.Getty ImagesDonald Trump and also Kamala Harris went head to head in their first televised controversy in the US election campaign.In 90 mins of frequently fiery substitutions, the Republican politician and also Democratic presidential prospects traded cases over key election problems consisting of the economic climate, immigration and also abortion.BBC Verify has been actually checking out them.Are travelers in Ohio consuming pets?CLAIM: Trump: "In Springfield, they are actually [migrants] eating the pets, people that was available in, they are actually eating the pussy-cats, they are actually eating the pets of folks that reside there". VERDICT: There is actually no proof that this is actually happening. Trump's review observed an unsupported insurance claim - which was discussed through his vice-presidential prospect JD Vance - that immigrants coming from Haiti that have actually recently worked out in Springfield, Ohio, have been eating pets.Springfield city authorities informed BBC Verify: "There have been no legitimate documents or particular claims of family pets being injured, wounded or even mistreated by people within the immigrant area." You can find out more here.Was Trump-era jobless the most awful given that 1930s? CLAIM: Harris: "Donald Trump left our company the worst unemployment due to the fact that the Great Crash". VERDICT: This is false. At the end of Trump's phrase of workplace in January 2021, the joblessness rate was actually 6.4%. However it has actually been actually higher due to the fact that the Great Depression.In October 2009, unemployment reached the top at 10% in a period of deep-seated economical financial crisis. It has actually fallen progressively because, other than a sharp height throughout the Covid pandemic, and in the absolute most recent information for August 2024, lack of employment stood at 4.2%. Are actually numerous people coming into the United States coming from jails and asylums?CLAIM: Trump: "Our company possess numerous folks putting into our nation coming from penitentiaries and prisons, from mental establishments as well as crazy asylums". VERDICT: There is no documentation for these type of numbers.There have had to do with 10 million confrontations along with travelers changeover the United States boundary due to the fact that January 2021. There are actually no openly on call figures on the number of of all of them have provided time in penitentiary or originate from psychological establishments however there is some information on the number of have previous unlawful convictions.Of the 1.4 thousand awareness of folks moving across the boundary illegally until now this fiscal year (to September 2024) - as well as where the Perimeter Watch managed to check out versus law enforcement databases - about 14,700 individuals had previous unlawful convictions.That's equal to roughly 1% of all perimeter judgments in this particular time period as well as doesn't total up to the "millions" Trump is actually claiming.Will Trump authorize a national abortion ban?CLAIM: Harris: "If Donald Trump were actually to be re-elected, he will certainly authorize a national abortion restriction". VERDICT: This is confusing. Trump has actually denied that he would authorize a national restriction if chosen head of state. He has mentioned that he would leave limits on abortion access up to individual states to decide.Here, Harris also talked about "his Project 2025" - a referral to a document posted due to the conservative Culture Structure describing a listing of plan propositions that they feel a Trump presidency need to implement.It does not recommend a national ban either, but it performs encourage confining abortion access.Trump has actually outdoed themself from the record, stating: "I understand nothing about Job 2025. I have no suggestion who lags it." Lots of former Trump administration officials are associated with Venture 2025. Was inflation under Biden worst in United States history?CLAIM: Trump: "The worst inflation we have actually ever before possessed" [was under Biden] DECISION: This is false. Under Head of state Biden, inflation reached the top at 9.1% in June 2022, at a time when prices were increasing sharply in a lot of nations. Inflation was actually last above 9% in 1981, but it has actually been actually substantially greater than that at several various other points in US history.Since its optimal in mid-2022, inflation has actually gone down to 3.3%, for the year to May 2024. But prices are still rising and it is actually a key issue for a lot of voters.Would Trump tolls cost family members $4,000? INSURANCE CLAIM: Harris: "Financial experts have pointed out that that Trump sales income tax will really lead for center lesson families in about $4,000 additional a year". VERDICT: Harris refers to as Trump's recommended tax on imports a purchases tax. Some business analysts have actually approximated that these tolls can cost households this much. Others possess lesser price quotes. Trump insists the cost would certainly be actually experienced through overseas nations however business analysts think there would certainly be a financial expense for US importers as well as consumers. The $4,000 number comes from analysis - by the left-of-centre think tank the Facility for American Progression - of Trump's pledge to boost tariffs on all imported items to 10-20% and all items imported from China to 60%. They took the volume the United States buys in items from abroad every year, determined how much the brand-new income taxes on these items would be actually and also separated this due to the amount of houses in the US.It works out at $4,600 per household, but when you examine "center income" loved ones you acquire an amount of $3,900 a year.Other estimates are actually lower. The Peterson Principle thinks the effect would be actually closer to $1,700 a year (for tariffs at 10%) or $2,500 (at twenty%). Is actually criminal offense down in Venezuela considering that it is actually delivering bad guys to the US?CLAIM: Trump: "Criminal Activity in Venezuela ... is way down considering that they have taken their crooks off the streets as well as given them to her [Harris] to take into our country". VERDICT: There is actually no proof that Venezuela is doing this. Criminal activity amounts are actually down but professionals say this is actually as a result of the state of the economic condition. The Venezuelan government performs certainly not release dependable crime numbers, yet the individual Venezuelan Observatory of Violence does.The Observatory's 2023 annual document said that fierce fatalities that year - like murders - were down by an one-fourth reviewed to 2022. The Observatory said to BBC Verify: "Criminal offense is lowered in Venezuela through a decrease in crime opportunities: banking company burglaries disappear because there is no loan to take kidnappings are minimized because there is actually no money to pay for ransoms." It said it had actually observed no proof that the Venezuelan government was sending out thugs to the US.Reporting by Lucy Gilder, Merlyn Thomas, Daniele Palumbo, Gerry Georgieva & Kayleen Devlin.