.Getty ImagesDonald Trump as well as Kamala Harris went head to move in their very first televised controversy in the United States election campaign.In 90 minutes of commonly intense exchanges, the Republican politician and Democratic presidential prospects traded cases over key political election problems including the economic situation, migration and abortion.BBC Verify has actually been examining them.Are migrants in Ohio consuming pets?CLAIM: Trump: "In Springfield, they're [migrants] eating the dogs, people that was available in, they are actually consuming the cats, they are actually consuming the dogs of individuals that stay there". VERDICT: There is actually no proof that this is taking place. Trump's opinion complied with a baseless claim - which was discussed by his vice-presidential candidate JD Vance - that migrants from Haiti who have recently cleared up in Springfield, Ohio, have been consuming pets.Springfield area authorities told BBC Verify: "There have actually been no qualified records or certain claims of pet dogs being hurt, harmed or abused by individuals within the immigrant community." You can find out more here.Was Trump-era unemployed the most awful since 1930s? CLAIM: Harris: "Donald Trump left our company awful unemployment given that the Great Depression". VERDICT: This is actually misleading. By the end of Trump's term of workplace in January 2021, the lack of employment fee was actually 6.4%. Yet it has been much higher because the Great Depression.In October 2009, joblessness topped at 10% within of deeper economical downturn. It has actually dropped steadily due to the fact that, apart from a stinging optimal in the course of the Covid pandemic, and also in the most current information for August 2024, joblessness stood at 4.2%. Are countless individuals coming into the United States coming from prisons and asylums?CLAIM: Trump: "We possess millions of people putting in to our country coming from jails as well as jails, from mental establishments and crazy asylums". JUDGMENT: There is no proof for these type of numbers.There have actually had to do with 10 thousand confrontations along with migrants transition the United States perimeter given that January 2021. There are no openly offered figures on the number of of them have offered attend penitentiary or originate from mental establishments yet there is some information on how many possess previous illegal convictions.Of the 1.4 thousand awareness of people going across the border unlawfully thus far this financial year (to September 2024) - and also where the Boundary Watch was able to check out versus police data sources - regarding 14,700 folks possessed previous illegal convictions.That's equal to around 1% of all border savvies in this time period and also does not total up to the "millions" Trump is claiming.Will Trump sign a nationwide abortion ban?CLAIM: Harris: "If Donald Trump were actually to be re-elected, he will sign a nationwide abortion restriction". JUDGMENT: This is confusing. Trump has denied that he will authorize a national ban if selected head of state. He possesses claimed that he will leave behind restrictions on abortion accessibility around private conditions to decide.Here, Harris also discussed "his Venture 2025" - a recommendation to a file posted by the right-wing Heritage Groundwork describing a list of policy plans that they strongly believe a Trump presidency ought to implement.It does not propose a nationwide ban either, but it does suggest confining abortion access.Trump has actually outdoed themself from the paper, claiming: "I understand nothing regarding Task 2025. I have no concept who is behind it." A lot of past Trump administration officials are associated with Project 2025. Was rising cost of living under Biden worst in US history?CLAIM: Trump: "Awful inflation our experts've ever before possessed" [was actually under Biden] DECISION: This is actually inaccurate. Under Head of state Biden, inflation peaked at 9.1% in June 2022, each time when costs were rising sharply in numerous nations. Inflation was final above 9% in 1981, but it has actually been actually considerably higher than that at many other aspects in US history.Since its peak in mid-2022, rising cost of living has actually dropped to 3.3%, for the year to May 2024. Yet costs are actually still climbing as well as it is a key issue for lots of voters.Would Trump tariffs cost family members $4,000? INSURANCE CLAIM: Harris: "Financial experts have actually said that that Trump purchases tax obligation would actually lead for mid lesson loved ones in about $4,000 even more a year". VERDICT: Harris refers to as Trump's recommended income tax on imports a purchases tax. Some business analysts have actually approximated that these tolls could cost households this a lot. Others possess lesser estimates. Trump asserts the cost will be experienced through overseas countries but economic experts believe there will be actually a financial cost for US foreign buyers and consumers. The $4,000 amount arises from review - due to the left-of-centre brain trust the Center for American Progress - of Trump's promise to boost tolls on all imported products to 10-20% plus all products imported coming from China to 60%. They took the quantity the United States gets in products from abroad every year, found out the amount of the brand-new taxes on these items would be actually as well as separated this due to the lot of families in the US.It works out at $4,600 per house, yet when you look at "mid income" family members you get a number of $3,900 a year.Other estimations are reduced. The Peterson Institute believes the influence will be closer to $1,700 a year (for tariffs at 10%) or even $2,500 (at twenty%). Is crime down in Venezuela due to the fact that it's sending thugs to the US?CLAIM: Trump: "Unlawful Act in Venezuela ... is actually way down since they have taken their wrongdoers off the roads as well as given them to her [Harris] to embed our nation". DECISION: There is no proof that Venezuela is performing this. Criminal offense levels are down yet experts say this is actually due to the condition of the economy. The Venezuelan authorities carries out not post reliable crime numbers, however the individual Venezuelan Observatory of Brutality does.The Observatory's 2023 yearly file mentioned that violent deaths that year - like murders - were down by a quarter reviewed to 2022. The Observatory informed BBC Verify: "Criminal offense is lowered in Venezuela through a decline in unlawful act possibilities: financial institution break-ins fade away since there is actually no amount of money to swipe kidnappings are reduced considering that there is no cash money to pay for ransoms." It said it had actually viewed no evidence that the Venezuelan government was sending out criminals to the US.Reporting by Lucy Gilder, Merlyn Thomas, Daniele Palumbo, Gerry Georgieva & Kayleen Devlin.