.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 mins of typically fiery swaps, the Republican as well as Autonomous governmental applicants traded insurance claims over key election problems featuring the economic climate, immigration and also abortion.BBC Verify has been examining them.Are evacuees in Ohio consuming pets?CLAIM: Trump: "In Springfield, they're [migrants] consuming the pet dogs, the people that came in, they're eating the pet cats, they're consuming the dogs of folks that stay there". JUDGMENT: There is no documentation that this is occurring. Trump's review complied with a baseless case - which was actually discussed by his vice-presidential applicant JD Vance - that migrants coming from Haiti who have actually recently worked out in Springfield, Ohio, have been actually consuming pets.Springfield area officials said to BBC Verify: "There have been no trustworthy documents or even specific insurance claims of dogs being hurt, harmed or abused by people within the immigrant community." You can find out more here.Was Trump-era out of work awful given that 1930s? CASE: Harris: "Donald Trump left us the worst unemployment given that the Great Depression". DECISION: This is incorrect. In the end of Trump's condition of office in January 2021, the unemployment cost was 6.4%. But it has actually been actually much higher since the Great Depression.In Oct 2009, unemployment peaked at 10% in a period of deeper economical financial crisis. It has dropped continuously due to the fact that, in addition to a stinging peak in the course of the Covid pandemic, and also in the most latest records for August 2024, unemployment stood at 4.2%. Are millions of people coming into the US coming from penitentiaries and asylums?CLAIM: Trump: "We have countless people pouring right into our nation coming from penitentiaries and prisons, from psychological institutions and outrageous asylums". JUDGMENT: There is no proof for these sort of numbers.There have concerned 10 million rendezvous along with travelers changeover the United States boundary given that January 2021. There are no openly offered figures on how many of them have actually served time in jail or even arise from psychological organizations yet there is some information on the amount of possess previous unlawful convictions.Of the 1.4 thousand ideas of folks moving across the perimeter illegitimately thus far this fiscal year (to September 2024) - as well as where the Boundary Watch managed to examine versus police data banks - concerning 14,700 people possessed previous illegal convictions.That's comparable to about 1% of all perimeter understandings in this particular time period and also does not total up to the "millions" Trump is actually claiming.Will Trump sign a nationwide abortion ban?CLAIM: Harris: "If Donald Trump were actually to become re-elected, he will certainly sign a national abortion ban". VERDICT: This is misleading. Trump has rejected that he would authorize a nationwide restriction if elected head of state. He has pointed out that he will leave behind restrictions on abortion access as much as specific states to decide.Here, Harris likewise referred to "his Task 2025" - a referral to a document released by the conservative Ancestry Foundation outlining a list of policy plans that they believe a Trump presidency should implement.It doesn't recommend a national restriction either, yet it performs encourage limiting abortion access.Trump has actually outdoed themself from the record, pointing out: "I know absolutely nothing regarding Task 2025. I have no idea who is behind it." Many past Trump management representatives are connected with Venture 2025. Was rising cost of living under Biden worst in United States history?CLAIM: Trump: "The worst inflation our team have actually ever possessed" [was under Biden] DECISION: This is actually false. Under Head of state Biden, inflation came to a head at 9.1% in June 2022, each time when rates were increasing sharply in several countries. Inflation was actually final over 9% in 1981, however it has been substantially higher than that at many various other points in United States history.Since its own optimal in mid-2022, inflation has fallen to 3.3%, for the year to May 2024. But prices are actually still increasing and also it is actually an essential concern for many voters.Would Trump tariffs set you back family members $4,000? INSURANCE CLAIM: Harris: "Economic experts have pointed out that that Trump sales tax would really result for center class family members in about $4,000 additional a year". JUDGMENT: Harris names Trump's recommended tax obligation on imports a sales income tax. Some economic experts have actually estimated that these tariffs might set you back households this a lot. Others have lesser estimates. Trump urges the expense would be believed through overseas nations however economists think there would certainly be actually an economic cost for United States international merchants and buyers. The $4,000 number originates from analysis - by the left-of-centre think tank the Center for American Improvement - of Trump's promise to improve tariffs on all imported products to 10-20% and all items imported from China to 60%. They took the volume the United States gets in products from abroad each year, identified how much the brand-new tax obligations on these products would certainly be actually and separated this due to the lot of families in the US.It exercises at $4,600 per household, however when you look at "mid profit" family members you acquire a figure of $3,900 a year.Other estimations are reduced. The Peterson Principle believes the influence will be closer to $1,700 a year (for tariffs at 10%) or $2,500 (at 20%). Is actually criminal activity down in Venezuela given that it is actually sending lawbreakers to the US?CLAIM: Trump: "Crime in Venezuela ... is way down since they have taken their wrongdoers off the streets and also provided to her [Harris] to put into our nation". VERDICT: There is no proof that Venezuela is doing this. Unlawful act degrees are down yet pros claim this is due to the state of the economic situation. The Venezuelan federal government does not publish dependable unlawful act numbers, however the individual Venezuelan Observatory of Physical violence does.The Observatory's 2023 yearly report mentioned that intense fatalities that year - like murders - were actually down through a fourth contrasted to 2022. The Observatory informed BBC Verify: "Criminal activity is lowered in Venezuela through a decline in criminal offense opportunities: financial institution break-ins go away given that there is no money to take kidnappings are reduced considering that there is actually no money to pay out ransoms." It claimed it had observed no proof that the Venezuelan authorities was actually delivering offenders to the US.Reporting by Lucy Gilder, Merlyn Thomas, Daniele Palumbo, Gerry Georgieva & Kayleen Devlin.