.Getty ImagesDonald Trump as well as Kamala Harris went head to move in their first televised argument in the US political election campaign.In 90 moments of usually fiery exchanges, the Republican and also Autonomous governmental prospects traded insurance claims over vital election problems featuring the economic condition, immigration as well as abortion.BBC Verify has actually been reviewing them.Are travelers in Ohio eating pets?CLAIM: Trump: "In Springfield, they are actually [immigrants] eating the pet dogs, people that can be found in, they are actually eating the cats, they are actually consuming the family pets of folks that stay there". VERDICT: There is actually no evidence that this is happening. Trump's opinion complied with a baseless case - which was actually shared through his vice-presidential applicant JD Vance - that migrants from Haiti that have actually recently cleared up in Springfield, Ohio, have been actually consuming pets.Springfield area officials said to BBC Verify: "There have been no credible reports or even details insurance claims of dogs being actually damaged, harmed or violated by people within the immigrant neighborhood." You can learn more here.Was Trump-era jobless the worst because 1930s? INSURANCE CLAIM: Harris: "Donald Trump left our company awful joblessness due to the fact that the Great Hard times". DECISION: This is actually untrue. In the end of Trump's phrase of workplace in January 2021, the lack of employment rate was 6.4%. But it has been actually greater given that the Great Depression.In October 2009, lack of employment reached the top at 10% in a period of deeper economic recession. It has actually dropped steadily due to the fact that, aside from a sharp top during the course of the Covid pandemic, as well as in one of the most recent data for August 2024, unemployment stood at 4.2%. Are actually millions of folks entering into the United States from prisons and also asylums?CLAIM: Trump: "We have numerous people pouring in to our country coming from jails and also jails, from psychological establishments and crazy asylums". JUDGMENT: There is no evidence for these sort of numbers.There have actually had to do with 10 thousand encounters with migrants crossing over the United States boundary due to the fact that January 2021. There are no openly accessible figures on how many of all of them have actually provided attend prison or stem from psychological companies however there is actually some data on the amount of possess previous criminal convictions.Of the 1.4 thousand thoughts of individuals crossing the perimeter unlawfully up until now this financial year (to September 2024) - and also where the Perimeter Watch managed to check out against law enforcement data sources - about 14,700 folks had previous criminal convictions.That's comparable to around 1% of all border understandings within this time period and also doesn't total up to the "thousands" Trump is actually claiming.Will Trump sign a nationwide abortion ban?CLAIM: Harris: "If Donald Trump were to become re-elected, he is going to authorize a national abortion ban". DECISION: This is misleading. Trump has actually refuted that he would certainly sign a nationwide ban if chosen head of state. He possesses said that he would leave limitations on abortion accessibility around private states to decide.Here, Harris additionally discussed "his Task 2025" - a recommendation to a record published by the conservative Heritage Structure outlining a list of plan propositions that they strongly believe a Trump presidency must implement.It does not propose a national ban either, yet it carries out suggest confining abortion access.Trump has actually distanced himself coming from the documentation, claiming: "I recognize nothing at all regarding Task 2025. I possess no tip who is behind it." Lots of former Trump management officials are actually related to Project 2025. Was rising cost of living under Biden worst in US history?CLAIM: Trump: "The worst inflation our team've ever possessed" [was under Biden] JUDGMENT: This is actually untrue. Under Head of state Biden, inflation topped at 9.1% in June 2022, at a time when rates were actually rising sharply in lots of nations. Inflation was actually last above 9% in 1981, but it has actually been considerably greater than that at a number of other aspects in US history.Since its own peak in mid-2022, inflation has actually dropped to 3.3%, for the year to May 2024. But prices are actually still climbing as well as it is a crucial concern for lots of voters.Would Trump tolls cost families $4,000? CLAIM: Harris: "Financial experts have actually mentioned that that Trump purchases tax obligation would in fact lead for center course family members in approximately $4,000 more a year". JUDGMENT: Harris refers to as Trump's proposed tax obligation on bring ins a sales tax obligation. Some business analysts have actually predicted that these tolls could set you back households this much. Others have lesser estimates. Trump insists the cost would be felt by overseas countries yet financial experts feel there would certainly be actually an economical price for US foreign buyers and also customers. The $4,000 amount stems from evaluation - by the left-of-centre brain trust the Facility for American Development - of Trump's vow to enhance tolls on all imported products to 10-20% and all products imported from China to 60%. They took the amount the US buys in products from abroad each year, found out just how much the brand new tax obligations on these products will be actually and split this due to the number of families in the US.It works out at $4,600 per house, but when you check out "center income" households you obtain a figure of $3,900 a year.Other estimates are actually lower. The Peterson Institute thinks the influence would be closer to $1,700 a year (for tariffs at 10%) or $2,500 (at 20%). Is actually criminal offense down in Venezuela considering that it's delivering offenders to the US?CLAIM: Trump: "Criminal Activity in Venezuela ... is actually way down because they have actually taken their criminals off the streets as well as provided to her [Harris] to embed our country". DECISION: There is actually no proof that Venezuela is doing this. Crime degrees are down but experts say this is as a result of the condition of the economic condition. The Venezuelan government performs not publish trustworthy unlawful act amounts, however the private Venezuelan Observatory of Violence does.The Observatory's 2023 yearly report pointed out that intense deaths that year - like murders - were actually down through a fourth contrasted to 2022. The Observatory said to BBC Verify: "Unlawful act is reduced in Venezuela through a reduction in unlawful act chances: financial institution break-ins vanish since there is actually no amount of money to take kidnappings are actually minimized considering that there is actually no cash money to spend ransom money." It mentioned it had actually found no evidence that the Venezuelan government was actually sending thugs to the US.Reporting by Lucy Gilder, Merlyn Thomas, Daniele Palumbo, Gerry Georgieva & Kayleen Devlin.