM: Trump: "The most awful rising cost of living our team've ever had" [was under Biden] JUDGMENT: This is actually incorrect. Under Head of state Biden, inflation came to a head at 9.1% in June 2022, at a time when rates were climbing greatly in numerous nations. Inflation was actually last above 9% in 1981, however it has been actually significantly greater than that at a number of other aspects in US history.Since its optimal in mid-2022, inflation has actually dropped to 3.3%, for the year to May 2024. But costs are actually still rising as well as it is actually a vital problem for lots of voters.Would Trump tariffs cost families $4,000? CLAIM: Harris: "Economists have claimed that that Trump sales tax obligation would in fact lead for center course family members in around $4,000 additional a year". DECISION: Harris refers to as Trump's suggested income tax on bring ins a sales tax. Some financial experts have determined that these tariffs could cost families this much. Others possess reduced quotes. Trump firmly insists the expense would be actually experienced through international countries however economic experts believe there would certainly be actually an economic cost for US international merchants and individuals. The $4,000 number arises from study - due to the left-of-centre think tank the Center for American Progress - of Trump's vow to increase tolls on all imported items to 10-20% and all items imported coming from China to 60%. They took the volume the United States gets in products from abroad each year, determined how much the brand-new tax obligations on these products would be as well as separated this by the amount of houses in the US.It exercises at $4,600 every household, but when you take a look at "mid earnings" families you get a number of $3,900 a year.Other estimates are lower. The Peterson Principle thinks the influence will be actually closer to $1,700 a year (for tariffs at 10%) or $2,500 (at 20%). Is crime down in Venezuela given that it's delivering offenders to the US?CLAIM: Trump: "Unlawful Act in Venezuela ... is actually way down due to the fact that they have actually taken their crooks off the roads and also given them to her [Harris] to embed our country". DECISION: There is no proof that Venezuela is actually performing this. Criminal offense amounts are actually down but experts claim this is actually due to the state of the economic situation. The Venezuelan authorities does not release dependable unlawful act amounts, but the individual Venezuelan Observatory of Violence does.The Observatory's 2023 annual report claimed that fierce deaths that year - such as homicides - were actually down by an one-fourth reviewed to 2022. The Observatory informed BBC Verify: "Crime is decreased in Venezuela through a decline in unlawful act possibilities: banking company robberies disappear given that there is actually no cash to steal kidnappings are minimized due to the fact that there is no money to pay for ransoms." It stated it had actually seen no evidence that the Venezuelan government was actually sending out criminals to the US.Reporting through Lucy Gilder, Merlyn Thomas, Daniele Palumbo, Gerry Georgieva & Kayleen Devlin.