.Getty ImagesDonald Trump and Kamala Harris went head to move in their first televised debate in the United States election campaign.In 90 minutes of commonly fiery swaps, the Republican politician and also Autonomous governmental prospects traded cases over key election problems featuring the economic condition, immigration and abortion.BBC Verify has been analyzing them.Are evacuees in Ohio eating pets?CLAIM: Trump: "In Springfield, they are actually [immigrants] eating the canines, individuals that was available in, they are actually eating the felines, they're eating the pet dogs of people that live there". JUDGMENT: There is actually no proof that this is actually taking place. Trump's comment observed an ungrounded case - which was actually discussed by his vice-presidential candidate JD Vance - that migrants from Haiti who have actually recently settled in Springfield, Ohio, have actually been actually consuming pets.Springfield metropolitan area officials told BBC Verify: "There have actually been no credible reports or certain insurance claims of family pets being harmed, injured or even misused by individuals within the immigrant community." You can read more here.Was Trump-era jobless the most awful because 1930s? CASE: Harris: "Donald Trump left us the most awful lack of employment given that the Great Hard times". JUDGMENT: This is false. By the end of Trump's phrase of workplace in January 2021, the unemployment rate was actually 6.4%. Yet it has been higher given that the Great Depression.In October 2009, joblessness came to a head at 10% in a period of deep-seated financial downturn. It has actually dropped progressively because, besides a sharp height during the course of the Covid pandemic, and in the most recent data for August 2024, lack of employment stood up at 4.2%. Are millions of folks coming into the United States from penitentiaries as well as asylums?CLAIM: Trump: "We have countless folks pouring in to our country coming from penitentiaries and also prisons, from mental organizations and ridiculous asylums". JUDGMENT: There is no proof for these sort of numbers.There have actually had to do with 10 million rendezvous along with evacuees changeover the US boundary since January 2021. There are actually no publicly readily available plan how many of all of them have served attend jail or even stem from mental institutions but there is some data on the number of possess previous unlawful convictions.Of the 1.4 thousand judgments of individuals traversing the boundary unlawfully until now this fiscal year (to September 2024) - and also where the Border Watch managed to check out against police databases - regarding 14,700 people had previous criminal convictions.That's equivalent to approximately 1% of all border ideas in this period and also does not amount to the "thousands" Trump is claiming.Will Trump authorize a national abortion ban?CLAIM: Harris: "If Donald Trump were actually to become re-elected, he will definitely authorize a nationwide abortion ban". VERDICT: This is actually deceiving. Trump has denied that he would authorize a national ban if selected head of state. He has pointed out that he would leave limits on abortion access around private states to decide.Here, Harris additionally discussed "his Task 2025" - an endorsement to a documentation released due to the right-wing Culture Structure summarizing a list of plan propositions that they strongly believe a Trump presidency need to implement.It doesn't recommend a nationwide ban either, but it performs recommend confining abortion access.Trump has distanced himself coming from the record, stating: "I understand absolutely nothing about Venture 2025. I possess no suggestion that is behind it." Many previous Trump administration authorities are linked with Task 2025. Was inflation under Biden worst in United States history?CLAIM: Trump: "The worst inflation our team have actually ever before possessed" [was under Biden] VERDICT: This is actually misleading. Under President Biden, rising cost of living reached the top at 9.1% in June 2022, at once when prices were climbing sharply in several nations. Inflation was actually final over 9% in 1981, however it has been actually considerably greater than that at several various other aspects in United States history.Since its optimal in mid-2022, inflation has actually dropped to 3.3%, for the year to May 2024. But rates are still increasing as well as it is actually a vital problem for numerous voters.Would Trump tolls cost family members $4,000? CASE: Harris: "Economists have stated that that Trump sales tax obligation would actually result for center training class households in approximately $4,000 even more a year". JUDGMENT: Harris calls Trump's recommended tax obligation on bring ins a purchases tax. Some economic experts have actually determined that these tolls can set you back households this a lot. Others possess reduced price quotes. Trump insists the price would be felt through international countries however economists feel there would certainly be actually an economical cost for United States international merchants as well as customers. The $4,000 number comes from analysis - by the left-of-centre think tank the Centre for American Progression - of Trump's pledge to boost tolls on all imported products to 10-20% and all items imported coming from China to 60%. They took the amount the US acquires in goods from abroad each year, found out the amount of the new income taxes on these items would be actually and also separated this by the variety of households in the US.It exercises at $4,600 per house, but when you check out "center revenue" loved ones you get a number of $3,900 a year.Other price quotes are lesser. The Peterson Institute presumes the influence would be closer to $1,700 a year (for tariffs at 10%) or even $2,500 (at twenty%). Is criminal activity down in Venezuela since it is actually sending criminals to the US?CLAIM: Trump: "Unlawful Act in Venezuela ... is way down due to the fact that they have taken their criminals off the roads and given them to her [Harris] to put into our country". DECISION: There is no evidence that Venezuela is doing this. Criminal offense amounts are actually down however specialists say this is actually as a result of the state of the economy. The Venezuelan federal government performs not release reputable criminal offense numbers, but the independent Venezuelan Observatory of Physical violence does.The Observatory's 2023 annual record pointed out that fierce deaths that year - such as murders - were down through a fourth reviewed to 2022. The Observatory said to BBC Verify: "Crime is minimized in Venezuela by a reduction in criminal activity opportunities: banking company burglaries disappear because there is actually no cash to steal kidnappings are actually minimized since there is actually no cash money to pay ransom money." It stated it had actually observed no proof that the Venezuelan federal government was sending thugs to the US.Reporting by Lucy Gilder, Merlyn Thomas, Daniele Palumbo, Gerry Georgieva & Kayleen Devlin.