.Getty ImagesDonald Trump and Kamala Harris went head to move in their first televised discussion in the US vote-casting campaign.In 90 mins of often fiery substitutions, the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates traded claims over key election concerns featuring the economy, migration and also abortion.BBC Verify has been analyzing them.Are evacuees in Ohio consuming pets?CLAIM: Trump: "In Springfield, they're [immigrants] eating the pet dogs, people that can be found in, they're eating the felines, they're eating the family pets of people that live there". VERDICT: There is no documentation that this is taking place. Trump's comment observed a baseless case - which was actually discussed by his vice-presidential candidate JD Vance - that migrants coming from Haiti that have just recently cleared up in Springfield, Ohio, have been actually eating pets.Springfield city officials told BBC Verify: "There have actually been actually no dependable records or even certain claims of family pets being actually damaged, injured or misused by people within the immigrant neighborhood." You can find out more here.Was Trump-era unemployment the most awful considering that 1930s? INSURANCE CLAIM: Harris: "Donald Trump left our team the worst lack of employment considering that the Great Crash". DECISION: This is actually misleading. At the end of Trump's phrase of workplace in January 2021, the joblessness rate was actually 6.4%. But it has actually been much higher due to the fact that the Great Depression.In Oct 2009, joblessness peaked at 10% within of deeper economic financial crisis. It has dropped gradually because, other than a sharp top throughout the Covid pandemic, and in the most latest information for August 2024, joblessness stood at 4.2%. Are countless people entering into the United States from prisons and also asylums?CLAIM: Trump: "We possess millions of folks pouring right into our nation from prisons and also prisons, coming from psychological establishments and also outrageous asylums". DECISION: There is no documentation for these type of numbers.There have actually had to do with 10 thousand confrontations with travelers crossing over the United States boundary due to the fact that January 2021. There are actually no openly offered figures on how many of all of them have actually provided attend jail or stem from psychological companies however there is some data on how many have previous criminal convictions.Of the 1.4 million thoughts of individuals going across the border illegally until now this financial year (to September 2024) - as well as where the Boundary Patrol managed to check versus police data banks - regarding 14,700 people had previous criminal convictions.That's comparable to approximately 1% of all border knowledge within this time frame as well as doesn't total up to the "thousands" Trump is claiming.Will Trump authorize a national abortion ban?CLAIM: Harris: "If Donald Trump were to become re-elected, he will authorize a nationwide abortion restriction". DECISION: This is misleading. Trump has denied that he would authorize a national restriction if chosen president. He possesses claimed that he will leave behind limitations on abortion gain access to around private states to decide.Here, Harris also spoke about "his Project 2025" - a reference to a paper published by the conservative Culture Groundwork laying out a checklist of plan proposals that they believe a Trump presidency ought to implement.It doesn't recommend a nationwide ban either, yet it does advise confining abortion access.Trump has actually outdoed himself coming from the document, stating: "I recognize nothing at all about Venture 2025. I possess no tip who lags it." Lots of past Trump management authorities are related to Task 2025. Was rising cost of living under Biden worst in US history?CLAIM: Trump: "The most awful inflation our company've ever before possessed" [was actually under Biden] JUDGMENT: This is actually false. Under President Biden, rising cost of living topped at 9.1% in June 2022, at a time when costs were climbing dramatically in many nations. Inflation was last above 9% in 1981, but it has actually been actually dramatically greater than that at numerous various other points in United States history.Since its own optimal in mid-2022, rising cost of living has dropped to 3.3%, for the year to May 2024. Yet prices are actually still increasing and also it is actually a vital problem for a lot of voters.Would Trump tariffs set you back family members $4,000? CASE: Harris: "Business analysts have actually pointed out that that Trump purchases tax would actually result for mid lesson households in approximately $4,000 more a year". VERDICT: Harris names Trump's recommended tax obligation on imports a purchases income tax. Some economists have actually determined that these tariffs can cost families this much. Others have reduced estimates. Trump asserts the price would certainly be actually thought by overseas nations but economic experts feel there will be a financial expense for US importers as well as buyers. The $4,000 figure comes from review - by the left-of-centre think tank the Facility for American Progression - of Trump's promise to improve tolls on all imported products to 10-20% plus all items imported coming from China to 60%. They took the amount the US gets in goods coming from abroad yearly, figured out how much the new taxes on these goods would be actually and split this due to the variety of families in the US.It works out at $4,600 per household, yet when you look at "middle income" family members you obtain an amount of $3,900 a year.Other estimations are reduced. The Peterson Institute presumes the effect will be closer to $1,700 a year (for tolls at 10%) or $2,500 (at twenty%). Is criminal offense down in Venezuela considering that it is actually sending criminals to the US?CLAIM: Trump: "Unlawful Act in Venezuela ... is way down because they have taken their offenders off the streets and also given them to her [Harris] to put into our country". VERDICT: There is actually no evidence that Venezuela is actually doing this. Criminal activity levels are down however specialists state this is as a result of the state of the economic climate. The Venezuelan authorities carries out not publish trustworthy crime bodies, however the individual Venezuelan Observatory of Violence does.The Observatory's 2023 annual report pointed out that terrible fatalities that year - like murders - were down through a quarter compared to 2022. The Observatory told BBC Verify: "Unlawful act is actually reduced in Venezuela through a decrease in unlawful act chances: bank burglaries disappear due to the fact that there is actually no funds to steal kidnappings are lessened since there is no cash money to spend ransoms." It claimed it had actually viewed no documentation that the Venezuelan government was delivering bad guys to the US.Reporting by Lucy Gilder, Merlyn Thomas, Daniele Palumbo, Gerry Georgieva & Kayleen Devlin.