.Getty ImagesDonald Trump and also Kamala Harris went head to head in their first televised debate in the United States election campaign.In 90 moments of often fiery swaps, the Republican politician and Autonomous presidential prospects traded insurance claims over vital election problems consisting of the economic situation, migration and also abortion.BBC Verify has been actually analyzing them.Are travelers in Ohio consuming pets?CLAIM: Trump: "In Springfield, they are actually [migrants] eating the pets, people that can be found in, they're eating the cats, they're consuming the household pets of individuals that live there". DECISION: There is actually no proof that this is actually happening. Trump's opinion adhered to an unjustified insurance claim - which was shared by his vice-presidential candidate JD Vance - that migrants coming from Haiti who have actually just recently worked out in Springfield, Ohio, have actually been actually eating pets.Springfield city representatives told BBC Verify: "There have been actually no reputable reports or particular claims of pet dogs being harmed, injured or mistreated through people within the immigrant area." You can read more here.Was Trump-era unemployment awful because 1930s? INSURANCE CLAIM: Harris: "Donald Trump left our team the worst lack of employment considering that the Great Depression". VERDICT: This is incorrect. In the end of Trump's condition of office in January 2021, the joblessness price was actually 6.4%. However it has been actually much higher considering that the Great Depression.In Oct 2009, joblessness topped at 10% within of deeper economical downturn. It has dropped gradually considering that, apart from a sharp peak throughout the Covid pandemic, as well as in the most recent information for August 2024, unemployment stood at 4.2%. Are actually millions of people entering into the United States coming from prisons and also asylums?CLAIM: Trump: "Our experts possess millions of folks pouring into our nation coming from jails and also jails, from psychological organizations and insane asylums". DECISION: There is actually no evidence for these sort of numbers.There have actually been about 10 thousand encounters along with migrants changeover the US perimeter because January 2021. There are no openly offered figures on the amount of of all of them have served attend jail or stem from psychological companies yet there is actually some data on how many have previous illegal convictions.Of the 1.4 million understandings of people crossing the perimeter illegally until now this fiscal year (to September 2024) - and also where the Boundary Patrol managed to inspect versus law enforcement data sources - regarding 14,700 people had previous criminal convictions.That's comparable to roughly 1% of all boundary awareness in this time period as well as doesn't amount to the "millions" Trump is actually claiming.Will Trump sign a national abortion ban?CLAIM: Harris: "If Donald Trump were actually to be re-elected, he will sign a nationwide abortion restriction". VERDICT: This is actually deceptive. Trump has denied that he will sign a nationwide restriction if chosen head of state. He possesses pointed out that he would certainly leave behind limits on abortion get access to as much as personal conditions to decide.Here, Harris additionally spoke about "his Project 2025" - a reference to a document posted due to the conservative Ancestry Structure laying out a list of policy proposals that they feel a Trump presidency should implement.It doesn't recommend a national ban either, however it performs advise restricting abortion access.Trump has actually distanced himself from the document, stating: "I recognize absolutely nothing about Venture 2025. I possess no concept who lags it." Lots of past Trump management officials are linked with Job 2025. Was actually inflation under Biden worst in US history?CLAIM: Trump: "The most awful inflation our experts have actually ever before possessed" [was actually under Biden] JUDGMENT: This is actually untrue. Under Head of state Biden, rising cost of living peaked at 9.1% in June 2022, at a time when rates were actually rising greatly in several countries. Rising cost of living was final above 9% in 1981, yet it has actually been dramatically higher than that at numerous various other points in United States history.Since its own height in mid-2022, inflation has fallen to 3.3%, for the year to May 2024. However prices are actually still climbing as well as it is actually a crucial problem for lots of voters.Would Trump tariffs cost families $4,000? CLAIM: Harris: "Economic experts have actually mentioned that that Trump sales income tax would really lead for mid class family members in around $4,000 additional a year". DECISION: Harris refers to as Trump's recommended tax on imports a sales tax. Some economists have approximated that these tariffs could possibly set you back loved ones this much. Others have lower price quotes. Trump firmly insists the price will be felt through foreign countries however financial experts feel there would certainly be actually an economical cost for US international merchants and also buyers. The $4,000 figure stems from study - due to the left-of-centre brain trust the Centre for American Improvement - of Trump's pledge to increase tariffs on all imported goods to 10-20% and all goods imported from China to 60%. They took the amount the US purchases in products coming from abroad annually, identified just how much the brand-new taxes on these goods will be and split this by the number of houses in the US.It works out at $4,600 per family, yet when you take a look at "mid profit" loved ones you receive a number of $3,900 a year.Other estimations are lesser. The Peterson Institute believes the influence would be closer to $1,700 a year (for tolls at 10%) or $2,500 (at twenty%). Is criminal offense down in Venezuela since it is actually sending bad guys to the US?CLAIM: Trump: "Criminal Activity in Venezuela ... is actually way down due to the fact that they have taken their lawbreakers off the roads and provided to her [Harris] to embed our nation". VERDICT: There is no proof that Venezuela is actually performing this. Unlawful act levels are down but experts claim this is because of the condition of the economic situation. The Venezuelan federal government performs certainly not release reputable unlawful act bodies, yet the independent Venezuelan Observatory of Brutality does.The Observatory's 2023 annual record claimed that violent fatalities that year - like murders - were down by a fourth reviewed to 2022. The Observatory said to BBC Verify: "Criminal activity is lessened in Venezuela through a decrease in crime options: financial institution robberies disappear since there is actually no funds to steal kidnappings are lowered because there is no cash to pay out ransom money." It stated it had actually viewed no proof that the Venezuelan government was sending offenders to the US.Reporting through Lucy Gilder, Merlyn Thomas, Daniele Palumbo, Gerry Georgieva & Kayleen Devlin.