.Getty ImagesDonald Trump as well as Kamala Harris went head to head in their initial televised argument in the United States election campaign.In 90 mins of usually fiery substitutions, the Republican politician as well as Democratic presidential prospects traded claims over key election issues including the economy, migration and abortion.BBC Verify has actually been actually examining them.Are evacuees in Ohio consuming pets?CLAIM: Trump: "In Springfield, they're [migrants] consuming the pets, the people that came in, they are actually eating the pussy-cats, they are actually consuming the dogs of people that stay there". JUDGMENT: There is actually no proof that this is actually taking place. Trump's review adhered to an unwarranted claim - which was shared through his vice-presidential candidate JD Vance - that immigrants coming from Haiti that have just recently settled in Springfield, Ohio, have actually been consuming pets.Springfield area representatives said to BBC Verify: "There have been no credible documents or even particular claims of pet dogs being injured, injured or hurt or even mistreated through people within the immigrant area." You can find out more here.Was Trump-era out of work the most awful because 1930s? CLAIM: Harris: "Donald Trump left our team awful unemployment since the Great Hard times". JUDGMENT: This is incorrect. In the end of Trump's phrase of workplace in January 2021, the joblessness price was actually 6.4%. But it has been much higher considering that the Great Depression.In Oct 2009, lack of employment reached the top at 10% in a period of deep-seated financial downturn. It has fallen gradually considering that, aside from a sharp peak throughout the Covid pandemic, and in the most latest information for August 2024, unemployment stood at 4.2%. Are actually millions of folks entering into the United States coming from prisons and asylums?CLAIM: Trump: "Our team have countless people putting into our country from jails and jails, from mental companies as well as insane asylums". VERDICT: There is actually no evidence for these type of numbers.There have had to do with 10 million encounters with migrants transition the US perimeter since January 2021. There are actually no publicly offered figures on the number of of them have actually provided time in jail or arise from psychological organizations but there is actually some records on the number of have previous criminal convictions.Of the 1.4 million understandings of individuals going across the perimeter unlawfully until now this fiscal year (to September 2024) - as well as where the Border Patrol had the ability to check versus law enforcement data sources - regarding 14,700 folks possessed previous criminal convictions.That's equivalent to roughly 1% of all border judgments in this time period and also doesn't total up to the "millions" Trump is actually claiming.Will Trump sign a nationwide abortion ban?CLAIM: Harris: "If Donald Trump were to be re-elected, he will certainly authorize a nationwide abortion ban". JUDGMENT: This is actually deceiving. Trump has actually refused that he would sign a national ban if selected head of state. He has mentioned that he would leave behind restrictions on abortion access approximately specific conditions to decide.Here, Harris likewise discussed "his Project 2025" - an endorsement to a document posted due to the right-wing Ancestry Foundation detailing a list of policy propositions that they feel a Trump presidency need to implement.It doesn't propose a nationwide ban either, however it does highly recommend limiting abortion access.Trump has actually outdoed themself coming from the record, saying: "I know absolutely nothing concerning Task 2025. I have no idea that lags it." Lots of previous Trump administration representatives are actually associated with Project 2025. Was rising cost of living under Biden worst in United States history?CLAIM: Trump: "The worst rising cost of living our experts have actually ever had" [was actually under Biden] VERDICT: This is misleading. Under Head of state Biden, inflation topped at 9.1% in June 2022, each time when prices were climbing greatly in many countries. Rising cost of living was last above 9% in 1981, but it has been actually considerably higher than that at numerous various other factors in United States history.Since its own top in mid-2022, rising cost of living has dropped to 3.3%, for the year to May 2024. Yet prices are still climbing and also it is actually a vital issue for several voters.Would Trump tariffs cost households $4,000? CASE: Harris: "Economists have actually mentioned that that Trump purchases tax obligation would actually result for middle course households in approximately $4,000 more a year". DECISION: Harris refers to as Trump's recommended tax obligation on imports a sales tax obligation. Some economic experts have actually approximated that these tolls can cost families this much. Others possess lower estimations. Trump urges the cost would certainly be actually experienced through overseas countries but financial experts strongly believe there would certainly be actually an economical price for US international merchants and also consumers. The $4,000 body arises from study - due to the left-of-centre think tank the Centre for American Improvement - of Trump's guarantee to raise tariffs on all imported items to 10-20% plus all goods imported coming from China to 60%. They took the amount the United States buys in products coming from abroad every year, found out just how much the brand-new income taxes on these products would certainly be actually and also separated this by the amount of households in the US.It exercises at $4,600 per household, yet when you take a look at "center revenue" families you obtain a body of $3,900 a year.Other price quotes are lower. The Peterson Institute thinks the influence would 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's delivering offenders to the US?CLAIM: Trump: "Criminal Activity in Venezuela ... is way down given that they have actually taken their criminals off the streets as well as provided to her [Harris] to embed our country". VERDICT: There is actually no proof that Venezuela is actually doing this. Unlawful act levels are actually down but professionals mention this is as a result of the state of the economic situation. The Venezuelan federal government does certainly not release reputable unlawful act numbers, but the independent Venezuelan Observatory of Brutality does.The Observatory's 2023 yearly report said that fierce fatalities that year - such as homicides - were actually down by a fourth reviewed to 2022. The Observatory said to BBC Verify: "Criminal offense is lowered in Venezuela through a reduction in unlawful act chances: banking company robberies disappear since there is actually no money to take kidnappings are lessened because there is actually no money to pay for ransom money." It claimed it had viewed no evidence that the Venezuelan authorities was delivering bad guys to the US.Reporting through Lucy Gilder, Merlyn Thomas, Daniele Palumbo, Gerry Georgieva & Kayleen Devlin.