.Getty ImagesDonald Trump and Kamala Harris went head to head in their initial televised controversy in the US vote-casting campaign.In 90 moments of often intense swaps, the Republican politician and also Autonomous presidential applicants traded cases over key political election issues consisting of the economy, migration and also abortion.BBC Verify has actually been examining them.Are migrants in Ohio consuming pets?CLAIM: Trump: "In Springfield, they are actually [immigrants] eating the dogs, the people that was available in, they're consuming the pussy-cats, they are actually eating the pet dogs of people that live there". JUDGMENT: There is actually no documentation that this is actually taking place. Trump's remark adhered to an unwarranted claim - which was actually discussed by his vice-presidential applicant JD Vance - that immigrants from Haiti that have lately cleared up in Springfield, Ohio, have actually been eating pets.Springfield city officials informed BBC Verify: "There have actually been actually no dependable files or details claims of family pets being actually damaged, injured or misused by individuals within the immigrant area." You can read more here.Was Trump-era unemployment the worst since 1930s? INSURANCE CLAIM: Harris: "Donald Trump left our team awful joblessness given that the Great Depression". VERDICT: This is actually misleading. In the end of Trump's term of office in January 2021, the joblessness cost was actually 6.4%. However it has been much higher considering that the Great Depression.In October 2009, joblessness reached the top at 10% in a period of deeper economic financial crisis. It has actually dropped steadily given that, aside from a stinging optimal in the course of the Covid pandemic, and in the absolute most recent records for August 2024, joblessness stood at 4.2%. Are millions of individuals coming into the United States coming from prisons and asylums?CLAIM: Trump: "Our company have countless individuals pouring right into our nation from prisons as well as jails, from psychological establishments as well as ridiculous asylums". JUDGMENT: There is actually no evidence for these kind of numbers.There have had to do with 10 thousand encounters with evacuees changeover the US border given that January 2021. There are actually no publicly available figures on the amount of of all of them have actually offered time in prison or even stem from mental organizations but there is actually some information on the number of possess previous unlawful convictions.Of the 1.4 million ideas of people traversing the boundary illegally until now this financial year (to September 2024) - and where the Border Watch had the ability to check out against police data banks - concerning 14,700 people possessed previous unlawful convictions.That's comparable to roughly 1% of all border understandings in this duration and also doesn't total up to the "millions" Trump is claiming.Will Trump authorize a national abortion ban?CLAIM: Harris: "If Donald Trump were to be re-elected, he is going to authorize a nationwide abortion ban". VERDICT: This is actually deceiving. Trump has refused that he would sign a national restriction if chosen president. He possesses said that he would certainly leave behind limitations on abortion get access to around personal states to decide.Here, Harris additionally referred to "his Job 2025" - an endorsement to a documentation posted due to the conservative Ancestry Base detailing a listing of plan propositions that they believe a Trump presidency must implement.It does not recommend a national restriction either, yet it carries out highly recommend restricting abortion access.Trump has actually distanced themself coming from the document, stating: "I recognize absolutely nothing concerning Job 2025. I have no idea who is behind it." A lot of past Trump administration representatives are actually related to Venture 2025. Was rising cost of living under Biden worst in US history?CLAIM: Trump: "The worst inflation our experts have actually ever before had" [was under Biden] JUDGMENT: This is actually misleading. Under President Biden, inflation reached the top at 9.1% in June 2022, each time when costs were actually increasing dramatically in lots of countries. Inflation was actually last above 9% in 1981, however it has been substantially greater than that at many other points in US history.Since its own top in mid-2022, rising cost of living has lost to 3.3%, for the year to May 2024. Yet costs are actually still rising and also it is a key issue for lots of voters.Would Trump tolls cost family members $4,000? CASE: Harris: "Business analysts have stated that that Trump purchases tax will actually result for middle lesson households in approximately $4,000 even more a year". VERDICT: Harris refers to as Trump's proposed income tax on bring ins a sales tax. Some economic experts have actually determined that these tariffs could possibly set you back loved ones this a lot. Others possess lower estimates. Trump insists the price will be thought by overseas nations yet business analysts believe there would be actually an economic price for US international merchants and individuals. The $4,000 number stems from review - by the left-of-centre think tank the Facility for American Development - of Trump's vow to improve tariffs on all imported products to 10-20% and all goods imported coming from China to 60%. They took the quantity the United States gets in products coming from abroad each year, determined the amount of the brand-new taxes on these items will be and also separated this due to the number of houses in the US.It exercises at $4,600 every home, but when you take a look at "center earnings" families you receive a figure of $3,900 a year.Other quotes are lower. The Peterson Institute presumes the impact will be actually closer to $1,700 a year (for tariffs at 10%) or $2,500 (at twenty%). Is crime down in Venezuela since it is actually sending criminals to the US?CLAIM: Trump: "Unlawful Act in Venezuela ... is way down because they have actually taken their bad guys off the streets as well as given them to her [Harris] to embed our country". JUDGMENT: There is no documentation that Venezuela is actually doing this. Unlawful act amounts are down but pros state this is actually as a result of the condition of the economic situation. The Venezuelan government does certainly not release reputable unlawful act figures, yet the independent Venezuelan Observatory of Violence does.The Observatory's 2023 annual record said that violent fatalities that year - such as murders - were actually down through an one-fourth compared to 2022. The Observatory said to BBC Verify: "Criminal offense is reduced in Venezuela through a decline in criminal activity opportunities: financial institution break-ins disappear because there is actually no funds to take kidnappings are actually decreased because there is no money to pay out ransom money." It stated it had actually seen no proof that the Venezuelan authorities was actually sending lawbreakers to the US.Reporting through Lucy Gilder, Merlyn Thomas, Daniele Palumbo, Gerry Georgieva & Kayleen Devlin.