On Wednesday, Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) spoke at the opening ceremony for the new Hershey's factory in Hershey, PA.
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00:00You see, this new chocolate processing facility is the newest manufacturing site that they
00:06have built in Hershey in about three decades.
00:10And while obviously Hershey is home, when you've got a huge multinational corporation
00:16like Hershey and a competitive marketplace out there, it's true that Hershey could have
00:21chosen to be anywhere for this new facility, but instead they chose to invest a billion
00:27dollars to expand their footprint right here at home in Pennsylvania.
00:31That is a big deal.
00:32It is a point of pride for us, and we are grateful that you have doubled down on your commitment
00:37to Pennsylvania.
00:39We know in the Commonwealth that sometimes assisting our businesses requires an investment of dollars
00:46or an incentive to get a company to be here.
00:50We also know how important it is to work with our partners in the legislature to be able
00:54to offer those incentives to different businesses.
00:58And I want to say a special thanks to Senator Patty Kim and Representative Tom Mahaffey, who
01:03have made sure that we could lead on economic development again because of their hard work
01:09and their investment.
01:10But I want you to know, in this case, it wasn't about an incentive or about writing a check.
01:16It was about making sure our Commonwealth could move at the speed of business, could move at
01:22the speed that Hershey was moving at, and to make sure that they had the permits in place
01:27to build this state-of-the-art chocolate processing facility.
01:32We took our GSD mindset together with the great dedication at Hershey, and we were able
01:39to approve these permits in record time.
01:43They got these permits faster than ever, and it is an example of how we've trimmed all the
01:48wait times for our permits across Pennsylvania, reducing the backlog of permits at DEP by 88%.
01:56And a special thanks to DEP because they had DEP permits at this facility.
02:01Getting business licenses done not in the eight weeks it took the day I got sworn in as your
02:06governor, but now just in two days.
02:09This is an example of Pennsylvania moving at the speed of business to make that happen.
02:13And I want to thank the Office of Transformation and Opportunity, the Department of Community
02:18and Economic Development, led by Secretary Seiger, and the Department of Environmental
02:22Protection, led by Secretary Shirley, for speeding up the process here and getting it done.
02:29We're going to continue to move at the speed of business, we're going to continue to work
02:33to get stuff done, and we're going to continue to build things up in Pennsylvania by working
02:39in coordination with great, iconic companies like Hershey.
02:43I want to thank them for the work that they do to support not just the 6,000 direct jobs
02:50here at Hershey, but I want to thank them for having a reach far beyond the people that walk
02:54through these walls every day.
02:57You know, obviously, the delicious chocolate they make requires a whole lot of milk in order
03:01to bring that chocolate to my desk and other tables across America and across the world.
03:08In fact, they rely on 400 million pounds of milk every day.
03:12I cite that as just one example of their far reach.
03:16They are putting our dairy farmers to work.
03:18They are sustaining the families of our dairy farmers.
03:22And that is a big deal.
03:24Hershey has a huge reach to our farmlands, to our corporate centers, and well beyond.
03:29And we are thankful that Hershey has chosen Pennsylvania to be its home over so many years.
03:36So thank you. Thank you for continuing to grow here in Pennsylvania.
03:40Thank you for helping so many people prosper.
03:42And we will continue to be your partners in progress.
03:46It takes a team to do this work, a team in the private sector, led by Hershey, and a team
03:52of public officials and public servants dedicated to your success.
03:56We have many of them here today to share a few words with you, and with that, it's my pleasure
04:01to introduce one of those public officials, our leader in the federal government, Congressman
04:06Scott Perry. Thank you.
04:10What a happy, what an awesome day.
04:16I know it's chilly. You're sitting in the shade.
04:18It's cold. You're like, can you please hurry up?
04:20Let's get through this. Let's get inside.
04:21Let's get some chocolate.
04:23Good morning. I'm Congressman Scott Perry.
