.Getty ImagesDonald Trump and also Kamala Harris went head to head in their initial televised controversy in the United States political election campaign.In 90 mins of commonly intense exchanges, the Republican and also Autonomous governmental candidates traded claims over vital vote-casting problems consisting of the economic condition, migration and also abortion.BBC Verify has been examining them.Are migrants in Ohio consuming pets?CLAIM: Trump: "In Springfield, they are actually [migrants] consuming the dogs, people that came in, they are actually eating the pet cats, they are actually eating the pet dogs of individuals that live there". DECISION: There is no proof that this is actually occurring. Trump's remark followed an ungrounded insurance claim - which was discussed through his vice-presidential applicant JD Vance - that migrants coming from Haiti who have just recently resolved in Springfield, Ohio, have actually been actually eating pets.Springfield urban area representatives informed BBC Verify: "There have been actually no reliable files or even particular cases of household pets being actually injured, hurt or even misused by people within the immigrant community." You can read more here.Was Trump-era jobless awful since 1930s? CASE: Harris: "Donald Trump left us the most awful joblessness since the Great Depression". JUDGMENT: This is untrue. At the end of Trump's condition of office in January 2021, the joblessness cost was actually 6.4%. But it has been actually greater due to the fact that the Great Depression.In Oct 2009, joblessness reached the top at 10% within of deep-seated economic downturn. It has actually fallen steadily because, apart from a sharp top throughout the Covid pandemic, and in the best current data for August 2024, unemployment stood at 4.2%. Are millions of people entering into the United States coming from prisons and also asylums?CLAIM: Trump: "We have millions of individuals putting into our country coming from jails as well as jails, from mental institutions and outrageous asylums". DECISION: There is actually no documentation for these kind of numbers.There have concerned 10 thousand encounters with migrants crossing over the US boundary considering that January 2021. There are no publicly offered plan the number of of them have offered time in prison or arise from mental companies however there is actually some information on the amount of possess previous criminal convictions.Of the 1.4 million judgments of folks traversing the border illegitimately thus far this fiscal year (to September 2024) - and where the Border Watch managed to check versus law enforcement data banks - concerning 14,700 individuals had previous unlawful convictions.That's equivalent to about 1% of all border savvies in this particular duration as well as doesn't amount to the "millions" Trump is claiming.Will Trump sign a national abortion ban?CLAIM: Harris: "If Donald Trump were to become re-elected, he will sign a national abortion ban". DECISION: This is actually deceptive. Trump has actually refused that he would sign a nationwide ban if selected president. He possesses pointed out that he would certainly leave restrictions on abortion gain access to up to individual conditions to decide.Here, Harris additionally talked about "his Venture 2025" - an endorsement to a record released by the conservative Culture Structure detailing a listing of policy proposals that they think a Trump presidency must implement.It does not suggest a nationwide restriction either, but it performs recommend restricting abortion access.Trump has actually distanced himself from the documentation, pointing out: "I understand nothing at all regarding Project 2025. I have no idea who is behind it." A lot of past Trump management officials are actually connected with Venture 2025. Was rising cost of living under Biden worst in US history?CLAIM: Trump: "The most awful inflation we have actually ever before possessed" [was under Biden] VERDICT: This is actually incorrect. Under Head of state Biden, inflation peaked at 9.1% in June 2022, each time when rates were actually climbing dramatically in several nations. Rising cost of living was last above 9% in 1981, but it has actually been substantially more than that at a number of other points in US history.Since its top in mid-2022, inflation has actually lost to 3.3%, for the year to May 2024. However costs are actually still climbing and also it is actually an essential problem for lots of voters.Would Trump tolls cost family members $4,000? CLAIM: Harris: "Economists have mentioned that that Trump purchases tax will in fact result for mid lesson households in about $4,000 more a year". JUDGMENT: Harris calls Trump's recommended tax obligation on bring ins a purchases income tax. Some economists have actually estimated that these tariffs can set you back families this much. Others have lesser estimates. Trump firmly insists the expense will be actually experienced by international countries but financial experts believe there would certainly be actually an economical cost for United States foreign buyers and also customers. The $4,000 body stems from study - due to the left-of-centre brain trust the Center for American Improvement - of Trump's pledge to improve tariffs on all imported products to 10-20% and all goods imported coming from China to 60%. They took the amount the United States purchases in goods coming from abroad yearly, determined just how much the brand-new tax obligations on these goods would certainly be actually and divided this by the number of households in the US.It works out at $4,600 every family, but when you look at "mid revenue" loved ones you obtain an amount of $3,900 a year.Other quotes are actually reduced. The Peterson Institute assumes the impact would be actually closer to $1,700 a year (for tariffs at 10%) or $2,500 (at 20%). Is unlawful act down in Venezuela because it is actually sending bad guys to the US?CLAIM: Trump: "Crime in Venezuela ... is way down since they have actually taken their lawbreakers off the roads and given them to her [Harris] to put into our nation". DECISION: There is no proof that Venezuela is performing this. Criminal activity degrees are actually down however specialists claim this is actually because of the condition of the economy. The Venezuelan government performs not post trustworthy criminal offense figures, however the independent Venezuelan Observatory of Violence does.The Observatory's 2023 annual document claimed that terrible fatalities that year - such as homicides - were down by a quarter compared to 2022. The Observatory informed BBC Verify: "Criminal activity is actually decreased in Venezuela by a decline in unlawful act chances: financial institution robberies fade away because there is actually no loan to swipe kidnappings are minimized since there is no cash to pay for ransoms." It claimed it had actually observed no proof that the Venezuelan authorities was actually sending thugs to the US.Reporting by Lucy Gilder, Merlyn Thomas, Daniele Palumbo, Gerry Georgieva & Kayleen Devlin.