.Getty ImagesDonald Trump and Kamala Harris went head to head in their 1st televised discussion in the US political election campaign.In 90 mins of typically intense swaps, the Republican politician and Autonomous governmental candidates traded cases over essential vote-casting issues including the economic climate, immigration as well as abortion.BBC Verify has been checking out them.Are travelers in Ohio eating pets?CLAIM: Trump: "In Springfield, they are actually [migrants] consuming the dogs, individuals that can be found in, they're consuming the pussy-cats, they are actually consuming the household pets of individuals that reside there". VERDICT: There is actually no documentation that this is occurring. Trump's review observed an unsupported insurance claim - which was shared through his vice-presidential applicant JD Vance - that migrants from Haiti who have actually just recently cleared up in Springfield, Ohio, have actually been eating pets.Springfield area officials informed BBC Verify: "There have actually been no credible files or even certain cases of family pets being actually damaged, hurt or mistreated through people within the immigrant community." You can find out more here.Was Trump-era unemployment the worst because 1930s? CLAIM: Harris: "Donald Trump left our company the most awful lack of employment considering that the Great Hard times". VERDICT: This is actually false. By the end of Trump's condition of office in January 2021, the unemployment price was actually 6.4%. But it has actually been actually greater because the Great Depression.In October 2009, unemployment reached the top at 10% within of deep-seated financial financial crisis. It has dropped gradually because, other than a sharp height during the Covid pandemic, as well as in one of the most latest records for August 2024, lack of employment stood at 4.2%. Are actually numerous folks entering the United States coming from prisons and also asylums?CLAIM: Trump: "Our company have numerous folks putting in to our nation coming from jails and also prisons, coming from psychological establishments and insane asylums". DECISION: There is actually no evidence for these kind of numbers.There have actually concerned 10 thousand rendezvous along with migrants changeover the US boundary due to the fact that January 2021. There are actually no publicly available figures on the amount of of them have provided time in penitentiary or stem from mental companies however there is some data on the number of have previous unlawful convictions.Of the 1.4 thousand knowledge of individuals moving across the boundary illegitimately thus far this fiscal year (to September 2024) - and where the Boundary Watch was able to check out versus police data sources - about 14,700 folks possessed previous criminal convictions.That's comparable to approximately 1% of all boundary thoughts in this particular period and also doesn't total up to the "millions" Trump is actually claiming.Will Trump authorize a national abortion ban?CLAIM: Harris: "If Donald Trump were actually to become re-elected, he is going to sign a national abortion restriction". DECISION: This is misleading. Trump has actually rejected that he would certainly authorize a nationwide restriction if selected head of state. He possesses pointed out that he would certainly leave restrictions on abortion get access to around personal conditions to decide.Here, Harris also spoke about "his Venture 2025" - a referral to a paper released by the conservative Culture Structure detailing a checklist of plan proposals that they feel a Trump presidency must implement.It does not suggest a nationwide restriction either, yet it does recommend limiting abortion access.Trump has actually distanced himself coming from the document, claiming: "I understand absolutely nothing regarding Project 2025. I have no suggestion who is behind it." Several previous Trump administration representatives are actually associated with Project 2025. Was actually rising cost of living under Biden worst in United States history?CLAIM: Trump: "The most awful inflation our experts've ever before had" [was actually under Biden] JUDGMENT: This is false. Under Head of state Biden, inflation reached the top at 9.1% in June 2022, at a time when prices were actually increasing dramatically in many countries. Rising cost of living was last above 9% in 1981, however it has actually been substantially higher than that at numerous various other factors in US history.Since its peak in mid-2022, rising cost of living has actually gone down to 3.3%, for the year to May 2024. However prices are still rising and also it is actually a key problem for numerous voters.Would Trump tolls set you back households $4,000? CLAIM: Harris: "Economic experts have actually said that that Trump purchases income tax will in fact result for center lesson family members in about $4,000 even more a year". VERDICT: Harris calls Trump's suggested tax on bring ins a sales tax. Some business analysts have actually predicted that these tolls might cost families this much. Others possess reduced quotes. Trump asserts the expense would be thought by international nations however economic experts feel there would certainly be a financial expense for US foreign buyers as well as individuals. The $4,000 body originates from analysis - due to the left-of-centre think tank the Center for American Progression - of Trump's pledge to increase tolls on all imported products to 10-20% plus all items imported from China to 60%. They took the amount the US purchases in items coming from abroad every year, figured out just how much the brand new taxes on these products would certainly be actually as well as separated this by the lot of homes in the US.It works out at $4,600 every home, however when you check out "center profit" family members you acquire a body of $3,900 a year.Other estimates are actually lesser. 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 actually criminal offense down in Venezuela given that it's delivering bad guys to the US?CLAIM: Trump: "Crime in Venezuela ... is way down given that they have actually taken their crooks off the roads and also given them to her [Harris] to embed our country". VERDICT: There is actually no proof that Venezuela is actually performing this. Criminal activity levels are down yet pros mention this is actually because of the state of the economic situation. The Venezuelan government does certainly not publish reliable crime bodies, however the individual Venezuelan Observatory of Violence does.The Observatory's 2023 annual record mentioned that terrible fatalities that year - including homicides - were actually down through a quarter compared to 2022. The Observatory told BBC Verify: "Unlawful act is actually lowered in Venezuela by a decline in criminal offense possibilities: bank burglaries go away since there is actually no money to take kidnappings are actually minimized due to the fact that there is no cash to spend ransoms." It stated it had seen no evidence that the Venezuelan government was actually delivering crooks to the US.Reporting through Lucy Gilder, Merlyn Thomas, Daniele Palumbo, Gerry Georgieva & Kayleen Devlin.