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It was the second presidential debate of the year but the first debate to feature Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump. Our verified team fact checked many of the claims that were made last night by the two. Let's bring in Jasmine Roe right now. She is here to verify. That's right. Well, for the first time, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump squared off on the debate stage, our verified team closely tracked those claims the two candidates made fact checking them to see what's true and what was false. Now to do that, we use the sources that you see right there on your screen. Now, on the topic of immigration, the former president repeated a claim that's been circulating widely on social media the past few days about a small town in Ohio that experienced a large influx in Haitian migrants in Springfield. They're eating the dogs, the people that came in, they're eating the cats, they're eating, they're eating the pets of the people that live there. Well, this claim about Springfield specifically is false. The city of Springfield, the Springfield Police Division and the Clark County Park District have all issued statements saying that they have not received a single report of pets being stolen or eaten. The spokesperson added quote, there have not, they have not verified instances of immigrants engaging in illegal activity such as squatting or loitering in front of residents homes. So where did the former president's comments come from like many of you, our verified team has seen this story circulating on social media. A station from Cleveland reported back in August that a woman in Canton, Ohio was arrested for allegedly killing a cat and eating it. That story is real but it is not connected to the Haitian migrant situation across the state in Springfield. So later in the debate, focus shifted to energy specifically fracking a key issue in Pennsylvania, the swing state where the the debate was held. Trump said Harris wants to ban the practice which she denied. I made that very clear in 2020 I will not ban fracking. I have not banned fracking as vice president of the United States. Well, this claim needs context that it's true that there is no federal ban on fracking and the Biden administration has not pursued one. But when Harris first ran for president back in 2019, she said during a town hall meeting, quote, there is no question, I'm in favor of banning fracking. Once she was chosen as Joe Biden's running mate, she changed her position and made public statements promising the new administration would not ban fracking. She's kept that position that stands reiterating in the recent CNN interview saying quote as president, I will not ban fracking. So we fact checked a bunch more claims from this debate. You can read them at our verify news story on verified.com. And if you want something verified, all you have to do is email us at verify at first coast news.com.