04:25Really proud and honored to represent the sweetest place on earth.
04:29And I remind my colleagues, all 435 of them in the house, 434 of them, of that on a pretty
04:35much a regular basis.
04:37I think the governor, you and I, I'm probably the older of the two of us, so I'm going to
04:41take credit for eating more chocolate for longer.
04:44And if you come to my house, you'll know that I come from a long line of chocolate hollets,
04:49my wife and my two daughters.
04:51And so we're here to promote the cause both figuratively and literally.
04:56And of course, I represent in the 10th district, all things Hershey, the headquarters, the plant.
05:02I got to say, 30 years.
05:04You forget how fast this time goes, right, the plant up on the hill.
05:09And as a guy who's driven down the highway and watched this whole thing come together,
05:14you know, knowing at some point, because asking, there's going to be chocolate bars up
05:18on the, up on the wall there.
05:20It's so awesome, right?
05:22It's so awesome.
05:23And to realize, look, I did a tour, 70 million kisses a day.
05:27Like, who's he?
05:28I'm like trying to do, the governor's trying to do his part, we're trying, but that's a
05:32lot of kisses.
05:33And then you find out, what is it, 5.4 billion Reese's, like a year.
05:39That's enough to go around the earth 10 times.
05:42And look, I, we have them in my household too.
05:45Somehow somebody eats one.
05:47Like who does that?
05:48There's two.
05:49You've got to eat them all.
05:50Look, I think the big news here is, is that it's a significant investment.
05:54As the governor said, you could have gone anywhere and you chose to be here.
05:58And we're very, very grateful for the jobs, for the commitment to this community and to
06:04this effort and, and to Milton Hershey's legacy, which was not only about chocolate, but was
06:10about community, about philanthropy and about doing good for our community.
06:15This embodies that significant investment, that commitment.
06:19We're so proud to be with you.
06:20And we thank you.
06:21We thank you for bringing this to us.
06:24And, uh, with that, uh, let me see, yes, Senator.
06:27I know we're supposed to recognize, uh, we're supposed to do this ourself, but who, who cannot?
06:32Good morning, everyone.
06:39I cannot feel my toes, so I'm going to keep this short and sweet.
06:43I am State Senator Patty Kim.
06:45I'm proud to represent the 15th Senate district that includes, of course, Hershey.
06:49It's an honor to be here today to celebrate the opening of the new Reese chocolate processing plant.
06:55Pennsylvania is fortunate to have the Hershey Company here for over 130 years.
07:00Your corporate headquarters, manufacturing plants, and Hershey's chocolate world are just down the street, uh, from the Capitol in my district.
07:08The Reese chocolate processing plant will produce delicious chocolate for many of the Hershey's iconic brands, like Reese's peanut butter cups.
07:14I just learned that the Reese plant, uh, right next door produces about 15 million Reese's peanut butter cups per day.
07:21My office probably consumes half of that per day.
07:24We have no self control.
07:26I am grateful for the new jobs in my district.
07:29Thank you, Michelle.
07:30These are important, highly skilled manufacturing jobs that do not require a college degree,
07:35but provide family sustaining wages to our constituents.
07:39Thank you for continuing to prove the lives of my constituents for making the 15th district the sweetest place on earth.
07:45Thank you so much.
07:50And I'd like to introduce my colleague in the House, Representative Tom Mahaffey.
07:55Thank you, Senator.
08:00Good afternoon, everybody, and welcome to the 106th district.
08:03I'm Representative Tom Mahaffey, and this is the sweetest district on earth.
08:08Uh, the Senator and I, uh, we, we can share that together now in the 15th and the 106th,
08:14and of course the Congressman, and of course it is the sweetest place on earth.
08:18Uh, Michelle, Jason, Nicole, Ryan, John, thank you for hosting this today.
08:23This is a remarkable endeavor.
