.Getty ImagesDonald Trump and Kamala Harris went head to head in their very first televised discussion in the US vote-casting campaign.In 90 mins of usually fiery exchanges, the Republican politician as well as Democratic presidential applicants traded cases over crucial vote-casting concerns including the economic situation, immigration and also abortion.BBC Verify has actually been analyzing them.Are evacuees in Ohio consuming pets?CLAIM: Trump: "In Springfield, they're [immigrants] consuming the pets, individuals that came in, they're eating the cats, they are actually eating the dogs of individuals that stay there". JUDGMENT: There is actually no proof that this is occurring. Trump's opinion complied with an unsupported insurance claim - which was actually discussed through his vice-presidential prospect JD Vance - that migrants from Haiti that have lately resolved in Springfield, Ohio, have been eating pets.Springfield urban area authorities informed BBC Verify: "There have actually been actually no reliable records or particular cases of animals being actually injured, injured or even abused by people within the immigrant community." You can read more here.Was Trump-era unemployment the most awful due to the fact that 1930s? CASE: Harris: "Donald Trump left our team the worst lack of employment because the Great Hard times". VERDICT: This is actually inaccurate. At the end of Trump's phrase of workplace in January 2021, the joblessness rate was 6.4%. Yet it has actually been actually greater since the Great Depression.In Oct 2009, unemployment topped at 10% within of deep-seated economic downturn. It has dropped continuously since, aside from a stinging top throughout the Covid pandemic, and in the most recent records for August 2024, joblessness stood at 4.2%. Are actually millions of people coming into the US from jails and also asylums?CLAIM: Trump: "Our experts have numerous folks putting into our nation coming from prisons and also prisons, coming from psychological establishments and also outrageous asylums". JUDGMENT: There is actually no evidence for these type of numbers.There have had to do with 10 million rendezvous along with evacuees changeover the United States border since January 2021. There are no publicly on call figures on the amount of of them have actually served attend penitentiary or even come from psychological institutions but there is actually some records on the amount of possess previous criminal convictions.Of the 1.4 million apprehensions of individuals traversing the boundary illegally up until now this fiscal year (to September 2024) - and also where the Perimeter Patrol managed to inspect versus law enforcement data sources - regarding 14,700 individuals had previous criminal convictions.That's comparable to approximately 1% of all perimeter understandings within this time frame as well as does not amount to the "thousands" Trump is actually claiming.Will Trump sign a national abortion ban?CLAIM: Harris: "If Donald Trump were actually to become re-elected, he will sign a nationwide abortion ban". DECISION: This is actually deceiving. Trump has rejected that he would authorize a national restriction if selected president. He possesses stated that he would leave behind limitations on abortion accessibility around private states to decide.Here, Harris likewise discussed "his Project 2025" - a recommendation to a record posted due to the conservative Ancestry Base laying out a checklist of policy propositions that they strongly believe a Trump presidency need to implement.It doesn't propose a national ban either, however it does suggest confining abortion access.Trump has actually outdoed themself coming from the paper, pointing out: "I recognize nothing regarding Job 2025. I possess no tip who is behind it." Many former Trump administration authorities are actually related to Venture 2025. Was inflation under Biden worst in US history?CLAIM: Trump: "The worst inflation our experts've ever possessed" [was under Biden] VERDICT: This is actually false. Under President Biden, rising cost of living topped at 9.1% in June 2022, each time when prices were increasing sharply in numerous nations. Rising cost of living was last above 9% in 1981, however it has actually been actually considerably higher than that at a number of various other points in US history.Since its top in mid-2022, rising cost of living has actually gone down to 3.3%, for the year to May 2024. However costs are actually still increasing and also it is an essential issue for numerous voters.Would Trump tolls cost loved ones $4,000? CASE: Harris: "Economic experts have actually said that that Trump purchases income tax will actually result for middle lesson family members in around $4,000 more a year". VERDICT: Harris names Trump's proposed tax on bring ins a purchases tax. Some business analysts have actually approximated that these tolls could possibly cost loved ones this much. Others have lower estimations. Trump asserts the cost would be actually felt through foreign countries yet economic experts feel there will be an economical price for United States international merchants and individuals. The $4,000 body originates from analysis - due to the left-of-centre brain trust the Center for American Improvement - of Trump's pledge to raise tariffs on all imported items to 10-20% plus all goods imported coming from China to 60%. They took the quantity the US buys in products from abroad yearly, figured out just how much the new income taxes on these products will be and also split this due to the variety of families in the US.It exercises at $4,600 every household, but when you check out "middle income" loved ones you receive a number of $3,900 a year.Other quotes are actually lesser. The Peterson Institute believes the influence will be closer to $1,700 a year (for tolls at 10%) or even $2,500 (at 20%). Is actually criminal offense down in Venezuela given that it is actually delivering offenders to the US?CLAIM: Trump: "Unlawful Act in Venezuela ... is actually way down given that they have taken their wrongdoers off the roads and also provided to her [Harris] to embed our country". VERDICT: There is actually no proof that Venezuela is performing this. Crime degrees are actually down but pros mention this is because of the condition of the economy. The Venezuelan authorities performs not post dependable crime figures, however the independent Venezuelan Observatory of Brutality does.The Observatory's 2023 yearly document mentioned that fierce fatalities that year - like homicides - were down by a fourth contrasted to 2022. The Observatory said to BBC Verify: "Unlawful act is reduced in Venezuela by a decrease in criminal offense options: banking company burglaries vanish given that there is actually no amount of money to swipe kidnappings are minimized since there is no cash money to spend ransom money." It said it had actually seen no proof that the Venezuelan government was delivering criminals to the US.Reporting through Lucy Gilder, Merlyn Thomas, Daniele Palumbo, Gerry Georgieva & Kayleen Devlin.