.Getty ImagesDonald Trump and Kamala Harris went head to head in their 1st televised controversy in the United States political election campaign.In 90 moments of typically intense swaps, the Republican politician as well as Democratic presidential prospects traded claims over vital election problems including the economic condition, migration as well as abortion.BBC Verify has actually been actually analyzing them.Are migrants in Ohio eating pets?CLAIM: Trump: "In Springfield, they are actually [migrants] eating the pets, people that can be found in, they're consuming the cats, they're consuming the animals of folks that live there". VERDICT: There is actually no documentation that this is happening. Trump's opinion adhered to a baseless case - which was actually discussed by his vice-presidential candidate JD Vance - that migrants from Haiti that have actually lately resolved in Springfield, Ohio, have been actually consuming pets.Springfield metropolitan area authorities told BBC Verify: "There have been actually no qualified documents or specific claims of animals being actually damaged, hurt or even misused through individuals within the immigrant community." You can learn more here.Was Trump-era out of work the most awful given that 1930s? INSURANCE CLAIM: Harris: "Donald Trump left us the worst unemployment since the Great Depression". DECISION: This is incorrect. At the end of Trump's term of workplace in January 2021, the lack of employment fee was actually 6.4%. However it has actually been actually higher because the Great Depression.In October 2009, joblessness came to a head at 10% in a period of deep-seated economical recession. It has actually fallen gradually since, other than a sharp height throughout the Covid pandemic, and also in the absolute most current information for August 2024, unemployment stood up at 4.2%. Are actually countless people coming into the US coming from prisons and also asylums?CLAIM: Trump: "Our experts have millions of people putting into our nation coming from penitentiaries and jails, coming from mental organizations as well as ridiculous asylums". JUDGMENT: There is actually no evidence for these sort of numbers.There have had to do with 10 thousand rendezvous along with travelers changeover the United States perimeter considering that January 2021. There are no openly accessible plan the number of of all of them have actually offered time in prison or even come from psychological institutions but there is some data on the amount of have previous criminal convictions.Of the 1.4 million thoughts of individuals crossing the border unlawfully up until now this fiscal year (to September 2024) - and where the Border Patrol managed to inspect versus law enforcement databases - regarding 14,700 people possessed previous criminal convictions.That's equivalent to roughly 1% of all border judgments in this period and also doesn't total up to the "millions" Trump is actually claiming.Will Trump sign a national abortion ban?CLAIM: Harris: "If Donald Trump were to be re-elected, he is going to sign a national abortion ban". DECISION: This is deceptive. Trump has actually refuted that he would certainly authorize a national ban if chosen head of state. He has pointed out that he will leave behind restrictions on abortion get access to approximately specific conditions to decide.Here, Harris additionally spoke about "his Task 2025" - a reference to a record posted due to the right-wing Culture Base describing a listing of plan propositions that they believe a Trump presidency must implement.It doesn't propose a national restriction either, but it performs recommend confining abortion access.Trump has outdoed themself from the paper, stating: "I recognize nothing at all regarding Job 2025. I have no suggestion that lags it." Several previous Trump administration officials are related to Venture 2025. Was actually inflation under Biden worst in US history?CLAIM: Trump: "The most awful rising cost of living we've ever before possessed" [was under Biden] VERDICT: This is untrue. Under President Biden, rising cost of living reached the top at 9.1% in June 2022, each time when prices were increasing sharply in a lot of countries. Rising cost of living was final above 9% in 1981, but it has actually been dramatically greater than that at several various other points in US history.Since its peak in mid-2022, inflation has actually dropped to 3.3%, for the year to May 2024. Yet costs are still climbing and it is actually a key problem for numerous voters.Would Trump tariffs set you back families $4,000? CASE: Harris: "Economic experts have actually mentioned that that Trump sales tax will really result for mid class families in about $4,000 additional a year". DECISION: Harris calls Trump's suggested tax on imports a sales income tax. Some business analysts have estimated that these tolls might set you back family members this a lot. Others have lower quotes. Trump urges the expense will be felt by overseas nations however economists feel there would certainly be an economical expense for United States importers and also individuals. The $4,000 figure comes from analysis - due to the left-of-centre brain trust the Facility for American Development - of Trump's guarantee to boost tolls on all imported items to 10-20% and all products imported coming from China to 60%. They took the quantity the United States gets in products from abroad every year, figured out the amount of the new income taxes on these products would certainly be and also separated this due to the lot of homes in the US.It exercises at $4,600 per house, but when you check out "center profit" family members you acquire a number of $3,900 a year.Other quotes are actually lower. The Peterson Principle thinks the effect would certainly be actually closer to $1,700 a year (for tolls at 10%) or $2,500 (at twenty%). Is actually criminal offense down in Venezuela given that it is actually delivering thugs to the US?CLAIM: Trump: "Unlawful Act in Venezuela ... is way down since they have actually taken their lawbreakers off the streets and provided to her [Harris] to put into our country". VERDICT: There is no documentation that Venezuela is doing this. Unlawful act degrees are down but professionals claim this is due to the state of the economic condition. The Venezuelan authorities does not post reputable criminal activity figures, but the independent Venezuelan Observatory of Physical violence does.The Observatory's 2023 annual report stated that terrible deaths that year - including homicides - were actually down through a quarter matched up to 2022. The Observatory informed BBC Verify: "Criminal offense is lowered in Venezuela through a decrease in crime chances: banking company robberies vanish because there is no amount of money to take kidnappings are actually lowered since there is actually no cash money to spend ransoms." It claimed it had actually observed no documentation that the Venezuelan federal government was actually sending criminals to the US.Reporting by Lucy Gilder, Merlyn Thomas, Daniele Palumbo, Gerry Georgieva & Kayleen Devlin.