08:26Uh, doing this and bringing manufacturing back to the district,
08:29keeping manufacturing in the district is so, so important, and here in the Commonwealth.
08:34And, and I can't tell you how important that is to us as politicians
08:39to know that you're willing to invest as much as we are in the Commonwealth.
08:43So that is a wonderful thing.
08:44As a business owner, I will tell you the number one asset,
08:48the number one asset to any company is their employees.
08:52Thank you to all the employees at the Hershey Company.
08:55Thank you for what you do on a day in and day out basis.
08:58Thank you for the tours.
08:59We enjoy that.
09:00Uh, and thank you for the chocolate and making this the sweetest district on earth.
09:04Because without you, we don't have chocolate.
09:06And that is so, so important.
09:08Uh, this doesn't happen though, without talking about the state candy.
09:16I introduce this candy.
09:19I introduce this bill, uh, House Bill 1030.
09:28And I've introduced this probably about six years ago from a group of young ladies,
09:32not here in Hershey, but Bucks County.
09:35And the Kiss Committee is, they were eighth graders and it was a social studies,
09:40uh, and civic class that they, they tried to come up with something.
09:44And they came up with the state candy and they called me and I thought,
09:47well, what a great idea.
09:48You know, let's help these kids go through this.
09:51This is the hardest bill to get passed.
09:53I swear to goodness, I don't understand it.
09:56And I know the governor is all about signing it.
09:59You get it.
10:04Uh, Patty and I did it last year in the house together.
10:07We co co primed it.
10:09And now that she's in the Senate, we hope we can get that thing pushed over the hell.
10:13We would be the first state in, in the United States that would have the state candy.
10:17And I think that's really something special, but this is legacy.
10:20This is about Milton and Catherine Hershey.
10:22Uh, they saw a vision many, many years ago and they thought, you know,
10:27you know, their small little kiss would be something special and it surely is.
10:32Uh, but what it does is it takes care of, you know, children,
10:36disadvantaged children are getting something that they would have never got before an education,
10:41an opportunity for success.
10:43And if you talk to anybody that, that attended or was a student of, and they're called milts,
10:49uh, you know, at the, the, uh, Milton Hershey school,
10:52I think that's really, really important to understand what this candy does.
10:55And I say it all the time, but now they've even taken it one step further.
10:59And now they have the Catherine Hershey school.
11:01And that's a step where kids, uh, you know, early, early childhood learning centers are now going to be available
11:08just as the school is elementary, middle school and high school for other children.
11:12I think that's going to put a lot of children ahead of the game.
11:14So we're really excited about this.
11:16So thank you so much.
11:18Thank you for what you've done.
11:19And I can't tell you how lucky I am to represent the sweetest place on earth.
11:24Thank you so much.
11:26I'd like to introduce commissioner Mike crease.
11:30Thank you. Thank you. Hold your applause.
11:32This is one of those rare days when the weatherman got it right.
11:36Greetings from the Capitol County.
11:40The legacy of Milton Snavely Hershey, Catherine Hershey and HB Reese is alive and well today
11:49as a chocolate company adds another jewel to its crown while bringing family sustaining jobs to chocolate town USA.
11:57The Hershey company remains the economic engine driver for the entire region.
12:02And it's quite fitting that our CEO Michelle Buck grew up right here in central Pennsylvania
12:08as this world-class organization source to new heights under her and her team's leadership.
12:14And to steal a line from the esteemed governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
12:19she gets things done.
12:22At this time, I'd like to present the following proclamation into the record.
12:26All right.
12:31Tom?
12:32How are you doing and your family doing since what occurred over the weekend?
12:37And what is your reaction to some court documents suggesting that the Israel-Palestine conflict
12:43might have had something to do with the motivations of the arsonist?
12:48Yeah.
12:49Well, first of all, I appreciate you asking about how we're doing.
12:53You know, it's obviously been a challenge.
12:56My focus has been on being a good dad, a good husband, and a good governor in that order.
