Richard Arnold: US Correspondent on arson attack on Josh Shapiro's home, tariff updates, and the all female Blue Origin space flight

Governor of Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro has been evacuated from his home after a suspected arson attack.

The attack took place after the Jewish governor celebrated the first night of the Jewish holiday, Passover. 

He said he woke up in the middle of the night to authorities banging on the door of the home as a fire spread.

US Correspondent Richard Arnold talks to Mike Hosking about the incident, tariffs, and the all female Blue Origin space flight. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Do the states we go Richard Al' very good morning
to you. Now the Shapiro business very serious well, violence again, yes,
on the political scene with the Pennsylvania Democratic Governor jos
Shapiro and his family escaping an apparent artist and attack
on his home, the Governor's mansion. This was two in
the morning today. They were lucky to get out. It
appears there is a significant amount of damage to the building.

(00:22):
That's what officials are saying. Joshapiro is a Democrat who's
been talked about as a potential presidential hope for twenty
eight This attack has taken place just after the governor,
who is Jewish, had celebrated the first night of the
Jewish holiday of Passover. They were awakened by police and
by other first responders who were at their front door
trying to alert them and get them out. Shapiro says

(00:44):
he and his wife and family are eternally grateful to
those who came to their aid in this keeping them safe. Obviously,
there will be a lot more to all of this.
A reward has just been posted, but seems to be
in a close call and where are we at with
the terrorists? By the way, as though we can all
keep up. Well, yeah, that's the point, isn't it. Chaos continues,
and who knows what Wall Street would have made of

(01:04):
the latest Trump announcement if they were operating through the weekend.
That's when Trump announced the tariff would be lifted from
iPhones and computers and some other electronic bits and pieces,
so Apple no longer had to put their precious iPhones
onto commercial flights from jyder Off to India or whatever
to get around one hundred and forty five percent. It
was crazy, wasn't it. So did the president here blink

(01:25):
once again? Well, no, no, no, say his economic advisors.
The iPhones were going to be subject to the one
hundred and forty five percent US China tariff. But now
the high tech stuff is being put into a different
basket with new tariffs yet to be announced, says Commerce
Secretary Howard Ludnik.

Speaker 2 (01:41):
They're exempt from the reciprocal tariffs, but they're included in
the semiconductor of tariffs which are coming and probably a
month or two so these are coming soon.

Speaker 1 (01:53):
Soon to be a coming attraction. Yeah, month or two ahead.
The high tech stuff will be hit by their own tariff,
says Lutnik about this. So there's what general ten percent
tariff which remains after the temporary ninety day pause on
other specific tariffs except the characdistries tariff and the tariff
on steel and the tariff on aluminium, which are still

(02:13):
in effect of twenty five percent for most places except
for China, where it's still one hundred and forty five percent.
But all this could change shirt any time. Got all that. Meantime,
has China made any move for talks? Trump adviser Peter
Navarro was pressed on that.

Speaker 3 (02:28):
Hev opened up our invitation to them. Look, the president
has a really good relations talks right now. The President
has has a good, very good relationship with President Sheep.

Speaker 1 (02:41):
Oh, they love each other, he said, I'm one of
the morning shows today. Even as China says they're never
going to be bullied. They will fight this to the
bitter end. While on the Democratic side of politics, Senator
Elizabeth Warren on the Banking Committee is saying this of
how it's been playing out of late, there is no
tariff policy. It's just all off and corrupt. While the

(03:01):
president is facing claims that what he's doing is unconstitutional,
say that themse who note that the US Constitution's Article one,
section eight says it's the Congress that has the power
to impose duties and exercises, while Trump claims he is
acting under an emergency law by seizing foreign assets that
make no mention of tariffs. All the while the stock

(03:22):
market continues its die, eating into the assets of dozens
and dozens of people. So that is the ongoing concern
that many people have here, and we wait to see
what the stock market makes of that by the time
they reopen tomorrow. So that is a bit of the problem. However,
on the political front, we've had some appearances today. Berdie

(03:46):
Sanders was out on the hustings today. He made a
surprise appearance at Coachella Fest last night after addressing thirty
six thousand people today rally in Los Angeles yesterday. That
was his biggest so far, said Bernie at the music fest,
which is featuring the likes of Lady Gaga and Post
Malone and Green Day.

Speaker 2 (04:06):
Now we got a president of the United States.

Speaker 1 (04:13):
So Bernie talking to the kids there. Mike good on
you Mite go well. Catch up Wednesday. Richard arnold Slight
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