Fact check

Here is a look at some of the claims in the debate.

Mrs Clinton on Mr Trump’s charge that she called for open borders in a 2013 speech to a Brazilian bank: “I was talking about energy.”

Facts: Mrs Clinton said in the speech “my dream is a hemispheric commonmarket, with open trade and open borders”. Mrs Clinton: “Iwant to make college debt free.”

Facts: She might aspire to that lofty goal, but she has only proposed making college tuition free for in-state students who go to a public college or university. Mr Trump: “Her plan is going to double your taxes.”

Facts: Mrs Clinton’s plan would not raise taxes for 95% of Americans, according to the non-partisan Tax Policy Centre. The wealthiest would take the greatest hit, though a doubling is questionable.

Mr Trump: “Hillary Clinton wanted the (border) wall. She fought for it in 2006. Now, she never gets anything done, so naturally it wasn’t built.”

Facts: He is partly right. As a senator from New York, Mrs Clinton did support the 2006 Secure Fence Act. But itwas

built, contrary to Mr Trump’s assertion. Mr Trump: Referring to a 2010 US-Russia treaty limiting both countries to 1,550 strategic nuclear warheads, Mr Trump said, “They create warheads. We can’t.” Facts: Incorrect. The New START treaty, which Mr Trump called “Start Up”, does not prevent either the US or Russia from building nuclear warheads. It restricts each country to 1,550warheads.

Mr Trump: “President Obama has moved millions of people out of this country.”

Facts: True. Mr Obama has overseen the deportation of more than 2.5million immigrants since taking office in January 2009. Mr Obama has been dubbed “the deporter in chief” by immigration advocates and opponents of his immigration enforcement policies. Mr Trump: Responding to allegations from at least nine women that he groped them or kissed them without their permission: “Those stories have been largely debunked.”

Facts: Not true. None of the allegations has been proven false.