13:06And just trying our best to answer our kids' questions.
13:11Be honest with them.
13:13Tell them what we know.
13:14And also tell them what we don't know.
13:17And to let them know that they're safe and they're going to be okay.
13:23And it's okay to feel a lot of different things.
13:27And it's okay to not be okay also.
13:30So Laura and I have just tried to be, you know, good parents through this process.
13:37And we've gotten a lot of just unbelievably warm wishes from people and prayers from people
13:47of all different faiths that have really sustained us and lifted our spirits.
14:00So much of the work that I do every day, so much of the news that you all cover, sadly, is bad news, right?
14:15And yet in these days following the bad news, what Laura and I have experienced is just an outpouring of positivity and warmth from so many people that has really filled us up and has strengthened us.
14:35And I think it's strengthened our kids as well.
14:40So we appreciate the wishes.
14:42I can tell you, I've heard from every former living governor of Pennsylvania.
14:48Lori's heard from the First Ladies.
14:52I've heard from dozens of governors across the country.
14:56So many lawmakers in Pennsylvania, obviously people of both parties.
15:02And just so many Pennsylvanians reaching out.
15:07And it has really strengthened us and it's lifted our spirits.
15:12As for the other part of your question, I said on Sunday, I think it may, Tom, have been in response to a question you asked,
15:21that it wasn't clear at the time what the motives were of, you know, the arsonist.
15:28But that nothing he could do would deter me from doing my job as governor.
15:35Nothing he could do would deter me from proudly and openly practicing my faith.
15:45I told you that day that I was going to be heading to our second Seder.
15:51And we did.
15:52We had a beautiful Seder together.
15:54And I continue to find strength in my faith as we go forward here.
16:00I know that there are people out there who want to ascribe their own viewpoints as to what happened here and why.
16:14I know there are people out there who want to adopt their own political viewpoints,
16:20or their own worldviews as to what happened and why.
16:27I choose not to participate in that.
16:32I said after the assassination attempt on the president at Butler, in Butler.
16:39I said in Altoona after we captured the individual who shot and killed the U.S. health care CEO.
16:49And I said on Sunday that this kind of violence has no place in our society, regardless of what motivates it.
16:58This is not how we resolve our differences.
17:01And this is not okay.
17:03This level of violence has to end.
17:06And it has to be roundly condemned by everyone.
17:09Both political parties, people from all different walks of life.
17:14It's not okay.
17:16So prosecutors will ultimately determine what motivated this.
17:21The district attorney and the Department of Justice can comment on that further.
17:25But right now, I think what we're trying to do is find the good in society.
17:30Not be deterred from our work.
17:33Not be deterred from practicing our faith proudly.
17:37And to continue to move forward, you know, as parents.
17:44And continue to move forward as governor and first lady.
17:48Governor, what do you make of the third party review that the state police announced?
17:52And did you ask for that review?
17:53I think it's warranted.
17:55And the colonel and I both think it's warranted.
17:59And the colonel can speak further about how that process will play out.
18:02Do you realize the residents was that vulnerable?
18:05I think the PSP will have to make, will share their assessment on the residents.
18:11Governor.
18:12I'm sorry.
18:13I didn't hear the question.
18:14Do you feel safe going back to the residents?
18:16I do.
18:17And listen, my concern is not just for our family, but for the wonderful staff that work there,
18:22for the visitors that go there.
18:25Secretary Reggie McNeil, the Department of General Services, is working closely with the state police to ensure that the building, the residents, is fixed quickly.
18:37And we can get back to having the staff there, get back to having our family there, and get back to welcoming visitors to the residents.
18:45It is very, very important to me, to Secretary McNeil, to Colonel Paris, that this work be done quickly, that steps be taken to strengthen the security at the governor's residence, and that we welcome Pennsylvanians back very soon.
18:59Governor, do you hope that hate crime charges are filed if investigators determine this was an attack?
