.Getty ImagesDonald Trump and Kamala Harris went head to head in their first televised dispute in the US election campaign.In 90 minutes of usually fiery swaps, the Republican politician and Democratic presidential prospects traded claims over essential election concerns featuring the economic climate, immigration and abortion.BBC Verify has actually been examining them.Are travelers in Ohio consuming pets?CLAIM: Trump: "In Springfield, they're [immigrants] consuming the pet dogs, the people that was available in, they're consuming the cats, they are actually eating the animals of individuals that reside there". JUDGMENT: There is actually no documentation that this is happening. Trump's review adhered to an unjustified claim - which was actually shared by his vice-presidential applicant JD Vance - that migrants coming from Haiti who have actually recently cleared up in Springfield, Ohio, have been actually consuming pets.Springfield urban area representatives informed BBC Verify: "There have actually been actually no trustworthy documents or particular insurance claims of household pets being actually hurt, injured or even abused through individuals within the immigrant area." You can learn more here.Was Trump-era out of work awful considering that 1930s? INSURANCE CLAIM: Harris: "Donald Trump left us the most awful lack of employment considering that the Great Crash". VERDICT: This is false. By the end of Trump's condition of office in January 2021, the joblessness rate was 6.4%. But it has actually been much higher due to the fact that the Great Depression.In October 2009, unemployment reached the top at 10% within of deep financial financial crisis. It has fallen steadily since, besides a sharp peak during the course of the Covid pandemic, and in the absolute most current data for August 2024, unemployment stood at 4.2%. Are actually countless folks coming into the United States coming from jails and also asylums?CLAIM: Trump: "Our company have numerous individuals putting in to our nation coming from jails and prisons, from psychological establishments and also crazy asylums". VERDICT: There is no evidence for these kind of numbers.There have actually been about 10 million rendezvous with travelers crossing over the United States perimeter because January 2021. There are no openly readily available figures on how many of them have actually offered time in penitentiary or even arise from psychological companies but there is actually some data on the amount of have previous criminal convictions.Of the 1.4 thousand awareness of people going across the perimeter unlawfully until now this fiscal year (to September 2024) - and where the Perimeter Patrol had the capacity to examine versus police data banks - about 14,700 people had previous illegal convictions.That's equivalent to approximately 1% of all perimeter apprehensions in this time frame and also doesn't total up to the "millions" Trump is claiming.Will Trump authorize a nationwide abortion ban?CLAIM: Harris: "If Donald Trump were actually to be re-elected, he is going to sign a nationwide abortion ban". DECISION: This is misleading. Trump has rejected that he would authorize a national restriction if selected head of state. He has mentioned that he would leave restrictions on abortion access up to personal states to decide.Here, Harris additionally discussed "his Task 2025" - a referral to a record released by the conservative Culture Foundation laying out a list of policy plans that they strongly believe a Trump presidency ought to implement.It does not recommend a national ban either, but it performs encourage limiting abortion access.Trump has distanced himself from the paper, mentioning: "I recognize nothing about Task 2025. I have no tip who is behind it." Many previous Trump management authorities are connected with Venture 2025. Was rising cost of living under Biden worst in United States history?CLAIM: Trump: "The worst inflation our experts've ever before had" [was actually under Biden] JUDGMENT: This is incorrect. Under President Biden, inflation peaked at 9.1% in June 2022, each time when rates were actually rising sharply in a lot of countries. Rising cost of living was actually final above 9% in 1981, however it has been considerably higher than that at several various other factors in US history.Since its optimal in mid-2022, rising cost of living has actually gone down to 3.3%, for the year to May 2024. But rates are actually still climbing and it is actually a crucial concern for many voters.Would Trump tariffs cost loved ones $4,000? CLAIM: Harris: "Economic experts have claimed that that Trump purchases tax obligation would in fact lead for center course loved ones in around $4,000 additional a year". JUDGMENT: Harris calls Trump's recommended income tax on imports a purchases income tax. Some economic experts have actually determined that these tariffs might set you back family members this a lot. Others have reduced estimations. Trump urges the price will be felt by foreign countries but financial experts strongly believe there would certainly be a financial cost for US foreign buyers and individuals. The $4,000 figure stems from evaluation - due to the left-of-centre think tank the Center for American Development - of Trump's vow to increase tariffs on all imported products to 10-20% plus all items imported coming from China to 60%. They took the quantity the US purchases in items from abroad each year, identified how much the brand new tax obligations on these products would certainly be and split this by the lot of families in the US.It works out at $4,600 per household, yet when you examine "mid income" family members you obtain a number of $3,900 a year.Other estimations are actually lower. The Peterson Institute believes the effect would certainly be closer to $1,700 a year (for tariffs at 10%) or even $2,500 (at twenty%). Is criminal activity down in Venezuela due to the fact that it is actually sending out criminals to the US?CLAIM: Trump: "Criminal Offense in Venezuela ... is way down given that they have taken their wrongdoers off the streets as well as provided to her [Harris] to take into our country". DECISION: There is actually no proof that Venezuela is doing this. Crime degrees are down yet pros mention this is because of the state of the economic condition. The Venezuelan federal government performs certainly not post dependable criminal offense bodies, but the private Venezuelan Observatory of Physical violence does.The Observatory's 2023 annual report pointed out that intense deaths that year - like murders - were actually down by an one-fourth compared to 2022. The Observatory said to BBC Verify: "Criminal offense is minimized in Venezuela through a reduction in criminal offense chances: banking company robberies go away since there is actually no funds to swipe kidnappings are actually minimized given that there is no cash to pay out ransom money." 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.