19:07That's not my call.
19:08That's the decision for District Attorney Chardo and the Department of Justice.
19:12Let me just say a word about the District Attorney.
19:16I've known D.A. Chardo for about 20 years.
19:20He's a top-notch prosecutor.
19:22I have total faith in whatever decision he makes in this case.
19:28Congressman Dan Muser said that the lawsuits and false suits that you are spreading about Donald Trump are contributing to this political climate.
19:36Do you have a response to that?
19:37He said that?
19:38Yes.
19:39Look, I've said for years, leaders have a responsibility to speak and act with moral clarity.
19:50It would appear that the Congressman failed to measure up to that.
19:54Governor, do you anticipate any changes to your security detail in terms of the number of people, their operations, or have any changes already been made?
20:02I think those are questions for the State Police, and I don't think we're going to get into sharing publicly any specific details there.
20:10I do want to say more broadly, I have total faith in the members of my detail and total faith in the Pennsylvania State Police to both learn from this incident and to continue to keep me and my family safe.
20:23Governor, for the millions of Jewish families out there that may themselves have been shaken by this, that they have to talk to their own kids about this.
20:31Do you have a message for them?
20:32Well, first, I want to thank them for so many of the messages of support they've shared with us.
20:41I want them to see that my wife and I and our kids continue to celebrate our faith proudly and openly.
20:51I want them to see that people from all different faiths have reached out to condemn this act and to lift up our family in prayer.
21:04And that's the Pennsylvania way.
21:06Remember, this is a place that was established by William Penn to be warm and welcoming for people of all faiths.
21:12Back in the 1600s, he established Pennsylvania for that very purpose.
21:17And I am absolutely committed to continuing to ensure that people of all faiths have the ability to practice openly and proudly however they choose to practice.
21:27Governor, did it ever cross your mind that this was even a possibility for something like this to happen at the governor's mansion,
21:33surrounded by fencing, security cameras, security details?
21:36Governor, when you're in a position like this with the kind of profile I have in doing this work,
21:51you're mindful that there are people out there every day who, you know, want to do you harm.
21:59And that is a reality of this world that I live in.
22:04It's an unfortunate reality.
22:06It shouldn't be that way.
22:08But I can tell you that I don't, while I'm mindful of that,
22:14I don't really spend any time thinking about any kind of specific ways that might manifest itself.
22:21In part because you can't be paralyzed by fear.
22:25And in part because I've got confidence that the state police will keep me and my family safe.
22:32And that's just how I try and go about my work and my business every day.
22:40I've got a lot of work to do for 13 million people.
22:43I'm honored to do this work.
22:45And I'm not going to be captive to fear and I'm not going to be captive to worry.
22:49And I'm not going to think through those scenarios that others might be contemplating to do us harm.
22:56I'm just going to go about my work every single day.
22:59No matter what.
23:00Cody Ballmer's family tried getting him help in the days leading up to the arson.
23:04And they said that they couldn't get help.
23:06Police also confirmed that he didn't meet the threshold.
23:08Do you think anything needs to change in how mental health calls are handled?
23:11I don't know about the specifics regarding him.
23:15I think that's more of a question for the prosecutors.
23:18However security might change if it changes at all.
23:21My question to you is do you still want that governor's residence to be a place where public can visit.
23:27Where events can be held.
23:29Is it some people are wondering if things are going to change to the point where people won't be there anymore.
23:33Tom it is critically important to me that the residents be a place that is comfortable and safe for me and my family.
23:43For our staff.
23:45And for visitors all across Pennsylvania who come there.
23:50We're going to continue to have the house open to celebrate Halloween and Christmas and many other things.
23:56We're going to continue to have a lecture series quarterly as Lori and I began a couple years ago.
24:03We're going to continue to welcome lawmakers and guests and we're going to try and do that very very quickly.
24:09One of the things I said to Secretary McNeil that next day was that it was important to not only get the place cleaned up and repaired quickly.
24:19It was important to me to get people back into the residence quickly to get visitors to come back and make sure that the building continues to be a place where people from all different walks of life are comfortable gathering.
24:34As it stands today, do you know when that might happen?
24:38I'll get both.
24:39Okay.
24:40As it stands today, do you know about when that might happen?
24:42I think Secretary McNeil is working very, very quickly.
24:45Um, and he'll, he'll be happy to give you an update on that.
24:50Manuel can arrange for him to walk through with all of you the timeline for that, but it's moving quickly.
24:55And did you all lose any family possessions in this fire, by the way?
25:01I don't know.
25:02We had, um, several, um, that's a good question, Mark.
25:09Uh, we did have several, um, religious items that we were using for our Seder that were from our personal collection.
25:17Um, I know a lot was damaged there.
25:20I don't know specifically what, um, and I don't know if our Seder plates or any of our other materials were, um, damaged, melted, destroyed in the fire.
25:29I can let you know that.
25:30They were in that room.
25:32They were.
25:33We were using them, uh, during our Seder.
25:35So we brought, um, Seder plates and other ritual items, um, from our home, from our personal home there, uh, to celebrate with family and the community that we had invited to the Seder there that evening.
25:49I think Ford had a question.
25:51It's similar to what Mark was asking.
25:53First of all, we're glad you're here having the press conference.
25:56We appreciate the one right after the incident.
25:58The room where the fires occurred, uh, there's heavy damage inside.
26:02I've been told there were some valuable artifacts from elsewhere in the state, artwork, what have you.
26:08Um, was there a fire suppression system in any part of the mansion and how, what things were lost in that room that you know about?
26:16Yeah, I, I think, you know, I'm trying to very forthrightly answer all of your questions.
26:21I don't have an inventory of specifically what was lost.
26:24That's why I struggled to answer, um, Mark's question.
26:27We are happy to provide that to you in the, um, state dining room and the state dining room reception room and the, uh, state dining room welcome area.
26:38There were many, um, artifacts, many pieces that were on loan from the state museum.
26:45Um, I don't know what's been destroyed.
26:48Uh, that next morning Secretary McNeil arranged to have the head of the Pennsylvania historical museum commission to the residents, uh, to do that assessment and to make sure that any items that could be salvaged would be.
27:03And we're happy to give you a full accounting of that for it.
27:06And we're happy to give you a full accounting of that for it.
27:08The Harrisburg fire chief said yesterday that he kept Brian on an account with your family.
27:11He was hoping that that encounter would help you see how important fire services are and perhaps for funding.
27:18If not that this very personal experience that happened to you, is that going to change any of your policies or something you saw that?
27:24Wow. Maybe I need to focus on that.
27:26Or is that changed your, your views in any way?
27:29Well, if you go back and, um, well, first off, let me take a step back.
27:33I want to answer your question sort of sequentially throughout my entire career.
27:38I have been a strong supporter of our firefighters and fire services, both in terms of policies that, uh, I support that we pass that I fixed my name on, uh, into law, whether it's the cancer presumption law of, uh, the last session or the historic funding I proposed in my book.
27:58Just a few months ago, uh, for our firefighters.
28:03And so I've always been a strong support of our firefighters and will continue to be.
28:07So my policy views, uh, will not change.
28:10I will share with you that, um, in one of the many conversations, uh, Lori and the kids and I had, uh, that next morning.
28:18Um, the kids actually said, we really want to do something for those firefighters who came on the scene and they were there quickly.
28:27And, um, my kids all interacted with them that night when we were standing outside as they were putting out the fire.
28:33And, um, right around that time, uh, a good friend, Chef Robert Irvine, who does extraordinary work for first responders and veterans all across the globe, reached out and said, Hey, if there's anything we can do to help, let me know.
28:47Uh, so tomorrow or Thursday tomorrow, I think, um, Lori and the kids and I are going to be with Chef Irvine serving lunch to all of the firefighters, um, from the Harrisburg Bureau of Fire.
29:02Uh, as a way to not only thank them for what they did, uh, for our family this weekend and what they did at the governor's residence, uh, for what they do every single day to, to serve our community.
29:15Um, to ask directly, uh, you've talked about it, but to ask directly, do you believe that you were targeted because of your faith?
29:22I think that's a question for the prosecutors to determine what the mens rea, what the motivation was, uh, for this crime.
29:28It's, it's not for me to answer.
29:30And have you asked internally, um, have you asked internally, like how this could happen?
29:35Have you asked PSP and we're, we're having a lot of conversations with PSP, um, and they are, uh, doing a number of things.
29:45Number one, having an independent, uh, review of all security measures.
29:49Number two, taking concrete steps, um, to, uh, improve our, our security measures.
29:57And, um, I have confidence that they will both learn from this, make the changes that need to be made to keep, uh, my family and the Davis family safe.
30:07And, um, that we'll be stronger going forward.
30:10Brian, if you've had an opportunity to speak to the suspect, what would you say?
30:15I, I, I really haven't thought about that.
30:17And, um, I, I trust he'll be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, as District of Chardo, District Attorney Chardo has said.
30:26Do one more here.
30:27Brian, I know, I, I'm not sure if you answered, I'm sorry.
30:30I was going to ask about the fire suppression.
30:31I, I'm sorry, I didn't answer that.
30:33Your question was.
30:35Was there, was there a fire suppression system, not just in the room with the, or at work, but the entire.
30:40I don't, I don't know, but, um, Secretary McNeil can provide all of that for you.
30:44Okay.
30:45I was going to ask about, Brian and our line said that having a fire, having a fire suppression system or a sprinkler system in place would have extinguished that.
30:53Yeah.
30:53Is that going to be part of the upgrades?
30:56I don't, Secretary McNeil can answer all of those questions for you relative to the systems that were in place in the residence and what changes will be made going forward.
31:07And I'm sure Manuel can make the secretary available to all of you later today or tomorrow to answer those questions.
31:13Governor, discussing this with your children.
31:15Was there a particular question that you found most challenging to answer?
31:21You know, obviously I want to keep the specifics of, of my conversations with my children private.
31:27But I think just in general, it's very hard as a parent, um, to answer to children.
31:36Like, why does this kind of stuff happen in life?
31:38Forget, forget targeting me or my family or the governor's residence.
31:43But, um, why are there people out there that want to do harm to others?
31:48Those are hard questions to answer for kids.
31:51And I don't proclaim to, um, have a monopoly on good answers.
31:55I'm sure there are other parents out there who could do a much better job of explaining that to their kids.
32:01I think the most important thing I can do for my kids right now is to answer the specifics that, um, I know so that they have the information they need and to just hug them a lot, kiss them a lot, and let them know that, um, they're safe and that they're going to be okay.
32:19And, uh, just get them back into their normal routine as much as, as much as possible.
32:24Did you hear from President Trump at all after this?
32:26I haven't, no.
32:27I haven't heard from President Trump.
32:28He said that he said on a 911 call, that he will not take part in your plans for what you want to do to the Palestinian people.
32:40What do you make of that?
32:41What does that mean?
32:44I don't know.
32:44I think that's a question for prosecutors to determine what he meant by that, um, and to prosecute him to the fullest extent of the law.
32:52Thank you, guys.
32:52Okay.
32:53Hey, I just want to say to all of you who are there Sunday and today,
32:58I know we interact with one another very regularly,
33:02always trying to answer your questions.
33:04I want to say thank you for the personal sentiments that you've shared with me and my family.
33:09I appreciate that, and I appreciate the sensitivity within which you ask the questions
33:14and you all go about doing your jobs every day.
33:16So thank you.
33:18See you all later.